Recent content by Chris_TC

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    Researchers Improve Graphene Efficiency by 20x

    walter87Learn to read history somewhere other that Wikipedia. Graphene wasn't discovered in 1962, but theorized as something similar to graphite. It wasn't until around 2004 that scientists could actually isolate Graphene to test and measure its electronic properties. If you find that there is...
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    Skip Across the Water With the Aquaskipper

    bardiaJudging by the comments.... geeks really hate recreation. Well, a lot of geeks don't need this because their fatness makes them float naturally.
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    A Camera That Lets You Refocus Photos Later

    foxikkktake photo with lens at f2.8 , portrait, focused on the head from 3-5feet. and then in PS change focus from head to bacground. I want to see that good luck They're making a point & shoot camera. Due to their tiny sensors these cameras have so much depth of field anyway that refocussing is...
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    Nvidia Releases PhysX 3.0

    What's this nonsense with it requiring an Nvidia GPU? PhysX is used in over 300 games, running on the CPU. Take a look at games like Mortal Kombat 2011 or Castlevania, they've got the PhysX logo. GPU acceleration only works with Nvidia GPUs. But the physics engine is of course compatible with...
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    Man Charged in Webcam Murder

    DalaiLamarWhy hasn't a webcam crime made it to the movies? I would have thought it to make it to Scream IV. Untraceable (2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0880578/
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    The Hobbit to be Filmed with Super Pricey 3D Rigs

    pakardbell486dx2can't they just for once forgo the CGI/3D and just make a movie the old fashion way. This 3D crap is useless eye candy that only small children and the impotent appreciate it. You mean silent and in black/white? Color is useless eye candy, and audio (let alone surround sound) is...
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    Microsoft Tells Shoppers to Get Kinect ASAP

    hellwig1 million in 10 days is impressive, except when you consider that a single game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, sold 7 million copies in 24 hours. Are you comparing a game release (on three platforms) to a hardware peripheral? Maybe you should look at some console launch numbers; the Kinect...
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    NookColor Now Shipping Says Barnes & Noble

    squantoUnfortunately, the whole point of an e-reader is the e-ink medium. It doesn't strain the eyes so even old people wont mind reading it. But then again people spend 500 plus on a feature constrained device with a certain unnamed fruit logo I never understood how LCD puts a "strain" on the...
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    Test: DVDs and Blu-Ray Remakes Nearly Same

    BWMerlinThere must be a lot of money to milk out of consumers that justifies re-releaseing old and crappy films that were once on VHS onto DVD and now onto Blu-Ray The majority of theatrically released movies was shot on 35mm. Both nowadays and 60 years ago. In terms of definition, a 60 year old...
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    Classic PC Game 7th Guest Coming to iOS

    This is a great game, very enjoyable. Bring it to Steam please, I want to replay it.
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    World's Smallest Full HD Display is Just 4.8-inch

    r0x0rYoutube has 4k videos. They are compressed to death. And there aren't very many sources for 4K footage at all. Which makes sense because practically nobody can actually watch it at native res. Higher resolutions than 1080p don't make sense for TVs at this point in time. As far as computer...
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    MSFT Spending $1,000,000,000 on Kinect, WP7

    Tonya_HIf each Kinect device costs Microsoft $100 to make; then for that same $1B they could give 10 million 360 owners one of these for free. Which goes to show how massively this thing will sell, unless Microsoft's market analysts suck at their job really, really, really badly.
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    Study: Average Age of 'Digital Birth' is Six Months

    I browse Youtube and see a video of some random infant stumbling across the floor as if it's the most awesome thing ever. Really? REALLY? Listen, parent. Nobody else gives a darn. Stop spamming the internet with this crap. The same goes for videos and photos of cats and dogs.
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    PS2 Backwards Compatibility Could Make Return

    victorintelrDidn't know that the PS3 was so modern that it couldn't handle older games. I guess my Windows 7 system must be way out-dated then because it runs games from 1992 without issue.
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    Your Cell Phone is Way Dirtier Than a Toilet Handle

    Mythbusters found that out years ago.