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Okay, this is another non-tech post but if this is not the funniest video you've ever watched, we will close this blog down tomorrow. Its Michael Jackson's Thriller done in Telegu, but with "English" subtitles/lyrics. Enjoi. We did.

PS: It's quite an old video but we just remembered it. Credit goes to our counterparts at www.gameaxis.com for discovering it first.     

Those who have heard of XDrive before would have remembered it.  In the days before YouSendIt, XDrive was the best free way to share files over the Internet.

Then XDrive began to charge.  Now it belongs to AOL (America On-Line).

Now Microsoft is eyeing to offer a free half-TB (Terabyte) drive on the Internet via their free "Live" space.  It'll be known as Windows Live Drive or Folders so far.

So far it's only being made available to selected beta testers, but expect news soon on the Windows Live Space about this free 500GB Internet drive.  With Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft offering Gigabytes of mail storage, the next step would be to offer free Internet storage, and it looks like Microsoft might be the first there.

Source : Yahoo News (Yeah, it's ironic isn't it?) 

Just look at that smug smile on his face! Not to mention that the cameraman needs to learn up on his videography skills or that a Rube Goldberg device does not rely on speed, but rather, dramatics to make it more interesting. 1/5 from us, and thats just for effort!

There are times where you see something online that will make you go huh? or simply WTF? and this site is one of them - eSnailer allows you to send free snail mail via their online site. The hitch? You'll have to type in your real email address before you send the snail mail and you can only try it in the States. The problem with providing your email address to eSnailer is that it exposes you to spam - after all how are they paying for postage and stationary?

Anyone wants to start something like this in the SEA region? 

So you've got 23 level-70 WoW characters in your account. Big deal. Do you control 23 characters at one time? Now, that's a big deal.

Meet Xzin, probably one half of the the most hardcore dual-boxer/multi-boxer duo evar. This dude and his girlfriend controls 23 characters at a time - each - whenever they log on to WoW. Just take a look at their setup. It screams hardcore to the max. There's loads of hardware and it's all very neat as well, metholodically thought out before hand and arranged. I really dig those recliners the best. Note to self: Need to get one of those ASAP! 

So, just how do you really control 23 characters at a time? Honestly, I have no idea but you're interested, take a look at this guide to 5-boxing (controlling five characters at once) first. It's a good read on the hardware and apps that you'll need to get started. It's funny how that you don't really need that many monitors after all.  

First spotted at Kotaku & Dual-Boxing.com

Ever dreamed of being the most bad@$$ character in film history? (At least we geeks think so) You have a credit card balance of more than $860 dollars? Still have a slim waist even if you're in your 40s?  This is the one for you =

Totally awesomely cool! Too bad I can't fit in it due to my ever expanding waistline, but hey, probably XXL would suffice :) It comes with a free lightsabre/saber, too! 

Before you think this is a phishing (fake) site of Google - it isn't.  It's the black version of Google called Blackle. It was set up by a Google partner as a anti-Global Warming move by conserving energy used to display Google's pages.

Is it just another marketing gimmick or does it really work? Well, consider this:

White takes up the most energy to display on a screen, based on the principle it takes the maximum of Red, Green, and Blue on an electronic display - whereas for Black, all the pixels are turned off.  When you consider Google is the most visited site on the Net, then you can see how much energy is wasted displaying white on millions (or billions) of screens around the world. Hence we might be saving energy (and hence the need for less generation of energy) if we switched to black. Makes sense to you? If so, then just set your home page to Blackle.

If you know about wireless, you'll know about Linksys.  They were known for their powerful performance and if you wanted the best wireless, you had to go for Linksys.

However, in 2003, Linksys was acquired by Cisco Systems and has since been known as a division of Cisco.  Now, Cisco has decided to kill off the Linksys name entirely.

From now on, you'll begin to see Cisco branding and no more Linksys. So if you want to get a part of the Computer/Internet industry history, better grab your hands on a Linksys wireless router while they're still around.  After IBM ThinkPads went the way of Lenovo, and now Linksys goes Cisco, what will be next?  The industry awaits...

Incidentaly, Cisco has also changed its logo last year.  So the next time you see a different Cisco logo, it's not a pirated Cisco product, it's just the new Cisco branding. 

Source : Uber Pulse

Just a friendly reminder that registration for the World Cyber Games 2007 Malaysia is now open and it's FREE! That's right! It will cost you zilch, nada, niet to sign up so join the world's largest cyber game tournament and you stand a chance to win big prizes! Places are limited so point your browser to Multiplay.Lowyat.net and register today!

As usual, the here's the bevy of girls spotted at the PC Fair (II) 2007 over the weekend. While we also had a booth to run, we weren't so perverted as to scour the fair and take photos of each and every one of them! Look out for a caption the picture contest inside! Winner gets some goodies from the show!

Moar pics after the break! 

We laughed when we saw the headlines of several gadget blogs today as they focused on a matter closer to us - Telekom Malaysia billed Yahya Wahab a whopping RM806,400,000,000,000.01 (count the zeros!)!!! The only problem was that he was deceased and his son had actually paid an outstanding balance of RM84, which was enough to close his account. While this news is actually quite old as it was first reported more than a year ago, just look at the comments - they thought AT&T and the iPhone plan was expensive!

Gizmodo

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Want an iPhone? Here's how you can get one...

WoW!  Canon has introduced their new midrange and super Pro DSLRs for the photography world to drool at. The 40D replaces the aging 50D (natrually) while the 1Ds Mark III brings the DIGIC III to a 21.1 world dominated by the likes of Hasselblad and Vivitar and other similarly exotic-named manufacturers. Enjoy the juicy pics below (yeah, we know we have a gadget fetish, at least I do!)

Canon USA's press releases are here for the 40D and here for the 1Ds Mark III

Just came back from a very eye-opening Media Prima (the company that owns TV3, NTV7, 8TV and TV9) media introduction of thier Network Media Portals and I must say, I'm impressed with the amount of work that's gone into the website. For one, users can now watch EVERYTHING that was shown on TV a couple of hours after the program has been aired in a quality that's better than your average VCD up to a week from its screening date.

Secondly, you can check out the content from the Media Prima archives (stuff like Majalah Tiga and the likes) all the way back to when they first started which is a total of 40000 screen hours - all from RM1 per download/RM15 per 150 downloads without ads!

Talk about unlimited reruns of fresh new shows for free! To date, only the 8TV portal is "near 100% up" as the team sorts out the bugs, but we're already enjoying our Ho Chiak  reruns!! Check out the whole lineup come September 9th, I know I will! XD

Charming. That's one of the words that can describe this Air Ray from Festo. A remote-controlled robot that floats through the means of helium indigestion, the Air Ray spookily reminds us of one of those Metal Gears in MGS. Scary? it does cross the uncanny valley for me. Hit the link to catch a video of it in action!

 Video here

[via Gizmodo]