First off, Happy Holiday! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!

Now that I’m back (for abit) I like to post one cute news… and words just escaped me to explain this… so just watch the video.

Article: EndGadGet

Awesome article that goes beyond the biggest Christmas blockbuster opening this weekend: Wired Article on Avatar

Update: I just saw it this past weekend and although the story isn’t exactly Oscar-material, the special effect is (literally) out of this world. Holy moly… go watch it in 3D!

Thinkgeek.com – One of my favourite place in the net to shop. What, you’re surprised?

Several items that caught my eyes in the subscribed newsletter (totally worth it btw even if you don’t buy anything)(Canadian custom tax sux):

Star Wars Chop(-stick) Sabers: Eat Sushi, Defend the Galaxy

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/japanfan/c50f/?cpg=119H

Ninja Toothbrush Sanitizer: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/cbba/?cpg=117HB

Been a while since I post anything… must be the Christmas syndrome. Anyhow, bump into these interesting articles….

Scott Adams (creater of the best comic strip in the world)(according to me) wrote this in his post:

Technically, you’re already a cyborg. If you keep your cell phone with you most of the time, especially if the earpiece is in place, I think we can call that arrangement an exobrain. Don’t protest that your cellphone isn’t part of your body just because you can leave it in your other pants. If a cyborg can remove its digital eye and leave it on a shelf as a surveillance device, and I think we all agree that it can, then your cellphone qualifies as part of your body. In fact, one of the benefits of being a cyborg is that you can remove and upgrade parts easily. So don’t give me that “It’s not attached to me” argument. You’re already a cyborg. Deal with it.

Read the rest here: http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/dilbert_pocket/

Next up is Scroogle. Haven’t heard of it? Loves Google but kept looking over your shoulder for privacy breach? Look no further. Check it out here: http://scroogle.org/

Last is the news I read on the newspaper yesterday. Hollywood (apparently) hits a record high on 2009 on their revenue, surpassing 10 BILLION dollars. And they’re claiming piracy is killing the industry?

Wait. Did Hollywood just contradict itself?

Read the article here: TorrentFreak article

Now I think I finally get it with all those female Twilight fans…. (don’t get me wrong, I love vampire flicks – like the Underworld – but I just can’t stand Twilight). Read more to see an explanation by VGcats…

more…

And I personally know the singer too… didn’t realize she can sing like THIS though LOL!

http://loucp.multiply.com/

It’s a done deal. Here we go, Google….

Gotta love competitions. It’s a win-win for consumer.

Read Article

Another topic is how Reuters is just redesigned and it looks totally awesome! Check it out here: www.reuters.com

Awesome article read by TechTarget: Read article

What amazes me is that it’s 2009 and the security world’s response to viruses and malware is still oriented toward “detect the bad” rather than “permit the good.” And, consequently, we still have viruses and malware. To me, it just seems so gosh-darned obvious that our problem is that we have lost control over our runtime environment, and regaining that control is “simply” a matter of deciding what programs we want to allow to run… 

And by free, I meant both free of cost and free of copyright/license/censorship. In other words, completely free.

And they’re made by the same guys who created with PirateBay.org. Who knew?

BayImg.com

As posted elsewhere…

Riddle:

You’ve been framed in a murder of a prominent politician. Since your country doesn’t have the death penalty, you’ve been sentenced to spend the rest of your life in prison, but not just any prison, but the latest tax-dollar-saving addition to the department of correction’s arsenal – the circular prison 4000. Now for the riddle:
The prison is very simple: you, the prisoner, are confined to the area of a circle. The perimeter of the circle is patrolled by a vicious guard dog (the dog can walk only on the perimeter of the circle). The dog can run up to 4 times faster than you and it’s smart – it will always try to catch you. If you manage to reach the perimeter and the dog isn’t there – you immediately escape and get a chance to clear your name.
The question is (of course) how the hell do you escape?

click More for answer… more…

First off is how Harvard and MIT are working to give computer a more accurate visual input; ie. giving computer a more “human” eye and the brain part that goes with it. Read here: Endgadget Article

Next, you think deleting your files, folders, and even disk volumes in Win7 or Vista, you’re secured? Even if you’ve wiped (write 00 on the disk itself) you think you can get away with it?

Not if you have Windows7 or Vista under the hood, and have System Restore/Shadow Copy. Read more about this feature: Volume Shadow Copy/System Restore

The list: Made me want to rent some movies for the weekends…

Now the video: pure win….

First all, last few days was not so good with the blog… GoDaddy seems to update some of their clusters and I’m guessing they’re updating some PHP versions as well…. so I couldn’t post on some days and sometimes can’t even open the site. But it seems to be much better now, so hopefully we’ll get things up and running as usual!

Next up is Pirate Bay’s fiasco. As some of you who’ve followed their story, the decision was made that the pirates founders have lost the legal battle and sentenced to one year in prison, following the shutdown of the piratebay.org trackers. Well, apparently, just like any pirates… they don’t come easy to kill.

Apparently in order to sustain the torrents from piratebay, they come up with an idea of trackerless torrents; called open tracker – you can find that at openbittorrent.com. The basic idea you can read in there, and more on the underlaying technologies at the Peer Exchange Wiki Page. Of course, legally, they’re not owned by the same people, although it’s funny to note the openbt domain is registered under one of the PirateBay founder…

On more readings, check out: Wired Article1, Article2

Update: An “easier” read on the whole PirateBay fiasco: PirateBay vs MAFIAA

Last up is a very cool guide on creating a Linux Media Box based on the latest Ion chip from Nvidia with Ubuntu OS. Check out the guide here: Bit-Tech Setup Guide. It’s awesome looking at the tiny board packing that much juice, as well as very cool media application: Boxee – definitely a must-check for Ubuntu fan! Short intro video below.

an intro to Boxee from boxee on Vimeo.

Awesome-ness….