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Monitor your hard drive usage with DriveSpacio
via Download Squad by Brad Linder on May 11, 2008
Filed under: Utilities, Windows, FreewareDriveSpacio is a free Windows utility for examinging hard drive usage. When you first boot the program you'll get a list of each hard drive and partition on your system, along with, some details like the files system, cluster size, and a pie chart or bar graph showing used and free space. But the fun really begins when you click on the Folders section....
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Robot Spiders, Dragonflies, Snakes to Aid Soldiers in War Zones
via Switched by Blake Besharian on May 09, 2008
As if warfare weren't already creepy enough, BAE Systems, a British defense company, has released a promotional video of robotic spiders, dragonflies and snakes it is developing to aid soldiers in combat zones. The robotic creatures are being funded by a $38 million contract with the U.S. Army that is part of a massive, and costly, effort to modernize the weaponry of the armed forces. The...
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Scientists Develop Artificial Mouth to Study Complexities of Chewing, Digesting
via Switched by Darren Murph on May 10, 2008
Sure, we've seen a set of robotic chompers before, but a team of scientists led by one Gaëlle Arvisenet is taking artificial mouths to a new plateau. In a study set to be released in next week's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers report on the "design of an artificial mouth that mimics the first vital steps of human digestion -- chewing, saliva release and the...
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via عصرونه - Asroone by (author unknown) on May 11, 2008
حجه الاسلام راستگو:هورا كشيدن و كف زدن در برنامههاي كودك قابل پذيرش نیست
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via تصور by فريد on May 04, 2008
چند عکس از طوفانهای عظیم
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Exclusive Video: Hands-On with Pet Pavilion, Soundwalk
via Gearlog by Brian Heater on May 08, 2008
Korreannovation PR guy and semi-official spokesmodel Jeff Newelt manages to simultaneously use the Pet Pavilion and the Soundwalk, to the tune of "Who Let the Dogs Out?"It's one thing to blog about a bunch of weird Korean gadgety goodness by reading press releases. It's another thing entirely to actually get a chance to play with some of the weirdness. Ahead of next week's...
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Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident (AP)
via Yahoo! News: Space & Astronomy News by (author unknown) on May 09, 2008
AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.
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Facebook Borrows $100 Million to Buy Servers
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Adam Ostrow on May 08, 2008
Facebook is about to spend big on upgrading its infrastructure. According to Business Week, the social network has closed a deal to take a $100 million loan (“venture lending”), all of which will be spent on new servers. Facebook gives up no equity as part of the deal. Business Week explains how this type of loan works:“Venture lending peaked during the dot-com bubble of the late...
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Google Translate becomes even more useful
via Download Squad by Brad Linder on May 07, 2008
Filed under: Internet, Web services, GoogleGoogle has udated its language translation page, adding support for Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hindi, Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish. That brings the total number of language you can translate to and from to 24.But the most useful feature of the new Google Translate is the automatic language detection feature. You no longer have to...
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Filemail: Email files up to 2GB
via Download Squad by Brad Linder on May 06, 2008
Filed under: Internet, E-mail, Web services, web 2.0It seems like every day a new company comes along with a service that lets you send huge files over email. Or rather, they let you upload a file to a server and then send the download link to a friend. Filemail may be one of the newer kids on the block, but there's a lot to like about this service. Filemail lets users send files up to 2GB...
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