Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Gadgets News For 04.01.2011


Ziff Davis acquires Geek.com


It’s official: Geek.com has been acquired by Ziff Davis, the company behind PCmag.com, Extremetech.com, and a number of other technology sites. Geek.com will operate a standalone site within the Ziff Davis family, with the same commitment to excellence in technology reporting the site has had since it was founded in 1996. Geek.com’s entire editorial team [...]




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Angry Birds Becomes Carnival Game Booth in China!

Angry Birds Game Booth

Remember the game booths in carnivals and circuses? You can now play Angry Birds in real life! And purchase plush dolls!

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Handbrake updated to version 0.9.5

Handbrake has been updated to version 0.9.5. Available codecs have been updated but this update is only now supporting Intel-based Mac. Many new features and bug fixes have been added:



Core Library


* BluRay disc structure support. (No decryption support)
* Updated Libraries (x264, ffmpeg)
* SSA Subtitle support. (Including burn-in)
* MP3 audio now supported in MP4 files (Note: Limited Player compatibility)
* VOBSUB subtitle now supported in MP4 files (Note: Limited Player compatibility)
* Updated Presets for newer devices and better quality
* AC3 encoding support.
* Many Bug Fixes and other small improvements
* Improved DVD Main Feature detection (when using dvdnav)
* Universal audio downmix support (all audio types can be downmixed)
* Point*to*Point encoding (second or frame start and end times)
* Peak framerate option (Capped VFR)



All GUIs


* Updated x264 Advanced Panel
* Video Quality Slider drops % value and only shows RF for x264
* Batch Scan (Scan Multiple files at once. N.B: Does not include multiple VIDEO_TS folders / Image files)
* Many Bug fixes
* Many Tweaks to improve usability.
* Ability to edit queue jobs



Mac GUI


* New Audio Panel supporting >4 Audio Tracks
* VLC detection in /Applications and ~/Applications
* Multiple instance support



The new version offers a better compatibility with VLC, while support for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV2! It seems also to be faster, at least for ripping a DVD, it took us 21 min 35 sec for encoding a 1h45’ movie on a Mac Pro Quad Core 3.2 GHz, and 18 minutes on a Mac Pro Octo Core 2.93 GHz.







This Angry Birds game booth in China seems not easy to win



Huge fans have probably bought the Angry Birds plush toys for fun. In China, some people have used them to create a game booth. This photo is found in Guangzhou. It may probably not licensed by Rovio. And, it seems hard to play too. Who would be able to use the real Angry Birds to hit those pigs successfully?


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