Republic of Geeks

R’ha – short animated film shot by a student opened him the door to Hollywood

Alex — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:43:40 +0000

Kaleb Lechowski – first year student at the Graduate School of Media Design in Berlin due to it’s short animated film called R `ha got a contract in Hollywood! … Machines, who rebelled against their creators and want to destroy alien race. They torture one of the aliens to find out the coordinates of the meeting with [...]

Why Pinball is missing from Windows Vista ?

Alex — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:31:24 +0000

One of the Microsoft developers explained why the awesome Pinball game is missing from Windows Vista. There were rumors that this was because of some legal reasons. But no, the reasons are clearly technical. They just could not code it for 64-bit platform. During the process of developing Windows Vista hey had to port millions of [...]

Ainol launches a new tablet Novo 9 Firewire with a quad core processor and a Retina display for just 230$

Alex — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:22:08 +0000

On the Ainol website you can find the description of a new device – Novo 9 Firewire. It surprises not only with the hardware, but also with it’s price which is $230. The core of the system is a single-chip platform Allwinner A31, the main elements of which are quad-CPU ARM Cortex-A7 and eight-core GPU PowerVR [...]

Top 10 weirdest USB devices on the market

Alex — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:21:05 +0000

Without much words, here is the list : 10. George Foreman USB iGrill Yes, you heard it right, boxer and heavy weight champion of the world were into usb devices, and thanks to him , you can have your own usb powered grill near to you computer. Totally a weird idea to power a grill from [...]

Solidoodle 3 – an $800 3D printer hands on for you (video)

Alex — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:37:38 +0000

Companies goes to fascinating measures to show their belief inside a product, but there is still something refreshing in watching Solidoodle founder Mike Cervantes rose atop his company’s latest creation, beaming. In the end, the announcement of the $500 printer in April left us wondering what types of corners the organization would need to cut [...]

ThinkGeek’s latest USB gadget makes every day a day of the tentacle

Alex — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:39:36 +0000

It’s harder than ever before for any USB gadget to stick out nowadays, with nearly everything seeming old hat, but ThinkGeek has cooked up something totally new that’s certain to get observed. Although it regrettably does not be used as a thumb drive as you may expect, the retailer’s new USB Squirming Tentacle is greatly [...]

Google Now coming to Chrome browser, brings reminder cards to the desktop

Alex — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:34:03 +0000

Google No’s quickly becoming certainly one of Android’s determining features. But, if some recent inclusions in Chromium are anything to put into practice, the great little existence-predictor is possibly finding its method to Chrome browsers, too. An entry within the Chromium project code site entitled “Show Google Now notices in Chrome” together with some code [...]

GIGABYTE has announced the “lightest notebook in the world» X11

Alex — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:32:34 +0000

GIGABYTE, “redefines the conventional for ultra-light notebook segment,” presenting new models X11, U2442 and U2440. Model X11, proven in most illustrations, states function as the least heavy laptop on the planet. Weight of the machine is 975 grams. Its thickness in the slimest point is .3 centimetres at its thickest – 1.65 centimetres Based on [...]

NASA plans to put another Curiosity-like rover on Mars in 2020

Alex — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:28:11 +0000

Who states NASA does not have large plans for the following decade? Following a globally extolled launch appealing onto Mars’ surface captured, the American space entity is apparently searching to produce another in 2020. This news was worked in the American Geophysical Union conference in Bay Area today, even though particulars are thin right now, [...]