For a long time I had resisted converting my DVD and Blu-Ray disks into any other format because I didn’t want to lose any quality. I had lived by this rule for a long time, and thankfully companies like QNAP and Thecus came to my storage rescue. However, the day has come where the cost of storing all the extra garbage that comes along with these movies has opened my eyes to benefits conversions. With that, I have began converting my movie collection to a format that allows me to lose all the excess fat, but keep my movie loss-less. Read More…
 Daily Mail | Apple Reportedly Buys 3D Mapping Firm C3 Technologies Forbes The Web site 9to5 Mac reported over the weekend that according to “sources,” CE Technologies execs are now working as team in the Apple iOS division. The group remains in Sweden, where C3 was located prior to the acquisition, according to the blog post ... Apple Buys C3 Technologies Apple buys C3 Technologies — a shot at Google Maps Apple rumored to take on Google's 3D maps with superior technology |
 BBC News | ASUS: 'We run out of hard disks at the end of the month' Register By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author ASUS managed a slight increase in profit for the third quarter of this year, despite the global slowdown in PC sales. ASUS is still shipping notebooks, but has also been strong in netbooks and has ... Stuff mag's surprise gadget award Will Asus' coming ARM-based Windows 8 tablets be available in 2012? |
 Telegraph.co.uk | BT speeds up fibre super-fast broadband rollout ZDNet UK BT has moved up its deadline for delivering fibre-based super-fast broadband, saying it will connect two-thirds of UK homes and businesses by the end of 2014, a year earlier than originally planned. ... BT hires another battalion of troops to speed fibre rollout Broadband roll-out speeds up BT accelerates superfast broadband plans |
Not so fast: Shift way from cable TV slower than expected Daily Comet Even as Internet video viewing increases, the vast majority of US households are still paying for television subscriptions and watching most video that way. This time a year ago, the television industry was rife with worry about cord-cutting — people ... Cable Is Holding Web TV at Bay, Earnings Show Cable companies hurt by fleeing video customers Q3 subscriber losses drop Cablevision stock 10% |
 Motorward | Fiat 500 Abarth coming to US, to debut at LA Auto Show SlashGear Back when I went to the Texas Auto Show, I got my first up close look at the little Fiat 500 cars and thought they looked pretty cool. Our resident Brit, Chris Davies, pointed out at the time that if I thought the normal Fiat 500 was a cool car, ... Mighty mouse: Fiat 500's performance edition unveiled Ecco! First Official US-Spec 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth Photos Released New 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth to Debut at the L.A. Auto Show |
 Zimbabwe Tribune | MacBook Pro tipped for Air-style update by holidays SlashGear Apple's official MacBook Pro refresh may have taken place early last week, but the company is reportedly readying a more significant update to the notebook that will borrow design and spec directions for the MacBook Air. Both TUAW and Mac Rumors have ... Apple prepping Air-like 15-inch MacBook, report says Apple rumored to be testing new ultrathin 15-inch MacBook Apple has ultra-thin 15in MacBook in the works - report |
Cable Is Holding Web TV at Bay, Earnings Show New York Times This time a year ago, the television industry was rife with worry about so-called cord-cutting — people dropping cable subscriptions in favor of watching TV over the Internet. Verizon's FiOS service on an Apple iPad. ... A Look at Cable, Satellite TV Earnings Reports Not so fast: Shift way from cable TV slower than expected Cutting the cable on Comcast |
 Globe and Mail | 'Uncharted 3' faces big-name competition USA Today Virtual leading man Nathan Drake has been in some tough spots before: a sea-pirate ambush in his 2007 PlayStation 3 debut, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and a cliffhanging train wreck in 2009's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, ... In 'Uncharted' games, story adapts to big action scenes Review: 'Uncharted 3' Another Interactive Treasure Fans Will go “Ballistic” for Uncharted 3 DLC, Will be “Way Cooler Than ... |
 BBC News | Google goes indoors for Street View extension ZDNet (blog) Summary: Google's Street View service is heading indoors, collecting images of businesses and other public spaces, in a further bid to 'map the world'. Google, in a bid to map the world even further, ... Google Street View heads indoors Google Launches Indoor 'Street View' Shots Google Maps rolls out business interiors in Street View |
 ZDNet | The right to dual-boot: Linux groups plead case prior to Windows 8 launch Ars Technica Red Hat, Canonical and the Linux Foundation have laid out a set of recommendations for hardware vendors in hopes of preserving the ability to install Linux on Windows 8 machines. ... Linux Foundation, Canonical and Red Hat Weigh In On Secure Boot Secure boot: Linux Foundation, vendors offer solutions Linux Foundation proposes to use UEFI to make PCs secure and free |
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