http://www.techamok.com/RSS/RSS.php TechAmok RSS - Independent Technology News en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:36:43 EDT Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:36:43 EDT Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:36:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5028 of the world...cough :-)... I mean, the debut of the Large Hadron Collider, which is scheduled to begin test operations on 9/10 :-) Scientists at Fermilab may wax nostalgic when their 25-year-old Tevatron particle collider fades into oblivion in a few years, but for now they're enthusiastically welcoming Europe's muc... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5028 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:51:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5027 ing to his wounds. Minutes later, a helicopter approaches, and the bloody soldier is flown to safety and into the capable hands of a military medical team. Of course, this isn't Iraq. It isn't Afghanistan. It's the set of Metallica's video for their track ;The Day That Never Comes,; the first single from Death Magne... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5027 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:24:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5026 Mozilla developers have made Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 available to download. This latest alpha - codenamed Shiretok - includes support for the new video element, one of the most highly-anticipated features of HTML 5. The HTML 5 video element offers some unique capabilities that can't presently be achieved with Flash-based... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5026 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:12:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5025 According to Motor Authority, Ferrari is planning to launch and open-air Spider version of the F430 Scuderia. The F430 Scuderia Spider is said to be readying for its of 2008, with production earmarked for about 300 units. Although the allure of a super Ferrari convertible is undeniable, there are just a few poi... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5025 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:47:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5024 Abigail Clancy is not nude (you wish), but luckily enough she is featured in pages of FHM magazine once again!... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5024 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:34:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5023 Here are some very nice Michelle Hunziker bikini pictures from the beaches of Rio, wherein the 31-year-old Swiss model shows off her best ass-ets. Get it? Cuz she has a great ass! :P... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5023 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:05:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5022 Eve Wyrwal (b. 1988) is a Polish glamour model currently living in Rugby, United Kingdom. Also known as Eva Wyrwal and Iga Wyrwal, she participated in rowing and canoeing in Poland and is an avid firearms enthusiast. She has been seen in Nuts, Front, Loaded, UK Playboy and regularly in The Daily Star. She is also popular w... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5022 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:17:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5021 This AMD dual-core Turion powered Everun mini-notebook is easily one of the smallest I have ever seen. Everun runs on AMD Turion 64x2 Dual Core at 1.2GHz, 1GB DDR2 RAM, ATI RS690E with 64MB DDR2 VGA, 7; 1024*600 LCD. It also comes with optional 12GB SSD and 80GB 1.8; hard disk, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 1.3... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5021 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:15:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5020 InfoWorld have identified a dozen Vista features that you can turn off right now. Some are shiny baubles that slow down graphics performance, while others are optional utilities that hog memory when they shouldn't. A few can actually be quite useful, though they play a major role in bogging down your PC: Sidebar - You... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5020 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:12:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5019 The long rumored, long awaited and;quot;Eee PC Killerand;quot; from Dell, now called the Dell Inspiron Mini 9, is now shipping! The Windows XP version, available now, costs $399. The Ubuntu Linux version, available in and;quot;a few weeks,and;quot; will cost just $349! These prices are actually much lower than A... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5019 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:24:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5018 Microsoft kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's and;quot;Mac vs. PCand;quot; ads. The first commercial of Microsoft's new marketing push, being created by advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, ai... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5018 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:03:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5017 DesignCentrix presents Respondr: A new way for car dealerships to enhance the car buying experience and separate themselves from other dealers. Customers can see different makes/models, interiors, exteriors, move car 360 degrees to see all angles, allowing for dealers to sell more and carry less inventory. Content can be display... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5017 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:10:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5016 Although Chrome's performance beats the current stable version of Firefox, Arstechnica's benchmarks show that Mozilla's next-generation JavaScript engine actually outperforms V8.and;nbsp; Mozilla is using tracing optimization techniques and Adobe's open source nanojit to increase the execution speed of SpiderMonkey, th... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5016 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:02:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5015 In a chat with British website Pocket-lint, Samsung UK Consumer Electronics Director Andy Griffiths predicted that Blu-ray will be obsolete by 2013. and;quot;I think it [Blu-ray] has 5 years left, I certainly wouldn't give it 10,and;quot; he stated bluntly. Griffiths didn't go into much detail about his reasoning, but... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5015 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:58:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5014 Two conservative commentators on MSNBC, after they're off the air, say what they really think about the veep choice. ... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5014 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:43:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5013 Police are trying to track down a man filmed riding a skateboard down a steep stretch of highway at 62 mph (100km/h), far above the speed limit. The man who raced down southern Germany's Ulm-Stuttgart highway for two miles before he stopped and fled is believed to be a professional stuntman, Goeppingen police spokesman Uli Stoec... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5013 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:38:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5012 Kyocera is fitting out another major solar power plant with photovoltaic modules for the Spanish renewable energy company Avanzalia. When finished, the project will be one of the largest solar power generating facilities world-wide. In August 2008, the plant in the Castile-La Mancha region of the Spanish province of Cu... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5012 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:22:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5011 If you check out AMD's official price list right now, you'll see the same numbers that have been there since July 7. However, online retailers recently started discounting chipmaker's desktop offerings. For instance, the Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition costs just $179.99 at Newegg-a whole $55.01 cheaper than AMD's offic... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5011 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:57:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5010 Preeti Bhutani was born into a conservative Sikh family, whose father was in the Air Force and mother was housewife in Faridabad, India. She is one of the Bollywood's rare actress who is looking for some good role in the industry. She has acted in Hindi (few), Tamil and Kannada movies till now. Preeti marked her foot steps... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5010 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:45:00 EDT http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5009 A senior member of the Windows 7 development team says that there is a team of engineers dedicated to start up performance that has set a goal of having a 15 second or less boot time. The post goes into detail about what it takes to achieve that goal and how the team is progressing. Here's an excerpt: From our perspec... http://www.techamok.com/?pid=5009