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Demonoid.com is back!
Well it would seem that one of the biggest torrent sites is back online and under new management, all of the old accounts are still active so if you had an account with them before they sht down then you can log in with that information.
After 5 days of downtime the site returned, now blocking all traffic from Canadian users in an attempt to calm down the CRIA. At first it looked like the storm was finally over, but on November 9th Demonoid’s users were welcomed by a disappointing message on the frontpage explaining that the CRIA was indeed responsible for the downtime.
The site never came back after November last year, up until now that is. Let’s hope it lasts this time.
You can read more about who has taken over and what else is going to happen here.
You Have Just Lost The Game
The objective of The Game is to forget that it ever existed, and that’s it. The longer you forget, the better you are at The Game. But as soon as you remember about The Game then you lose. There are only three rules when playing the Game, and these are:
Rule 1: You are now playing The Game.
Rule 2: Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
Rule 3: Every time you lose The Game, you must announce it.
So, let’s see how long you can go without losing The Game!
Super Mario Bros theme played with lightning
A very cool use of a Tesla Coil to produce the Super Mario theme song.
Anyone know the code to properly embed this?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=B1O2jcfOylU
How to Get High Quality Videos on YouTube by Default
YouTube has started to convert some of its videos into a higher quality with links on some videos saying “Watch this video in higher quality.” but here is how you get them to play by default.
This option has not been implemented on many accounts but the how to is already present in the youtube help pages. You need a YouTube account to be able to do this.
- Go to your Account page.
- Under “Manage My Videos” click the “HQ Video Playback Setting” link.
- Select the playback setting that makes sense for you.
- Click the “Save” button.
You can find some more details about how to get your videos converter to a HD format and the comparison of the new videos over at this link.
BBC iPlay to be released for the iPhone
Well it looks like the iPhone is about to get TV on demand which is great so long as the network can coap with it.
For thous of you who don’t know BBC iPlayer allows people to watch TV programs from the past seven days that has been broadcast on the all the BBS channels.
The iPhone and iPod touch are able to stream shows from the iPlayer website over wi-fi networks. The iPhone cannot stream BBC video over the cell network. A BBC developer said that the corporation was currently working on other versions of the iPlayer for “many more” devices.
The version for iPhone and iPod touch users will allow streaming over a wi-fi connection. However, the EDGE mobile network used by the iPhone is too slow for streaming video.
The corporation has agreed a deal with wi-fi firm The Cloud to provide all BBC online services for free at its 7,500 hotspots.
Lucky iPhone users are expected to get this later this month!
Stage6 to Shut Down!
Well it seems that all good things must come to an end and Stage6 the ever popular media site which allowed the upload of high definition content is to be shut down on the 28th of February.
We created Stage6 with the mission of empowering content creators and viewers to discover a new kind of video experience. Stage6 began as an experiment, and we always knew there was a chance that it might not succeed.
In many ways, though, the service did succeed, beyond even our own initial expectations. Stage6 became very popular very quickly. We helped gain exposure for some talented filmmakers who brought great videos to the attention of an engaged community. We helped prove that it’s possible to distribute true high definition video on the Internet. And we helped broaden the Internet video experience by offering content that is compatible with DVD players, mobile devices and other products beyond the PC.
So why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to continue to provide. There are a lot of other details involved, but at the end of the day it’s really as simple as that.
You can read the full bit about this on the frontage of their website here.
EA Announces Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3!
Today EA has officially announced that Red Alert 3 is in production. The only information that they have divulged is that Naval units will be making a comeback, the Allies will be fighting the Soviets and there will be a new third faction but they haven’t said if it will be playable yet. They also announced that it will be the first RTS to feature a fully co-op campaign and there will be the return of generals that you will be able to pick and choose to fight alongside if you want to go it alone or don’t have an Internet connection.
You can find more information about C&C:RA3 over on the command and conquer website
Stage6 Hacked
Stage6, a widely used media sharing Web site that allowed you to upload high definition content, was hacked on the 9 Feb., 2008. The Web site re-directed visitors to various shock Web sites. That was then stopped by the admins and a notice was put up on the front page saying that the Web site was unavailable.
But the most shocking discovery was posted up on the Stage6 wiki page, which stated that users’ e-mail addresses and passwords were released by the hackers.
A partial list of Email addresses and passwords for several thousand Stage6 users was released by the group shortly after the attack began in the form of a plain text file posted to 4chan’s Random board. The file has since been removed from the site. Users affected were mainly those who had registered a new Stage6 account between December 11, 2007 and February 9, 2008, though the hacker(s) may have accessed the entire Stage6 user database compromising all user logins.
Let’s just hope that they didn’t have access to the whole user database.
UPDATE:
The Web site is back up and they have updated their login screen to show this message.
Due to an unforeseen technical issue, some users may be required to change their password in order to gain access to the site. If you are unable to login at this time, please use the “Recover Password” option provided on the login page. Thank you for your dedication and understanding.
-Stage6 Web Team”
So it seems that they are trying to pass this off as a technical issue.
Resize or Expand an Image Without a Loss in Quality.
Content Aware Image resizing allows the user to resize or expand an image to whatever size they want without a loss in quality or structure. This can be useful for when you have an image that is much too large for your monitor so instead of scrolling back and forth to look at the image you can resize it and it will look just the same.
“Content Aware Image Resizing’ (CAIR) takes a completely different tack. If we scale our image width down by 1 pixel, rather than removing a random vertical column of pixels, the CAIR process determines an often winding ‘path of least information’ from top to bottom which it then removes from display. Visually important areas that are dense with detail — like people, faces and text — are left virtually untouched while ‘low data density areas’ like clear skies, grass and concrete are carefully trimmed away.”
An early version of this technology can be found here.
Forgotten a Password? SIW can help you get it back.
Forgotten a password? Got a website that logs you in automatically but you forgot what that password is?
SIW (System Information for Windows) can help retrieve passwords its got a nice feature which will scan all the programs which require a password and give you a list of all the login names passwords and website that they belong too.
All you have to do is fire up the application then click on “Secrets” in the side bar it will then start searching through your programs to find all of the passwords that you have stored.
You can find the application here.
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