Daily Digest March 11, 2010

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• Practice rock-paper-scissors alone with this DIY game glove

Rock-paper-scissors, I imagine, was one of those games created when people were looking for fun and competition but lacked any kind equipment (or even a deck of cards for that) matter to play a game. But as simple as a game rock-paper-scissors is, however, some people take the game very seriously and it is even considered a sport [...]

• Green Day: Rock Band set for June 8 release

As Rock Band fans wait for the series’ third installment, the release date for Green Day: Rock Band approaches. On June 8, the game will be available for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, MTV Games and Harmonix announced Thursday in a press release.

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Free iPhone / iPod Touch App: 1Password

Want a way to securely store your username and password for websites you go to on phone Apple iPhone or iPod Touch? Try using 1Password then! You can get it for FREE for a limited time from AppShopper.

Features List:
• Securely store your website names and passwords so you never forget them again
• Save important information like credit cards and membership numbers
• Jot down other notes too sensitive for stickies or bar napkins
• Synchronize it all with 1Password for Mac via Wi-Fi (sold separately, available at http://1password.com)
• Automatically log into Web sites on iPhone and iPod touch to avoid remembering and typing usernames and passwords
• Hardware-accelerated AES encryption and Auto-Lock keep your data protected even if your iPhone is lost or stolen
• All cryptographic operations are performed using standard iPhone libraries to ensure there are no security gaps or backdoors
• Two-layer defense with Unlock Code and Master Password to combine security and convenience
• Data Backup & Restore option available on Mac, Windows and Linux.

Free Copy of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition

Need a copy of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition? Well, you’re in luck! You can get a free copy for a LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME by doing the following Microsoft-sponsored quiz Here. There’s a limited amount of copies to give away so act quick! The Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition software has the same features as the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition!

Some information from Microsoft: “SQL Server 2008 Developer enables developers to build and test applications that run on SQL Server on 32-bit, ia64, and x64 platforms. SQL Server 2008 Developer includes all of the functionality of Enterprise Edition, but is licensed only for development, test, and demo use. The license for SQL Server 2008 Developer entitles one developer to use the software on as many systems as necessary. For rapid deployment into production, instances of SQL Server 2008 Developer can easily be upgraded to SQL Server 2008 Enterprise without reinstallation.”

Funny Video: How Twilight Should Have Ended

Think the movie Twilight should have ended differently? You’re not alone. Here’s one alternate ending (that was animated very well!):

Daily Digest March 10, 2010

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• Facebook and Google Buzz sued for infringing on mobile social networking patent

Sorry Google Buzz and Facebook. It seems the idea for mobile social-networking was already patented by another company. In fact, it was Wireless Ink Corp. who was issued the patent in October of last year.
Wireless Ink operates a service called Winksite which, as you would suspect, facilitates social networking over a mobile device and currently [...]

• Rock Band 3 slated for the holidays

Rock Band 3 will be crashing a stage near you this holiday season, Viacom CEO and President Philippe Dauman announced Wednesday during the Credit Suisse 2010 Global Media and Communications Convergence Conference.

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Free Byki Express Language Software

You can get free software from Here right now to learn a new language! It is a full, working copy of Byki Express software. The software is available in the following languages:

Afrikaans, Albanian, Altai, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belorussian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buriat, Chechen, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mirandese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (European), Romanian, Russian, Scottish, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino), Tajiki, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, and Zulu.

Daily Digest March 9, 2010

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• Happy Hour Watch tells you when it’s time to drink

As both a man and an alcoholic, constantly having an instrument for the opening of beer bottles on my trembling, delirium tremensing capapace is a priority.
I used to just use my back molars, but when those grinded away to nothingt, I quickly learned how to open a beer with a second, unopened bottle. But that [...]

• Amazon to improve the Kindle’s browser

Users could be able to browse the whole web with the Kindle’s built-in web browser, including popular web apps that have become a part of our daily routine, WebMonkey observed Tuesday. The publication pointed its finger at a one-month old Amazon job posting seeking a browser engineer who will be working at Amazon’s Lab126 unit [...]

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Funny Video: Here Comes Doctor Tran

I found this animated video to be pretty funny. It’s a bit long (7:42) and probably would have been better if it were shorter, but take a watch–

Late Night Alumni – Empty Streets (Original Remix)

Here is the song of the week!

Late Night Alumni – Empty Streets (Original Remix)

Sony Vaio VPCZ1190X Review Available

I have finally finished my review of the Sony Vaio VPCZ1190X. I have to say it was a tremendous pleasure to review the laptop. I really hope the information helps you all in your decisions. However, because of some comments it is not going to be up just yet. People were dissatisfied with the photos taken from the Sony website so we’re going to use a personal camera this time. You can view the review, when it’s ready, at the following link: review of the Sony Vaio VPCZ1190X. An update will be posted on the front page here as well.