28
Feb
If you think of turtles, you may probably think of the cute little shy animal
crawling slowly over the ground and being lazy. When you watch these
videos, you might reconsider your thoughts about these animals as they
can be vicious, too! And I learned today: Turtles can be carnivores!
Continue Reading
28
Feb
Cats can be good attention payers, as this video is prooving. If you ever
have played the nutshell game, then you know that it’s difficult to follow
the ball under the nutshell every time. Also I have failed several times when
playing a game like this on the iPhone. This cat however can’t be fooled!
Continue Reading
28
Feb
Harsh times that are ahead of the U.S. economy. While the last months have
helped many companies to catch ground again, it seems as if this time’s over
and bad times ahead again. The reason for this? The active Sequester Plan.
But not only this plan is responsible for the upcoming desaster.
Continue Reading
February 28, 2013Netspark
RATING :
Loading...
FILED UNDER :
Economy&Finance ,
News ,
Thoughts TAGGED WITH :
budget ,
debt ,
economy ,
money ,
saving ,
Sequester ,
unemployment ,
USA
27
Feb
Some people never learn. Better view where you go and if you’re cheating
on your girlfriend, be honest with her because the truth always comes out.
This happened to some guy in Russia who was cheating on his fiance. What
he didn’t know that he was in a picture of Yandex Panorama.
Continue Reading
27
Feb
When you’re around in America, the streets are often trailed with signs.
Not often however do they contain funny texts on them as there was some
discrepancy between the shop owner and the clerk upon the sign change.
But not ony shopkeepers get funny signs!
Continue Reading
26
Feb
If you ever wondered, why some robbers are in prison for strange thefts,
this story tells one of these strange stories. A bar got cracked up and the
robbers wanted to nab the installed ATM. However they took the wrong
machine – and got the jukebox instead. Much effort for almost nothing!
Continue Reading
26
Feb
Being cut in line on the road is a big annoyance, especially
when you drive a bigger vehicle that isn’t capable of breaking
instantly. A bus driver from Zelenograd decides for his
passengers and simply crashes into cars cutting his line.
Continue Reading
26
Feb
While NVidia has thrown in their Geforce Titan, which settles a new record
in graphics performance for a single card, AMD now seems to try catching
up and according to a report on Fudzilla, the new “Malta” core, formerly
known as “New Zealand”. shall bring AMD back to the top.
Continue Reading
25
Feb
Bug Zappers are practical! Instead of squashing the insects and leaving a
bloody pulp on the object the bug is squashed on, the “more human” way
is to electrocute the bug. There are several gadgets available and one of
them is the Bug Zapper racket. A tennis racket for zapping bugs.
Continue Reading
25
Feb
New computers are often a bliss. Sometimes it can be just annoying. While
upgrading my computer, I had to install some software from scratch as
important device drivers were just broken. One of the more annoying ones
are these from VIA. Had to manually delete them later as the setup failed.
Continue Reading
24
Feb
I am sorry that the news had a longer time until release as I was ill and hardly
used the PC. So that’s why all messages have been released today. Hopefully the
cold won’t catch me again. Wasn’t nice at all laying in bed freezing like hell tho
the room itself was warm. That’s Wintertime! The possibility to get ill is there!
Continue Reading
23
Feb
Seems as if not only Apple has the trouble when it comes to delivery flaws upon
the release of new hardware. The Surface Pro tablet is also among these gadgets
which are highly demanded but where the manufacturer cannot deliver the item
in time. So it’s simply waiting time for those who want to have a Surface Pro.
Continue Reading
22
Feb
Not only is Chrome 26 Beta released, Chrome 25 is available now and among
some security hole fixes, there are some new additions available of which the
ability to control the Browser using your voice is one of the most spectacular
ones. Available for all major OSses, Chrome 25 can now be downloaded.
Continue Reading
21
Feb
New patents may point to an idea of Apple to create an iWatch. But what exactly
could this gadget do? Will it be an iPhone reduced to the size of a watch or will
the iWatch only a smaller edition of an iPod? As integrated circuits allow smaller
and smaller devices, the iWatch might be a Mini-iPhone!
Continue Reading
20
Feb
So there it was… the presentation of the new Playstation 4. But unlike Apple,
Sony did not show the actual device in completion, only the new controller
and some tech demos on what the new console may be able to show. Also
the timeline is very tight as Holiday season 2013 usually means Christmas.
Continue Reading
February 20, 2013Netspark
RATING :
Loading...
FILED UNDER :
Computer ,
Gadgets ,
Games ,
News TAGGED WITH :
amd ,
Controller ,
Move ,
PS4 ,
show ,
Sony ,
touch ,
Vaporware
19
Feb
When we speak of superlatives about displays, the iPhone is no longer the
number one as other smartphone manufacturers have already brought out
devices which support FullHD on their screen (1920×1080). The first ones
came with a 5″ display, the new HTC one shrinks to 4.7″.
Continue Reading
18
Feb
When it comes to Nokia, most of us think of the glorious times, Nokia had
once in the mid to late 90’s with their legendary phones 6110, 6210, 6310
and initially with the communicator series. Also other phones of Nokia were
innovative. With the iPhone release in 2007, the fall of Nokia has begun.
Continue Reading
17
Feb
A long time we didn’t hear anything about C&C Generals. The last part came
out in 2003 – 10 years ago. So of course most of us are dazzled to see what’s
ahead. Now EA has released the first HD screenshot of the upcoming C&C
Generals title which will also be Free 2 Play. And it looks great!
Continue Reading
16
Feb
Well… I have seen lots in my life so far but a sky full of tangling spiders…
well, I must admit that I will consider not living at one of these spots ever.
I usually have no arachnophobia but I don’t need one of these running free
in my home also. They usually meet a book or a glass for carryout.
Continue Reading
15
Feb
What sounds like a polt to a B-SciFi-Movie got real today. A meteor has hit
earth today in the morning. Parts have hit the ground at Lake Cherbakul.
The touchdown was so hefty that the shock wave has burst many windows
and hurt approximately 1000 people so far. Some videos show the meteor.
Continue Reading
14
Feb
When it comes to hardware for computers, the first questions are: How
much dough to spend and what will I get for it. Now it is true that there are
many hardware testing magazines online which take time to analyze the new
hardware parts for you upon suitability for your project.
Continue Reading
13
Feb
While AMD has already some High-End GPUs on the market, NVidia’s top
speed card, the NVidia GeForce 690GTX still is using the “old” structure
size for it’s die. The Radeon HD7990 for example builds on the 28nm struc-
ture, while the 690GTX uses the Kepler GPU based on the 32nm structure.
Continue Reading
February 13, 2013Netspark
RATING :
Loading...
FILED UNDER :
Computer ,
News TAGGED WITH :
amd ,
GK104 ,
GK110 ,
GPU ,
Kepler ,
nvidia ,
Radeon HD ,
tesla ,
Titan
12
Feb
Yes, I know, it’s boring to read again about some copyright infringement.
And yes I am also bored, too. But maybe this is a way to show why money
still rules the world and why people are willing about to give up their soul
for something that usually isn’t worth fighting for.
Continue Reading
12
Feb
The World Wide Web has lots of real useless crap on it, mostly spam! But
there alre also some gems out there which should be mentionned. That’s
why I take focus on Captain Campus’ blog today which will be a new source
for fun stuff filtered out for you. Welcome to the Blogger’s community, pal!
Continue Reading
11
Feb
Sede Vacante it will be on February 28th, 2013 when Pope Benedict XVI. is
officially receding from his position as Pope. The decision came today and
instantly spread around the world. The resaon is easy: Ongoing health issues
the reason for his recession. So the Vatican has to select a new Pope now.
Continue Reading
11
Feb
Whenever we hear something about Flash, one’s mind is automaically set on
security issues, Flash has brought up in the last years. While Adobe tries to
fill these security holes, new ones are already being searched for. But what
once was only directed on Windows PCs now also is aimed on Mac machines.
Continue Reading
10
Feb
Nature offers many spectaculous moments. Due to global warming however
there are also frightening events when glaciers split ice plates that have the
size of Manhattan Financial District. One such Glacier calving has been held
on camera and shows imoressively what happens upon such a giant ice drift.
Continue Reading
09
Feb
If it comes to the mind of the Australian Health Organisation, birthday
candle blowouts in australian kindergardens are no longer recommended.
Reason for this is a study that points out that most of the infections of kids
occur at birthdays when the birthday child is blowing out the candles.
Continue Reading
09
Feb
When it comes to freaky, funny, useless or eyecatching gadgets, then they’re
mostly from asia. The newest gadget is a iRoomba for your smartphone or
tablet PC. Setting up the little cleaner, it cleans the suface of your tablet in
8 minutes or then smartphone in 4 minutes. For 15 US$ it is obtainable.
Continue Reading
08
Feb
Some people never learn when to behave. For instance when being at court
for a felony. In this case, a young girl was sentenced to a penalty fee of
5000 US$ for possession of Xanax and B.A.R.S. – both pharmaceutics are
categorized as drugs as they can make you dependent of them quickly.
Continue Reading
08
Feb
Ever wondered how solid wood can be? Well, an austrian architects team has
planned an office building with 24 metres height and 7 floors over ground.
The building today is now operating as usual. Not only is the construction of
this building less CO2 emmiting, it also is of regeneratiing materials.
Continue Reading
07
Feb
Of course there are devices who have a builtin charging status indicator.
But few to none have an indicator showing the actual power demand when
charging. In this case I am showing you a charging cable that not only
serves as a data cable but also shows the current flow into your device.
Continue Reading