I know, I know, it’s not really a Lightsaber MP3 player – at least not one licensed by the Star Wars Money Mint – but it sure resembles a mini-version of the world’s most famous, non-existent laser sword.
It’s called the Music Stick, which sounds a whole lot less sexy but at least they won’t get sued, and sizes range from a weenie 1GB to a slightly less weenie 2GB, with a choice of models with or without FM radio. So, without the visual resemblance, it’s a bog standard small MP3 player. Here’s the specs:
Support the audio: MP3/OGG/WMA/WAV(PCM/ADPCM
A-B repeat
High speed USB2.0 interface
E-book: long text recording function, able to copy the unread text to hard disk for the next reading anytime
Recording: record through MIC
6 EQ modes: Normal, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Bass
Playing modes: Normal, menu, repeat, repeat all, shuffle, etc.
Setting functions: Sleep mode and energy saving mode, screen saver
Support: FM function
Prices range from £14 to £22 and you can find them here.
Personally, the only lightsaber-related gadget I want is the Wiimote support for lightsaber duels in two new Star Wars games.-Martin Lynch
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The makers of AnyDVD – the popular DVD copying software – has said that it has cracked the new BD+ protection system for Blu-ray movie discs.
If the claim from Slysoft is true, then the market for high-definition (HD) movie piracy truly is wide open for business, especially since the company’s AnyDVD software already cracks early HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs that use the older AACS system.
This is a real blow for Sony –and its partners - which has claimed that BD+ will stop hackers that have been pirating early Blu-ray movies protected by the AACS technology. BD+ is described as a ‘dynamic’ encryption system, that sits alongside AACS and can detect security issues on the fly. Its other key advantage is that if one Blu-ray movie is compromised, it can be adapted easily by the studios so that not all discs are vulnerable.
James Wong, head of development at SlySoft said: “We already found a way to crack BD+, and we have just turned to fine-tuning … I should really think about hiring a bodyguard now, since this product won’t please everybody.”
Now that’s an understatement.-Martin Lynch
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National iPhone Day in The UK is this Friday, November 9, when punters get a chance to go mad spend an exorbitant amount of money on a phone.
Early hands-on information from T3 says the iPhone will come packing the brand spanking new, 1.1.2 firmware. I’m pretty sure a large chunk of potential UK iPhone users – the Style Set - have absolutely no idea what the hell firmware is but for those that do, it’s a big deal.
Unlike the 1.1.1 firmware, 1.1.2 closes the door on the TIFF exploit that allowed the iPhone to be hacked for use with third party applications. At least it will give the hand-rubbing hackers something new to tackle.
The new firmware does add support for dozens of languages, including full German and French. As already announced, there is also free – yes, free – access to The Cloud WiFi hotspots in the UK – just like the iPod Touch.
Just as well since the cheapest iPhone package will set you back £899.-Martin Lynch
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The under-selling PS3 has actually managed to set a world record – and not for the slowest console take-off either.
The Guinness Book of Records has officially named Folding@home project the world’s most powerful distributed computing network – thanks largely to help of 670,000 PS3s. The Stanford University project which has been using spare processing power from over 200,000 PCs to look at the causes of diseases like Alzheimer’s, has been greatly boosted by chip power from over 670,000 PS3 users that have signed up to allow some of their systems power to be used for calculations. The power output has been pushed over the one petaflops mark for the first time ever.
“To have Folding@home recognised by Guinness World Records as the most powerful distributed computing network ever is a reflection of the extraordinary worldwide participation by gamers and consumers around the world and for that we are very grateful,” said Vijay Pande, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University and Folding@home project lead.
“Without them we would not be able to make the advancements we have made in our studies of several different diseases. But it is clear that none of this would be even remotely possible without the power of PS3, it has increased our research capabilities by leaps and bounds.”
It’s worthy indeed but I bet Sony wished the PS3 was as big a retail star as it is in the scientific research community.-Martin Lynch
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