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Is that sexy or what? This is Sony's latest concept. I features a clear, glass screen and pure black surface when powered off. When you turn it on, the glass is filled with the image and the keyboard keys and track pad "light up". Man that would friggin awesome to have. I wouldn't care how much money I had to pay to get my hands on one of those. Unfortunately, it is just a concept and won't be developed until holograms become a reality.

Citation: http://www.geekologie.com/2007/09/holographic_vaio_zoom_notebook.php

Labels: A Geek's Dream, Articles

"You know you are a true geek when you can find random scientific facts interesting and amusing."

http://technologybb.com/showthread.php?t=999

Labels: Articles, Thought of the Day

Did you know that sound waves can align physical matter into pretty patterns based upon the pitch of a tone?




Me neither.


http://www.whatjamiefound.com/2007/09/04/cymatics-demonstration-using-salt/

Labels: Articles

I about had a heart attack when I read what IBM is now pouring out $290 million to build.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/11/ibm_power7_ncsa/

Labels: A Geek's Dream, Articles

A recent article revealed a very mysterious glitch in Gmail. They are now holding a contest to see who has the best and wackiest conspiracy theory or reasoning.

http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/07/05/the-mysterious-grey-box-on-gmail/#comments

Labels: Articles

Well if you haven't heard about it I'll help spread the word. Firefox 3.0 has officially been released. But that's not all. On it's official release, it made a new world record from Guiness. I'll let you read the article for the rest of the details.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7486668.stm

Labels: Articles, FYI

I was reading this article about helpful commands in Vista, however, these commands also work with XP - well I know a couple do because I just tired them. I find these really helpful. Just type this in your "Run Prompt" and it will perform its action. Really cool.

Most useful Shell commands

• shell:ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder - opens the Programs and Features (Add/Remove Programs) window.
• shell:Sendto - opens the SendTo folder so that you can easily add more locations to the Send To list.
• shell:Common Administrative Tools - opens the Administrative Tools menu as a folder
• shell:Desktop - opens the Desktop as a folder.
• shell:Downloads - opens your Downloads folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:Quick Launch - opens the Quick Launch folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:Searches - opens the Search folder showing all your saved searches. (Vista Only)
  

The other useful Shell commands

• shell:AppUpdatesFolder - opens the Installed Windows Updates location in Program and Files. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:Cache - opens Internet Explorer’s temporary Internet files folder.
• shell:CD Burning - opens the folder where Windows Vista temporarily stores files to be burned to a CD.
• shell:Common Desktop - opens the Public/Shared User’s Desktop folder.
• shell:Common Documents - opens the Public/Shared User’s Documents folder.
• shell:Common Programs - opens the Start menu shortcuts folder.
• shell:Common Start Menu - opens the Start Menu as a folder.
• shell:Common Startup - opens the Startup folder.
• shell:Common Templates - opens the Templates folder.
• shell:CommonDownloads - opens the Public User’s Downloads folder.
• shell:CommonMusic - opens the Public User’s Music folder.
• shell:CommonPictures - opens the Public User’s Pictures folder.
• shell:CommonVideo - opens the Public User’s Video folder.
• ***you can also open up separate folders of the like above by removing the term "Common"
  
• shell:ConflictFolder - opens the Sync Center Conflicts folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:ConnectionsFolder - opens the Network Connections folder. Very handy to know if you do a lot of networking
  
• shell:Contacts - opens your Contacts folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:ControlPanelFolder - opens the Control Panel.
• shell:Cookies - opens the cookies folder
• shell:Favorites - opens your Favorites folder.
• shell:Fonts - opens Vista’s/XP's Fonts folder.
• shell:Gadgets - opens your Windows Sidebar Gadgets folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:History - opens the Internet Explorer history folder.
• shell:InternetFolder - opens Internet Explorer to the "Welcome back"/"Change Your Settings" page - not the home page
  
• shell:Links - opens your Links folder location. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:MyMusic - opens your Music folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:MyPictures - opens your Pictures folder. (VistaOnly)
  
• shell:MyVideo - opens your Video folder.(Vista Only)
  
• shell:MyComputerFolder - opens Computer window.(Vista Only)
  
• shell:NetHood - opens Network Shortcuts folder or all the shared folders found on your network.
• shell:NetworkPlacesFolder - opens the Network Places location. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:Original Images - opens Windows Photo Gallery Original Images folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:Personal - opens your Documents folder. Works with XP
  
• shell:PhotoAlbums - opens your Slide Show folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:Playlists - opens your Playlists folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:PrintersFolder - opens Printers in the Control Panel.
• shell:Profile - opens your main folder, you know that place that stores all that crap like "my documents", "Favorites","start menu", "desktop","local settings".
  
• shell:ProgramFiles - opens the Program Files folder. Hallelujah this one works with XP and is now my new best friend.
  
• shell:Public - opens the Public User folder.(Vista Only)
  
• shell:Recent - opens the Recent Items(Recent Documents for XP) folder.
• shell:RecycleBinFolder - opens the Recycle Bin folder.
• shell:Start Menu - opens the Start Menu folder.
• shell:Startup - opens the Startup folder
• shell:System - opens the System32 folder location.
• shell:Templates - opens the Templates folder location.
• shell:UserProfiles - opens the Users folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:UsersFilesFolder - opens your main folder. (Vista Only)
  
• shell:Windows - opens the Windows folder. Works with XP
  

These are awesome. I know I'm going to be using them a lot. Here's a tip on how to use these tips: Press Windows Key + R to open the Run Prompt. Then you can quickly type the shell command you want. It's so much faster than trying to browse through folders to get things done.

Labels: Articles, FYI, OS, Programming, secrets, Software, tips

It has been many a year that all the hardcore geeks have been wishing for a peaceful unity amongst the operating systems. Many have attempted this heavy burden with releases of emulators. But those just aren't good enough.

I pleased to help spread the word of the new OPEN systems by Psystar. These amazing machines were specifically designed with hardware that would please even the most finicky operating system. The most featured feature is its ability to run Mac OS X Leopard without any conflicts. It also has the ability to run Windows XP and Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) and (Here's the kicker) UBUNTU 8! The specs are amazing and OPEN systems start at about $400 (with no OS).

Labels: Articles, OS

I found this on a website...

Supposedly, if you add "&fmt=18" (minus the "" marks) at the end of the URL for a youtube video, it will display the video at it's highest quality resolution. I'm not sure if that's true or not. I tried finding some crappy quality videos and then seeing the difference and it sort of helped. One thing that I noticed that did make a remarkable change was how fast the video loaded. The standard video was loading really slowly but after I added this little phrase, the buffered bar shot across the bottom. Try it out!

Stay tuned right here on GeekTech becuase coming up next I'm going to show you how you can turn your computer into a portable program for your jump drive with all the goodies and gadgets!

Labels: Articles, FYI, secrets, tips, videos

Can you believe how quickly we forget about the present and begin focusing our attention to things that are still in the distant future? I found a little while ago that Microsoft has stated that Vista is now the forgotten operating system. With support near it's end, Microsoft is planning on a new release already. Next in line, due sometime in 2009 is the release of Windows "7".

So with Vista we know that there are so many upgrades that must come first. Like more RAM, a better video card, a faster processor, you must have a dvd drive for installation, a larger hard drive to install the OS on, and plus there's all that incompatible software.
Most companies are still with Windows XP for two reasons: 1) being that upgrades would be very costly and time consuming and 2) there is no advantage of Vista over XP except for Aero Experience.

Microsoft has heard this countless times from people all over and are finally planning on making a change. They know that Windows 7 needs to be worth the upgrade. But how can they make it better than Vista without the need of a Supercomputer? The answer is to cut down the need for large system resources. Windows 7 will be designed to utilize resources in a much better fashion and still be the best OS.

So any Vista PC should be able to handle 7 without any problems. XP machines will still most likely need a few upgrades, but the changes won't be as large a step or as aggressive which will save you a couple hundred dollars.

With the new release around the corner, I advise anyone thinking about upgrading to stand your ground and stick it out for a year (unless your upgrading from 98).

Labels: Articles, FYI, OS, secrets

Although version three is still beta, it will be released before 2007 is up. The full article can be found here:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140496-c,mozilla/article.html

Labels: Articles, FYI, Programming, Software