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Chrome OS screen shots

Chrome OS was release yesterday and someone had actually convert it into a vmware image. I free today so decided to give it a try using Virtualbox and then upload a few screen shot to show u all people. Those interested in downloading this image can get it from piratebay and here the link.

Chrome OS login page

In fact when i power on the Chrome OS after then the normal hardware checking it immediately brought me to this login page. Basically to say there is no loading page like Windows OS or Linux OS. You are require to key in your Google account to login to the OS.

Chrome os startup page

The start up page display most of the popular site we often visit. I would say this OS is like a powerful web browse that can install on a pc as an OS. So far there are not much application to try. Email and document are all link to my online account.

Chrome os flashchess

Entering this flashchess which use adobe flash does not seen to be a problem. This also mean that adobe flash is install by default so users will not have a problem accessing site that require flash.

Chrome os calander

Last to show you is the Google calender. This is google first release of thier OS to the public so is more of letting eager user like me to try it out. More application and update should be coming soon. Let look forward to their next release.

uTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling

If according to what this site have say is true then we will be going to experience high download speed soon and without slowing down our online game and web browsing. I have extracted part of the article from his site.

utorrent 2.0

BitTorrent lnc is about to launch a completely improved implementation of the BitTorrent protocol that will benefit both users and ISPs. uTorrent 2.0, which is currently being tested by thousands of people, will eliminate the need for ISPs to throttle or stop BitTorrent traffic, and will optimize the download experience for its users.

This is where uTP comes in. uTP is a new and improved implementation of the BitTorrent protocol which is designed to be network friendly. The current implementation often causes interference with other applications, which is the main reason why ISPs try to slow it down, or even stop it altogether. uTP aims to solve this problem.

With uTP, uTorrent (and the Mainline client) will become network aware by throttling itself if congestion in the network is detected. This will have a huge impact on ISP networks according to Simon Morris, BitTorrent’s VP of Product Management. “If uTP is successful it should result in a multi-billion dollar windfall in terms of savings for ISPs,” Morris told TorrentFreak

This means that the new uTorrent will eliminate the need for ISPs to throttle BitTorrent traffic in their networks. Of course, uTorrent users will also be affected by the new protocol. When needed, uTorrent will decrease the upload or download speed to avoid congestion.

According to Morris it’s mainly the upload speed that will be affected. “The throttling that matters most is actually not so much the download but rather the upload – as bandwidth is normally much lower UP than DOWN, the up-link will almost always get congested before the down-link does,” he explained.

“uTP measures the time a packet takes to get sent from peer A to peer B, so in theory uTP will detect congestion anywhere on that path, although in practice the congestion most often happens somewhere on the first-mile uplink connection.”

So does this mean that the new uTorrent will result in slower download times? Not necessarily. Since there is less congestion, uTorrent users will experience no slowdowns in web-browsing, and ideally less congestion and a more efficient use of the network may result in faster download speeds. uTP is currently being tested in uTorrent v2.0 beta and thus far none of the testers have reported any significant problems.

“There are already a couple of hundred thousand people using our v2.0 beta client, and things seem to be progressing very nicely. Our v2.0 client will initiate outgoing uTP connections by default whenever it can. Previous versions of our clients will accept incoming uTP connections – they just won’t initiate them,” Morris said.

“We’re excited that this creates a better experience for millions of consumers, and it also potentially has a massive impact on ISPs – greatly reducing (even eliminating) any justification to manage or shape BitTorrent traffic and allowing ISP networks to handle more BitTorrent traffic, without resulting congestion forcing capital network upgrades ahead of schedule or the ‘need’ to invest in DPI or other traffic shaping gear.”

It is hard to tell if uTP really is BitTorrent’s savior, but if it lives up to the expectations it will be beneficial to both users and ISPs. The specs for uTP will eventually be open so other clients will have the opportunity to implement it too. However, since uTorrent and the Mainline client together are used by two thirds of all BitTorrent users, the effects should be immediately noticeable to both those users and ISPs.

via torrentfreak

Facial recognition television

I believe you all must have know of what is camera face detection but what about television face detection? This new technology created from Hitachi will automatically detects when you’re actually watching your television and will  shuts the display off if you are not watching. This is going to be very useful, think about it, if you are playing game and aren’t willing to stand up or reach out to your remote control to switch off your television.  You can just simply turn your head away from the television and it will automatically switch to standby mode. Anyway Sony are also into developing this technology, we should be able to see it in the market quite soon. Jump to 45s if you do not want to wait.

via technabob

Appirion’s iDriver let you control your car with iPhone

Appirion's iDriver

This iphone application enable the user to control the minivan using the iPhone accelerometer and the touchscreen buttons. Once again iPhone has prove that why it is still the leading smart phone in the market. But i was wondering what if you are accelerating the car and the WiFi connection got cut off will the mini van stop by itself.

CRISTAL – Control of Remotely Interfaced Systems using Touch-based Actions in Living spaces

Multiple remote controller for different devices is like a thing of past ever since the release of all in one remote controller. But there since to be another problem to it, is that it is quite complicated to configure. But now there since to be another invention to solve the problem of having multiple remote controller. It is call the Control of Remotely Interfaced Systems using Touch-based Actions in Living spaces (CRISTAL), this machine resemble the one from microsoft surface. CRISTAL is design just like your normal home coffee table, with an LCD screen showing your living room. Take for example if you want to control your house lamp you simply touch the lamp that is show on the LCD screen and you will be able to control it. It is also acting like a media server which you can just drag and drop a movie onto the television and it will auto play the movie. I leave to the video clip to explain more clearly.