pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/11/new_macbook_pro_0029.jpg" width="700" height="465" style="display:block;float:none;" /Laptop batteries aren't the exactly the tortoises of the gadget world: they start out strong, then get weaker and weaker until eventually you can't even make it through an episode of em30 Rock/em on a full charge. So some users have taken up the practice of popping out their batteries while on AC power to try to eke out a few more months of juice. But the guys over at Gearlog tested performance on their new MacBook Pro with and without the battery, and here's the lesson: leave that battery in the computer where it belongs./p pWhile benchmarking some memory, Gearlog found that processor performance is a whopping 37% lower on a MacBook Pro running on AC alone. Cinebench R10's multiprocessor test got a battery-less Pro a score of only 3,504, while with the battery it scored 5,549. They contacted Apple to find out what's going on, and Apple admitted that the performance difference is intentional, explaining that it "prevents the computer from shutting down if it demands more power than the A/C adapter alone can provide." Sounds a little fishy to me, but it doesn't really matter: Apple took a lot of care with that battery, and if you know what's good for you, you'll leave it be. [a href="http://www.gearlog.com/2008/11/apple_notebooks_take_huge_perf.php"Gearlog/a]/p br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/ht.php?t=camp;i=ff0deb0a9d6d39983885bf3be30ce1a3amp;p=1"img style="border:0;" src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/ht.php?t=vamp;i=ff0deb0a9d6d39983885bf3be30ce1a3amp;p=1" border="0" //adiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=K7m90IHQ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=TtyRtOw1"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=VBzJy43E"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=VBzJy43E" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=uAw5oecc"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=uAw5oecc" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/drq__6B4398" height="1" width="1"/

hi guys,
i am newbie at MR but have been reading the threads quite often.
Now i need to buy a notebook.
i have a been a windows user since my first computer and am using a toshiba right now.
With the launch of the iphone i am quite attracted to apple products.
Do you think if i bought a pro i will like it.
I am a basic user-downloading,music/.....and yes i cannot leave windows totally(boot camp-Does windows run perfectly as on a windows pc-wht about the new trackpad how will i drag and drop things.)

Do you think a macbook pro will do for me or a HP dv5t(approx. 1500$)
which has everythink in it including bluray,4gbram, memory and fingerprint reader and all the available ports(i sometimes connect a bravia lcd tv with my laptop,how will i connect it using macbbok pro),the ports are totally different?
do people just hype apple MBP or is it really good.
Thanks everyone

hi guys,
i am newbie at MR but have been reading the threads quite often.
Now i need to buy a notebook.
i have a been a windows user since my first computer and am using a toshiba right now.
With the launch of the iphone i am quite attracted to apple products.
Do you think if i bought a pro i will like it.
I am a basic user-downloading,music/.....and yes i cannot leave windows totally(boot camp-Does windows run perfectly as on a windows pc-wht about the new trackpad how will i drag and drop things.)

Do you think a macbook pro will do for me or a HP dv5t(approx. 1500$)
which has everythink in it including bluray,4gbram, memory and fingerprint reader and all the available ports(i sometimes connect a bravia lcd tv with my laptop,how will i connect it using macbbok pro),the ports are totally different?
do people just hype apple MBP or is it really good.
Thanks everyone

Tor 0.2.0.32

Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people who want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and more. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy.

Tor aims to defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Communications are bounced around a distributed network of servers called onion routers, protecting you from websites that build profiles of your interests, local eavesdroppers that read your data or learn what sites you visit, and even the onion routers themselves.

Tor's security is improved as its user base grows and as more people volunteer to run servers. Please consider volunteering your time or volunteering your bandwidth. And remember that this is development code - it's not a good idea to rely on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity.

By default, Tor is configured to run at startup. If you do not want Tor to run on startup, you can disable this by selecting "Customize" in the Installer, and then un-checking the "Tor Startup Script" box. Be sure to leave the other boxes checked. Once the installer is finished and your computer restarts, Tor will start automatically. Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in default configuration file in /Library/Tor/torrc, but most people won't need to change any of the settings.

Privoxy is installed as part of the Tor bundle package installer. Privoxy is a filtering web proxy that integrates well with Tor. Once it's installed, it will start automatically when your computer is restarted. You do not need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. A custom Privoxy configuration for Tor has been installed as part of the installer package.

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What legacy will Sri Lanka's bitter civil war leave?

Category: Utilities
Released: Nov 18, 2008
Price: $0.99

Description:
* keep your christmas list SAFE from your other half! *Safe Note is the easiest way to keep your information hidden from other people who may get their hands on your phone/iPod.This application is focussed on creating notes and simple documents that you can access quickly and securely. Safe Note requires a PASSWORD to be entered when ever it is:1. Opened from the main screen2. Resumed after unlocking the phone3. Resumed after any calls or interruptions 59pIf your debating spending the 59 pence on this application, well I cant blame you... shouldn't it be free? Every time I pick up a YORKIE bar I ask myself the same question. But the fact is costs must be covered and 59p is the lowest price available. For chocolate covered goodness I think its worth it. For this?.. I will leave it down to you. Perhaps you should keep reading. FONTThe FONT is NOT in any fancy style that you cant read. Its using Arial in a medium size so that you can read your information easily and quickly. FLEXIBLEYou can write any thing you like!!! You are not tied down to any templates or fixed length fields. Simply write what ever you want to keep protected.1. Your girlfriends birthday present ideas2. Christmas present ideas3. A list of how many pens you steal from work....4. ...Anything! ANIMATEDThis simple application is fully animated with rich images and a great SIMPLE user interface. PASSWORDThe application will ask you to setup your password on first launch and from that moment it will be used to keep your information safe. The password is numeric so that it is quicker to enter using the big numeric keyboard (like when you dial a phone number), and it's not limited to just a few characters, which makes it more secure. DATE LAST VIEWEDJust for your piece of mind the date and TIME is recorded each time you view each note, and is displayed on your list. So you can make sure no one has secretly taken a peak when you were'nt looking!!!! LIST ORDERBy default the list is ordered by the first note created at the top and the last note at the bottom (...nothing new there). If you want to change the order you can simply drag the notes into different positions. BACKUPThe application and all your precious data is backed up when you synchronize your phone with iTunes. SIMPLICITYIt's the simplicity that will make this application fit into your every day life! Some applications are just hard to use and its not obvious how to perform certain functions... well dont worry, you wont have that problem here! SIMPLICITY is the key to a good iPhone application. SonnyBunnyDotCom also offer the service of listening to your ideas and improvements. So if you already have this app use the about page to submit your great ideas. People keep saying; "its nice to find an app that actually is useful enough to enter your every day life, instead of one you use once and have cluttering up your home page".

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Get it on iTunes: Safe Note

Category: Navigation
Released: Nov 16, 2008
Price: Free

Description:
AutoAlert Tracker is a free, real time GPS tracking service based on AutoAlert's award winning tracking system. Use it to track an iPhone online via the AutoAlert web based control centre. Ideal for use as a lone worker protection system, to track where you've been or simply share your location with friends. Free registration with AutoAlert is required. Once registered you can use your iPhone to send your location and alerts to the AutoAlert Web Based Control centre. You can then monitor your location, view where you've been and set alerts if you've entered or left configured areas or if you're in trouble. FEATURES �Track your iPhone through the AutoAlert web based system at no cost�Monitor routes taken�Easily configure areas and generate alerts if you're iPhone enters or leaves that areas�Send alert messages to your AutoAlert control centre�Send locations based on time or distance travelled�Stores location if no GPS or connection is available�Download position and routes to Excel�Because of limitation imposed on third-party applications by Apple, AutoAlert Tracker must run in the foreground in order to transmit position data.

Website: http://www.autoalert.me.uk/
Support Website: http://www.autoalert.me.uk/

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Get it on iTunes: AutoAlert Tracker

Category: Games
Released: Nov 18, 2008
Price: $1.99

Description:
WHICH GAME GIVES YOU NON STOP TRIVIA AND ARCADE ACTION FUN? ASTRO PACHINKO OF COURSE! Astro Pachinko is the classic arcade action game with a fun, challenging trivia twist that can make you popular at parties, delightful to your friends and extremely intelligent. Astro Pachinko is easy to play, but hard to put down. With your touch screen, you can fire shiny bright AstroBalls across the universe to land in point cups. Think you have scored your points? Not yet! First you need to answer a really interesting trivia question like...How old Michael Jordan was when he joined the NBA? Who recorded the hit single� Believe� in 1995? Who directed the 1978 horror flick �Dawn of the Dead�? How many teams raced in the first two seasons of �The Amazing Race�?Who did Michelle Fowler of "East Enders" leave standing at the altar? Wait there�s more! Feature Highlights:2,000 trivia questions in 17 fascinating categoriesTrivia questions from both the US or England � You Pick!3 D like game boardPersonal High ScoreAstro Sound & Special EffectsBig Time Bonus Scores

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Get it on iTunes: Astro Pachinko

Category: Games
Released: Nov 21, 2008
Price: Free

Description:
IntroductionBPop is a block breaking game. You can break the blocks when they are close to other blocks of the same color.To move to the next stage, you have to both remove all the blocks and exceed the score required. The twinkling donut can change to any color as you wish. Tips for the best score - the more missions you accomplish - the more blocks you remove together - the less blocks you leave in the stage=> the higher score you will get.

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Category: Education
Released: Nov 17, 2008
Price: $1.99

Description:
This is an new and exciting game all ages. SpiderMath bring all the fun of flash cards and quickness of the eye. Watch as math equations are displayed on the screen As the player presses the "Start" button the spiders fall from the leaves above. Look at the web as thew answer slides down behind them. Press the spider with the right answer and watch him glide to the leaves below. BUT, press the WRONG answer and all the spiders turn into "Black Widows". SpiderMath is configurable for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. Select the type of math equation you want to play with or a combination of all... We have also added a number field to enter the maximum number to use in the equations. SpiderMath is not just a learning game, but a show of quickness as well.

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Statement upon my exit from public life.

Auteur : kalacaw
Tags : kalacaw final comment seclusion monk cave dweller go hurt somebody else but leave me the hell alone
Envoyé : 22 novembre 2008
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Tabula Rasa, the sci-fi MMO from NCsoft and Richard Garriott, will shut down on February 28, according to an official message on the Tabula Rasa site. The game officially launched in November 2007, meaning that it will have lasted approximately 15 months. This brings to a close the long saga behind the game; it began development in 2001 and encountered numerous delays.

"Last November, we launched what we hoped would be a ground breaking sci-fi MMO. In many ways, we think we've achieved that goal. Tabula Rasa has some unique features that make it fun and very different from every other MMO out there. Unfortunately, the fact is that the game hasn't performed as expected. The development team has worked hard to improve the game since launch, but the game never achieved the player population we hoped for," the post, which was attributed to the Tabula Rasa team, read.

The post went on to add that the Tabula Rasa servers will be made free to play on January 10, allowing anyone to experience it before it shuts down on February 28. The team says that it will "be doing some really fun things... and we plan to make staying on a little longer worth your while."

This certainly marks a setback for NCsoft and Garriott, even though he recently announced plans to leave NCsoft to pursue his interests in space. Garriott, the creator of Ultima and Ultima Online and an early pioneer in the RPG genre, was the sixth space tourist in history last October. He paid approximately $30 million to fly aboard the International Space Station for 12 days.

Tabula Rasa is set on alien worlds, where the last remnants of humanity battle against an alien coalition known as The Bane. Like World of Warcraft, it required a monthly subscription to play.

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Are you one of those thrifty-types who's always looking for an angle, always trying to stretch every last penny? You know who we're talking about: Montel Williams bases whole episodes around you, the kind of person who reuses tea bags and separates sheets of triple-ply paper towels. Unfortunately, it now looks like you now have one less trick at your disposal. According to Zach Honig over at Gearlog, running your MacBook or MacBookPro without its battery (trying to squeeze out an extra month or two of battery life) will cause a significant performance decrease: we're talking upwards of 40 percent. When he checked Apple's knowledgebase, it turns out that this is by design -- processor speed is reduced when the machine detects that its relying solely on A/C to prevent it from demanding more power than the adapter alone can provide (and any nasty shutdowns that would result). We don't know if we buy this line of reasoning, but one thing is certain: if you know what's good for you, you'll leave that battery where it belongs.

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hey,

Simple steps to Update to and Jailbreak 2.2 using Quickpwn 2.1 and firmware 2.1

!!! NOTE : THIS IS FOR 2G iPHONE ONLY !!!

1. Open QuickPwn 2.1 and let it detect your
iPhone with firmware 2.1

2. go ahead with QuickPwn and browse for firmware 2.1 in your computer. after it gives ok, leave QuickPwn open.

3. open iTunes and click UPDATE ("I SAID UPDATE" not restore)
to update to 2.2 ( if you have the 2.2 firmware file, use it for faster results :)

4. after iTunes finishes the update, close iTunes, go back to QuickPwn and hit next.

5. you can select: change bootlogos(work fine), installer (work but dont have any programs to install), Cydia ( dont work, crashes after the first screen).

6. do the DFU procedures as QuickPwn instructions.

7. wait a little bit and enjoy your 2.2 jailbroken and unlocked iPhone 2G.




PS. dont do that if you dont know what are you doing.
this is just for the people that will not sleep before see the 2.2 running on jailbroken.

PS2. my advice, wait for the DevTeam to release the QuickPwn 2.2 :)

PS3. if you have a spare iphone with firmware 2.1, you can use it to do the fist steps with QuickPwn and after the firmware browser screen, you may disconect it and connect your UPDATED 2.2 iphone to proceed.



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pspan style=font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana;img alt=BCS border=0 class=at-xid-6a00d83451cfe769e201053617cb28970c src=http://johnharmstrong.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451cfe769e201053617cb28970c-800wi style=margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; title=BCS / For those of you who are not fans of college football, and you do have my sincere sympathy, you may not have taken notice that our president-elect has a strong opinion regarding the question of how to determine the number one college football team in America. Obama, speaking on CBS#39; quot;60 Minutes,quot; recently said, quot;If you#39;ve got a bunch of teams who play throughout the season, and many of them have one loss or two losses, there#39;s no clear, decisive winner. We should be creating a playoff system.quot; /span/ppspan style=font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana;As one who thinks the playoff system is emnot/em needed I find it interesting that one of the first places Barack Obama decided to use his quot;bully pulpitquot; was related to the question of determing the number one college football team in America. The Bowl Championship Series (BCS), which is the current system that uses rankings and computers to determine who plays who in the bowls and who plays for number one at the end of the season, is emnot/em a perfect system by a long shot. But it is not nearly as bad as the president-elect thinks. Let me explain./spanspan style=font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana;/span/ppspan style=font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana;Obama says, quot;I would add three weeks to the college season. You could trim back the regular season. I don#39;t know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me. So I#39;m going to throw my weight around a little bit. I think it#39;s the right thing to do.quot; /span/ppspan style=font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana;Well, with all due respect Mr. President-elect, I am a serious fan and I may not represent a majority vote in the opinion polls but I do disagree with you strongly.img alt=Trophy border=0 class=at-xid-6a00d83451cfe769e20105360f872f970b src=http://johnharmstrong.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451cfe769e20105360f872f970b-800wi style=margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; title=Trophy //span /ppspan style=font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana;The common argument goes as follows. No major sport settles its championship the way college football does. I ask, quot;What#39;s wrong with being the one sport that is unique? Why must college football crown a champion the same way every other sport does?quot; From the end of August until January the fans of this great sport are in a continual discussion and debate about who is really the best team. Right now one fan says the best team is Texas Tech and another says Alabama. Then other teams jump in and say we could beat either of these two. The whole thing makes for great interest and friendly debate. I like the debate, the disagreements and the human mistakes. I like the idea that the human element comes to bear upon the whole sport in a very big way. What is wrong with that? Must college football become the minor leagues of the NFL? /span/ppspan style=font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana;Look, in the present system you cannot afford to overlook anybody. Ask USC about Oregon State? Their fans think their number one but they will likely never get a chance to prove it. Why? They didn#39;t prepare and play against Oregon State like a great team should have done. Then they blow away Washington State and Washington teams in their league but so what? emThey lost to Oregon State/em. And if being undefeated is the sole issue then Ball State and Boise State should get a shot. The eight team plan leaves them both watching on the outside based on Obama#39;s idea. /span/ppspan style=font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana;Under the current system even the fans of Boise State get to brag and guess and even sometimes play mighty Oklahom, like two years ago in a BCS bowl, which Boise State actually won in one of the best games you would ever wish to see. It was unforgettable. And the present system is lucrative if nothing else. ESPN just signed a big contract to cover the BCS from 2011 through 2014. This is good for everyone, not just a few powerhouse teams. /span/ppspan style=font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana;Look, my team is sitting at number one. But they still have to win it on the field. Beating Auburn is not a cake walk. Beating Florida seems unlikely to many. Then, and only then, would they play in the Fed Ex Championship game on January 8, 2009. I would say if they go 13-0 and then beat whoever the BCS puts against them they deserve to be number one and need not play two more gam