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What do you expect - it's from hackaday - you just know it's bullsh*t written "because we need to write something."

Add in Hercules port, parallel port.

Also

Most motherboards no longer have the connector,

I guess he hasn't bought a recent laptop - mine has both hdma and vga. And even this gamer laptop at tiger direct has vga out.

ASUS ROG G751JT-DB73 - Core i7 4720HQ / 2.6 GHz - Windows 8.1 64-bit - 16 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD - DVD-Writer - 17.3" 1920 x 1080 ( Full HD ) - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M - 802.11ac - black

Connections & Expansion
Interfaces: Headphone/SPDIF combo jack ¦ Thunderbolt ¦ HDMI ¦ 4 x USB 3.0 ¦ LAN ¦ VGA ¦ Microphone input
Memory Card Reader: 2 in 1 ( SD Card, MultiMediaCard )

Tigerdirect here in Canada, the sale on samsung ended monday when stock was cleared. Though they still have 240GB OCZ(Toshiba) drives up for $69 after rebate, Intel drives were on amazon if I remember. Though there are other ocz 120gb drives for $20 and this was one of the intel drives for $100 with a double stacking coupon. So yeah, I guess you're welcome.

You mean like this one

Canada's current private copying levies are as follows: $0.24 per unit for Audio Cassette tape (40min or longer), and $0.29 per unit for CD-R

Let me be optimistic here and suggest that you purchased a spindle of 100 CD-Rs.

That would be $29.00 in levies.

But wait a minute... sources (tigerdirect.ca, amazon.ca tell me the price need only be somewhere around $15.

So what you're saying is, not only should you not be able to be sued for any hypothetical (right? right.) TV series and movies you have downloaded and most certainly (right? right.) wouldn't be burning to those CD-Rs... but, really, the copyright holders owe you $14.

I do agree that levies should be dropped, mind you. I'm also not a fan of lawsuits, however. Then again, if you're just making copies for yourself - I really don't think anybody should give a damn. If you start distributing - and that includes uploading - I say you're fair game.

Teksavvy have been offering MLPPP as an addon service for a while; it allows their subscribers to evade Bell's throttling. There's even a fork of the Tomato firmware dedicated for this. And a friend told me that one of their customer service reps said you can work around Rogers' throttling using this modem. Just opt for ISPs that aren't Bell or Rogers.

Now, how soon can I get this on an Archos 4.3?

try calling something leopard or snow leopard or tiger.

You mean, like TigerDirect online store, or Tiger Airways, or Tiger beer, or Tiger car insurance company, or countless other things?

So long as it's not a piece of software, you should be fine.

I've really wanted to get a modular power supply so you don't have to worry about all those extra wires. Pair that up with SATA CDROM and hard drives, and you'd elimiate all the big wires from your case.

For myself, I'd be happy to use a linux-based system. However, I have a request by somebody else who wants security for an apartment complex.

I can probably handle setup, but I want something that's low-fuss so that I don't end up having to babysit it.

Can anyone comment on systems Like these, for indoor/outdoor (doorways and parking area) surveillance, or make other recommendations?

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4933703&CatId=333

I have a box similar to this one shown, with a pair of 1TB WD Scorpio drives running it, one disk gets used to system partitions and home directories, the other is mounted at /srv/media. The box provides NFS and SMB shares to 2 desktops, 2 laptops and a Myth TV Box that's hooked up to the 42".

The only thing I haven't been able to do with it so far (time has been a factor, and I haven't been able to research it properly) is DLNA streaming to work properly to the PS3. Time has been a factor and I haven't really looked that closely.

i did this in a boardroom at my office.. .

bluetooth form 30 feet worked OK but it was sketchy.. signal would drop in and out. not too usable.

so i got one of these:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2893288&Sku=C250-3868

and hung the bluetooth receiver in the center of the room. USB over cat5 goes a long way and you can hide the cables well.

Don't worry, you can still get parallel ports and 9-pin serial. That board has serial, parallel, usb, IEEE 1394, PS2, RJ45, and a bunch of audio connectors. That has technology from the 1980's right up until the latest technology. Sadly, I think the only common port it is missing is ESATA.

I stand corrected - One of these Radeon HD 2400's would be great. Apparently X1550's have been made in PCI variants and nobody told me, either.

These things are great:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1945393&Sku=S457-1104

they work, they're simple, when closed they're virtually indestructible, when open, you can swap drives in seconds, hot-swapped and everything. IDE and SATA. I've used multiple brands, they're all the same. Some have a power switch if you care.

For much less than their offer, you can get a fully portable drive powered by USB with 250GB capacity.

See here: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools /item-details.asp?EdpNo=3201416&CatId=1277

and here: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools /item-details.asp?EdpNo=3195233&CatId=2783

Basically, about $300 or so, plus delivery, etc. I can see some use-case scenarios for online storage (particularly as TFA seems to suggest integration with other google applications), but it's super easy to plug in a USB cable and copy files onto a portable drive (no messing around like burning a DVD), plus it's fast, reusable, highly compatible, about the size of a wallet, and I know exactly who is able to see the data that I keep on it (i.e., me, and nobody else). Further, there are some free alternatives for online storage - I can't think of them off the top of my head, but, ironcially, I'm sure I could google them - plus I'm fully capable of using my Linux desktop machine at home for secure online storage with basically zero configuration other than the out-of-the box setup (think SSH/SFTP/SSHFS). I just don't see how this offering competes - not for tech-saavy individuals at least.

Sorry Google, but I'm not sold on this one.

For much less than their offer, you can get a fully portable drive powered by USB with 250GB capacity.

See here: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools /item-details.asp?EdpNo=3201416&CatId=1277

and here: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools /item-details.asp?EdpNo=3195233&CatId=2783

Basically, about $300 or so, plus delivery, etc. I can see some use-case scenarios for online storage (particularly as TFA seems to suggest integration with other google applications), but it's super easy to plug in a USB cable and copy files onto a portable drive (no messing around like burning a DVD), plus it's fast, reusable, highly compatible, about the size of a wallet, and I know exactly who is able to see the data that I keep on it (i.e., me, and nobody else). Further, there are some free alternatives for online storage - I can't think of them off the top of my head, but, ironcially, I'm sure I could google them - plus I'm fully capable of using my Linux desktop machine at home for secure online storage with basically zero configuration other than the out-of-the box setup (think SSH/SFTP/SSHFS). I just don't see how this offering competes - not for tech-saavy individuals at least.

Sorry Google, but I'm not sold on this one.

This place has them listed for $119, but I got mine from a retail outlet for the same store for $40 (error?). In any event, I'd gladly pay the $119 for it, you can feel the quality.

BWJones (18351) mentions Missile Command, and this trackball is easily as smooth as those industrial balls, if you ever had the pleasure of playing that game. Lots of momentum with the size of the ball.

... Tigerdirect didn't even have any, only DVD's. ...

clicky

Phew!

At first I thought you were talking about the Motorola A630. I've had this phone for about 3 months now. Admittedly that's not very long but all I can say is this is the greatest geek phone EVER! Full qwerty keyboard and a game pad slightly embossed into the keyboard [some pictures should show it OK on google] that resembles the NES controllers. My girlfriend loves to play the games that came loaded on it.

I bought it through an online vendor and can't seem to download anything from my telco that I deal with. However, this phone appears to be fairly big in the UK/Europe. I have found numerous ring tones and games, etc for a few pounds.

Anyway... greatest phone I've ever had. Not too bulky [physically] and very feature full. I have one gripe about it, but it's not really a big deal. When you lock the exterior keypad and then then flip it open [say, to read a text message] and close it again, you will have to lock it again. I think there might be a setting somewhere, but I got the phone OEM with no manual. :-(

How about a $3600 flash drive?

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools /item-details.asp?EdpNo=2074958&CatId=0

- IP

I have been using touch pads like this for years
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/ca tegory_slc.asp?CatId=1919&Nav=|c:143|&Sort=3&Recs= 10

THey are great and require as much effort as a laptop touchpad, almost none

And it's diffrent from the Transmeta Caruso how??? It has a camera, 802.11g, a detachable keyboard in a holster thingy and runs Windows XP.. Cheaper I guess... yes, i do mean that in both ways. This has been around for a while... Move along.. nothing to see here.

BTW I think they are discontinued cuz noone wanted them...

Who the hell cares about this? This isn't news at all.. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools /item-details.asp?EdpNo=1482276&Sku=A180-1090%20CA

NCIX has a nice site, lots of inventory but their prices are not that great. Given the choice I would much rather order from one of these guys...

Don't forget Tiger direct has a canadian site and you won't get dinged for duty/border fees if you order from there.

One of my favs has always been PC Canada. They are almost always cheaper than NCIX and they have always been fast with my orders. I had to return some RAM once upon a time and had no hassles at all. The only real strike against them is they don't carry as broad of an inventory as a place like NCIX does (take a look at their vid card selection, you will see what I mean).

If you want the absolute cheapest, it's hard to beat Canada Computers. I can not vouch for online ordering since anything I've bought from them has been in person but they usually have the cheapest price around. I've heard some people say they are pretty unforgiving when it comes to returns so be aware of this.

2500 for an Athlon64 on a laptop? Talk about a ripoff, how about this one for 1187$, mind you that price is in Canadian dollars, but I assume you can do the conversion.

This thing seems more comparable to a Mac Mini in terms of price/performance. While the intel video chipset may suck a lot more, it's not like you'd be playing many 3D games on a Mac anyways. You'd probably have to file off the ugly ass contouring as well to make the IWill look decent.

I don't work for any of these companies, I was just browsing for something else and thought this was sort of cool.

I don't mean to nitpick or anything like that, but I have noticed that prices are dropping here in Canada in the last month or so.

TigerDirect had this Acer TravelMate 2303LCH for 839$Cdn about 2 weeks ago. It is 1.5MHz Celeron, but has 256MB

They also have this Systimax laptop for 877$Cdn. It is a 2.0 Celeron, but with only 128MB.

The same goes for off-lease machines sold at many computer stores too. An off lease P3-900 IBM Thinkpad with 256MB and DVD ROM used to be 680$Cdn or so. Last week it was 650$Cdn, and other stores had good deals for 699$Cdn. I am monitoring the prices myself because I need to replace my P2-300 128MB machine with something more current. I don't want to spend over a 1000$Cdn though.

I don't mean to nitpick or anything like that, but I have noticed that prices are dropping here in Canada in the last month or so.

TigerDirect had this Acer TravelMate 2303LCH for 839$Cdn about 2 weeks ago. It is 1.5MHz Celeron, but has 256MB

They also have this Systimax laptop for 877$Cdn. It is a 2.0 Celeron, but with only 128MB.

The same goes for off-lease machines sold at many computer stores too. An off lease P3-900 IBM Thinkpad with 256MB and DVD ROM used to be 680$Cdn or so. Last week it was 650$Cdn, and other stores had good deals for 699$Cdn. I am monitoring the prices myself because I need to replace my P2-300 128MB machine with something more current. I don't want to spend over a 1000$Cdn though.

Take a look at this phone:

It's a VOIP phone from SOYO that allows free direct calls between same model phones. They also provide an international calling plan but I don't think I will be interested in that.

I bought two G668 models and I intend to place one in my parent's place (they live abroad) and one besides my regular telephone. That way it will work as a family "bat-phone" and reduce our long distance charges to zero.

Two great advantages are that they don't need to get connected to a computer and they can make AND receive calls. These phones have their own number when used within the "Network".

I expect to recuperate the cost in two months!

/You have to understand that my parents are technophobes, with this they can just pick up the phone and dial a number

//All my international calls go to family and friends, if this works I will be giving more phones for christmas next year!

Just built one for around $420 CDN, with an XP2600, 512MB ram, 40GB HD. No DVD burner yet though. It's a good start, but it will need more HD soon. This is after all the mail in rebates (120 for Proc, 87 for RAM, 45 For Case, MB, Keyboard, Speakers, mouse and CD-Rom. 65 for HD, 29 for vid. card with TV-out, CPU Fan+Heatsink. and around 50 for the shipping. If it's a project for you, just wait for the good deals on TigerDirect.ca or the like, and pick up the parts when the price is good enough for your budget. mine was built over 2 months.. and as always, ymmv.

Consists of:
Soyo Barebones kit (Soyo K7VME, Case, Speakers, Keyboard and Mouse), If you buy this kit, you either want a lower profile heatsink+fan or a new case, the PS sits right over 1/2 the CPU. Extra fans are a good idea too.
2x 256MB PC3200 Ram
Pine Nvidia MX440 gfx card w/ TV-Out (s-vid)
WD 40GB HD
Athlon XP2600+ CPU

I'll be adding a bigger HD and a FTA card sooner or later, and a good sound card with spdif out, 7.1 (Maya 7.1 PCI). Going to use it to emulate all those old game systems.. the nintendo controller hack posted the other day should be good for this.

If you can't get it shipped, try buying Local! If a company is willing to ship it here (Canada), they probably have a Candian version of the Store.. Like Tigerdirect or Amazon (although Amazon.ca doesn't have much compared to Amazon.com)

Or simply buy at a local store... Like the Vermont public TV said: "A dollar spent in Vermont stays in Vermont"... Apply where you live...

DailyWireless reviews the technology of WiFi Trains:

The small Possio AB, a Linux-based access point, can provide local WiFi and connect to the backbone using 3G (EV-DO) mobile backbones for a couple hundred dollars.

Perhaps a load-balancing router would help. The Xincom - XC-DPG402 ($150) a 4-Port 10/100Mbps Twin WAN Router can combine two different backbones into one. P

Bob Cringeley uses the Xincom box. It works with his Vonage (VoIP) adapters, too. That's how WiFi on Trains provide constant connectivity.

How about "unwiring" your transit agency.

Additional DailyWireless.org articles include and WiFi on Mass Transit as well as stories on Wireless Ferries, Wi-Fi Ferry Testing, WiFi on Canadian Trains, Limousine Wi-Fi, Highspeed Mobile Roaming, Internet Rickshaw and Mobile Access Points.

You can already get 108mbps wireless routers and cards so it isn't a problem. Although I know a single computer can't get 108mbps over this connection faster versions will come out. Also note from the article that the 200mbps is only for very short distances

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the Mac G5 was the fastest processor you could buy to date. ( I prefer PC running AMD )
Please no flames.

If you want a 1600 Mhz FSB and like AMD, I recommend you just go ahead and get an AMD chip with a 1600 Mhz FSB. Like this one.

I picked up a 4 port KVM from tigerdirect.ca for $76.99 CAD and it works great.. -joe

I came across these recently. I had never seent hem before, they're interesting.
Basically they're USB CD towers. They do not actually play the CD's, but rather just catalog them, and spit them out at you when you request a disc. They also have some features that allow you to loan discs to friends and they'll track their location and such.
I like it.

This one does 75 CD's http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTool s/item-details.asp?sku=K26-2800%20P
This one does 100 CD's http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTool s/item-details.asp?sku=B600-2000%20P
The cool thing about the second one is you can daisy chain it and store up to 127,000 CD's or so.

Also there's tigerdirect.ca for the Canucks out there. :)