Mavizen the manufacturing arm of the TTXGP (the Time Trials Xtreme Grand Prix -- a race for zero-emissions motorcycles) has announced TTX02, a cool new electric bike which is not only a ride but also a mobile server with an open source Linux OS, a USB based system bus with Wi-Fi Connectivity. It is a race platform and available for any team. Check out the launch promo below. [via Engadget]
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 is now available for testers. This new release is for MSDN subscribers and those who got MSDN subscription can download it and try out this new release with .Net framework 4 beta 2. It is not publicly available now.
According to Redmondpie the public availability of Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is expected on 21st October through Microsoft Downloads Center. [via Redmondpie]
Download Visual Studio 2010 from MSDN here.
A new high-speed cable technology designed to connect to electronics devices name Light Peak has unveiled by Intel at IDF. Using this technology you can transfer an entire Blu-Ray disk in 30 seconds. According to Intel
This technology could conceivably go as fast as 100Gb/s within a decade. [via Intel]
Wii Optical Disk Emulator or WODE is Wii that has been augmented with Linux running module that allows disk-free, heavy metal Wii gamming. It clips on the system board and allows it to read Wii and GameCube ISOs directly from USB storage devices. It has a small LCD and four-way joystick for setting options. The price and availability is not available yet. Watch the video below to see how this thing work. [via Engadget]
PlayStation brings an opportunity for the gamers to work for PlayStation. Yes, it’s true! if you have skills to work as a game tester, now there is chance to prove your skills. PlayStation announced a new program that will be created for PlayStation Network called “The Tester”.
A group of selected gamer will face-off in a series of elimination challenges designed to test their mental toughness, endurance and video game knowledge and The winner gets a job working for PlayStation’s Quality Assurance department in San Diego, CA.
Complete the online casting submission form and upload a short video explaining why you’re the perfect contestant for “The Tester”.
Submit your forms at www.us.PlayStation.com/psn/thetester.
It is a very bad experience that you are outside and your iPhone or iPod battery is running out and you need to stay connected with your friends and family. Novothink solves this problem by introducing first solar charger for iPhone and iPod touch. Now you can charge your iPhone/iPod when you are outside at day time by this new solar charger using the sun power. It is a handy tool which has a solar panel at the back with some LEDs to indicate the status of your battery power. There is also a USB cable that can help you charge your device.
These are the first solar chargers licensed by Apple. According to Inhabitat this solar charger is only available for the newer devices and are not compatible with older devices. Novothink’s Solar Surge will be available for the iPod Touch 2G later this month and will sell for $70. The iPhone 3G and 3GS model will be available fall 2009.
[ via Inhabitat ]
Hello everyone, Sony brings some great features in its new handy cam. Now you can record full HD video with new Sony HDR-CX520 and there is no need of tapes or hard drive because it contains built-in 64GB of flash memory, which allows you to store 25 hours of full HD video. The HDR-CX520 also captures sound in full 5.1 surround sound. This handy cam is packed with the latest innovations to help you capture whatever you are doing. HDR-CSX520 has face detection technology which helps you select any person’s face from the video you captured and will show you all the videos featuring that person. I really love this face detection feature because from 25 hours of video it will help me finding my best friend’s videos. The other exciting feature of this handy cam is that it has GPS sense built-in, it tags everywhere you shot any video and you can sort videos by locations or you can watch videos from your favorite places that you have visited. Isn’t it cool? It has three technology built-in to shoot in low light conditions. I hope you will love this new handy cam and all its features as I do.
You can find more information here.
The 2010 Ford Taurus and the 2009 Infinity M45 X both offer advanced driver information technology like adaptive cruise control to help adjust the other driver in front of you, But the problem is you cannot adjust drivers behind you. Blind Spot Information System with Cross-Traffic Alert is an available technology that uses radar to check what’s hidden in your blind spot. The 2010 Taurus adapted this technology and using this you can get more information about the cars behind you. Blind Spot Information System helps you change your lane and provides you the information about the cars even when you cannot see them in the mirror. Its a smart technology. Watch the video below to get the real experience on how this technology works.
Yes, it’s true, the Harry Potter like invisibility cloak has now become a reality. Retro-reflective projection technology makes it possible for any object to become invisible. It uses a computer, a video camera and projector to shine background images onto the front of a subject wearing specialized clothing, creating the illusion of invisibility. It is a unique technology in which there is a fabric made of glass beads only 50 microns wide and can reflect light directly back at the source, much like the screen in a cinema and the projection is bright even in daylight. According to the researchers the material can be applied to anything. This technology can be used to create safety for pilots, drivers and many other area. It can also be used to create whole new form of computer-human interaction. Watch the video below and see how it works.
BMW present its vision a new concept car. This is a big step into the future with all new angles and perspective, an exciting look of EfficientDynamics. The car has three engines at the back and also has an electric drive. This car drives up to two hundred and fifty km/hr by using 3.7 liter diesel per hundred km and has the ability to drive 50 km purely electric. The car can also recharge its battery with internal combustion engine. It has an exciting sporty look. I love this new concept and hope you all love it.. so, watch the video below to know a bit more about this new concept.
After the success of Symbian mobile OS based smart phones, Nokia is now presenting its new touch screen smart phone, the N900 with Maemo. A Linux-based operating system used for Nokia’s Tablet computers. According to Nokia’s executive vice president of markets, Anssi Vanjoki.
The N900 is one of Nokia’s first devices using Linux rather than the Symbian OS, with its functionality and its Linux-based OS, the N900 could be seen as possible competition for the iPhone. Below there are some screens of the N900 OS. You can find more detail on Nokia N900 here.
Hi every one. After a long period of time and due to some other business I was unable to post any new stuff. So I am writing this post just for fun. As I am a big fan of cars and news related to them Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 is one of my favorite car because of its cool sports look and obviously the performance, on the other hand Porsche 911 GT2 is also on my list of favorite cars. I am very thankful to Autocar giving such a nice comparison of both these two cars in one-mile drag race. I hope you guys love the video below as I did.
Prepare yourself for a massive new war. Zipper interactive presents the next evolution in gaming, MAG™. MAG is an online first person shooter, where you will experience battles upwards of 256 real players across a global battlefield. The team at Zipper and Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced that MAG will hit North American retailers on January 26th, 2010. Watch the first web release of MAG E3 trailer above. I have put some screen shots from the official site below.
Isn’t it strange that Microsoft is approaching iPhone developers to port their popular applications to the new Zune HD. According to Daring Fireball:
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars! is an exciting game focuses on car-vs-car soccer gameplay. You can rocket around or above the field, crash into the ball to shoot spectacular goals, or even destroy the opposing team’s cars if you’re going fast enough.
Psyonix Studios announces the release of the latest patch for Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. This Update is free and includes two new exciting maps “Galleon”, set aboard a pirate ship at night and “Stadium” which is based on sprawling European style football field. There are many improvements to the handling of lags and servers with slow internet connections. There are 14 new skin, two for each car. Updates to replay editor so you can easily record your highlights and upload them directly to YouTube.
Xbox live brings Xbox Live Gold membership. After unlimited online gaming, instant streaming of Netflix movies*, virtual parties, photo sharing, and exclusive Gold-only gaming events, you will love the Xbox Live Gold membership.
As a Gold member you will be able to get an exclusive discount on a piece of content each week. You can save much on your favorite arcade game, a classic Xbox original, or even that map pack or that new song you have been looking to buy.
Not a Gold member yet? Sign up for Gold over $ 4 a month and a 12 month subscription. So get your Gold member ship here.
There is a new patch out now for Burn Zombie Burn!. This patch has YouTube and background music support. This means you can now record your game footage and upload it to YouTube to show off your skills. With Background music support now you can select music to playback in the game via the XMB and the music stored on you PS3.
There is also new Home space, set in a themed graveyard. Now you can walk amongst the undead in same way as you walk in the game.
King of fighter has taken the next evolutionary step with a reworked gameplay, glorious high-resolution 2D graphics, and silky smooth animation. its now been nearly half a decade since The King of fighter was last seen, and The King of fighter XII has arrives just in time to celebrate the franchise’s 15th anniversary. The fighting game gurus have put the final touches on the Playstation3 release of The King Of Fighter XII.
The game will be available at retail today. July 28th, to the North American market first. The game will release in Asia and Europe later. Now you can battle head to head via Playstation Network to engage players all over the world. There is also a Playstation3 exclusive Clan mode for KOF XII players. A unique feature that allows players with a common goal to band together as a members-only club in order to create the most dominant online Clan possible. There is also an exclusive theme featuring sultry female fighters Elizabeth and Mature for PS3 players.
For those who are not familiar with the KOF series, there is a unique history. In 1994, characters from classic Neo Geo series including Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, and Ikari Warriors were brought together to create a unique and revolutionary three-on-three fighting game known simply as The King Of fighter ‘94 and for the next decade KOF becomes the most beloved fighting game franchises ever.
EVO is the world’s largest and longest fighting game tournament and this year it was bigger than ever. There were 1000 Die-Hard players alone, which positively exploded EVO’s overall attendance. There were endless waves of people making their way through the conventional hall. it’s an event that truly brings the world community together. Capcom setup shop and showed off the latest builds of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for Playstation network. Street Fighter 4 was definitely the main event, but Street Fighter 3: third strike, Super Street fighter 2 HD Remix and Capcom 2 vs. Marvel, alnog with Soulcalibour 4 and Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core were also there. It was a great and most enjoyable event. There were a lots of titles and latest stuff. You can find more detail here.
Evo 2009 concludes with Daigo Umehara defeating Justin Wong in Street Fighter IV.
You can play two-player games using the Bluetooth of your iPhone. The iPhone/iPod 3.0 OS allow third party games and applications to use device’s Bluetooth for two-player games. Bluetooth-Enabled iPhone games are easy to play because there is no Wi-Fi access points or internet connectivity required. You just need two device to start the fun. There are several games that support multiplayer gameplay over Bluetooth. You can find the list of games that support multiplayer game over Bluetooth here.
This simple tutorial will guide you, how to use a CHM help file with your Microsoft Visual C# projects or even small applications. To use a CHM help manual for your application, you need to first create a CHM help file for your project. After Creating your CHM file, you need to link it thorough your C# application. Let me show you how you can open it from your C# application.
Assuming that you all know how to start a new project on visual studio, I skip all those steps. As you can see above there is simple windows application contains only a single button. Now to open a CHM file by clicking on the “View Help Topics” Button, you have to write a single line code only. Double click on the “View Help Topics” Button and write the code below inside the scope of Button1_Click function.
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start (Application.StartupPath + "\\Help Document.chm");
After writing this code it will look like this
private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Application.StartupPath + \\Help Document.chm);
}
Make sure your CHM file is in your application folder. Now Debug your application and test it. You can also open any other file or application using the code above through your C# application. Hope you find it helpful. Please feel free to ask anything and do comment.
Creating a help manual for your application makes it easy for user of your application to understand it and use it properly without any external help. Now as we are talking about the help files, Compiled HTML help is a best solution. With Compiled HTML you can create your own eBook or a user manual for your applications.
CHM files are some-what a set of Html type web pages which has a table of content that are hyperlinked. So, lets talk on how you create your own CHM help file or an eBook etc. The steps are as follow:
To create your CHM file you need to have Microsoft Office Word.
First Create your help document on Microsoft Office Word. It is like creating a normal document. Create Headings for the topics of your file and then add your content for each heading or you can add sub headings. To give a clear idea I have created a sample document in which I use three main headings and two sub headings for each main heading, see picture below.
Now as you done creating your word document, you have to convert it to a CHM file. To convert it from word file to CHM file you need a DOC to CHM converter, which is easily available on the web. I am using Macrobject’s Word-To-CHM converter to demonstrate you how it would be done. Now let me take the above document and convert it to CHM using the converter.
Complete all required fields and click convert. You will find a yellow question mark icon file, on the destination folder you have given for output CHM file, see below.
Use the converted CHM file wherever you want, for example as a user manual for your application.
I hope you will find this quick tutorial helpful. Please do comment if you need any help.
Download Word-To-CHM converter here.
There is a new downloadable content pack for Killzone 2, called, Napalm and Cordite. The content pack includes two new multiplayer maps, Suljeva Cliffside and Arctower Landing. Suljeva Cliffside is on rocky outskirts of the Suljeva mining village and Arctower revisits the the Arctower defense posts of Blood Meridian. There are two weapons which were previously accessible only thorough the single player campaign, Napalm and Cordite.
Napalm is the the VC1 Flamethrower projects an ignited stream of flammable liquid at high pressure. Consisting of low-octane gasoline and an unidentified component indigenous to Helghan, this form of Napalm is extremely effective for clearing out enemy trenches and bunkers. You will find it in Suljeva Cliffside map. Cordite: The Boltgun 4400. It uses Cordite to propel metal bolts at an extremely high velocity, often pinning its targets to walls and other objects. It also contains a time-delayed explosive charge – so if impalement doesn’t finish the target off, the ensuing explosion will. You will find semi-automatic Boltgun 440 (The Handyman) in the Arctower Landing map.
Both of these weapon will provide a great experience in your multiplayer game. You can find this content pack on 23rd July at PlayStation store.
Aptonic’s Dropzone is a third party file managing tool for OS X. It resides in your dock like other application and allows you to drop your files into it and make your work easy. Now you can Simplify Your Workflow With Dropzone. As Chris Ryan explains it, there is no need to explain further.
It’s Currently available for Leopard or Snow Leopard users. There is a trial version of this software available. The price of full version is only $10. If you are a Mac user. I hope you like this application.
Download the free demo version here.
Ferrari presents Ferrari Lap Time Chronograph. A cool new professional watch which is developed specifically to meet the needs of Scuderia Ferrari. It contains multifunctional analogical display with Swiss high-precision moment. The best feature of this watch is that it combines Chronometer, Countdown and three Time Zones in one Chronograph. The main characteristics of the watch are:
ModNation™ Racers is the PlayStation's upcoming latest Creative Gamming title. ModNation™ Racers is an interesting Kart racing game. You can personalize your entire game. You can express yourself by creating your own mod character,Kart and tracks. The most exciting and interesting part of the game is its creating and sharing features. A large visual variety so you can create whatever you can imagine. There are lots of tools which helps you personalizing your game easily. ModNation™ Racers is exclusive to the PLAYSTATION®3. There is a trailer below which explains the real fun of the game. I hope you enjoy it.
Assassin’s Creed will be available in a new limited PSP entertainment pack. There is a new trailer above for the fans of this exclusive PSP title. Frederic Lefrancois, a producer on Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines gives feedback to the fans. Frederic Lefrancois, is a 3rd party producer on Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines. According to him the game is developed by Griptonite Studio under the supervision of Ubisoft Montreal’s Assassin’s Creed Core Team. It’s the only game that explains the link between Assassin’s Creed and Assassin’s Creed 2. If you want to understand how Ezio is born and where the Codex comes from, you need this game. There are eight new mission types. It includes the signature free-running and the intuitive combat system. The player can unlock health and hidden blade upgrades in Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines as they do it in Assassin’s Creed 2 PS3.
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines PSP Entertainment Pack will include:
