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The Broken on the PSP +

I have converted all 3 epsiodes of The Broken hacking videos into the MP4 format. With this format these videos can now be played on the Sony PSP. They were converted using PSP Video 9 A great little program, which often takes a long time to convert. Each of the full-length videos are under 30MB in size so that each one of them can fit on the default MemoryStick that sony provides. I have the converted videos up for download on my videos page of my website. Please use my bittorrent tracker to download the videos if possible. This is because I am very low on bandwidth and I don’t want my website to be shutdown.

Link: Get Bit-Torrent | Sony PSP | The Broken | PSP Video 9 | The Broken on the PSP | digg | +digg

NeWs Up^2-DaTe (6) +

1) Sony PSP was launched on Thursday (24th). Sold out almost everywhere. Next shipment is not set to arrive until mid-May. According to Sony the next shipment is being sent to Europe where the units are being released some time in April. So if you were lucky enough to get one, like me, keep it. And if you have an extra one do not return it, because many people are willing to buy it for more than the regular price. See My Moblog 4 Pix. Also many people are already having defects with the units. Many are having pixel losses which means a whole row, column, or blob of pixles might just be missing. My unit was fine, but make sure you get yours replaced if this is the problem. See connect link to find out how to get movies on your PSP.
Link: Moblog | SonyStyle | Defect | Connect

2) Firefox v1.0.2 and Thunderbird v1.0.2 are Out! (See Previous Story)

3) Yahoo! announces that they will bost their free email inbox size to 1GB. They have decided to do this to keep up with Google’s Gmail service. When Gmail was launched on April 1, 2003 Yahoo! only had 4MB for each inbox, and they have been trying to keep up with other providers. Gmail is offically going public some time in April. And Yahoo! will boost their inboxes and we will most likley see the same from MSN’s Hotmail.

4) G4 cancles the former TechTV show, The Screen Savers. They have replaced it with a new show called “Attack of the Show”.

5) Firefox Plugins: FireFTP and Answers Search

Firefox and Thunderbird Update +

Mozilla just released Firefox v1.0.2 and Thunderbird v1.0.2. Whats New?
Firefox: Security Updates Thunderbird: Security Updates
These minor updates will not change much and most people will not even notice any differences. They have also fixed few bugs and prevented some types of crashes. But anyways download and install the program to be safe. (Note: 1st uninstall any versions of Firefox or Thunderbird, then install the two programs. If you uninstall and re-install either of the programs nothing will be lost will be exactly the same after finishing installation. This means all emails, bookmarks, settings, accounts, and so on.)

Link: Mozilla | Firefox | Thunderbird | Extensions

Russell Peters Video 178

I have finally found and added the full Russell Peters 45-minute video from Comedy Now! to Skatter Tech. You may download the file in the real media format from the link below. So who is he anyways? Well he is the one the funniest Indian comedians. He makes great jokes about Brown (Indian), Yellow (Asian), White, Black, and everyother race out there. If you don’t watch this video “Sombody gonna’ get a-hurt realll baddd!” If you want a bit more information on Russell Peters take a look at Wikipedia.

Update: (11/28/05) There are now over 2,500 downloads in total of both the New York and Canada episodes every day. Many are ending up here from either Google or Yahoo’s search engines, searching for keywords such as “Russell Peters Full Video Download,” “Russell Peters full-length show,” “Russell Peters Complete,” “Russell Peters 45-Minunte Video,” “Russell Peters Torrent” and “Indian Russell Peters Comdian.” Please also check out the New York Video!

UPDATE: (08/25/06) NEW ‘Russell Peters: Outsourced’ VIDEO

NeWs Up^2-DaTe (5) +

1) Google, MSN, and Yahoo! update their lists of upcoming products. Google has always had Google Labs as a result MSN started Sandbox and Yahoo! created Next.
Link: Google Labs | MSN Sandbox | Yahoo! Next

2) Fun and easy TiVo hacks with nothing needed execpt your remote control.
Link: TiVo Community | digg | +digg

3) Sony PSP is less than a week away! So PlayStation has offically launched their North American PSP site. Site includes a list games that will be released with the launch of the unit and the games to expect to be in the market very soon. The site also includes a list of accessories and the offical techinal specs.
Link: Sony-PlayStation-Portable

4) Skype In and Out. Skype has now reached over 1,000,000 SkypeOut users. SkypeOut is a paid feature to make cheap VoIp calls from your computer to any phone. Currently there are about 150,000 new users everyday and over 2 million people are always talking online. Skype also just announced their new product SkypeIn. With this feature you will be given a phone number in any area code, which you may specify. With this now, you will be able to make computer-computer calls, computer-phone calls, and phone-computer calls. You will also be able to chat as usual, send files at high speeds, and now you can recieve voicemail when you are not there.
Link: Skype | SkypeIn | SkypeOut | Skype VoiceMail

Blogger Up-Date +

Hey, everyone I just updated my blogger settings. Some new features are:
1) post omments feature opens up in a new window
2) favicon added in for all blogger pages
3) search through all archives thanks to google
4) moblog from textamerica recent image viewer
5) the site feed in atom/rss format
6) my digg news page viewer

NeWs Up^2-DaTe (4) +

1) Sony is attacking Apple’s iPod Shuffle with a new line of Mp3 players. The NW-E100, NW-E105, NW-E107, NW-E400 and NW-500 which come with either 512MB or 1GB of storage. All the players have a 3-line display and FM radio. The main thing that makes this a threat on the iPod Shuffle is the formats its supports. Can now play not only ATRAC3, but also Mp3, WMA, and WAV. Best of all a 50-70-hour playback on both the AAA and Lithium Ion models!
Link: InfoSync (PG -1- and -2-) | Sony

2) Google Desktop Search is the first “Desktop Search” prorgam that leaves BETA version. It can now search Outlook, Outlook Express, OpenOffice, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, IE, AIM, Trillian, mIRC, Netscape Mail, Thunderbird, Firefox, Mozilla, PDF, Music, Images, and Video. Also has hundreds of additional plugins. And now includes a taskbar search similar to MSN’s Desktop Search.
Link: Google Destkop | digg | +digg

3) Sony PlayStation Portable is only a few weeks away! (March 24th, 2005) Many sites are taking in Pre-Orders. Most stores are selling the unit in some types of packages with either a choice of games or accessories.
Link: eCost | BestBuy | Fry’s-Outpost | CircuitCity | Costco | Amazon-ToysRUS |

NeWs Up^2 DaTe (3) +

1) Free Digital Magazines (No Credit Card Required!) Link: Previous Article

2) Check your Hotmail and Yahoo! e-mail in Mozilla Thunderbird with the new “Web-Mail Plugin.”
Link: mozdev | digg | +digg

3) Skype Voice Mail BETA can now be downloaded. Just like your regular answering machine set your greeting. If you don’t answer after a set # of rings, then the user will be allowed to leave a 60 second message.
Link: Skype | digg | +digg

4) Dan Huard (x-TechTv person) launches ScopeTech a new informational technology site.