Sun buys MySQL for 1 billion dollars (from Sun's Blog)

Didn't see that one coming. Blog contains details to what this could mean for both companies. May as well be one of the most important takeovers of 2008 already!

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Crysis 2 Screenshots Leaked?(1280 x 1024)



Czech Republic website incrysis.cz recently posted 3 high resolution Crysis 2 screenshots. The picture quality is really impressive, but we cannot confirm the real identity of these screenshots.

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Valentine's Day Special New Red MS Zune 80 GB



Microsoft recently announced the new red Zune 80GB designed for the upcoming valentine's day. This red Zune feathers 20 special valentine's day Zune Originals(tattoos on the back), as well as a "Valentine's Day Playlist" which let you share music with your love ones.

Sales of this red Zune will stop at the Valentine's Day this year. If you want one of these for you or for her, you better hurry up!


RITEK Hybrid High-Def Disk, One Side HD-DVD, Other Side Blu-Ray



RITEK showed its new Hybrid High-Def Disk on CES 2008. One side uses Blu-Ray format and the other side uses HD-DVD format.

The Blu-Ray side is BD-R, capacity 25GB, and speed 2X. The HD-DVD side is one layer 15GB, 2X speed.

This is no release date yet for the RITEK Hybrid High-Def Disk.


Micropolis (Sim City) Source Code Available for Download



The famous game Sim City recently changed its name to Micropolis, and most importantly, its source code in C++ and Python is available for public download.

The game installer file for Linux, Windows, and OLPC are also available for download.

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StreetFighter 4, Tons of Screenshots

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Canon SX100 IS 8MP 10x Zoom Digital Camera W/ Image Stabilization $200

I recently found that on Slickdeals.net, thought it might be a good deal. So I will share with you guys.

Staples has Canon SX100 IS 8MP 10x Optical zoom digital camera with image stabilization [Preview, Review] for $260 - automatic $60 off = $200 with free shipping. Lowest on PriceGrabber is $239. Thanks juniorsu

Link & Discussion: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=715307

Use Remote Desktop When You Are in Different Networks(FREE)



TeamViewer 3 is the freeware that allows you to do so. Both sides of the Remote Desktop Connection have to connect to the TeamViewer servers then establish the connection. This will allow anyone in any network to connect, as long as you have access to internet.
This software is free for private use with no limit.

For more Info: http://www.teamviewer.com/


Chinese Download Accelerator Achieves 200kb+ w/Dead Link





The most popular download accelerator in China (way more popular than Flashget), named Thunder or Xunlei, has the most impressive technology which allows user to download from a HTTP address even if the server is dead. Thunder has a built-in P2SP Network which allows users who are downloading the same file to share with each other. It also search for other servers that contain the same file and download from them simultaneously.This function does not only accelerate downloading speed by up to 20 times, but also it eliminates most of the dead links.

If you are interested in this program, you can try the translated version free here.

Virtual Floppy Booter Ver 1.01 is HERE!




After days of work, VFB 1.01 is finally finished.

Download Links: http://shishi727.googlepages.com/VFB.exe

Main Features:

  • Install virtual booting floppy drive
  • Enable MS-DOS access in boot menu without Floppy disk
  • Edit Windows XP boot entries
NOTE: This program does not support Windows Vista.

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Requirement:

VFB is in the early stage of developing, so I welcome you to leave feedbacks and comments regarding this program, Thanks.


Virtual Floppy Booter is a program which installs a virtual booting floppy drive on your hard drive. It allows you to access MS-DOS from the boot menu without using floppy drive or floppy disks. The "Fake" floppy drive is actually the Windows 98 Boot Floppy Disk, which means you also have access to some hard disk tools etc.