Carmageddon: Death Incarnate Announced

Stop the presses people. Stop the f****g presses! Carmageddon, the world’s most violent racer, is all set to return to next-gen consoles and the PC in a sequel dubbed Death Incarnate, courtesy of relative newcomer Gregorian Works. How do we know this, you ask? Well, that’s cos we got the dope straight from the horse’s mouth.

And by horse, I mean company CEO Julian Lirpa, who gave us the lowdown in an exclusive interview that you can read right here. For all those who are too lazy to read through the entire interview, here’s a quick recap of the game’s features:

• Will use the Unreal 3 engine
• Will Feature TWELVE online MP modes
• Will make Paradise City seem like a park
• Pedestrian skin will now peel off in real time

Carmageddon: Death Incarnate will release on the PS3, PC, and Xbox360 sometime in April 2010.Source

Now Available : Transcend JetFlash V85

One more Transcend USB flash drive has been introduced -- the 16GB JetFlash V85.
With a sleek zinc-alloy body, the JetFlash V85 measures 49.5mm by 15.8mm by 7.4mm, and can easily slide into small pockets or tightly-stacked USB ports. It stores personal and office documents, music, images, videos, movies, and more.
The V85 too bundles Transcend's JetFlash Elite software that includes seven tools to help manage mobile data. These include: Website auto-login, PC-Lock, favorites, secret-zip, e-mail, data backup, and online update.

The new JetFlash supports Windows 98SE/2000/Me/XP/Vista, Mac, and Linux, and is available in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB capacities. It is fully hi-speed USB 2.0-compliant and compatible with USB 1.0/1.1, and comes with easy plug and play operation.
The JetFlash V85 16GB is priced at Rs 4,250, and enjoys a three-years warranty.Source

Hawking Technologies Wireless-300N USB Adapter

Hawking Technologies has released its Wireless-300N USB Adapter with Upgradeable Antennas, targeting Mac users specifically in order to provide significant range extension options. Suitable for small office/home office (SOHO) and small-to-medium business (SMB) users, the new compact 802.11n 300Mbps USB Adapter known as the HWUN1A has the distinction of being the first such adapter designed for Apple Mac users that features a couple of two removable antennas. The included external antennas are easily removed and can receive an upgrade in the form of a Hawking Hi-Gain antenna for superior improvement when it comes to its wireless range.

According to Daniel Chan, Associate Product Manager at Hawking Technologies, “The problem with wireless networks these days isn’t the speed, but the distance. If your wireless adapter does not have the wireless strength to go the distance, your network speed won’t make any difference. You’ll either end up with a weak signal or get dropped from your network entirely, and that results in slow file transfers and a lack of mobility. Like its sister product, the HWUN1 for PC users, the HWUN1A provides Mac users with the extended wireless range they need by utilizing new Wireless-N technology. The removable antennas give Mac users the ability to customize their wireless networks for their specific applications. Most importantly, the HWUN1A can resolve most WiFi trouble spot scenarios by allowing users to choose from our full line of Hi-Gain WiFi Range Extending solutions. And the best part: installing the HWUN1A is easy – just pop in the CD to install the software, plug in the adapter, and you’re connected.”

Some of the key features of the HWUN1A include :-

• Wireless networking compatibility with any Mac OS X 10.3 and up (Intel or Power PC) system
• 2 Upgradable Antennas allow for better wireless range and performance options
• Installs in seconds with intuitive, easy-to-follow Setup Wizard
• Supports WPA2, WPA, and WEP wireless security
• Plug-and-Play compatibility with all Hawking Hi-Gain WiFi Range Extending Antennas
• Latest 802.11n technology delivers wireless data transfer speeds of up to 300Mbps

Macbook Air Hacked in Under 2 Minutes

One of the things that Apple has always prided itself over and promoted in no uncertain terms, has been the so-called 'robust security' offered by its OSX operating system. However this supposition of Apple's took a huge beating on Thursday when a team of researchers from Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) managed to hack a MacBook Air in just two minutes using a previously unknown security vulnerability in Apple’s own safari browser.

The people who did the 'hack' were ISE security researchers - Charlie Miller, Jake Honoroff, and Mark Daniel – who were participating in the "PWN to OWN" competition at the CanSecWest security conference, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
In this competition there were 3 laptops, with different OS’s offered for being hacked into. These included an Apple Macbook Air running OS X 10.5.2, a Sony Vaio VGN-TZ37CN running Ubuntu 7.10 and a Fujitsu U810 running Vista Ultimate SP1. Anyone who could successfully hack or exploit these machines would win a $10,000 price from famous security company Tipping Point.
The first to go was of course the Macbook, followed by Windows Vista. Ubuntu stood strong despite repeated attempts.Source

Dell Unveils Sub-$1000 Blu-ray Laptop

Dell is offering a Blu-ray laptop, the Inspiron 1525, for under $1000.Available from today on dell.com, movie buffs can pick up the laptop with optional Blu-ray disc playback starting at $879.
The Inspiron 1525 laptop features a 15.4-inch high definition wide aspect display with 720p resolution. It also includes an HDMI port for easy connectivity to high resolution displays and HDTVs.The Blu-ray player disc drive is fully backwards compatible, and will play as well as burn traditional DVDs and CDs. Consumers can also choose a Blu-ray burner drive for backing up and storing important files like digital photos, videos, financial records, etc. A Blu-ray disc can hold up to 50 GB of data, vs. 8.5 GB available on the typical DVD disc.

The Inspiron 1525 offers designs like Chill, Blossom and Commotion, in colors like Sunshine Yellow, Midnight Blue and Ruby Red.Dell Inspiron 1525 laptops with Blu-ray disc drives incorporate Broadcom Media PC technology that allows PCs with integrated graphics to play high definition video. The high-definition video playback is enabled through a built-in dedicated accelerator located in a mini-card slot.The Inspiron 1525 features Dell MediaDirect technology, which provides one button instant access to media files, even if the system is powered off or in hibernation mode. Optional accessories include a slim travel power adapter ($80), Dell travel remote control that slips into the ExpressCard slot ($22), and Creative noise-isolation earphones ($25). As of now the Inspiron 1525 laptop with Blu-ray is in the U.S., Canada and Europe, but let's hope with the tie-up with Croma we get to see this laptop here pretty soon.Source