Show #103

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News

• First Commercialized Fully submersed Liquid Cooled PC
• Hardcore Computers
• Custom Parts made from off-the-shelf pieces (custom = propietary but for engineering reasons, not money like MAC)0
  
• Pull-out, push-in motherboard on rails (make sure it drains)
• LED lights make the fully submersed internals glow mad crazy
  
• Mode to allow the liquid to bubble and look cooler
• Liquid is an oil that is biodegradable and fully non-conductive
• SSD's, Motherboard, RAM, GPU, CPU all fully in the tank that is full of liquid
  
• Full 64 MB X-Fi integrated on custom Motherboard (power routed far away from it)
• three overclocked GeForce GTX280
• Dual Power-Supply for redundancy
• 3 SSD's (solid state drives) fully immersed in the most expensive mode
• 2 non-immersed 3.5 server-style HD spaces available by default
• How much? 10k min? nope, 4.5 - 11k for a full machine (9 grand I would consider my optimal plaything)
• MTV smacks YouTube and Releases Music Library to Web
• API included
• Looks like a place for older music videos (16,000 of them)
• Funny that MTV has to put the word "Music" after it's moniker...
• Lots of errors right now and laggy as hell.
• Why oh Why do they feel the need to create another source????
  
• EPA Bangs on Game Industry
  
• One more thing that the government can make more expensive
• Consoles are starting to use more and more power these days
• PS3: 193.6 watts (gameplay) 182.7 (Blu-ray) 173.2 watts (movie)
  
• XBox 360: 185.1 watts (gameplay) 125.6 (movie)
  
• Wii: 17.8 watts
• Derek's Yearly Power Meter
• Amazon.com buys Reflexive Entertainment
• Popcap.com Knock-off: Download and purchase casual puzzle games, online offering available
  
• Google "Lively" - cross between Second Life and IRC
• Kongregate.com - more interactive web-only games with achievements and chat
  
• Netflix "Watch Instantly" coming to Macs by end of year
• Brought to you by Microsoft's "Silverlight"... lol
  
• Windows Azure Announced
• Full Cloud Oriented OS
• Email, SQL, Web, File Sharing
  
• Deploy and forget where it's deployed
• Virtualization in Microsoft's space instead of local
• Alerts through Live Messenger, Email, Text Messages for errors
• CTP (Community Technology Preview) now available
• Harnessing the power of the Brain
• Featured on CBS's 60 minutes
• A monkey that they mapped the brain of while walking, and moving things now can use a bionic arm to eat just using brain waves.
• Scott uses a brain computer interface (BCI) to think of one letter at a time so he can communicate
  

Gamer's Corner (Conferences, New Developments, Game Reviews)

• Xbox 360 Bundle for $350
• 60GB HD
  
• Guitar Hero III (with wireless guitar controller)
  
• Kung Fu Panda
• Lego's Indiana Jones
• Only at Sam's Club, starts in Nov.
• New Games last week:
• LBP Released, Fallout 3 (PS3 buggy), GH:WT, Penny Arcade Ep. 2
• Valve implements "Steam Cloud"
• Save Games, Keyboard setup, Mouse sensitivity will all be stored in "Cloud"
• Allows a person to log on anywhere and once they install, to play as normal
• Nov. 6 launch with Left 4 Dead demo (for those that pre-ordered)
• Will be patching previous games and offering code at no cost to developers
• Wii Implements Silent Patch to stop Homebrew Channel
• Developers of HomeBrew fire back
  

Intarweb Gold Mine

• $250 Logitech Guitar Controller for Guitar Hero
• US Army Sees Twitter as Possible Terrorist Tool
• Car in works to go 1000 MPH
• Remember that Darwin Award about that guy who straps a rocket to his car?