Tuesday, June 22, 2010

VLC player 1.1.0 release


http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/1.1.0.html

>GPU decoding on Windows Vista and 7, using DxVA2 for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
>GPU decoding on GNU/Linux, using VAAPI for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
>DSP decoding using OpenMax IL, for compatible embedded devices
>Improved support for MKV HD, including seeking fixes, and 7.1 channels codecs
> Support for new codecs, like Blu-Ray subtitles, MPEG-4 lossless and VP8

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Office Web App Live


Free Office Web Apps Just Released (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote)!
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/officewebapps/archive/2010/06/07/10021218.aspx
We are excited to announce that today Office Web Apps are available on Windows Live. The initial release is available to Windows Live customers in the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland with support for English, Spanish (USA) and French (Canada). More languages and locales will be added over the coming months.

This release includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. The ability to edit Word documents and open OneNote notebooks is included. Not only do we want you to try these web apps, we also really want to hear what you think. Please use the feedback links in the web apps. 
microsoft's way of telling google docs to stop stylin' on them!  btw, that SkyDrive thing you'll see is basically a 25GB web storage space DropBox-wannabe, except it doesn't sync between your comps.

shortcut here: office.live.com

Monday, June 7, 2010

Poor Keanu ..


Snapshot of him eating alone quickly went viral...











>His first name means "cool breeze over the mountains"
>Dad was a drug seller who abandoned the family when Keanu was 3, never reconnected with him
>Mom was a showgirl
>Long string of 5-6 stepfathers, constantly moving places
>Different highschools all the time
>Suffered from dyslexia
>Had a keen interest in hockey and was good at it but his dream of becoming an olymic player ended after an injury
>Dropped out of high school to become an actor
>His daughter died stillborn
>His girlfriend died in a car crash
>Close friend died of... drugs?
>Was never married
>Avoids most relationships
>Turns down big roles if he believes the character is too violent
>His best friend is his sister
>Sister is dying of leukemia
>Took a 90% pay cut on his salary on The Replacements (2000) so Gene Hackman could be cast. Previously, he had deferred $2 million of his salary so that Al Pacino could be cast on The Devil's Advocate (1997)
>Gives most of his earnings to charity and the backstage people who help on the set
>His remaining money probably pays for the medical bills of his sister
>"I'm a meathad, man. You've got smart people, and you've got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb."
>Is desperate to get married and have kids because he can't bear to be on his own.
>Found turning 40 so tough in 2004, saying it has been a time of reflection, which quickly escalated into morbid brooding about how many years he has left before he dies.
>Reeves turned down the company of 6 models on his 39th birthday, and instead ate alone at a restaurant

>>>>"I'm sorry my existence is not very noble or sublime." 



as seen in the upcoming bebop movie