Seagate Announces 12GB Micro Hard Disk

Posted by David Reed on 16 February 2006

Seagate has announced a new 1-inch 12GB hard disk that is substantially smaller and faster than its current top of the line 8GB model. The ST1.3 series 12GB disk is 23 percent smaller, has a 50 percent greater capacity, and consumes 30 percent less power than its predecessor. The disk is designed for use in mobile phones and portable media devices. The drive is the second Seagate model to use perpendicular recording, and the first to do so in the 1-inch category.

The drive's small size of 40x30x5 mm allows for more streamlined media devices and is suited well for clamshell and candy bar style mobile phones. As part of its G-Force Protection system Seagate will also offer an optional drop sensor which will increase shock resistance 33 percent and help the drive survive a 1.5 meter or roughly five foot fall onto concrete or ceramic surfaces when properly mounted inside a device. In addition, Seagate's RunOn technology will keep the track heads aligned when the device is in motion.

The ST1.3 begins shipping in the third quarter of this year.

I found this at: neowin.net
Full story: Techtree.com

Sony sets price for Blu-ray discs

Wed Feb 8, 2006 5:13 AM ET
By Thomas K. Arnold

Sony Pictures announced pricing for its Blu-ray movie titles today, becoming the first major studio to do so. In addition, it announced plans to bundle multiple formats in a low-cost package, beginning with DVD/UMD bundles next month.

Catalog Blu-ray titles will wholesale at $17.95, which is roughly the same price that DVDs debuted at in 1997. New releases will wholesale for $23.45, a 15 to 20 percent premium over new release DVD titles. This is done to accommodate sell-through and rental markets, according to Benjamin Feingold, president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The discs should start appearing on store shelves in early summer.

Sony Pictures also announced a plan to bundle movies in different formats at a lower price point. Starting March 28th, it will release DVD/UMD (PSP disc) combo packages of six titles including "The Grudge" and "Resident Evil." Second wave titles, coming April 25th, include "Snatch" and "Ghostbusters," with a third set due in May. Combos will be priced at $28.95, which is considerably lower than the retail price for each format purchased individually.

I found this at: neowin.net
Full story: Reuters

BunnyKill 1, 2, and 3

These animations are pretty sweet. One bunny killing a bunch of other bunnies, lots of blood... just good wholesome entertainment. Check em out here at SpikedHumor.

Another source: AtomFilms (has advertisements but may have a faster download speed)

Chappelle tells Oprah: 'I wasn't crazy'

CHICAGO, Feb. 3, 2006

(AP) Dave Chappelle told Oprah Winfrey he was stressed out and not crazy or on drugs when he abruptly left his hit Comedy Central show last spring during production.

In his first television interview since ditching "Chappelle's Show" in May, the comedian said that after he signed a $50 million deal for the third and fourth seasons in August 2004, too many people were trying to control him and his show.

"I wasn't crazy but it is incredibly stressful," Chappelle, 32, said during his appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that aired Friday.

... The status of his show has hung in limbo since May. Comedy Central announced in December that four half-hour episodes of "Chappelle's Show" -- based on what Chappelle taped before leaving the production -- will premiere in weekly airings this spring. A full season would have been between 10 and 13 episodes.

Source and full story: CBS News

CD anti-piracy firm vows openness

Monday, 6 February 2006, 10:55 GMT

The company behind controversial anti-piracy software installed on some music CDs says it will work to end security flaws found in its products.

SunComm's MediaMax software has been discovered covertly installing itself and can leave PCs vulnerable to attack.

The company has published a list of all CDs that use the software, and has pledged to make it easier for users to refuse installation, or to uninstall.

Source and full story: BBC News

Video Collection 2-5-06

UFO at WTC before 911 - [via SpikedHumor]
^^^ Gotta be fake but nicely done
Double Parachute Failure - [via SpikedHumor]
This Bus Ain't for Public Transportation - [via SpikedHumor]
Family Guy - Sucking Daddy's Nipple - [via SpikedHumor]
Close Call for Elderly Man at Rally Track - [via SpikedHumor]
Photo Booth Prank 3 - [via SpikedHumor]
South Park - Pre-School - [via SpikedHumor]
^^^ Season 8, Episode 11 - full episode
Bush Being Bush - [via SpikedHumor]

Man Tried To Sell Cocaine To Uniformed Deputy

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

Police in Orlando, Florida, allege that a dimwit tried to sell cocaine to an Orange County Sheriff's deputy (who was in full uniform, in his marked patrol car) on February 3rd.

That dimwit was Michael Garibay, who approached the car of Deputy Ed Johnson at a gas station and asked Deputy Johnson if he was, to quote the dimwit, "straight."

When Johnson said he was, Garibay was quoted as saying, "Do you know what that means? ... It means do you want to buy some cocaine."

When the deputy answered affirmatively, the dimwit showed him a plastic bag with what looked like flat white rocks and asked for cash.

A local newspaper reported that the deputy confiscated the bag and arrested the dimwit after the stuff inside the bag tested positive for nose candy.

Garibay was booked into the Orange County Jail on suspicion of cocaine possession with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia, and marijuana possession with intent to sell.

Source: DumbCrooks.com

McDonald's Game

McDonald's Game - at SpikedHumor
Check it out if you're bored and have some time to kill.

Orem Man Reports Marijuana Stolen

January 31st, 2006 @ 12:06pm

(KSL News) -- Two people are in jail following a home burglary.

According to police reports, 18-year-old Kory C. Tippetts returned home Monday evening to discover that someone had broken into his house. Tippetts reported that a quarter-pound of marijuana was the only thing missing.

Tippetts told police he had an idea who might have stolen it. Tippetts explained to police that he had received a call earlier that day from 23-year-old Richard W. Hight. Hight wanted to buy some marijuana, but Tippetts couldn't meet him to make the sale.

Officers checked Hight's house, where they recovered six ounces of marijuana and arrested him for burglary, theft, and possession of marijuana in a drug-free-zone with the intent to distribute. He was booked into the Utah County jail.

With the stolen marijuana now in hand, the officers called Tippetts to come to the police station to identify the drugs. Tippetts came to the station, identified the drugs, and was then arrested and booked on drug related charges.

Source: KSL News

Video Collection 2-2-06

Laura Bush on George W. Milking a Male Horse - [via Here The Issues]
George W. Bush Allegedly Drunk - [via Here The Issues]
Kanye West's Infamous Speech - [via Here The Issues]
Police Officers Caught Looting - [via Here The Issues]
Bush "Not That Concerned" About Bin Laden - [via Here The Issues]
Weatherman from CNN Looses His Cool - [via Here The Issues]
How Not To Land - [via SpikedHumor]
Smoking Chimp - [via SpikedHumor]