As of today Google is now letting any file type but uploaded to Google Docs including pictures documents and .zip/.rar! To take advantage just press the upload button like normal and the file will be stored on Google. The most useful feature for me is the ability to upload pictures, previously I had been using Photobucket which is slow, ugly, and chalk full of ads. now i upload all of my pictures to Google which provides more space and better organization. Just make sure when uploading photos that your sharing settings allow other people to see them.

Google gives you 1gb of free space and you can buy more for 25 cents per gig. Which makes Google docs a great online backup solution for some big or important files. if you haven’t been using Google Docs now is the time.

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On Friday Wired.com got a hands on with one of the worlds first transparent displays at CES 2010. What can I say apart from it looks amazing and could potentially be the tech of the future if all of those Sci-Fi films are right!
Check out the video below for a video of this amazing tech!

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Rumors are making their rounds that Microsoft is hiring people to to develop Xbox Live features for phones, specifically windows mobile ones. In a recent job listing for a

Principal Program Manager who would be responsible for bringing “Xbox Live enabled games to Windows Mobile,” Redmond is particularly interested in “avatar integration, social interaction, and multi-screen experiences.”

Engadget

So jut think…soon we could be seeing a Zune/Xbox Phone with the ability to be connected all the time to your Xbox Live buddies and to compare gamerscore, stream videos from Netflix/Zune HD and even playing arcade games and multiplayer with people on the xbox.

Source

So what features would you want on a phone like this? Comment in the thread.

Happy New Year!

In this tutorial I(Kapow) will show you how to encode videos with x264.
Some credit from this tutorial goes to Raigen
Astiun Media
Apologies for some crackling on my mic

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by: makifo
In this Tutorial i will be showing you how to mod usermaps for beginner
i will be posting more modding tutorials soon i are te 1337 Modder

Requirements:

1. An Xbox 360 with Halo 3

2. A Memory unit *HDD or memory card*

3. A means to get files off your memory unit *Xsata, Xport, Datel Transfer Kit, etc, etc*

4. Xplorer360 (for 120 or 20 GB HDDs Only!)
http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/xbox360pc/harddrive/Xplorer360.beta6.rar

5. Xport 360[/b](For 250, 120, 60, and 20 GB HDDs
http://us.codejunkies.com/support_downloads/Setup_XPort_360_v2_12.zip

6. Hex Workshop
http://www.bpsoft.com/

7. A CON file rehasher/resigner
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XE6PLVBQ

8. Use 7zip to open some of these file types

http://www.7-zip.org/

USERMAPS

1. Start off forge by going to a new map and clearing it out.(everything deleted)

2. Place your items on the map, I used frag grenades.

3. Check “Save as New Map” to save your map onto your memory unit.

4. Extract the map off your memory unit using Xplorer360.(you con tell by the date or if you open it up in CONcept it will tell you the map name)

5. Grab the idents of the items you placed and what you wish to swap with using Johnson and the relative .map file for your forge map. My frag grenades were E9FB0885 and spartans are FD971BC3.
(or use my post of all the MAP Tags)
http://www.lockoutgaming.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=84

6. Swap out the idents in Hex workshop by using the replace feature.

7. Save the hex edited map.

8. Open the con file in CONcept then click Resign/Hash

9. Put the resigned map back onto the memory unit and load up the map. You may need to load up a new map, then load the modded one again for the edits to show up properly.

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In this tutorial you will learn make your bit torrent download speeds improve. We recommend you know a bit about networking and back up your routers settings before you attempt any of this as we don’t want to ruin your router!

The first step to both is to know what your IP address assuming your computer has a static IP address – if it does not go here and find out how to create one. Once you have done that:

Open the start menu and search for cmd then run it.

When the program opens type ipconfig and locate your IP address.

Then go to http://192.168.1.1/ (this varies depending on your router it could also be http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.2 check your routers manual if you are unsure) a box will pop up asking for a user name and password. A list of default usernames and passwords can be found here. remember the password is the password that is on your router.

Go to your “security” tab and make sure you have these setting. Different routers my look different, but it should be straight forward.

Different routers look differently but try and find you way to the “port range forwarding” or “port forwarding section of your router.

For Bit torrent:

Open port 17120 a common port for bit torrent as shown below.

Make sure that the port is open by using PFPortcheck

Then go into your bit torrent program of choice (mine happens to be uTorrent) and tell it what port to use. Options>Preferences>Connection.

Congratulations now your bit torrent downloads will improve, just make sure your not downloading anything illegal.

To open your NAT for your xbox you will first need to create a static IP on the xbox. To do this:

1. Scroll up to “My Xbox”

2. Scroll across to “System settings”

3.  Select “Network Settings”

4.  Select “Configure Network”

5. Hit A to go into your IP address settings

6. Select “Manual”

7. First of all select the IP address tab,  your IP address needs to be in the format 192.168.1.X  (X can be any three numbers you want – I recommend you go for something small like 169, which is what I have done)

8.  Then enter your subnet mask this is typically 255.255.255.0

9.  Your gateway should be the address of your router – for me it’s 192.168.1.1

After you have set up the Static IP you are now ready to forward your ports – I will be showing you this on my Linksys router – your steps may be different.

1. Log in to your router.
2.  Go to the administration tab and check “enable UPnP”. UPnP stands for universal plug and play and basically allows for you to connect easily to other peers. If this is not enabled enabling it will sometimes open your NAT. In this guide though I’ll show you all the steps to make sure it 100% is open.
3.  Enter this data under the “Applications and Gaming” Tab and under the “Single Port Forwarding” sub-menu

I have found that these ports open your NAT regardless of whether you add forward the 55 port or not. Hit  save and then you’re done and your NAT should be open to set just use the tester featured on the Xbox

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