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Jolicloud Netbook Operating System Going International

Steven Finch — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:44:28 +0000

Jolicloud the popular netbook operating system will be soon going international. Currently it is still only planned to come in English and French, but at least they are moving forward with a more widespread push.

It would be interesting to see just how many people will take up the Jolicloud offer even though it is free, since Windows XP still rules supreme with the soon-to-come Google Chrome OS more than capable of making a big splash on its debut as well. Perhaps Jolicloud has already talked to other netbook manufacturers to include it in their machines – who knows?

NASA TV – A Pretty Cool View From Space

Dean — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:07:58 +0000

Sixty years ago a fuzzy image of two guy names Neil and Buzz crackled onto TVs around the world with the famous line “One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind”. Every television station seems to be going berserk showing anything remotely related to the event such as nostalgic summaries, conspiracy theories, sci-fi, interviews and documentaries. Here on Crenk however, we like to give you stuff that’s worth your time. Have you ever wondered just what the Russians and the Americans and everyone else in the International Space Station gets up to? Well now you can watch it all live.

NASA TV have set up streaming cameras in the space station that run continuously, streaming it all back down to earth onto your screen. I watched it for a few moments as a NASA technician repaired the US toilet. Apparently, it stopped working and the US astronauts had to ask the Russians if they could use their toilet. Good thing they said ‘yes’ too.

The video and sound quality are superb, keeping in mind that their being streamed from space. There is also a running commentary telling you what each astronaut is up to and why he/she is doing that. They also alternate to different positions around the Space Stations. For example, I seen a Russian chowing down on some space food, an American fixing a loo and two Canadians floating around talking to someone at home about their day.

If you’re into all that space stuff then this is worth a go. You can also get an app for Windows Sidebar in Vista that streams it onto your desk top. NASA TV is also worth a peek if you just want to see where your tax dollars end up. To have a look, click here. 7/10

Trailers International: Want To Watch The Newest and Best Film Trailers for International Films on Your iPhone for Free

Steven Finch — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:36:40 +0000

Preview Networks has just launched a new iPhone application that brings the newest and most popular movie trailers to your iPhone for free. Preview Networks is the company behind filmtrailer.com and supplies film trailers to the Guardian, the Times and 1000 other sites in 9 European countries for free.

The App, Trailers International, came about because they were simply tired of seing on American film trailers on iPhones. Trailers International is completely free in the App store and it includes accurate release dates and meta data for 10 European countries.

The App contains both domestically made films, independent titles from across the world, as well as US blockbusters in Spanish, French, German, Italian and even Swedish. It contains great upcoming British films like Awaydays, In The Loop, Shifty and Dead Men Walking – that have never been seen in an trailers Application before. The App is built on platform of the existing app Trailers and is the fastest movie trailers App around.

The application can be download from the App Store for free, just click here.

Pandora for International Users

Steven Finch — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:32:59 +0000

I have been waiting for the last five months for Pandora to re-open their international service, but still nothing has happened. The site is still down for non-US members and the company is still saying the royalties required to pay labels and artists are still too high to provide an ad-supported web radio service. So what am i going to listen to during the day? At the moment it is my ipod and I really need some variety.