Amazon Video On Demand Now Available On Roku Player

The market leader in innovative applications for digital media, Roku has announced that Roku customers can now access more than 40,000 selection including top new release movies and latest TV shows from Amazon Video On Demand.
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Working on 2 Screens with Lindy USB to DVI Adapter

Lindy has launched a new USB to DVI adapter that allows you to connect an extra monitor to a PC or laptop by using the USB 2.0 port. The adapter can be used to extend or mirror your Windows desktop or even as the primary video output. This is very useful for the user who needs a bigger display for working such as a graphic designer, blogger, etc.

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Planetarium on Computer Screen

What is better than a telescope as a Christmas gift for that cousin of yours who is crazy about astronomy or the Milky Way? Especially when you are low on budget this month… The link to a free and open source space simulator should do the trick nicely. Celestia allows visitors to witness exciting celestial events which happened in the past or will happen in the future. It is available for download on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
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How to Crack Open Safe and Vault in 5 Minutes (Locksmith or Safe-Cracker Documentary)

What’s the purpose of a safe (also known as strongbox or coffer) or value if it can be easily defaeted, cracked and opened by somebody? Luckily, it’s not easy, or almost impossible for average person to crack and defeat the lock combinations on the safe without access to the key or knowledge of the combination numbers. But some locksmiths, or safecrackers can easily crack open any safe with ease, as shown in the Discovery documentary video clip.
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Free Audible AudioBooks in MP3 or iPod M4B Downloads Catalog List

Audiobook or audio book is an audible voice and sound recording that is primarily of the spoken word which is read by human as opposed to music. Other than that audiobook in digital distribution format shares most similar characteristics with digital songs. Audiobook is downloadable audio file encoded in MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA), OGG and other audio format, and can be playback with portable media player (PMP) such as iPod.
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Send Your Name to Moon On Board Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

It’s probably too hard to fulfill the dream to become an astronaut to has a chance to fly into space, especially for people who is not citizen of United States, Russia, and lately China. Even if you’re multi-billionaire, the highest (or the furthest out of earth) is probably International Space Stations (ISS) for the cost of 20 millions US dollars or tens of thousands US dollars for less thrilling suborbital space flight.
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Star Wars Betrayal Official eBook Online Reading and Download

The publisher for the Star Wars’ Legacy of the Force series of science fiction novel, Del Ray, is giving away the Volume 1 or the first book of the Legacy of the Force series, Betrayal to promote the final book of the Legacy of the Force series, Invincible. The official download links for the Star Wars Betrayal e-book and audiobook is available till the launch date of the Invincible book on May 13. However, you can always read the official PDF e-book right here at Tip and Trick.
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Apple’s Acquisition of PA Semi Threaten Intel in iPhone Positioning?

Apple’s recent announcement of acquisition plan for PA Semi, a famous multi-core processors developer for embedded market with a huge acquisition cost of $278 million has triggered much speculation on what is the potential next step of the giant computer maker. Some of us may start wondering if such an act will threaten Intel as previous rumors of positioning its newly released ultra small form factor and low TDP (Thermal Design Power) Atom processor for Apple’s next generation iPhone may not come true. By considering a few mismatch factors below, the possibility of using either PA Semi or even Intel Atom processors could just be pure rumors.

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