Wireless technology is getting better all the time. I just bought an N1 router from DLINK (with Gigabit LAN!) and a Belkin N1 PCI card. With local access at a staggering 300 Mbps over the air, I am fairly pleased with the performance. I do not have anything that supports Gigabit yet, but expect to have something later.
Now, researchers from Georgia Tech have devised a method to push data through the air at speeds reaching 15 gigabits a second… at one meter. Also, each additional meter between the source and the client drop the speeds 5Gbps. Okay, so at this point, you might as well buy a Gigabit router and a 50 ft ethernet cable and get 1Gbps at farther range, but this device has its advantages.
Apply this to a media center PC (I am currently building a Linux-based Media Center, coming in a future NextLust article) or a laptop on a couch right next to an access point, and the potential for awesomeness expands. While the technology is still officially unnamed, it is referred to as standard 802.15.3c. Heres to hoping that they increase the range to at least 15 meters, so that this would be a much more interesting product.
Though NextLust has gone live technically two times now it has had it’s fair share of difficulties. We went from about 15 or so writers to 3 and then to 2, then 243, and then back to 2 - don’t ask.
We’ve had awesome traffic spikes, great articles and very talented tech centered experts come and go and each day only seems to get harder and harder. Luckily our Robot in Chief Niero is looking to give NL some of the love dtoid has been so graciously blessed with over the past year and half.
So what does this mean for the site? For one, we’re finally going to get our shit together and stop trying to be “another tech blog”. I want to make that very, very clear - we are not a Gizmodo, we are not an Engadget. God knows we don’t need another tech blog covering everything under the sun. Honestly, what benefits the reader from that? Basically all you get are three different opinions on the same crap and right now no one needs that. So what do people need? We decided to answer that with the name of the site - Next Lust - people crave what’s next and exciting in the future of tech and electronics, no one cares that Apple just released a new smaller laptop battery.
From now on NextLust will only cover things relevant to the site using our tentative motto “what’s next”. The future is a fun and scary place and technology is the driving force behind it, so we want to take a look at the puzzle before it’s complete and fill in everyone where this crazy world is going and how it’s going to affect you. I hope that’s a clearer picture of where things are going.
New and Newer Writers
As I said before, for a little while we we’re down to about 3 writers and right now it’s about 1. Thankfully we are getting a bit of boost with some resident dtoid staffers and a brand new face lift in the site design and back end. What that means is that on top of getting new and exciting information from the staff, you’ll also be seeing more and more weekly segments similar to something you would see on Destructoid.com.
I would also like to take this time to introduce a whole new writer and close friend to me. You’ll be seeing him every Friday as Citizen Blaine doing a new segment we like to call “Fake News Friday”, where he’ll be doing his best to give the world of tech a much needed tongue and cheek approach.
We do need more writers though, and if you feel right for the job please let us know. I now leave everyone with a conceptual preview of the site which was done by our very own LT. In the words of a much wiser man than myself, I would say it’s a “fucking win”. Indeed, enjoy.
If there is on major downside to be being a Mac owner it’s the unavailability of quite possibility the world’s best Bit Torrent application. Yes we get cool shiny apps here and there but nothing really beats the speed and versatility of uTorrent’s piece of software that comes in at an astounding 218 kbs sans the installation process - yeah, sweet.
Most of us would be lucky if our own future children we’re nice enough to install a 40GB/s fibre optic internet connection in our snowy cottage in the Alps, hell, most of us will count our lucky stars if our wrinkly asses don’t get thrown into some rat infested home to live out our miserable days. The world’s greatest son, Peter Löthberg, went on to say this:
“I want to show that there are other methods than the old fashioned ways such as copper wires and radio, which lack the possibilities that fibre has.”
You wanted to show? Dude come on over to my place and you can show the whole god damn world how fast the internet can be, believe me it’s pretty much going to waste on your mom’s browsing eBay and uploading baby pictures.
In case you missed all the internets drama here is a quick recap to get you all caught up:
Pre E3 - Rumors of a $100 PS3 price cut
E3 - Price cut goes official, original $499 20GB PS3 model is now discontinued
E3 Thursday - Sony announces discontinuation of the 60GB PS3 model they just cut $100 off of ….
See the problem yet?
OK, It’s late, I’m tired and I am having a difficult time conversing my disoriented thoughts into proper sentences so I will do this in the most simplest of terms:
The PS3 used to come in two packages - $499 (20GB model, no bells and whistles) and $599 (60GB model, bells and whistles included)
The PS3 now comes in two new packages - $499 (60GB model, bells and whistles included) and $599 (80GB model, bells and whistles included)
At the end of July you will have only one choice - the $599 version
Unless another price cut is announced before this holiday season or Sony somehow continues their original two price approach, gamers and Blue Ray enthusiasts will continue to get reamed.
Don’t act surprised, these magnetic fish from the East come to us courtesy of the same guys who thought it would be a great idea to have a humping dog as a USB thumbdrive. Yes it’s funny, yes it’s cute but damn it, that stuff gets old in about four fracking* minutes. If this kind of crap interests you go ahead and throw away your eleven dollars over here. Enjoy the magnets and thanks for all the fish.
[Thanks Dick McV]
*Because of prolonged exposure to Battlestar Galactica this writer has found it necessary to use the term “frack” in place of otherwise offensive expletives
Old people that don’t know anything about technology or campout lines for new releases should just stay home and watch Jag. Seriously. Imagine for a second that you are out of touch with modern technology or trends, and you get all your news from television and newspapers only. Now imagine that you saw the somewhat substantial profits made from XBOX 360s, PS3s, Wiis, Tickle Me Elmo Xs, and other hard-to-find items on eBay and thought “Oh my dear, that is easy money. I could retire right now!”.
As Keyser “The Lex” Spacey would so eloquently say: WRONG!!!!!!
First off, in retrospect, there were plenty of iPhones to be bought and not enough buyers. As a matter of fact, all the people who thought that they were smart, clever, or great business-minded folks because they were gonna purchase an iPhone just to sell for profit on eBay should just be sent to Gitmo. The second most obvious thing that this lady didn’t know is that the common stipulation among new releases is the customer limit on items bought, meaning that she could really only buy one or two iPhones anyways. She should have stayed at home and got another cat or something.
Watch her reefer madness in this well edited feature below:
So 5 days in with my iPhone and I can say I have a real good grasp on reality now. The hype factor has worn off so it’s all about real world usage. In part un of my review I found the iPhone to be the most gorgeous phone with the most gorgeous mobile phone screen I had ever seen. Sure there were some quirks hiding in the user interface but what about the meat and potatoes of the phone - the apps.? Hit the jump and read part deux of my uber iPhone review.
