PcBlue.com http://www.pcblue.com Computers, gadgets, gizmos, digital cameras, photos and more Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:29:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en Nehalem Intel Processor to launch in September http://www.pcblue.com/nehalem-intel-processor-to-launch-in-september/ http://www.pcblue.com/nehalem-intel-processor-to-launch-in-september/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:29:00 +0000 http://www.pcblue.com/nehalem-intel-processor-to-launch-in-september/ Nehalem die photo from dvhardware
The next Intel processor, using an architecture codenamed “Nehalem”, brings a surprising boost of performance compared to current CPUs. We’re talking about anywhere amoung 20% and 40% in intensive applications, particularly the ones that are multi-…

]]> http://www.pcblue.com/nehalem-intel-processor-to-launch-in-september/feed/ Quickie Review: More Cowbell and SimStapler http://www.pcblue.com/quickie-review-more-cowbell-and-simstapler/ http://www.pcblue.com/quickie-review-more-cowbell-and-simstapler/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:33:49 +0000 http://www.pcblue.com/quickie-review-more-cowbell-and-simstapler/ Oh, I love useless things. I really do. They pass the date and supply endless amusement. [Note: I don’t need to be told that I’m easily amused.] Even so, there are two more useless apps I just had to review considering #1 they’re funny and #2 everyone should enjoy a bit of random fun now and again. …

]]> http://www.pcblue.com/quickie-review-more-cowbell-and-simstapler/feed/ Quickie Review: Shazam and Midomi Mobile http://www.pcblue.com/quickie-review-shazam-and-midomi-mobile/ http://www.pcblue.com/quickie-review-shazam-and-midomi-mobile/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:02:29 +0000 http://www.pcblue.com/quickie-review-shazam-and-midomi-mobile/ Warning: copy(wp-content/plugins/blog/images/thumb.shazam.png) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Disk quota exceeded in /home/pcblue/public_html/wp-includes/post-template.php on line 202
This is a two for one review today. considering Shazam and Midomi Mobile are functionally similar (yet fundamentally different) I thought I’d group them to give you a bit of a side by side comparison. For starters we have Shazam. that is a nifty little program that lets you “tag” songs that you lik… gizmo laptop [...]]]> Warning: copy(wp-content/plugins/blog/images/thumb.shazam.png) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Disk quota exceeded in /home/pcblue/public_html/wp-includes/post-template.php on line 202

This is a two for one review today. considering Shazam and Midomi Mobile are functionally similar (yet fundamentally different) I thought I’d group them to give you a bit of a side by side comparison.
For starters we have Shazam. that is a nifty little program that lets you “tag” songs that you lik…

]]> http://www.pcblue.com/quickie-review-shazam-and-midomi-mobile/feed/ New iPhone Ads Are Everywhere http://www.pcblue.com/new-iphone-ads-are-everywhere/ http://www.pcblue.com/new-iphone-ads-are-everywhere/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:47:11 +0000 http://www.pcblue.com/new-iphone-ads-are-everywhere/ Apple’s just release three new iPhone ads to help bolster interest in the phone and boost consumers that phone really is “twice as fast” as the first-gen version and that you can get it for “half the price.”
Good marketing, as always. Though I don’t know whether anything can beat the first commerci…

]]> http://www.pcblue.com/new-iphone-ads-are-everywhere/feed/ Apple Removed Aurora Feint–For Now http://www.pcblue.com/apple-removed-aurora-feint-for-now/ http://www.pcblue.com/apple-removed-aurora-feint-for-now/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:31:24 +0000 http://www.pcblue.com/apple-removed-aurora-feint-for-now/ No!! Can take in it? It’s the sound of my world crumbling. My favorite app! Not my favorite app! 

Okay, I’ve collected myself. So what’s the problem? Well, it turns out Aurora Feint has some serious shield issues. Nothing malicious, mind you, but a protection threat, nonetheless. In order to kee…

]]> http://www.pcblue.com/apple-removed-aurora-feint-for-now/feed/ VGA no more? http://www.pcblue.com/vga-no-more/ http://www.pcblue.com/vga-no-more/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:31:12 +0000 http://www.pcblue.com/vga-no-more/ Did we build out you complaining about the inadequate VGA screens on your device? Well, here’s something to cheer you up, at least partially!
Orginal post by Pocket PC Live!

]]> http://www.pcblue.com/vga-no-more/feed/ Is Steve Jobs Really Sick? Or Really Healthy? http://www.pcblue.com/is-steve-jobs-really-sick-or-really-healthy/ http://www.pcblue.com/is-steve-jobs-really-sick-or-really-healthy/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:30:33 +0000 http://www.pcblue.com/is-steve-jobs-really-sick-or-really-healthy/ Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg() [function.imagecreatefromjpeg]: '/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg' is not a valid JPEG file in /home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/extlib/php_thumb/phpthumb.class.php on line 0
Failed:
phpThumb() v1.7.7-200612252156

Image is too large for PHP-GD memory_limit, please install ImageMagick or increase php.ini memory_limit setting

phpThumb() v1.7.7-200612252156 in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 216

setSourceFilename(/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-includes/../wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg) set $this->sourceFilename to "/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-includes/../wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 234

Addding ImageMagick formats to $AvailableImageOutputFormats (text;ico;bmp;wbmp;gif;png;jpeg) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 819

$AvailableImageOutputFormats = array(text;ico;bmp;wbmp;gif;png;jpeg) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 825

$this->thumbnailFormat set to $this->config_output_format "jpeg" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 835

$this->thumbnailQuality set to "75" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 852

$this->sourceFilename set to "/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 754

setCacheDirectory() starting with config_cache_directory = "" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 859

$this->config_cache_directory () is not a directory in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 895

SetCacheFilename() failed because $this->config_cache_directory is empty in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2808

starting ExtractEXIFgetImageSize() in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2665

$this->useRawIMoutput=false because "fltr" is set in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1151

phpThumb_tempnam() returning "/home/pcblue/public_html/pThumbx2jtif" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 3605

ImageMagickSwitchAvailable(thumbnail) = 1 in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1123

ImageMagickSwitchAvailable(modulate) = 1 in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1123

GetImageSize(/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg) SUCCEEDED: a:7:{i:0;i:406;i:1;i:244;i:2;i:2;i:3;s:24:"width="406" height="244"";s:4:"bits";i:8;s:8:"channels";i:3;s:4:"mime";s:10:"image/jpeg";} in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1238

GetImageSize(/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg) returned [w=406;h=244;f=2] in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1243

source dimensions set to 406x244 in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1246

SetOrientationDependantWidthHeight() starting with "406"x"244" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2644

SetOrientationDependantWidthHeight() setting w="400", h="0" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2660

Remaining $this->fltr after ImageMagick: (array(0) { } ) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1684

ImageMagick called as (convert -density 150 -thumbnail 400x "/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg[0]" png:"/home/pcblue/public_html/pThumbx2jtif" 2>&1) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1700

ImageMagick failed with message (convert: Premature end of JPEG file `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: Corrupt JPEG data: premature end of data segment `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: Premature end of JPEG file `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: Corrupt JPEG data: premature end of data segment `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/home/pcblue/public_html/pThumbx2jtif'.) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1705

ImageMagickThumbnailToGD() failed in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2695

SetOrientationDependantWidthHeight() starting with "406"x"244" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2644

SetOrientationDependantWidthHeight() setting w="400", h="0" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2660

EXIF thumbnail extraction: (size=0; type=""; 0x0) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2747

starting SourceImageToGD() in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 3005

$this->useRawIMoutput=false because "fltr" is set in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1151

phpThumb_tempnam() returning "/home/pcblue/public_html/pThumbeQbuhE" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 3605

ImageMagickSwitchAvailable(thumbnail) = 1 in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1123

ImageMagickSwitchAvailable(modulate) = 1 in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1123

GetImageSize(/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg) SUCCEEDED: a:7:{i:0;i:406;i:1;i:244;i:2;i:2;i:3;s:24:"width="406" height="244"";s:4:"bits";i:8;s:8:"channels";i:3;s:4:"mime";s:10:"image/jpeg";} in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1238

GetImageSize(/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg) returned [w=406;h=244;f=2] in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1243

source dimensions set to 406x244 in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1246

SetOrientationDependantWidthHeight() starting with "406"x"244" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2644

SetOrientationDependantWidthHeight() setting w="400", h="0" in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2660

Remaining $this->fltr after ImageMagick: (array(0) { } ) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1684

ImageMagick called as (convert -density 150 -thumbnail 400x "/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg[0]" png:"/home/pcblue/public_html/pThumbeQbuhE" 2>&1) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1700

ImageMagick failed with message (convert: Premature end of JPEG file `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: Corrupt JPEG data: premature end of data segment `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: Premature end of JPEG file `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: Corrupt JPEG data: premature end of data segment `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/home/pcblue/public_html/pThumbeQbuhE'.) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 1705

starting ImageCreateFromFilename(/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2920

ImageCreateFromFilename found ($getimagesizeinfo[2]==2) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2929

Calling ImageCreateFromJPEG(/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2937

ImageCreateFromJPEG() was attempted but FAILED in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2975

Populating $rawimagedata in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2977

attempting ImageCreateFromStringReplacement($rawimagedata (12288 bytes), true) in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 2991

ImageCreateFromStringReplacement() calling built-in ImageCreateFromString() in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 3507

Not using EXIF thumbnail data because $this->exif_thumbnail_data is empty in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 3046

$this->gdimg_source is still empty in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 3098

ImageMagickThumbnailToGD() failed in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 3100

phpThumb() v1.7.7-200612252156

All attempts to create GD image source failed.
ImageMagick failed with message (convert: Premature end of JPEG file `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: Corrupt JPEG data: premature end of data segment `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: Premature end of JPEG file `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: Corrupt JPEG data: premature end of data segment `/home/pcblue/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog/images/slim_steve_jobs.jpg'.
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/home/pcblue/public_html/pThumbeQbuhE'.)
Source image probably corrupt. in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 3404

phpThumb() v1.7.7-200612252156

Image is too large for PHP-GD memory_limit, please install ImageMagick or increase php.ini memory_limit setting in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 3404

SourceImageToGD() failed in file "phpthumb.class.php" on line 312