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In addition to the original Gorillapod
New Gorillapod from Joby supports DSLR cameras with zoom lenses. This $50 tripod is small, portable, and can provide the right angles by utilizing the environment even with a big zoom lens.

Microsoft introduced new feature with its SP2. It will automatically reboot your computer after installing updates. If you do not restart your computer after updating it you get the popup that just asks you “restart now or later”, but after a day or so it starts coming up with the popup that has a 5 minute timer. If you do not see the popup within the 5 minutes, it will restart itself. Of course you could disable the updates, but this is not a good solution in this way.

So question is: How to disable this auto-restart feature?

Solution from Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555444)

Go to registry editor and navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Policies \Microsoft\Windows \WindowsUpdate\AU

Change the “NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers” DWord value to the required number.

0 = False (Allow auto-reboot)
1 = True (Disallow auto-reboot)

Solution if you have WindowsXP Pro

* In the Start Menu go to Run type “gpedit.msc” and press Enter
* Now a Group Policy editor will open. In this window navigate to: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Template -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
* Double click on No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations
* In the settings window Choose Enabled and click OK
* Close Group Policy Editor

So, It is no more auto-restatrs, but we still have that annoying “Restart Now/Restart Later” dialog popping up every 5 minutes

There are two ways to deal with it.

1. With this registry change you can set frequency of this dialog appearanse from 5 minutes to 24 hours.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
“RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled”=dword:00000001
“RebootRelaunchTimeout”=dword:000005a0
“NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers”=dword:00000001

2. Go to Control Panel->Administrative Tools-Services. Scroll down the list to the item “Automatic Updates”. Right-click that item and choose “Stop”.
Another way to do so just go to Start->Run and then type “net stop wuauserv” in the box and press Enter.

Another hot FAQ.

PS3 FAQ: answers to your PlayStation 3 questions

In addition to the “Some facts about Zune” .

Zune Q&A: All You Need To Know

The most complete FAQ from gizmodo.

We have another new 1080p projector announced today.

Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) announces the upcoming release of the DLA-HD1, a new D-ILA High-Definition Home Theatre Projection System. Thanks to a native contrast ratio of 15,000:1, the highest in the industry without an iris mechanism, the DLA-HD1 realizes true black reproduction without losing any picture brightness — the key to really bringing out the feeling of presence high-definition content is meant to have. The high native contrast was achieved through the combined use of a newly-developed 0.7-in. full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) D-ILA device and a new optical engine.

Display device: Full HD D-ILA device
Panel size: 0.7 inch x 3 (16:9)
Resolution: 1,920 x 1,080 pixels
Lens: X2 manual zoom/focus lens f=21.3-42.6mm F=3.2-4.3
Projection size: 60 inch – 200 inch
Lens shift function: 80% vertical and 34% horizontal
Light source lamp: 200-watt ultra high pressure mercury lamp
Light output: 700 lm
Contrast ratio: 15,000:1
HDMI x 2, Component x 1 (3RCA) can also be used as a RGB terminal, S Video terminal (mini DIN4 pin) x 1,Video Input Terminals, Composite x 1 (1RCA terminal),Control Terminals RS-232 (D-sub9 pin),
Video Input Signals:480i/p, 576i/p, 720p60/50, 1080i60/50, 1080p60/50/24, NTSC/NTSC4.43/PAL/PAL-M/PAL-N/SECAM
Noise level: 25dB (in normal mode)
Power Consumption: 280-watt (2.7-watt while in stand-by)
Dimensions: (W x H x D) 455 x 172 x 418mm (without extrusions)
Weight: 11.6kg
Provided accessories: Power source cable x 1, self-lightening remote-control x 1, AAA size batteries, lense cap
Full pecifications (PDF)

You can use some special programs or FireFox plugins like UpPlugIt  or you can do it .. very easy way…
Go to YouTube Downloader(http://video.qooqle.jp/dl)  provide you YouTube URL and get download link in just couple seconds. Nothing could be easier.