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bittorrent

How to Check if Your ISP is Throttling Your BitTorrent Traffic

Our ISP is currently Comcast, which is probably definitely throttling torrent traffic in this area, but how can we know for sure? Here's how. There's now a website that runs a little test, determining whether your ISP is throttling all traffic, all traffic on well-known BT ports, only BT traffic on well-known BT ports, or nothing at all. The full test takes seven minutes, but it's seven minutes well spent to find out whether you need another ISP. Or if you need to cut down on your PureTNA downloads. [Max Planck Institute via TorrentFreak via LifeHacker]

3:00 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Jason Chen
22,312 views, 21 comments

Latest by egyptiansushi: @tinascry: I've never noticed Comcast download speed issues, either... more »

printer test

Inkjet Ink Test: Manufacturer Brand vs. Cheapo Store Ink

Trusted Reviews has a big investigation on inkjet printers and inkjet ink, and their year-long study comparing fading between more expensive manufacturer brand vs. the cheaper crappy brand shows that you get what you pay for. Over three months, the differences between the two were negligible, with pages only fading slightly (but noticeably) in quality. More »

6:20 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Jason Chen
16,198 views, 26 comments

qr codes

Japan's QR Codes Being Tested in SF

You know those QR codes that Japan has? The ones that look like fancy bar codes that you take a picture of with your cellphone that brings up some bit of info or trivia on the display. Those are being tested in SF right now on 500+ restaurants/shops/businesses reviewed by Citysearch. More »

7:30 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Jason Chen
5,410 views, 26 comments

clips

We Dump Coffee, Coke, OJ and Milk All Over a Shiny New Toughbook: Did It Survive?

On Tuesday we asked you about the one thing you wouldn't want spilled on your keyboard, and we were surprised how much you had to tell us. We have a brand new Y7 Toughbook laying around the apartment, which Panasonic claims can handle six ounces of liquid poured right into the keyboard. We decided to put some of your answers to the test. More »

4:40 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Benny Goldman
25,979 views, 61 comments

xbox 360 divx/xvid test

Xbox 360 DivX/XviD Playback Tested (Verdict: It's Almost Perfect)

The Xbox 360 supports DivX and XviD as of today, which may make some of you with big file collections (like us) as giddy as a kid in store with puppies made of candy. We threw our entire collection of movies, TV shows and random clips at it and found that the 360 can play back pretty much anything. Here are some notes. More »

1:00 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Jason Chen
159,938 views, 98 comments

Latest by optikool: Hi I am having the same issues as wyzik and absoluthams. I can play divx movies from dvd, cd or flash drive but i cannot stream the same movies from windows media player 11. Currently I have to use TVersity more »

man vs. beast

Chimpanzees Beat College Students at Computerized Brain Test

You know that game in Brain Age where you get a quick look at a batch of numbers then have to tap them in numerical order after they're hidden? In news that must please the good Dr. Kawashima to no end, scientists at Kyoto University have found that five-year-old chimps are able to perform a (very) similar feat much faster than a group of nine able-minded college students on a touchscreen test bed that resembles the best-selling DS game.
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9:55 PM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By dango
25,661 views, 71 comments

Latest by aamlg: Think your memory is better than the chimp's, or that it's just a matter of training? Try this replica of the memory test to see if you can beat a chimp's score: [games.lumosity.com] more »

cellphones

Verizon's "Can You Hear Me Now" Guy Has Rules

Much like Ronald McDonald and Dick Cheney, Verizon's "Can You Hear Me Now" guy makes public appearances, but is actually not one person, but many different people dressed up for the part. And because of this, Verizon has a fairly thick rulebook of how the guy should be dressed, how he should appear, and how nobody should ever, ever talk to him. More »

5:20 PM on Thu Sep 20 2007
By Jason Chen
13,937 views, 23 comments

vacuum bomb

Vacuum Bomb Ushers in Cold War 2.0

Nuclear weapons are so last century—these days everyone has them, and international treaties make them virtually impossible to use anyway. That's why Russia has been working on a new type of apocalypse-bringing device, the Vacuum Bomb. It creates a huge and destructive shockwave, but doesn't have any of those pesky fallout side effects. That means you can flatten a country, and safely move right on in there. More »

10:40 AM on Wed Sep 12 2007
By msparkes
45,500 views, 86 comments

apple

iPhone Scientifically Rated (Verdict: Great Call Quality)

Wirelessinfo knows what they're talking about when it comes to cellphone calls. They're the Mythbusters of cellphones, pulling out all sorts of scientific equipment to determine whether call quality is good—not just doing a "oh, this sounds good" test. Their results for the iPhone? Best they've seen. More »

11:48 PM on Fri Jun 29 2007
By Jason Chen
28,601 views, 10 comments

crash test video

Chinese Sedan Earning its 1-Star Crash Rating


When Germany's ADAC testing agency tested China's Brilliance BS6 sedan, it came back with a 1-star rating. A person crashing this car at 40MPH would likely not survive.

[Jalopnik]

6:46 PM on Mon Jun 25 2007
By Brian Lam
20,565 views, 12 comments

gadgets

Reaction Time Test: Results In, Giz Readers Brilliant as Expected

We tested your reaction time last week, and most of you did much better than your humble narrator. Or at least that's what you reported. We have the official results of the test, with a whopping sample of over 10,000 people. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Mar 19 2007
By Charlie White
4,205 views, 15 comments

peripherals

Sadistic PS3 Owner Creates Homemade Blu-ray Torture Test


Muslix64 may have cracked Blu-ray's "bulletproof security," but ever wonder how much physical stress a Blu-ray disc (or any optical disc) can take before caving in? This demented soul did and put his Blu-ray disc through a homemade torture test complete with pizza cutters, pens, and a butcher knife. Warning: Before you watch you should know these are 3.25-minutes of your life you will not get back. – Louis Ramirez More »

2:23 PM on Thu Jan 25 2007
By Louis Ramirez
712 views, 19 comments

gadgets

Test Your Skill: Are You Tone Deaf?

Okay, we know you're goofing off; it's the day before Thanksgiving. We're here to assist you in your slacking and help you prepare for Thanksgiving at the same time, suggesting that you take this tone deafness test from musician and researcher Jake Mandell. It's actually quite difficult, and will let you know if it's true that you really can't carry a tune, not even in a bucket. You'll need Flash 8 or 9 to take the test, and just a few minutes to compare the musical phrases in each of the 36 examples. More »

9:55 AM on Wed Nov 22 2006
By Charlie White
3,397 views, 78 comments

Latest by Paradise: 88.9% :( figured i would be higher ... that's what i get for not playing anything for 10+ years i guess. more »

portable media

DS Lite Screen Stress Test

The folks at NRQ Productions went down to Wal-Mart and did a "stress test" on the DS Lite LCD. We don't advocate doing this, since breaking the display unit is kind of a dick-ish thing to do, but luckily for them (and Wal-Mart) the DS Lite passed with flying colors. Peep the video to see some agonizing screen-bending footage. – Jason Chen More »

3:39 PM on Tue Jul 18 2006
By Jason Chen
747 views, 19 comments