http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/converter used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/new_hack_lets_you_convert_ebooks_viewing_a_kindle_2 <!--paging_filter--><p>A few weeks after Jesse Vincent, an inveterate hacker, yielded to his strong urge to hack another popular gadget, Savory was born. Savory is a Kindle 2 app that converts .pdf and .epub files into the .mobi format supported by the ebook reader. Though similar solutions have been available on the internet for quite sometime, <a href="http://blog.fsck.com/2009/04/savory.html">Savory is unique as it executes the conversion on Amazon’s ebook reader itself.</a> But like all great things, Savory has its limitations. It doesn’t support Kindle 1 and won’t convert ebooks protected by DRM. Please note that running unsigned code may void your manufacturer’s warranty.</p> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="/files/u46168/kindle2.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></div> <p><em> Image Credit: Puhalablog(WP) </em></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/new_hack_lets_you_convert_ebooks_viewing_a_kindle_2#comments News converter custom firmware ebook epub file format hack kindle 2 mobi pdf Software warranty Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:56:43 -0500 Pulkit Chandna 5924 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/Tritton-SEE2-USB-2-0-to-SVGA-Adapter <!--paging_filter--><p><img class="floatimgleft" src="/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/thumbs/Triton_See2.jpg" alt="Triton_See2.jpg" />There are some things that just shouldn’t be attempted: SATA ISA adapters and x16 PCI-E modems, for example. To that list, we add the USB 2.0-to-SVGA adapter! No fooling, someone has made a graphics adapter that plugs into your USB 2.0 port.</p> <p>We had the adapter up and running on our zero-point system in a couple of minutes. What we could do with it, however, is limited by the low 480Mb/s bandwidth of USB 2.0. Displaying a web page or static image worked fine, but trying to run video of any quality was impossible. The device let us run up to 1024x768 resolution, but only at 16-bit—32-bit sucked too much bandwidth. At lower resolutions, the adapter performed a little better, but not great. When a window is moved around the desktop, the card redraws it at speeds just slightly better than a graphics card without drivers.</p> <p>The actual utility for this device is difficult to fathom. Modern PCs support a minimum of two monitors, as do most notebooks. Dual-card rigs can run up to four monitors. So adding an additional, non-accelerated screen that really shouldn’t be running a resolution higher than 800x600 is kinda goofy.</p> <p>Does that make it useless? Not quite. We actually found a couple of handy functions. Because SLI takes over both cards during 3D gaming, the adapter allows us to run a second monitor to watch our CPU utilization or temperatures. And folks looking for an easy way to power a small LCD mounted in the front of a case can use the USB adapter to power the graphics. Besides those specific instances, however, the USB to VGA adapter isn’t too useful.<br /> <em><br /></em></p> <p><strong>Month Reviewed:</strong> July 2006</p> <p><strong>Verdict:</strong> 5</p> <p><strong>URL:</strong> <a href="http://www.trittontechnologies.com/">www.trittontechnologies.com</a> </p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/Tritton-SEE2-USB-2-0-to-SVGA-Adapter#comments Hardware Reviews From the Magazine converter svga usb July 2006 2006 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:54:43 -0500 Gordon Mah Ung 623 at http://www.maximumpc.com