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If you are someone who loves Halo and everything that is related to it, then you will certainly fall in love with the new Halo Master Chief Costume. This is a full body green protective suite that will also feature a mask and wearing one, you will definitely feel like you are one step closer to the Halo world that millions of FPS players around the world are raving about.

This master chief costume is just amazing and it is made out of very high quality material, that will certainly convince you that this can also be used as a body armor suite, well, at least for small pebbles I guess.

The Halo Master Chief costume is just perfect for Halloween and wearing one, you will certainly stand out from the crowd. You can even take it to next paintball shooting and everyone will be surely impressed.

Master chief is probably the best known personality of the Gaming world. Ever since the launch of Halo, people all over the world have been buying stuff relating to Master Chief. Like this Master chief collector’s costume. It is a jumpsuit with EVA armor, two-piece deluxe helmet, gauntlets and boot tops. There are two types of these suits based on the material used in their manufacturing. One uses styrene and the other uses ABS. The size varies from between 38-42 in the chest and about a 36-38 in the waist. The Standard inseam is 33. It retails for $999 andthere is a sale going on right now, so you can buy it for $750.

Update: It has now been sold out.

The Halo Master chief costume actually belongs to a character in the game, called Master Chief Petty Office 117. He is a solder that is cybernetic-ally improved. This is not only a character that those who have played the game needed to deal with, but it is also a character that was featured in around four science fiction novels.

If you will be playing the game, the Master Chief Character experience will depend on your skill and how good you will be able to impersonate him.

Even though the Halo Master Chief character is a neophyte, he is ranked very high and has a good standing position alongside other famous characters like the ones that you can find inMario, Lara Croft, Sonic The Hedgehog and so on.

Because the Halo Master Chief costume is a suite that features a mask and has distinct colors, it is just perfect if you want to be camouflaged in certain areas. The look you will get when wearing the suite will be that of a wicked soldier that no one will be even daring of looking at. Although not as cool as the LEGO master chief we wrote about a few months’ ago, this costume beats that one in usability.

Using the Halo Master Chief costume as a Halloween costume, you will not only benefit from a higher respect from your friends when you will be trick or treating, but you will also feel better with yourself.

If you will want to get the suite, you should know that it does come at a price which is a little hefty. The costume features a distressed injection armor & of course, a nice helmet. This is a suite that would be easily considered as a collectable item in the future!

This is an era of power and speed due to the rapid aggrandizement in the  technology that has eased the way we travel, communicate, read and what not?. Among all these advancements, internet seems to have totally changed the life of people by supplying unlimited information and entertainment.

However, there are times when accessing internet becomes a nightmare because of the slow internet speed despite the the fact that  it was supposed to go in the opposite direction.  Nevertheless, there is always a way out.

In this post we have collected some of the best tips that will help you to speed up your internet.

The most common but ignored reason for a slow speed internet connection is a slow computer.

You can simply speed up your internet connection by performing some regular checks on your computer that will help you to speed up internet and alsoboost your computer performance as a bonus.

Many thing like disk cleanup and defrag, registry repair, and other tasks like monitoring your startup items and optimizing Windows services can be performed to keep your computer in good shape.

If you are more of a person who deals with reading and surfing internet without having to deal with multi-media, then you can easily turn graphics, animations, sound, video or other multimedia content off with the help of your browser settings option.

Cache memory can also be called as “Recent Memory”. As the word signifies, it refers to storage space where your recently visited Web sites are saved.

You can speed up internet simply either re-sizing your cache allotment or otherwise clean your cache periodically. The latter can be done by gaining access to items named cache or temporary file through your browser’s menu.

It is best suited to pick a suitable browser that works well with your computer. Many people tend to use internet explorer even though there are new and faster browsers available.

You can choose from a wide list of browsers available on the internet and then decide on the best one for you after using them for a few days. For example Chrome is particularly good for computers that are low on RAM, as it’s not as memory hungry as Firefox and IE.

This one seems to rob your computer of internet speed like you wouldn’t believe. The programs like Windows Update, Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Real player, Adobe Reader updates, and other similar software stick up in the background and compete with your browser for internet speed.

Most of these start automatically when you start your computer and start using bandwidth without the users permission, if not customized.  There is a way out by which you can either totally block these software or simply configure them to ask for your permission before eating up the speed.

Apart for these basic tips there are also many software available that use different mechanisms to speed up internet. Like Internet Cyclone is a software that promises to enhance your internet speed to 200%.

Internet Speed up is another free software thaat helps you to achieve the same goal of speeding up your internet.

The grand success of Apple’s iPad created a new segment in the gadget market for tablets. Other companies too followed the lead and developed their own range of tablet PCs. Now the market is flooded with the tablet PCs from nearly all the large companies have something to offer. But one thing which is a bit common among all the tablets is their operating system. Either tablets are based on the new Apple iOS (in case of iPad) or they incorporate Google’s Android operating system. But a new brave Taiwanese PC manufacturing firm Tangent has come up with a new tablet PC running Windows 7 professional. This Tablet PC with Windows7 professional OS is named Tangent Tycoon.

If you look closer, you will find that Tycoon is not a mind blowing gadget that someone will throw away their iPad for it, but the sleek look and the front facing speaker does make it look different. The company says the operating system has been modified a little to comprehend with the touch panel. But there are still some doubts if Windows 7 would hold up enough water to compete in tablet category  given that it will be contending the market leaders in the touch screen segment like Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android Honeycomb. So, what do we think of the Tangent Tycoon? Full review after the jump.

Much has already been told about the operating system. The Tangent Tycoon actually come preinstalled with the Windows 7 Professional version instead of the home basic or the home premium versions which we have once seen with the Asus EEE Slate EP121. Asus EEE slate gave users windows 7 home premium but the Windows 7 professional version that comes with the Tangent Tycoon actually signifies the purpose of the tablet. It gives you the hint that tycoon really means business.

The company has also branded it as a business tool. There are quite several features like extended security, remote management ability and multi-tasking. The OS is not designed for small touch-interface for now but as there is Android and iOS ruling the segment so we could hope for some user friendly touch upgrades from the Microsoft. OS has some of the good touch features to offer though, including the handwriting recognition. So, most of the PC users who are shifting to the tablets would not find it much difficult to adjust with the change.

The basic commands and the functions are same as you guys would expect from a windows PC. The built-in browser is good and fast As most people are used to windows environment, so, they will not find it difficult to get a hang of the browse. But, when you go for the built in email program it is not as good or fast as the iPad.

The absence of the proper apps for the tablet is also one of the biggest issues. It should at least offer an App store just like Android and Apple. The search for the apps are quite tiresome and its quite difficult to Google out what you actually need. However, if you install Google Chrome, you will find plenty of apps to go perfect with the touch interface in the Chrome App Store.

The size and dimension is pretty much same as that of the iPad but sports a much smaller screen. It is about 9.6” X 6.9” in size and is about 0.6 inches thick. The weight is also more than the iPad which weighs about 1.33 lbs were as tycoon weighs about 1.87 lbs which is about 0.5 lbs more than the iPad.

The front facing speaker actually gives it a distinct look but I personally feel a little awkward with it. It has a blocking for its cover to stop something which is not intended to enter in, which is actually nice. But bottom line is the cover is difficult to open and sometimes it feels like it would break off at a point.

The Tangent Tycoons incorporates 10.1” ultra bright wide LED with Broadcom HD display. The Broadcom BCM7005 crystal HD decoder is used to provide you with enhanced HD quality video. The device embraces a two point capacitive multi-touch screen. As expected, the device includes an accelerometer too.

If we talk about the processor, the tangent tycoon features a 1.66 GHz Atom N455 processor(which we normally find in the netbook and small laptop computers) and it also sports the power efficient Intel NM10 Chipset. But looking to the fact that tycoon is more of a computer in a tablet form, it becomes quite obvious.

If we talk about the memory, this device has much more to offer than its counterparts. The Tangent Tycoon supports 2 GB DDR3 RAM and a whopping 120 GB hard disk, which is not seen with the tablets in this segment. The built in stereo speakers and the integrated microphone are its other interesting features.

This is the part which we surely loved about this device. It provides a lot of connectivity features and some are pretty much more efficient and better than the competition.

It supports Wifi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1. The device also consists of 2 USB ports and an HDMI port for multimedia output. The device also has ports for microphone and headphone jacks. The camera is a 2.0 MP webcam. It consists of a 3800mAh battery which provides a comparably low backup time, which is only about 3 hours.

Well, the Tycoon also allows you to connect keyboard or mouse via Bluetooth or USB ports. So, the tycoon provides a lot of options to its users for connectivity and accessibility. Another advantage is that it supports plug and play, so you could connect it to your corporate network and all the windows enterprise applications will work fine with it. You can also connect it directly to any networked printer or scanner to get working right away..

As we have already mentioned, it is not something you could throw your iPad away for if you already have one. Neither is it a sound choice if you just want a tablet and already own a computer or a laptop. However, it is a perfect laptop replacement device. It is mainly a business tool. The main thing people will like about it will be the simplicity after all it is just a windows PC, everyone knows how to use a window PC.

So, if you have never owned a PC, or work with a PC at office and want to buy a PC for home –  Tangent Tycoon is a good option. However, if you just want the taste of tablet computing apart from all the PC stuff you have at home, we would say there are better choices.