Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on September 05, 2007 by CyberNet.

Looks like I was right about there being a new Live Writer released today. The Live Writer blog just announced that Beta 3 has been made available, and it can be downloaded by anyone and everyone.

And let me tell you…this thing finally has XHTML support! You know that there was some divine intervention going on when someone over at Microsoft actually cares about standards. Oh, and if you’re looking for the way to enable XHTML support it’s located in your Weblog Settings pictured above.

Don’t fret, there is more good stuff besides for the XHTML support:

• Insert videos using our new ‘Insert Video’ dialog
• Upload images to Picasaweb when publishing to your Blogger blog
• Publish XHTML-style markup
• Use Writer in 28 additional languages
• Print your posts
• Justify-align post text
• Better image handling (fewer blurry images)
• Resolved installation issues from last release
• Many other bug fixes and enhancements

Prior to this I had been using the newly free blog software Post2Blog for all of our postings. It was nice, but a little rough around the edges. Windows Live Writer has won my heart once again, and I’ve already made the switch back! Kudos to the Live Writer developers for making an indispensable app!

There are some things that I want to caution you with though:

• Even the standalone download uses the new unified installer, and it will automatically upgrade all of your existing Live software (Messenger, Mail, etc…).
• The new installer takes abnormally long to do its job. So get it started and then walk away for about 15 minutes.
• All of the Live apps are now installed in C:\Program Files\Windows Live\[AppName], but that shouldn’t break any of your Live Writer plugins.

Download Live Writer Beta 3

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PMA may be but a few months off, but that’s not stopping Kodak from dropping a few show-stoppers here at CES. Up first is the Z980 megazoom ($399.95; Spring 2009 availability), which offers up a 26-millimeter wide angle lens with a mind-boggling 24x image stabilized optical zoom. You’ll also find a 12-megapixel sensor, a vertical shutter release, HD video capture and a detachable vertical grip. On deck is the March-bound EasyShare M380 point-and-shoot ($179), a 10-megapixeler with a 5x optical zoom, 2.7-inch LCD monitor and your choice of black, red, or teal color schemes. Finally, we’ve got a few new SDHC cards from the outfit, with 4GB, 8GB and 16GB variations coming soon for undisclosed amounts. Full release is just past the break.

Continue reading Kodak delivers Z980 24x megazoom, M380 point-and-shoot cameras

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BusinessWeek: When Unilever (UN) challenged its scientists to come up with a detergent that uses fewer resources, greener materials, and less packaging, few thought it was possible. Yet Small & Mighty, the industry’s first super-concentrated liquid detergent, launched in October 2005 in a partnership with U.S. retailer Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), 18 months ahead of rivals such as Procter & Gamble (PG). What started as a means to boost Unilever’s green credentials now is opening up avenues of innovation that are helping to drive growth in the company’s once-lackluster laundry unit. Since rolling out Small & Mighty in Europe in January 2007, more than 30 million bottles have been sold.

The virtue of the product is that consumers can wash the same amount of laundry with one-third the detergent. Smaller packaging means each bottle uses 55% less plastic, enabling retailers to stock three times the number of bottles in the same space, saving on labor and out-of-stock costs. There’s big savings for Unilever, too, in manufacturing and transportation. The company says it saves 500 million gallons of water and 150 million pounds of plastic each year. And the smaller bottle means Unilever can transport three times as much product in every truck, saving 26 million gallons of diesel each year. “It’s a good example of how good environmental practice is good for the company’s bottom line,” says Keith Weed, Unilever’s group vice-president for home care.

Unilever’s Laundry Biz Is Greener, and Growing [BusinessWeek]

Chinavasion‘s latest piece of steaming trash is actually very un-trash-like, as it thoughtfully meshes a number of in-car technologies into one single cigarette adapter doodad. The Plug-In Car MP4 Player with LCD Display manages to bundle an MP4 / MP3 player, 1.5-inch LCD and 4GB of memory into a device that plugs neatly into your car’s cigarette adapter, and the inclusion of an FM transmitter means that you won’t even need to bring your own DAP to get tunes flowing in the car. Moreover, the SD card slot enables even more jams to be loaded on if you’re embarking on a serious road trip, and the USB socket makes PC-to-whatchamacallit transfers a cinch. We’re truly impressed with just how awe-inspiring this thing is for €21.57 ($29); too bad we don’t trust the quality one bit.

[Via Slashgear]

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Chinavasion’s plug-in MP3 player / FM transmitter / etcetera seems surprisingly useful originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Given the completely ridiculous Wii shortage that’s still ongoing, there’s obviously no shame in being somewhat off your rocker if one shows up in a nicely wrapped box. That said, there’s still no way anyone in their right mind should get this excited about receiving a $299 game console, but we can’t say we didn’t get a few laughs out of watching his celebration. We’ll stop yapping and let you get to it — head past the break to watch the world’s happiest Canadian of all time. Just make sure your volume isn’t jacked first.

[Via Nintendo Wii Fanboy]

Continue reading Canadian kiddo goes absolutely bonkers upon receiving Wii for Christmas

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Canadian kiddo goes absolutely bonkers upon receiving Wii for Christmas originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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