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This article was written on June 01, 2008 by CyberNet.

For a little while now Google has had a wizard that will let you place RSS feeds from around the web on your very own site. How it works is you first choose from one of three different styles: vertical, vertical stacked, or horizontal. Between the three different layouts you should find one that will work well on your site.

If you choose the “vertical stacked” layout you can provide a title that summarizes the feeds you’re about to add. The next thing you’ll want to do is fill out the “expressions” for the feeds you want to include, separating them by commas. They don’t let you manually specify a URL to a feed, and so you’ll have to rely on their automatic search which works fairly well. You can always modify the code that they provide in the end to point to any feed, and even rename them.

Alright, you’re ready to go. Hit the Preview button at the bottom to see what the end result will look like. The “Direct Feed URLs” section should also be filled in with the corresponding feeds that were using the criteria you added in the “Feeds Expression” section. Here’s what my form looked like:

If everything looks good just hit the Generate Code button, and you’ll be on you’re way.

I’ve got a live example below of the “vertical stacked” layout that includes feeds from Download Squad, Lifehacker, and (of course) our site. You can obviously click on any of the links to be taken to the article, but I think the rotating preview at the top is pretty cool. The preview will also change as you start to mouse over some of the different feed entries.

Note: WordPress doesn’t play nice with JavaScript inside of posts, and so I’ve placed the code for this example in an iFrame. It should work fine with most sites though.

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Now that the Kindle 2 is out, it’s time to get back onto the Kindle rumor mill. You might recall that in addition to the early leaks of the device that become the Kindle 2, a bigger screened Kindle mimicking an 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of paper for students was rumored. According to DigiTimes‘ sources apparently within Prime View International (PVI), the makers of the Kindle’s electrophoretic display (EPD), Amazon’s next Kindle will launch by the end of this year and will be “larger in size and equipped with touch functions.” Of course, that’s no big stretch to the imagination — Plastic Logic has been kicking around its 8.5 x 11-inch touchscreen eBook reader (‘Shopped with a Kindle logo above) for months now with a plan to launch in 2010. Let’s just see if Amazon can get this out in time for the back to school selling season.

[Via Mobile Read]

Filed under: Displays

Kindle 3 rumor with touchscreen 8.5 x 11-inch display returns originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Solar chargers are a dime a dozen, but who honestly feels like carrying around rechargeable cells and a recharger? Guru Knut Karlsen has conjured up a far superior idea, and rather than just working up a few drawings and making us all feel dumb for not thinking of this first, he went out and proved that solar-charging batteries are definitely ready for production. In essence, he wrapped four C size NiMH rechargeable batteries with a few samples of flexible solar cells; by using a conductive silver pen and some flat wires from a broken Canon lens, he made a connection solid enough for trickle charging to occur. Moving forward, he’d like to install a capacity gauge as well as a method for faster charging, but we’d say this ain’t half bad for a first attempt.

[Via Inhabitat, thanks Sarvesh]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

SunCat batteries boast built-in solar charging wrappers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve already seen this one up close but, if you just can’t get enough of Viliv’s new S5 MID, you can now get a guided tour of the complete unboxing process (including the rare treat of boxes within boxes) courtesy of the folks at UMPC Fever. Of course, they’ve also offered up a few impressions of the device itself as well, and while much is lost in translation, they do seem to be generally impressed with it and, in particular, the array of controls and function keys that complement that haptic-enhanced touchscreen. Head on past the break for the video, and hit up the link below for a closer look.

Continue reading Viliv S5 MID gets unboxed on video

Filed under: Handhelds

Viliv S5 MID gets unboxed on video originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Between the Commercial Times and DigiTimes, no secret is safe within ASUS. The former is reporting (via the latter) that ASUS will launch its second generation ultra-thin Eee PC in April as followup to the Eee PC S101. The Eee PC Shell, as it’s supposedly called would mark a welcome departure from ASUS’ staid alphanumeric naming convention and is said to be easier to carry than the S101 while bringing higher specs and a longer battery life for just NT$17,000 – 20,000 ($486 – $571) — that’s well below the S101’s $699 suggested retail price. The name Shell, of course, would seem to imply a curved, clamshell design. Now, with one of ASUS’ favorite events, CeBIT, starting next week, we’d expect an announcement to be days away if the rumor is true — a high probability what with the launch of yesterday’s Eee PC firesale and Intel’s new CULV processors for ultra-slim laptops prepped for a March launch.

Filed under: Laptops

ASUS Eee PC ‘Shell’ ultra-thin netbook launching in April? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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