Looking to blur the line between business and consumer laptops, HP’s new ProBook line of systems looks to, in the company’s words, “merge business functionality with sophisticated design.”
The HP ProBook 4515s, in "merlot."
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The UK Home Secretary (whatever that is) has put the kibosh on plans for a giant government database that would track all of the country’s emails, phone calls and internet activity. But not so fast, civil libertarians! According to the Telegraph, the onus will merely shift to the private sector — with telecoms and Internet providers being required to retain the data, at a cost of around £2 billion (over $2.9 billion US). According to the plan, every Internet user will be given a unique ID code that the government can use to access the data in the event of a threat — whether terrorist, criminal, or extraterrestrial. It just goes to show you how lucky Britons are to have a government that cares so much about their well being. Video after the break.
Continue reading Video: UK Home Secretary delays 1984 by a few years
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Video: UK Home Secretary delays 1984 by a few years originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Still no US release in sight, but UMID’s M1 has now set the course for the land down under in the not-too-distant future. Pocketables has managed to get its hands on a non-HSDPA retail version to take it through the unboxing and review motions. The pictures are a good reminder at just how tiny this thing is, especially compared to the jacket pocket fave Vaio P. Unfortunately, it’s also got a rather awkward set of adapters for USB and what appears to be headphones, as seen in the picture above. Australian retailer Justek’s got the unit available for pre-order now, but you might want to glance at that $930 to $1426 price range before you impulsively hit the “pre-order now” button.
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UMID M1 unboxed ahead of Australian launch originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
It’s been about a day after forever ago since we’ve seen a new camcorder from Genius, but if you’re scouting a low-end, low-cost option that’ll still capture clips at a halfway respectable resolution, you’re in luck. Similar to many of the DXG offerings, the G-Shot HD520 provides 720p footage for under $150, and it can also capture 11 megapixel still shots when things slow down a bit. The six-ounce device records in MPEG-4 / H.264 format and features a 2.5-inch LCD and room for up to 8GB of storage — you know, in case you fill up the 32MB that are included, which will probably never happen. It’s available now from a smorgasbord of legitimate online retailers. Full release is after the break.
Continue reading Genius G-Shot HD520 camcorder does 720p for $149
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Genius G-Shot HD520 camcorder does 720p for $149 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Welcome to the 411, my new Q&A column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I get plenty of questions e-mailed me to me about these subjects, so I figured many of you might have the same questions, too. At times, I might even solicit answers from you readers as well if I’m stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at nicole.lee@cnet.com. If you prefer to remain anonymous, let me know in the e-mail.
PS. I received a lot of positive feedback to call this column the 411, so that’s the new column title. Thank you!
A lot of you had questions about Bluetooth headsets, especially after our reviews of the Plantronics Voyager Pro and the Aliph Jawbone Prime. Here are just a few:
Q: Thank-you for your review [of the Aliph Jawbone Prime]. I haven’t owned a JB. Do you believe the new gels with ear-loops will hold it against my face when chewing gum or eating food? I could position it straight out from my ear and that would place it on a face bone that doesn’t move (all bones resonate?). If you could test the chewing scenario that would be great. Prime offers NC when not touching, but if the sensor is constantly lifting, the SoundID 200 would perform as well or better and save me $50. Thanks for your help. — William
Does the Plantronics Voyager Pro have good incoming call quality?
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Yes, the new Jawbone Prime will hold the Voice Activity Sensor (that tiny little white nub on the back of the headset) much more securely to your face than previous versions thanks to the new ear gels. The important thing is to find the right size ear gel; a bigger or smaller one could result in an imperfect fit, which might result in the sensor slipping off. I did test it a little while chewing and it doesn’t slip off that easily (Though you shouldn’t be eating while talking anyway! :-)) The sound quality without the sensor touching is on par with any other noise-canceling headset, as you said, but if the sensor works as it should, you should experience better sound quality than most other headsets. If ear comfort is more important to you however, the Sound ID 200 or Sound ID 300 might be slightly better.
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This article was written on February 13, 2009 by CyberNet.
A few years ago we wrote about a handy bookmarklet that would make Firefox remember passwords on some sites that ordinarily wouldn’t, like Yahoo! or Paypal. Some people on the article were reporting that this no longer works in Firefox 3, but one anonymous commenter referenced a rather clever workaround.
The trick requires the modification of a JavaScript file that Firefox uses for managing login-related tasks. Once the workaround is applied Firefox will start ignoring any attributes in the login forms that try to tell the browser not to remember a password. You’ll still be able to choose whether or not you want a password remembered for a particular site, but at least now the choice will be left up to you.
First things first. We need to open the nsLoginManager.js file in a text editor. The location of the file is a bit different depending on what OS you’re using:
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components\nsLoginManager.jsFirefox.app\Contents\MacOS\components\nsLoginManager.jsAlright. This is where my instructions get a little different than what’s provided by the person who found this workaround. They want you to remove a few lines of code from this file, but all you really need to do is flip a value from true to false. That way it’s a lot easier to revert back to the file’s original state should you ever need to.
Now you need to perform a search on the file for:
_isAutocompleteDisabled
You should be taken to a section of the file that looks something like this:
You’ll notice that I’ve highlighted line number 770 (your line number may be different), and it says:
return true;
You need to change that to say:
return false;
It should now look like this:
Save the changes to this file, and then restart Firefox. Now when you go to a site like Paypal you should see a prompt to save the password just like it does for most other sites:
The only downside to this trick is that you may need to re-apply it after updating or reinstalling Firefox. Other than that it works great, and is a little nicer than the bookmarklet since it doesn’t require any additional interaction after being set up.
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I love reading books on my iPhone, but I don’t love e-book prices. I mean, digital content requires no printing, binding, shipping, storage, or heavy lifting–so why does Amazon charge the same price for the Kindle edition of “The Kite Runner” as for the paperback?
That’s a debate for another day (though let me go on record saying I’d buy a lot more e-books if they were priced in the $1 to $4 range). For now, let’s look at ways you can read on the cheap–or, at least, the cheaper–on your iPhone.
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We’re still not sold on the $250 price tag for Skytone‘s Android-powered Alpha 680, and these video hands-on of the tablet / netbook from netbooknews.de don’t help. While the apps shown off run smoothly — browser, Maps, Skype, Office, etc. — they also serve as painful reminders that multitasking’s just not gonna work when each app takes up the full screen and can only be opened one at a time. Not that we necessarily expected to do nine things at once with an ARM-based processor, but something tells us we’d be reaching for the Jaunty Jackalope before too long. See for yourself in the two-part video series after the break.
Continue reading Skytone’s Alpha 680 tablet, Android interface gets underwhelming hands-on treatment
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Skytone’s Alpha 680 tablet, Android interface gets underwhelming hands-on treatment originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Gallery: UNITEK 3.5-inch Multi-Functional Bay
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Unitek’s 3.5-inch SATA HDD bay / MicroSD card reader is more fun than it looks originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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