May 23

Microsoft wants you to share WinMo apps with yourself; others, not so much

Posted in: Microsoft, Today's Chili, Windows Mobile, windows mobile 6.5, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.5, winmo

With the App Store, App Catalog, App World, Ovi Store, and all shades of third-party mobile software stores out in the wild, Microsoft’s undoubtedly looking at Windows Marketplace as being one of the more important features it’s bringing to the table in the fanfare surrounding WinMo 6.5. Differentiating features that Redmond can pimp against the competition — all of which sound like identical concepts from a quick glance on paper — could be a key offensive weapon in keeping 6.5 playing with the big boys long enough to get WinMo 7 out of the door, but one thing we now know won’t be a part of that is a useful app sharing concept. As it was originally understood, the idea was that the Windows Marketplace would allow you to share purchased apps with up to a total of five devices, meaning friends, family, and coworkers could exchange wares. Seems like a good idea to casually spread the word about great software, but Microsoft’s now followed up to clarify: turns out you’ll only be able to share the app with five of your own phones, the idea being that you’ll be able to easily transfer software licenses when you upgrade to new hardware. To verify the link, you’ll need to use the same Windows Live ID on all devices — so unless you plan on sharing your htc_blue_angel_4_lyfe@hotmail.com with everyone you know, you’re out of luck.

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Microsoft wants you to share WinMo apps with yourself; others, not so much originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 May 2009 12:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 23

Jim Marshall: Genius rock ‘n’ roll photographer

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Jim Marshall was one of the chief photographers at the Monterey Pop Festival and the original Woodstock. He took historic backstage shots of The Beatles’ last concert. And he chronicled San Francisco’s acid rock heyday.

Marshall was everywhere.

He shot more than 500 album covers over his 50-year career. …

Originally posted at The Audiophiliac

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May 23

Air-fuelled STAIR battery could last ten times longer than traditional cells

Posted in: green, power, research, Today's Chili

It’s funny, really. We’ve figured out how to put men an women on the moon and repair an orbiting telescope, but we can’t concoct an AA battery that lasts more than four days inside a Teddy Ruxpin. Thanks to a revolutionary new design from the labs at the University of St Andrews, all that could be well on the way to changin’. Researchers at said institution have teamed up with partners at Strathclyde and Newcastle in order to design an air-fuelled STAIR (St Andrews Air) cell that could theoretically last up to ten times longer than current batteries. Put as simply as possible, this design utilizes oxygen in the air as a re-agent instead of heavy, costly chemicals; the result is a lighter, cheaper battery with loads more capacity. Needless to say, gurus within the project are already dreaming of a prototype to fit in small gizmos such as cellphones or MP3 players, though we wouldn’t expect one anytime soon — after all, there’s still two years of research left to complete.

[Thanks, Khattab]

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Air-fuelled STAIR battery could last ten times longer than traditional cells originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 May 2009 11:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 23

Huge List Of Default Passwords For Routers

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This article was written on September 26, 2006 by CyberNet.

Linksys Router It seems like whenever I am trying to solve someone’s computer problems they are always related to wireless somehow. The first thing that I go to do is get on their router, but they never know the password! That is a bad thing for two reasons:

  1. If they don’t know the password that typically means that they have not changed the default password.
  2. Now I have to go find the default username/password.

I always end up changing the default password for them but I first have to get on to the router. It typically doesn’t take me too long because I just look for the online manual but it still consumes more time than it should.

Sifting through manuals will now be a thing of the past because this extensive list of routers has the corresponding usernames and passwords for each router! You may be thinking to yourself “how big can this list be?” Let me tell you that it is enormous! This is definitely something that deserves a place in your bookmarks.

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May 23

Modu’s next handset to sport a touchscreen?

Posted in: cellphone, phone, rumor, smartphone, Today's Chili, touchscreen

Modu may be down, but unlike one Ricky Hatton, it ain’t out. We haven’t heard a whole heck of a lot from the niche handset maker since it handed out pink slips to around one-forth of its workforce, but now that things are looking a bit brighter, it seems as if innovation is back in full force. In fact, a new report on the outfit has it that its next cellphone will pack a touchscreen in order to fit the mold of today’s finger-friendly array. Aside from being “iPhone like” (its words, not ours), little else is known about the forthcoming device, though we’re told that development should be complete in around eight months. So, anyone wagering that R&D accelerates that just a touch to get this thing out by CES 2010?

[Via Talking Mobile]

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Modu’s next handset to sport a touchscreen? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 May 2009 10:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 23

ASUS introduces ROG OC Station for all your on-the-fly overclocking needs

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ASUS is doing what it can to bump up its gaming cred a few notches with its Republic of Gamers (ROG) OC Station. The bay-mounted overclock assistant lets you tweak parameters on the fly, even in the middle of a game, without ever having to dive into the BIOS. It’s got a 3-inch LCD display, too, for keeping an eye on things or, apparently, showing your pictures in a slideshow. All this power comes at a cost, and not just financially: you’re gonna have to give up two 5.25-inch bays to install this bad boy. It also looks like it only works with ROG motherboards, which is gonna limit the market even further. If you are, however, an anxious and willing member of that demographic, we hate to say you’re gonna have to wait an undisclosed time before you can pick one up for an undisclosed number of Benjamins.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

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ASUS introduces ROG OC Station for all your on-the-fly overclocking needs originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 May 2009 08:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 23

This week in Crave: The ‘apparently, you need a new smartphone’ edition

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If there was anything games needed, it's the smell of raw sewage.

(Credit: Newsteam.co.uk)

If the news that scientists have crammed 2,000 movies onto a single DVD sent your head spinning so fast that you missed everything else on Crave this week, don’t worry. …

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May 23

How would you change HP’s Pavilion dv2?

Posted in: AMD, blu-ray, Features, HowWouldYouChange, HWYC, netbook, Today's Chili, ultraportable

AMD had (and still has, arguably) a lot riding on HP’s Pavilion dv2, with it being the first notable machine to arrive with the outfit’s Neo platform. We’ve already heard what the so-called professionals think, but we’re interested to hear from the folks who really matter — the consumers. Is HP’s BD-friendly dv2 priced right? Is it sufficiently sexy? Is the 1.6GHz Athlon Neo MN-40 living up to the hype? Are you stoked with running Windows Vista on this? As with Sony’s VAIO P, this here “netbook” is definitely on the pricier end of things, so we’re pretty sure owners won’t hesitate to give HP a mouthful. The forum’s open, so speak!

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May 23

North Korea to allow limited access to “the internet” on cellphones

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Looks like North Korea — a place not known for its liberal attitudes toward communication of information — may slowly be taking another baby step toward the 21st century. The country, which only began allowing limited access to cell phones last December, has announced that now, limited access to the internet will be available on mobiles as well. Apparently about 20,000 of North Korea’s estimated 23 million citizens now have cell phones, and though there is scant detail about what the internet access will constitute, an estimated 400 million dollars was spent to construct the 3G network in the country. So while there’s no real bright side to the story, at least those lucky few who can look at Kim Jong Il’s official website will have a decent connection.

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May 22

Dell dumps Della, just wants to be friends

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Looks like someone’s gonna have to explain why there’s a “no longer in a relationship” status update on her Facebook profile. Just ten or so days after Dell officially hooked up with its female counterpart Della, helping real womenfolk find computers that meet their recipe-finding, calorie-counting ways, she’s now been thrown the wayside and all mentions of her have been replaced with (or redirected to) the similar, yet decidedly more androgynous “Lifestyle.” Last we heard, Della was sitting on the couch watching Notting Hill with a pint of Ben and Jerry’s, crying softly to herself and wondering what other female stereotypes she can best beat with a dead horse.

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Dell dumps Della, just wants to be friends originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 22:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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