Mar 30

Battalion Touch CZ-11 multitouch gaming laptop gets Core i7 processor, keeps things classy

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iBuyPower’s back with a refresh to its simple, yet understated 15-inch touchscreen gaming notebook. The Battalion Touch CZ-11, newly announced today, features a Intel Core i7 processor, ATI Radeon HD 5650 graphics, a 15.6-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) multitouch display, 4GB memory, 500GB storage, WiFi b/g/n, and optional Blu-ray — not too shabby, right? Prices start at $1,100 and climbs skyward fast — hit the source link to see for yourself. And don’t worry — the flames are optional. PR after the break.

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Mar 30

Just 90 People Preorder Doomed JooJoo Tablet, 15 Return It

Posted in: Phones, tablets, Today's Chili

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gizmodo_logoThese Paypal documents from the JooJoo/Techcrunch lawsuit show that only 90 preorders for the $500 device, roughly $44k worth, were made. This is what happens when you launch a tablet the same month as Apple, at the same price.

And 15 of those turned into cancellations (which were hard to do, we hear.) That doesn’t seem like it’s enough money to cover legal fees or kick production into high gear. I’m going to reiterate our stance: It seems like a great device, but you should wait for things to shake out before putting down more money. And remember, this costs as much as an iPad.

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Mar 30

Seton Hill (Not Hall) Students to Get Free iPads

Posted in: Apple, ipad, Today's Chili

Seton Hill.JPGTwitter is ablaze with the news that Seton Hill University will be giving a away a free iPad to every student, in addition to the MacBook that the university already provides.

“Beginning in the fall of 2010, all first year undergraduate students at
Seton Hill will receive a 13″ MacBook laptop and an iPad,” the Griffin TechAdvantage page says. “You will have
complete access
to these mobile technologies for classes as well as at all times for
personal use. After two years, Seton Hill will replace your laptop with
a new one – one that you can take with you when you graduate!”

Seton Hill made the announcement on Tuesday.

Located in Greensburg, Penn., Seton Hill enrolls 2,145 students. Originally founded by the Sisters of Charity, it is a private Catholic college, whose most popular degrees include business, art. psychology, and music. And it gives away iPads to its students. The school was named Best Northeastern College by the Princeton Review in 2009, according to the university, even before it began offering the iPad to its students. No word on whether they’ll have to give them up for Lent.

Seton Hill is no stranger to cozying up to business: the school’s music program was also named an “All-Steinway School,” a designation that is awarded to institutions that
exclusively use Steinway & Sons concert and practice pianos.

The university said it is also seeking new lyrics for its fight song. “Fight on, crimson and gold/Our MacBooks will never get old” should start you off.

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Mar 30

iTunes 9.1 now available, brings iPad syncing and iBook support

Posted in: Apple, apple ipad, AppleIpad, e reader, e-book, e-books, e-readers, ipad, itunes, os x, OsX, Software, software update, SoftwareUpdate, Today's Chili, update

Hot on the heels of a ginormous OS X update comes this, the freshest version of the music management software that everyone loves to hate. iTunes 9.1 is live and available to download, bringing with it support for iPad syncing (you know, that little tablet that arrives on Saturday?) as well as the ability to “organize and sync books you’ve downloaded from iBooks on iPad or added to your iTunes library.” The new version also gives users the ability to rename, rearrange, or remove Genius Mixes, but we’re fairly sure you stopped caring after hearing the first point. It’s weighing in at around 97.3MB (give or take a few KB), so fire up Software Update and get it going… if you dare.

Update: We’re hearing that the new version renames “Applications” to just “Apps” and the Genius Mixes / iPhone / iPod touch sync pages have been retooled. Anything else major? Let us know in comments!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Mar 30

TomTom rolls out Start 2, XL IQ Routes edition 2 nav units for the UK

Posted in: gps, navigation, Today's Chili, tomtom
TomTom’s already announced some new lifetime map and traffic options for its navigation units in the US today, and it’s now followed that up with a pair of new nav units in the UK. That includes the 3.5-inch Start 2 (pictured after the break) and 4.3-inch XL IQ Routes edition 2 (above), both of which support TomTom’s IQ Routes technology, along with RDS-TMC traffic data, and the usual features like spoken street names and advanced lane guidance. The Start 2 model also mixes things up a bit with some interchangeable StartSkins covers, which are sold separately for £14.99 (or $22) apiece. Look for both to be available next month, with the Start 2 running £119 (or $180) and the XL IQ Routes edition 2 setting you back £139 in the UK and Ireland and £159 in Western Europe ($210 and $240, respectively).

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Mar 30

Four Letter Words robot plays word association, swears quite a bit (video)

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If you know us, you know how much we love our swear words — the basis of which, of course, is the old fashioned “four letter word.” Artist Rob Seward must feel the same way — he’s actually gone so far as to build a robot that can assemble letters out of fluorescent lights, displaying English language words up to four characters long. Drawing on a word association database developed at the University of South Florida, an algorithm is used to display a never-ending series of words for bemused viewers. Not all the words are “blue,” mind you, but the thing does trend that way, as determined “by a variety of language and perception studies, especially Elliot McGinnies’s 1949 study ‘Emotionality and Perceptual Defense'” (you know the one). Check the thing out in action after the break, and then be sure to hit up the source link for info on this and the artist’s other work.

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Mar 30

DSi XL Review: It’s Probably Not For You [Review]

Posted in: gaming, nintendo, review, Today's Chili, top

If you already own a DSi, the DSi XL is probably not for you. That’s not to say it’s not for anyone; it’s the same device as the DSi, just bigger. And that’s it: it’s for people who want bigger. More »

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Mar 30

CERN Experiments Begin New Era of Physics

Posted in: science, Space Tech, Today's Chili
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And it’s a go: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, has finally achieved a record-breaking 7 trillion electron volts by circulating twin 3.5-TeV beams, opening up a new era in physics research that could unveil the elusive Higgs Boson, or “God particle.”
The collisions have set a record in the 17-mile-long accelerator for the highest energy crashes of subatomic particles ever, ScienceNews reports.
There was some difficulty earlier in the morning thanks to some electrical issues at CERN. But in the first hour of collisions, scientists already collected more data than they had in the weeks prior to that, the report said.
The LHC will run at 7 TeV for the next 18 to 24 months, after which time it will be shut down and prepared to run at 14 TeV–its maximum energy level–sometime in 2013.
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Mar 30

Lenovo ThinkPad X100e review

Posted in: AMD, laptop, Laptops, lenovo, review, Today's Chili, ultraportable

Ever since we first met Lenovo’s ThinkPad X100e at CES we’ve had it on a virtual pedestal as the perfect solution between a netbook and a larger 13- or 14-inch ULV ultraportable. That’s because in addition to carrying the renowned ThinkPad brand, its AMD Neo processor / ATI graphics combo promise more power than the typical Intel Atom N450-powered netbook, and with an 11.6-inch screen the chassis can accommodate a wider keyboard and touchpad. Sounds like the perfect mobile computer, right? Unfortunately, there are two things that hold the $549 X100e from being all we wanted it be. Thought we were going to give it up that easily? Pssh. Hit that read more link for the full review.

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Mar 30

Desk Phone Dock promises to bring some landline charm to the iPhone

Posted in: Apple, iPhone, iphone 3g, Iphone3g, Today's Chili
There’s not much more than renders and / or polished photos to see at the moment, but this so-called Desk Phone Dock is slated to make its debut at the China Sourcing Fair next month, and it shouldn’t have much trouble turning some heads among all the usual iPhone accessories. Complete details (including pricing and availability) will apparently have to wait until then, but the dock does promise to charge and sync your iPhone while it’s in place, and it will function as a speakerphone as well if you don’t feel like using the handset — or simply as speaker for your iPhone, for that matter (that’s a volume knob / mute button on top). Unfortunately, we won’t be at the fair to check it out first hand, but we’ll certainly be keeping a close watch on this one.

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