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Google takes Android product codenames literally — that’s why you’ll find a giant Eclair, Donut and Cupcake chilling on the GooglePlex lawn. This week, they were joined by the object tastefully pictured above. Frozen yogurt, anyone? You might not care to eat this one, as it’s probably made of foam, but Engadget will likely bring you a spoonful next week when we attend Google I/O. Video after the break.

Update: And just like that the video has been set to private. Not like video of a stationary object really adds much value anyway. Nevertheless, it already arrived at the GooglePlex where it’s currently hanging out — under wraps — with its foam siblings.

Continue reading Google dishes out giant Froyo parfait (video)

Google dishes out giant Froyo parfait (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 01:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Dan Murphy [great name!], who needs to know which ultraportable on the market today is best equipped to roll both ways… if you know what we’re sayin’. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“Real simple: what’s the best Core i5 or Core i7 13-inch laptop (with discrete graphics) for running both Windows 7 and Mac OS X? I’m a video and photo guy who does marketing work for a university, and while I’ve been using a Dell M1330 to operate on both sides of the fence, I’m in dire need of a hardware upgrade. I’m not fussed by the Windows vs. Mac debate and use both on a daily basis, but I need as much power as possible in an ultraportable form factor in order to handle both of these operating systems (sorry, 13-inch MacBook Pro, but you aren’t cutting it). Here’s hoping your readers can help out!”

We’d sure the master Hackintoshers out there would love to help out, and we’re sure Apple will weep when realizing they’d have a sale if they would’ve crammed a Core i5 into their 13-inch MBP while refreshing the other guys last month. Go on, folks — let this guy in on your secrets in comments below.

Ask Engadget: what’s the best 13-inch Core i5 / i7 Wintel ultraportable for running OS X? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 23:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You know who can’t stop talking about (or showing off) the Dell Streak / Mini 5? Company CEO Michael Dell, that’s who. The man once again returned with his Android-powered 5-inch display of choice, showing it off on stage at the Citrix Synergy conference this morning. Sure, we’ve seen the handset ad nauseum at this point — we’re even a proud owner of one prototype — but here’s the quote that piqued our interest: “this [phone] will be available starting next month, first with our partner 02 Telefonica [sic] in Europe, then later this summer with our pretty good partner here in the United States, AT&T.” He couldn’t be much more direct, and we couldn’t get it from a more knowing source. Excited for the near future yet?

Dell CEO: Streak coming next month to Telefonica O2, ‘later this summer’ to AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on August 15, 2006 by CyberNet.

Time Saving Tuesday

I’m a pretty slow reader which can get very frustrating when I see long articles that I have to read. I have seen programs before that say they can make you a speed reader in no time. Whether they work or not is a good question; I normally believe them as much as I believe those diet pills that can shed 50 pounds in a week!

ZAP Reader is different though. It isn’t some crazy program that starts you off with “eye exercises” that make your eyes want to bug out. It works on a concept that I have never seen before. You can customize how many words you want it to display on the screen at a given time and how many words per minute (wpm) it should display. ZAP Reader defaults to 300 wpm and one word on the screen.

According to this reading test I currently read 200-250 words per minute. Just like in the demonstration below I changed the ZAP Reader Settings to 600 wpm and had it display 2 words at a time. At that speed I can comprehend everything as well as I did before, but I am doing it more than twice as fast.

You’re probably wondering what you need to install to use this. Well, nothing. ZAP Reader is completely Web based and works in browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox without any problem. Here is how you use it:

1. ZAP Read – Right-click on the “ZAP Read” link and choose “Add to Favorites” (for Internet Explorer) or “Bookmark this link” (Mozilla Firefox).
2. Select text on a page and then click your new “ZAP Read” Favorite or Bookmark to ZAP Read the selected text.

Plug-ins for applications like Microsoft Outlook and Word are going to be available soon as well. There is also a WordPress plug-in that will be made so that a ZAP Reader button can be added to all of your posts. You can see the button being used at the ZAP Reader blog.

If you want to see ZAP Reader in action without testing it out yourself then watch this quick video that demonstrates all of the features:

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Toshiba updates Satellite Pro line with Core i3 / i5, Athlon II-based models originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 19:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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