May 26

Devotec rolls out updated Solar Sound 2 Bluetooth speaker

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Devotec’s new Solar Sound 2 Bluetooth speaker may look nearly identical to the original model we got our hands on last year, but the company assures us that it has in fact been “re-designed from the ground up,” and promises that it’ll give you a whole lot more for the slightly higher $99.99 price tag. The biggest advantage, it seems, is some significantly better sound thanks to some new and improved speaker cones, silver plated oxygen free copper speaker cabling, and a more efficient power circuit that promises to “get even more juice to the amp and speakers.” You’ll also get some new gold-plated connectors on the unit itself, along with an integrated line-out, and a slightly larger battery that should give you between five and ten hours of use (compared to eight at most before). Head on past the break for the full press release, and hit up the source link below to get your order in if you like.

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Devotec rolls out updated Solar Sound 2 Bluetooth speaker originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 05:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 26

Europe gets first fast-charging EV station, hungers for more

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Epyon, a small Dutch startup, is showing the big boys how it’s done with its recently unveiled fast-charging station for electric vehicles. Billed as Europe’s first commercially available charger of its kind, this unit will recharge anything up to a nine-seater taxi van within 30 minutes, thanks to its 50 kilowatts of power capacity. It’s now installed alongside more conventional petrol and diesel refilling points in a fueling station over in Leeuwarden. That’s the capital city of Friesland, a Dutch province that has set itself the ambitious goal of having 100,000 EVs on its roads by 2015. That aim is shared by the wider European Union as well, which yesterday agreed on defining a common electric recharging standard, whose universality might attract skeptical consumers and more cautious investors into the field. They’ve set themselves a deadline of “mid-2011,” though the broad outlines and new incentives for buying greener cars are likely to appear by the end of this year.

Europe gets first fast-charging EV station, hungers for more originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 04:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 26

HTC EVO 4G will have a HDMI dock, sold through Best Buy

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One of the things we bemoaned in our EVO 4G review was the lack of an included Micro HDMI cable in the box, mostly because they’re still somewhat hard to find, but that worry can now be allayed thanks to this newly uncovered HDMI dock from HTC. It will work with the Micro-USB port at the bottom of your EVO for data and power transfers, but the main attraction will obviously be its compatibility with the phone’s Type D connector and HDMI 1.4 connectivity. Before you rush to your nearest Best Buy to get one, though, there are a couple of caveats. PC Mag‘s testing of the HDMI output found some TVs only recognized a 480p signal when the EVO was sending out 1080p, and a number of apps, including Sprint TV, refused to send their goods out over the High-Definition Multimedia Interface at all. Might be worth trying before buying in this case, as in most others.

HTC EVO 4G will have a HDMI dock, sold through Best Buy originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 03:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 26

Moving On…Firefox 3 Alpha Expected By December?

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on November 01, 2006 by CyberNet.

Firefox - Red Panda In a previous post I mentioned how I have now moved on to Firefox 3 trunk builds just because I like to use the bleeding edge of web browsers. According to Mozilla’s latest meeting notes we may be seeing the release of Firefox 3 Alpha 1 as soon as the end of November (around the 28th or 29th).

By that time the latest reflow will be merged with the trunk and we will have an Acid 2 compliant browser! Thanks to natmaster for pointing that out in my last post regarding Firefox 3. He also provided a download link for those people who wanted to try out the latest reflow build to see it pass the Acid 2 test. At this point there are a few bugs on the reflow branch that need to be fixed before it can be merged with the trunk but hopefully it won’t be too much longer. :D

While it is exciting to see another milestone for Firefox coming up so quick after Firefox 2 was released, I have my doubts that they will be able to push an Alpha build out by the end of November. I would expect to see it more towards the middle/end of December and if the release date changes I will update our calendar accordingly. Either way I’ll continue testing the pre-Alpha version and when I see the reflow build merge with the trunk I’ll be sure to let everyone know.

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May 26

5nm crystals could lead to vastly larger optical discs, mighty fine time machines

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Blu-ray was already looking mighty fine at 25GB of storage per layer — and if Sony manages to make the indigo foil sheets hold 33.4GB each, we certainly won’t complain — but Japanese researchers have discovered a compound that could leapfrog Blu-ray entirely. Scientists at the University of Tokyo discovered that by hitting 5-nanometer titanium pentoxide crystals with a laser, they could get the metal to change color and conduct less electricity, leading to what they believe is an effective new medium for optical data storage. At 5nm, the small black crystals could reportedly hold 1,000 times the data of Blu-ray at the same density, and cost less to boot — the scholars reportedly synthesized the formula simply by adding hydrogen to the common, comparatively cheap titanium dioxide, while heating the compound over a fire. Ahh, nanotechnology — making our lives easier, one microscopic crystal or tube at a time.

5nm crystals could lead to vastly larger optical discs, mighty fine time machines originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 03:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 26

Sony’s rollable OLED display can wrap around a pencil, our hearts (video)

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Nothing says “future” quite like a rollable display. Today Sony’s giving us a glimpse into what will one day be with its 80μm-thick organic TFT-driven OLED display. The 4.1-inch display integrates Sony organic thin-film transistors and OLED technology onto a flexible 20μm substrate lacking any rigid driver IC chips. As such it can be wrapped around a cylinder with a 4-mm minimum radius. Display specs include a 432 x 240 pixel resolution (121ppi) supporting 16M colors while exceeding 100nits brightness and a 1,000:1 contrast. It’s still research, but it’s clearly advancing towards product… someday. See it in action after the break.

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May 25

Archos 8 Home Tablet just a 7-inch display according to FCC docs

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Get a load of that bezel. With chunk like that we can only be looking at the Archos 8 Home tablet, a device that just lumbered its way through the FCC in a rather unflattering (even for the FCC) photo spread. Archos calls its Model 7800 an Android MID throughout the government docs, but given the bezel-to-display ratio we’re guessing it’ll pull primary duty as a $199 picture frame with the ability to track down the occasional recipe over WiFi. Other details include the same plodding Rockchip RK2808 SoC found in the Archos 7 Home Tablet and a HSD070IDW1 resistive touchscreen display from Hannstar with 800×480 pixel resolution, 25ms response, 500:1 contrast, 200/300 nits brightness, and poor 140-degree left-right and 110-degree up-down viewing angles — easy to see where Archos cut out the cost, eh? Oh, and get this, Hannstar says that its display is 7-inches, not 8-inches as Archos claims. Either Archos made a mistake in its FCC submission or the company is hoping to mask reality with that giant plastic border.

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Archos 8 Home Tablet just a 7-inch display according to FCC docs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 01:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 25

X10 MID does 1080p video output on the cheap

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A $179, Windows CE 6.0-based MID / tablet may not sound like the most exciting proposition at first, but this so-called X10 MID from a manufacturer that apparently prefers to remain nameless might just pack enough features to at least pique your interest. Chief among those is support for full 1080p video output via the MID’s HDMI port, not to mention support for just about every video file format you could ask for to go along with it. Otherwise, you’ll get a 7-inch 800 x 480 display (resistive, judging from the stylus), along with a 720 MHz Telechips 8901 ARM 11 processor, 256MB of RAM, 2GB of on-board storage, a microSD card slot for expansion, and built-in WiFi and GPS. Willing to take a chance on it? Then hit up the source hint below to get your order in.

Update: Our pals from Engadget Chinese recently managed to get some hands-on time with device, which is made by a company called Kinstone. Head on past the break for a video, and check out a few more pics in their gallery right here.

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X10 MID does 1080p video output on the cheap originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 01:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 25

Kylo, the Web browser for your TV, gets geeky

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Hillcrest Labs is making some useful additions to its TV-oriented Kylo Web browser, but will it be enough to compete with Google TV? pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20005937-248.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Web Crawler/a/p

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May 25

VNS implant might fix the ringing in your ears

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Earlier this decade, doctors discovered that by shocking the vagus nerve — one of twelve nerves connected directly to the brain — they could attempt to treat chronic hiccups, epilepsy and severe depression. Now, a startup called Microtransponder believes such a device can help reduce tinnitus, too. Technology Review now reports the company’s RFID-like, externally-powered implant could stimulate the vagus nerve while doctors play particular tones for those suffering ringing ears, slowly attuning the patients to frequencies other than the one that ails them. As with all new medical procedures, we don’t expect to see this one on the market anytime soon, but the firm does claim it’s just raised $10 million in funding and will pursue FDA clearance accordingly. Until then, you’ll just have to try less invasive procedures, or simply restrain yourself from turning that volume dial to 11. Ch’yeah right!

VNS implant might fix the ringing in your ears originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 May 2010 23:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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