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Put on your conductor hat and overalls, because it’s time to take the rumor train to Atomsville. DigiTimes is reporting that Intel is cooking up another new dual-core Atom processor, this one called the N550, and that netbooks using it will have to feature at least 1GB of DDR3 memory and 32GB of SSD or 250GB of platters. That’s hardly revolutionary, but slightly more interesting is an allowance for netbook makers using the chip to bump up their maximum screen size to 12.1-inches. That’s a sizeable increase over the current 10.2-inch maximum and could further blur the line between net and note… assuming this train reaches the station.

Intel lifting netbook screen size restrictions for next-gen Atom netbooks? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 10:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Need to store a couple thousand hours of digital video? The world’s largest MP3 collection? Whatever the case, you’ll be hard-pressed to fill this mammoth drive. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-20005368-58.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Cheapskate/a/p

This is the Canon AE-1D. No, it’s not Canon’s latest retro-styled DSLR. It is an old Canon film camera hollowed out and stuffed with an Ixus 870 IS. It’s also the best hack I have seen this week.

The Canon AE-1 was a classic. First made in 1976, it went on to sell around 5 million units. It featured manual-everything, with the addition of a shutter-priority mode and an electronically controlled shutter. I never owned one, but I have used plenty, and it was a beautiful old camera.

This mod takes on of those 5 million bodies and makes room for the tiny modern digicam. The shutter is connected to the old mechanical shutter release, the opening film-back is replaced by the LCD screen and buttons, and it appears that the lens has been trimmed somewhat, presumably to prevent vignetting. The hack even adds a hinged hatch in the bottom for replacing the battery. Sadly, the viewfinder has been lost, but the camera has gained a pop-up flash.

Many people like the idea of just dropping a digital sensor into an old film SLR, giving the fantastically intuitive controls of a shutter dial and aperture ring and light, tough body, along with access to lots of old manual lenses. This mod, by an unknown hacker, comes as close as we’re ever likely to get. Now where’s my Dremel? Video below.

Clever Canon AE-1 Program Digital Mod [PetaPixel]

Canon AE-1 D [Canon Rumors]

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Outgrowing iPhoto? Shoot raw images? Aperture 3 from Apple is a good answer and a no-brainer upgrade to version 2. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20004712-264.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Deep Tech/a/p

Some are smitten by the iPad, some wonder just what the heck they’d do with the thing. We finally have an answer for members of the latter group: iPad blimp. The lighter-than-air portion of this equation features an Arduino controller board and some helium, while the decidedly heavier-than-air iPad runs an app to receive a video signal from the blimp and to send it controls via accelerometer. It was created by Breakfast NY and made its debut at an after party following the Munny Exhibit, part of Design Week, where it seemed to be quite a hit amongst the gathered group of drunken humanity, who you can see frolicking with the shiny airship after the break.

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iPad-controlled blimp is one magical dirigible (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 09:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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