May 17
Set-top box maker and the Ultimate Fighting Championship sign a multiyear partnership to stream bouts. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20005105-17.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Digital Home/a/p
May 17
Does the American Heart Association’s official endorsement of the Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit give Nintendo a game-changing advantage against its competitors?
May 17
Caption contest: Windows 7-themed restaurant serves 64-bit grub in Taiwan
Posted in: awesome, Microsoft, Today's Chili, Windows, windows 7, Windows7
We (falsely) assumed that the Windows 7 Whopper would be the last food item ever associated with an operating system, and now we’re quite literally eating our words. As the story goes, a Hot Fried 77 restaurant has opened up over in Taiwan, offering tons of “Windows-themed meals” for NTD $77 (around $3 in Greenbacks), and judging by the cornucopia of images down there in the source, we’re guessing this is no prank. We’re debating whether laughing or crying is the appropriate emotion here.
Josh T.: “While you’re throwing .bak some fries and a burger, you should enjoy a .dll pickle.”
Nilay: “This is not what we meant by Windows 7 Server.”
Chris: “I’m a PC, and putting down a pint of Beast while installing Windows 7 was my idea.”
Richard Lai: “This is the real Windows Genuine Advantage.”
Joe: “We like to believe that Microsoft started with the restaurant and then reverse engineered an OS.”
Richard Lawler: “Obviously, there’s no word for Seagrams in their language.”
Darren: “You haven’t heard? Alcohol consumption by end-user is now listed in Minimum System Requirements.”
Josh F.: “When reading ‘serve it to us on a plate’ in a literal sense goes horribly right.”
Joanna: “Everything I come up with is just wrong.”
Don: “Can you tell me where the XP Cafe is?”
Paul: “Would you like that in 32-bit or 64-bit?”
[Thanks, Chris]
Caption contest: Windows 7-themed restaurant serves 64-bit grub in Taiwan originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 May 2010 12:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
May 17
Kakai morphs into Kno, aims to school you at D8 conference
Posted in: education, Linux, netbook, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili
We’ve already seen one prestigious institution reject the Kindle DX, but that’s not to say there’s no room for someone else’s digital textbook in the classroom. Kakai, an undercover startup that we heard whispered about back in April, is slowly but surely removing their own veil. Now, the company has decided to go by Kno (short for knowledge, dude), and will make its public debut at the D8 conference next month. All we’ve heard so far is that the company’s first product will be a Linux-based “foldable double-screened device, [which is] designed to feel like a mix of laptop and textbook.” It’ll be both portable and gesture-based, and as you’d likely imagine, will be aimed directly at the education market. We’re also told that the endeavor will include “robust software and a seamless website to deliver course material, allowing for note-taking and offering other audio and video capabilities,” and while that’s all a bit difficult to simply envision without a stiff cup of java to stimulate the imagination, we’ll be taking an up close and personal look in just a few days when we head out to California for Walt and Kara’s annual shindig.
Kakai morphs into Kno, aims to school you at D8 conference originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 May 2010 11:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
May 17
House Finale Shot on a Canon DSLR
Posted in: dslr, Today's Chili, video
Canon reported on Monday that the season finale of “House” has been shot entirely on a high-end digital SLR, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. The episode marks the “first network prime-time drama” to be shot on a digital SLR.
Based on a preview clip I saw, the finale involves some sort of disaster trapping House and the case beneath a building. I’m not entirely sure if the video actually plays a role in the plot or not, or if it’s strictly incidental.
In any event, shooting a high-profile show like “House” on a digital SLR should validate the HD video capabilities that manufacturers like Canon have begun adding to their high-end and even mod-range cameras – even if Canon didn’t specifically say that the video shot was in HD.
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addition to shooting the episode on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF lenses
were used for a complete Canon workflow for image capture, Canon said. “Recording every
second of footage to compact flash cards, the crew for HOUSE took full advantage
of a completely digital workflow and was able to complete filming the entire
episode in just 10 days,” the company said.
The finale ends tonight at 8:00 PM ET/PT on Fox.
May 17
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: LED lights, biofuel airplanes, and prescription tattoos
Posted in: green, LED, philips, Today's ChiliThe Week in Green is a new item from our friends at Inhabitat, recapping the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us.
This week Inhabitat saw the light as we showcased an array of exciting developments in energy-efficient illumination. First off, Philips dazzled attendees at this year’s Lightfair expo as they unveiled the EnduraLED — the world’s first LED replacement for those ubiquitous energy-sucking 60 watt incandescent bulbs. We were also excited to see the unveiling of the SolPix – a giant energy generating LED wall that doubles as solar shade and can be installed as high-tech building cladding. And if you think energy-efficient lighting isn’t easy on the eyes, check out this beautiful LED flower that soaks up sun during the day and blooms at night.
We also looked at several incredible (and insane) futuristic modes of transportation – for starters, how about an electric zip-line backpack that shoots you through city streets? We were also impressed by the Cell, a shape-shifting electric vehicle concept that comes complete with its own car-sharing transit system. And if soaring through the skies is more your style, check out these self-sufficient airships that harness solar energy to generate biofuel.
Wearable tech saw several developments as well – this week we looked at the ultra-efficient 3d printers that created Iron Man’s suit of armor. In other news, your next trip to the doctor could merit more than a single shot in the arm – researchers are developing a new type of “prescription” tattoo that keeps tabs on glucose levels using infra-red ink.
Finally, we saw several remarkable inventions that stand to change how we combat climate change and construct our built environment. This week Bill Gates unveiled plans to invest in the development of a fleet of seawater-spraying mist machines that could combat climate change by creating sunlight-reflecting clouds, and we looked at a new type of biologically crafted brick that can be “grown” from a combination of sand, bacteria, and urine.
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: LED lights, biofuel airplanes, and prescription tattoos originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 May 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 17
Steam for Mac Benchmarks: Windows Is Much Faster [Benchmarks]
Posted in: Apple, gaming, Mac, Today's Chili, top
For Mac users, it’s been pretty hard not to get excited about Steam and what it means for the future of gaming on Macs. So how well does it actually work? As always, Tom’s Hardware comes through with the benchmarks. More »
May 17
Pentax’s medium-format 645D previewed, is a lot of camera to love (video)
Posted in: dslr, preview, Today's Chili, video
It’s been a long, long time coming for Pentax lovers with big hands, but the medium format 645D is finally nearing completion. Announced way back in March of 2007, the former 30 megapixel concept is now a 40 megapixel monster, relying on a Kodak-sourced 44 x 33mm sensor that’s more than twice as large as those found on your average DSLR. To make room, the camera itself is naturally bulky, but the control layout is said to be very similar to the K7, so users should be able to get up to speed quickly — after performing the requisite number of bicep curls and bench presses to prepare, of course. There’s an overview video of this $10,000 studio-bound beast after the break, and plenty more photos at the source link.
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May 17
Tablet PC shocker! Fujitsu LifeBook T730 official, smaller version of T900
Posted in: CoreI5, intel, netbook, PC, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili
It’s good to have options, right? And, bam! Just like that, Fujitsu announces a little something called the LifeBook T730. Sporting the same Intel Core i5-520M, i5-540M, or i7-620M CPU available on the LifeBook T900, this bad boy packs up to 8GB RAM, 320GB HDD (or 128GBSSD with encryption), Bluetooth, HDMI output, pen input (with optional capacitive multitouch), and a Super-Multi DVD writer into a comparatively svelte, 12.1-inch LED backlit package. Prices start at a Rockefeller-esque $1,869 and move skyward ever-so-quickly depending on your needs and budget.
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May 17
A leaked ROM reveals what could possibly be HTC’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 device. Read on for more details about the HTC Mondrian. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20005107-85.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Dialed In/a/p
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