Canon S90 and Panasonic G1 and GF1 owners now can import raw files into Aperture and iPhoto, and Canon SLR owners get tethered shooting. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20007861-264.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Deep Tech/a/p
Oh San Francisco, you and your progressive ways. The city just passed a law — a first in the US — requiring retailers to post the Specific Absorption Rates (aka SAR, the rate at which at which energy is absorbed by the body) in no less than 11-point font right next to any cellphone being sold. Sounds good as far as consumer education goes, right? And a functioning democracy demands an educated and informed elecorate. But here’s the thing: the jury’s still out (just pick your favorite dangerous / not dangerous study to fit your belief) on the effect of radiation at levels less than the 1.6 watts per kilogram threshold set by the FCC. As such, CTIA spokesman John Walls has a point when he says that highlighting the SAR levels might confuse consumers into thinking that some cellphones are safer than others. In other words, consumer education needs to go much further than any retail-shelf placard could possibly communicate. Well, at least the law will keep us safe long enough to walk out the door and trip over a hippie.
P.S. The image above is from the “Get a Safer Phone” (note the wording) rankings provided by the Environmental Working Group.
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We heard a mention of the PlayStation Move shooting attachment in Sony’s Move E3 press release, but now that we’ve seen photos of the thing we think we’re in love. The trigger of the attachment locks in with the analog “T” trigger button of the slotted-in Move controller for some sweet, shoot-tastic shooting, while the face buttons of the controller remain accessible thanks to a window cutout up top. But while we’re sure it works great and all that silly nonsense, we’re just totally enamored with the looks: it’s like a 1950’s ray gun, and with a light-up ball on the end and the future of motion gaming at your fingertips, perhaps that’s not so far from the truth. The ray gun part. The 50’s were actually a pretty bad year for motion controlled console gaming.
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After trying out both the Microsoft Kinect and Nintendo 3DS, we got to test-drive the third big hardware product of E3 2010, Sony’s PlayStation Move. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-21539_7-20007862-10391702.html” class=”origPostedBlog”E3 2010/a/p
While the real Shakira may be busy gallivanting over in South Africa, Sony Ericsson’s handset that bore the same (code)name has today been unveiled as the latest member of the Xperia line. Bridging the gap between the fully formed X10 and its Mini siblings, the 3-inch Xperia X8 will run Android 1.6 somewhere deep underneath a comprehensively customized skin.That means you get Sony Ericsson’s social (Timescape) and media (Mediascape) aggregators whether you like them or not, and by the looks of the early hands-on pictures, it seems like a straight port of the UI available on the X10 Mini. A 3.2 megapixel camera is available around back, with WiFi, a 600MHz CPU, 1,200mAh battery, and interchangeable covers completing the value proposition. The X8 will cost around €259 ($318) when it launches in the third quarter of this year. Hit the sources for more pictures.
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Ready to see Samsung’s 7-inch Tab tablet do its thing on video? Sure you are. However, this isn’t the same Galaxy Tab that we saw in the picture teased by Samsung. First of all, it has a different collection of Android-friendly “buttons” along the bottom and seems to be void of Samsung’s TouchWiz UI skin. It’s also carrying a P1000 model number. Well, at least the 7-inch Super AMOLED remains the same. See the quick action go by in a blur after the break.
P.S. The dialer pictured above seems to confirm that the Tab can be used like a giant phone. No, really. We’ve heard this previously as rumor but didn’t believe it until now. The second video perfectly illustrates the reason for our concern. [Thanks, Saad]
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In amongst the otherwise fun stampede that befell Apple and AT&T’s servers yesterday, some less humorous problems were also taking place. Numerous tipsters reported to Gizmodo during the day that they were being logged into other people‘s AT&T accounts while going in to try and sign up for an iPhone 4 upgrade. An insider source suggests that this was caused by a major fraud prevention overhaul of AT&T’s software last weekend, which was followed by “absolutely no testing” prior to the iPhone 4’s launch. Tsk tsk. The network itself has responded by saying it’s unable to replicate the issue and is looking into it. While it’s doing that, a bunch of people might be “looking into” your AT&T account details. Sleep tight now.
iPhone 4 pre-order mess takes a sinister turn with privacy breach originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The internet at large has been joking about it long enough — “hey, where’s Keyboard Hero?” Well, here it is, and it’s pretty killer. We’re on the fence on how to describe our experience with Rock Band 3’s not-a-keytar, because in many ways it’s reflective of your own thoughts on the rhythm genre and pianos in general. Those with actual musical backgrounds are likely to scoff at the easy mode’s use of five arbitrary keys for the tune — not the groupings you see above, but a different set of colors, one per white note in the right half, with indicators just above the notes on that crevice between the top panel and keys themselves (picture’s after the break). Even if the actual song calls for a F# note, hitting a F or even a B might be called for instead. It’s a mentality that’s as old as the genre, that what we’re really doing is pantomiming instruments — or in the case of drums, just hitting key notes and letting the game fill in the blanks on lower difficulties. This, however, is an actual piano. The over-simplification is probably a necessary illusion in standard mode — or even when the keyboard is used as a replacement guitar / bass — but having actual proper keys will probably drive the more musically apt insane. Then again, if you’re not of that mindset, none of this will probably bother you at all, so feel free to ignore our impressions and bang away.
Pro mode, on the other hand is pretty killer, for all the reasons that standard mode can be irksome. Even at the simplest levels, you’re actually getting to play proper notation. Perfect for us, no matter how badly we flubbed up “Crosstown Traffic” on Expert. Sight-reading is a challenge, but nothing worse than actual notation. As we’ve seen before, the main lane doesn’t show all two octaves, but the warning we’re given before shifting to the right or left is easy enough to follow, but just like when you first grabbed the plastic axe, expect a good bit of adjustment frustration. See more pics below, and video after the break.
Update: Clarification added to the different color groupings used for Pro and Standard mode.
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Google’s reveal of Google TV wasn’t exactly flawless. After technical issues wreaked havoc with the live launch demonstration, many of us found it nearly impossible to focus just as soon as we heard mention of IR blaster control. Fear not, Google has returned with a two and half minute video that breaks it down like we were kindergartners. So grab your blanky and Mr. Tickle, the embedded video is available after the break.
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What is Google TV? (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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I’m not sure if you’ve visited Yahoo! Answers before, but it is a very active community where everyone tries to help each other. They even have an area dedicated to just computer and Internet related questions for those of you who are having PC problems.
The newest addition to the Yahoo! Answers family is called Answers on the Street, and stars J. Keith van Straaten. It reminds me of Jay Leno’s Jay Walking where Jay walks around the street asking people questions that they aren’t able to answer. It’s quite a spectacle if you haven’t seen it before.
Answers on the Street is a little different in the sense that they actually try to provide useful information, rather than looking for opportunities to make fun of people. As of right now there are only three videos posted, but they are pretty useful:
I really like this series, and I hope they continue to make more of these videos. It’s also nice that you can embed them on your own site, which I have done here with the home theater system video:
Source: Mashable
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