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‘Dippin’ In My Tesla’ is the best rap song ever about a Tesla originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It wasn’t long after the first iPhone 4 models started shipping that we began to see hardware complaints by the boatload. And nearly all of them were rooted in the same problem: reception. More specifically, when the phone is held, the presence of the human hand at certain points has the tendency to knock out a few bars.

The phenomenon has since come to be lovingly known as the “iPhone 4 death grip.” . Apple CEO Steve Jobs addressed the problem with the helpful advice, “Just avoid holding it that way.” Since then, rumors have surrounded the possibility of a software fix in the next OS update, but the company has otherwise been fairly quite on the issue.

The “death grip” first started surfacing on Apple message boards on June 23. That same day, Apple listed three openings for iPad/iPhone Antenna Engineers. Not sure if anyone can actually wrap their fingers around the iPad, but the iPhone part of the equation certainly seems like too big a coincidence to ignore.

Sure, you know Kinect, but do you know Kinect? While retailers have backed off publishing $150 pricetags for Kinect in bizarre displays of solidarity, UK shop Play.com has up some new specifics on the technology in its listing for the device. Here are a few of the standouts that were news to us:

• Field of view is relatively limited, something we could sense when spending time with Kinect at E3. The unit sees 57 degrees of horizontal and 43 degrees of vertical, with a 27 degree physical tilt to keep you in the action.
• Depth of view is similarly strict, ranging from 4 feet to 11.5 feet.
• Skeletal tracking is limited to two active players at a time, as we knew, but the system can at least keep its eye on up to six people at once — like that totally optional pair of backup dancers in Dance Central.
• Resolution, because we know you were wondering, is detailed as well: 320 x 240, 16-bit at 30 fps (we’re guessing this is the depth camera), 640 x 480, 32-bit color at 30 fps (yeah, this is the color one), and 16-bit audio at 16 kHz.

No huge surprises, and we’re sure a few more details will leak out before launch — can’t you just wait to get “off the couch, on your feet and in the fun”?

Kinect detailed in newly precise tech specs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, this isn’t good. Sony‘s issued a warning that about half a million of its VAIO laptops are at risk of seriously overheating, and could even cause burns. The company says that the heat-monitoring chips of its VAIO F and C series laptops (which were launched in January) could be defective, causing them to overheat and physically warp. Sony says it’s received about 40 total complaints about the issue, and that affected customers will be able to download a software fix or contact the company directly to have the laptop picked up for a repair.

Sony to recall half a million ‘too hot to handle’ VAIO laptops originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on January 24, 2008 by CyberNet.

The latest forming trend in digital music downloads seems to be that everyone wants to start offering DRM-free music.  Both Amazon and iTunes offer a DRM-free catalog of music as well as several other sites like eMusic. People like DRM-free because it means once they download a song or album, they can play the song on multiple devices. When Amazon’s service launched, it got rave reviews. People were generally happy with the selection, but even more happy with the price. Now there are rumors that Yahoo is wanting to get in on DRM-free fun too and that they have plans to launch a DRM Free music service sometime within 2008.

Yahoo has publicly denied that they are even working on such a project, however, the Associated Press is reporting that record executives have come to them and said that they have met with Yahoo and that they already had preliminary talks last month. They’re trying to work out a deal with major companies like Universal, Sony, Warner, and EMI to offer unprotected songs either for sale, or as part of an ad-supported  music service. When the AP went to the record companies to ask about such a deal, they simply declined to comment which could very well mean these rumors are true.

As Mashable points out, if these talks had occurred months before, it probably would have been a pretty big deal.  However, because there are other sites out there that offer DRM Free MP3s like Amazon, this isn’t really groundbreaking. Would you be happy to see yet another big name enter the scene? Eventually, I think DRM-free will be the new “norm” and consumers will be able to buy the unprotected songs anywhere they’d like. Perhaps record labels are finally realizing that sales of music and life do go on when they don’t have tight control?

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