A computer program created directs a robotic arm to grab objects with just one touch, but in a pilot study the automatic mode is considered “too easy.” pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20017573-247.html” class=”origPostedBlog”News – Health Tech/a/p
At first, we thought we were looking at the back of yet another standard design Bold or Curve — but check out that nice, fat hinge up top. Indeed, we have every reason to believe we’re looking at the long-rumored BlackBerry 9670 clamshell here, and the test reports confirm the presence of 802.11b / g / n and dual-band CDMA in this particular version — in other words, it’ll almost certainly be coming to either Sprint or Verizon. Given what we’ve seen of this little monster so far, we’re going to need to reserve judgment until we play with one; RIM’s BlackBerry Developer Conference is next week, and we wouldn’t be shocked if it showed up there. Here’s hoping!
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The Team Ico Collection will feature the developer’s first two groundbreaking PS2 endeavors, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, for a PS3 release in the spring of 2011. Both games will be remastered in HD and playable in 3D.
We’re kicking things off a little early today… and we’ve got a special guest. A very special guest.
Hint: his name rhymes with “Pilay Natel.”
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pPeter Ha from a href=”http://techland.com/author/thepeterha/”TIME Magazine’s Techland/a joins us again today to wrap up a week’s worth of stories, including yesterday’s Facebook meltdown, Adidas sneakers inspired by Boba Fett, Wil Wheaton, Halo: Reach, Moleskines, and more!/P
pWe kick off the show with Peter showing off his new limited-edition a href=”http://sneakernews.com/2010/09/15/star-wars-x-adidas-originals-zx800-boba-fett/”Star Wars X Adidas Originals ZX800 sneakers/a with side panels inspired by Boba Fett! You can see that the shoes are influenced by Boba Fett’s weathered armor, and the special a href=”http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mandalorian”Mandalorian/a patches on the heels. Peter definitely made the right choice…the a href=”http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2010/08/07/adidas-originals-x-star-wars-fallwinter-2010-chewbacca-boots/”Adidas Chewbacca shoes/a from the same collection aren’t quite as subtle./p
pPeter also tells us about the news around Techland, and apparently actor Wil Wheaton (a href=”http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/87/WesleyCrusher2366.jpg”Wesley Crusher/a from Star Trek: The Next Generation) is now writing for the Web site. Check out all of Wil’s articles online, including a href=”http://techland.com/2010/09/02/the-evolution-of-e-mail-spam/”The Evolution of E-mail Spam/a, a href=”http://techland.com/2010/06/24/why-i-hate-drm-example-147000000/”Why I Hate DRM/a, and a href=”http://techland.com/2010/06/14/recovering-from-w00tstock/”Recovering from W00tstock/a./p
pApparently CNET wasn’t the only office that almost went up in smoke after Facebook mysteriously displayed a a title=”Facebook suffers ‘worst outage’ in 4 years; Qwest sees packet loss — Thursday, Sep 23, 2010″ href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20017463-265.html”DNS error yesterday afternoon/a. Soon after, Facebook software engineering director Robert Johnson blamed the technical error on a change to the site that caused configuration value errors for every client, causing Facebook’s clusters to be “overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of queries a second./p
pTo fix this error, engineers utilized a classic troubleshooting method that’s spanned a hundred of years of electrical design: turn it off, and then back on again. That’s all it took, and while some users might still experienced intermittent errors over the next few days, the majority of us can sleep well knowing our profiles are still intact and open for liking./p
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You hoped, you opined, you might have even prayed — and as it turns out, you win. As many of you have suspected, the latest firmware update to Sprint / HTC’s EVO 4G does, in fact, let us break past the former 30 frames per second barrier. You know, the one HTC said couldn’t be crossed with software updates alone. At least, it did for our handheld, as you can see above. Good news for everyone bothered by this (now seemingly) artificial limit — now back to your regularly-scheduled WiMAX enjoyment.
Confirmed: EVO 4G update removes framerate cap originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Last week we started hearing rumblings that Apple’s iPad was working its way into Target stores, sharing shelf space with the likes of Amazon’s Kindle. Turns out that the buzz was more than simple unfounded speculation. Target is set to start stocking Apple’s popular tablet early next month.
Target will carry six different iPads–the Wi-Fi and 3G models will be available in 16-, 32-, and 64GB capacities. The iPad starts at $499. According to the Associated Press, the tablet will e covered under the retailer’s 5 percent discount for store credit-card holders, which rolls out Oct. 17.”
iPads are currently available through Apple Stores and Best Buys. Target is the biggest chain to sell the device thus far.
The Orb MP-1 streams digital music off your PC for just $70 using your iPhone as a remote.
In just a few short years we’ve almost forgotten the concept of “saving” a document. Close an app? It’s just there. Until it isn’t. More »
While discussing the availability of the Tab in Ireland, Samsung’s local grand poobah Gary Twohig appeared to confirm that there would be different sizes.
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