Oct 25

Create Animated GIF’s For Free With Gickr

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This article was written on November 26, 2006 by CyberNet.

Gickr Gickr is a very creative service because it lets you easily create animated GIF’s from any photos in your Flickr account. Actually, it doesn’t even have to be from your Flickr account because the animated GIF I put together to the right was done just by searching for “dual monitors” from all of Flickr.

After it searches for images you just have to check the boxes of the ones that you want. The animation that I have in the image here is on the slowest setting and I think it is a little too fast for a nice slideshow but if you wanted to create an animated object, such as a car driving by, it would be great on one of the faster settings.

One thing that I did notice is that the images it generates are pretty large. My “slideshow” consists of 11 photos that I selected and it is about 1/2 MB. That may not seem like much but it could quickly eat up your bandwidth if you receive a lot of visitors. Gickr has taken care of that problem as well because they will host the image for you and after the animation is generated they will provide you with the URL that is needed. All you have to do is live with the small “watermark” that they place in the upper-left corner. I’d say that is fair.

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Oct 25

Microsoft says it’s ‘doubling down’ on PC games

Posted in: gaming, Microsoft, Today's Chili
Well, it looks like the forthcoming launch of Microsoft’s browser-based Games for Windows Marketplace could just be the beginning of a broader PC gaming push from the company. Speaking with Kotaku, Microsoft’s Peter Orullian, group product manager for Windows PC and Mobile, said rather boldly that PC games “is a place where we are doubling down.” Exactly what that means beyond the new Games for Windows Marketplace isn’t clear, but Orullian did mention that Microsoft has a “healthy list of features we’re going to start bringing out once the store launches” in response to a question about further integrating PC and Xbox 360 gaming (something the company is also exploring with the revised Xbox.com).

Microsoft says it’s ‘doubling down’ on PC games originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 25

Nintendo Has Sold More than 65 Million Wii Remotes in US

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Since the launch of the Wii in late 2006, Nintendo has sold more than 65.3 million Wiimotes in the US alone. That’s more than the population of the United Kingdom, Italy, and South Korea. That number breaks down to around 46,000 Wiimotes sold a day since the console’s release.

That’s a gentle reminder from the folks at Nintendo about just how well its console is doing. The reminder, of course, comes in the wake of new motion controllers from Sony and Microsoft–the Move and Kinect for Xbox 360, respectively.

The numbers themselves are courtesy of NPD. 30.41 of those controllers have been sold bundled with the Wii itself. 18.56 million white Wiimotes, 2.44 million black versions, 467,500 pink versions, and 465,200 blue versions have been sold by themselves. 12.92 million have been sold with copies of Wii Play.

Nintendo has also moved 52.9 million Wii Nunchuks.

A new version of the Wii Remote–the Wii Remote Plus–begins shipping on November 7th. The device has built-in Wii MotionPlus and promises more precise control.

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Oct 25

Steve Jobs: iPad Screen-Lock Switch Is Gone for Good

Posted in: Apple, ios, ipad, Tablets and E-Readers, Today's Chili

Apple is turning the physical switch on the iPad into a mute button whether you like it or not, according to a purported e-mail sent by Steve Jobs.

The switch on the iPad currently locks or unlocks screen orientation on the device, but in beta versions of the next iOS update (4.2), it instead mutes or unmutes audio, just like the switch does on the iPhone.

An iPad customer claims he sent Jobs an e-mail asking whether the switch could be optionally set to lock screen orientation rather than mute audio, and the CEO replied, “Nope.”

Well, that stinks. From my testing of iOS 4.2 beta on an iPad, I’m not a fan of the change, nor are many others I’ve spoken to. The button to decrease volume already mutes the iPad if you hold it down, so why do we need a switch to do the same thing?

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Oct 25

Daiwa House enlists Moogle for remote control crawlspace inspections

Posted in: household, Japan, robot, Today's Chili, video
Apparently Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House offers crawl space inspections as part of its warranty service, and to that end have enlisted Moogle (rhymes with “goggle,” not “Google”). The robot weighs just under 30 lbs, measures roughly 20 x 12 x 9.5 inches, and rocks a laser rangefinder, WiFi connectivity, and two cameras: one for driving, one for inspecting. If you happen to be in the country yourself and wish to try the thing out, it can be leased monthly for ¥40,000 ($500) or purchased outright for ¥200,000 ($2,500). Just brace yourself — you never know what you’re gonna find when you start digging around under people’s houses. See it in action after the break.

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Daiwa House enlists Moogle for remote control crawlspace inspections originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 25

Daiwa House enlists Moggle for remote control crawlspace inspections

Posted in: household, Japan, robot, Today's Chili, video
Apparently Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House offers crawl space inspections as part of its warranty service, and to that end have enlisted Moogle (rhymes with “goggle,” not “Google”). The robot weighs just under 30 lbs, measures roughly 20 x 12 x 9.5 inches, and rocks a laser rangefinder, WiFi connectivity, and two cameras: one for driving, one for inspecting. If you hapeen to be in the country yourself and wish to try the thing out, it can be leased monthly for ¥40,000 ($500) or purchased outright for ¥200,000 ($2,500). Just brace yourself — you never know what you’re gonna find when you start digging around under people’s houses. See it in action after the break.

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Daiwa House enlists Moggle for remote control crawlspace inspections originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 25

LG Optimus T hitting T-Mobile on November 3 for $30

Posted in: Android, LG, t-mobile, Today's Chili
Look out, dumbphones of the world: your days may really be numbered now that we’ve got US carriers blowing out brand new honest-to-goodness smartphones for $30 on contract. The phone in question here is LG’s Optimus T, stablemate to the Optimus S, Optimus One, and Optimus Chic featuring a 3.2-inch HVGA display, 3 megapixel cam, and pre-loaded Swype all sitting atop Android 2.2. In order to get down to the promised $29.99, you’ll need to sign up for a new two-year contract (naturally), score a qualifying data plan, and wait around for a $50 mail-in rebate when the phone goes on sale Wednesday, November 3 in your choice of black or burgundy (pictured).

LG Optimus T hitting T-Mobile on November 3 for $30 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 25

Pick up a prepaid smartphone

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We round up the best prepaid smartphones on the market. Unsurprisingly, Android and BlackBerry are the top options.

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Oct 25

No custom ringtones for Windows Phone 7? (video)

Posted in: att, HTC, Today's Chili, video, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone7

We just sat through an eight minute long video of someone at Pocketnow sampling every ringtone on his HTC Surround. Why did we do this? Just wanted to see if we could stand it; suffice it to say, we never want to hear a ringtone again. Perhaps more importantly, our man points out that Microsoft seems to have left the ability to add your own custom ringtones out of Windows Phone 7 altogether. The Surround itself has a couple recognizable fan favorites that we recognize from AT&T and HTC phones past, so it looks like manufacturers and carriers will be able to bring their own to the table, but for the end user, it looks like you won’t be able to roll your own — at least for the time being. And now we’re going to go put our phones on vibrate.

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No custom ringtones for Windows Phone 7? (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 25

iFrogz Offers New iPhone 4 Cases

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Orbitburstgreen.jpgThere’s big money in colorful plastic. Just look at how many companies are rushing to wrap your iPhone 4. iFrogz, a company that churns out some of the most colorful plastic of all, has just introduced six new designs. Pictured here is Orbit ($24.99), which comes in four different colors. Orbit is made from form-fitting extra-thick silicone and has a geometric design.

Other new styles include Swerve (which combines a hard plastic core with a jelly exterior), SoftGloss (a semi-opaque case with an etched pattern), SoftGloss Phase (the same as SoftGloss, but with deeper, brighter colors), Treadz (with a tire tread design), and Wrapz (with is also made of extra-thick silicone).

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