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You have a phone, you have a DSLR, yet although you love them both equally, the two pretty much never speak. This failure in capturing synergistic value is now at an end, however, thanks to the BlueSLR Bluetooth dongle and its accompanying iOS app. Compatible with iPhones (down to the 3G model), iPod touches (second generation and above), and iPads, this remote control system will let you manually trigger your Nikon‘s shutter release from a distance of up to 300 feet. There’s also GPS tagging, if you’re into that sort of thing, and a toggle in the app for adjusting exposure length. The app itself’s free, though the dongle will set you back a mighty $149. At least it communicates via Bluetooth, which won’t require line of sight like Nikon’s own IR remotes. Compatibility is set to expand to include Canon DSLRs and Android and BlackBerry smartphones in the future, but if you’ve already got a D5000 and an iPhone 4 lying around looking wistfully at one another, you can pre-order your BlueSLR at the source link below.

BlueSLR dongle and app turn your iPhone into a DSLR remote shutter release originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The WordPress team has decided to skip version 2.4 and move right on to 2.5, which is now expected to be released in March. Once released the updated version will cover a big area that hasn’t received a lot of attention before: the admin screen.

WordPress 2.5 will sport a completely revamped admin screen that will have much of the same functionality, but it will look completely different. An example of what to expect can be seen in the screenshot above, and I’ll be the first to say that it is way easier on the eyes than the current WordPress admin area.

If you want to see what the rest of it looks like head on over to this demo. You can’t modify anything in the demo, but you can flip through the different tabs. Remember though, this is still a work in progress and is in no way finalized. So if you see something you don’t like there is still a chance that it will change by the time it hits the final form.

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We’ve always wondered why former Microsoft CTO Nathan Mhyrvold was stockpiling patents at his new company Intellectual Ventures, and it looks like we’re starting to find out why: in addition to licensing the entire portfolio to HTC and Samsung, IV’s just filed its first three patent lawsuits against nine tech companies. Details are sparse, but the first suit is against Symantec, McAfeee, Trend Micro, and Check Point Software, the second names Elpida Memory and Hynix, and the third is against Altera, Lattice Semiconductor, and Microsemi. We’d assume the patents in question are all super-technical in nature, but it’s really not the specifics we’re interested in — it’s more the fact that IV is starting to flex some muscle in the tech world, and that means a lot of money could change hands real fast. We’ll see what happens.

Intellectual Ventures begins tech patent offensive, files three lawsuits against nine companies originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How’d you like office tools smarter than the people using them? Smart Technologies just announced the Smart Board 885ix Interactive whiteboard system for business and the Smart Board 8070i interactive display, both designed to enhance interactivity and collaboration. Both products support the same multitouch gestures used in Windows 7, so that users can create and interact with digital content at the same time.

The 885ix includes an 87-inch widescreen whiteboard with a 16:10 aspect ratio. It will list for $6,499. The 8070i includes a 70-inch display with a 16:9 aspect ratio. This one will list for $14,999. When used with other Smart meeting products, participants can connect from anywhere in the world to share and interact with digital materials. Look for both products to become available globally in late January, 2011.

Apple’s flipped the switch on extending iTunes preview clips to the totally revolutionary length of 90 seconds. Only songs that last for two and a half minutes or longer and a limited number of artists are benefiting from this change — which seems to be of Apple’s unilateral doing — and it’s only effective in the US iTunes Store. Trust us, we checked our UK accounts and were met with those mediocre, entirely unsatisfying 30-second previews on everything. We reckon there’s still a little more intrigue left in this tale, particularly when it comes to propitiating the record labels and securing international deals, but we’ll leave those negotiations to the well shaven dudes in expensive suits — for you and us, there’s a whole load of Black Eyed Peas and Kanye West stuff to go and preview.

iTunes’ 90-second song previews go live, on select songs and US-only for now originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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