Dec 08

Unreleased Alienware M17x spotted running next-gen Intel Sandy Bridge chip

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Intel’s full unveil of the next-gen Sandy Bridge processor line isn’t due until January, but the products are already starting to leak out. The M17x is our second 17-incher (HP’s dv7 being the first), and this time we’ve got in-the-wild shots and benchmarks to chew on. In 3DMark06 a 2GHz Core i7-2630QM machine running Intel’s integrated graphics scored 15,940, while a 2.2GHz i7-2720QM with AMD Radeon HD 6900M graphics nailed a 20,155 mark, and a 2.3GHz i7-2820QM chip paired with a GeForce GTX 460M GPU did 16,957. Of course, these numbers are supremely preliminary, but it sounds like Intel’s integrated graphics are (finally) starting to pull their weight, just like Intel keeps promising. Otherwise, the M17x looks to be mostly unchanged, which is probably good news for gamers, bad news for anyone hoping Alienware would pursue some new sort of “understated” design language in 2011.

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Unreleased Alienware M17x spotted running next-gen Intel Sandy Bridge chip originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 08

Intel: Dell, Toshiba, Acer tablets coming in 2011

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Intel CEO Paul Otellini said Wednesday that its chips will be in dozens of tablet designs in 2011, including tablets from Lenovo, Acer, Dell, and Toshiba.

Originally posted at Nanotech – The Circuits Blog

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Dec 08

Prank a techie with these fake gadget gift boxes

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Play a practical joke on your favorite geek with these impossible inventions.

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Dec 08

Verizon sucks at Photoshop: the Continuum definitely can’t do this, we checked

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Notice something missing from that Continuum there on Big Red’s home page? That’s right: if this were a real phone, there’d be an arbitrary black bar across the screen somewhere around the young lady’s midsection, followed by a “ticker” at the bottom… but instead, just as with the iOS-powered Droid X, they’ve once again exceeded the bounds of reality with a little help from Adobe products. Don’t get us wrong, the phone Verizon’s got up on its home page is the Continuum Verizon probably should’ve launched… but then they would’ve had to answer the burning question of why they released a slightly sexier, slimmer version of the Fascinate. It’s alright, though, guys — we’ve got your back — just follow the break for the corrected version. You’re welcome to use it!

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Verizon sucks at Photoshop: the Continuum definitely can’t do this, we checked originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 08

Best and worst smartphones of 2010

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As the end of 2010 draws near, CNET takes a moment to look back at the year’s best and worst smartphones.

Originally posted at Dialed In

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Dec 08

Google Cloud Print is ready to spool in beta, if you have a Windows PC handy

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Google Cloud Print is ready to spool in beta, if you have a Windows PC handy

Google blew the lid off of Chrome OS yesterday in a big way, and one of its key features is now ready to roll. Cloud Print was unveiled back in April, a method to enable Google mobile devices to print via nebulous networking, and it’s now here — with some caveats. The biggest being that right now the only host for a non Cloud Print-compatible printer (basically all but this one) is a Windows PC running Chrome 9.0.597.1 or greater. Set up the service through there and the browser will host your good ‘ol printer to your Chrome OS device. Don’t have a Chrome OS device? You will. Eventually more printers will support this natively, eliminating the middleman, and we’re sure printing support will be coming to Android down the road too. When? In due time, fair reader. In due time.

Google Cloud Print is ready to spool in beta, if you have a Windows PC handy originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 08

Boom! Samsung Sells 1 Million Galaxy Tabs

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Samsung’s 7-inch tablet isn’t “dead on arrival” after all. In fact, Samsung has sold more than a million of them in less than two months.

Released in mid-October, the Galaxy Tab is the first serious contender to Apple’s iPad. It sports a 7-inch touchscreen and runs a modified version of Google’s Android operating system.

“I can confirm 1M Galaxy Tabs sold globally,” a Samsung spokeswoman said in an e-mail statement.

Holy moley. That’s not too far away from the iPad, which sold 1 million units in just 28 days. And it’s a number that should have Steve Jobs eating his hat after he ruthlessly derided 7-inch tablets during an earnings call.

“Seven-inch tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with the iPad,” Jobs said. “These are among the reasons that the current crop of 7-inch tablets are going to be DOA — dead on arrival.”

So much for that.

The Galaxy Tab’s hot sales show that the tablet category has plenty of room for competition and growth. 2010 was truly the year the tablet became mainstream after several flops in the past, thanks to the success of the iPad.

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Dec 08

Gumdrop Drop Series Protects Your iPhone from Falls

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GumDrop DropSeries Case

If you take your iPhone 4 to some dangerous places, or you just have a horrible habit of dropping your phone whenever you take it out of your pocket, putting a Gumdrop Drop Series iPhone 4 Case on your phone will help you get a little more life out of your iPhone 4. The Drop Series case is thick and rugged, and protects the phone on all sides. 
It comes in a multi-layered series of protectors, including a screen protector on the front, and two layers of shock absorption, including a shock-absorbing rubberized polyurethane internal case and a hard plastic external case. The Drop Series comes with two replaceable screen protectors and a belt clip if you want to carry it on your waist. 
You won’t have access to all of the iPhone’s ports while it’s in the case, but you will have access to the screen and the ability to use the camera. The inner case has openings for the buttons and ports, but the exterior case The Drop Series for iPhone 4 is available now in five two-tone color combinations for $44.95 retail price. 
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Dec 08

Internet Explorer 9 privacy measures to include Tracking Protection

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In a nod to future FTC mandates regarding web privacy, Microsoft has announced that among its many charms, Internet Explorer 9 will introduce something called a Tracking Protective List. In essence, the TPL looks at third party elements of whichever page you may be viewing (for instance, when you’re at msnbc.com and it contains elements that are hosted by another domain) and allows you to block those which track your movements. This is done by domain, and there is both a whitelist and a blacklist — ensuring that while elements that are required for full functionality will be allowed, those which are a nuisance will be blocked. Of course, this isn’t the answer to all of your security needs, but between this and properly managing your cookies it is a decent first step. IE9 will come around sometime in early 2011 — in the meantime, check out the video after the break for more info.

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Internet Explorer 9 privacy measures to include Tracking Protection originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 08

The iPad Lock Keeps Your iPad Cabled to Your Desk

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iPadLock

You know those wire cables that businesses use to secure laptops and desktops to desks, walls, and floors in order to prevent theft? Now you can have one for your iPad in the form of the iPadLock, in case you’re worried about someone swiping your iPad from your desk at the office when you go to a meeting, or want to be able to leave it on a desk in the library while you go to the bathroom. 
The iPad Lock is a clear plastic full-body case and kick-stand for the iPad with a port on the side that fits the included cable lock.
The iPad doesn’t have its own security slot, so the folks behind the iPadLock built a case that has one in it, and included the steel cable that secures into the case on one side and loops around a fixture or desk on the other. They also claim that once the case and the cable are locked together, the case can’t be removed without damaging the iPad inside. 
You can buy the case and the lock together for $79.95 list price, or just the case for $39.95 list. 
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