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Every new parent needs a baby monitor, but many offer static-y images or distance limitations. WiFi Baby 3G has come along, however, promising to solve all that. You can use this monitor to stream interference-free video and audio to a Windows or Mac PC, an iPhone, or an iPad. The device is both a camera and computer: it creates a password-protected wireless Internet connection to any compatible device on the home network.

WiFi Baby promises a simple setup. With a few adjustments it will also allow for viewing outside of the user’s home network. This means is can also be used as a nanny cam or security cam. There are no monthly fees for remote access. The cam offers night vision, motion detection, and an on-screen clock to assure parents that they’re watching a current video stream. It sells for $279 from the company site.

This article was written on July 20, 2007 by CyberNet.

The post that you’re reading was typed in Google Docs so that I could checkout the new additions to the “word count” feature. You see, before when you went to File> Word Count, you’d get all of the typical offerings that you find in other word processing applications like how many words are in the document.

Now they’ve taken the “Word Count” feature to a whole new level with new options like how many words per sentence, how many sentences per paragraph, how many words per page, and average characters per word. Even better, you can also find out what reading level your document was written at which is how I knew that this article was written at a 10th grade reading level. Kinda useless information, but cool at the same time.

They get this information based upon Flesch-Kincaid Readability Tests which takes into account the total words in a passage, total number of sentences, and total syllables to come up with a grade level.

So there you have it, if you read this article successfully, you’re able to read at least at a 10th grade level (15-16 years old).

Source: Download Squad

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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Ozair, who is no longer down with forking out monthly for a subpar DVR experience. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“With the unveiling of (pricey) Google TV, what are the other, cheaper alternatives to setting up HDTV via a cable box rather than renting out Optimum / Cablevision’s outdated and laggy set-top box? TiVo? Any other standalone DVRs? Something I’m not considering?”

For those of you who’ve purchased a standalone DVR + CableCARD setup (or possibly even an HTPC + CableCARD setup), how are you enjoying it? Let this fellow know your optimal arrangement down in comments below — make it quick, it’s not like he can afford to miss this year’s burning of the Yule Log in HD.

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CNET editor Nicole Lee collects several eye-catching phones that made their debut in 2010.

Originally posted at Dialed In

Those who live and work in Japan — especially those who have been doing so for a long time — are understandably cautious about projects that can reinforce stereotypes about the country, not least the ones that are not so positive.

Although some of the images painted of Tokyo’s rush hour are a little exaggerated (I have never seen the fabled riot gear-style shields being used, for example), it is still definitely a hellish time for everyone involved.

We’ve just discovered this series by photographer Michael Wolf and, though it will perhaps not help Tokyo’s reputation, we liked it so much we had to showcase it here.

Tokyo Compression is a series of portraits of the poor souls riding the city’s train system in the rush hour and, boy, do they not look happy about it. The series has now been released in book form for our undeniable schadenfreude.

The Guardian puts it well:

…it is the ability to tolerate an elbow in the back and a cheek unceremoniously pasted against a window that sets Tokyo’s commuters apart. There are few arguments, and fights are almost unheard of; it’s as if the powerless, massed ranks of the travelling public have entered into a non-aggression pact – and one that is observed, for the most part, in near silence.

Personally I’ve always admired not only the endurance of Tokyoites but their dexterity as well. You will be amazed at the contortions people can achieve in order to continue reading their manga, using their mobile phone, or playing their PSP (and sometimes performing these tasks simultaneously!). With this gauntlet to get through every morning, it’s not surprising that, come the last train, everyone is fast asleep.