Dec 24

Chumby grows up, gains competitors’ Dashing good looks?

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There’s not much to go on here — just a picture of a small-screened device we’ve never seen before — but if that six-fingered squid is the real deal, there’s a brand-new Chumby on the way. Gizmodo says the T-shaped unit’s working codename is “Chumby Opus,” and we wonder if that might actually refer to song; If that grille on the left’s also duplicated on the right, perhaps we’ll get some stereo speakers this time around. Wouldn’t that be nice? Either way, it looks like black, slightly leaning flat-panel displays are still in style.

Chumby grows up, gains competitors’ Dashing good looks? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 24

Google and NORAD’s Santa tracker is another victory for terrorists

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili

Google and NORAD should rethink their annual Santa tracking service. Do we really want the evil doers to know the exact whereabouts of Mr. Claus on Google Maps and Earth from any PC or smartphone? A man so old that he’s ineligible for a driver’s license in some states yet pilots a 353,000-ton missile around the globe at a rate of about 650 miles per second? For shame.

Google and NORAD’s Santa tracker is another victory for terrorists originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 24

Artweaver: Free Photoshop-like Image Editor

Posted in: Features, Freeware, Photos, Software, Today's Chili, Windows

This article was written on August 18, 2008 by CyberNet.

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We always like coming across an interesting free application… especially when it sets out to accomplish a lot of what a paid application does. That’s exactly the first impression I got when using Artweaver. They don’t come out and say they are trying to emulate Photoshop, but they don’t need to. A lot of the menus are organized the same way, things like layer management all work the same, and the upper-toolbar changes based upon the tool you’re using… just like in Photoshop. The only question is how successful were they at cloning the functionality.

I was actually pretty impressed with some of the things it offered. It has a wide array of features, image adjustments, gradients, and much more. Obviously it’s not capable of doing everything Photoshop can, but I’d say it includes most of, if not everything that casual Photoshop users need:

  • Support of many different digital brushes e.g. chalk, charcoal, pencils…
  • A wide variety of adjustment settings to customize the default brushes or to create new brushes.
  • Standard image editing tools like gradient, crop, fill and selection tools.
  • Support for the most common file formats like AWD (Artweaver), BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, TGA, TIFF, PNG, and PSD (no layer support).
  • Transparency and Layers support.
  • Effect filters like sharpen, blur, emboss and mosaic.
  • Editable text layers.
  • Pen Tablet support for a realistic feeling.
  • History function to und/redo last editing steps.
  • Expandable by Plug-In modules (Artweaver Standard).
  • Support for many languages through language files.

This is a program that I highly recommend trying out, and that’s easy to do since there is a portable no-install version available. Just download, extract, and run it to see if it’s right for you. Plus the fact that you can throw this on a USB drive is awesome!

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Dec 24

BenQ rumored to debut 10.1-inch R100 Android tablet in early 2011

Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, arm, Google, GoogleAndroid, rumor, rumors, samsung, slate, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili

Chances are that we’ll find out for sure next month at CES, but PC World has it on authority that BenQ will be throwing its hat into the overcrowded Android tablet ring early next year. The so-called R100 will be a 10.1-inch device, complete with a 1024 x 600 resolution touchscreen, an unspecified flavor of Android and a Samsung-built ARM CPU humming along at 833MHz. Moreover, we’re told that the battery will run for a solid 12 hours before begging for mercy (and calling it a night), and it can also be used with a stylus — you know, for handling both simplified and traditional Chinese handwriting. 8GB of internal storage, an SD slot, mini-USB port, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a mini-HDMI socket are also marked for inclusion, and of course, an 802.11b/g/n radio will be planted right alongside a Bluetooth module. There’s no mention of a price just yet, and a company representative noted that images wouldn’t be available until the device “was officially launched.” Bah! Humbug!

BenQ rumored to debut 10.1-inch R100 Android tablet in early 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 24

Top 10 iPhone games of 2010

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This year was big for gaming on the iOS. Check out Jason Parker’s picks for the best games of 2010 in this slideshow.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

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Dec 24

Nokia N8 earns its fashion wings, fills in for DSLR on magazine cover shoot

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There’s really no higher compliment a cameraphone can receive than when a professional team of photographers is blown away by the results they’re able to achieve when using it, so Nokia’s N8 gets a well-earned tip of the hat for shooting the December / January cover of South African photography mag PiX. In the team’s own words, “we wanted to show that it is not the hardware that makes a good photographer but rather the technical execution of an idea” — very true, we think, but it obviously doesn’t hurt when you know your way around Photoshop and you’re using just about the best-equipped camera on the smartphone market today. See the pretty stunning final result (and the making-of video) after the break.

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Nokia N8 earns its fashion wings, fills in for DSLR on magazine cover shoot originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 24

Logitech said to be halting Revue production until Google TV software revamp

Posted in: Google, GoogleTv, logitech, rumor, set-top-box, Software, speculation, Today's Chili

Oh dear. Google TV isn’t having the best of starts to its life in the internet-connected TV world and Logitech seems to have taken notice. DigiTimes‘ nameless sources today report that Gigabyte, the company charged with building Revue units for Logi, has been instructed to stop production of them for the period covering December 2010 through January 2011. The restart in manufacturing will be conditional, we’re told, either on a significant update to the current Google TV software or a whole new version rolling out. The Revue is still available to buy through Logitech — shipments are only drying up in the channel between manufacturer and vendor — but if the insiders have their story straight, this’d be a clear indication that early sales expectations have not been met. Better luck next year, we say.

Logitech said to be halting Revue production until Google TV software revamp originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 23

Sony buying back Cell chip fabrication facilities from Toshiba, it’s official

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It’s official. Sony and Toshiba just issued a press release saying that the two companies have signed a binding memorandum of understanding to transfer Tosh’s fabrication facilities, operated by Nagasaki Semiconductor Manufacturing, back to Sony. A deal that is rumored to cost Sony some 50 billion yen (about $835 million) — a bargain considering that Sony sold the facilities that manufacture the Cell Broadband Engine, RSX graphics engine, and other SoCs to Toshiba for 90 billion Yen back in 2008. Unfortunately, Sony’s being coy about its plans for the new facilities. The two hope to complete the transfer sometime in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.

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Sony buying back Cell chip fabrication facilities from Toshiba, it’s official originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 23

KinEmote: Kinect gesture control for Boxee and XBMC media centers now available (video)

Posted in: available, boxee, download, hack, kinect, Microsoft, Today's Chili, video

We’ve seen plenty of Kinect hacks over the last few weeks — trouble is, beyond the initial wow factor they’re just not very useful on a daily basis. That situation just changed, however, with the release of KinEmote, a free public beta that lets Windows users navigate XBMC and Boxee menus using nothing but hand gestures. Better yet, the software is built around OpenNI and NITE middleware from PrimeSense, the company behind the Project Natal reference gear. It certainly looks impressive in the video after the break. Good enough that we suspect many of you will hit up the source link below instead of finishing up your last minute holiday shopping — hey, Santa can wait, this is progress!

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KinEmote: Kinect gesture control for Boxee and XBMC media centers now available (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 23

Ubuntu Site Crumbles After Releasing 7.04

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili, ubuntu, Web Sites

This article was written on April 19, 2007 by CyberNet.

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The Ubuntu website has begun to crumble from the incredible number of visitors that are visiting the site looking for the newest version of Ubuntu. The load was so bad that Ubuntu has temporarily replaced the homepage with a low-bandwidth version that only provides links to mirrors, as well as the release notes.

Even the main Ubuntu site is going a little slow when it comes to loading that page, so I made a mirror of their current homepage which lists all of the different places you can download it from. If your Internet connection can’t handle downloading the the 694MB ISO image that has to be burned to a CD, then you can just order a the latest version already on CD at no additional cost.

We have previously put together a great screenshot gallery of the Kubuntu and Ubuntu 7.04 Beta release, and nothing (besides for bug fixes) has really changed since that gallery was posted. Here is a quick overview of what’s new:

  • Networking improvements to make it even easier to connect to a wireless or wired network.
  • Disk usage analyzer lets you see where your hard drive space is going.
  • When trying to play media files, Ubuntu will try to install the necessary codecs automatically, and start playing the desired file.
  • New networking sharing makes it easy to network desktop computers without needing servers to assign IP addresses or names and allows users to automatically discover and join a wireless network and share music, find printers and exchange files.
  • 2 new games: Chess and Sudoku.
  • Some new artwork, including a new default background and splash screen.
  • New help center to find the things you want a little easier.
  • Enable some great 3D desktop effects in just one click!

If you want to try Ubuntu out yourself, but you’re not sure how to use the CD just head on over and read the article that Chris wrote. It will walk you through all the tools you’ll need to get Ubuntu up and running on your computer without even needing to install it!

Alright, here is a recap on links that will be important to you:

Thanks for the tip Cory!

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