Dec 17
movie review Crave’s Matt Hickey says Disney’s multimillion-dollar 3D epic isn’t as good as it could have been, but it does include lots of groundbreaking, lift-you-out-of-your-seat action.
Dec 17
L.A. Noire’s amazing MotionScan facial capture system demonstrated (video)
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In gaming, 3D graphics get more powerful, environments get more expansive, enemies get more intelligent, but still facial animations haven’t progressed much since Pac-Man chomped his first power pellet in 1980. Finally, a major breakthrough courtesy of Australian company Depth Analysis. It has developed technology called MotionScan, which enables a high-res 3D recreation of a person’s face — not just capturing bits and pieces of facial animation but their entire head, right down to the hairstyle. It’s getting its first use in next year’s L.A. Noire, a 1940s PS3 and Xbox 360 murder mystery game from Rockstar, and while we don’t know enough about the title to be able to say whether it’s worth plunking down a pre-order now, after watching the video embedded below it’s clear that the bar has been raised.
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Dec 17
A new update to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac software now allows users to sync more from iTunes and iPhoto.
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Dec 17
Palm’s tablet is codenamed ‘Topaz,’ keyboard accessory leaks out
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Okay, it’s not exactly the new webOS hardware we’ve been waiting for, but we just got this shot of a Palm Bluetooth keyboard from a trusted source — we’re told it’s an accessory for Palm’s upcoming tablet, which is codenamed “Topaz.” Interestingly, we’re told the keyboard features a Windows key in addition to some webOS-specific keys — we’d guess that HP will sell it for general use as well. As for the Topaz tablet, it’s said to be extremely slick, with no hard buttons on the front and a design that echoes the design of the keyboard — we’re told it’s due out in the first half of 2011, which matches up with what we’ve heard from Palm.
We’re also told Palm’s planning a low-end teen phone that’s something like a Pre with no keyboard — it’s codenamed “Castle,” (just like the original Pre and Pixi) and due to hit Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T. That seems like a likely followup to the Pixi, but what we’re really anxious for is some news on a new high-end phone and the Topaz tablet — we’ll keep digging and let you know.
Palm’s tablet is codenamed ‘Topaz,’ keyboard accessory leaks out originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 17
This article was written on September 06, 2007 by CyberNet.
Techcrunch managed to get an exclusive look at the upcoming Delicous 2 site. There are numerous new features, and Delicious says that they have done a complete code rewrite this time around. One of the most notable things, however, is that they are dropping the Del.icio.us branding: they are moving to Delicious.com instead of the Del.icio.us that we’re all used to.
Here are some of the new features aside from the upcoming name change and new layout:
- There are four main categories on the Delicioius site: Home, Bookmarks, People and Tags
- New sorting options
- Bulk tag editing…thank goodness!
- Autocomplete on the tag bar
- Organize and sort your friends
- New search engine with contextual search – search your own bookmarks, all bookmarks, or a network of bookmarks
The Delicious 2 preview page is available, but you have to be invited before you can login. I wouldn’t search around too hard for an invite though, because any changes you make on the preview service will be lost once the new design goes live.
So I think the more important question is what do you think about them changing the name?
More screenshots are available over at TechCrunch
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Dec 17
Daily Gift: Nook Color
Posted in: tablets, Today's Chili
If you are looking for an ebook reader for the bookworm on your list, but you want something a little special, that does just a bit more, without going so far as an iPad, the Nook Color with its vivid, color ebook reading experience and some tablet functionality would be the perfect choice.
Barnes and Noble finally gave the world the color ebook reader it has been begging for with the release of the Nook Color back in November. It’s bright, 7-inch LCD screen with 16 million colors and intuitive touch-based navigation displays book illustrations and periodicals like the hardcopy versions.
Plus, this ebook reader runs a version of Android 2.1 and is preloaded with some apps, a few games, such as chess and crosswords, and Pandora Internet radio. To add to its tablet-like functionality, the Nook color also comes with a browser. So you can listen to music while reading, or when you need a break from reading, you can check some things online or play a game. It also offers some social aspects to the ebook reading experience by letting you share recommendations, passages from within books by posting them to Twitter or Facebook, and even entire books with your friends through the Barnes & Noble’s LendMe application.
Our friends over at PCMag.com reviewed the Nook Color and gave it an Editors’ Choice for color ebook readers. I’m sure any bookworm would love to flip though the pages of this device this holiday season. It’s available from B&N for $249.
Dec 17
USB 3.0 for Mac review and benchmarks (with a LaCie 2big USB 3.0)
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It took LaCie nearly a full year to ship the 2big USB 3.0 RAID drive — a device that was announced in the fall of 2009 — but now that it’s here, it’s being accompanied by a concept that actually far outshines the unit itself: USB 3.0 on a Mac. For whatever reason, Apple has refused to offer SuperSpeed USB on any of its machines, even a fully specced-out Mac Pro costing well north of $10,000. We’ve seen purported emails from Steve Jobs noting that USB 3.0 just isn’t mainstream enough to sweat just yet, but coming from the guy who’s still bearish on Blu-ray, we get the feeling that it’ll be quite some time far too long before Apple finally caves and upgrades from USB 2.0. We’re obviously no fans of the holdout — after all, even a few sub-$500 netbooks are enjoying the SuperSpeed spoils already — so we couldn’t have possibly been more excited to hear that a longstanding storage vendor was about to fill the void that Cupertino continues to ignore. We were able to pick up a LaCie USB 3.0 PCIe expansion card as well as a 4TB (2 x 2TB) 2big USB 3.0 drive and put the whole setup through its paces on our in-house Mac Pro. Care to see how it stacked up against USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800? Head on past the break for the grisly details.
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Dec 17
Kobo has introduced new enhancements to Kobo ereading apps for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
Dec 17
Microsoft rolls out updated Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac
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It’s still technically in beta, but Microsoft has just rolled out a fairly significant update to its Windows Phone 7 Connector software for Mac. Among other things, the software now has a new device setup process, support for manual file imports from the device, and the ability to sync content purchased on your phone back to your Mac — not to mention a slew of bug fixes and other more minor tweaks. Hit up the source link below to start downloading, or just look for it in the Microsoft AutoUpdate app.
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Dec 17
Dropbox celebrates version 1.0, throws selective sync into the mix
Posted in: cloud, Software, storage, Today's Chili, update
If you’re like us, you’ve probably come to rely on Dropbox quite a bit in your day-to-day activities. Hell, our crowd-sourced fan sequel to The Social Network about that “Tom from MySpace” guy would never have got off the ground without it! Well, if you’re as enthusiastic about cloud storage solutions as we are, you’ll be more than excited to know that Dropbox 1.0 has just been announced. Among the new features that we’re most looking forward to putting to the test are Selective Sync (choose which folders get downloaded to which computers) and Extended Attribute Sync (improved support for Mac apps like Quicken and Quark whose resource forks bedevil most sync applications and corrupt data in the process). But that ain’t all! Hit the source link to get started.
Dropbox celebrates version 1.0, throws selective sync into the mix originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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