Jan 19
Find out how I successfully repaired a dead plasma television.
Jan 19
A dozen or so titles were ready for some hands-on action this afternoon, and we got a chance to play the majority of them. Nintendo also showed us some of the built-in software that’ll be on every 3DS, including the Mii Maker and AR Games.
Jan 19
Highly experimental prototype dress called Herself is sprayed with a chemical that absorbs pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide. But is it machine washable?
Jan 19
This article was written on January 02, 2008 by CyberNet.
This is another one of those “just for fun” kinds of things: U.R. Celeb is a program that you can download to create your own covers for magazines like People, Rollingstone, Sports Illustrated, and more. That means even you too can appear on the cover of your favorite magazine, or be the topic of the latest breaking news on CNN. There are templates for the following different magazines:
- CNN
- Cosmopolitan
- Enquirer
- National Geographic
- People
- Playboy
- Rollingstone
- Sports Illustrated
- Time
- TVguide
- Vogue
Below is an example that I created using the CNN “Breaking News” template. I was able to change the picture as well as the caption text, and the scrolling text that you’d see on the bottom of your TV screen:
Some of the magazine covers offer a lot more options to customize the text. Inserting an image and text is done with just a click, so creating these magazine covers is really simple. Once you’re done you can save it or print it. If you’d like to make your own, just go here and download U.R. Celeb.
Source: Digital Inspiration
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Jan 19
LG G-Slate to have an 8.9-inch 3D display? Rumor mill says ‘maybe’
Posted in: Android, honeycomb, LG, mwc, mwc 2011, Mwc2011, rumor, screen, slate, speculation, t-mobile, tablet, Today's Chili
If 3D and tablets are the two unstoppable forces of modern consumer electronics, doesn’t it make sense to meld them into one, fearsome, trendsetting device? LG’s T-Mobile-bound G-Slate might be doing exactly that, we’re hearing, as a pair of different sites are reporting it’ll come with a 3D-capable display. The guys at GPS And Co have apparently heard directly from LG’s French arm, who told them the G-Slate would have a glasses-free 3D display and 3D camera, though the validity of that information is diluted somewhat by TmoNews‘ source finding 3D glasses listed as future accessories for this rather mysterious tablet. Yes, it’s contradictory information, but then Pocket-lint has also heard directly from LG and received a promise of “an actual working 3D device,” which should be expected shortly. That could be the 4.3-inch autostereoscopic panel we scoped out at CES or it could be another hint that the G-Slate’s been camera-shy for a very particularly, three-dimensional reason.
LG G-Slate to have an 8.9-inch 3D display? Rumor mill says ‘maybe’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan 19
Portable Gaming: A Brief History
Posted in: Games, nintendo, sony, Today's Chili, video games
Nintendo’s North America President Reggie Fils-Aime held a press conference today to show off the company’s upcoming portable console, the Nintendo 3DS. Before the event started, however, news hit the wire that Sony is set to take the wraps off of its own handhelds. The company is expected to release two portable consoles in the next two months–the PSP 2 and an Android-based gaming smartphone.
As the handheld console wars begin to heat up again, we here at Gearlog have decided to take a little time out to reflect on the past 30 or so years of portable gaming with a look at some of the systems that have defined the space.
Jan 19
This rechargeable battery case adds less than two ounces of travel weight and features swappable battery modules. Cool, right? Just be prepared for sticker shock.
Originally posted at iPhone Atlas
Jan 19
iOS 4.3 beta 2 released, iPad multitasking gestures just a developer preview
Posted in: Apple, developer, ios, ipad, iPhone, Today's Chili
Apple just dropped iOS 4.3 beta 2 on world, and with it a big sad bomb: those nifty iPad multitasking gestures we discovered in beta 1 won’t be enabled when 4.3 ships to customers. Instead, Cupertino says it’s “providing this preview to gather input on how these gestures work with your apps,” Oh well — there’s always 4.4, or even iOS 5, we suppose. We’re on the lookout for other new features, but for now let us know what else you spot in comments, okay?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
iOS 4.3 beta 2 released, iPad multitasking gestures just a developer preview originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan 19
AT&T tweaking messaging plans, killing some upgrade discounts, raising fees and MicroCell pricing
Posted in: att, exclusive, plans, pricing, Today's Chili, upgrade
How on Earth have Verizon and AT&T both decided to kill off their upgrade discount programs within a few days of each other? Hard to say, but we’ve gotten a little peek at some new policies designed to “streamline” things that are apparently coming into effect next Sunday, January 23rd — and very few (if any) of them are going to bring a smile to your face. Here’s the gist:
- There’ll be a new text package of 1,000 messages for $10 with overage at 10 cents apiece. This compares to 5 cents at the 1,500 / $15 level and 10 cents at the 200 / $5 level.
- Speaking of those other text packages, they’re going away. Both the 200 and 1,500 text plans are goners. Obviously, if you’re already on them, you shouldn’t be affected — you just won’t be able to select them for new plans or changes anymore.
- Early upgrade pricing on new iPhones — the standard subsidized price plus $200 — will only be available six months into an existing iPhone activation.
- $50 and $100 discounts on top of subsidized pricing for upgrading customers — similar to Verizon’s recently-killed New Every Two program — are going away. If you’re currently eligible, you’ll still be eligible to take advantage through July 23rd of this year.
- Family plan add-a-line activation is increasing $10 to $36.
- International voice roaming prices are changing in 117 countries. That’s a lot of countries! We’re assuming most of those rates are going up, not down, though we don’t have details at this point.
- Calling to Canada is going from 29 cents per minute to 39 cents.
- The 3G MicroCell is increasing in price from $149.99 to $199.99, which seems like a really bizarre move to us — hard to say what the motivation is there. Certain “pre-selected” customers will still receive special discount offers for it in the mail, though.
Check out full details on the changes in the gallery below.
[Thanks, anonymous tipster]
Gallery: AT&T tweaking messaging plans, killing some upgrade discounts, raising fees and MicroCell pricing
AT&T tweaking messaging plans, killing some upgrade discounts, raising fees and MicroCell pricing originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan 19
Meet Max Mathews, Inventor of First Music App
Posted in: Music, R&D and Inventions, Software, Today's Chili
When we’re jamming to fast beats like Lady Gaga or Daft Punk, it’s hard to believe that 50 years ago, it would take hours for a computer to record just a few seconds of music.
Max Mathews would know. The former Bell Labs researcher wrote the first computer-sound generating program, called MUSIC, in 1957. He claims digital music was born that year, when an IBM 704 played a 17-second track he composed with his software.
Recording music was no easy task, Mathews told Wired.com in an interview. The IBM 704 was too slow to record music in real time — it would take an hour just to record 18 seconds of music. So Mathews helped develop a tape player that sped up the recordings to play them at their proper speed.
Today, computers are 100,000 times faster than the IBM 704, and any cheap laptop could create an entire digital orchestra. However, modern musicians are barely even taking advantage of the immense power of computer music, Mathews said.
“A violin always sounds like a violin, but a computer is unlimited in terms of timbre it can make, so it can enrich music,” he said. “Computers are so powerful and inexpensive. but nobody knows how to take advantage of it in music.”
Mathews explained that he didn’t want computer sounds to completely replace bands or orchestras, but for the laptop to become a serious instrument — something he believes has not yet happened.
Mathews believes that once we use computer programs to home in on what makes music great, we might see widespread adoption of the computer as an instrument.
“What we have to learn is what the human brain and ear thinks is beautiful,” Mathews said. “What do we love about music? What about the acoustic sounds, rhythms and harmony do we love? When we find that out it will be easy to make music with a computer.”
Now 84 years old, Mathews continues cultivating his love for music in the analog world. Every morning he drives from San Francisco to Stanford University in Palo Alto to play music with his friend Bill. Mathews’ instrument of choice is the violin, and Bill plays the piano. Together they play Mozart at 8 every morning.
“One time I asked Bill, ‘When are we ever going to get beyond Mozart?’” Mathews said. “And Bill said, ‘Max, you don’t understand. There is nothing beyond Mozart.’”
Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
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