Jan 18
Roku users who want to watch content from WealthTV can now do so. But the real benefit of WealthTV addition is ability to see a linear feed of the channel all day, every day.
Originally posted at The Digital Home
Jan 18
Silver Tesla Model S Alpha hits the road, carves some corners (video)
Posted in: electric vehicle, ElectricVehicle, ev, tesla, Today's Chili, video
We’ve seen it inside and out. We’ve seen it naked. Now we’re seeing it do its thing. Tesla has just released a tasty video of the Alpha version of the Model S carving some corners, and while this isn’t the first time we’ve seen the car in motion this is the best taste of the Alpha we’ve yet been given. Check out the video after the break and, no, your speakers aren’t broken, it is that quiet. Oh, and if you’d like to know more about what’s going on under all that chrome and silver make sure you peruse our chat with Chief Engineer Peter Rawlinson.
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Silver Tesla Model S Alpha hits the road, carves some corners (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jan 18
Helpful Tip: Disable UAC for a Program in Vista
Posted in: Freeware, Newly Released, Software, Today's Chili, Windows VistaThis article was written on May 23, 2008 by CyberNet.
I’ve read about how a lot of people have chosen to disable User Account Control (UAC) in Vista because of the headaches that can result from it. That’s mostly because of applications that have not yet been programmed to run in a general user mode, and they are still accustomed to running as a privileged user just as they did in XP.
If you’ve chosen to leave UAC enabled then there are a few different ways you can selectively bypass the UAC prompt without disabling it all together. One way is to take ownership of files, but there is also another rather clever method that takes advantage of the Task Scheduler. Here’s some background as to how it works:
Few days ago I tried to run some scheduled task that required admin privileges. After some investigation I found out that you can specify that scheduled task can run using highest privileges.
These scheduled tasks don’t prompt you with UAC. First idea that came to my mind was – OK, so if scheduled task runs on demand, then it should in fact disable UAC for specific program? I tried it and it worked… So for some time I was using on demand scheduled tasks – for example instead of running MMC I run Schtasks /Run /TN “Elevated\MMC”.
The end result is a context menu entry that shows up whenever you right-click on a file or shortcut (as pictured above). It’s labeled “Elevate me,” and works exactly as advertised. When you select that option from the menu the program runs as an administrator without a single UAC prompt.
To confirm this I ran the command line and tried to release my IP address. When running the command line normally it wouldn’t let me make the change, but using the “Elevate me” option made it possible to release my IP. And I never had a UAC prompt asking if I wanted to confirm the action.
You can also turn this into a shortcut so that you won’t even have to right-click on a file to elevate it, but you really only have to do that if a particular program always needs to run as an administrator.
Download Elevator [via Lifehacker]
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Jan 18
Valve announces that the PlayStation 3 version of its forthcoming Portal 2 game will ship with support for features that tie in with its Steam PC gaming service.
Jan 18
Apple turns in record Q1: $6b profit on $26.7b revenue, 16.2m iPhones sold
Posted in: Apple, breaking news, BreakingNews, financial, ipad, iPhone, ipod, LiveBlog, Today's Chili
Apple’s announcement of Steve Jobs’ medical leave just one day before releasing its Q1 financial results struck us as well-planned yesterday, and here we are: if Cupertino’s record $6 billion profit on a record $26.7 billion in revenue isn’t enough to turn that frown — and stock slide — upside down, well, nothing else will. iPhone 4 sales were predictably strong through the holidays, clocking in at a record 16.2m units, or up 86 percent from last year, while Mac sales went up 23 percent to a record 4.13m and iPod sales were stronger than expected at 19.45m, a seven percent decline. As for the iPad, Apple’s tablet had its second straight dominant quarter, with record sales of 7.33 million — some 3 million more than the Mac. Apple’s financial call with new acting CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer is scheduled to start at 5PM EST — check after the break for our usual liveblog while you’re listening live on Apple’s site.
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Jan 18
White iPhone 4 purportedly turns up in Best Buy’s inventory system, launching February 27th?
Posted in: Apple, BestBuy, iPhone, Today's Chili
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s starting to look like things just might be starting to maybe, possibly line up for the white iPhone 4. We saw some inventory shots from Vodafone Germany ourselves yesterday, and now Mac Rumors has turned up a shot of it own that appears to show both 16GB and 32GB versions of the phone in Best Buy’s inventory system in the US. What’s more, these listings also show a specific in-stock date of February 27th and, for what it’s worth, the model numbers match those that first turned up in Best Buy’s system when it was originally taking pre-orders for the difficult-to-manufacture phone. Of course, we still won’t be fully satisfied until we start seeing some actual boxes with white iPhones in them, but here’s hoping we won’t have to wait too much longer for that to happen — Apple still hasn’t pushed back that “spring 2011” date, after all.
[Thanks, Micah ]
White iPhone 4 purportedly turns up in Best Buy’s inventory system, launching February 27th? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jan 18
Disney wishes upon an Android phone
Posted in: Today's ChiliSadly the Disneyphone is only available in Japan, yet another reason why the Japanese are just so much better than us.
Jan 18
Welcome to the 2010 Engadget Awards!
For your voting (and nominating) pleasure, we present the seventh annual Engadget Awards! The premise is simple: 2010 may have slipped through our fingers, but all the memories of gadgets-past are still with us (some in a more favorable light than others). Here’s your chance to sound off on what you loved in 2010, and tell us what you’re psyched about for 2011.
This year we’ve got 24 categories up for grabs, with 48 total awards to be decided. All finalists for Engadget Awards are reader-nominated, and the editors of Engadget will then select the best of those nominations (usually somewhere between 4-6 devices or technologies) as finalists.
There are two awards per category, Reader’s Choice (voted on by you!), and Editors’ Choice (selected by us). The vote will take place in a few weeks once the nominees are picked, and winners will be announced shortly thereafter.
You can find all the info and nominees on a landing page we’ve built this year which should make it easier to get all your selections in (and vote once we’ve picked the finalists). Just click right here.
You’ve got until 11:59PM ET on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 to get your entries in. Now, go nominate, or use the handy list after the break!
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Jan 18
Victorinox is more commonly known as the company that manufactures Swiss army knives, and Swiss army knives with USB flash storage built into them. Now, the company has unveiled the Victorinox Slim and the Victorinox Slim Duo, two new fold-out USB flash drives with all of the perks of a modest Swiss army knife.
Previous iterations have focused more on the tools and less on the storage – the Slim and Slim Duo are the first series of devices where the USB storage is the focus, and the knife, nail file, and scissors you get along with it are bonuses.
The Slim and Slim Duo come in sizes up to 64GB and 128GB respectively, and both models are waterproof, shock resistant, and will be available in a number of different colors to match your style. Pricing and availability have not been announced.
Jan 18
If you’re tired of having to go find a charging brick for your smartphone and just wish you could plug your USB charging cable into something other than your computer to keep your phone juiced up, the FastMac U-Socket may be the next upgrade for your home.
The device was unveiled as a concept a while ago, and promised to offer a pair of powered USB ports next to the power outlets on the socket plate so you could charge your gadgets over USB without taking up a valuable power socket.
FastMac has announced that the U-Socket is finally shipping and is available now to purchase for $19.95 each, which sounds like a lot for a power socket plate, but could be well worth the money if you have your computer plugged in to one socket, your monitor plugged in to another, and you’re stuck with your phone or music player at half-battery and nowhere to charge it.
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