Jan 15

Texter – Create Macros and Text Snippets

Posted in: Features, Freeware, Newly Released, Screenshots, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on November 07, 2007 by CyberNet.

Texter

Lifehacker’s Adam Pash just released the 6th installment of Texter, which can shave an insane amount of time off of repetitive tasks. Texter is used to make text replacements as you type. For example, you can have the “hotstring” mysig be replaced with a customized text signature each time it is typed.

Simple text replacements like the one I just mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg though. There are many advanced operations that you can perform, such as pre-formatting items on the clipboard and then inserting them somewhere. You can also simulate keystrokes like Control, Alt, and Tab. When you combine all of this stuff together you can create some pretty complex macros and text snippets.

Here are some of the new features in Texter 0.6:

  • Instant Replacements: If you don’t like the Space, Tab, or Enter triggers, but would prefer instead that your hotstring executes as soon as you finish typing text, try out Texter’s new “Instant” option.
  • Hotstring Renaming: You can now rename any current hotstring through the Texter Management by right-clicking it and defining a new one.
  • Universal Autocorrect: If you like Microsoft Word’s automatic inline autocorrect try enabling Universal Spelling AutoCorrect in the Preferences.
  • Scripting Shortcuts: If you’re big into using Texter to perform a little automated scripting, Texter now includes a simple keyboard shortcut that makes scripting tons easier: the Insert key. For example, if you want Texter to send an Enter keystroke, just hit Insert+Enter, which will automatically insert {Enter}. If you’re not familiar with scripts in Texter, these instructions (and this video) will help.

This thing would be a real goldmine for me if it supported HTML insertion into Rich Text Fields, like the one in Gmail or when writing a post in WordPress. If you need that feature checkout PhraseExpress (our review).

Download Texter (there is a portable no-install version available)

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Jan 15

Children checking out vintage gadgets continues to be an enthralling experience to watch

Posted in: Today's Chili, video

The video we’ve embedded after the break has been around for a few weeks, but we simply couldn’t resist posting it. As you’ll see, it’s a video (in French, but with English subtitles) of children contemplating a ton of vintage gear including the Game Boy, a Colecovision cartridge, and several sizes and shapes of computer discs. Their reactions — especially if you were alive when most or all of these gadgets were the cutting edge — is pretty incredible. Like we said, the video (with some pretty clunky subtitles) is after the break.

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Jan 15

Switched On: Making the call on Windows Phone 7

Posted in: Android, Apple, arm, ASUS, Google, LG, Microsoft, motorola, NVIDIA, switched on, SwitchedOn, Today's Chili, ui, Windows, windows 8, windows phone 7, Windows8, WindowsPhone7, Wp7

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

CES 2011 saw the debut of what could be the biggest challenge to the Wintel dominance of personal computing since Windows 95 cemented its position. The combination of the Android operating system on ARM processors — ARMdroid if you will — grabbed most of the attention in the emerging tablet category on products such as devices such as the Motorola Xoom and LG G-Slate. But it was also clear that manufacturers — unconstrained by Cupertinian notions of what operating system is best suited to what kind of device — are willing to take the combination in new directions that come much closer to the notebook form factor. A clear example of this was the ASUS Eee Pad Slider. If having the tablet thunder stolen from Microsoft wasn’t enough to make the company uncomfortable, clearly encroaching designs like this were.

And so, at Steve Ballmer’s keynote, the company announced that the next version of Windows will support not only x86 offerings from Intel and AMD – themselves moving closer to ARM-like system-on-chips – but ARM designs from companies such as Qualcomm and NVIDIA as well. Microsoft noted that the new chip support was requested by its partners, implying that PC companies want to take advantage of the long battery life and thin form factors enabled by ARM architectures, but also bring along Windows’ broad driver and software support. Microsoft clearly considers the tablet another PC, albeit one that Windows’ hardware and user interface layer needs to support better. However, in striking back at Android evolution, Microsoft risks collateral damage to its own mobile OS. Can Windows Phone 7 co-exist with a ARM-based version of the real thing?

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Switched On: Making the call on Windows Phone 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 15

Quadrocopters learn to build things, when will humans learn to fear them? (video)

Posted in: research, robot, RobotApocalypse, Robots, Today's Chili, university, video

The GRASP Lab quadrocopters were impressive enough by themselves, all slashing and swooping through the air with unerring precision, but then their makers had to go and give them the intelligence to work in groups and today the inevitable has happened: they’ve learned how to construct things! Sure, the structures are rudimentary, but we can recognize the beginnings of human containment cells when we see them. Skip past the break for the bone-chilling, teamwork-infused video.

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Jan 15

Crytek seeking iOS developers, leaves us guessing at the reason

Posted in: Apple, developer, Games, gaming, ios, ipad, iPhone, Today's Chili

Are you interested in and capable of developing “complex, integrated iPhone/iPad applications”? Crytek will want to hear from you, then, as the author of the CryEngine has this week advertised its intention to leap into the Apple orchard known as iOS via a job posting. Sadly, there’s no direct mention of a mobile version of Crysis, though given the limited range of Crytek’s activities, the company is clearly looking to develop either an iOS game or a game companion app. Aside from the job requirements, the “preferences” section is also illuminating as it lists Android and Windows Mobile development expertise — potentially suggesting that whatever developer leads the iOS charge might then transition to bringing Crytek’s goods to the other major mobile platforms. Hey, if the Unreal Engine can be crammed inside an iPhone, why not the CryEngine?

Crytek seeking iOS developers, leaves us guessing at the reason originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 15

Happy Labor Day!

Posted in: General, Today's Chili

This article was written on September 01, 2008 by CyberNet.

labor day.pngIt’s Labor Day here in the United States, the unofficial end to Summer, so we just wanted to take a minute to tell those of you celebrating Labor Day to have a great day! I don’t know about where you live, but where we are in the Chicago suburbs, there’s no end to Summer in sight. In fact, we’re having some of the warmest weather we’ve had yet this year.

To those of you spending your Labor Day away from home, evacuated because of Hurricane Gustav, we wish you the best. To those of you not in the United States who have to work today, tell your boss you want a day off and we said that it’s okay. :)

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Jan 15

Man discovers glasses-free 3D tech in the blink of an eye (video)

Posted in: Humor, Today's Chili, video

Who’s got two thumbs and needs glasses to see 3D? Not this guy! Francois Vogel’s figured out a way to remove those pesky spectacles from the equation, and he’s ready to revolutionize the stereoscopic industry forever. Sure, you’ll need a monitor with a 120Hz refresh rate, but that’s a prerequisite these days anyhow, and the rest is sweet, sticky gravy dished directly to your eyeballs. Get a sneak peek at the game-changing tech in the video above, and keep an eye out for unicorns (we’re sure they’re around here somewhere). You’ll never look at 3D the same way again, we promise.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Man discovers glasses-free 3D tech in the blink of an eye (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 15

NVIDIA’s faulty laptop GPU settlement starts paying out, file your repair and reimbursement claims now

Posted in: Apple, HP, NVIDIA, Today's Chili

Got an old Dell, HP or Apple laptop sitting around with a defective NVIDIA GPU? The company’s finally ready to compensate you. That proposed class-action settlement from late last year has been approved by a California court, and the company’s taking claims for repairs, replacements and reimbursements at a specially-designated website until March 14th. If you’ve got an affected Dell or Apple MacBook Pro, you can get the faulty chips replaced free of charge, while HP owners get a whole new replacement computer, though considering the choices there are the budget Compaq Presario CQ50 or an ASUS Eee PC T101MT, you might be better off selling your old parts on eBay. Finally, if you’ve already paid to get your components replaced and have the docs to prove it, you might be able to get refunded — NVIDIA’s set up a $2 million pool to be divided among all such reimbursements. Find everything you need at the links below.

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NVIDIA’s faulty laptop GPU settlement starts paying out, file your repair and reimbursement claims now originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 15

Twitter’s Top Trending Topics of the Week: Jar Jar, Ophiuchus, and More

Posted in: Miscellaneous Tech, Today's Chili, twitter

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Ah, Saturday. A day to relax and recuperate from a long, hard week. Kick up your feet, relax, and make sure you’re up to date with all of the news and gossip that was trending on Twitter this week. To help you, we took a look at the most-buzzed-about trends and picked 10 you may have missed this week. 

Here are the top trending Twitter topics for the week ending on January 14:

1. Representative Giffords Shooting 
Via WhatTheTrend.com:

US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in Tucson, Arizona last Saturday by suspected gunman Jared Lee Loughner. The rampage killed 6 and wounded 13. Giffords is still in critical condition, recovering from a bullet wound to the brain. In the aftermath, many individuals and news organizations placed the blame for the violence at what they saw as overheated political rhetoric, particularly from the right, though there is no evidence yet that caused Loughner’s actions. The person facing the most criticism was former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who had distributed a map during the recent midterm election with crosshairs (later termed “surveyor’s marks”) over Democratic districts, including Giffords. 

#Gabrielle Giffords, #Jared Lee Loughner 

2. Jar Jar Binks / Phantom Menace 
The Star Wars character we all love to hate, Jar Jar Binks, was trending on Twitter as the movie was shown Saturday on the U.K.’s ITV television channel. #Jar Jar Binks 
3. tYp3 LyK tHi5 
According to the all-knowing Wikipedia,
“Alay” style is ‘a form of the Indonesian language that has undergone “excessive leet transformation”. Contrary to the popular belief that it is “destroying” the national language, grammatical standards are met in contrast to the modern Indonesian slang language. Similar to the jejebets, alay texts offer an alternative in compressing words so that they are under the 160 character-limit in text messages, often to the point that they are impossible to read. Rules in capitalization are mostly ignored.'” 

 #tYp3 LyK tHi5 


4. Stop Stressing

@IrfanBachdim10, an Indonesian international football player, tweeted “STOP STRESSING” in response to “Hello Indonesia” becoming trending topic. #StopStressing
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Jan 15

2008 CyberNet Awards: Best Time-Saving iPhone Apps that are Free

Posted in: General, Today's Chili

This article was written on December 31, 2008 by CyberNet.

cybernet awards 2008-1.pngFor this installment of the 2008 CyberNet Awards we are taking a look at some of my Best Time-Saving iPhone Apps that are free. I think most of the ones on my list weren’t released this year, but they are new to me and I wanted to share my thoughts on them.

Without further ado here’s what I believe are the best time-saving iPhone apps that don’t cost a dime…

Note: All links point directly to the app’s iTunes page.

–5th Place: Google Mobile–

The new version of the Google Mobile app is actually really nice since it includes voice recognition. What you can essentially do is start the app, hold it up to your ear, and speak what you want to search for. I’d say that the recognition is correct about 95% of the time, which isn’t bad.

One of the biggest reasons this is a timesaver for me is that I can also use this to do conversions. For example, I can say “18 miles in kilometers” and the application will perform the standard Google search. The only difference is that the first result shown is the answer to your conversion!

–4th Place: Wikipanion–

I use Wikipedia for a lot of stuff, and Wikipanion makes me a lot more efficient at searching Wikipedia for the content I need. I think I use this the most for looking up television show schedules to see when the next one comes on (e.g., next week, a few weeks from now), or to recap the plot of some past episodes. Thanks to Wikipanion I don’t have to bust out my computer to do this.

–3rd Place: Dial Zero–

This is one of those apps that I’ve used only about a dozen times, but it has saved me a lot of time. It’s basically an enormous directory of companies that people have assembled, and each listing specifies the steps necessary to talk to a human being. If a bunch of menus are involved you will be told exactly what numbers you need to press at each prompt so that you don’t have to waste time listening to them all.

–2nd Place: Mocha VNC Lite–

Mocha VNC makes it possible to control both my Mac and Windows computers from my iPhone. On my Vista machine I installed UltraVNC so that I could connect to it whenever needed, and with Mocha VNC Lite it has absolutely no troubles. I can zoom and pan around the remote desktop, click the mouse, and type anything I want.

The main reason someone would want to buy the full version of the app would be if they need the ability to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete in order to login. I don’t need to do that so this free version is right up my alley.

–1st Place: Yelp–

A lot of times Ashley and I will be out and about around the suburbs of Chicago, and we’ll be looking for a new restaurant to try. The old fashioned way of finding a good restaurant would be to start asking some people, but nowadays we can turn to the web.

Using my iPhone’s location lookup capabilities, I can have Yelp show me a list of restaurants that are close by, and for each one I can read reviews that people have left. We have found some incredible restaurants using this program, and you’d have to fight me pretty hard to take this app off my iPhone.

The latest release of the app adds support for viewing multiple pages of results, which was previously one of biggest complaints. Seeing 20 results just wasn’t enough most of the time, but now I can go from one page to another until I see something that catches my eye. Now the only feature I want them to add is the ability to write reviews from within the application, which would definitely get me writing a lot more reviews as these places are on my mind.

–-And Your Winners–-

Now it is time for you to chime in! Let us know in the comments what earned your “Best Time-Saving iPhone Apps” award.

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