Jan 13
Sticker for iPhone 4 makes your smartphone look like an old-style instant camera.
Jan 13
IDT transmit touch information over DisplayPort’s auxiliary channel
Posted in: Today's Chili, touch, touchscreen
Still wondering if the future of display linkage really lies in DisplayPort? Hard to say for sure, but IDT’s definitely making a good case for it with its latest demonstration. Integrated Device Technology has seemingly figured out how to shuffle touch information through DisplayPort’s existing auxiliary channel, which simplifies and lowers the cost of integrating touch technology into tablets, laptops, AIO PCs, monitors, etc. It’s being hailed as the world’s first usage of the DisplayPort AUX channel to carry touch screen data, and if the prototype proves solid, it’ll allow laptop manufacturers to eliminate USB interface communication from host to panel and reduce the number of wires that must pass through the display’s hinge. And you know what that means — slimmer, more flexible designs. IDT’s not barking about a release date for its latest trick, but we’re guessing it’ll have display makers begging for access in no time flat.
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Jan 13
The ugly duckling turns into a swan, the librarian whips off her glasses and she’s Kate Beckinsdale, and a forgettable truckish SUV becomes the 2011 Kia Sorento compact crossover with all the right core technology. Bluetooth, an iPod adapter, and satellite radio come standard. The Sorento belongs on the short list of affordable CUVs you should consider for safety and value as well, even if UVO, Kia’s Ford Sync competitor, remains delayed on the Sorento.
Jan 13
Tiny New Dinosaur Discovered
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In the off-chance that you hadn’t already done some daydreaming about owning a dinosaur at some point in your life, this will surely be enough to send you over the edge. Scientists have discovered a new 1- to 15 pound dinosaur roughly the size of a small dog.
The eodromaeus murphi (“dawn runner”) is a bipedal omnivore that dates back tp 230 million years ago–the early ages of the dinosaur era. The species’ remains were discovered in Argentina and the Andes foothills. The tiny dinosaur looks a bit like a raptor, but scientists believe that it ate plant and animal alike.
“This is an early dinosaur blueprint,” scientist Sereno said of the little dino, ” with features they’ll have for millions of years. Some of the features we see in eodromaeus–like the grasping hands–you find 150 million years later in Tyrannosaurus rex, right before the asteroid hit,”
Jan 13
Buffalo’s PC-TV1/HD adapter brings Intel Wireless Display support to Japan
Posted in: adapter, intel, Japan, japanese, stream, streaming, Today's Chili
So, you did it. You went out and purchased a WiDi-enabled laptop. Congratulations. Trouble is, you have no way to get those wireless transmissions to your television, and that’s where Buffalo comes in. We’ve already seen a handful of Wireless Display adapters hit the market here in the US, but mama always said that more made things merrier. Buffalo’s PC-TV1/HD is fairly simple; just plug it into your television via HDMI or composite video cords, sync it with your WiDi computer, and enjoy the spoils of watching (mostly) lag-free HD content flow from your laptop to your HDTV. Check it this March for ¥12,500 ($150), or just do what everyone else does — buy a $4 HDMI cable, and swallow the fact that living in the future simply isn’t worth going broke over.
Buffalo’s PC-TV1/HD adapter brings Intel Wireless Display support to Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jan 13
CyberNotes: Funny Microsoft, iPhone, Facebook and Wii Parodies
Posted in: CyberNotes, Humor, Today's ChiliThis article was written on September 28, 2007 by CyberNet.
Fun Friday
Today’s Funny Friday article is taking a look at parodies. According to Wikipedia, a parody is a “work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, or the subject of the work.” That’s exactly what our Gallery includes today – a lot of poking fun and ridiculing of Microsoft, the iPhone, Facebook, and the Wii. Enjoy!
—Microsoft Surface—
—iPhone Parody, God Wanted One—
—Microsoft Next Gen iPod—
—iPhone No Flash Support—
—Facebook Infomercial Parody—
—Wii Fit—
—Apple Switch Parody Commercial—
—World of Warcraft Parody—
—Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death—
—Apple Intel Advertisement—
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Jan 13
Verizon Wireless customers could always trust that when their 2-year contracts were up, they would be able to get a discount from Verizon towards the purchase of a new device if they wanted to upgrade. The promotional discount ranged from $50 to $100 depending on the handset the customer wanted.
Verizon has said they’ll end the program this month, and current customers with an upgrade coming will be able to get their discount one last time but then never again.
This means that current customers will have to purchase upgraded phones at the end of their contract for the same pricing that new customers would pay, unless there’s a promotion that only new customers qualify for (in which case existing customers would have to pay the non-discounted price.)
The only good news is that existing customers won’t have to pay full retail price for new phones at the end of their contracts, which for some smartphones can be several hundreds of dollars.
[via CrunchGear]
Jan 13
This is Justin Bieber. All he wants to do is make you happy. He wants to play music for you and shorten your links. And now he finally has a venue for the latter. It’s Bieber.ly, and it’s Biebertastic.
The service will not only shorten your link into a Bieberific URL, it’ll overlay a Bieberazing image of the Bieb over your Bieberful site. Biebersome!
Update 2:45 ET: Bieber, Bieber, Bieber, Bieber, Bieber.
Jan 13
Virgin Mobile abandons unlimited data in favor of throttled 5GB plan
Posted in: mobile broadband, MobileBroadband, Today's Chili
Well, it was fun while it lasted, but it looks like Virgin Mobile customers in the US will soon have to make do without their truly unlimited $40 data plan. Starting on February 15th, that will be replaced with a new plan that gives you 5GB of unhindered data use, and throttled bandwidth for anything used beyond that limit. For its part, Virgin says that most customers who use the BB2Go plan for “internet surfing and reasonable downloading will likely not be impacted/notice any difference,” but we’re sure there’s plenty of folks out there that will beg to differ. As you may recall, T-Mobile also introduced some bandwidth throttling of its own this past year, but it actually did so in lieu of overage charges, which is a bit easier to accept than throttling slapped on top of a once unlimited plan.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Jan 13
iRiver Unveils the U100, Hopes Media Player Market Isn’t Dead
Posted in: ipod touch, Miscellaneous Tech, MP3 Digital Audio, Today's Chili
Most of us who want a media player just for music and the occasional video simply get a smartphone, whether it’s an iPhone, Android phone, or Blackberry. Still, there’s some evidence that the market for standalone media players isn’t quite dead, as the iPod Touch is still a pretty hot commodity, but it’s got the army of iOS apps behind it.
Still, iRiver, who’s been manufacturing media players at least as long as Apple has been, just unveiled the U100 Digital Audio Player, which looks attractive, comes with between 4GB and 16GB of internal memory (expandable via microSD,) an integrated FM tuner, and a 3.1-inch touchscreen display. The U100 also supports video playback in a variety of codecs and has Wi-Fi.
Pricing hasn’t been announced, but the iRiver U100 is destined first for the Korean market, where it’ll have to compete with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Player long before it ever reaches North American or European shores.
[via Akihabara News]
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