Jan 08

Verbatim USB Drive Also a Paperclip

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Here’s a clever little combo that has nabbed Verbatim a few design awards. As someone who tends to lose USB drives by the boatload, there’s a lot to like in the Clip-it. These 4GB drive fold over, forming a paper clip, keeping documents together, until the time comes to plug them in.
The drive are water and dust resistant (your documents, however, probably aren’t), and the come in a number of colors–for the time being, however, they only appear to be available in 4GB capacities.They run you around $15.

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Jan 08

Netbook Navigator NAV7, NAV9 and NAV10i hands-on with full specs and video

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With the announcement of three new Windows 7-based tablets, Netbook Navigator has made a splash in the already flooded world of tablets here at CES 2011. Netbook Navigator showed off the NAV7, NAV9 and the NAV10i for us on the CES show floor, check past the break for all of the details.

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Jan 08

Samsung Smart Touch Remote and Smart TV hands-on

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Samsung made a lot of noise about its first-party Smart TV initiative yesterday, so we had to stop by and check things out — especially that new WiFi-based RMC30D Smart Touch Remote, which comes bundled with all new 8000-series TVs and above. (It also works with the 7000 series, but you have to buy it separately.) Unfortunately, things weren’t working so well — tons of WiFi interference in the area made control hard to do, and the system itself was a confusing UI nightmare made worse by the remote’s slow resistive touchscreen. Oh, and did we mention that the remote itself is a straight-up iPhone 3G KIRF? Because yeah — it is. Things were slightly improved when we loaded up the soon-to-be-released Android control app on a nearby Fascinate, but that didn’t fix the essential issues with the UI — it’s very much just a picture of a regular remote drawn on the screen, which rarely works well on a touchscreen device. Don’t just take our word for it — check the video after the break.

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Samsung Smart Touch Remote and Smart TV hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 08

Logitech Revue hack brings Android Market, requires brute force

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It’s not exactly what we’d call a easy jailbreak, seeing as how it requires a soldering iron, a NAND format procedure, and a Logitech Revue that’s never even been powered on, but it looks like it is possible to root a Google TV box after all. GTVHacker has a thirteen-step walkthrough to cracking the Logitech Revue — and physically crack the case you must — after which point custom firmware can let it download, install and run apps from Android Market and bypass pesky television network blockages. Risky? Definitely. Worth it? Depends on how patient you are.

[Thanks, Jason W.]

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Logitech Revue hack brings Android Market, requires brute force originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 08

Xi3: Tiny Modular Desktop

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The xi3 made a big splash on the show room floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center yesterday–it’s definitely one of those product you’ve got to see to fully appreciate. The above unit was the first model I saw. It was strapped to the rear of a flat screen monitor, which dwarfed it by comparison.
The thing is tiny–palm-sized, in fact–far small than other compact desktops like Apple’s Mac Mini and Dell Zino HD. And unlike those systems, the xi3 is designed to be highly customizable–the “last system you’ll ever need,” says its manufacturer.
The system’s innards are divided into three sections–for RAM and two I/O boards, making it easy to quickly swap out components. The tiny system is also extremely efficient, using less than 20 watts to run.
The xi3 is arriving early this year, starting at $850 for a base unit.
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Jan 08

Interview: Ludacris

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When Ludacris has some big news to announce, where does he go? Why, Gearlog, of course. We met up with the rapper/actor in a posh hotel room in Vegas to discuss Soul, his new line of headphones.

Of course, Ludacris isn’t the first rapper to get his own line of branded headphones–Dre and Puffy already beat him to that one–be he seems pretty sure that his is the best. Soul features five different modes, the High Definition Professional SL300 Powered Noise Cancelling headphone, High Definition On-Ear models SL150 and SL100, and the SE99 and SE49 High Definition In-Ear headphones.

All boast “world class” noise cancellation and audio mixing, according to the company. After the jump, check out our interview with the man himeself.

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Jan 08

Greasemonkey Script To Put Google Reader In GMail

Posted in: Google, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on October 13, 2006 by CyberNet.

Google Reader Greasemonkey Script The new Google Reader is pretty nice but Google still needs to integrate it into many of their other services. In the mean time you may want to check your news at the same time that you are checking your email. You can do so with this amazing Greasemonkey script that will show a link for your feeds in the sidebar of GMail. It will also show you how many unread feeds you currently have and when you click on the link it pulls up your unread articles! Pretty nice!

The person that created this script is the same person that made my favorite Greasemonkey script called GMail Conversation Preview. Using that script you can right click on any message in your Inbox and it will show you a popup window with the contents of the message. It saves me so much time and lets me quickly read my messages.

Honestly, GMail should have a feature similar to Google Reader where you can click on article’s title in the collapsed view and it will expand it without the need to take the user away from their Inbox. That would make reading emails a lot quicker but until then I will be using GMail Conversation Preview. It would also be cool if Cooliris was compatible with GMail but it doesn’t seem to work.

Thanks to everyone who sent in this tip!

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Jan 08

Garmin GTU 10 GPS locator hands-on

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Among tons of generic GPS devices at its booth, Garmin had the new GTU 10 GPS locator out for the world to see on the CES floor. If you need a refresher, this little tracker connects to AT&T’s network and and lets you keep tabs on anything you choose to hook it onto. The signage showed the compact locator on a dog collar, though there’s also a carabiner attachment so you can attach it to pretty much anything. We spotted the tracking app running on a Galaxy Tab, so it looks like Android support is definitely on the table — we’re still in the dark on compatibility with other mobile operating systems. Other than that there’s not much to say, but feel free to peruse our shots of the discreet black blob in our gallery below.

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Jan 08

OWC aims SandForce-based Mercury Aura Pro SSD at 2008 / 2009 MacBook Air

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Own a first generation MacBook Air? If you’re perfectly fine with hanging onto it for awhile, Other World Computing is now offering a tempting upgrade in the storage department. The newly announced Mercury Aura Pro is promised to deliver up to 275MB/sec, which equates to right around 3x faster than the factory SSD on 2008 – 2009 MacBook Air models. It’s said to be the first SandForce-based SSD available for those machines, with 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB models available. The foursome is available today for $199.99, $299.99, $579.99 and $TBA. Curious, but true.

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Jan 08

Somfy Tahoma Z-Wave and RTS home automation gateway (hands-on)

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Typically there are two ways to go with home automation solutions built around gateways: cheap but labor intensive DIY solutions using off-the-shelf products, or expensive professionally installed solutions using proprietary technologies. Somfy’s Tahoma Total Home Automation gateway fits somewhere in between. Tahoma supports Somfy’s own RTS communication protocol to control Somfy’s own line of window coverings in addition to Z-Wave for pretty much everything else. Unlike solutions like Vera from Mi Casa Verde, Tahoma must be professionally installed. The company partnered with Cooper Wiring, Evolve, and Leviton to optimize device integrity while remaining (mostly) true to the Z-Wave protocol. From there the end user is free to move about the automation cabin in order to customize scenes to their liking. We had the chance to see it in action here at CES and came away impressed with both the browser-based user interface and iOS app. Look for it to launch in Q2. Until then, we’ve got video.

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