Jan 25
Motorola’s upcoming Android 3.0 tablet has all the makings of an iPad-besting super tablet. But when the financial interests of carriers and exclusivity deals come into play, consumer interest may dry up.
Jan 25
ContourGPS helmet cam review
Posted in: 1080p, bluetooth, feature, Features, gps, review, Today's Chili, video
Helmet cameras have now achieved the pinnacle of HD recording: 1080p. If you have the cash, a head, and a pastime worth filming you have a few choices for full HD extreme POV recording. So what’s a little lid-mounted recorder to do for its next trick? If you’re Contour it’s to add a positional sensor and the letters G, P, and S to your product and create the ContourGPS. It lets you not only record your extreme antics but also how fast you were going when you were partaking in them, plus a lot of other information. And, more promisingly, there’s a suite of hardware updates here, some paving the way to letting you use your smartphone as a viewfinder. But how does this $350 piece of helmet jewelry perform on the ice? Keep on reading for some video evidence.
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ContourGPS helmet cam review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan 25
Google Cloud Print forges ahead today as Google makes it possible to use the service from the Gmail mobile application for the Android and iPhone OSes.
Jan 25
According to authorities, bad GPS directions sent an elderly British couple crashing into a church in South Germany. The GPS device instructed the couple to make a right at an area without a road, sending the 76-year-old driver behind the wheel of the Renault into a village church along the Germany/Austrian border.
The couple were on their way to France, but are now both in a German hospital being treated for minor injuries, according to Reuters. The crash knocked a picture of a church wall and lead to some damage to the structure’s foundation, with damages totaling 25,000 euros ($34,077).
A police spokeswoman put it simply enough, “They were confused and didn’t notice that the navigation system was faulty.”
Jan 25
HP files three more possible Palm tablet names: Touchslate, Touchcanvas, and Duopad
Posted in: HP, palm, Today's Chili, touchpad, webos
HP has been burning through US trademark filings over the past few months, presumably hoping to nail down as many possibilities for the new Palm webOS tablets as it can — a “shoot first, ask questions later” type of situation. To that end, it’s filed for three more under a very broad computing category that could definitely include the Topaz and Opal models we’ve been hearing so much about: “Touchslate,” “Touchcanvas,” and “Duopad.” We’re pretty lukewarm on the unwieldy “Touchcanvas,” but we guess both Duopad and Touchslate could work under the right circumstances. Then again, what’s wrong with Topaz and Opal, really?
HP files three more possible Palm tablet names: Touchslate, Touchcanvas, and Duopad originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan 25
Star Wars Legoland Images Released
Posted in: lego, Star Wars, Tech Toys, Today's Chili
A couple of weeks back, we told you about Legoland’s plans to open a Star Wars mini-park in its Carlsbad, CA location. The park, set to open on March 31st, will feature seven recreated scenes from the two trilogies and one from the Clone Wars animated film, comprised of 1.5 million blocks.
Well, the folks at Legoland just got permission from LucasArts to give us some more shots of the park in progress–including shots like the above of the Millenium Falcon being transported through the Legoland.
Seems like the shots released thus far are original trilogy only. Check out more images, after the jump.
Jan 25
System 76 brings Sandy Bridge to Ubuntu with Gazelle and Serval laptops
Posted in: CoreI7, sandy bridge, SandyBridge, Today's Chili, ubuntu
System 76 has been doing open source right for quite some time now, and it’s just unleashed what it claims is the “most powerfull Ubuntu laptop in the world” — so powerful it needs that extra L. It’s the Serval Professional, offering your choice of Intel Core i7 processors ranging from the 2GHz 2630QM to the 2.5GHz 2920XM. Graphics are handled by a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M GPU that pumps 1080p worth of pixel dust to a 15.6-inch, LED-backlit display. Prices for that machine start at $1,379 but you’re only a few mouse clicks away from three times that. On the slightly lower-end scale is the Gazelle Professional, with a more limited range of processors and graphics options, but the same 15.6-inch display and a price that starts at $1,239. Both come with any operating system you like — so long as it’s Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.
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System 76 brings Sandy Bridge to Ubuntu with Gazelle and Serval laptops originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan 25
Refreshes are coming for the electronics manufacturer’s compact megazooms, rugged compact, and touch-screen ultracompact.
Jan 25
Best Greasemonkey Scripts: Gmail Account Switcher
Posted in: Gmail, Google, Software, Today's Chili, Web SitesThis article was written on January 10, 2008 by CyberNet.
This Greasemonkey script is really going to make some people very happy! Google Account Multi-Login is a simple idea, yet a huge time saver for anyone that has multiple Google/Gmail accounts. As you know switching between Google accounts is normally a painstaking process, requiring you to logout of one before you can login to another. That’s naturally how you would expect it to work.
What this script does is replace the “Sign Out” link located in the upper-right corner of the Google services with a drop-down menu. From that menu you can select one of your alternate Google accounts, and it will immediately logout and login to the other without any other user intervention.
To add your accounts to the drop-down menu just select the “Add Account” option. It will then prompt for your username and password to be stored in Firefox. Don’t worry, all of this information is stored within your browser by Greasemonkey, and you can view the source code for the script if your skeptical. It’s only 55 lines of code, and there are no references to sites outside of the Google.com domain. However, your passwords are stored in plain text within in Firefox.
This only works with the new version of Gmail, and you’ll need to be running Firefox because it stores the user information with Greasemonkey.
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Jan 25
Google ‘Cloud Print’ Links iOS or Android to Any Printer
Posted in: Android, Chrome, ios, Phones, Today's Chili
Google’s Cloud Print is now live, and you can print directly from your Android or iOS device to any printer you might have lying around. Right now, you can see the new feature by going to Gmail and pressing the double-arrowed “More” button. “Print” is now an option in the resulting dropdown menu.
Unlike Apple’s AirPrint, which works over the local Wi-Fi network and currently requires an AirPrint-compatible printer (or an easy workaround), Cloud Print sends your print jobs via the internet.
You need to install the Chrome browser onto any computer with a printer, and then enable Cloud Print in the settings. This is tied to your Google account, and there’s even a page for managing your printers and print jobs.
Right now, you’ll need a Windows PC hooked up to the printer, running Google Chrome 9.0.597.1 or later. Linux and Mac support should be following soon. Currently you can print e-mails from Gmail and documents from Google Docs. You can also print from Google’s Chrome notebook computers.
This is exactly how printing should always have worked — no worrying about drivers or installations, just sign into your account and print. It’s ironic it has happened just when most of us no longer need to print anything onto paper.
I’ve been using my own version of this ever since I ditched my own printer years ago: I just email my documents to the local copy shop and pick them up on my way to the bar next door.
“Cloud printing on the go” [Google Mobile Blog]
See Also:
- HP Printers Work with Apple's iOS4 AirPrint
- AirPrint
- Print Wirelessly From iPad to Any Printer? There's an App for That
- How to Print With Any Printer From iPad, iPhone
- Rumor: Apple's iOS Printing Crippled on Release
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