Jan 24

Notion Ink Adams arrive to eager unboxers, first OTA brings new meaning to DOA

Posted in: Android, froyo, tablet, tablets, Today's Chili, unboxing, video
Well, would you look at that? Oh yes, that’s a real life Notion Ink Adam on some lucky guy’s table after being pulled from its fresh packaging. Sure, that’s to be expected considering the 10-inch, Android 2.2 tablets were boxed up and shipped out last week, but after the numerous delays, we’ve got to say it’s a true milestone for the India-based company. However, while the unboxing videos and pictures are flowing in — there are two right after the break for ya — there’s sadly some rain pouring down on the company’s parade today. According to the chaps at Android Police, a few people have encountered serious issues with an over-the-air update that was pushed to these new tablets. Apparently, hitting the update button and installing the software has caused the Tegra 2 Adam to stop booting (picture of that sad sight at the second source link). That’s surely a FOF situation (frown on face, for those that haven’t listened to the recent Engadget podcast), but word is that Notion Ink has stopped pushing out those updates for the time being and emailed customers about the issue. We’ll be keeping an ear to the ground on this one, but in the meantime we’ll be here waiting for our review unit to arrive so we can show those amateur, wobbly-cam unboxers how it’s really done.

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Notion Ink Adams arrive to eager unboxers, first OTA brings new meaning to DOA originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 24

Microsoft’s answer to the iPad: attack its enterprise weaknesses… even if nobody cares about them

Posted in: Apple, business, enterprise, ipad, leak, marketing, Microsoft, slate, tablet, Today's Chili

If we were running Microsoft, we’d stop trying to pigeonhole the iPad and focus instead on reversing Apple’s domination of the burgeoning tablet market. Alas, for better or worse, we’re not the ones in charge, so all we can do is cringe at the news that Microsoft has put together a marketing campaign for its reseller partners that highlights the iPad’s enterprise shortcomings. Yes, the device that was patently designed for consumer-centric accessibility is being tarred with the damning brush of being unfriendly to business. The thing is, business customers are indeed deploying iPads in their workplaces, but we’re pretty sure none of them are throwing out the ThinkPads in the process, which kinda makes Microsoft’s furrowed brows and highfalutin concerns — such as the lack of enterprise OS patch management tools — seem, well, disconnected from reality. Still, we know trash talk when we see it and there’s a whole ten slides of the stuff at the source link below.

Microsoft’s answer to the iPad: attack its enterprise weaknesses… even if nobody cares about them originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 24

CyberNotes: Create Shortcuts to Open your Favorite Sites in Firefox

Posted in: CyberNotes, Firefox Extensions, Freeware, Hacks, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on February 28, 2007 by CyberNet.

CyberNotes
Web Browser Wednesday

There is so much information all over the web that keeping up with it all can become a tedious task. Most sites have feeds that can be subscribed to so that all of your news is aggregated into one location, but sometimes it is nice to actually visit your favorite sites.

If you’re like me then you probably have some a handful of sites that you actually like to view each day. In the morning when I wake up I typically visit a few sites like Slashdot, Google News (Technology), Yahoo! News, and of course our own Site/Forum. This gets the ball rolling for me and gets my news juices flowing. :)

GMarksThere are actually several different ways that I use to keep up on my favorite sites. Three of the ways that I know of I’m going to mention here, and the last one is probably going to be the one that a majority of you don’t already know about.

The first way is with the GMarks Firefox extension. It allows me to create a group of bookmarks by assigning labels, and then lets me right-click on that group to open the sites in new tabs. This is really convenient, but is not something unique to this extension. Many other bookmarking extensions also have this feature, and even the built-in Firefox bookmark system will let you do this.

Another way that you can open multiple sites simultaneously in tabs is by setting your homepage to be more than one site. You can easily do this by specifying multiple sites in the Options like this:

http://www.searchmash.com/|http://cybernetnews.com

Firefox Homepage

Notice the “|” that divides the two sites, which is what makes Firefox recognize that there are multiple sites tied to the homepage. Then every time you click on the homepage button it will pull up all of the sites that you have set as your homepage. You can also Ctrl+Click on the homepage button to open all of the sites in new tabs instead of overwriting your existing ones.

Okay, now for the last way that many of you were probably waiting for. You can actually create a desktop shortcut that will open a new window with all of your favorite sites. The easiest thing to do would be to copy your existing Firefox shortcut and just append a string similar to this onto the end of the “Target” field:

-new-window google.com|cybernetnews.com

which means the entire Target field would look something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -new-window google.com|cybernetnews.com

This is a screenshot of what it should look like when editing the shortcut:

Firefox Shortcut

Then each time you click on that shortcut it will open a new window and each of the sites listed will be open in new tabs. I find myself using these shortcuts a little more than the other two methods mentioned above because I want the sites open in a new window. This keeps my current window a little more tidy and prevents unneeded clutter. Heck, I have a whole folder of Firefox shortcuts that I use depending on what kind of news I’m looking to read. :)

More command line arguments for Firefox can be found here.

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Jan 24

Moto is back (and that’s a good thing)

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After a successful CES, Moto once again shows how innovative it can be. And given the company’s pioneering role in building the cell phone, that spirit is welcome.

Originally posted at Dialed In

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Jan 24

More info uncovered for MetroPCS’ first LTE Android phone

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The carrier’s first 4G LTE device has all the makings of today’s Samsung Galaxy S series phones.

Originally posted at Android Atlas

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Jan 24

BlackBerry Balance details emerge: available in two months’ time, coming to PlayBook too

Posted in: BlackBerry, playbook, RIM, Today's Chili

If you’re champing at the bit to separate your work life and personal life into two distinct, impenetrable entities, RIM’s got your back: it turns out that the Balance product announced a few days ago will be available in just a couple months’ time. In a recent chat with Retuers, the company’s senior VP of business and platform marketing revealed that Balance is already in testing with carriers ahead of a wide-scale launch — and furthermore, it’ll be available on the upcoming PlayBook as well. As a refresher, Balance seeks to let you do all your personal stuff on your BlackBerry while still giving the IT suits in your office unfettered access to the secure stuff — corporate email and the like — which means you can carry a single device (as long as you’re okay with that one device being a BlackBerry) where you might have previously carried two. Of course, if you’ve got a phone and a PlayBook, we suppose you’ll have two devices anyhow — but regardless, at least you’ll be able to Facebook your face off without corporate security getting in the way.

BlackBerry Balance details emerge: available in two months’ time, coming to PlayBook too originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 24

Wii Remote Plus joins Kinect and Vuzix shades for 2011’s weirdest VR shooter yet (video)

Posted in: kinect, nintendo wii, NintendoWii, Today's Chili, video, wii

The natural evolution to Nao_u’s impressive Kinect– and Vuzix-infused already impressive virtual reality simulator? Guns, of course. A Wii Remote Plus has been added to his project, joining Microsoft’s sensor and VR920 LCD glasses for a VR shooting game that involves, well, lobbing paintballs out of a P90 rifle towards flying disembodied anime characters. Make no mistake, it’s a great technical demo chock full of aesthetic eccentricities. Full details via the developer’s diary, video after the break.

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Jan 24

LMP Bluetooth Keypad now ready to mate with your Apple Wireless Keyboard

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Cropmark's LMP Bluetooth Keypad is now ready to mate with your Apple Wireless Keyboard

If you’ve been pining over this one since December — Wireless Keyboard cold, alone, lacking a dedicated numeric keypad — prepare to stick something in your shopping cart. LMP has announced that its Bluetooth Keypad is now available. For $39.99 you get a device that clips on to your Keyboard and connects via Bluetooth, adding typical numberpad stuff plus an additional five function keys, though it can certainly work standalone too. We’re told you don’t even need a separate dongle or driver. Beautiful.

[Thanks, John P.]

LMP Bluetooth Keypad now ready to mate with your Apple Wireless Keyboard originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 24

What Jack LaLanne Did For Your Body [Video]

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Jack LaLanne wasn’t just a fitness guru. Mere fitness gurus don’t tow 70 rowboats—while handcuffed—at age 70. Jack was a powerhouse. He died today, at 96. But not before eating and lifting his way through exercise gear history. More »

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Jan 24

Exclusive: Barnes & Noble phasing out the Nook 3G

Posted in: Android, barnes and noble, BarnesAndNoble, e reader, e-book, e-books, e-readers, exclusive, nook, Today's Chili

Barnes & Noble may be selling millions of Nook products, but it’s sounding like the 3G variant hasn’t really done its part to help those figures. We’ve received hard evidence from within B&N that the Nook is being discontinued, with sales to seemingly continue until stock is exhausted. The outfit is encouraging retail partners to not send out any bulk orders for the Nook 3G, as there simply won’t be sufficient quantities to fulfill those orders. Of course, we’re told that the company never actually received a huge amount of Nook 3G bulk orders to begin with, so maybe WiFi really is everywhere these days. At any rate, grab yourself a Nook 3G post-haste if you’ve been thinking it over — once they’re gone, they’re gone for good. Or, you could wait for a next-gen version with a Pearl display. Just sayin’.

Update: We received clarification that the discontinuation isn’t due to the lack of bulk sales, they’re just the first casualty of a dwindling supply.

Exclusive: Barnes & Noble phasing out the Nook 3G originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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