Jan 21

Samsung Vibrant’s Android 2.2 update now available, it seems

Posted in: Android, froyo, GalaxyS, Google, t-mobile, Today's Chili, update, upgrade

As promised, it seems that T-Mobile’s version of the Vibrant is getting Froyo today after a brutally long wait. The good news is that you won’t need to wait for a staggered rollout, apparently — but the bad news is that currently you’ll need to get it using Samsung’s Kies Mini PC app, not over-the-air. Tethered updates are always less convenient than their OTA equivalents (though Samsung continues to be particularly fond of them), and in the case of Kies Mini, there’s no Mac version, so you’ll need to be near a Windows machine to make it happen. This hasn’t been officially announced yet, though commenters over on TmoNews appear to be having luck — so if you give it a go, let us know how you fare.

Samsung Vibrant’s Android 2.2 update now available, it seems originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 21

Rob Riggle Talks Printers, Improv

Posted in: HP, printer, Today's Chili
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Rob Riggle. Actor. Comedian. SNL featured player. Daily Show correspondent. Part-time printer enthusiast. The Step Brothers actor has had his face plastered all over the Internet today for that last reason. At 3PM EST, the comedian will be taking part in a live two hour improv marathon broadcast across the Internet via YouTube. All courtesy of the folks at HP.

Riggle fielded a quick call from Gearlog, as he prepped the space. “It’s show day!” he begin, with a little bit of sing-songy faux fluster. “We’re in a studio, so we can film and shoot out of the
YouTube.”
Riggle is leading a team of Upright Citizen Brigade alum for the event. It’s a longform improv show with a techy hook–Riggle and crew are getting all of their suggestions from a shiny new wireless printer from HP. “It’s really cool. Actually, you probably know more about it
than me, but the way I understand it is it that it has its own e-mail address,
so you can send it documents from anywhere.”

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Jan 21

HTC profits leaping and bounding up, Peter Chou promises tablet and production expansion

Posted in: earnings, financials, HTC, plans, roadmap, schedule, tablet, Today's Chili

HTC’s fourth quarter of 2010 has gone exactly the same way as the first three: the company reports a 160 percent rise in profits (to $500 million) year-on-year and a 31 percent increase relative to Q3 2010. Total revenue for the final three months of last year rounded the $3.5 billion mark, having been a trifling $1.4 billion the year before. Company CEO Peter Chou sees no end to this dramatic growth, forecasting it’ll remain in double digits through 2011, and he plans to match up to it by doubling monthly production capacity at HTC’s Shanghai plant to two million handsets. If necessary, he says he’ll even outsource manufacturing. Even more intriguing, however, is Chou’s admission that HTC is strategizing an entry into the tablet realm: “It’s a new market with many competitors, and we don’t want to rush into it.” Hardly a surprise, but good to have it from the horse’s mouth.

HTC profits leaping and bounding up, Peter Chou promises tablet and production expansion originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 21

Toshiba launches Flashy tablet teaser site, still doesn’t have a name for said tablet

Posted in: Android, gingerbread, tablet, tablets, tegra 2, Tegra2, Today's Chili, Toshiba
Nope, Toshiba’s recently announced Android 3.0 tablet doesn’t have a name yet, but it does have its own Flash-based website. The site doesn’t reveal anything all that new about the device — we already knew it had a Tegra 2 processor, replaceable battery, and a 1280 x 800-resolution, 10.1-inch display — however, it does provide a pretty nice tour of the tablet with a 360 view of the hardware. Speaking of that tour, Toshiba specifically points out that the tablet will in fact keep those “Quick-Key buttons,” even though Google’s Matias Duarte told us that they aren’t required. You still have to wait until the spring to get this one in hand, but hit the source link to get a pretty nice virtual look at it right now.

Updated: Ah, it really is all about Flash, isn’t Toshiba? Ina Fried over at AllThingsD noticed that if you try and load Toshiba’s new tablet site on an iOS device the following message appears: “Such a shame… if you had a Toshiba Tablet you would enjoy the entire internet. Yep, Flash sites too.” That’s true Toshiba, but we don’t have your tablet right now, do we?

Toshiba launches Flashy tablet teaser site, still doesn’t have a name for said tablet originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 21

Daily Downloads: Safari, Vista SP1, and More

Posted in: Daily Downloads, Today's Chili

This article was written on March 19, 2008 by CyberNet.

safari vista opera logos icons Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs).

As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!

–Stable Releases–

The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.

  • Recuva 1.12.291 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror]
    Type of Application: Recover deleted files
    Changes: New recovery wizard, thumbnails view, and bug fixes
  • Safari 3.1 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
    Type of Application: Web browser
    Changes: Improved JavaScript performance and better stability/security.
  • Vista Service Pack 1 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
    Type of Application: Enhances Vista performance and stability
    Changes: Too many to list, click the release notes or review link for more information.

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.

–Release Calendar–

  • Early 2008 – Firefox 3.0 [Review]
  • March – WordPress 2.5 [Review]
  • March 24 – XP SP3 [Review]
  • March 25 – Firefox 2.0.0.13 [Review]
  • March 27 – Ubuntu 8.04 Beta
  • March 27 – OpenOffice.org 2.4
  • March 27 – Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 [Review] NEW
  • March 31 – Object Desktop 2008 [Review]
  • April 24 – Ubuntu 8.04
  • April 29 – Fedora 9
  • June – iPhone 2.0 Software [Review]
  • June 19 – openSUSE 11.0
  • Mid 2008 – Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 [Review]
  • September 8 – OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Review]
  • 2009 – Windows Mobile 7 [Review]
  • 2009 – Paint.NET 4.00 [Review]
  • 2010 – Windows 7 [Review]

Thanks to Omar for the Firefox 3 Beta 5 release date.

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Jan 21

Evidence of Duke Nukem Forever’s existence continues to mount with new trailer, release date

Posted in: Release Date, Today's Chili, video

Gearbox Software promised last fall that they’d finally, really finish and release Duke Nukem Forever, and it’s starting to look like they’re actually going to come through. The studio has just released a full trailer for the game, and it’s announced something that many though they’d never see: a release date. Assuming nothing goes horribly awry in the next few months, you can expect the game to hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on May 3rd in North America, and May 6th worldwide. Still need a bit more convincing? Head on past the break for the trailer.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Evidence of Duke Nukem Forever’s existence continues to mount with new trailer, release date originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 21

Motorola Xoom to get blurred with Motoblur

Posted in: Today's Chili

The Xoom being Honeycomb’s go-to gadget won’t stop Motorola from putting its Motoblur user interface skin for Android on the tablet.

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Jan 21

Health care and aeronautics industries agree that FCC should set aside bandwidth for dedicated remote patient monitoring system

Posted in: medical, monitor, sensor, Today's Chili

Mobile body area network (MBAN) technology has the potential to be a boon to the healthcare system of the future by enabling remote patient monitoring through disposable wireless devices — meaning fewer doctor visits for everyone and great news for latrophobes. Until now, MBAN was opposed by the Aerospace & Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council (AFTRCC) because it utilizes the same radio bands that aircraft manufacturers do when they’re testing new planes. AFTRCC didn’t want all that medical chatter “polluting their spectrum” but decided to get on board with MBAN when the health care industry promised to create a way to stop signals that disrupt aeronautical traffic. MBAN is a part of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan and purports to use short-length radio waves (not unlike Bluetooth) in the 2300 and 2400 MHz range to transmit physiological info to treating physicians — as opposed to other patient monitors that use web-based communications. MBAN would initially be used in hospitals but could later find its way into residential use by employing home entertainment systems (Wii Fit integration, here we come!) to collect and transmit data. With the FCC expected to decide on the final rules for MBAN later this year, the Intel Health Guide may have some company in the at-home patient monitoring business. We can only hope that the next time the aeronautic and health care industries combine forces, it will take the form of jetpack-wearing doctors making house calls.

Health care and aeronautics industries agree that FCC should set aside bandwidth for dedicated remote patient monitoring system originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 21

Control4, Sub-Zero get in on the home automation game

Posted in: Today's Chili, Wireless

While brands like LG, Samsung, and Kenmore all showed off their own special brand of Jetsonian appliances at CES this year, Sub-Zero was close by touting a stable of 30 automation-ready products and a partnership with Control4 that could make them a contender for home automation domination. Sub-Zero’s ZigBee-based system uses preexisting serial ports (initially installed for diagnostic purposes) to connect users to appliances via touchscreens, smart phones, and other enabled devices. The system lacks full control of potentially dangerous appliances like the oven, instead acting as an alert system when, say, your turkey is done roasting, but it does grant complete access to things like your refrigerator or freezer. Other systems might sport increased functionality, like LG’s Thinq, which allows users to set oven temperatures remotely, and Samsung’s fridge, which lets you tweet from a built-in touchscreen, but Sub-Zero is hoping a second-quarter release will put them at the head of the pack. We’ll see if a head start makes a difference in the glacial appliance market, when Samsung rolls out its smart refrigerator this May and Kenmore’s system comes to fruition in 2012.

Control4, Sub-Zero get in on the home automation game originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 21

Sony TVs, Blu-ray players to offer Opera browser

Posted in: Today's Chili

Other new players providing built-in Internet browsers for their home A/V products are Samsung and LG, while Philips has been one of the pioneers leading the trend since last year.

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