Feb 27

HTC Incredible S, Desire HD, Desire Z and original Desire will all be eating Gingerbread by the end of June

Posted in: Android, firmware, gingerbread, HTC, htc sense, HtcSense, operating system, OperatingSystem, os, sense, Software, Today's Chili, update, upgrade

When it launched the Incredible S at MWC a couple of weeks ago, HTC promised the new 4-inch device would be quick to get a Gingerbread update and now it’s giving us a definitive schedule for it by saying that Android 2.3 will be distributed to its new flagship phone by the end of Q2 2011. We’re not sure four months of sitting by the window waiting for the OTA update to float in necessarily matches up to our definition of “quick,” but there are much better news for owners of HTC’s older devices. The Desire HD and Desire Z — both released in September 2010 — will also be leaping away from Froyo and up to Gingerbread and will be joined by the original Desire, which was announced way back at last year’s MWC. That handset was essentially HTC’s own-brand Nexus One, so we already knew it was capable of running Gingerbread, but it’s still rare to see a device go through two significant Android updates (the Desire began life with Android 2.1). All these old Desires are placed on the same update schedule as the Incredible S, whereas the newly announced Desire S and Wildfire S will ship with Gingerbread preloaded.

[Thanks, Johannes]

HTC Incredible S, Desire HD, Desire Z and original Desire will all be eating Gingerbread by the end of June originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 27

OnLive offering free MicroConsole with Homefront game purchase

Posted in: deal, free, Today's Chili

Considering nabbing a $99 OnLive Game System to connect your TV to the company’s game streaming cloud? Here’s another thought — pre-order THQ’s Homefront on OnLive instead for $50, and get a voucher for a free MicroConsole (and a free game) in the bargain. That’s the deal OnLive announced the other day, which runs through March 14th, though the fine print says supplies are limited, shipping costs extra, and you won’t actually receive the hardware until after the deal expires no matter when you pre-order the game. We’re not sure what it says for OnLive’s ongoing viability that the company finds itself having to give hardware away for less than half its worth, but we won’t look a gift horse in the mouth!

OnLive offering free MicroConsole with Homefront game purchase originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 27

CyberNotes: Luxury Home Entertainment With Armed Chair Motion Simulators

Posted in: CyberNotes, Gadgets, Today's Chili

This article was written on July 17, 2006 by CyberNet.

CyberNotes
Million Dollar Monday
 

Talk about luxury home entertainment with Armed Chair motion simulators! They may look like your typical recliner, but don’t be fooled! This chair is fully loaded and equipped with enough horse power to give you whip lash. Armed Chairs are designed to move in sync with specially made DVDs to make the motion and action in the movie come to life. The motion ranges from movements that are almost undetectable to dynamic theme park ride types of motions making the DVD you’re watching come to life. With Armed Chair it’s easy to get into the action of a high speed car chase!

CyberNotes: Luxury Home Entertainment With Armed Chair Motion Simulators
 

How does it work?

The combination of actuators moving in a programmed, choreographed motion enables the system to reproduce a wide range of 2 and 3-dimensional motions and vibrations; ranging from subtly detectable to extremely dynamic.
This motion is coordinated by the motion controller (connected to the digital audio output of any DVD player), which synthesises motion and instructs the actuators to move in perfect synchronisation with the on-screen action and sound. You are literally drawn into the action as you experience the motion and drama of the movie.

There are over 70 different colors available to choose from and over 500 movies specially made for the Armed Chair motion simulator.

A luxury like this doesn’t come cheap! Prices begin at around $12,000, and add around $3,000 more if you want a remote to go along with it. Plus, if you want it delivered and installed, it will cost an additional $1,300. There are a few other additional options such as receiving your updated movie codes via the Internet for $250, or by DVD for $500 a year. Armed Chair Simulators are definitely luxury home entertainment… to the max!

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Feb 27

WrapUp: 1 Million Gmail Calls in 24-Hours, Native H.264 Playback in Vista, and More

Posted in: Apple, Gmail, Today's Chili, Windows, windows 7

This article was written on August 30, 2010 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

firefox mobile.jpgFirefox Mobile 2.0 Alpha Available for Android
The Firefox Mobile browser, also known as Fennec, has branched out to the Android OS with its latest Alpha release.


h264.jpgH.264 Will Remain Royalty Free Forever?
Mozilla feels that the announcement regarding the H.264 codec remaining royalty free forever may not apply to those looking to include the technology in products.


gmail calling.jpgGmail Users Place 1 Million Calls in 24-Hours
Google’s release of free (to the U.S. and Canada) computer-to-phone calling in Gmail sparked mass interest, and triggered over 1 million calls in the first 24-hours of the feature being available. Of course many of those people, including myself, were just playing around with it.


meijer find it-1.jpgMeijer Testing Indoor Positioning Item Locator
Meijer has teamed up with Point Inside to offer an iPhone-powered item locator that will tell you exactly where over 100,000 items are at inside the store. It’s currently only being tested in a handful of retail locations though.


digg.jpgDigg Launches Version 4
The new version of Digg has a strong focus on speed, personalization, and making it easier to share content.


reddit.jpgCEO of Cheezburger Network Offers to Buy Reddit
Ben Huh, the CEO of the Cheezburger Network (known largely for the I Can Has Cheezburger site), has made it publicly known that he wants to buy Reddit so that it can have the monetary support it needs.


apple guitar.jpgApple Holding a Special Event on September 1st
Apple has sent out invitations to the media for an event that will take place on September 1st at 10AM PST. It is expected that they will unveil a new Apple TV as well as updated iPod Touch models.


google voice phonebooth.jpgGoogle Voice Phone Booths Coming to Universities and Airports?
Google will be rolling out Google Voice phone booths at both airports and universities, which will let people make free domestic and international phone calls.


ie9 screenshot.jpgMicrosoft Leaks the IE9 Interface
 Mary Jo Foley caught a glimpse of what could be the upcoming IE9 Beta thanks to a screenshot on Microsoft Russia’s press site.


firefox sync.jpgFirefox 4 Beta Updated with Sync and Panorama Capabilities
The newest test release of Firefox 4 includes both syncing and tab organization techniques (note that this feature now called Panorama was previously known as Tab Candy).


private browsing usage.jpgMozilla Breaks Down Private Browsing Usage
A recent study by Mozilla, based on an opt-in service for Firefox 4 Beta users, reveals that the biggest peak in private browsing is at lunch.


–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

files miles.jpg5 Free Online P2P File Sharing Services
This set of free online tools all let you share files without ever having to upload them to a third-party site. Instead you can share a file on your machine directly with another user by using the site as a helper. One of the major benefits of going this route is that you can share files without size limitations.


chrome labs.jpgGoogle Chrome Gets Labs, too
Visiting about:labs in a recent Chromium build will show you some optional features that you can enable instead of having to resort to clunky command-line flags.


miranda.jpgNew Miranda IM 0.9.0 Released
We’ve covered some of the things we love in Miranda before, and the fact that they’ve just rolled out a major update is pretty exciting. Keep in mind that development for this release has been going on for over a year now.


platform update.jpgMicrosoft Adds Native H.264 Playback to Vista
This “Platform Update Supplement” for Vista will let you play MP4, AAC, and H.264 files natively in Vista. Note that Windows 7 is already capable of playing all of these natively… so don’t be surprised that this update is only for Vista.


windows phone 7 browser.jpgWindows Phone 7 Browser Comparison
PocketNow.com compares the Windows Phone 7 browser to the ones found on iOS and Android 2.2 devices.


cloudmagic.jpgCloudMagic Makes Gmail Searching Faster
 If you use Google Chrome or Firefox for your browser you may want to consider this third-party email search tool that makes hunting down a particular message extremely easy.


newsblur.jpgNewsBlur is an Interesting Online RSS Feed Reader
I expected NewsBlur to be another flop when it comes to an online RSS feed reader, but I have to admit that the way it navigates between news articles directly on the feed’s site is kinda slick. Definitely worth checking out.


library default.jpgChange the Default Library Location in Windows 7
This guide explains how you can designate a specific folder as the default for a library in Windows 7. By doing so any files you drag-and-drop onto the library will be saved at that location.


microsoft equation editor.jpgMicrosoft Equation Editor Graphs and Solves Equations in Office
You can use the free equation editor plugin for Microsoft Word and OneNote to either assist in solving a problematic equation or graphing it in 3D.


windows 7 theme ubuntu.jpgAwesome Windows 7 Theme for Ubuntu Users
This Windows 7 theme is one of the best at making your Ubuntu system look like the OS from Microsoft, and even goes as far as to reference a YouTube video that explains how you can get the “Aero” interface appearance complete with blurring.


–Downloads–

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Feb 27

Nexus S 2.3.3 update adjusts screen’s color temperature, we go eyes-on

Posted in: Android, Features, firmware update, FirmwareUpdate, gingerbread, Google, hands-on, nexus s, NexusS, samsung, screen, software update, SoftwareUpdate, Today's Chili, update

We’ve been hearing reports about Nexus S’ Android 2.3.3 update adding a yellow tint to the screen and even washing out its colors, but according to Google’s Ry Guy, said patch is indeed intended to tweak the display’s color temperature. Here’s the full quote from Google’s support forum:

“With your new OTA complete, you may notice a slight difference in the way colors are displayed on your Nexus S. For Nexus S, we have adjusted the color temperature settings to more accurately reflect darker colors at all brightness levels. The Gingerbread UI being darker, we found that the colors were not as accurate when the device was being used at lower brightness levels. For example, some users reported that the initial color temperature was too high leading to some darker greys having a reddish tone; with the new color temperature this is no longer the case.”

So while this display tweak is well-intentioned, it looks like many commenters on both the forum and XDA-Developers aren’t too happy with this. Being curious geeks that we are, we went ahead and manually updated our own Nexus S (and by the way, be sure to match your build number with the appropriate patch). As you can see in our comparison photos (shot with the same manual camera settings and medium screen brightness), the new overall color temperature is no doubt subtly warmer, although the dimmer brightness settings no longer suffer from the aforementioned red tone. Interestingly, we actually approve this change, and the Super AMOLED display certainly doesn’t look washed out to us, nor do we see any noisy dithering that some have reported. Surely we can’t be alone. Well, there’s only one way to help solve this mystery: if you happen to be a fellow Nexus S owner who’s applied this update, why not chime in below?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Feb 27

CyberNotes: How to Sync Sunbird & Lightning with Google Calendar

Posted in: CyberNotes, Freeware, Google, Mozilla, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on May 03, 2007 by CyberNet.

CyberNotes
Tutorial Thursday

We knew that there was a new method coming that would let you sync Mozilla Sunbird and Lightning with Google Calendar, but we weren’t sure what form it was going to come in. It was thought that this would be a built-in feature but it looks like they took an alternative route by delivering the synchronization capabilities in the form of an extension called Provider for Google Calendar.

This way of synchronization is much easier than using the GCALDaemon which we explained a few months back. In fact, you can have this up and running in just a few minutes…

  1. Download and install Sunbird (the stand-alone calendar application) or Lightning (the Thunderbird add-on) if you haven’t already done so. You will, however, need to be running a pre-release version of the calendar software (version 0.4 or higher). You can find the latest nightly of Sunbird here and the latest nightly of Lightning here (the extension is located in the linux-xpi, mac-xpi, and windows-xpi folders).
  2. Download the Provider for Google Calendar extension by left-clicking on the Install Now link, then right-clicking on the Accept and Install link, and choose the “Save as” option.
  3. Now open up Sunbird or Thunderbird, go to the Tools Menu, and select the Add-ons option. Then press the Install button and browse for where you saved the extension that you just downloaded. Restart the application to complete the installation.
    Sunbird & Google Calendar

  4. Now pull up your Google Calendar, go to the Settings page, and then click on the Calendars tab.
    Sunbird & Google Calendar
  5. Click on one of the calendars that you want to remotely access:
    Sunbrid and Google Calendar
  6. Copy the private XML address to the clipboard by right-clicking on it and choosing the Copy Link Location option.
    Sunbird and Google Calendar
  7. Now go back to Sunbird or Lightning and create a new Calendar. You should be prompted with a dialog box asking whether the calendar is on your computer or on the network, choose the On the Network option. Then on the next screen choose the Google Calendar option and paste in the URL you copied from step 6.
    Sunbird & Google Calendar
  8. You’ll be prompted to enter in your username and password for your Google Calendar account:
    Sunbird & Google Calendar
  9. Now give your calendar a name and press the Next button. Then press Finish. Your calendar will now periodically synchronize itself with the Google servers.

As you can see that is pretty easy to setup, but it does have its drawbacks which you should be aware of:

  • Recurring events can only be viewed, and not created or modified. I’m sure this will be a deal breaker for many people.
  • The newest version (released April 30, 2007) of the extension does support alarms, but it has to use a workaround to do so.
  • You cannot add attendees to your calendar.

Hopefully those remaining bugs will eventually get fixed because that will make this extension a lot more useful. In the meantime though, it is giving me an easy way to add release dates to our CyberNet calendar located in the sidebar!

Alternately you can also try using the newest version of Calgoo which also has several improvements. It does require Java in order to run which is something I’m not too fond of, but it does do a pretty good job of synchronizing the recurring events and reminders.

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Feb 27

Chinese designer makes Megatron tank a steel-toothed reality

Posted in: diy, Today's Chili

It doesn’t move and it certainly doesn’t transform, but we’re still not sure we’d stand anywhere near this jagged metal contraption ripped right out of the silver screen. The giant Megatron tank replica from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen not only looks like it’d grind us up like so much beef beneath its spiky treads, it reportedly weighs five tons and stands eight feet tall. It’s allegedly constructed entirely out of scrap metal by a designer known as “Steel Legend” — a honorific that we imagine few will dare question now. If only it could take on junkyard Optimus Prime in a Beijing Battle Royale. More pics of the tank at our source links below!

[Thanks, leungxd]

Chinese designer makes Megatron tank a steel-toothed reality originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 26

Google Zeitgeist Has Been Released For 2005

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili

This article was written on December 21, 2005 by CyberNet.

And The Winners Are…
Google has released its Zeitgeist which lists some of the most popular searches and such from this year’s billions of searches performed on Google. Sounds interesting, huh? Well, it is, and you should go take a look at it because they put together more than just the ‘average’ stats that you would expect to see. You can check out things such as how the search queries increased when Pope John Paul passed away or when the London Bombings occurred. They have many different categories for these statistics: World Affairs, Nature, Movies, Celebrities, and Phenomena. So make sure you don’t just stop after taking a look at the main page!

Take A Look: Google Zeitgeist

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Feb 26

Archos Arnova 8 and 10 tablets hit the bargain bin (video)

Posted in: Android, tablet, tablets, Today's Chili, video
We know, Archos already makes fairly cheap tablets, but believe it or not, the company’s going after an even cheaper segment with its new Arnova 8 and 10. The two have been popping up all around the web — they stopped by the FCC earlier this week and there was an early spec leak from a Russian site — but now we’re finally getting some real details and hands-on impressions courtesy of Charbax, who is quite possibly the biggest Archos fan in the world. The $199 10.1-inch Arnova 10, which we have to say looks a lot like the Archos 101, packs a 600MHz Rockchip RK2818 processor, resistive touchscreen, 8GB of storage, and Android 2.1 — but before you gag, know that there should also be a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 Rockchip RK 2918 / capacitive touchscreen version coming in April. Meanwhile, the 8-inch Arnova 8 rings up at $150 with the same processor and resistive touchscreen, but only 4GB of storage. If the cut corners don’t faze you and you’re in the mood for a closer look, we suggest you hit the break for some Charbax video originals.

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Archos Arnova 8 and 10 tablets hit the bargain bin (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 26

5 Demonoid Invites to Giveaway

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on April 14, 2008 by CyberNet.

demonoid

It was just last Friday that Demonoid was resurrected, and staying true to our promise we’re giving away the 5 invites that we have! Demonoid is a private invite-only BitTorrent service that has an amazing community, and we’re happy to offer some of our readers a chance to be a part of it.

Here’s what you have to do for a chance to receive an invite:

  1. Leave a comment below, and be sure to include your email address in the appropriate field. (If you’re a registered user you can edit the email address on your profile page)
  2. We will randomly pick 5 winners out of the first 20 comments on this article. Invitation codes will be sent to the email address you provided in the comment. Winners will also be announced on this article so be sure to check back!
  3. Once you get an invitation code you’ll want to head on over to this registration page.

Good luck!

And the winners are… MetaMan, Max, Trip, Talkajp, and Katrin. Invites have been sent to the email address you provided! Be sure to check your spam folder, or use our contact form if you need us to resend it.

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