Apr 08
It’s no Lamborghini Gallardo, but it’ll get the job done. Guy Fieri’s newest ride is a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible SS, fresh off the assembly line.
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
Apr 08
Engadget Podcast 235 – 04.08.2011
Posted in: podcast, podcasts, Today's Chili
What’s that? Oh, it’s just the return of the Engadget Podcast, leaner, meaner, and laser-focused on bringing you the freshest jams of the technology blog news universe. Live and direct from their shiny new Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor chairs are hosts Tim Stevens and Darren Murph, joined by mobile vets Myriam and Vlad — a quadfecta of power unmatched in pure nerd horsepower (or battery power, depending on what you’re driving). Can you taste it? It kind of tastes like when you lick a battery. In a really good way.
Hosts: Tim Stevens, Darren Murph
Guests: Myriam Joire, Vlad Savov
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Sweet Home Alabama
00:00:58 – Android chief Andy Rubin tackles open source qualms, says Honeycomb isn’t ‘one size fits all’
00:00:00 – Sony’s Howard Stringer confirms Honeycomb tablet in US by summer (update)
00:18:00 – GameStop details plans for Impulse and Spawn Labs, says it’s ‘becoming a technology company’
00:20:50 – GameStop snaps up Spawn Labs, Impulse game distribution platform
00:23:25 – Sony CEO casually mentions he’s supplying cameras to Apple
00:25:48 – Next-gen iPod nano chassis hints at camera?
00:30:05 – iPod touch prototype with capacitive home button leaked?
00:32:45 – HP’s keyboard-less webOS phone and Verizon Pre 3 leaked?
00:35:05 – Google’s new cloud-based Android Music app leaks out
00:45:09 – Nikon D5100 and ME-1 external mic coming April 21st, we go hands-on (video)
00:47:50 – Nikon D5100 DSLR surfaces with 16.2 megapixel sensor, 1080p video recording
00:51:52 – Silverlight coming to Xbox, bringing WP7 games along with it?
00:52:25 – Xbox Development Kit arrives with ‘significantly reduced price,’ Sidecar attachment
00:55:25 – Razer Chimaera wireless Xbox 360 headset review
00:58:40 – Tesla Roadster 2.5 Sport review
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Engadget Podcast 235 – 04.08.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apr 08
The Evolution of Mobile, At Its Most Beautiful [Video]
Posted in: mobile, Phones, Today's Chili, top, vodafone
Mobile phones have come a long way. And though you probably haven’t been following it quite as closely, so has 3D projection mapping. Vodafone uses the technique in this stunning new video that celebrates the cell phone from the Zach Morris days, through the Snake era, and up to the feature-laden smartphones of today. [YouTube] More »
Apr 08
RadioShack, Dish Network Stores Offering Free Gun With TV Services
Posted in: Miscellaneous Tech, Today's ChiliStill can’t decide between cable and satellite? Here’s something that might put you over the edge–okay, okay, bad choice of words. RadioShack stores and Dish Network dealership locations in Montana and Idaho are offering an unlikely promotion to help people get on-board with the service: subscribe to Dish Network and get a free gun.
Sign up for Dish in one of the participating stores, and you get a $135 coupon for a shotgun at a local sporting good retailer.
Montana RadioShack owner Steve Strand hit upon the idea as a way of increasing revenue in an ailing economy. He told Reuters that it’s cool because, you know, everyone around there has a gun anyway, “All I can tell you is, grandma is packing a gun in Montana.”
Idaho RadioShack owner John Marshall echoed the sentiment, “There’s no problem with it here; this isn’t New York City.”
No word on when participating Blockbusters will get in on the action.
Apr 08
America 2049 attempts to teach social justice through social gaming by putting you in the role of desperately trying to save us all.
Apr 08
We’d already heard that the BlackBerry Torch 2 would basically be a Torch with some significantly bumped specs, and that’s now been all but confirmed by BGR, which managed to spend a bit of time with the device itself. As you can see, it’s nearly identical to the original Torch in terms of appearance, but BGR says the device’s 1.2GHz processor could “light a fire” when paired with BlackBerry OS 6.1, and that its 640 x 480 display “looks absolutely great.” As with the Bold Touch it got its hands on yesterday, BGR says the Torch 2 will be making its official debut at BlackBerry World next month, with a launch on AT&T to follow in July. Hit up the source link below for a few more hands-on shots.
Update: N4BB has just posted a full spec sheet, which reveals a codename “Jennings” while JerukNipis has some more, clearer shots of the slider — including a nice closeup of the textured battery cover.
BlackBerry Torch 2 gets an early hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apr 08
New details have emerged about the lawsuit against Pandora . Data security company Veracode looked into the troubled app, and found that the data was indeed being stored. According to Veracode, Pandora has sold info such as birth dates, location, and gender. Once Pandora collected all of this data, it was sold to ad networks.
Granted, Pandora never claimed that no user data was sold-so this does not come as a big shocker. It should also be noted that Veracode only did this research on a Android device, so no word on whether the iOS version suffers the same issue
Pandora has yet to release a statement regarding the research. Nor has the courts issued a statement based on the findings. Veracode has not said if similar research will be done on the iOS device anytime soon or not.
Via Ars Technica
Apr 08
Canon’s XF305 and XF300 pro camcorders can now shoot in 3D… if you buy two of them
Posted in: camcorder, camera, firmware, firmware update, FirmwareUpdate, Today's Chili
Make no mistake: that whole 3D-everything trend is snaking its way into professional-grade products. Canon has issued a firmware update allowing its year-old XF305 and XF300 pro camcorders to record 3D HD video. There’s a catch, though: you’ll need two of these bad boys, which cost a princely $8,000 and $6,700, respectively. For those with a well-stocked studio, Canon’s “3D Assist Feature” aims to take some of the grunt work out of setting up two cameras to record in 3D by optically aligning their lenses and calibrating their zoom settings. The company also beefed up the scan reverse feature so that you can flip the orientation of the video to horizontal, vertical or diagonal — a strong likelihood if you’re using a 3D mirror rig. Canon slipped in a few extra goodies as well, including the ability to turn off relay recording from one memory card to another, and to simultaneously record to two memory cards, should you be paranoid about data loss. So what are you waiting for? Download the update. And, you know, get yourself a second camera.
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Apr 08
Bit.ly’s Libya Connection
Posted in: Miscellaneous Tech, Today's Chili
You’ve read all of the books and watched all of the movies about the origins of what you eat, but do you ever really think about where your domains come from? A good number of the top-level domain codes you see belong to different countries. ICANN, the organization in charge of doling out top-level domains, is notoriously stingy when it comes to introducing new names (though it has loosened up a bit, in recent years).
One of the more popular Web suffixes, .ly is coming under a bit of scrutiny for its country of origin, as of late. The code, used for popular URL shorteners like bit.ly and ow.ly, comes from Libya. In fact, the the chairman of the General Post and Telecommunications Co., the company in charge of the code, is Mohammed el-Gadhafi, the oldest son of embattled dictator, Moammar Gadhafi.
The question is how connected these services really are to the country they bought their domain from. For some, any association at all is too much. The Wall Street Journal contacted Nancy Pelosi. The congresswoman’s assistant told the paper that it wasn’t aware of the Libya connection, but “given this new information, we will no longer be using this free service.”
Bit.ly issued the following statement on the issue,
We don’t do business in Libya, but it’s worth noting that on May 31, 2006, the United States reopened the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, a step the State Department described as marking ‘a new era in U.S.-Libya relations.
The best quote, however, comes from Ryan, the head of HootSuite (the company behind ow.ly): “But at the end of the day, buying oil helps Gadhafi more.”
Apr 08
GE isn’t the first name that comes to mind when camera shopping. But we were surprised to see that the X5 delivers a lot of value–including a 15x zoom–at an ultra-affordable price.
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