Apr 08
Sony brings Music Unlimited to PSP
Posted in: Today's ChiliPlayStation Portable users will able to access the company’s Music Unlimited streaming music service, starting Thursday.
Originally posted at The Digital Home
Apr 08
Novation Twitch touchstrip DJ controller makes the scene at Musik Messe 2011 (video)
Posted in: controller, Music, Today's Chili, video
We’re not professional musicians by a long shot, but when we do get a chance to break away from the relentless torrent of cellphones and tablets, nothing quite hits the spot like a little music appreciation. Of course, when done Engadget-style this usually means a gadget of some sort — and we’d be lying if we didn’t say that Novation’s newest didn’t whet our appetites for some after-hours beatmatching. Twitch is essentially a full-figured DJ controller, but instead of some sort of round jog wheel (which the current reviewer has always found to be extremely counter-intuitive) the company added a touch strip, which can be used for everything from finding the beat to zooming in and out of the waveform display (after watching the video, it’s hard to believe we’ve been beatmatching without pinch-to-zoom for this long). This bad boy also boasts a full compliment of controls for Serato, Traktor NI, and Ableton Live. You’re probably interested in seeing how it performs in the real world, but unless you’re in Frankfurt for Musik Messe, you’re going to have to settle for the video after the break. Look for it in July for a street price in the $500 range.
Novation Twitch touchstrip DJ controller makes the scene at Musik Messe 2011 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apr 08
Adobe Flash compatibility was among the top selling points for the Xoom when Mototola first showed off the device at this year’s CES. After all, Apple’s Steve Jobs has long held a firm, unwavering position that the software just doesn’t work on mobile device–it’s buggy, it crashes, it makes everything slower. And then, after all of that, the Xoom didn’t even launch with the software.
There’s been a fair amount of speculation surrounding the delay of RIM’s own upcoming tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook. Recent rumors chalk the slowed pace up to concerns with touchscreen suppliers. CNN, on the other hand, has a different theory: the delay is due, at least in part, to problems with Flash.
First there’s the aforementioned lack of the software in the Xoom launch. And then there’s the bugginess. In fact, some early hands-ons with the PlayBook have confirmed those concerns. Flash on the PlayBook is choppy, just as Steve Jobs warned.
At present, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is the only tablet offering the software. The PlayBook is now slotted to launch on the 19th, Flash or no.
Apr 08
Backupify Automatically Creates Backups Of Your Online Belongings
Posted in: Today's Chili, twitter, Web SitesThis article was written on December 29, 2009 by CyberNet.
Over the last five years, there has been a huge increase in the amount of data we store online. We post pictures to Flickr, bookmark sites on Delicious, keep documents in Google Docs and tweet with Twitter. But unlike with offline data, backing up your online belongings requires a different approach. Luckily, Backupify has come to the rescue.
Backupify is an online cloud backup service. It currently supports the following sites, with more be added soon:
- Flickr (photo sharing)
- Twitter (microblogging)
- Delicious (bookmarks sharing)
- Zoho (office suite)
- Google Docs (office suite)
- WordPress (blogging)
- Basecamp (project management)
- Gmail (e-mail)
- Facebook (social network)
- FriendFeed (social network aggregation)
- Blogger (blogging)
- Hotmail (e-mail)
To have Backupify create a daily or weekly backup of these services, you have to provide your username and password to the site. For some services such as Flickr, Backupify uses safer ways to get access to your stuff so that you don’t have to supply your password. If you have multiple accounts with one service, you can enter all of them.
Once you’ve set up your services, the backups will start appearing under the Archives tab after they are made. That brings us to the bad news: Backupify can’t restore your data automatically yet. Still, this is better than having no data at all.
Backupify is completely free forever if you sign up before January 31st 2010, so get an account while you can!
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Apr 08
Panasonic gives its in-flight entertainment system an Android makeover, adds 3D displays
Posted in: Android, apps, GoogleAndroid, Panasonic, Software, Today's Chili, Transportation
Panasonic has been kicking around the idea of a tricked-out Android-based in-flight entertainment system for awhile, and now it’s ready for airlines to start retrofitting their livery. The system, dubbed eX3, runs Android, relieving restless fliers with news, live television, games, and what the company calls on-board social networking, but that’s mostly a nod to the Facebook app. Other amenities include broadband internet access and GSM service, touchscreen controllers, capacative screens, proximity sensors, and, in some cases, 3D displays. Not going to front — we’re stoked on the idea of tuning out on-board babies via multi-hour Angry Birds sessions, but we’re seriously hoping the airlines ignore one of the system’s marquee features: in-flight video conferencing.
Panasonic gives its in-flight entertainment system an Android makeover, adds 3D displays originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apr 08
Japan’s New Wasteland [Image Cache]
Posted in: Japan, Today's Chili, top
What you’re looking at isn’t a scene from a sci-fi flick. It’s real life—a phalanx of Japanese police in hazmat suits, carrying off a body found inside the deserted radius of Fukushima. More »
Apr 08
The service allows people to watch television while engaging in show-related social networking from a smartphone or tablet.
Originally posted at The Digital Home
Apr 08
That didn’t take long. Larry Page has only been back in Google’s top spot for a few days now, and everyone’s already talking about the company’s major reorganization. No one at Google is offering a lot of information on the matter, beyond the fact that Page has “put key executives in charge of their individual business units” according to The LA Times.
The reorganization has apparently been planned at least as long as Page’s ascension to the CEO position has been public. The LA Times again, “the company was clear his top priority would be to create clear lines of accountability and responsibility across Google.” Page reportedly did an inventory of the company’s infrastructure, developing a way to streamline the process that he would implement as soon as he stepped into the chief executive position.
The move seems intended to return the company to its inaugural spirit of creative adventure. Says someone who spoke to the paper anonymously, “The idea is to empower people, let them take risks and give them more authority over decisions.”
Page’s new position is being compared to Steve Jobs’s infamously tight control over Apple.
Apr 08
Only Sony — the company behind the “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity” streaming service — would consider naming its latest flash memory card the “Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX.” But once you get past its monumental moniker you’ll notice that the 32GB (¥17,000 about $200), 16GB (¥9,000 or $106), and 8GB (¥5,000 / $59) MS-HXB series memory cards boast an impressive 50MB per second transfer rate as tested by Sony. That’s a pretty decent jump past Sony’s older MS-HXA series of cards and should help keep the few remaining Memory Stick-only devices happily bursting into a future dominated by Secure Digital.
Sony accelerates Memory Stick’s rate of obsolescence to 50MBps originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apr 08
Three months after CES, it’s a bit hard to believe that we’ve only seen one of the many promised Android Honeycomb tablets actually come to fruition–naturally, that was the Motorola Xoom, the only device that actually sporting the operating system at the January show. Looks like Acer is going to sneak into the number two spot with its Iconia Tab A500.
The tablet went up for pre-order today through Best Buy. The thing will run you $450. It will be hitting retail locations on the 14th, along with a number of accessories like a Bluetooth keyboard, charging dock, case, and power adapter.
The tablet features a Nvidia Tegra 250 processor, integrated graphics, 16GB of storage (a future model will apparently double that capacity), 1GB of RAM, and a microSD reader. Oh, and front and rear facing cameras. Did we mention those?
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