Apr 21
Microsoft’s Bing Cashback program may be dead, but there are plenty of others that will refund cold, hard cash (or warm, virtual PayPal cash) just for clicking through.
Originally posted at The Cheapskate
Apr 21
The wait time for ordering the iPad 2 online has dropped to one to two weeks, from a high of four to five weeks a month ago. Apple says it’s continuing to ramp up production to meet demand.
Originally posted at News – Apple
Apr 21
Hulu blocked on the BlackBerry PlayBook, Android fans say, ‘told you so’
Posted in: blackberry playbook, BlackberryPlaybook, hulu, RIM, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili
In news that should surprise no one, Hulu has blocked videos from playing in the BlackBerry PlayBook’s native browser, adding the tablet to a long blacklist of devices. But where there’s a will, there’s a way — over at CrackBerry, one commenter reported success in emailing himself the embed code and then opening the link from his Gmail inbox. If that tedious workaround doesn’t help, you’re in for a lengthy, disgruntled wait for a change of tide– right behind some very impatient Android users.
Hulu blocked on the BlackBerry PlayBook, Android fans say, ‘told you so’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apr 21
Library Book Lending Coming To Kindle
Posted in: ebooks, kindle, Today's Chili 
Amazon’s Kindle has paper books beat in most respects, especially when it comes to not being made of paper. Having a Kindle also means you don’t need to go to the bookstore anymore, and soon enough you won’t need to go to the library either.
At some point in the not-too-distant future Amazon will be introducing a new library lending feature, which works just as it sounds. You can electronically borrow books from the library, using either your Kindle or any of the free Kindle apps for smartphones or tablets.
The service will only be available in the US, at least initially, and will feature support for over 11,000 different libraries. Your device even keeps track of your annotations and bookmarks, so if you decide to purchase the book or borrow it again, the information will still be there.
There’s no specific date for when the new feature will be implemented, but expect to see it later this year.
Apr 21
With Earth Day just one day away, many people are thinking about different ways that they can show their support for the environment. And a new Facebook app, called A Billion Acts of Green, lets users do just that.
The idea behind the app is to get lots of people to do small, but meaningful, acts. You simply go to the app, type in what green act you plan on doing, and it gets added to the ever growing list. Things like taking public transit, or switching to LED light bulbs, or even organizing an Earth Day event of your own.
So far a little over 72 million green acts have been logged, so there’s still quite a ways to go to reach a billion. But considering the size of Facebook, it doesn’t like it’s impossible.
Apr 21
Unlocking the Mystery of Paris’ Most Secret Underground Society [Secrets]
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Apr 21
Motorola Xoom, Nexus S 4G hitting Sprint in early May?
Posted in: Android, exclusive, honeycomb, leak, motorola, nexus s, NexusS, rumor, samsung galaxy tab, SamsungGalaxyTab, Sprint, tablet, Today's Chili, xoom
Sprint service the only thing standing between you and a Motorola Xoom? Good news — a tipster passed along an internal calendar showing an April 25th employee training date for the Honeycomb tablet, and while we’re still taking it with a grain of salt, it seems like the real deal. If past products are any indication, it should hit Sprint stores a fortnight later, in early May, lining up nicely with those Xoom cases that were spotted a week back. The Nexus S 4G also looks to be slotted for employee training the same day, foreshadowing busy times ahead for the Now Network cashiers.
[Thanks, Anonymous]
Motorola Xoom, Nexus S 4G hitting Sprint in early May? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apr 21
PlayStation Network down for a long count, what’s up Sony? (update: down for 24+ hours!)
Posted in: gaming, network, Online, playstation, sony, Today's Chili
We’ve been hit by a big batch of dismayed tips from PlayStation gamers this morning, who are finding themselves unable to log in to the PlayStation Network (again). Sony’s response has been to acknowledge there’s a problem in the vaguest of terms — “We’re aware certain functions of PlayStation Network are down” — and to promise an update on the situation as soon as it’s available. Alas, that statement was issued over nine hours ago and there’s still no word of either a rectification or an explanation for the outage. The error code provided by the console is, as you can see above, somewhat uninformative as well. So come on, Sony, what is going on with your Network?
Update: PSN is acknowledging on its EU blog that the network outage may be a result of “the possibility of targeted behaviour by an outside party.” Still no ETA for when services will be restored.
Update 2: PSN is now reporting that the network may be offline for “a full day or two.”
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
PlayStation Network down for a long count, what’s up Sony? (update: down for 24+ hours!) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apr 21
It’s Natali Morris’ penultimate episode and National High Five Day! Wilson’s back on the show after yesterday’s trip to the New York auto show, and today we’re chewing the beef between Lady Gaga and Weird Al Yankovic and chatting about a 3D porno topping box office records in China, a dispute over Apple’s environmental footprint, and a pair of 2D glasses that just makes things more natural.
The 404 Digest for Episode 804
- Today is National High Five Day!
- 3D porn movie beats “Avatar” box office record in China.
- 2D glasses make 3D movies more natural.
- Turns out Apple ain’t that green.
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Originally posted at The 404 Podcast
Apr 21
Use Portable TreeSize to Find Large Files and Folders
Posted in: Freeware, Software, Today's Chili, WindowsThis article was written on August 05, 2010 by CyberNet.
Windows only 
There have been a lot of disk space analyzers floating around lately that help you identify space-hogging files and folders on your hard drive. Disk Space Fan has a pretty interface, WinDirStat is a classic favorite, and there are all kinds of other ones available that accomplish the same kind of task. Some provide unique ways to view the space usage of your hard drive, but one I’ve been using for awhile is TreeSize Free.
The interface of TreeSize Free is pretty straight forward as you can see in the screenshot above, but that’s a lot of what I love about it. If you upgrade to the professional version you’ll get a lot of the advanced visualizations, but I don’t find them to be necessary. The free version should be more than sufficient for the few times you’ll actually need to use it.
One thing that I wanted to point out, and something a lot of users don’t realize, is that there is a portable version available so that you can carry TreeSize Free with you wherever you go. To grab it head on over to the download screen and from the drop-down menu select the middle option, which identifies itself as a “Zipped Executable.” You should be able to take that and throw it on your USB drive, or just keep it tucked away somewhere so that you can just pull it out when you need it.
Portable TreeSize Free Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)
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