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Yes, this is Samsung’s latest 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab alright, not to be mistaken with its thicker 10.1v sibling that’s gradually rolling out across Europe and Australia. How can you tell? Well, the older Honeycomb tablet bears the GT-P7100 codename, whereas this FCC filing and a Wi-Fi Alliance certificate show off the GT-P7510 moniker for this WiFi-only 10.1. Oh, and the drawing of the backside — pictured after the break — is a dead giveaway, of course. What remains unknown is the mysterious 1GHz dual-core CPU inside this razor-thin slate, but given the release of this FCC application, it probably won’t be long before all is revealed.

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Boeing’s new Phantom Ray aircraft made a covert first flight last week, taking to the skies above California’s Edwards Air Force Base. The unmanned airborne system (UAS) reached 7,500 feet, hitting a maximum speed of 178 knots and flying for a total of 17 minutes — sure, it won’t outlast the Phantom Eye anytime soon, but hey, we’ve all gotta start somewhere. What the 36-foot long vehicle lacks in relative endurance, it makes up stealth, designed to be undetectable on radar, and thanks to a deeply embedded engine, giving off a minimal amount of heat. Boeing will be running additional tests on the autonomous vehicle in the coming weeks, in attempt to prep it for possible future surveillance and attack missions. No word on when this might actually be hitting an airspace near you, but in the meantime, it’s probably best to refrain from ticking off any deep pocketed governments.

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For a product with the word “vitality” in its name, Nintendo’s forthcoming Wii peripheral doesn’t seem to have much of a pulse these days. The oddball controller certainly piqued our interest when the gaming giant showed it off way back in 2009, but aside from some false alarms and an uncovered patent application, we haven’t heard a peep. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata addressed the Vitality Sensor’s conspicuous absence during a financial presentation, chalking the delay up to “differences in biological information in humans.” The peripheral is still coming, according to Iwata, but it won’t be released until the company can make it work well with 99 percent of consumers — a tall order indeed. And what about the other one percent? Well, perhaps they can try these on for size.

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This article was written on May 10, 2007 by CyberNet.

Do you remember the Google Image Labeler? It was released last September as a game for people to play, but in reality Google is using it to improve their image search results. Some people criticized Google calling it “free labor” while others thought it was a great way for Google to improve the results that you receive when you do a search on Google Images.

I had forgotten about this little game until today when I noticed an article that the Google Operating System blog had posted titled, “Google Image Labeler is More Exciting.” Apparently this system is still working out for Google, otherwise they wouldn’t continue to use it.

They’ve tweaked the point system just a bit so that users will get more points for a more descriptive answer. The game works by Google randomly (in real time) pairing you up with another user. Both of you will start entering in labels for images, and when you and your partner have matched labels, you’ll get points and move on to a new image.

Previously, each match gave you 100 points and it took no descriptive answers to get those points. Now the points will range from 50 for a simple generic answer to 150 points for a descriptive answer. Obviously those descriptive answers benefit Google more than a non-descriptive one.

For example, if you were given the picture to the right, you’d receive the following points:

• Sky: 50 points
• Bird: 60 points
• Soaring: 120 points
• Frigate bird: 150 points

If you knew that was a Frigate bird, I guess you deserve 150 points!

You don’t have to be logged-in to play, and if you’re really ambitious, you can try and pass up the all-time top contributor who has earned 10 million points! I’d say he’s got some time on his hands, wouldn’t you?

Play Google Image Labeler

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Good things come to those who wait. If you bought the dual-booting ViewSonic ViewPad 10, Android 1.6 be damned, we have some good news — the tablet’s getting an upgrade to Android 2.2. Just to refresh your memories, that leap from Donut to Froyo means ViewPad 10 owners will now get updated Gmail, Calendar, Google Maps, Gallery, and YouTube apps, a refined onscreen keyboard, compatabilty with newer applications, and a healthy dose of sorely needed eye candy. New customers can choose one that also runs Windows 7 Home Premium and has 16GB of flash storage ($599) or one with Win 7 Professional and 32GB of space ($679). As for those of you champing at the bit to upgrade, ViewSonic is keeping things interesting by compelling you to download Froyo onto a thumb drive, and then plug both it and a USB keyboard into the ViewPad to install the update. Then again, something tells us the kind of person who would opt for the ViewPad 10 over other ViewSonic tablets might actually enjoy the challenge.

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