May 26
30 best iPad games
Posted in: Today's ChiliTrying to figure out which iPad games to buy with your hard-earned dough? Here’s a look at our current top-30 favorites.
Originally posted at iPad Atlas
May 26
Winners of the 2011 Into the Pixel video game art exhibition have been announced. Check out their amazing visuals in our gallery.
May 26
Vodafone truck can recharge 2,000 devices at once, is coming to an Isle of Wight near you
Posted in: charging, Today's Chili, uk, vodafone
Nothing like a dead battery to kill your Foursquare buzz at a British summer concert, eh? Vodafone feels your pain and so, in an act of brilliant PR, is rolling out a 40-foot truck capable of charging up to 2,000 devices simultaneously. Peeking inside the 44-ton station, it’s hard (for us, anyway) not to think of a bowling alley with cubbies, except they aren’t filled with rental clown shoes, but outlets ready to revive iPhones, BlackBerrys, Nokia handsets, and a host of Android phones. The free service is made exclusive to Vodafone UK customers, and the carrier expects to charge roughly 72,000 handsets this summer alone. All told, our friends across the pond will get 11 chances this year to try it out, with the first public outing coming at the Isle of Wight festival next month. If you’ll be stuck elsewhere watching repeats of Lady Gaga’s concert special on HBO, have a peek at the Union Jack-blanketed press shots below.
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May 26
5 Google Docs tips
Posted in: Today's ChiliWhether you use Docs as your primary word processor, a place to keep your files in the cloud, or just a notepad for your online finds, these tips will help you get the most out of Google Docs.
Originally posted at Webware
May 26
Researchers boost multi-core CPU performance with better prefetching
Posted in: processor, processors, research, study, Today's Chili
Piling on cores is one way to boost performance, but it’s not necessarily the most efficient way — researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new prefetching technique for processors that could boost performance by up to 40-percent. As you may know, any data not stored in a CPU’s cache must be pulled from RAM, but as more cores are added they can create a bottleneck by competing for memory access. To counter this designers use prefetching to predict what information will be needed and grab it ahead of time, but guessing wrong can hurt performance. Researchers tackled this problem from two fronts: first, by creating a better algorithm for divvying up bandwidth, and second, by selectively turning off prefetching when it might slow the CPU. Full PR and an abstract of the study being published June 9th are after the break.
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Researchers boost multi-core CPU performance with better prefetching originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 18:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 26
Hound for iPhone, Android and iPad
Posted in: AndroidApps, apps, IphoneApps, Today's Chili, top
Hound is an app that’s like a reverse Shazam. Made by SoundHound (a Shazam-like app), it’s a voice recognition app where you say a song title or artist and Hound will gather all the relevant details in one tidy page. More »
May 26
Field-tested apps and tips for using your Android device on the trail, even beyond roaming range.
May 26
Elop: Symbian will continue getting updates until 2016, at least
Posted in: interview, Microsoft, nokia, symbian, Today's Chili, windows phone, WindowsPhone
How much does it take to convince Symbian users their OS is doomed? Just the one slide you see above. Now it seems Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is attempting damage control. In an interview with Nokia Conversations, Elop attempted to placate his shareholders and customers by stating that the OS’s last update will take place somewhere around 2016 at the earliest. He isn’t switching the focus away from Windows Phone as his company’s bright new future, but he does want to assuage folks who sunk money into Symbian that their investment isn’t just going down the drain. Stating there is “a long history still to be paved for Symbian in the future,” Elop didn’t volunteer any additional details on update strategy or how much longer new Symbian phones will be sold. We’re a bit surprised at the length of this extension of relevancy; we can’t help but feel as though it’s all because Nokia’s breakup with Symbian was too emotional and they’re both trying to stay friends. Or perhaps four years is just how long the company thinks it will take to sell all of the remaining 150 million units it originally planned to push. Either way, check out the full video after the break and let us know what you think below.
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Elop: Symbian will continue getting updates until 2016, at least originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 17:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 26
Nook WiFi and Kobo eReader Touch Edition assault the Amazon Kindle fortress: a chart
Posted in: amazon, amazon kindle, AmazonKindle, barnes and noble, BarnesAndNoble, e reader, e-book, e-books, e-readers, kindle, nook, reader, sony, Today's Chili
The e-reader market just got a lot more crowded this week with the launch of the touch-enabled Nook and Kobo eReader Touch Edition. Will either device be able to take down the Amazon’s industry defining Kindle? We’ve broken down the specs on the two new readers, the Kindle, and Sony’s comparable Reader Pocket Edition (PRS-350SC) to find out which device will come out on top. There’s a lot of overlap features between the different readers, like infrared touchscreens and Pearl E Ink displays. All of those important details and more in the chart after the break. Check it out, because you obviously like reading things.
Nook WiFi and Kobo eReader Touch Edition assault the Amazon Kindle fortress: a chart originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 17:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 26
AirStash wireless flash drive (and iOS app) review
Posted in: Apple, flash drive, FlashDrive, ios, ipad, media streamer, MediaStreamer, review, Today's Chili, video
We love ourselves extra storage as much as the next guy, and we also happen to hate cables as much the next guy, so whenever a device promises some extra wiggle room with no strings attached, we’re all ears. The AirStash is a wireless flash drive that lets you expand the capacity of your mobile device up to 32GB at a time through swappable SD cards, freeing up local storage for apps and the like. We first got our paws on one back at CES, but now that it’s a shipping product and has a finalized iOS app, we gave it a quick shakedown as promised to see whether this gadget is worth dipping into your personal stash for.
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AirStash wireless flash drive (and iOS app) review originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 16:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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