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Nevada prepares itself for the imminent rise of driverless cars originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Light on apps for its WebOS-based Touchpad coming out next week, HP wants to provide a highly curated way to discover WebOS apps and show developers that customers can find their apps.

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Nothing livens the day like a blurry screen grab of some Javascript, especially when it hints at the ghostly form of a social networking tool that doesn’t officially exist. The code was spotted hiding in plain sight at Google Profiles by Austrian blogger Florian Rohrweck, who fortunately enjoys browsing computer-speak more than playing in the park. Rohrweck noticed the word “circles” used repeatedly in the context of people adding and maintaining groups of contacts, and made the connection to the Google Circles social networking platform that was feverishly rumored and then vehemently denied earlier this year (a saga fully recapped at the More Coverage link). It’s impossible to know whether these few lines of code represent a forthcoming service, another social layer on top of existing services, or just pure experimentation on the part of Google devs. In any case, the circular references have apparently now been zapped, leaving us with nothing more than that screen grab — oh yeah, and Facebook.

Google code reveals inner Circles, a social secret weapon? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tokyoflash is notorious for selling geek-friendly and borderline indecipherable timepieces but, not every watch the company hawks is unreadable. One of its more easily interpreted wrist clocks, the Rogue, has been resurrected with an always-on LCD display (a rarity from the shop) and a brightly colored LED backlight in your choice of red, green, blue, or orange. Like the RPM, the Rogue SR2 tells time with a series of unnumbered, inner and outer rings that represent hours and minutes — all you need to do is spot the gaps. Sure, it requires you fire a few more synapses than that cheap digital Casio you’ve been wearing, but think of it as mental exercise — it’s like wearing Brain Age on your wrist. You can order one now for $179 at the source, and don’t forget to head after the break for one more photo and a video demonstration.

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Tokyoflash resurrects readable Rogue watch with combo LCD/LED display (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard any significant news from Joost. They launched into an invite only beta back in early 2007 and made quite the stir with everybody eager to get their hands on an invite. Since then, not a whole lot has been said. While there was a demand for invites at launch, the masses weren’t impressed with the service. Some of the complaints we heard and experienced first hand included an unimpressive selection of channels and the simple fact that it is desktop based and the software is sluggish.

These days, lots of companies are focused on offering web based services, so why wouldn’t Joost? According to TechCrunch, Joost is about to ditch the desktop based software and move to an online based service. A small browser plugin is all that users would need to be able to watch TV and video through the service. All we have to say is hallelujah! Now the thing is, they had a pretty nice interface with the desktop software, so hopefully that will be something offered with the web based version as well.

Of course we also know that content is what matters at the end of the day with any TV/video service, so hopefully Joost will be able to continue to add the content that people will want to see. It has definitely improved since launch, but there is still room for improvement. Overall we see this move as only a good thing for Joost. People like the convenience of having access to their favorite services online instead of relying on a desktop application. We don’t know exactly when this change will take place, but it should be soon.

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