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Remember that cute little Micro Four Thirds camera that Olympus unveiled in June? Well, we just got word that the PEN E-PM1 Mini will ship next month, with an equally petite $500 price tag — including a 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. The company is positioning the 12.3 megapixel camera as an upgrade for point-and-shoot users, as “the easiest PEN to use,” thanks to a new, simpler user interface and 23 Scene-Select modes. Still, the E-PM1 is a very capable interchangeable lens camera (ILC), and includes a 3-inch 460k-dot LCD, 1080i HD video capture, RAW shooting and a maximum sensitivity of ISO 12,800, along with Manual, Aperture Priority, and Shutter Priority shooting modes. The Mini will be available in purple, pink, brown, white, silver, and black — our color of choice. Jump past the break for the full scoop from Olympus.
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Or, how Steve Jobs banished beige, one computer at a time.
It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard any news about those spiffy specs that put private subtitles in your field of view. It looks like they’re finally inching closer to reality though, with some help from Sony’s UK arm. The BBC recently took hard-of-hearing Brit Charlie Swinbourne to the theater and let him give the glasses a go. Rather than displaying subtitles on screen the eye-wear projects text on the lenses where only that particular user can see them. Going to see a French film in an American cinema, but your first language is Spanish? One day you could pick your language, in addition to keeping the captions out of other movie goers way. Sony hopes to trial the glasses in UK theaters next year. Check out the source link for the full report.
Personal subtitle glasses from Sony may get trial run in UK next year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Firefox’s interface is cleverly designed using JavaScript and XUL, and using what’s referred to as chrome URL’s you can actually open specific windows in a tab or the sidebar. This includes things like the management windows for bookmarks, saved passwords, downloads, extensions, and more. They can even be bookmarked for quick one-click access to them in the future.
Below we’ve got our top 5 chrome URL’s that can be used in Firefox 3, and all you have to do is copy the URL into the address bar to see what each of them do. Don’t forget to bookmark the ones that you’ll use frequently, and here are some instructions if you want them to open in the sidebar.
Note: The URL’s will obviously only work in Firefox.
Used for: Managing bookmarks, tags, and history.
URL: chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul
Used for: Managing past and active downloads.
URL: chrome://mozapps/content/downloads/downloads.xul
Used for: Enabling, disabling, and uninstalling extensions, themes, and plugins.
URL: chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul
Used for: Managing passwords stored by Firefox.
URL: chrome://passwordmgr/content/passwordManager.xul
Used for: Configuring different options in the browser.
URL: chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xul
Used for: Displaying a browser inside a browser. This is more for fun than anything else.
URL: chrome://browser/content/browser.xul
[via Firefox Facts]
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Fossil’s Meta Watch passes the FCC, your magic wristwatch fantasies are about to come true originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We get it. Linux is just for nerds. Not mere nerds—we’re all nerds—Linux nerds. It’s a hobbyist OS for contrarians. It’s an antique. An oddity. Pointless. Right? Very, very wrong. Happy birthday, Linux—let’s celebrate you like we should More »
HTC Sense 3.5 beta screenshots leak, bring tears of joy to weather widget lovers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It may be cheap, but does X10.com’s 7-inch tablet live up to its billing or is it better classified as a glorified e-reader?
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