E Ink is already doing swift business in the growing e-reader market, but just like any technology company, it can’t sit still for fear of being overtaken or made redundant. With that in mind, the company has used IFA 2011 to show us some future products and the latest updates to its displays that are […]
At first glance, the FDA’s Flickr stream of recalled products seems a bit ridiculous. But if you’re constantly on Flickr and you care about your health, the life you save could be your own. Or, you, know, the laugh. More »
We weren’t exactly thrilled with Acer’s 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A500, but that hasn’t stopped Gateway from re-skinning the Honeycomb slate and claiming it for its own. Appearing to be a re-branded versions of the A500, the Gateway A60 comes with 16GB of built-in storage, 1GB RAM, a dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, a five megapixel rear-facing camera and front-facing two megapixel snapper, 802.11b/g/n WiFi connectivity and the list goes on. Just like its brother from another mother, this Gateway will set you back $399, and while we can’t guarantee that it will perform the same, we’d suggest taking a look at our A500 review before shelling out those clams.
[Thanks, Bir Bikram Dey]
Gateway TP Series A60 tablet pops up at Future Shop, cops Iconia Tab A500’s style originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Call of Duty certainly knows how to wear out its merchandising welcome. After announcing a line of eye strain-reducing glasses and a series of branded headsets, Activision’s juggernaut franchise is steamrolling its pre-release hype all over a custom Xbox 360. The limited edition 320GB console comes bundled with two similarly bedecked wireless controllers, a requisite copy of Modern Warfare 3 and even includes franchise-specific boot sounds. You can snag this video gaming swag on November 8th for a cool $399, or grab the headset and controllers separately. It’s your call and your paycheck, after all. Official presser awaits you after the break.
Continue reading Modern Warfare 3 limited edition Xbox 360 set ushers in last wave of marketing hype
Modern Warfare 3 limited edition Xbox 360 set ushers in last wave of marketing hype originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | | Email this | Comments
This article was written on February 10, 2007 by CyberNet.
Weekend Website
Think of Yelp as the social network of local reviews. Yelp describes themselves as a fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what’s great (and not so great) in your World. Users and visitors probably use it the most for reviews of restaurants and stores, however there are reviews for just about anything you can think of like automotive services, other websites, professional services, etc.
Cities typically have their own city guides, but Yelp is the “Ultimate” city guide with opinions and helpful insight from other real people that aren’t being paid to provide the information. You can find reviews for businesses or services anywhere in the United States, but they focus on several “big” cities with more complete guides. Those ”big” cities like Chicago or San Francisco can also be broken down by neighborhood. There are even results for the small town that I live in, so chances are, there are results for your city/town as well.
You can literally find hundreds of thousands of reviews, and a community where you’re welcome to talk, and ask questions. Just like other social networks, you fill out a profile, and add pictures. Registered users can even vote on reviews that are written as “Useful”, “funny”, or “Cool,” or message eachother. After you’ve filled in your profile, you’re ready to add friends and begin the process of reviewing all of your favorite places.
I decided to do a search, so I typed in to search for restaurants near Chicago, Illinois. When the results are displayed, they give you options for refining your search. My search was for restaurants, so I could refine it by the type of food that I wanted. I decided to refine my search, and so I clicked on Italian. From there, I was given a list of 196 different Italian restaurants within Chicago. To the right of the search box was a Google map which pinpointed each restaurant with the corresponding number. You’re able to click on each pinpoint and it will display all of the reviews, along with the street address, and a website if it’s available. Some of these restaurants had hundreds of reviews, while others only had a few. You can definitely tell which places are more popular than others.
With each review, they display how many reviews the reviewer has submitted. This helps to give you an idea of how accurate the review may be. Along with the reviews, they provide other helpful information . For example, you can view other points-of-interest in the area broken down into categories like nightlife, shopping, and businesses.
Remember, Yelp isn’t just for restaurants. They’ve got so many different categories with reviews for many different services. Their user interface is easy to navigate, and their 1-5 star rating system is simple to understand. You could always use a local service from Yahoo or Google, or even one that your community puts out, but Yelp is a more comprehensive, complete guide with more than just your typical restaurants.
Copyright © 2011 CyberNetNews.com
Related Posts:
You know what the tech world needs? More patent litigation, which is why WiLAN is at it again in the rocket docket of the Eastern District of Texas. This time, instead of suing cable companies, it’s going after the likes of Apple, Dell, HP, HTC, Kyocera, Novatel, Alcatel-Lucent and Sierra Wireless. There are two patents at issue: no. RE37,802 that covers CDMA and HSPA data transmission, and no. 5,282,222 which is related to data transmission tech with WiFi and LTE. Will the plucky patent troll get some quick cash, or will the big boys fight this one to the end? Stay tuned.
WiLAN lawyers up, picks patent fight with Apple, Dell, HP, HTC and others originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink 
Mobile Burn | 
Complaint (PDF), WiLAN | Email this | Comments
This article was written on March 27, 2008 by CyberNet.
Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs).
As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!
The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.
The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.
Copyright © 2011 CyberNetNews.com
Related Posts:
The 1982 Lockheed Sea Shadow may be rusting away in Suisun Bay, but its Commie-spooking contours haven’t been forgotten. They apparently inspired the design of the Asus G74SX-A1, which just won a HotHardware recommendation for its cheese-eschewing looks as well as its performance, efficient cooling and realistic $1749 price tag. For once, the Core i7-2360QM CPU coupled with a GeForce GTX 560M and generous 12GB dollop of DDR-1333 RAM actually conspired to surpass the manufacturer’s 3DMark benchmark claims. It wasn’t flawless though: overall computing performance was middling compared to rivals; the speakers were shoddy when it came to producing music rather than explosions; and the 17.3-inch Full HD display was slightly wasted on some games that only ran smoothly with high quality settings at 1280×720. Still, all this naval talk makes us fancy some Silent Hunter 4 — and that should play just fine. Check out source link lurking below for the full review.
ASUS G74SX-A1 gaming laptop gets rated, loves a bit of Battleship originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Have you ever wondered how a cell phone or smartphone gets its name? We have, too, so in this month’s Smartphones Unlocked column, CNET editor Bonnie Cha talks with Samsung to find out how it names its handsets.
Originally posted at Dialed In
We’ve already seen how awkward computers can be when they try to speak like humans, but researchers from North Carolina State and Georgia Tech have now developed a program that could make it easier to show them how it’s done. Their approach, outlined in a recently published paper, would allow developers to create natural language generation (NLG) systems twice as fast as currently possible. NLG technology is used in a wide array of applications (including video games and customer service centers), but producing these systems has traditionally required developers to enter massive amounts of data, vocabulary and templates — rules that computers use to develop coherent sentences. Lead author Karthik Narayan and his team, however, have created a program capable of learning how to use these templates on its own, thereby requiring developers to input only basic information about any given topic of conversation. As it learns how to speak, the software can also make automatic suggestions about which information should be added to its database, based on the conversation at hand. Narayan and his colleagues will present their study at this year’s Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment conference in October, but you can dig through it for yourself, at the link below.
New program makes it easier to turn your computer into a conversational chatterbox originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | North Carolina State University (1) | Email this | Comments
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.
