Sep 21

Splashtop Remote Desktop now available for Mac OS X, costs but $10

Posted in: mac os x, MacOsX, minipost, Today's Chili, video, Windows

Not content with creating the possibility of (emulated) Wii gaming on Android tablets, Splashtop continues to spread itself across pretty much anything with a screen, with a Mac-friendly version available now at the Mac App Store. This release allows both Mac OS X 10.6 and Windows to hold hands across the great OS divide — nice to see Splashtop is still beavering away at its “Bridge to Anywhere.” Desktop access to both your most intimate files and programs — through both local networks and the internet at large — are but a $9.99 payment away.

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Splashtop Remote Desktop now available for Mac OS X, costs but $10 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 21

eBay’s CEO Meg Whitman Says “See Ya!”

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This article was written on January 22, 2008 by CyberNet.

Meg Whitman eBay eBay’s CEO, Meg Whitman said shortly after she came onboard at eBay that “no CEO should stay more than a decade in the same job because people need new challenges and organizations need fresh perspectives.” She joined the company in March of 1998 when there were only 29 employees employed over at eBay. It’s been about 10 years since her first day on the job and now the Wall Street Journal says Whitman has plans to retire. Apparently she’s sticking to her original belief that 10 years is enough time for one person to lead a company.

Remember those original 29 employees we mentioned that were there when she started? Now that number has grown to over 15,000! Her net worth has also increased substantially while at eBay to over $1.4 billion. During her time at the popular online auction site, the company has experienced both major ups and downs as any company experiences over a period of time. Some more recent examples of the ups and downs include a 3% decrease in auction listing during their third quarter. While that may not have been good, last year their income rose 4% to $1.13 billion which is certainly a positive thing. Although, lets not forget the big loss eBay took last year after they realized Skype wasn’t such a great buy after all.

Whitman hasn’t confirmed that she is leaving, however, sources say that she has been slowly delegating her responsibilities out to other people including John Donahoe, the current president of eBay’s auction business unit. He’s the one that’s expected to take her place once she say’s “See ya!” once and for all to eBay.

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Sep 21

Train Ad Campaign Turns Railings into Star Wars Lightsabers

Posted in: advertising, MARKETING IDEAS, Today's Chili, Toys

Dear Internet: These handles do NOT light up, and we never said that they do. Where on earth did you get that idea?

To promote the new Star Wars “The Complete Saga” Blu-ray DVD boxset release that went on sale from Sept 16th in Japan, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan are running a very cool campaign on Tokyo’s trains. For a period the train’s railings have been transformed into life size lightsabers.

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It is the first time that the hand rails have been used in an advertising campaign in Japan, and is a fantastic use of promotional real estate. The effect is very well thought out and was generating a bit of chatter on the train amongst those riding. Whole trains are often taken over for large campaigns where captive audiences can be targeted during their commute, and can cost up to ¥10 million.

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It is rumored that George Lucas himself was shown the campaign images and loved the idea…well if it drives sales of his products why wouldn’t he! With so much of advertising going digital and hi-tech these days, it is nice to see new and imaginitive ways where simple design can also generate as much return as those more costly campaigns.

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Sep 21

LG Optimus EX bound for South Korea, still won’t pay alimony

Posted in: dual-core, LCD, mobilepostmini, Today's Chili
Despite its rather curious name, the LG Optimus EX (aka the LG SU-880) just might be your soulmate — provided you live in South Korea. The 9.5mm device appears ready to take SK Telecom by storm with a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU (with no indication of make or model), Android 2.3, 4-inch WVGA TFT-LCD display and five megapixel camera; it’s also said to be coming in black and white varieties. We admit, it’s not the type of spec sheet that induces a large amount of salivation, but we imagine many will be seduced by the new device — if the price is right, that is. No word on pricing or availability yet, but we’ll hopefully know more once we get officially introduced to the new handset.

LG Optimus EX bound for South Korea, still won’t pay alimony originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 21

OnLive’s cloud rolls across the pond, UK gamers now welcome

Posted in: cloud, europe, gaming, Today's Chili, uk
OnLive promised that it was coming, and the company has now brought its cloud-based gaming service to the UK right on schedule. That, of course, is identical to the service elsewhere, which lets you play a variety of PC games on any supported platform, including OnLive’s own game system. UK gamers can also take advantage of a range of promotions coinciding with the launch, including their first OnLive PlayPass Game for £1 (up to a £39.99 value), and a free OnLive Game System to those attending the Eurogamer Expo (while quantities last, of course). Those interested can sign up and start playing right now at the link below.

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OnLive’s cloud rolls across the pond, UK gamers now welcome originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 21

DirecTV iPad app upgrade adds easy multiroom DVR control, HDUI compatibility

Posted in: Apple, dvr, hdpostmini, ios, ipad, remote, tablet, Today's Chili

A new update for DirecTV’s official iPad app just showed up in iTunes, adding the ability to manage recordings on all of your connected HD DVRs. As seen in the screenshot above, v1.2.6 ties into the company’s whole home DVR setup by letting a user control one box directly, then browse recordings stored elsewhere and play them in the room in the room where they are. Also new is the ability to delete DVR’d shows straight from the iPad, and readers tell us that after the upgrade the app has begun working with the revamped HDUI beta that DirecTV started testing a couple of weeks ago. Hit the source link below to grab it for yourself from iTunes.

[Thanks, SV & Stuart]

DirecTV iPad app upgrade adds easy multiroom DVR control, HDUI compatibility originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 21

Samsung SHV-E120L comes out of the development dark, is the Xtina to LG’s Britney

Posted in: Android, cdma, dual-core, DualCore, gingerbread, hspa, LG, lte, mobilepostcross, samsung, snapdragon, Today's Chili
Brothers from another mobile mother, or just a case of copycat syndrome? We’ll let you be the judge, but from the looks of this latest leak, Samsung’s SHV-E120L could be sharing some of the LG LU6200’s special spec sauce. Outed over on Cetizen and iNews24, the full breakdown of the device’s innards point to a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 4.7-inch 1280 x 720 HD display, 2 megapixel front-facing / 8 megapixel rear camera, 1GB RAM, 16GB of onboard storage, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC. We’ve seen conflicting reports as to the exact version of Gingerbread that’ll ship on the phone, with Android 2.3.5 in the running. As for the handset’s radios, its purported MDM9600 Gobi chipset indicates tri-mode LTE, HSPA and CDMA compatibility. Sammy’s super-sized smartphone could hit South Korea later this month, or in early October — if the passable English in that Google translation can be believed.

Samsung SHV-E120L comes out of the development dark, is the Xtina to LG’s Britney originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 21

In case you didn’t know, PS Vita will play nice with PSP in ad-hoc mode

Posted in: gaming, handheld, Japan, minipost, playstation, psp, sony, Today's Chili, video games, VideoGames
Check out this tasty morsel of PS Vita info making the rounds: you’ll be able to face your PSP-totin’ friends via ad-hoc mode with games you’ve snagged from the PS Store (so long as the title supports it). We must’ve been so enamored by those vibrant PS Vitas at TGS that we missed this sweet bite courtesy of Sony PlayStation Japan. Sure, it doesn’t kill the sting of its three to five hour battery life, but hey, we’ll just consider it another justification for picking up the hot little number once it hits shelves.

In case you didn’t know, PS Vita will play nice with PSP in ad-hoc mode originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 21

Windows 8 ditches ’80s BIOS boot for streamline UEFI

Posted in: Microsoft, os, Today's Chili, video, Windows, windows 8, Windows8

Every time we reboot our computers, that scrolling code takes us right back to the days of War Games and Tab. Bringing us into the 21st century, Microsoft has decided to ditch the old boot by beautifying the whole experience with a graphical menu. Windows 8 will shift from the standard fugly BIOS system to a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) — giving users a high resolution logo and a graphical menu to gaze upon while powering up their PC. Besides just looking better, the menu lets you boot to a different disc, OS or USB drive using pretty pictures and words as prompts. If you’re into a little self-inflicted eye torture, you can always pull up the command prompt menu from nightmares past. Check out the throwback video tribute to the computers of yesteryear after the break.

Update: Just to clarify, Microsoft isn’t actually building flashing mobos, but it’s pushing towards UEFI to achieve “significantly richer capabilities” while booting.

Update: Microsoft isn’t actually building flashing mobos, but it’s using its considerable industry weight to push manufacturers towards UEFI to achieve “significantly richer capabilities” while booting.

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Windows 8 ditches ’80s BIOS boot for streamline UEFI originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 21

‘Monster Cat’ 30,472-core supercomputer can be yours for $1,279 an hour

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Nicknamed after the magical “Nekomata” cat of Japanese nightmares, Cycle Computing’s monstrous new supercomputer can now be yours to rent for the low price of $1,279 an hour. By fusing together the face-melting power of 3,809 eight-core Amazon AWS Elastic Computer 2s, the company was able to create the world’s 30th fastest computer with 30,472 processor cores and 27TB of memory — primarily used for complex modeling rather than Facebooking. Components of the beast hide out in three of Amazon’s EC2 data center lairs located in California, Virginia and Ireland, and communicate using HTTPS and SSH encrypted with AES-256 to keep its secrets safe and secure. Compared to the company’s previous 10,000-core offering ($1,060 / hour), the new version is far more powerful and minimally more expensive, mostly because it uses spot instances (where customers bid on unused EC2 capacity) rather than pricier reserved instances. Good on you Cycle Computing, not everyone has access to a Jeopardy champ.

‘Monster Cat’ 30,472-core supercomputer can be yours for $1,279 an hour originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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