Sep 29

Intel to acquire Telmap, dole out easy to implement location APIs to AppUp developers

Posted in: gps, intel, mobilepostcross, Today's Chili

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/29/intel-to-aquire-telmap-dole-out-easy-to-implement-location-apis/In case you weren’t watching, Intel’s Elements 2011 Keynote slipped in a sly acquisition announcement: the firm recently signed a deal to absorb Telmap, an Israel-based outfit whose location platform is the backbone of countless navigation apps. Intel’s Peter Biddle says the navigation firm is to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, and will help AppUp developers pack their apps with unique location capabilities via Telmap’s standardized APIs. Biddle wraps it up simply enough: “New advanced capabilities with just a few lines of code.” Details on the deal are scarce, but hit the source link below to see Biddle’s full statement in Intel’s AppUp wrap-up.

Intel to acquire Telmap, dole out easy to implement location APIs to AppUp developers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 29

How to Create Self-Destructing Digital Notes

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on August 03, 2011 by CyberNet.

Self destruct note

I’m sure we’ve all quoted Mission Impossible at one time or another saying “This message will self destruct in…”. Your average Joe creating a message that can actually self destruct, on the other hand, may be a little more difficult. If you don’t mind going the digital route a service called Privnote is looking to accomplish exactly that though.

When you jump over to Privnote you’ll be presented with a large notepad where you can type out your note. You don’t need to sign up for an account or anything along those lines, which makes this all the better. After you create your note you’ll be given a link that you can share with someone, and that link is only viewable one time. After the user clicks on the link that particular note will cease to exist.

Unfortunately this is missing a few things. First, the creator should be able to specify how much time the user is given to read the note, and a countdown should get displayed while they are reading it. That adds a sense of urgency to the note. Second, there is nothing in place to prevent the person reading the note from copying it somewhere else where they can read it later.

I have a hard time thinking of a practical purpose for a service like this, but that doesn’t detract from some of the fun you can have using it with your friends.

Privnote Homepage

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Sep 29

ScreenToaster: Fast, Free & Easy Screencast Creation

Posted in: Freeware, Linux, Mac, Software, Today's Chili, Web Sites, Windows

This article was written on April 03, 2009 by CyberNet.

screentoaster.png

For a lot of users creating screencasts is too much of a pain, and so a lot of people will avoid them. This is especially true if they see software like Camtasia Studio that has a pricetag of $300, which is overkill for what most people are looking to do.

ScreenToaster is an awesome alternative that uses Java through your browser, and doesn’t make you download/install anything. You’ll need to register for an account, but it’s completely free. After you get done making your screencast they’ll let you download it as a .mov file, upload it to their own site (free hosting), or upload it to YouTube in HD quality. The choice is yours, but you should be aware that they will place a watermark in the bottom-right corner so that people will know you created it with their service. That’s really the only trade-off that I found though. Heck, you can even add subtitles, record from a webcam, and include audio in your screencast.

I’m not a huge fan of tools that use Java, but in cases like this it is kinda nice. Since it uses Java this tool is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux users. I had never really found a good screencast utility for Linux that was easy-to-use, but something like this would be perfect for most of my situations… especially if i’m just trying to show a friend how to do something real quick.

If you’ve got something easy and free that you use for screencasts let us know in the comments.

ScreenToaster Homepage [via WebWorkerDaily]

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Sep 29

LG seeks ban on South Korean BMW and Audi sales, sticks out its LED lit tongue at Osram

Posted in: lawsuit, LED, LG, patent, patents, South Korea, SouthKorea, Today's Chili

Wouldn’t it be nice if we lived in a world where we all just got along, people worked for the thrill of it, and knowledge was free? Yeah, fat chance dreamers. ‘Sue’, our new millennium’s most oft-used verb, is getting some heavy play at the hands of the tech industry. The latest court room combatants? Why, that’d be LG Group and Osram. You see, once upon a time LG was late to the LED patent game, and was content to fork over the cash to Osram for use of its tech. Skip to now, and the electronics giant’s claiming it can get its lighting goods elsewhere, picking from a plethora of relevant IP-holding companies and combining that with its own patents. Despite having already countersued Osram in July to prevent the import of that company’s allegedly infringing products into South Korea, LG’s gathered its legal arsenal once again to block the sale of Audis and BMWs throughout the entire country — cars that include Osram’s LED tech. It’s hard to imagine the courts would grant such a wide-sweeping ban on major auto players’ bread-and-butter. And all grandstanding aside, it’s more likely the two fisticuffing parties will come to some sort of revised financial agreement.

LG seeks ban on South Korean BMW and Audi sales, sticks out its LED lit tongue at Osram originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 29

Tag Heuer concept watch beats 3.6 million times per hour, $89,000 price tag gives heart palpitations

Posted in: concept, Today's Chili, video, watch

Tag Heuer’s high-end concept chronograph is so precise, blink and you’ll miss it — literally. The Mikrotimer Flying 1000’s watch movement runs at 500Hz. Compare that to other high-end chronos plodding along at 5Hz, and you start to see the sort of power and precision Team Tag are working with — this mesmerizing piece of wrist jewelry is capable of banging out 3.6 million beats per hour. Initially planned as a one-off, the concept watch will now go on sale for a lucky few timepiece obsessives. Be prepared to reach for your severely over-burdened money clip, though; the price is set at €65,000 ($88,580), with a limited run of ten arriving before the end of the year. Gawp in awe at the brief video after the break. You may have to sell the Batmobile.

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Sep 29

Adidas builds intelligent soccer cleats that can outwit even Joey Barton

Posted in: statistics, Today's Chili
Impoverished football soccer clubs, with their massive stadiums, billionaire owners and millionaire star players have it awful hard, you know. If a club wanted a statistical analysis of the team’s movements over the 90 minutes (more if Sir Alex Ferguson is involved) then it needs to spend big on a ProZone statistics system. That’s all due to change, thanks to Adidas’ new adizero f50 miCoach — an “intelligent football boot” that includes a space for the miCoach Speed Cell, a tracking device that works like a souped-up Nike+iPod. The chip records your speed, sprint times, distance, step and stride rates, stores it for up to seven hours and pushes it over WiFi or USB to the device of your choice. You’ll be able to share your stats online with friends via Facebook and compare them to pros like diminutive pitchman Lionel Messi, diminutive Welshman Gareth Bale and the, ah, not-so-diminutive Emmanuel Adebayor. A pair of boots, Speed Cell and dongle will require your bank account to shrink to the tune of €245 ($330) and will hit the stores in November — just in time for you to sit indoors during the snowy January transfer window.

Gallery: Adidas adizero f50 Powered by miCoach

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Adidas builds intelligent soccer cleats that can outwit even Joey Barton originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 29

Fanboyism Taken to New Heights With Glass and Aluminum iPhone 5 Mockup

Posted in: Apple, Hacks, Mods and DIY, Phones, Today's Chili

This is not a real iPhone 5. Repeat, not a real iPhone 5. Photo: Benm.at

And the “Biggest Apple Fanboy of the Week” award goes to (drum roll please) the guys who made this insane real-life, glass and aluminum mockup of an iPhone 5.

A team of Apple fans at Benm.at in Germany used CAD designs, leaked hints, case designs and realistic mockups to develop a 3-D computer model that was then used to build a true-to-life, true-to-scale iPhone 5 mockup.

The team says they used the same process to create their prototype that is used to create the iPad. The rear of the case was hewn from a solid block of aluminum, which was then treated with glass pearls to give it texture.

Their mockup measures in at 2.36 inches wide, which is just slightly larger than the iPhone 4, but is slightly squatter (4.33 inches compared to the current 4.5 inches) and thinner. They adopted the rumored teardrop shape of the device, so the top is about .04 inches thicker than the bottom of the device. They also opted for an oval-shaped capacitive touch home button, rather than a mechanical button.

The result is kind of amazing, based on their photographs. Here’s one more — how their iPhone 5 fits in with some of the iPhone family — for your viewing pleasure.

Photo: Benm.at

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Sep 29

Harman Kardon’s MS 150 speaker dock supports multiple devices, $600 pricetag (video)

Posted in: Android, Apple, ios, iPhone, ipod, minipost, radio, Today's Chili, video

Some folks get along just dandy with an iPod and a speaker dock, but if you need a rig that’ll handle more sources, Harman Kardon hopes to have you covered with MS 150 — which bears more than a passing resemblance to the Zeppelin Mini. This stereo system comes loaded with an iPhone dock, CD drive and FM tuner, along with a flood of auxiliary connections not limited to its headphone jacks and subwoofer output. It’s even sporting an LCD display so you’ll know what’s pumping out of its 30 watt drivers. The MS 150 is available now from Harman Kardon, but all of its functionality will cost you — it’s priced at a whopping $600. Hey, at least it comes with a remote. You’ll find full details in the PR and video demo below.

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Sep 29

CyberNet’s Year In Review: March 2006

Posted in: Today's Chili

This article was written on December 31, 2006 by CyberNet.

CompUSA Laptop Ad March was more of a fun month with a lot of news from Google and a few big acquisitions. This is also when our site’s traffic really got a boost.

  • Gmail Chat emoticons are better than the ones available for Google Talk. [Read More]
  • Wikipedia hit a huge milestone when they published their 1 millionth article! [Read More]
  • The ultimate laptop for just $3,000! [Read More]
  • Mockup of a touchscreen iPod. [Read More]
  • Funny wallpaper for Firefox fans [Read More]
  • MIT’s $100 laptop gets a new look. [Read More]
  • Windows Live Local puts you in the driver’s seat. [Read More]
  • Google Calendar (codename CL2) screenshots get leaked. [Read More]
  • Google buys the online word processor called Writely. [Read More]
  • Google Desktop 3 adds some nice new features. [Read More]
  • Mozilla Firefox 2 Alpha 1 released. [Read More]
  • Google releases financial services to compete with Yahoo! and MSN. [Read More]
  • Windows Vista gets pushed back to January 2007. Surprisingly there were no further delays after this announcement despite what analysts predicted. [Read More]
  • Dell and Alienware cuddle up and get cozy with each other. [Read More]
  • Try out the new Google search interface. It is now several months later and Google still has not made any changes to their layout, so the classic look will probably be around for awhile. [Read More]
  • One of the most popular articles on CyberNet talks about how to reduce your Firefox memory leaks. [Read More]
  • How to enable Gmail Chat in Opera 9. [Read More]
  • New version of Google Talk introduces Avatars. [Read More]

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Sep 29

Google Spreadsheets Form Feature is Fantastic!

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili

This article was written on February 07, 2008 by CyberNet.

Up until now, the features that have been added to Google Spreadsheets have been a bit underwhelming. There’s nothing they’ve done where I stopped and said “wow, that’s amazing or unique” until today.  Recently they implemented a form feature that will help users collect information in a poll like fashion.  It’s not that this feature is going to be beneficial to everybody, because it’s not, but to those who could use such a feature, they’re going to love this. It’s part of the sharing feature and it only takes a minute to create a form and invite people to fill it out.  The best part of this whole feature is that the information that is collected will be compiled automatically in a Google Spreadsheet for you. All people will have access to is the form itself and not the results.

To access this feature, go to http://spreadsheets.google.com and start a new Spreadsheet. Click “Share” and then “invite people: to fill out a form.” A box will appear that explains how it works as shown below:

google spreadsheet form

By clicking ‘start editing your form,” you’ll be able to write your question, add help text (this shows up under your question), and choose a question type. Question types include: paragraph text, multiple choice, checkboxes, or choose from a list. Below is an example of what you see when you are creating your form:

google spreadsheet form editing

Next is a screenshot of my form when I was done with it. I made sure to select each question type so you can an idea of what it looks like. Just click to enlarge the image:

google spreadsheet form 2

After you’ve completed the form, you will be able to choose your recipients which is my only complaint of the whole feature.  Your only option for sharing the form is to send it as an email or provide people with a direct link.  If you could embed the form into a site, this feature would be just about perfect. And remember, all of the information that is collected from the various people that fill out the form will automatically be compiled into a Google Spreadsheet for you. How convenient is that?

If you’d like to see what a form looks like, just click here and you’ll be directed to the form I created.

Source: Official Google Docs Blog

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