Dec 12
Dec 12
A Beautiful Portrait of New York From One Single Point in Just One Minute
Posted in: new-york, Today's Chili, top, video
I never get tired of timelapses of New York City, but Rivers & Roads is particularly beautiful. It perfectly captures the arteries that carry the blood through the city—in just one minute from just one vantage point. More »
Dec 12
Nook Color gets multimedia upgrade, further blurs the tablet battle lines
Posted in: Android, barnes and noble, BarnesAndNoble, e reader, e-book, e-books, e-readers, nook, Today's Chili, upgrade
Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color is getting a piece of that promised multimedia upgrade. This round features video content from the likes of Netflix and Flixster, access to comics from the true believers at Marvel and a few other tweaks, like the ability to read books in landscape mode, to fully take advantage of that seven-inch display. The update further blurs the lines between the Color, which began life as little more than a color screen e-reader and the recently introduced Nook Tablet, which features souped up internals but an otherwise similar design. The Color is currently priced at $199 — $50 less than the Tablet — and will be getting more software upgrades in the future, including access to music services like Pandora and Rhapsody. Press info after the break.
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Nook Color gets multimedia upgrade, further blurs the tablet battle lines originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 12
Verizon-branded LG Spectrum steps out in leaked press shot
Posted in: 4G, LG, lte, mobilepostcross, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless 
LG aren’t letting up on the LTE hardware. While we’ve only just shaken hands with AT&T’s Nitro HD, this Verizon-branded 4G handset packs several design cues (and specifications) from its rival network cousin. The LG Spectrum has already appeared — albeit fleetingly — in a database listing and is likely to be the successor to Big Red’s Revolution. Pocketnow reckons that the phone will rock a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a high-definition display running at 720p and an eight megapixel shooter, although it’s hard to make out much for from these shots — aside from that protruding camera module. Regardless, life’s most certainly looking good for LG fans.
Verizon-branded LG Spectrum steps out in leaked press shot originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 12
Android Market web store update adds user review filters, changes lives
Posted in: Android, android market, AndroidMarket, application, apps, Google, minipost, refresh, review, smartphone, Software, Today's Chili, update
It looks like Google has rolled out yet another update to its Android Market web store, bringing a slew of new filtering features for especially investigative users. In particular, the refresh allows consumers to filter user reviews by a handful of parameters, including star ratings, app version and device model. Best of all, you can use any or all of these filters simultaneously, thereby allowing you to isolate, for example, all five-star reviews of a specific app from users of a specific handset. It certainly sounds like a useful addition, and one you can check out for yourself, at the source link below.
Android Market web store update adds user review filters, changes lives originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 12
Galaxy Player 4.0 review
Posted in: Android, GalaxyS, gingerbread, Google, media player, MediaPlayer, PMP, review, samsung, Today's Chili, video
Apple users have the iPod touch, but what about Android fans? Where do they turn when looking for an app-running, connected media player — basically a smartphone without the phone? Well, believe it or not, there are a few options out there (like the Philips GoGear and Cowon’s D3) And one of the premier lines is certainly Samsung’s Galaxy Player offerings which, as the name implies, borrow a few things from their beloved cellphone siblings. There’s both a 4.0 ($230) and a 5.0 ($270) model which have four- and five-inch screens, respectively, but, besides the size, the two are practically identical in the specs department. We toyed with the smaller Galaxy Player 4.0 for a couple of weeks and our thoughts on Sammy’s (somewhat pricier) answer to the iPod touch are right after the break.
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Galaxy Player 4.0 review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 12
Yifan Lu jailbreaks Kindle Touch, uses a special MP3 file to do so (video)
Posted in: amazon, e reader, e-book, e-books, e-readers, jailbreak, kindle, media player, MediaPlayer, MP3, Mp3Player, Today's Chili, video
We’ve seen a fair share of Kindle Jailbreaks over the past few years, but Yifan Lu’s (evidently the first) for the Kindle Touch is certainly novel in its approach. As The Digital Reader points out, a sizeable chunk of the Touch’s software is essentially a string of pseudo HTML5 and JavaScript webpages — differentiating it from Kindles prior — which led Lu to notice an exploit rooted in its browser. It’s there where he found a function titled nativeBridge.dbgCmd(), which’ll run any ol’ shell command as root. Armed with that knowledge, Lu crafted the jailbreak by cramming his payload of HTML and JavaScript into the ID3 tags of an easily downloadable MP3 file. There isn’t much to be gained from “playing” that MP3 just yet, but Lu’s looking forward to developers using the tools needed to write programs for the device. Full details about the jailbreak can be found at source link below, but before you head off, you can catch the video proof after the break.Continue reading Yifan Lu jailbreaks Kindle Touch, uses a special MP3 file to do so (video)
Yifan Lu jailbreaks Kindle Touch, uses a special MP3 file to do so (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 12
Sony Ericsson Xperia Nozomi spotted out again, can’t help but get its photo taken
Posted in: Android, gingerbread, Google, leak, leaked, mobilepostcross, mobilepostmini, sony, Sony Ericsson, SonyEricsson, Today's Chili, xperia 
Sony Ericsson’s forthcoming flagship was already looking like a very handsome slice of smartphone, but it’s even more dashing in these thankfully crystal-clear shots. This latest leak give us a nice close-up of the matte-finished monolith, showing off a dedicated camera button, HDMI port, built-in battery and the conspicuous absence of microSD storage. The LT26i is rumored to possess a 720 x 1280 resolution spread across a 4.3-inch touchscreen, with a dual-core processor behind it. Sony Ericsson also looks to have finally taken the plunge with front-facing shooters, with an as-yet unspecified camera embedded above the screen, while a stylish glassy button bar below seems to run right through the device. Take a peak at the still-codenamed Nozomi — uncovered — after the break, or check out a full 360-degree runaround at the source below.
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Dec 12
Apple Mac Store breaks the 100 million download barrier
Posted in: Apple, apps, AppStore, download, Mac, Today's Chili
At just under a year old, Apple’s Mac App Store is celebrating a fairly significant milestone, hitting the 100 million download mark, a fact the company celebrated with a customarily self-congratulatory press release. The desktop store hit the scene in January of this year, just ahead of CES — at present, it’s home to “thousands” of apps, according to Apple. Granted, these numbers pale in comparison to the some 18 billion app downloads for Apple’s other App Store, but still, not bad for a year’s work. Press release after the break.
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Apple Mac Store breaks the 100 million download barrier originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 12
ESET Smart Security & NOD32 4.0 Beta
Posted in: Features, performance, Pre-Release, Release Date, Software, Today's Chili, WindowsThis article was written on November 26, 2008 by CyberNet.
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ESET NOD32 and Smart Security have always been my favorite security products because of their performance and high detection levels. There’s some good news for current owners! ESET is getting ready to move to the next level with version 4 of their security suite and antivirus software.
NOD32 4.0 and ESET Smart Security 4.0 are currently in a public Beta phase, and include numerous enhancements. One such improvement is that they will now be bundling the SysInspector tool that they have been, and still do, offer as a free download. Here are some other features new to version 4.0:
- Tasks can be postponed when the machine is running on battery, and a notification can be displayed if a larger update is going to be downloaded.
- Improved scanning of removable media (used maximum settings when running files from removable media, allows blocking/allowing USB ports)
- Improved cleaning and self-defense
- Added statistic graphs and information about the currently scanned object
- Added an option to use advanced heuristics on file execution
- Added an option to control the level of archive scanning or maximum scan time of objects
- Added option to supress notifications when applications are run in fullscreen mode
- Scanning of encrypted HTTPS/POP3S protocols
- Website management allowing to block/allow access to user-defined sites
- New Document protection module for scanning MS Office files
- Password protected uninstallation
- Notification about missing operating system updates
- Works with Windows Live Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird
- Antispam now uses a user and global address books
- Potentially unwanted/unsafe applications are now reported in a yellow alert window which requires a user interaction
There’s no word on a release date yet, but the current Beta applications don’t expire until 02/03/2009… so I wouldn’t expect to see a final release before then.
ESET Beta Homepage
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