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Some Retina MacBook Pro owners have been waiting for this day for six weeks: that promised Retina support in Google Chrome is now part of a finished, stable release. Chrome 21 is now crisp and clear for those who took the plunge on Apple’s new laptop but would rather not cling to Safari for the web. No matter what hardware you’re using, Google has rolled in its promised WebRTC support to let webcams and microphones have their way without Flash or other plugins. Other notable tweaks like wider support for Cloud Print and gamepads tag along in the update as well. If you’re at all intrigued by the expanded hardware support in Chrome, Google has an abundance of details (and downloads) at the links below.

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Google Chrome 21 stable release adds Retina MacBook Pro support, webcam use without plugins originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week Lenovo is coming up with a brand new laptop model made specifically for students looking to bring their technological excellence up to par. This is the ThinkPad X131e, a laptop computer with rugged design as well as a powerful interior. You’ve got the choice between Intel Core and Celeron processor or AMD E-Series APUs for your engine, and Dolby Advanced Audio will be backing you up for sound.

This device has an 11.6-inch display and the entire unit weighs in at 3.5 pounds for easy transport. As for the specifics inside, it appears that this device will be closer to a netbook than it will be to an ultrabook – but you be the judge. The display has 1366 × 768 pixel resolution across its lovely LCD face, and you’ll be running Windows 7 right out of the box.

This device has a chiclet keyboard, a trackpade and a pointing stick for you Lenovo hardcore fans, and it’s got 8GB of RAM ready to rock and roll. The video camera up top has 720p video capability, you’ve got up to 500 GB for max HDD, 128GB for SSD, and a multi-card reader as well. There’s one USB 2.3 port, two USB 3.0 ports, and an ethernet port as well. You’ve got a full-sized HDMI port out as well!

This notebook works with wi-fi, its battery is set to bring you 8.5 hours of wireless action, and for everyone deciding on an Intel processor for their configuration of this device, you’ve got the full Intel Learning Series on your side as well! Your choices again for the innards of this device include:

• Dual-core AMD E-300 and E2-1800 APUs with AMD Radeon graphics
or
• Intel Core i3-2367M and Intel Celeron 877 processors with Intel HD Graphics

For the teachers there’s an LED light on the laptop’s cover showing whether or not the device is connecting to other devices – or the web – wirelessly. This will come in handy for when notebooks are allowed during a test but the internet is not. This device also has several hardcore abilities to keep itself save, including, per Lenovo:

• Reinforced hinges
• Stainless steel hinge brackets
• Tightly aligned keyboard
• Dustless fan
• Strengthened AC adapter cable
• Enhanced HDD shock performance

This device is currently only shown in black or red but will soon be available with custom colors and etching options – great for schools looking to purchase devices in their own colors with their own logo!

You can pick up the ThinkPad X131e laptop starting immediately if not soon from your favorite business partners as well as online at Lenovo’s own online shop starting at $499 USD.

Lenovo ThinkPad X131e laptop aims at hardcore students is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This Game of Thrones White Walker cake looks great. Winter is coming and it looks yummy. It’s yet another awesome cake by JB Cada and his partner Stephanie Santos from The Regali Kitchen.

This cake is nicely detailed and says “Night gathers and now the party begins.”  If you follow the books to the letter then you will need to sound the horn three times for the warning of White Walkers. Then it’s safe to dig in. But you will obviously need obsidian cake cutters to eat that White Walker on top.

I bet Samwell Tarley and Jon Snow wish they had cakes like this on the wall. I wish I had one too. They did a fantastic job on this one as always.

[via Geeks Are Sexy]

Ever wanted to flag a Facebook post for the future — one you wouldn’t want to be seen “liking” in the present? Well, the heads at Palo Alto are testing a way to make that happen: a save-for-later feature that’ll allow you to add posts to a private feed. Saving is conducted on the sly, so you can create a slimmed-down stalking experience without alerting the posters. If you’re prone to using the desktop version of the site, the option should appear alongside the familiar “Like”, “Comment” and “Share” soon. A similar change should be available on the mobile site, with a press-and-hold mechanic doing the job in the apps for iDevices. There’s no word on other platforms at the moment, but we’d be surprised if the update is confined to browser and iOS users. We know you’re keen to start hoarding those embarrassing drunken status updates, so hopefully the update will be rolling out shortly.

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Facebook working on ‘save-for-later’ feature, lets you like things privately originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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