Researchers at the Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan have come up with a four-legged wheelchair design that lets the mobility device tackle steps and other obstacles that it simply couldn’t with just four wheels. And it keeps its passenger level and perfectly safe when it’s tip-toeing over uneven terrain. More »
My best friend went to Mexico on her honeymoon. They had a lovely hotel at a fabulous resort and I helped her pick out bathing suits and shorts for almost 3 months before they left. On the first day she swallowed some water while brushing her teeth… and the rest of that vacation became a blur of bathroom tile, rough toilet paper and Pepto-Bismol.
If only she had this perfect little travel gadget, the Nano UV Dual Scanner, useful when traveling in strange lands or unfamiliar locations, or even when you’re at home, you can confidently eliminate many harmful microorganisms that you could be exposed to, in both your drinking water, or on surfaces.
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What we’re seeing this morning is a couple of photos that have appeared on Picasa with the name Sony Nexus X attached to them – dare we assume? Though quite likely an elaborate mock-up of what could be in the future, the notion of a Sony Nexus device is not new – back when the Xperia Play was released, it was revealed that it was a Nexus device before being turned down in favor of the Nexus S. It also plays well with the notion that Google’s future Nexus releases will go with more than one manufacturer rather than just Samsung or HTC.
Here with this Sony device we’re seeing a complete lack of “Xperia” brand naming and some form shaping unlike anything Sony has delivered before. You can see some styling choices that certainly ring a Sony bell, enough to make us think it’s possible, but the family resemblance with the Galaxy Nexus makes one believe this might be a hybrid. This device has some metal (or plastic that’s made to look metal) on the bottom back, soft plastic up top, and a single LED flash near a large-lensed back-facing camera.
NOTE: If you weren’t already, take an extra grain of salt with this supposed leak. It’s more important at the moment to think about the implications of such a phone rather than assuming this one is real – but keep in mind that it COULD be real, too. You never know until you know!
There’s a single microUSB port on the left of the device along with three pogo-pins for wireless docking. It appears that this device will be released with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or greater, such is the color scheme in the user interface. The front of the device also has a right-side front-facing camera and two sensors as well. You’ll also notice a lack of any off-screen buttons, the home set of three being rather Nexus-friendly right along the bottom inside the display.
This device, if it is indeed real, could be released at the same time as the LG Nexus 4 (or Nexus G), with more than one manufacturer bringing the heat at the same time to show Google’s power. This is the new vision for Google, a re-imagining of their original Android mission to release a single phone that would be out on every single carrier at once. Will Sony be able to do justice to the next version of Android in a vanilla iteration? We shall see!
[via Xperia Blog]
Sony Nexus X mockup appears unlikely is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Apple is moving to actively replace Samsung in its key supply chain roles, it’s reported, minimizing its Korean foe’s involvement to the bare minimum the two firms are contractually obligated to. Fueled by patent war antagonism, Apple sliced out Samsung’s input from the design of its Apple A6 chipset found in the iPhone 5, sources tell The Korea Times, with an unnamed Samsung official apparently telling the paper that Apple “made it clear it will no longer use” the technology of its rival, relying on them only to manufacture the chips themselves. However, even that collaboration may be short-lived.
“Samsung’s agreement with Apple is limited to manufacturing the A6 processors” the ‘senior Samsung official’ said at a technology event. “Apple did all the design and we are just producing the chips on a foundry basis.”
That reduced involvement leaves the field more open to Samsung’s foundry rivals, with TSMC cited as most likely to benefit from Samsung’s loss. TSMC has already inked a deal with Apple to produce future 20nm quadcore chips, and Barclays analysts have supposedly predicted the foundry will be responsible for manufacturing Apple A7 S0Cs from Q1 2014.
“There are three kinds of chip clients” the source within Samsung told the Korean paper. “Some want us to handle everything from chip design, architecture and manufacturing. Some want us to just design and manufacture. Some want us to just make the chips. Apple is now the third type.” Previously, Samsung and Apple had worked together on A-series chip design.
According to the analysts, TSMC has “hundreds” of researchers working on future Apple chips that don’t infringe on any Samsung patents, as the foundry and Apple prepare to oust Samsung from its privileged position. Apple also poached a Samsung chip expert in recent weeks, another move believed to be intended to shore up the Cupertino firm’s in-house expertise as Samsung is factored out.
Nonetheless, Samsung execs don’t appear to be too concerned by the growing distance between the companies. “Although Apple has excluded Samsung from key projects, we’re not too worried as Samsung is selling more custom chips to other major companies such as Qualcomm and Nvidia” one source said, pointing out that Samsung’s near-unique position to mass produce components to the scale that Apple demands means cutting ties completely is incredibly difficult.
Apple is apparently already requesting more flash storage from Samsung, as demand for the chips in the iPhone 5, iPod, and other ranges increases. “[Apple] can’t completely wipe Samsung from its business partner list” the exec insisted.
[via CNET]
Apple gives Samsung the chip chop is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Put that back! This wasn’t the plan! BALLMER IS GOING TO BLOW UP SOMEONE’S HOUSE! Because: according to the Verge, at least one Walmart is already selling copies of Windows 8 Pro for $70. Just out on display, for anyone to buy. More »
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Every generation has had its own dance craze, from the Charleston of the
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Gamers have been waiting on tenterhooks for Markus “Notch” Persson’s next offering, titled 0x10c, and while the Minecraft creator has detailed some aspects of the upcoming game, even he’s not sure exactly how it’ll end up. Newly released video footage (after the break) shows a first-person shooter aboard a spaceship, and the creators told PC Gamer that they’d “really like for stuff to go wrong,” so that players can use creativity and resource-gathering, Minecraft-style, to fix it. Persson also said that the ship would contain a fully-programmable 16-bit computer (which sounds a bit like a recent Minecraft mod), and that multiplayer would be added early in the development. Apart from that, though, the team admitted “we don’t know where 0x10c is really headed,” and that they shouldn’t “raise too many people’s expectations.” Based on the rampant speculation so far, it seems like that ship may have already sailed.
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Microsoft is going balls to the wall with marketing and advertising for their upcoming Windows 8 operating system, and it’s estimated they’ll spend between $1.5 billion and $1.8 billion on marketing alone. Yesterday, Microsoft launched a new ad for Windows 8 that teases the user interface and simply refers us to wait until “10.26.12″.
The ad is actually pretty clever and quite good. It starts out with a dramatic countdown, which is certainly cliche of any upcoming launch advertisement, but the countdown stops at 8 and continues to repeat the number 8 (for Windows 8, obviously). In between, we see glimpses of Windows 8 in action, as well as the various hardware from Samsung, Sony, Lenovo, and Acer.
We also catch a quick look at different apps and games, such as Xbox Video, Fruit Ninja, and various photo and painting applications. To anyone who has used Windows 8 already, like the different preview or beta versions, the ad won’t really be anything new, but if you’re still waiting for the final release and haven’t yet gotten your hands on the new OS (literally), this ad will certainly whet your appetite.
Windows 8 will officially launch next Friday on October 26, and we have the invitation and everything, so we’ll be there to bring you the latest updates on the launch and any other details that release on the same day. We’re pretty excited to see Windows 8 in action and we’re curious how the general public will react to the revamped OS.
[via Gizmodo]
Microsoft unveils new Windows 8 ad is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Ah, Instagram, iPhone, Hipstamatic—they’ve all done so well to provide “real” photographers with so much to condemn, scoff at, and look down on. You know what? Get over it. More »
Microsoft’s new Xbox Music streaming service will leave many existing device owners – including Windows Phone 7 early-adopters – out in the cold, the company has conceded. The new cloud-based music service, which launches tomorrow for Xbox 360 but will eventually run on Windows Phone 8 handsets and Windows 8/RT PCs and tablets, cuts all ties with the existing version of Microsoft’s smartphone and PC platforms. Meanwhile, the threat of listening limits lurks in the small-print.
Microsoft has no plans to release Xbox Music apps for Windows 7 or Windows Phone 7/7.5/7.8, the company admitted to The Verge, leaving those desktop and mobile platforms with the existing Zune Pass program. That means the same catalog of tracks will be on offer – Microsoft says that amounts to over 30m globally, though not all tracks are available in all countries – but the cloud functionality won’t be present.
For instance, Xbox Music users will be able to create playlists of tracks and have those automatically synchronize across multiple devices logged into the same account, but Zune Pass users won’t get access to the functionality. Similarly, the upcoming “cloud match” service which will put existing music users own into the cloud for them to enjoy on any device will also not be extended to Zune Pass users.
Windows 7 users, meanwhile, will also miss out on the free streaming access that Windows 8/RT users will get. Xbox Music on Windows Phone 8 and Xbox 360 will demand a monthly subscription of $9.99 (on top of Xbox LIVE membership on the console), but Windows 8 users will have a free, ad-supported option instead.
However, that unlimited, ad-supported playback will be short-lived. According to Microsoft’s small-print, after six months of use the option will be limited to just ten hours of playback each month. That’s in contrast to Spotify, the ad-supported plan of which has no such limits.
It’s not the only indignity early-adopters of Windows Phone 7 have had to stomach. Microsoft cut backward compatibility with Windows Phone 8, promising those who bought earlier devices only a visual update to WP7.8 rather than the full, new OS.
Xbox Music flaws surface: Old Windows abandoned plus listening limits is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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