Nearly six months removed from a failed U.S. Senate run, former Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is expressing remorse for his controversial “legitimate rape” comments.
In an interview with KSDK-TV aired Thursday night, Akin was asked whether he regretted making those statements.
“Of course,” Akin replied. “Of course you regret it. You think what it would have been like if I hadn’t done that.”
Fujifilm‘s JZ-series features long-zoom compact digital cameras, of which the FinePix JZ700 is the latest addition, featuring an 8x optical zoom and a wide-angle lens. These features are accompanied by several others you’d fine in many modern digital cameras, such as full HD recording and a 14-megapixel CMOS sensor. One of the camera’s main selling points is its thin body, which measures in at 18.9mm thick.
While the camera has fairly standard features, it does offer optical image stabilization, which is a welcomed feature in any camera, especially compacts, which usually offer digital stabilization instead and are especially prone to image shake when recording video. And while the previous JZ-series cameras utilized a CCD camera sensor, the latest model uses a CMOS sensor that is said to provide better low-light captures.
There’s a burst mode for capturing rapidly-moving subjects, such as events during sports games or active child who have trouble posing for an image. The continuous shooting mode has a maximum of 8 images per burst, shooting at a rate of up to 8-frames-per-second when taken at full resolution. Dropping the resolution down will speed up the burst rate by a tenth of a second, which isn’t much but might be a sliver long enough to catch that once-in-a-lifetime shot.
Videos can be recorded in 1080p HD at 30 frames-per-second, with the announcement also mentioning a 200fps recording mode without additional details. Presumably, users will need to drop the recording resolution very low to use the slow-mo mode. There are filters for photos, such as Toy Camera and Miniature. Such effects can be previewed on the 2.7-inch LCD display before snapping the picture.
[via Fujifilm]
Fujifilm FinePix JZ700 long-zoom camera features 1080p recording and 14MP sensor is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Given Sony’s heritage, it’s no surprise that the company loves its audio — but we can imagine that some might be overwhelmed when the company has priced and dated the cores of its 2013 home and shelf audio lineups in one sitting. Don’t worry, we’ll break it all down. On the home audio side, both the BDV-N7100W and BDV-7100W home-theaters-in-a-box (N8100W shown above) are already shipping at respective $599 and $699 prices with 1,000W 5.1-channel output, internet-linked Blu-ray players and both Bluetooth as well as OneTouch NFC pairing. TV watchers who can wait until June will also see the STR-DN1040, a $599 7.2-channel receiver with 4K upscaling, Bluetooth, WiFi and 165W per channel; the $449 STR-DN840 receiver, which scales back to 4K passthrough and 150W per channel; and the $399 HT-C660 soundbar, which adds NFC pairing to the same wireless mix as the receivers.
Shelf audio is simpler, with every new entry arriving May 27th. Both the LBT-GPX55 (below) and LBT-GPX77 mini stereos offer a respective 1,600W and 1,800W of output alongside Bluetooth, NFC, a CD player (!) and dual USB ports at a $499 starting price. Those who don’t need their walls rattled quite so thoroughly can spring for the $349 RDH-GTK37iP boombox, which puts out a still-substantial 420W on top of Bluetooth, NFC, an iOS dock and attention-getting strobe lights. That’s a lot to process, we know. If you’re not satisfied even after that deluge of information, however, Sony’s pressers await after the break.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio/Video, HD, Sony
Source: Sony
No love appears to be lost between former Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) and Republican strategist Karl Rove.
In a Thursday interview with KSDK-TV, Akin took a jab at Rove’s decision to start the Conservative Victory Project, a new super PAC aimed at preventing far-right influences from overtaking establishment Republicans.
“Karl Rove has made himself an expert,” Akin said. “I think I lost one race. He managed to lose about 12 of them in one night.”
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It could be said that one day every home will have automation features – it only makes sense given the increasingly wireless and mobile nature of technology and our lives in general. AT&T has gotten into the market, rolling out its Digital Life home management and automation system for the first time. For now, the service is available in 15 markets, with plans to roll it out in 50 markets by the end of the year.
Digital Life offers always-there home monitoring via AT&T centers, which customers have the ability to receive alerts from through a variety of means, including via mobile while away from home. Users can likewise manager their house from their tablet, smartphone, or laptop, locking doors, adjusting lights and thermostats, and more. For now, only customers in Atlanta, Austin, Boulder, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Riverside, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, and select parts of New York/New Jersey can subscribe.
The home management service comes in two varities: a $29.99 monthly + $149.99 installation package, and a $39.99 monthly + $249.99 installation pagkage with a few more options over the cheaper rate, such as a glass break detector and carbon monoxide detector. From there, users can add more feature, including a door, energy, camera, water detection, and water control package for smaller additional rates per month.
AT&T Digital Life’s Senior Vice President Kevin Petersen said, “We know how important security is to our customers, and this was our top priority when we set out to build Digital Life. People rely on their mobile devices more than ever, so Digital Life offers an easy and convenient way to secure their homes, protect their families and simplify their lives from virtually anywhere.”
[via AT&T]
AT&T rolls out Digital Life home management system, offers it in 15 markets is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Kyocera does a good line in rugged (and often unconventional) smartphones, although this pair of leaked handsets, apparently headed to Verizon (left) and US Cellular (right), both appear to cut a more typical profile. As is often the way with serial leak artist @evleaks, there’s no full spec sheet to hand, although the US Cellular-bound XTRM appears to been given some bumper protection around the corners and will likely match that hardy name. Verizon will get the LTE-capable Elite, although we’ll have to wait for either the carriers — or Kyocera itself — to let us in on all the other details.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Via: Phone Arena
Source: @evleaks (Twitter)
— Alabama’s dominance once again carried over to the NFL draft.
The two-time defending national champions became the first college team to produce three consecutive first-round picks since the common draft started in 1967 Thursday night. The New York Jets selected cornerback Dee Milliner at No. 9, then guard Chance Warmack promptly went to the Tennessee Titans and San Diego picked tackle D.J. Fluker.
The wrangling over patents has shifted its focus to Motorola today, which took a blow in court over standards-essential patents and how much the company is entitled to over them. Specifically, the now Google-owned Motorola Mobility sought billions from Microsoft over its use of the patents, but a judge has put the kibosh on that, dropping the figure substantially.
Such a ruling has impact outside of this particular legal spat, potentially laying a foundation for future issues regarding how much a company can receive financially for patents that are standards essential, such as the h.264 and wireless patents involved in this case. Microsoft uses some of Motorola’s patents, and for that use Motorola sought more than 4 billion dollars.
U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle, Washington gave his ruling on Thursday, saying that rather than the billions it wanted, Motorola Mobility is actually owned more in the range of $1.8 million annually from Microsoft for its use of the patents. The judge went on to elaborate on this decision, explaining why the rate is so much lower than what was being sought.
Dozens of entities all have, for example, wireless standards-essential patents, and the cost of paying the wanted rate out to each of them for using the technology would result in wireless networking costs exceedingly high. Needless to say, Microsoft was satisfied with the decision, but Motorola was less enthused, giving a rather generic statement that it licenses its patents at rates similar to other companies in the same industry.
[via AllThingsD]
Judge to Motorola: You’re asking too much for patents is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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When we first reported on the leaked image of China Unicom’s HTC One with its back cover off, some questioned its authenticity since the phone touts its unibody design in other parts of the world. Well, as we found out at HTC’s Beijing launch event on Wednesday, the Chinese variants (802w, 802t and 802d; ¥4,888 or about $790 for 32GB) do indeed have a removable cover for access to their dual SIM slots and microSD slot. But the question is: how does that piece of metal come off? It’s simple: the usual micro-SIM tray at the top left side of the phone is replaced by a latch release (close-up shot after the break), and pushing it up would pop the cover open, as pictured above.
While this may technically not qualify for the “unibody” moniker, HTC’s Vice President of China Lin Zurong told us that the removable cover and its accompanying parts at the top and bottom are cut out from the same piece of aluminum; so if you mix and match covers across two Ones of the same color, the fit or texture may not feel “right.” Other than that, the Chinese One feels and looks very much the same as its foreign counterpart.
And finally, we asked whether the much anticipated red HTC One will be sold in China, to which a representative replied this was originally designed with other regions — namely Japan — in mind, so there’s no confirmation as to whether China will get it just yet. Come to think of it, wouldn’t the red HTC One be a nice fit for Verizon?
Source: Engadget China, HTC China
Google just released a new Play Store version (4.0.27) that, at first glance, contains only very minor tweaks — except for one little thing. A new policy change will no longer permit any apps to update without going through the Play Store’s internal system. That won’t affect most software, but there’s a notable exception in Facebook, which recently added auto-downloading to the latest version of its Android app, allowing it to bypass Play. The new policy seems designed to put a stop to that kind of thing, but you never know — it could be just be a coincidence.
Update: Google has reached out to clarify that it also posted the policy changes to its Developer Console with the following statement:
Google Play Program Policies have been updated. See “Content Policies” section, which clarifies that “An app downloaded from Google Play may not modify, replace or update its own APK binary code using any method other than Google Play’s update mechanism.” Google Play is a trusted source for Android application downloads, and we are committed to providing a secure and consistent experience. Learn More.
[Thanks, Thomas]
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Google, Facebook
Source: Google Play
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