Jul 21
A Pentagon report questions the high costs of villas and mansions for top generals and admirals.
Jul 21
GENEVA — Tina Turner is celebrating her wedding to Erwin Bach with a party at her Swiss lakeside estate near Zurich.
Swiss media are reporting that pop stars David Bowie, Sade and talk show impresario Oprah Winfrey are among the more than 120 guests invited to Sunday’s Buddhist-inspired event.
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Jul 21
Jul 21
This week it would appear that the team at Haselblad have been working on a custom modification of none other than the Sony RX100 according to several leaked images. This run of customizations would have a series of odd – and awesome – new grips for the machine while the outer body gains its own bit of Hasselblad-unique flare. Included in this lineup is a Padouk wood grip, carbon-fibre, Walnut, Wenge, Olive, and Mahogany.
If you planned on working with the Sony RX100 for quite a while after you’d purchased it and want to make a day of it with a custom body the likes of which you’d only be able to get at this massive price-range, Hasselblad has your back. With prices expected – no confirmed, mind you, expected – to range between $1,600 and $3,200, you’ll be getting a bit more exotic right out of the box.
According to PhotoRumors, the big H up front is set to continue to be a staple of the customized series. The series is also set to be released somewhere around the 26th of July – soon – and the major differences are quite likely to remain aesthetic – exterior on the whole.
You’ll see too that the lenses keep the same name – no ZEISS update here. Have a peek at a few photos of the Sony Cyber-shot RX100 II from our most recent hands-on (also linked above) and see how this update would make the shooter look – and possibly feel – a lot smoother. And cooler, without a doubt.
Hasselblad Stellar leak beefs up Sony’s RX100 is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 21
Phablets have made a decent niche for themselves in the global smartphone market. A device that has a screen larger than a conventional smartphone but smaller than a 7 inch tablet is affectionately referred to as the phablet. Samsung has […]
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Jul 21
Every hour?
(Credit: Fergus Macpherson)
It may well be that the NSA is recording every breath you take, every move you make.
But it’s going to take them quite some time to review whether your breaths and moves are, in some way, significant or even troubling.
So along comes an Android app that can help you by forewarning the NSA with “Look! It wasn’t me!”
I am grateful to Android Central for forewarning me about USA PRISM Plus.
Being an Android app, this sprightly invention relies on utter openness. For it takes random shots of your cell phone and sends them to the NSA Careers Twitter account.
You can decide how often you wish yourself to be exposed.
Some might consider this trollish behavior — though, for myself, I’m not sure whether the word “troll” has any consistent meaning.
There’s a certain charm in that the app’s tweets are accompanied by the words “random security check.”
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Jul 21
DIY Arduino Cell Phone: aPhone Uno
Posted in: Today's ChiliIt’s really amazing how today’s technology enables us to build complex gadgets on our own. Just take a look at Instructables member Ye Xiaobo’s fully functioning cell phone. It can send and receive phone calls and text messages, and it even has a touchscreen. How it looks – and costs – is another thing altogether.
The phone is based on the Arduino Uno. It has a 2.8″ TFT Touch Shield for a screen, a GPRS Shield to connect to GSM and GPRS networks, a rechargeable Li-ion battery and a 3D printed housing.
Put your MacGyver jacket on and head to Instructables to find out how to make your own cell phone. Xiaobo also put together a one-stop parts list on Seeed. Here’s the funny part: the phone will cost you $173.10 (USD) to build, excluding the cost of printing the housing. Oh, and then you need to pay for phone service.
[via Hack A Day]
Jul 21
After receiving a delay past its initial launch date (June 27), NVIDIA’s SHIELD handheld gaming device will officially begin shipping on July 31, barely meeting its delayed launch window of this month and arriving on the last possible day inside of that window. That makes it just over a week until gamers will be able to purchase the new handheld.
The SHIELD was initially initially expected to ship late last month, but due to mechanical issues with a third-party component, NVIDIA ended up having to delay the handheld gaming system for over a month. However, it seems that everything is straightened out now, and the only thing in NVIDIA’s way is hoping the SHIELD has a flawless launch.
The SHIELD is a handheld gaming system that can play Android games, as well as stream PC games from Steam. It’s essentially a game controller with a flip-out display that measures 5 inches diagonally with a 720p HD resolution. The device was first announced at CES 2013 back in January during NVIDIA’s press conference.
Since the announcement, we’ve gotten to know the SHIELD quite a bit in the last few months. We’ve given it a test spin a couple times already, using it to fly around an AR Drone in the backyard, and even getting to do a hands-on session with the final hardware version of the SHIELD last month.
The SHIELD will cost $299 when it launches on July 31, and this is even after a price drop from $349 after the company received feedback from potential buyers at E3 last month. The device is still up for pre-order, and units will begin shipping out starting on July 31. Happy gaming!
NVIDIA SHIELD officially arriving last day of July is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 21
Using it right now.
Posted in: Today's ChiliUsing it right now. I travel a lot. In hotels, it’s convenient to use my AirPort Express. Then my computer and iPhones are on the same wifi network and wifi sync’ing takes place. Also, I only pay for hotel internet for a single device. I prefer Super 8 motels where internet is included but my hosts put me in fancy expensive hotels where you pay up to $30 a day for internet.
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Jul 21
I recently helped a friend pick out a USB-ethernet dongle for her MacBook Air. The Wi-Fi at her office goes in and out and she wanted to make sure she had a consistent connection when she brought her laptop in. That got me thinking that I haven’t used ethernet on my laptop in a long time. But for certain tasks and devices there are still benefits. I have my smartTV plugged into ethernet (above) even though it’s Wi-Fi ready, because I didn’t want to deal with network glitches and password changes on a TV. How often have you busted out an ethernet cable lately? Connect to the World Wide Web below.
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