Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on October 22, 2006 by CyberNet.

So you just stole your friends pocket protector and there is only one thing left to do…write a ransom note! You could sit there flipping through pages upon pages of magazine articles looking for letters to use or you could utilize the power of Flickr to do the dirty work!

Using “Spell with Flickr” you’ll see just how easy it is to make those ransom notes. It even gives you the necessary HTML code to post the letters on a website and Flickr is the one hosting the images.

This is extremely beneficial for those who are trying to find cool things to do with JavaScript and PHP. That is because the developer posted all of the source code so that you can read it and hopefully learn from it: PHP Source Code, JavaScript Source Code, and RSS Source Code.

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The long-running distinction between dedicated game consoles and gaming PCs is disappearing with Valve’s announcement of its own operating system, SteamOS. The hardware is changing too, with next-gen consoles from Microsoft and Sony offering much more than the ability to play disc-based games, not to mention both being built on PC architecture (x86). And PC gaming has never been more friendly in the living room, between Steam’s Big Picture Mode and solid gamepad support for many games.

With one of Valve’s other announcements last week, Steam Machines finally put a name to the living room PC gaming initiative we’ve long heard about (what the press dubbed “Steambox“). Though we heard about Xi3’s Piston back at CES, and we knew about the company’s financial ties to Valve, it was unclear how tied its little modular gaming PC was to the initiative. Now, however, it’s more clear than ever: Xi3’s release date press release repeatedly describes the Piston as “the Piston Console,” meant to push up against the big three game console manufacturers. Sure, it costs $1,000 (and up), but it promises to handle modern PC games with aplomb. And it’s a tiny little box!

We caught up with Xi3 this week for a second look at the Piston game “console” — a custom version, for the game Loadout — and its first-party wireless controller. We also got a chance to actually play some games on the little box: the first time anyone outside of the company did as much, we’re told. Head past the break for our impressions.%Gallery-slideshow99844%

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Peripherals, Software, HD

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Playing up the ultra-thin design of modern electronics, this beautiful cypress wood dock, known simply as the Kinodai, features four pre-cut slots, making it seem as though your devices are embedded in the wood like an ax head in a tree stump.

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Samsung has come under fire this week for allegedly inflating the benchmark scores for the Galaxy Note 3 among other Android devices, but — shocker — the company is not alone in enhancing scores. AnandTech just published a report that shows ASUS, HTC and other companies using the same “benchmark detect” function to artificially bump up the numbers. According to the site, virtually all OEMs run a CPU optimization on at least one of their devices, save for Apple, Google’s Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 and Motorola’s latest crop of phones. Dishonesty aside, though, what’s the big to-do about these inflated scores? AnandTech found that companies notched less than a 10-percent performance boost in AnTuTu and Vellamo. And when’s the last time you based your smartphone purchase on benchmark scores alone, anyway?

Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Samsung, HTC, ASUS, Google

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T-Mobile today announced the launch of its Smartphone Upgrade season. Under this promotion, the carrier is allowing customers to pick up certain new devices for $0 down. Customers who opt for a new smartphone under this promotion will not have to pay anything upfront, when picking up their new device. This is a limited time promotion, new and existing “well-qualified” customers as well as small business customers are eligible for it.

Customers can pick up any of the offered devices on T-Mobile’s Simple Choice Plan, since the carrier has shunned annual service contracts, there won’t be a traditional two year contract for the device. Instead, customers will have to make 24 equal monthly payments for the device that they choose. Under this promotion, the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 2 and the LG G2 are being offered for $0 down. 24 equal monthly payments for these devices amount to $29.50, $25, $24 and $25 respectively. These monthly payments will be billed on top of the service plan charges. The Simple Choice Plan starts from $50 per month and offers unlimited talk, text as well as up to 500MB of data. The $0 down promotion is going to be available across the U.S. at participating T-Mobile retail stores as well as through the carrier’s website.

T-Mobile Smartphone Upgrade Season With $0 Down On Certain Devices Goes Live original content from Ubergizmo.