Jan 09

This Week’s Best YouTube Videos: Brick Thieves, Ringing in the New Year, and More

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London - New Years Fireworks

It’s the first weekend of the new year, and some of the best videos on YouTube this week had to do with the New Year – celebrations around the world, festivities near and far, and in particular the fireworks display in the skies over London were particularly amazing – they give new (or perhaps restore) meaning to the word “epic.” 
Aside from ringing in the New Year, this week saw the release of a fantastic short film all about Lego, a dog that wasn’t about to waste an opportunity to go sledding, and a very happy penguin.
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Jan 09

The World’s First Color E Ink Reader

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Back in the IT section of the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, Hanvon showed off E920, the first–and the company claims still only–E Ink reader. There are a number of color eBook readers on the market already, of course (including, perhaps most prominently, Barnes & Noble’s NookColor), but this is the first to utilize the E Ink technology, which, among other things, gives the device the decided benefit of extremely good battery life.
There are some disadvantages to the the technology. The colors are all pretty dull, compared to those devices with more tablet-like displays. The pages are also pretty slow to refresh–on-par with first generation eBook readers. 
The E920 does 802.11g, but has not 3G capability built-in. The screen is 9.7 inches and touch-based.

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Jan 09

Control Your PC With Your Mind

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Ugh. Am I the only one who’s totally sick of using my hands to control my PC? Thankfully, the folks at Interaxon have a solution to save your fingers. Now you can use your mind. The major tradeoff here is the fact that you’ve got to wear some diodes on your head, but that won’t be such a big deal in the future when we’re all wearing the things, right?
Of course, the product that the company showed off at this year’s CES is little more than an early working prototype. Actually, it’s a couple of diodes strapped to a pair of NVidia 3D glasses. The hardware was being used to manipulate some proprietary 3D software. The wearer’s brain waves direct affected the design on the screen.
It’s not too dissimilar from other 3D products we’ve seen in the past–like the Mattel Mindflex game. Control of the designs largely revolve around the wearer’s ability to control his or her mind.
The company is currently doing consulting for third parties, looking to implement its technology in other devices. Interaxon is also working on getting a hardware/software package on the market in the near future.
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Jan 09

Obama administration moves forward with unique internet ID for all Americans, Commerce Department to head system up

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President Obama has signaled that he will give the United States Commerce Department the authority over a proposed national cybersecurity measure that would involve giving each American a unique online identity. Other candidates mentioned previously to head up the new system have included the NSA and the Department of Homeland Security, but the announcement that the Commerce Department will take the job should please groups that have raised concerns over security agencies doing double duty in police and intelligence work. So anyway, what about this unique ID we’ll all be getting? Well, though details are still pretty scant, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, speaking at an event at the Stanford Institute, stressed that the new system would not be akin to a national ID card, or a government controlled system, but that it would enhance security and reduce the need for people to memorize dozens of passwords online. Sorry, Locke, sounds like a national ID system to us. Anyway, the Obama administration is currently drafting what it’s dubbed the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, which is expected at the Department of Commerce in a few months. We’ll keep you posted if anything terrifying or cool happens.

Obama administration moves forward with unique internet ID for all Americans, Commerce Department to head system up originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 09

Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro successor out for another casual stroll?

Posted in: Android, ericsson, Google, in the wild, InTheWild, rumor, sony, Sony Ericsson, SonyEricsson, Today's Chili, xperia

Starting to look pretty real, isn’t it? That rumored X10 Mini Pro replacement seems to be gallivanting about in China again; this time it’s not turned on, but the point is that it’s out there and certainly doesn’t seem knockoff-y to be a fake. For what it’s worth, the original X10 Mini series has been one of the few relatively bright points in Sony Ericsson’s Android lineup thus far, so we’re pretty stoked to see that they appear to be taking another shot at the diminutive form factor — let’s just hope those wild GPU results we saw last time hold up by the time it’s at retail.

Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro successor out for another casual stroll? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 09

Acer Iconia Windows 7 tablet hands-on

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Acer has made something very clear here at CES — it’s going to enter the tablet market much like it entered the netbook one, with lots of options. In addition to the Android tablets (it’s got 4.8-, 7-, and 10-inch versions) and the dual-screen Iconia, the company will be bringing its 10.1-inch Windows 7 tablet to the US market for about $550 in the coming months. Just as we had heard, the tablet will use AMD’s Fusion platform and will come with a keyboard dock. We got a chance to check out the whole package and the dock / tablet fit together in a unique fashion — the tablet and keyboard are surrounded by magnetic borders that latch onto each other. When you pull ’em apart you can attach the tablet via USB to the keyboard or just use it on its own. The whole attachment mechanism felt very flimsy on the two units we saw at the show and the entire thing felt very top heavy when docked. The chiclet keyboard is different from Acer’s typical variety, but we really like the addition of the pointing stick in the center for navigating Windows 7.

We didn’t get to spend too much with the working unit but we were able to fire up Engadget in Internet Explorer 9 and scroll down the page rather smoothly. It’s unclear whether Acer will be using a skin on top of Windows 7 since we saw it on display in Microsoft’s booth and all of those tablets were running stock Windows. It should be rather interesting to see how AMD’s Fusion platform performs in a tablet and how it impacts the battery life, but until we can bring you a full review we leave you with the gallery below.

Gallery: Acer Iconia Windows 7 tablet

Acer Iconia Windows 7 tablet hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 09

Google Removes Feature From Google Page Creator

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This article was written on October 25, 2006 by CyberNet.

Google Page Creator Loses A Feature

Garett Rogers is reporting that the Google Page Creator just lost a feature that it was recently introduced as experimental. That feature added a link to the homepage that said “Create a site with a different address.” If you clicked on that link it would let you create a domain in the format of *.googlepages.com.

People seem to be wondering why Google removed this feature but there is one reason that sticks out to me. Everyone that has a Google account has a domain that looks something like googleusername.googlepages.com. If you tried to create a different address in the Page Creator it made sure that someone didn’t already have a Google or GMail account with the same name. If there was no one then they would go ahead and give it to you. 

A problem arises if people continue to snatch up tons of different names because that limits the number of options available for new Google users. If I was Google the last thing that I would want to do is give away a domain to someone when someone else may really want that address for email purposes later on, and GMail is obviously more popular that Google Page Creator. If someone wants that domain bad enough then they will just register that Google account, but why make it easy for users to create spam sites? Google Blogger is already full of spammers and the last thing they should want is to see Google Pages follow along.

To sum that up: Google probably removed the feature because it was way to easy for people to say “hey, I’ll grab that address too just for the fun of it.” In my opinion it was smart of Google to remove this feature.

Thanks for the tip Curtiss!

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Jan 09

SCT iTSX lets you tune your car from your iPad (video)

Posted in: Apple, feature, Features, ios, ipad, iPhone, ipod, Today's Chili, video
SCT iTSX let's you tune your car from your iPad (video)

Viewing vehicle information wirelessly from an OBD-II port? Been there, done that. Actually tuning your car and making it faster over OBD-II? That’s genuinely new, and that’s what SCT is up to with its iTSX. For $350 you get the Bluetooth dongle and access to a free app that works on iOS devices. From there you get access to limited tuning parameters, like specifying idle RPM and fuel type. If you’re familiar with SCT you know that’s probably a little limited, but if you go to an SCT-authorized tuner they can create custom tunes, tweaking way more parameters than that, and download those tunes to your device. You can then apply them whenever you like or, even restore your stock tune if you’re feeling really crazy. Compatibility is a little limited, though, only working with Ford and GM vehicles ’96 and nearer. Right now the hardware is ready, just waiting on App Store approval, so look for release in the coming months.

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SCT iTSX lets you tune your car from your iPad (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 09

Tribune’s Mosaic app brings elegant media aggregation to Windows 7 tablets, soon to Windows Phone 7

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Tribune is hardly the first media monolith to try something like this, but the more the merrier, right? And for once, a company’s out to provide an elegant, useful news aggregator for a platform not named iOS. Mosaic is a fresh piece of software, designed to pull together news and information from all sorts of sources onto Windows 7-based tablets. At least, that’s what we’re guessing. According to the official press release, it’ll be available for use “with Microsoft’s Windows 7 Mobile-based tablets” starting on January 31st, and unless the folks in Redmond have yet another OS up their sleeve, we’re guessing they simply mean Win7 slates. Furthermore, a companion app for Windows Phone 7, iPad and Android will be following shortly, and it sure sounds as if both versions will be completely gratis.

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Jan 09

CyberNotes: Sync Bookmarks Between Browsers

Posted in: CyberNotes, Features, Firefox Extensions, Freeware, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on January 16, 2008 by CyberNet.

CyberNotes
Web Browser Wednesday

One of the most valuable pieces of data your browser can hold are your bookmarks. For some people it’s not only important to access your bookmarks no matter where you’re at, but also from whatever browser you are using. That’s why today we are taking a look at some different ways you’ll be able to sync bookmarks between the different browsers.

Something I spent a lot of time doing was hunting around for a solution that would work in several different browsers, instead of just Firefox and Internet Explorer. Unfortunately there wasn’t a lot I could find because some browsers, like Opera, don’t make it easy for third-party bookmarking services to be integrated.

Luckily Opera 9.5 (currently in the Beta stage) will include bookmark synchronization with Opera’s own servers. What I would like to see is Opera open up their bookmarking service and create an API that other developers could use. That way their service could become the one-stop shop for remote & cross-browser bookmark synchronization. But until that happens here are some alternative solutions:

–FavoriteSync & PlainOldFavorites–

Firefox Favorites PlainOldFavorites is a Firefox extension that gives users direct access to the Internet Explorer Favorites. With it you can access, add, and organize your favorites from within Firefox. Once installed this will add a new menu option that will be adjacent to your existing Firefox Bookmarks menu, and the two bookmarking systems are always kept separate from each other.

You can make the system even more powerful if you combine it with the free FavoriteSync utility. This will synchronize your Internet Explorer Favorites with a remote server so that the bookmarks can be accessed from any computer.

–Del.icio.us–

Del.icio.us is one of the most popular online bookmarking services, and they offer a variety of tools that integrate with it. There is an add-on for Internet Explorer, a Firefox extension, and bookmarklets that should work in the other browsers.

I’ve tried out Del.icio.us before, but for some reason it never really struck me as all that great. It’s nice that your bookmarks are accessible from any browser via their website, but I just don’t feel like I have the control over my bookmarks that I would like to have. I guess you could say that I’m more of a folder guy rather than a tagger.

–Diigo–

Diigo is really more than just a bookmarking service. In addition to letting you save and organize bookmarks, you can also clip text and images from websites. Just like Del.icio.us they have an add-on for Internet Explorer, extension for Firefox, and bookmarklets designed for the other major browsers.

Don’t shrug off the bookmarklet as a weaker version of the add-ons. Diigo’s bookmarklet is surprisingly powerful, and you’ll find almost all of the features contained within the add-ons. If you’re using a browser other than Internet Explorer or Firefox Diigo would be a perfect fit for you.

–Zinkmo–

We’ve previously written about Zinkmo and explained about how it works, so we won’t go too much in depth here. It’s an all-in-one solution for people who want to synchronize their bookmarks between Firefox and Internet Explorer…remotely! They’ll store your bookmarks on a remote server, which makes this an ideal solution for people who use one browser at home, and a different one at work.

–Google Bookmarks–

Google Bookmarks is integrated into the Google Toolbar for both Internet Explorer and Firefox, but Firefox users also have the GMarks extension for even more control. Google’s bookmarking system is similar to Del.icio.us in that it uses a labeling/tagging system for organizing the bookmarks. The tools used to display the bookmarks will transform these tags into a folder-like system.

If you’re using a browser other than Internet Explorer or Firefox just drag this bookmarklet into your bookmarks:

Google Bookmark

That bookmarklet will let you bookmark the site currently being viewed in the browser. Unfortunately the only way to view and manage your existing bookmarks is to visit the official Google Bookmarks homepage.

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