Dec 19
After some customers have complained that Amazon’s official non-lighted Kindle Leather cover is causing their devices to lock up and reboot, the company vows to replace any problem covers and have its engineers examine the issue.
Dec 19
Google hacked site notification notifies you if your site is hacked (repeat this five times fast)
Posted in: Google, hack, hacked, Today's Chili
Those crazy cats at Google have been tinkerin’ with the search results quite a bit lately: in addition to the old standbys (malware notifications, updated image search), the company has recently rolled out Instant Search, Instant Preview… and now? That’s right: hacked site notifications in the search results. According to the Webmaster Central blog, the company uses “a variety of automated tools to detect common signs of a hacked site,” and if you have a Webmaster Tools account you’ll even be notified of the breach. Hit the source link for more info.
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Dec 19
This article was written on July 25, 2008 by CyberNet.
Fun Friday
About seven months ago we took a look at some of the headlines from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They’re the real headlines that viewers send in which they find in newspapers across the country. There are so many funny headlines out there that we decided to put together a round two:
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Dec 19
Panasonic’s plasma sets get most of the attention, and perhaps rightfully so, but it’s actually the company’s new LCD lineup for Japan that can help you make use of your woefully neglected SDXC cards. In addition to compiling terrestrial HDTV footage on a standard external hard drive, the Panasonic Viera G3 and X3 can record to a new SD card slot as well, archiving up to five hours of 1080p footage on a ‘standard’ 64GB SDXC card. We put ‘standard’ in quotes because while that’s presently the typical capacity for that particular designation of flash, it’ll still cost you upwards of $200 to get in on the ground floor, and that’s a pittance compared to what Panasonic’s charging for its own. Who said magnetic storage was dead? If Tokyo’s where you hang your hat, expect both the G3 and X3 series to hit stores near you in February of next year.
Panasonic’s new LCD TVs record video to SDXC originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 19
CyberNotes: Analyzing Competitors with Google Trends
Posted in: CyberNotes, Google, Today's Chili, Web SitesThis article was written on September 08, 2007 by CyberNet.
Weekend Website
Google Trends has proved to be a great way to see what’s hot and what’s not in Google searches. There’s a lot you can learn, particularly with their “Hot Trends” which is compiled daily. It’s also proved to be a great way to analyze search trends as I’ve done today with some of the more popular technology competitors. There’s nothing earth shattering about what I’ve found, but it’s interesting to see who comes out on top as far as searches go.
You’ll notice “markers” on the graphs which correlated with a news article. Often times if there are big spikes where these letter markers are located, it tells us that whatever was in the news that day caused the spike in searches. For example, on the graph showing Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs, the spike that occurred at marker “F” was when the “Fake Steve” jobs was revealed.
Finally, keep in mind that these are search trends based upon Google searches.
–Apple vs. Microsoft–
–iPhone vs. BlackBerry–
–Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs–
–HP vs. Dell–
–MySpace vs. Facebook–
As expected, we see Facebook steadily climbing North!
–Flickr vs. Picasa–
I wasn’t expecting Flickr and Picasa to align as closely as they do. Both have seen a pretty decent climb in searches over the last month or two as well.
–iPod vs. Zune–
Is it just me, or is the Zune flat-lining?
–Xbox 360 vs. PS3 vs. Wii–
We know that the Wii is currently the best selling console, so it makes sense that there are more searches for the term “Wii” than there are for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
–Twitter vs. Jaiku vs. Pownce–
–Google vs. MSN vs. Yahoo–
Yahoo still leads the way here, although Google is getting close…
–IE vs.Safari vs. Firefox–
Wow, Firefox seems to be popular amongst searches, doesn’t it? I was going to include Opera here, but Google pulled in trends for opera singers, not exclusively the browser.
–Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux–
–Hotmail vs. Gmail vs. Yahoo Mail–
–Gizmodo vs. Engadget vs. Lifehacker–
While Lifehacker certainly wouldn’t be considered a competitor of Gizmodo or Engadget, it’s still a high-traffic blog that I thought would be interesting to compare against other high-traffic blogs.
–Spiderman vs. Batman–
Just for fun 
Can you tell when Spiderman 3 came out?
–Wrapping it up–
While none of these graphs provide any information we didn’t already know, it’s interesting to see how some of the most popular technology topics compare against others. If you’d like to do your own comparisons, just go to www.google.com/trends and enter in the topics you’d like to compare separated by a comma. You can enter in up to five different topics. There’s a lot you can learn about what people are searching for, especially with the “hot trends.”
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Dec 19
Chevy builds antenna into body of 2011 Camaro convertible, includes free bumpers for all (video)
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We know all about the great woes that can befall a company when it tries to integrate an antenna into the body of its product, so we couldn’t resist covering Chevrolet‘s latest attempt to do the same — but on a larger scale. Early versions of the 2011 drop-top Camaro found themselves rolling out and about with a rather unsightly appendage hanging off the rear, a big whip antenna that was a little too genuinely retro to go with the machine’s throwback styling cues. On hardtop Camaros the antenna is integrated into the rear windshield but, given the disappearing nature of this car’s roof, that wasn’t possible here. For help GM turned to two dedicated Antenna Engineers, Don Hibbard and Gregg Kittinger, who managed to find a way to bury the unsightly thing inside the svelte spoiler perched on the rear deck lid. Problem solved — well, except that XM and OnStar require a separate shark fin that can sadly still be seen hanging out on the trunk. Maybe the 2012 model will be totally fresh and clean.
Chevy builds antenna into body of 2011 Camaro convertible, includes free bumpers for all (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 19
This article was written on December 29, 2006 by CyberNet.
Are you still looking for that perfect online RSS reader that fills your stomach with butterflies every time you use it? Make sure you give Gobits a whirl before you settle in because I have to admit that they did an amazing job of utilizing AJAX to make this RSS reader feel like a desktop application. Actually, it is also a smooth-operating email client but we’re not going to dive into that too much.
The interface is very intuitive and I think that they did a great job putting it all together, but it is missing a few things that I find essential in any RSS reader. One thing that I always need is the ability to show/hide items that I have already read. Looking through the preferences and settings led me to believe that this is not possible. This might not matter to a lot of people if you don’t read that many feeds, but I have hundreds of feeds that I filter through so it is a must.
My favorite online feed reader is still Google Reader but it does get frustrating when there are bits and pieces from all of the different online feed readers that you like. I wish there was one feed reader that mashed everything together, and my favorite thing about Gobits is the three adjustable width columns that make reading your feeds easy. Not only that but Google should integrate Google Reader into Gmail so that it is easy for everyone to access, much like Yahoo! has done with Yahoo! Mail Beta.
Hopefully some developers step up and make an online RSS feed reader that really blows the others out of the water, but for right now I just think that they are all okay.
Thanks for the tip odaniel!
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Dec 18
Multitouch Twitter wall to fascinate onlookers, Engadget staffers at #CES
Posted in: LCD, multitouch, social networking, SocialNetworking, Today's Chili, twitter, video
CES is no stranger to larger-than-life display installations, but as this whole “social networking” thing continues to blossom, it looks as if next year’s megawall will be integrating with none other than Twitter. Designed by Finland’s own MultiTouch, the Multitouch Twitter Wall will consist of “at least” six MultiTouch Cell 46 displays, each of which checks in at 46-inches wide. The whole shebang will offer onlookers at the show the ability to open tweets, move them around and give them a perfect opportunity to blow off steam while having their minds blitzed by the sheer quantity of news associated with the #CES tag. We’ll be sure to give it a look once we touch down in the great southwest next month, but till then, you can get a taste by mashing play below.
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Dec 18
Notion Ink releases Adam demo video, attempts to explain itself (update: second vid)
Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili, ui, video
As promised, Notion Ink has just released a video of the Adam tablet in action, complete with that snazzy new Eden UI — the first anyone’s seen of the device since its first working prototype. While the footage itself is of disappointingly low quality, it seems to show a device somewhat worthy of the hype, with a responsive screen, a multitask-friendly interface and plug ‘n play peripherals — though we’re holding out for Pixel Qi screen tests and some closeup shots before we place any orders ourselves. Notion Ink singled out vocal critic AndroidPolice to launch the (seemingly incomplete) video and gave the publication an exclusive interview too, so take your lingering doubts about the tablet’s capabilities and head on down to our source links.
Update: Now in 720p!
Update 2: There’s a brand-new video after the break, showing off more Eden UI, a speedy PDF reader, and the Adam’s virtual keyboard — and reportedly all shot in daylight to boot.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Notion Ink releases Adam demo video, attempts to explain itself (update: second vid) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Dec 18
HTC HD2 and Nexus One get some Gingerbread crumbs (update: EVO, Droid and Desire, too)
Posted in: droid, gingerbread, hack, Hacks, mod, mods, nexus one, NexusOne, Today's Chili
With Gingerbread freely distributed to the open-source masses, it probably won’t surprise you to hear there already a custom ROM for Google’s darling Nexus One. But what if we told you Android 2.3 is now available for the HTC HD2 as well? That’s right, the Windows Mobile 6.5 powerhouse can now snap off a sugary piece of the same Android code, and from what we hear in the XDA-developers forums, it works pretty decently, too. Like the Samsung Galaxy S we saw getting the green tie treatment this morning, the HTC HD2 and Nexus One don’t exactly have stable, fully functional builds, but as long as you know what you’re doing and don’t need petty luxuries like cameras, GPS receivers and official Google apps, you’ll probably be just fine. Find files and a modicum of instruction at our source links below.
Update: While these cookies are half-baked, unconfirmed and potentially dangerous to those not well versed in the art of Android hackery, we’re hearing that the HTC EVO 4G, original Motorola Droid and HTC Desire are now sporting early Gingerbread ROMs too. It seems the source code is relatively easy to compile for other phones, so with any luck there’ll be a compatible build for your device soon.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
HTC HD2 and Nexus One get some Gingerbread crumbs (update: EVO, Droid and Desire, too) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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