Jul 25
It’s a free-for-all gripe fest, as we talk about our personal frustrations with the PS3, AT&T, the iPhone, and whatever else was crossing our minds at that point.
From cyber doormen, …
Originally posted at Digital City Podcast
Jul 25
DIY wearable computer: now you don’t have to go to MIT to look like a total nerd in public
Posted in: mit, Today's Chili, UMPC
We admit it: despite our general disregard for the benefits of higher education, we’ve always harbored deep jealousy for those incredibly intelligent jerks at MIT’s Media Lab, traipsing around Massachusetts in their incredibly great wearable computers. Well, now that a MicroPCTalk forum member has built his very own wearable computer from a few spare parts lying around the house, we can finally put aside those futile dreams and get to work on our very own nerd-badge-of-honor. Mr. Fiveseven808 took a VAIO UX, Myvu Crystal wearable display, a bevy of Bluetooth peripherals and a iDEN i425 handset for connectivity. Sadly, his UX has since died, but there’s more UMPC where that can, and those elitist MIT types can’t keep us down forever.
[Via SlashGear]
Filed under: Wearables
DIY wearable computer: now you don’t have to go to MIT to look like a total nerd in public originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 25
Blu-ray reportedly trailing CBHD in China, the second theater of the format war begins
Posted in: blu-ray, chinese, marketshare, Today's Chili
Just because Toshiba has given up on HD DVD and moved on, doesn’t mean the format war is totally over for red. According to a report by a Japanese TV station, its successor, China Blue HD is actually leading Blu-ray in marketshare in that country. Of course, based on the article found by our friends at FormatWarCentral, all we have to go on is a machine translated description of a video in a language we don’t speak describing the apparent initial success of the government backed format in a socialist republic. If you need more evidence than that to declare the format war officially restarted, you’re probably a communist, but before we drag you in front of the Un-American activities committee check out the video for a peek at the slick new CBHD cases that The Onion will surely be shipping its videos in very soon.
[Via FormatWarCentral]
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Blu-ray reportedly trailing CBHD in China, the second theater of the format war begins originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 25
Fedora 8 – Now With PulseAudio
Posted in: Freeware, Linux, Newly Released, Software, Today's ChiliThis article was written on November 08, 2007 by CyberNet.
The second annual wave of Linux distribution waves is coming to an end, and there is no better way to wrap it up than with Fedora. The new Fedora 8 sports several new features, including built-in Compiz Fusion support for the GNOME desktop. You can enable Compiz Fusion in Fedora 8 by opening System ? Preferences ? Desktop Effects.
Fedora 8 has also improved laptop support in several different areas, including wireless (both Bluetooth and WiFi) and suspending/resuming. This is great news because most of the people I know who run Linux for personal use only have a laptop.
One of the best features in Fedora 8 has to be the PulseAudio integration. This is similar to Vista’s Volume Mixer, and Pieter gave us a heads up that Fedora would be including this by default. With it you can control the volume for individual applications and sound sources on your computer:
Is that it? Not even close. Fedora 8 users will also enjoy the following features:
- This release features GNOME 2.20. GNOME now includes mail notification in the Evolution mail client, the ability to fill in PDF forms in the Evince document viewer, improved file management, a revamped Appearance control panel applet, a revised help system, and many other enhancements.
- KDE 3.5.8 is available in the KDE Live image as well as the regular DVD. The KDE 4 (Beta) Development Environment is available in the repository.
- CodecBuddy is now included, and promotes free, superior quality, open formats to end users trying to play multimedia content under patent encumbered or proprietary formats.
- OpenOffice.org 2.3, with many new features, is available as part of Fedora 8.
- Nodoka, a fresh new GNOME theme created specially for Fedora, is available in this release.
- Live installations are faster and require a smaller root filesystem. The file system layout has also changed somewhat. System files for the Live images are now under
LiveOS/, and a newREADMEfile has been provided as a short introduction to the live image.
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Jul 25
Monkeys and scientists develop persistent “plug and play” control over brain-to-computer interface
Posted in: Today's Chili
While we’ve seen some pretty amazing things so far with computers jacked into human and monkey brains, systems so far have had to be re-learned each session by their subjects. In a new development, researchers at Berkeley have managed to get their monkeys to develop a “memory” for the controls, and recall them instantly each day. To do this, the scientists kept track of specific neurons from day to day — a little tough to do, but obviously worth the hassle. It’s good news for future brain-to-computer interfaces that will enable the disabled and the truly lazy to perform tasks and kick ass through the mere power of thought, but we’re a little afraid of giving these monkeys too much in the way of internet access: the world doesn’t need another 4chan.
Filed under: Robots, Wearables
Monkeys and scientists develop persistent “plug and play” control over brain-to-computer interface originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 25
Microsoft invites some of its bestest OEM buddies over for a Windows 7 RTM code handoff party
Posted in: ASUS, HP, lenovo, Microsoft, sony, Today's Chili, Toshiba, Windows, windows 7, Windows7
Redmond was the place to be last night, as Microsoft gave over that long-anticipated Windows 7 RTM code to its favorite OEM partners, including HP, Toshiba, Lenovo (pictured), ASUS, Acer, Dell, Sony and Fujitsu-Siemens. Even if you’re not big into operating system nuts and bolts, it’s hard not to get just a little choked up as one nerd hands a nondescript white box to another nerd. You know there’s magic in the air.
[Thanks, JagsLive]
Filed under: Software
Microsoft invites some of its bestest OEM buddies over for a Windows 7 RTM code handoff party originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 25
Find LocalHarvest
Posted in: Today's Chili
LocalHarvest is America’s #1 organic and local food website. The people behind LocalHarvest maintain a definitive and reliable “living” public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources. The search engine helps people find products from family farms, local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages them to establish direct contact with small farms in their local area. And, LocalHarvest’s online store helps small farms develop markets for some of their products beyond their local area.
Jul 25
Engadget’s recession antidote: win a DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo!
Posted in: contest, printer, recession, Today's Chili
This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn’t want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back — so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We’ll be handing out a new gadget every day to lucky readers until we run out of stuff or companies stop sending things. Today we’ve got two DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbos on offer, ideal for blasting out labels and sticky love notes at your desk. Read the rules below (no skimming — we’re omniscient and can tell when you’ve skimmed) and get commenting! Hooray for free stuff!
Big thanks to DYMO for providing the gear!
The rules:
- Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for “fixing” the world economy, that’d be sweet too.
- You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you’ll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
- If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you’ll be fine.
- Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don’t make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
- Winner will be chosen randomly. Two (2) winners will receive one (1) DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo. Approximate retail value is $209.99.
- If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
- Entries can be submitted until Saturday, July 25th, at 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
- Full rules can be found here.
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Engadget’s recession antidote: win a DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo! originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jul 25
Think the market on measuring things has been cornered? Think again, cause designer Shay Shafranek recently came up with this new concept that adds a bit of newfangled technology to and old fashioned wooden ruler. The secret, it seems, is a line of tiny metal points running along the edge of the ruler, which can detect when you touch ’em with a pencil and display the exact measurement on the LED display discreetly hidden inside. Better yet, the ruler can apparently store measurements and add ’em up as you go along, eliminating the need for any pesky remembering or math. Of course, it is still just a concept, and there’s no indication that Shafranek has any commercial plans for it just yet. In the meantime, you can get a peek at its inner working courtesy of the clear version after the break.
[Via Technabob]
Continue reading Wooden electronic ruler concept makes measuring fun again
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Wooden electronic ruler concept makes measuring fun again originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 25
This article was written on February 01, 2006 by CyberNet.
Everybody can get their update now if you have been waiting for it. That’s right, Firefox 1.5.0.1 can be downloaded from the main Firefox page. It still states that the download is 1.5 but when click to download the file it says the version is 1.5.0.1 in the file name. Yay for Firefox!
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