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BeagleBoard has kept our collective news-tails wagging with plenty of (often disparate) DIY hardware projects. Now, the BeagleBone ($89) has arrived, with Linux Angstrom preinstalled, and power provided through a USB port. Giving the hardware more of a chew reveals Open GL ES 2.0, a microSD connector and two 46-pin female expansion headers for easy augmentation. There’s also a 100Mbit Gigabit Ethernet connection on this new development platform, which promises to play nice with older BeagleBoard, er, boards. Serial (port) DIYers can check out a full run-down video after the break.

Continue reading BeagleBone offers up ARM A8 processor, Linux and 10-second boot for 89 bones

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Google gave us a hint of Gmail’s new look with a preview earlier this year, and it’s now finally begun to roll out the real thing. Sometime over the next few days you should see a “switch to the new look” link in the bottom right corner of Gmail which, if clicked, will open up a range of new features and design changes. Those include a streamlined conversation view (complete with profile pictures), three different density settings (plus “elastic density” based on your display), a new batch of high resolution themes, improved search, and a refined navigation panel. Head on past the break for a quick video detailing the changes.

Update: Well, it looks like those “few days” turned into just a few hours. Google’s now confirmed that the new look is available to everyone.

Continue reading Google rolls out new look for Gmail: streamlined conversation view, high-res themes, better search

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The World Series is finally over and TV schedules have settled into their normal fall pace. Fox has its lineup set and is finally ready to air new episodes of Bones again, while those waiting more Blu-ray 3D movies have several to choose from. Both the Toy Story and Shrek series come home in the format this week along with the debut of Cars 2, and Uncharted 3 offers 3D support on the gaming side. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.

Update: Commenter Bervick reminds us the Steve Jobs – One More Thing special airs on PBS November 2nd. Check the official site for airtimes on your local station.

Burn Notice
If you listen to the HD podcast, then you know this is one of our favorite shows. Michael Westin is a “burned” spy who bides his time trying to get back into the CIA by picking up odd jobs helping people around Miami Macguyver-style. Throw in a best friend played by Bruce Campbell and a health assortment of explosions and gunfire, and you’ve got everything we could ask for — except better picture quality, but you can’t have everything.
(November 3rd, USA, 10PM)

LSU vs. Alabama
This is what we like the most about college football. We’re deep enough into the season that a 1 vs 2-ranked matchup actually means something and we couldn’t have two better teams ready to face off. Both have won national championships, both are incredibly talented and well coached. Who will win? we’ll have to watch to find out.
(November 5th, CBS, 8PM)

Hell on Wheels
So far AMC’s switch from broadcasting classic movies to mixing in original programming has had its standout successes (Mad Men, Breaking Bad), and disappointments in The Killing and The Walking Dead. Sunday night it launches its latest effort, Hell on Wheels, which follows a former Confederate soldier hunting down the Union soldiers responsible for killing his wife. The name comes from the Nebraska town he ends up in along his quest that follows the construction of the railroad across the country. An interesting concept to be sure, but we’ll have to lay our eyes on it to know which category this one falls into — check out a trailer embedded after the break.
(November 6th, AMC, 10PM)

Continue reading Must See HDTV (October 31st – November 6th)

Must See HDTV (October 31st – November 6th) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading GM’s got a brand new electric motor and it’ll give you the key (video)

GM’s got a brand new electric motor and it’ll give you the key (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nothing catches our collective eye quite as easily as the combination of high technology and childhood toys. Making a play for our man-childhood inclinations today is a Lego-augmented FARO Focus 3D, purportedly the world’s smallest 3D laser scanner yet still able to detect surroundings up to 120 metres away. It can grab a cloud of points, then offer up a detailed three-dimensional model of the environment, with some extra details (thanks to those Lego wheels) that would have been obscured on a static 3D capture. Admittedly, it doesn’t quite have the wow-factor of an all-Lego 3D scanner, but its range (and possible use in forensic crime scene analysis) has kept us intrigued. Check out the video after the break to investigate how you could get your CSI on.

Continue reading FARO Focus 3D scanner captures big 3D models from a tiny Lego trolly (video)

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