Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Daily Crunch: Squid and the Purple Kinect Edition

Oh My God, There Are Muji iPad Apps Professional Analysts Say Sony Move & Microsoft Kinect Will Do Just Fine (At Least Initially) New Japanese Piggy Bank: Rubik?s Cube Bank Requires Brain Power Supreme Court Makes A Mockery Of California?s Violent Game Ban Eight Reasons To Get a Google TV and Four Reasons Not To

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/04/daily-crunch-purple-kinect/

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How to Get Student Discounts Forever [Saving Money]

Holiday discounts be damned, nothing saves you money like an old fashioned student discount. Here's how to continue making use of those discounts long after your time as a student has passed. More »


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How to Get Student Discounts Forever [Saving Money]

Holiday discounts be damned, nothing saves you money like an old fashioned student discount. Here's how to continue making use of those discounts long after your time as a student has passed. More »


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GooReader updates to version 2.0, now a sexier way to read Google Books

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We showed you GooReader back in August, and it was already a very slick way to read Google Books titles on your Windows desktop. It's now been updated to version 2.0, and GooReader is looking good and more functional than ever before. In addition to getting a bit of a facelift, GooReader 2.0 lets you highlight blocks of text or draw little notes on a page. There's no text tool this time around, but don't be surprised to see that functionality in a future build.

GooReader will pick up where you leave off when you close an e-book, but bookmarking specific pages isn't supported. Exporting to PDF is still limited to the paid version -- Google Book Downloader offers the functionality for free, if you'd rather download now and read later.

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GooReader updates to version 2.0, now a sexier way to read Google Books originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/11/26/gooreader-updates-to-version-2-0-now-a-sexier-way-to-read-stor/

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Facebook Sued For Having Privacy Controls In Place. Yes, Seriously.

Last week Facebook was hit with yet another patent lawsuit, this time by Walker Digital, an "invention company" founded by Jay S. Walker, co-inventor of Priceline.com. And boy does this one come straight out of left field.

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Daily Crunch: HUD Edition

What Kinect Looks Like In Infrared Kinect Disconnected: iFixIt?s Kinect Teardown TB Groupe?s Evercut: The Ultimate Knife? Star Wars: Falcon Gunner brings the battle home. Don?t get cocky, kid! Review and Video Unboxing: The Jawbone Jambox

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/05/daily-crunch-hud-edition/

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Are Humans Turning Into Gods? [Video]

Our friend Jason Silva—writer, filmmaker and founding host/producer of Current TV—is making a new documentary celebrating humans reaching their ultimate potential, the inexorable evolution that is turning us into gods. He's quite optimistic about it. I'm not so sure-JD More »


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Monday, November 29, 2010

Lady Gaga trapped in an Android smartphone, we wish she'd stay there (video)

NTT DoCoMo has Darth Vader selling its Android wares, so what could KDDI au possibly counter with? Why, a force even darker and more heinous than the Sith Daddy himself: Lady Gaga. Yes, the music fiend we love to hate has remixed Poker Face just to make sure we take notice of Sharp's IS03, and the kindly Japanese carrier has taken care of inserting her into the phone for maximum promotional value. Yes, au, now that we've seen Lady Gaga strutting around inside it, we totally want to own one of these handsets! See the video promos after the break.

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Lady Gaga trapped in an Android smartphone, we wish she'd stay there (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/29/lady-gaga-trapped-in-an-android-smartphone-we-wish-shed-stay-t/

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iOS 4.2 features: AirPrint for iPhone, iPad goes wireless but not network

Just like AirPlay, AirPrint is a flagship feature of iOS 4.2 that initially offered more functionality than Apple finally delivered, yet despite arriving without network printing support, if you have one of the few supported HP printers it does indeed feel like the future. AirPrint is a system-wide service available in built-in Apple apps like Safari [...]

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Use VPN On Your iPad To Protect Privacy | Plus Special Giveaway Inside

When it comes to online privacy while using your iPad you need all the protection you can get. Luckily Golden Frog provides a service called VyprVPN that keeps your data safe. You may not be aware but your surfing as well as other online activities are constantly being tracked and recorded by your ISP and [...]

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Discover Windows Phone 7 apps with Bing Visual Search

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You can now browse the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace with Bing's Visual Search tool. According to the announcement, it only works in the US and UK -- but to make it work, after visiting the WP7 Visual Search, I had to change my location (in the top right corner) to "United States - English." Then I had to visit the Visual Search page again. Presumably this will also work if you live elsewhere, too.

The Visual Search itself is beautiful. The app icons slip and slide around the screen, and panels fade in and out with consummate smoothness -- it's powered by Silverlight, of course. Unsurprisingly, it looks and feels a lot like Zune -- and indeed, you can click through from any app to the Zune. From there you can install apps onto your phone.

The thing is, this tool in itself is nothing special -- but look at the competition! Apple's Web presence is alright, but it's hardly a joy to navigate -- it simply functions as a "preview" for those without iTunes. Google... well, take a look at the Web-based Android Market and decide for yourself. Microsoft's WP7 visual search seems positively awesome by comparison.

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Discover Windows Phone 7 apps with Bing Visual Search originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is That a Computer You're Wearing on Your Head?

Motorola announced Wednesday that it will develop a hands-free wireless computing headset with micro-display specialists at Kopin -- a move reminiscent of previous attempts to create wearable computers and communications devices. The device will offer voice, audio and PC capabilities on a virtual reality-style 15-inch monitor that will also support simulation software and streaming video.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71319.html

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DIY Sound-Sensitive Camera Trigger Takes Photos at Just the Right Second [Video]

We've mentioned one way to take split-second photos, but if you have a few electronics skills under your belt, you can make a more advanced, Arduino-based version that responds to sound instead of pressure. More »


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BridgeURL lets you send a tour of several websites in one link

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Sometimes you may want to send someone a whole list of websites to look at. Maybe you even want them to look at the sites in a given sequence, like when you're sharing the results of a search for a new car or a vacation spot.

BridgeURL is a fairly elegant service that accepts a list of links, and spits out a single bit.ly link. When you click this link, you're taken to the first website on the list, but it has subtle semi-transparent overlays on both sides. The left one leads to the previous site on the chain, while the right leads to the next site. (They're not semi-transparent on the screenshot because when you hover over them, they turn solid.)

There's also a bottom bar, but it's fairly unobtrusive. There were no banners or pop-ups as far as I was able to see. The only annoyance with the service is that for some odd reason, it forces you to feed it URLs starting with http:// or https:// - meaning, you can't write "downloadsquad.com" or even "www.downloadsquad.com". I have no idea why it's not smart enough to figure out the http:// on its own. Other than that, it's a fairly handy service.

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WaterField iPad Wallet Review

Since the iPad was released, I?ve reviewed more than my share of iPad cases and bags.� I recently reviewed a bag that I liked a lot, but I did say I?d like a shoulder strap for the bag.� WaterField contacted Julie and said they had an iPad bag that could be configured in a variety [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2010/11/26/waterfield-ipad-wallet-review/

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Is That a Computer You're Wearing on Your Head?

Motorola announced Wednesday that it will develop a hands-free wireless computing headset with micro-display specialists at Kopin -- a move reminiscent of previous attempts to create wearable computers and communications devices. The device will offer voice, audio and PC capabilities on a virtual reality-style 15-inch monitor that will also support simulation software and streaming video.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71319.html

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Samsung Nexus S gets new Wifi, GPS antennas, shows them to the FCC

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What would you do if you were a smartphone and your maker just gave you new Wifi and GPS antennas? Why, you'd show them to the Federal Communications Commission, of course. And that's just what's been done with the Samsung GT-i9020T, otherwise known as the yet-to-be-announced-but-seen-a-plenty Samsung Nexus S. That mean we're going to see the phone anytime soon? Your uneducated guess is a good as ours. [FCC via Engadget]

Samsung Nexus S gets new Wifi, GPS antennas, shows them to the FCC posted originally by Android Central

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