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iPhone App Plays Flash Video, and It Hardly Matters
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Maybe Apple approved Skyfire, an iPhone web browser that plays Flash videos, to prove a point: Flash is losing relevance. Despite widespread excitement over the first app to work with Adobe’s plugin, it turns out that Skyfire isn’t very useful.
Samsung wants 40m smartphones in 2011, hints 10-inch tablet
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Samsung mobile lead Shin Jong-kyun told Japan's Nikkei BP today that the company expects to ship 40 million smartphones in 2011. The number would double the 20 million Samsung is hoping for this year.
TB Groupe’s Evercut: The Ultimate Knife?
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I don’t often get knife envy, because that’s a really scary kind of envy to admit you have, but if you don’t get knife envy looking at this incredible piece of hardware, there is something wrong with you.
New Journal of Physics in UK Reports “Huge Step Forward” for Invisibility Technology
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Everyone’s favorite invisibility cloak concept is continuing to move forward in the UK as scientists demonstrate a flexible film that contains tiny structures that together form a “metamaterial.” This metamaterial can manipulate light in such a way that renders objects invisible...
Clearwire slashes 15% of jobs, freezes smartphone plans
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Clearwire today reported major losses that prompted it to take dramatic action and conserve its resources. After a net loss of $564.6 million, the 4G service said it would take "cash conservation measures" and cut 15 percent of its entire workforce.
AT&T prices Samsung Focus, unveils Solstice II
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AT&T has finally put a price tag on Samsung's Focus handset, which will be available for $200 with a two-year contract. The carrier has also introduced Samsung's Solstice II, a TouchWiz handset geared for messaging.
Google Instant beta now available on iOS devices
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Google's Instant search service is now up and running on its mobile sites as well -- when you hit up google.com on your iPhone or iPad's Mobile Safari browser, you'll see search results appear as you type your query in.
$1000 Bounty Offered For Open-Source Kinect Driver
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Image credit: Adafruit (it was too good not to use) Let the reverse-engineering begin! Adafruit Industries is offering a thousand smackers for whoever can come up with an open-source driver for the Kinect hardware.
Toshiba now shipping Froyo Tablet
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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Netbooks, Wireless Today, Toshiba began shipping it’s new Folio 100 tablet packing Froyo to customers in Europe. With a 10.1” capacative touchscreen, the unit is expected to compete directly with Apple’s iPad. The word from...
The Best Gifts for World of Warcraft Players
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Is there a World of Warcraft player in your life, but you don't know the difference between a Mage and Druid? There's no need to panic as the holiday season swiftly approaches.
Retiring the Air Force’s Centrifuge, then Building Another
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The particular centrifuge you see in the image below this sentence is the only US Air Force-owned human centrifuge used for aircrew training since it was certified for use in 1988.
Apple pushes out yet another iPhoto ’11 update
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Following an update last week to fix data loss and corruption, this latest bug fix adds some additional print product options and fixes what Apple calls "overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues."
Kinect Disconnected: iFixIt’s Kinect Teardown
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Johnny 5 is alive! No disassemble! Sadly, no one listened to poor Johnny and so we see the Kinect fully torn down from stem to stern. This little fellow contains two nice webcam cameras, four microphones, and processing power enough to accept other audio inputs as well.
Apple Store Holiday Gift Guide now live
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Apple has launched a 2010 Holiday Gift Guide in their US online store. The guide this year is designed to spotlight three segments: buying entertaining gifts, buying gifts for creative minds, and buying gifts for yourself.
Shopping for new computer? Walt Mossberg says get an iPad
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Section: Computers, Desktops, Mobile Computers, Laptops, Netbooks, Wireless In today’s Wall Street Journal in an article titled, “A Fall Guide: How to Pick Your Next Computer” the venerable Walt Mossberg suggests a few machines worth considering. The only item bolded and...
The 7th Guest coming to iPhone in December
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Retro games continue to make their way to the iOS platform. One of the latest early-'90s games about to make its way to iOS is Trilobyte's FMV adventure/puzzle game, The 7th Guest. The company says it is due to come out sometime early next month.
ARM chief shrugs off Intel tablet threat, sees deluge at CES
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Intel's Oak Trail platform for tablets shouldn't pose any threat to the iPad or other ARM-based tablets, ARM's own CEO Warren East said today. The Atom chips reaching tablets next year would still be poor as they used too much power, he told the FT.
iAds begin to roll out globally
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Hot on the heels of today news that Apple is building a New York City office for the iAd team, MacRumors is reporting that Apple has begun to deploy iAds on a global scale.
Kinect Not Colorblind, Some Testers Find
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Does Microsoft’s new face- and motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, the Kinect, have problems recognizing dark-skinned faces? Testers at GameSpot say that it does.
UK Security Firm Earns Grant to Film You Through Movie Theater Screens
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Specialist security company Arlia Systems has just earned a grant to use special cameras embedded in the screens at movie theaters to film your facial expressions so that they might serve you more relevant advertisements.
Aliph brings Jawbone brand to portable speakers with the Jambox
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Section: Audio, Portable Audio, Speakers Aliph is known for its line of expensive bluetooth headsets. While they may be expensive, the headsets are also known to have good sound quality. It only make sense, then, that Aliph would consider bringing out a bluetooth speaker.
Coroflot 2010 Designer Salary Survey: Compare your Earnings!
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10 years running, Coroflot launches its annual Designer Salary Survey today featuring real-time results. Take the survey and compare your earnings against others in the industry. Has a slowly growing economy shown improvements in the creative design fields?
IMDB apps updated with social network integration, global movie showtimes
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Moviegoers love the free IMDB apps for iOS. Between the huge, searchable database of movies and actors, the reviews, and the ability to look up movie showtimes in the US, it's no surprise that the app is downloaded over a million times per month. Things just got even better for IMDB users.
Lumix GF2 HD Camera Gets Looked at Close Up
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Mister Vlad Savov of Engadget got the chance to wrap his fingers around Panasonic’s newest and smallest Micro Four Thirds and take a bunch of photos and video with it. It’s full HD. It’s very much excellence it does seem.
Swedes get hands-on with EFI on Intel Sandy Bridge PCs
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Following the introduction of several new motherboards designed for Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge processors, ASUS has also demonstrated its new UEFI system and a graphical management interface.
