Archive for August 15th, 2008
Friday, August 15th, 2008
by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Aug 14th 2008 at 4:09PM If you’ve been looking for more nitty-gritty on Microsoft’s Sphere, you’ve come to the right place. An in-depth video reveals Sphere’s photo browser and video browser complete with multi-touch “pinch” resizing, object rotation, a circular menu that pops up when you place both hands on top of the sphere, omni-directional camera, and a “send-to-the-darkside” gesture that tosses an object to the sphere’s opposite side. In addition, a diagram (pictured above) reveals sphere’s innards, including a projector and all sorts of IR magic. All this, and more, in the video after the break. (Read the full post about ‘More on Microsoft’s Sphere revealed in new video and diagram’…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Aug 14th 2008 at 4:09PM If you’ve been looking for more nitty-gritty on Microsoft’s Sphere, you’ve come to the right place. An in-depth video reveals Sphere’s photo browser and video browser complete with multi-touch “pinch” resizing, object rotation, a circular menu that pops up when you place both hands on top of the sphere, omni-directional camera, and a “send-to-the-darkside” gesture that tosses an object to the sphere’s opposite side. In addition, a diagram (pictured above) reveals sphere’s innards, including a projector and all sorts of IR magic. All this, and more, in the video after the break. (Read the full post about ‘More on Microsoft’s Sphere revealed in new video and diagram’…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
I don’t know if there is any serious need for this USB Indoor/Outdoor thermometer, but at $22 a pop, surely there isn’t much harm in trying to give this a go? Below are some of the specifications before you make up your mind on getting one. Temperature Range - Inner: -40° ~ 120° Temperature Range - Outer: -50° ~ 150° Temperature can be captured from every second to 12 hours So now you’re the office’s walking encyclopedia when it comes to the temperature, both within and without. Too bad it can’t tell the chemistry level between you and that hot new colleague who’s sitting in a cubicle opposite you. (Read the full post about ‘USB Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer’…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
If you don’t have the time to accompany your pet and make sure it gets to go outside (or come in) according to your timing, then the Smart Pet Doorbell could help you out. The new PetSafe Smart Pet Doorbell is the first collar-activated doorbell that easily mounts on a wall, door or glass to help you control the indoor and outdoor access of your dog or cat. There are no mats or buttons to push, so minimal training is required if the doorbell is installed at the same door your pet uses most frequently. Your pet wears a small, lightweight SmartKey tag that attaches to their everyday pet collar and communicates with the Smart Pet Doorbell. The tag only weighs 0.64 ounces. (Read the full post about ‘Smart Pet Doorbell’…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Aug 14th 2008 at 9:35AMIt’s about time Boeing went and shot that frickin’ laser. The Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser C-130H aircraft has completed its first ground test, shooting a high-energy chemical laser through a beam-control system. The gun successfully acquired a ground target and shot the darn thing on August 7, paving the way for an in-air test later this year, hopefully from that bad-ass 747 they’ve been touting. Boeing promises that the ATL will “destroy, damage or disable targets with little to no collateral damage.” Yay for surgical strikes? (Read the full post about ‘Boeing completes successful test of air-to-ground laser turret, enemies are teh doomed’…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 14th 2008 at 9:58AM Look out, Pure Digital — you’ve got a new rival in town. Radiopaq, best known for bringing thousands of internet radio stations and podcasts to listeners via the web, has decided to hop into the hardware game. The Rp5 tabletop radio features a five-way speaker system, digital / analog processors, a headphone jack, remote control and a rather stylish design. There’s also an integrated WiFi module for tuning into the outfit’s website and even sucking down news, weather and traffic information. Of course, the more traditional FM / DAB tuners are there as well, making this one quite the multifaceted box. (Read the full post about ‘Radiopaq Rp5 does DAB, FM and internet radio’…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
Filed in archive Photoshop by jim on August 15, 2008 For those of you who would like to experience Adobe Photoshop, without having to fork over a small fortune, there's the free downsized version, which has just been updated, and improved. There are plenty of low cost and even free, high quality, digital graphics programs out there, but Adobe's Photoshop has always been the standard bearer because it can do just about anything a digital photographer wants. There's a new type of software being developed that is web based and can be used on all operating systems which cuts down on actual manufacturing and distribution costs. (Read the full post about ‘Free Online Adobe Photoshop Express Updated’…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 14th 2008 at 8:53AMFirst off, we just want to sincerely thank Intel for not making this confusing at all. Not only does the new mini-card Z-P230 PATA SSD boast the same model name and mostly the same specifications as the netbook-focused Z-P230 PATA SSD (scratching your head yet?), but as you’ve probably gleaned by now, it’s rocking the same name, too. The 8-gram device (compared to 11-grams on its similarly same-named sibling) was designed to fit into tiny laptops and comes in 4GB / 8GB capacities with a 16GB version landing in September. (Read the full post about ‘Intel’s Z-P230 PATA SSD: now in bite sized mini-card flavor’…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
by Thomas Ricker, posted Aug 14th 2008 at 6:45AM Oh good, another marketing-speak change-up tossed our way from Intel. Apparently, the Centrino Atom naming convention is no more, leaving the in-house branded Menlow chipset used in MIDs and UMPCs essentially nameless. Atom, as you may recall, is the name of the Silverthorn and Diamondville-class CPUs. Got it? Of course you don’t. No worries, that’s why you’ve got us. (Read the full post about ‘Intel Centrino Atom becomes Atom, Atom still Atom, you’re confused’…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
With more people struggling with the effects of carpel tunnel, it’s become more pressing for computer designers to provide more ergonomic options for users. This is also been a problem with laptop designs which struggle with ergonomic design and lightweight function, and the user usually loses the battle as laptop makers keep designing laptops with smaller, standard QWERTY keyboards. But this company not only decided to give users more room with which to type, it also figured out a way to give the user more screen real estate, very much like the Nintendo DS does. And it’s an idea that’s been around for nearly ten years and never capitalized on … until now. (Read the full post about ‘New laptop incorporates split keyboard’…)
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