Click here to view this media Now that it has been immortalized, Sarah Palin wants to pretend on her TLC show that her coinage of ‘refudiate’ was just an accidental typo : While in the car, Sarah also talked to Todd about the time she tweeted the word “refudiate.” “I pressed an F instead of a P and people freaked out,” said Sarah, pointing out that her blunder was the second-most-searched word on Google trends. “Make lemonade out of lemons,” said Sarah. Um … right. Except, of course, that she made the tweet on July 18: But as you can see, she actually said ‘refudiate’ on national TV, on Sean Hannity’s Fox show, four days before that, on July 14. No doubt she will claim that this was just a typo too.
Continue reading …Toshiba Folio 100 Android tablet gains responsiveness, dignity via new firmware update
December 28, 2010 No Comment
Hard to say if this injection of code will be enough to get Toshiba’s Folio 100 back on PC World shelves , but for those who already snatched one off of there, it’s bound to improve morale. Word on the street has it that Tosh has just issued a new firmware update (v2.2.5.0053) to the aforesaid device, and while it doesn’t include Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1, it does aim to improve the screen / touch responsiveness, issues with lag, pinch-to-zoom capabilities and audio / video processing. We’re also getting the impression that the genuine Android Market is staying far, far away from this build, but we’d love to hear if your slate is acting any nicer post-update. Hit us up in comments below, won’t you? Continue reading Toshiba Folio 100 Android tablet gains responsiveness, dignity via new firmware update Toshiba Folio 100 Android tablet gains responsiveness, dignity via new firmware update originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A photographer in New Jersey captured the blizzard falling there by taking a single picture every five minutes starting when the snow first began to fall and ending after the last flake. (Dec. 28)
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World of Warcraft is a lot of things to a lot of people, a whole lot of people, but it’s never been much of an immersive gameplay experience — casting Plague Strike doesn’t seem all that unholy when it’s triggered by frantically tapping a key on a keyboard. Moving an arm would be at least a bit more involving, and with the Flexible Action and Articulated Toolkit, or FAAST, from the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, that’s just what you can do. It’s basically a software layer over your Kinect , built over OpenNI , that recognizes a skeleton and enables about 20 different motions to be mapped to key presses. This means you can lean forward to walk, raise your right arm to perform an action, and then sit down to take a breather after all that exertion. It’s currently versioned .03, so don’t expect miracles, but it is available for free at the other end of the source link. It’s also demonstrated below, but don’t tarry too long: guild meeting starts in five. [Thanks, Tommy] Continue reading Free Kinect keyboard emulator lets you WoW while AFK (video) Free Kinect keyboard emulator lets you WoW while AFK (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Planes have begun landing again in the New York metropolitan area after a blizzard clobbered the Northeast and closed the region’s three airports. Mass transit services are also slowly resuming. (Dec. 28)
Continue reading …Sprint adheres to its roadmap, turns on WiMAX in San Francisco Bay Area
December 28, 2010 No Comment
Technically speaking, it’s not actually the 28th of December in the Bay Area yet, but Sprint’s already out in front with its announcement that WiMAX connectivity has been activated in and around the city of San Francisco. We were promised this development exactly three weeks ago, back when Los Angeles and Washington DC were first familiarizing themselves with the glorious new speed, and today the Bay Area, which also includes San Jose, Palo Alto and Oakland, adds to a total of 71 metropolitan markets that have been lit up with Sprint’s finest wireless offering. Guess Verizon had better start fast and keep running if it wants to keep up, eh? Continue reading Sprint adheres to its roadmap, turns on WiMAX in San Francisco Bay Area Sprint adheres to its roadmap, turns on WiMAX in San Francisco Bay Area originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A tow truck operator in South Carolina faces manslaughter and weapons charges after investigators say he shot a man during a Christmas Eve dispute over a parking violation. (Dec. 27)
Continue reading …Arduino, iPod touch turns an LCD into a browser-based sketch pad (video)
December 28, 2010 No Comment
Of all the Arduino projects we’ve seen ’round here, this is certainly one of them! Using nothing but a Graphics LCD, an Arduino, and a WebSocket server he wrote using Python / Tornado, this young engineer created a system that allows him to connect to the server with his iPod touch (or any browser, we suppose — although he’s apparently only tested this with Chrome on his desktop PC) and draw a design on the web browser. In turn, his movements are recreated on the LCD. Pretty mean feat, if you ask us. If you’d like to marvel at his code — or even try it out for yourself — hit up the source link. If not, be sure to at least check out the thing in action. Video after the break. Continue reading Arduino, iPod touch turns an LCD into a browser-based sketch pad (video) Arduino, iPod touch turns an LCD into a browser-based sketch pad (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Police in Duluth, Minnesota have arrested a person of interest in a fire that destroyed an auto body shop and about 30 vehicles inside the building early Monday. It took more than 2 dozen firefighters to put out the blaze. (Dec. 27)
Continue reading …Google’s next Android Music app leaks out, gives hints of a 3.0 UI overhaul
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Remember at Google I/O this year when Google showed off “something beyond Froyo” in the music realm? The demo included an all-new music player (boy, wouldn’t that be nice!), along with magical features that let you push web-purchased songs to your device, and allowed you to browse your PC’s music library from your phone as if it was on the device itself. Well, none of that showed up in Gingerbread , unfortunately, but the new music player itself has just leaked out. It’s super buggy, and of course doesn’t have any of those fancy wireless features we’re waiting on, but it could offer a bit of a glimpse into 3.0, at least as far as UI tweaks go. The differences seem minimal but aesthetically pleasing, with blurred background images behind frosted glass widgets as far as the eye can see. One important thing to note is that there is a menu button on the top right, at least in some views, and we went back and watched Andy Rubin’s tablet time at D : there’s clearly the same menu button on each app. [Suspenseful strings begin to play]. It seems Google might be getting rid of its hardware buttons entirely, or at least making menu functionality a more obvious part of its relevant applications, instead of the “surprise!” button it currently represents. There are also points in the video where tapping the application’s icon in the top left takes you to the “home” of the app, and we also found similar icons on the top left of each application Andy demoed at D — and we’re guessing they have the same functionality. Check out a video after the break, or hit up the source link to grab the APK… if you dare. Continue reading Google’s next Android Music app leaks out, gives hints of a 3.0 UI overhaul Google’s next Android Music app leaks out, gives hints of a 3.0 UI overhaul originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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