If you thought gaming wasn’t mainstream, think again. Console makers are vying to get the whole family bitten by the gaming bug. (Dec. 20)
Continue reading …Yes, that’s a woman with a dog in a Baby Björn throwing prototype Nokias
December 20, 2010 No Comment
So here’s how the story goes: employees at Nokia facilities in Oulu and Tampere, Finland, were fed up with negotiations being held between their representatives and the company over planned layoffs , and decided to do something about it. But really, why strike or organize a rally when you can just socialize, use a few prototype devices for target practice, and get your Cavalier King Charles spaniel some fresh air at the same time? If this keeps up long enough, these staffers might have second careers as competition-level phone tossers . Hit up the source link for the full video — but be warned, if you love Nokias, you might find the video graphic, violent, and objectionable. [Thanks, Juuso H.] Yes, that’s a woman with a dog in a Baby Björn throwing prototype Nokias originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s on, suckers. Motorola just sent us this “Tablet Evolution” teaser video for their CES 2011 announcements, and it doesn’t mince any words — it calls the iPad a “giant iPhone” and says the Samsung Galaxy Tab is running Android “for a phone” before closing out with a buzzing bee over that new red Motorola logo . That certainly suggests some Honeycomb action to us — and it fits perfectly with Andy Rubin demonstrating the next-gen version of Android on a Motorola tablet back at D: Dive Into Mobile. You know, the tablet that’s since leaked out with a Verizon logo on it . Yeah, we’re ready for this to go down — and you know we’ll be there live as it happens. Motorola’s ‘Tablet Evolution’ video teases some Honeycomb at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Bozell Appears on ‘Fox & Friends’ to Unveil Best of Notable Quotables 2010
December 20, 2010 No CommentNewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center (MRC) founder Brent Bozell appeared via satellite on “Fox & Friends” this morning to unveil the MRC's Best of Notable Quotables 2010. [See related press release here ; Video of Bozell appearance is embedded below the page break] read more
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And you thought your year-end PowerPoint — complete with that snazzy “Ding!” after every slide — was something to admire. The video below is a Google Demo Slam entrant, going up against a Voice Search piece featuring Maria Sharapova. We know precious little about what it took to create, but somehow or another, a trio of animators created a mind-blowing 450 page presentation in just three days, and none of ‘em were located in the same space. Thankfully for you, it’s all explained in a blistering one minute, twenty-nine second YouTube clip. Enjoy. Continue reading Google Docs presentation makes PowerPoint weep, beg for mercy (video) Google Docs presentation makes PowerPoint weep, beg for mercy (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A lighter take on a serious subject, one day before the official start of winter… The tune is familiar, the words clever and the cause serious: Fracking for natural gas , occurring in a number of places as fossil fuel companies try to to … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …DIY Homes Using Recycled Pallet Wood – Appalachian Gothic Architecture (Video)
December 20, 2010 No Comment
Image credit: Fugue State Films From a $50,000 portable recycled house to a tiny green egg house for Chinese students , TreeHugger has already offered plenty of posts that prove that green living doesn’t have to mean high-end LEED certified luxury. Rollo, from Knoxville, Tennessee, is another such example. On 7 acres of … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Xerox shows off Smart Document Review table, a Surface that sifts through billions of docs (video)
December 20, 2010 No Comment
You have a lot of documents you’ve acquired over the years, hundreds or thousands in some semblance of order thanks to folders and whatnot. Now, imagine taking the output from hundreds or thousands of others, all with their own ideas about organization, and finding only those pages relevant to a certain topic. That’s what legal aides have to do in cases where a major corporation is being investigated, and we’re thinking that’s a major target market for Xerox ‘s Smart Document Review. It’s a prototype touchscreen table that enables users to collaboratively filter documents, starting by indexing a giant pool and then allowing for the creation of “magnets” that contain keywords or other heuristics and dynamically pull out matches, all happening courtesy of animations that look only slightly less sophisticated than those seen in Hackers . Search results can then be dumped to a thumb drive. The prototype table dates back to earlier this year, but Xerox is now making them available as part of a pilot program exclusively for trendy law offices with unisex bathrooms. [Thanks, Pradeep ] Continue reading Xerox shows off Smart Document Review table, a Surface that sifts through billions of docs (video) Xerox shows off Smart Document Review table, a Surface that sifts through billions of docs (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Two Kinects join forces to make 3D telepresence, enable virtual light saber battles (video)
December 20, 2010 No Comment
UC Davis’s Oliver Kreylos has been responsible for two of our most impressive Kinect hacks yet. He was one of the first to get proper 3D video out of the thing, following that up by pairing up two of the cameras , one to fill in the gaps of the other. You might have thought he was just playing around but no — oh no. There was a method to the madness and his ulterior motive has been revealed: 3D telepresence. This is what he’s been working on all along and he has an early version operational, using the output from two Kinects in a remote office to beam a 3D representation of another person to his display, which he can navigate around (and through) using a Wiimote . Meanwhile, the viewer can see the position of Oliver in real-time, a virtual camera floating around and enabling them to maintain eye contact despite her not actually looking at either physical camera. That demonstration is embedded after the break along with a somewhat fanciful follow-up in which Kreylos engages in a rather… protracted lightsaber battle against the forces of evil. Continue reading Two Kinects join forces to make 3D telepresence, enable virtual light saber battles (video) Two Kinects join forces to make 3D telepresence, enable virtual light saber battles (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs and motherboards now on sale in Malaysia, what Consumer Electronics Show?
December 20, 2010 No Comment
Let us all warmly greet the Core i5-2300, the i5-2400, and the Core i7-2600, three desktop-bound members of Intel’s upcoming Sandy Bridge CPU brigade. You’ll note that all three are fully dressed in their retail attire in an image coming from Malaysian electronics store Compuzone, which also has a full pricing and speed breakdown for these central processing units. The 3.4GHz Core i7 part costs 939RM ($301), followed by 609RM ($195) for the 3.1GHz 2400, and 585RM ($188) for the 2.8GHz 2300. It seems like Intel’s up to its old tricks again, letting some stock roll out early in distant Asian locales. At least this should mean there’ll be plenty to go around once the CES 2011 launch of these chips is out of the way. Hit the source for more details and to scope out pricing for the new LGA1155 motherboards. [Thanks, Melantha ] Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs and motherboards now on sale in Malaysia, what Consumer Electronics Show? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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