In a vertigo-inducing video posted online, a group of teenagers in Kiev climbs a suspension bridge pylon—without a safety rope in sight. One teen is wearing a camera mounted on his head; he passes a friend with her legs wrapped, Spider-Man-style, in the bridge’s cables. She’s wearing sandals, the…
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Taliban suicide attackers with heavy weaponry today launched coordinated attacks in Kabul targeting NATO's headquarters and the US embassy, killing at least six people. Around five hours after the attack began, gun-battles still raged. The Afghan government confirmed the deaths of four civilians and two policemen, plus at least six insurgents, with at least two militants still resisting after dusk. Afghan officials said attackers were hunkered down in a multi-storey building under construction that overlooks the NATO headquarters and US embassy, exchanging fire with security forces as two helicopters flew overhead. Two separate suicide attackers also targeted police in some of the most…
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Throwback podcast time! We’ve got lots of DVR news after our FiOS review, Microsoft Mediaroom / Media Center updates and a new box from TiVo. Of course, we also visited CEDIA last week so there’s plenty to talk about there too, including 4K, ultrawidescreen and more. There’s also plenty to talk about when it comes to smart TVs and exactly why they’re struggling in the market so far, and what a new deal between ESPN and the NFL could mean for 3D. Last but not least, it’s Star Wars Blu-ray week, so we’ve got to include them among our options of what to watch on TV. Get the podcast [ iTunes ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (MP3). [ RSS - AAC] Enhanced feed, subscribe to this with iTunes. [ RSS - MP3] Add the Engadget HD Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator [ Zune ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace [ MP3 ] Download the show (MP3). Host s : Ben Drawbaugh ( @bjdraw ), Richard Lawler ( @rjcc ) Producer : Trent Wolbe 00:04:17 – Verizon FiOS HD DVR review (1.9) 00:11:17 – New Mediaroom clients to bring Microsoft’s TV platform everywhere this year 00:14:08 – TiVo Premiere Elite will bring quad tuners, 2TB storage to retail this year 00:18:45 – Xbox Live Fall 2011 Dashboard update preview: Bing search, voice control, and a Metro overhaul 00:27:00 – Sony announces a 4K projector for the home, prices HMZ-T1 3D head mounted display in the US 00:33:53 – Sony brings new media streaming box and updated Google TV hardware to CEDIA 00:36:50 – JVC shows off projectors with 4K precision, but not quite 4K pixels 00:40:03 – Kaleidescape adds iPad control, ultrawidescreen support to its media servers 00:42:42 – LG’s 55-inch LW9800 3D HDTV earns THX certification, our home theater respect 00:44:49 – ESPN’s new Monday Night Football deal includes 3D broadcasts, WatchESPN app 00:51:10 – Did Netflix just start limiting users to one movie stream at a time? No 00:53:12 – LG, Sharp and Philips to build developer’s kit, create Smart TV app standard 00:55:15 – Viewsonic abandons plans for Boxee-powered TV 01:02:41 – Opera promises cross-platform apps for Smart TVs, gives us little to complain about 01:05:45 – Transformers: Dark of the Moon Blu-ray due September 30th, 3D version later 01:08:28 – THX Media Director coming to Star Wars Blu-ray discs 01:14:15 – Must See HDTV (September 12th – 18th) Hear the podcast LISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (AAC) Engadget HD Podcast 265 – 09.13.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Count Rick Perry among those “taken aback” at the reaction of some in the crowd during a debate question about health insurance last night. (A handful shouted “Yeah!” and cheered to a hypothetical question about whether someone who forgoes insurance should be allowed to die. See the video here .)…
Continue reading …Richard Hamilton, the “Father of Pop Art” who designed the Beatles’ White Album cover, has died in Britain at 89, Billboard reports. Hamilton, who coined the term “pop art” to describe the movement that made heavy use of commercial and pop-culture images, came to prominence in the 1950s with “Just…
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Continue reading …DisplayLink announces USB 3.0-to-HDMI adapter, 2560 x 1600 resolution panels get supported
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IDF’s certainly delivered a few bombshells thus far, but sometimes it’s the simpler things that can brighten up your day, like DisplayLink’s announcement of its snappily-titled Winstars USB 3.0-to-HDMI adapter. Making use of all that extra bandwidth means using TVs as monitors no longer results in battling with a bad case of the jaggies. Running on its DL-3500 chip, the plug-in device will deliver resolutions up to 2560 x 1600, promising ultra-low latency and less of the jittery window and cursor movement which has troubled older products. Gamers will be pleased to hear that there is support for full-screen 3D, as well as both 2.1 and 5.1 channel audio. No word on a release date as of yet, but we’re guessing that the estimate of “soon” means that Yanks will see it by Christmastime. Full PR after the break. Continue reading DisplayLink announces USB 3.0-to-HDMI adapter, 2560 x 1600 resolution panels get supported DisplayLink announces USB 3.0-to-HDMI adapter, 2560 x 1600 resolution panels get supported originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Thousands of mothers currently doing time will head home soon as California rushes to shrink prison populations . Moms with 2 years or less left to serve for “non-serious, non-sexual” crimes—possibly half of the state’s 9,500 female prisoners—may be released within days; once home, they’ll wear GPS ankle…
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