Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann sentenced to death; Bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel; The Bill of Rights takes effect; Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull killed; Walt Disney dies at age 65. (Dec. 15)
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Hey Mac home theater users, listen up — your AirPlay wishes have come true. TUAW’s very own Erica Sadun has developed a free (ad supported) 0.01 alpha hack that lets your Mac play host to AirPlay video streamed off of iOS devices. Right, just like an Apple TV. And as long as you’re skirting official support, why not install the free AirVideoEnabler app onto your jailbroken iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone to stream video from even more applications than Apple currently allows. Works for us. Everyone else can check the video after the break. Continue reading AirPlay video streaming from iOS devices hacked into Macs (video) AirPlay video streaming from iOS devices hacked into Macs (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Eager to be freaked right on out? If so, head past the break and mash play. There, you’ll see a recent demonstration by Tohto C-Tech, where a 3D camera setup was used to capture a person’s face and then reproduce it on a monitor (in 3D, no less) in real-time. We’re told that an undisclosed GPGPU setup was used to pull it off, as typical CPUs just weren’t quick enough to render the final product on their own. The camera setup actually captures the face from two different viewpoints, enabling the sides of the face to be shown in addition to the front. We warned you that copious amounts of freaky were involved. Continue reading Real-time 3D face reproduction demonstrated on video Real-time 3D face reproduction demonstrated on video originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …By Amy Goodman Despite being granted bail, WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange remains imprisoned in London. Politicians and commentators, meanwhile, have been repeatedly calling for Assange to be killed. Related Entries December 14, 2010 Holbrooke’s Last Words December 14, 2010 Obama Puts Lakers to Work in D.C.
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SYDNEY — A wooden boat packed with dozens of asylum seekers smashed apart on cliff-side rocks in heavy seas off an Australian island Wednesday, sending some to their deaths in churning whitewater as horrified islanders watched from above. Rescue efforts were under way and officials said it was not immediately clear how many people were dead. The boat crashed below a cliff on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean where refugee hopefuls are housed in a detention center. “A people smuggler’s boat has crashed into the rocks,” Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan said. “A number of people have been rescued but sadly, some bodies have been retrieved.” Swan said he did not…
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Havana, Cuba (CNN) — An empty chair will represent Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas Wednesday when the European Parliament awards him a top human rights prize. As of Tuesday, Farinas had not received the exit visa required by the Cuban…
Continue reading …By William Pfaff What do you call it when a country’s elites exploit its people and resources for profit abroad? Related Entries December 14, 2010 The Hot New Tourist Destination: Chernobyl December 13, 2010 It’s Morning in China
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After night meeting at Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s home, haredi party members clarify they will vote against IDF conversion law, blame Foreign Minister Lieberman for coalition crisis. ‘We won’t let Yisrael Beiteinu launch wars on religion’
Continue reading …Swiftkey Android keyboard goes HD, adds new tongues and improved language prediction
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Even the most loyal Android user is bound to kvetch about the stock keyboard at some point or another, and while Swype has definitely grabbed the hearts of a good many Froyo users, Swiftkey remains our third-party keyboard of choice. After escaping beta just a few months ago, TouchType has just outed an ‘HD’ build that’s designed to cope with many of the higher-resolution displays being used on today’s gargantuan Android phones. Moreover, we’re guessing that this was done to look a bit better on devices like the Galaxy Tab , and there’s no denying that the new design elements are a real step forward. Aside from the makeover, the app is also gaining five new languages (Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Norwegian and Polish), improved language prediction quality and a new US layout that nixes accented characters. For those who’ve yet to try it, the latest version can be tested for a full 31 days, after which you’ll be coerced into ponying up $3.99 for the real-deal. Hit the source links below (or the QR code shown here) to give it a go. Continue reading Swiftkey Android keyboard goes HD, adds new tongues and improved language prediction Swiftkey Android keyboard goes HD, adds new tongues and improved language prediction originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …AMD Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 launch assault on enthusiast gaming market
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It’s taken AMD a long time to refresh the top end of its graphics hardware, but today’s culmination to that wait has to be described as somewhat bittersweet. Sweet, because we’re finally getting a successor to the venerable HD 5870 , one that offers improved power management and tessellation performance at a lower $369 price point, but also bitter because in terms of sheer firepower, the Radeon series doesn’t seem to have made quite the leap many of us had hoped for. The new top of AMD’s single-GPU pile, the HD 6970, offers 1,536 stream processors, an 880MHz core clock speed, and 2GB of GDDR5 RAM running at 5.5GHz for a total of 176GBps of memory bandwidth. Its partner in crime, the HD 6950, is expected to list at $299, for which saving you’ll have to sacrifice some clock speed (down to 800MHz) and processing units (1,408 in total). There’s a neat little addition to both new boards: a Dual-BIOS switch that will act like Google’s hardware jailbreak toggle on the Cr-48 , allowing tweakers to unlock the extra (unprotected by warranty!) performance headroom in their cards. Early reviews all seem to agree that both the Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 have struck a very fine price-to-performance ratio. The 6970 manages to spar with the much pricier GTX 580 , but given that it’s priced similarly to NVIDIA’s GTX 570 , it scores plaudits for being a more than viable alternative. The HD 6950 is seen as the real value item here, however, particularly since it occupies a relatively unique spot in the price range, and most reviewers tipped it as their new bang-for-the-buck leader. Read – HardOCP Read – AnandTech Read – Guru3D Read – PC Perspective Read – Hot Hardware Read – techPowerUp! Read – Hexus Read – TechSpot AMD Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 launch assault on enthusiast gaming market originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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