BlackBerry PlayBook demoed courtesy of RIM’s Mike Lazaridis and Adobe’s Kevin Lynch
October 26, 2010 No Comment
RIM has now uploaded the full video of its PlayBook’s brief stint in the limelight during Adobe MAX yesterday, where Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch and none other than Mr. BlackBerry himself, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, take the “professional tablet” through its very first public test drive on the keynote stage. The duo run through an MRI scan viewing app — presumably in an attempt to woo the lucrative medical market — along with the PlayBook’s Air-based video player and browser-embedded Flash player, both of which seem to work pretty well. We also get a quick look at the tablet’s multitasking cards, where we see that apps continue to function even from within their card views; it looks pretty nice, but at a glance, it doesn’t do any tricks webOS wasn’t pulling off a year ago. Interestingly, the edited video has a number of cuts — some seem like harmless attempts to cut out boring parts, but there are a couple suspicious ones where we suspect something unsavory happened on the PlayBook or it ran just a little slower than RIM would’ve liked (of course, with the PlayBook’s release still months out, they’ve got plenty of time to tighten that up while they wait for developers to submit their wares in exchange for a free PlayBook of their own ). At the end, Lazaridis expertly skirts Lynch’s question of when exactly the device will be released… and he didn’t even need a seasoned PR rep standing next to him to deflect it! Follow the break for the full demo. Continue reading BlackBerry PlayBook demoed courtesy of RIM’s Mike Lazaridis and Adobe’s Kevin Lynch BlackBerry PlayBook demoed courtesy of RIM’s Mike Lazaridis and Adobe’s Kevin Lynch originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The electronic voting equipment in Nevada is so smart it casts your ballot for you : Some voters in Boulder City said they are concerned about fraud at the electronic ballot box. Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid’s name was already checked. Ferrara said she wasn’t alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen. “Something’s not right,” Ferrara said. “One person that’s a fluke. Two, that’s strange. But several within a five minute period of time — that’s wrong.” Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax said there is no voter fraud, although the issues do come up because the screens are sensitive. For that reason, a person may not want to have their fingers linger too long on the screen after they make a selection at any time. “Especially in a community with elderly citizens (they have) difficulty in (casting their) ballot,” Lomax said. “Team leaders said there were complaints (and the) race filled in.” This is happening all over the country. Keep your eyes open.
Continue reading …Joy Behar Declares Sharron Angle a ‘Bitch’ Who Will ‘Go to Hell’ for Campaign Ad
October 26, 2010 No CommentComparing her latest campaign commercial to a “Hitler Youth commercial,” “The View” co-host Joy Behar angrily pronounced that Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R) is a “bitch” who will “go to Hell” for her ad. While none of the four co-hosts agreed with the tone of Angle's ad, Behar was the most vicious in her attack on Angle, calling her a “moron” and insisting she should try out her campaign rhetoric in the south Bronx [ Video embedded after the page break] : read more
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We live in a world full of fabulous idle distractions — a million TV channels, videogames at our fingertips, the world’s greatest literature just a few menu selections away. Yet still we’re stuck cleaning the same floors more or less the same way our forefathers did, despite the fact that they had a lot less fun stuff they could be doing instead. The $249 Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner is another attempt to free us from that burdensome task and, like the Neato XV-11 we recently reviewed , it is quite clinical and comprehensive in the way that it does things. However, while this one is likewise a heck of a lot smarter than a Roomba , for some it’ll be of rather more limited usefulness. Why? Read on to find out. Gallery: Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner Continue reading Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner review Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The Skinnyhome Over at the 100K House Blog , Nic Darling starts a discussion about the problems of marketing small houses, and the problem of “educating” buyers. He writes that buyers follow a series of steps: Step 1 -Price Step 2 – Location Step 3 – Square Footage Step 4 – Beds and Baths Etc. I used to share the concern, believing that there was an American obsession with price per square foot, the question of how we switch a mindset from price to value. I con… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Rock Lock protects your guitar from theft, runs at least one roadie out of a job
October 26, 2010 No Comment
Let’s set the scene: you let that last Bm chord ring out, the crowd roars in the background, the fog fades and the lights go down. A drip of sweat falls from your brow and lands softly on the pick guard of your shiny new Fender. A smile graces your face, you slowly remove your weapon of choice from around your body and slam it down whimsically on your guitar stand. Exit stage right. Meanwhile, you’re munching on a week-old Honey Bun and some prankster from that mosh pit on the left is making off with your six string. Tragedy. In order to keep this awful, awful scenario from happening to you, The Rock Lock Company was born. Chris Goulet turned a bright idea into a product you can buy, with this here buckle simply snapping around your guitar neck, looping around something immobile and locking into place. Of course, you’ll need a tech to remove it prior to rolling out for your first song, but it’s probably worth the $49.99 asking price for all those other moments. Hit the source link to get your pre-order in, but only if you enjoy free shipping as a bonus. Gallery: Rock Lock guitar security tool Rock Lock protects your guitar from theft, runs at least one roadie out of a job originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Paul the Octopus, who fascinated soccer fans by correctly predicting results at this year’s World Cup, died Tuesday. The aquarium said he died of natural causes in his sleep. (Oct. 26)
Continue reading …"Government Doesn’t Suck" March Planned for Other Idiotic Marches on Saturday
October 26, 2010 No CommentI almost wish I could be in D.C. this Saturday when a collection of stupid marches and rallies will take place: Amid growing dissatisfaction with federal employees, a group of younger, web-savvy feds are planning to march on Saturday in defense of their coworkers on the sidelines of Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity.” Organizers of the “Government Doesn’t Suck March” (their choice of words, not ours) were inspired in part by last week’s Washington Post poll that revealed widespread negative perceptions of federal workers. “We hear it day in and day out: the government sucks, federal employees are lazy and their positions are redundant,” said march organizer Steve Ressler, founder of GovLoop, a social networking Web site for public servants.
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And now we’re at a crossroads. Apple is about to start hitting the wireless media streaming game hard with AirPlay and an armada of third party manufacturers. Meanwhile, Sonos is improving its already impressive streaming ecosystem with a now-shipping Sonos Wireless Dock (WD100) for your iPod or iPhone that can stream your device’s music digitally to any of your Sonos ZonePlayers. It’s not that bad a buy at $119, especially if you already have a big investment in Sonos. Plus, Sonos has plenty of other perks (like great support for online streaming music services) that it would be happy to point out to you. Still, we can’t help but wonder what this sort of product will look like in an AirPlay-contoured market, say, one year from now. Continue reading Sonos Wireless Dock for iPod and iPhone is out now for $119 Sonos Wireless Dock for iPod and iPhone is out now for $119 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Ford Motor Co.’s third-quarter net income rose 68 percent as it grabbed a bigger share of the US auto market and buyers paid more for its highly-rated cars and trucks. (Oct. 26)
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