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- Week-Long Verizon BlackBerry Outage Caused by “System Update”?
- 3D Doesn’t Work and Never Will, Says Oscar-Winning Editor
- Twitter Will Triple Ad Revenue in 2011
- Apple’s Motion-Sensitive Keyboard Patent: A Sane Compromise
- HP Topaz webOS tablet detailed plus Touchstone v2 wireless plans
- Eric Schmidt “wants to be a talk-show host” claim insiders
- Firefox “Do Not Track” header detailed for online privacy
- SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 24 2011
- iPad 3 to get Retina Display: panels too expensive for 2nd-gen slate
- Direct2Drive game rentals launch: $5 for 5 hours
- Samsung Performs Odd Paper Planes in Space Experiment
- Pioneer MVH-8300BT head unit packs iPhone support, App Mode & Bluetooth
- 75% of AOL subscribers “don’t realize” they don’t need it
- White iPhone 4 added to AT&T online systems
- First Notion Ink Adam pre-orders arriving today
- New Windows Phone 7 dev-jailbreak tool incoming
- Verizon iPhone 4 $50 more off-contract than AT&T version
- 650,000 NOOKcolor e-magazine purchases in two months crows B&N
- TiVo and Charter partner on cable/IPTV hybrid
- Raindrop Mini turns downspout into eco-friendly water collector
- NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30/AP30 mobile quadcore SoC sampling by end of 2011
- DIY pedal-powered snowplow
- $10K iTunes gift card winner hangs up on Apple
- Skizee takes the exercise out of skiing and looks fun doing it
- Hacker sells access to Army website for under $500
- Modder builds custom anti-blur rig for DSLR
- AIS unveils new 15-inch touch panel PCs for industry
- Facebook raised $1 billion in new financing with valuation of $50 billion
- Audi updates GPS system in 2011 A6 with INRIX XD Traffic
- Silicon Power announces new 600X 64GB CF Card for DSLRs
| Week-Long Verizon BlackBerry Outage Caused by “System Update”? Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:47 PM PST On Friday, Verizon BlackBerry users began to report a system-wide outage. This issue effects more than just the BlackBerry Internet Service- all data capabilities have been disabled. Only phone calls are possible. Three days later, 9to5Mac reports that the Verizon BlackBerry outage is still ongoing.
Occasional maintenance is just something you have to deal with. But downtime for an update usually won’t take more than a few hours. Certainly not days on end. Verizon’s reputation for reliability may take a hit if the outage continues deeper into the week. A smartphone without data is a frustrating thing- and that is the last emotion a service provider wants to provoke in their customers. Odds are, this is just a hiccup prior to the launch of the Verizon iPhone. The sheer length of the outage is cause for concern though. Remember the Sidekick data disaster of 2009? If you’re a Verizon BlackBerry user and have (or have not!) experienced data loss over the last three days, drop us a line in the comments. It remains unclear if the outage is still comprehensive, or rolling across different areas. [via 9to5Mac] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| 3D Doesn’t Work and Never Will, Says Oscar-Winning Editor Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:39 PM PST Earlier today, Roger Ebert posted a letter from Robert Murch. If you aren’t a film geek, Murch is a multiple-Oscar award winning editor. He worked on “Apocalypse Now” and “The English Patient” and is pretty much the best at what he does. Murch doesn’t think 3D will ever be a viable mainstream technology.
Most of his argument comes down to the fact that 3D films require our eyes to converge and focus at two different points. This is something we are capable of doing, but not without significant additional strain. Which is why headaches are such a common symptom of extended 3D viewing. Our brains just haven’t evolved to handle it. No one can argue that the convergence / focus issue isn’t a problem, but there seems to be considerable argument as to whether or not it is an insurmountable one. CrunchGear weighed in a little earlier, and noted that convergence / focus is merely a limitation of the technology. Basically, film-makers who use 3D without going overboard have a powerful tool in their hands. Of course, none of this matters if 3D proves to have long-term harmful effects. If the technology really is dangerous to young children, the industry will have a tough time making their case. [Via Sun Times] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Twitter Will Triple Ad Revenue in 2011 Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:12 PM PST 2010 was the first year Twitter started to sell ad revenue. They made a total of $45 million. 2011 will prove to be considerably more lucrative for the social media service. eMarketer just announced that they expect ad revenues for the site to top $150 this year. By 2012, the company could break a $250 million.
A quarter-of-a-billion dollars is a lot to expect out of a service only 8% of Americans use. Especially if major security issues- like last year’s mouse-over bug, continue. Today even brought news of another worm striking at Twitter users. But concerns of infection haven’t been enough to kill Twitter yet. The service should hit 200 million users this month. There are over 110 million tweets every day. All those people- and all those pages, open up a lot of opportunities for advertisers. As long as people keep tweeting, the money will keep flowing. [Via eMarketer] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Apple’s Motion-Sensitive Keyboard Patent: A Sane Compromise Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:38 PM PST The boys at MacRumors have uncovered a new Apple patent application. This one covers a physical keyboard with motion sensing cameras built into the frame. The idea is to merge the keyboard and mouse into one device. There would be both a “typing” and a “mouse” mode, toggled through a key or key combo.
So you’d type in your URL, tap the Mouse Mode button, and finger scroll up and down the page. I’m not really sure how much more comfortable hovering your hands above the keyboard will be, but I can certainly see this being a faster option. What’s most interesting in the patent app is Apple’s seeming admission of the failure of non-traditional keyboards.
Whether or not this proposed product ever sees the light of day, it’s clear that Apple still sees the traditional keyboard / display set-up as dominating for the foreseeable future. The iPad’s keyboard is more comfortable than any other touchscreen keyboard I’ve used. But it still can’t compare to the feeling of striking real keys. I’m sure someone else said something similar about typewriters once. [Via MacRumors] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| HP Topaz webOS tablet detailed plus Touchstone v2 wireless plans Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:41 AM PST Further details on HP’s Topaz webOS tablet have emerged, detailing the specifications of the 9.7-inch XGA slate we’re expecting to hear about at the event on February 9. According to documents finding their way to PreCentral – and which date back to sometime in 2010 – Topaz will use Qualcomm’s dual-core 1.2GHz MSM8660 CPU with Adreno 220 graphics, together with dual-band WiFi b/g/n, optional HSPA and, eventually, LTE and CDMA, and a battery good for over 8hrs. More interesting, though, is the Touchstone v2 dock.
As with the Palm Pre and Pixi, the Topaz will support the Touchstone inductive charging technology, though it will use a second-gen version of the dock that offers far more than simply rejuicing the slate. Instead, it will support wireless picture, site and contact sharing, audio streaming via Bluetooth to a speaker dock, wireless access to mapping and directions, music sharing from a Palm smartphone to the Topaz slate, wireless printing, wireless video streaming to an HDMI/VGA output, and even wireless video gaming via the video dock. There’ll be Flash support and various cloud services – including Snapfish for photos, Melodeo music, HP Cloud Drive and HP Cloud Canvas. The images also show both HP and Palm branding, though it remains to be seen whether that will survive now that Palm has been fully subsumed into its new parent. SlashGear will be at the February 9 event with all the details, so join us there next month! Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Eric Schmidt “wants to be a talk-show host” claim insiders Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:11 AM PST As odd rumors go, Eric Schmidt leaving Google to take up a new role as a talk-show host is pretty out there, but that’s just what the NYPost‘s sources are claiming. The Google CEO – who will step down on April 4 and be replaced by Larry Page – has reportedly “been looking for a TV job for over a year” according to sources at CNN, and in fact filmed a pilot for the network back in August 2010.
Unfortunately, it sounds like Schmidt could do with working on his TV skills; according to the insider “the pilot he filmed with Liza was a complete disaster.” That hasn’t dissuaded the exec, however. ”Eric wants to be a talk-show host. He’s been working with Liza to develop a show, but he has not yet been picked up by any network” another anonymous source claims. Schmidt hasn’t commented, and we can’t really imagine that happening – well, not until the pilot hits the network. Schmidt has certainly done the rounds of the big tech events and is comfortable finding himself up on stage, but it remains to be seen whether he’s as happy asking the questions as he is answering them. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Firefox “Do Not Track” header detailed for online privacy Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:47 AM PST Mozilla’s Global Privacy and Public Policy Leader, Alex Fowler, has detailed the upcoming Do Not Track functionality headed to Firefox. As Mozilla envisages it, the system “allows users to set a browser preference that will broadcast their desire to opt-out of third party, advertising-based tracking by transmitting a Do Not Track HTTP header with every click or page view in Firefox.”
Mozilla believes this is a more inclusive and comprehensive route than maintaining blacklists or cookies, though it does recognize that it relies on sites to fall into line and respect the “Don Not Track” user preference. The approach differs from Microsoft’s strategy for IE9, which will rely on “anti-tracking lists” onto which users can put approved and unapproved sites. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 24 2011 Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:43 AM PST Let’s start this fine Monday with a launch straight into space: once with an Android Device, another time with a Samsung balloon full of paper planes. Next lets get back to Earth with the continuation of the 3D wave with some Tegra 2 3D Chips that’ll be popping up this spring. Grab a big fat update to ADW Launcher EX with several new docks and fixes. Next order of business, Florian Mueller’s been found bunked out – who is he? He’s the guy who found a bunch of Oracle codes in Android’s open source code, saying the suit against Android has total footing -doesn’t appear that way any more. Then remember that $10K iTunes gift card prize for the 10 billionth app downloaded? The mother of the girl who won it hung up on the “you won” call. Check out a column by Don Reisinger by the name of Dear Logitech: The Revue Is Overpriced, and another column by Tim Bajarin called Techies can be Foodies Too Finally, make sure you’re not getting had – you probably don’t need AOL anymore. All this and MORE on SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up.
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| iPad 3 to get Retina Display: panels too expensive for 2nd-gen slate Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:34 AM PST Further talk that the so-called iPad “Retina Display” prototypes – running high-resolution 2048 x 1536 panels – are in fact for the third-generation slate has emerged, with IDC Research lending its weight to the idea of a high-res iPad 3 instead. According to research manager Tom Mainelli, “Our sources say Apple has requested that manufacturers begin work on displays with that resolution for the iPad 3. I don’t believe anybody is ready to produce that resolution in volumes at this point. And Apple is going to require huge volumes for the iPad 2.”
The suggestion echoes leaks last week, which claimed that while there were already prototype iPads in Apple’s labs running 2048 x 1536 displays, they were not iPad 2 prototypes. Concerns over panel production and pricing were the main obstacle preventing the second-gen slate from getting a Retina Display, with the screens simply too expensive and in too short supply to be feasible. Earlier rumors regarding the iPad 2′s processor – tipped to be the Apple A5 – would suggest that the tablet itself should be capable, on paper at least, of driving such a display. It remains to be seen if Apple leverages that power with some sort of digital output. [via Electronista] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Direct2Drive game rentals launch: $5 for 5 hours Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:13 AM PST Gaming download store Direct2Drive has begun offering game rentals, though the system isn’t quite so advanced as OnLive. Rather than the games playing remotely on a server and you simply streaming the play to your PC, Direct2Drive’s titles download in full each time, and then DRM causes them to expire at the end of 5hrs gameplay. It’s not the only drawback with the service, either.
As well as being a little on the expensive side – $5 for 5hrs – the service only currently offers a catalog of three titles: Grid, Divinity 2, and Silent Hill: Homecoming. Still, if you later decide you want to keep the game, Direct2Drive will knock the $5 off the purchase price. We’d recommend shopping around first, but if you simply have to try a title – and assuming Direct2Drive bulk up the catalog – this could be a straightforward way of doing it. [via CrunchGear] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Samsung Performs Odd Paper Planes in Space Experiment Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:54 AM PST Samsung, in their infinite wisdom and wish to show the world that their memory cards are extremely durable and can survive even at the edge of outer space, have launched a helium balloon up toward the stars with a payload of 200 paper planes, each one of them containing one of their hardcore cards. When the balloon reached the desired height above Earth, the planes were released, and the balloon with parachute was retrieved via tracking device.
Why would they do such a thing? Where’s the fun in all this besides the fact that blasting off airplanes from 36,500 meters above Berlin? Each one of the cards attached to the planes has embedded in it a message (we assume a txt file) sent into Samsung by fans of the company, each one of them readable by the people who end up finding the planes, each one of these people invited to enter the message into this space: http://projectspaceplanes.com/ask. Take a peek at the launch video here: [Via Samsung] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Pioneer MVH-8300BT head unit packs iPhone support, App Mode & Bluetooth Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:48 AM PST Pioneer has outed a pair of new in-car stereos, the MVH-8300BT and MVH-7300, which each prioritize external digital media sources like iPods and iPhones. Each has a 3-inch LCD TFT display and a 7-way rotary controller; the button backlighting and wallpaper can be customized to match your dashboard, too.
Inputs include USB, an SD card slot and an aux-in, and if you hook up your iPod or iPhone you can see album art, playlists, videos and other content on the Pioneer’s display. There’s also App Mode, which displays content from third-party iOS apps on the head-unit, as long as those apps have some sort of video output support. There’s MP3, WMA and AAC support, and up to 32GB SDHC cards can be read; Pioneer also throws in an 8-band equalizer and various audio DSP tech to tweak the best out of compressed music. Finally, the MVH-8300BT gets Parrot Bluetooth hands-free. No word on pricing or availability at this stage.
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| 75% of AOL subscribers “don’t realize” they don’t need it Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:36 AM PST AOL’s dial-up service could be in worse shape than previously believed, with a former executive telling the New Yorker [subscription required] that 75-percent of the people who subscribe “don’t need it.” According to the unnamed ex-exec, 80-percent of AOL’s profits come from subscribers, “many of who are older people who have cable or DSL service” but are unaware that they needn’t pay the old AOL dial-up fee in order to access their email.
According to AOL’s most recent SEC filing, subscription revenues and overall subscriber numbers are down; just 4.1m at September 30 2010. The 10-Q also confirms that 43-percent of AOL revenue comes from subscriptions; it’s not clear how the source figures that the profits are primarily from subscribers. [via Slashdot and via Huffington Post] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| White iPhone 4 added to AT&T online systems Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:11 AM PST Having been spotted in Best Buy’s inventory systems earlier in the month, the white iPhone 4 has now cropped up in AT&T’s database. BGR‘s source passed them screenshots of the AT&T Online Account Management system (OLAM), which includes entries for the “iPhone 4 – 16GB White” and “iPhone 4 – 32GB White.”
The Best Buy leak followed a sighting of the white iPhone 4 in Vodafone Germany’s systems. According to the previous information, Best Buy expects the first stock of the white iPhone 4 in on February 27. Apple has never given conclusive reasons as to the white variant’s delay, only saying that manufacturing issues have caused them to postpone the handset’s release until Spring 2011. Various causes have been suggested, including problems with light leaking into the camera and issues getting the various shades to match. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| First Notion Ink Adam pre-orders arriving today Posted: 24 Jan 2011 06:51 AM PST The first Notion Ink Adam pre-orders are seemingly finding their way to customers, with at least one UK buyer of the Android slate having received his tablet today. Documented over at Notion Ink Fan, Shane Trafford reportedly gave his delivery guy “a big hug” when he handed over the slate.
As we’ve already seen from the official unboxing, Adam comes in a box which converts into a desk stand for the tablet. There’s also a software update waiting, which apparently took around 20 minutes to download; no word on what sort of connection that was over, nor what new functionality it delivered. So, it seems the much-anticipated Adam is finally landing. If you’ve pre-ordered and are waiting for your tablet, let us know in the comments; Shane’s was a WiFi model with the Pixel Qi display. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| New Windows Phone 7 dev-jailbreak tool incoming Posted: 24 Jan 2011 06:42 AM PST A new jailbreaking system for Windows Phone 7 devices is promised, though the developer is waiting until after the first official update is released so as to avoid Microsoft patching the exploit. According to Windows Phone dev Julien Schapman, his Windows Phone 7 Device Manager app works in a way “similar to that of ChevronWP7 in the way they both use a fake registration server, but my method is different and more reliable” according to WinRumors wrote Schapman in an email to WinRumors.
“For example it automatically detects when a WP7 is plugged in and will check if this is a registered developer phone,” he continues, “if not it will register it once and for all, so the device will never re-lock like with ChevronWP7.” The previous tool was the handiwork of the ChevronWP7 team, who agreed to pull the app at Microsoft’s request and who are now working with the company on ways to engage with the homebrew community. [via The Inquirer] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Verizon iPhone 4 $50 more off-contract than AT&T version Posted: 24 Jan 2011 06:26 AM PST Prior to the Verizon iPhone 4 getting its official launch, at least one analyst speculated that the CDMA smartphone would be more expensive than its AT&T sibling. Unsurprisingly that’s turned out not to be the case, at least given how most people will buy the iOS smartphone – with an agreement, it’ll be the same $199.99 for the 16GB and $299.99 for the 32GB as the GSM version – however you will have to spend a little more for an off-contract handset.
According to Verizon’s FAQ, the CDMA iPhone 4 will be sold agreement-free at $649.99 for the 16GB model, and $749.99 for the 32GB model. In contrast, on AT&T you’d be paying $599 for the 16GB or $699 for the 32GB. We’re assuming that the price difference comes down to the different costs of GSM and CDMA radios, and that Verizon is swallowing the extra in return for you opting for a contract. The Verizon iPhone 4 will go on general sale from February 10. [via Pocketnow] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| 650,000 NOOKcolor e-magazine purchases in two months crows B&N Posted: 24 Jan 2011 06:03 AM PST Barnes & Noble has announced over 650,000 sales of digital periodical subscriptions and single-issue e-magazines and e-newspapers from the NOOKnewsstand to NOOKcolor owners, in the first two months that the ereader tablet has been available. According to the retailer, since December 25 2010, NOOKcolor users have already bought 150-percent more subscriptions than in the entire twelve months preceding.
Actual breakdowns of the figures aren’t being shared, which means we don’t know exactly how many of that 650,000 were NOOKcolor buyers experimenting with a single e-magazine issue purchase, and how many were opting for more expensive subscriptions. Over 120 periodicals are available. Press Release:
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| TiVo and Charter partner on cable/IPTV hybrid Posted: 24 Jan 2011 05:52 AM PST TiVo and Charter Communications have announced plans for a next-gen TV system, which will bundle traditional cable and IPTV services. On offer later in 2011, the system will begin with the TiVo Premiere DVR – including the companion iPad app – and then be followed with multi-room playback and non-DVR receivers.
From the off, Charter will offer the TiVo Premiere for regular DVR recording together with access to the cable company’s on-demand TV catalog. The Premier UI will incorporate both the traditional system and any IPTV on offer from the new partnership, as well as online streaming video in a similar manner to Google TV. After that will come “new devices, features, and third party applications” all using TiVo’s search/navigation/discovery engine, in an ecosystem which Charter is hoping will be somewhat easier to use than having dozens of different STBs. No word at this stage on what the Charter TiVo Premiere will cost. Press Release:
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| Raindrop Mini turns downspout into eco-friendly water collector Posted: 24 Jan 2011 05:41 AM PST A compact way to modify downspouts for collecting water is now available, promising eco-friendly thirst quenching for apartment gardens. The Raindrop Mini by Studio Bas Van der Veer fits in-line with the drainpipe and channels rainwater into a removable jug; rather than demanding you accomodate a water-butt, water is collected into the watering can itself.
That saves space and also makes for a more ergonomic – and less messy – way of watering small gardens. No word on exact pricing, but according to the designers the Raindrop Mini system is available now in European gardening centers. [via Core77] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30/AP30 mobile quadcore SoC sampling by end of 2011 Posted: 24 Jan 2011 05:02 AM PST It’s not just a Tegra 2 3D chip we can expect later this year; the remainder of NVIDIA’s leaked roadmap for 2011 has emerged, courtesy of Bright Side of News, and it seems the company plans to begin sampling Tegra 3 in Q4. The new processor will be the world’s first mobile quad-core chip, packing up to four 1.5GHz Cortex-A9 cores in the T30 SoC for tablets.
Tegra 3 will pack 3x faster graphics than Tegra 2, and be capable of driving a 1920 x 1200 display. That opens up the possibility of super-high pixel density tablets when paired with a suitable display panel. There’s also Blu-ray video support and NVIDIA’s ULP CPU mode for “ultra-low power” consumption. The NVIDIA AP30, meanwhile, will be targeted at smartphones, and offer either dual- or quad-core SoCs capable of driving 1366 x 768 displays. The company expects both chips to sample in Q4 2011, which suggests commercial products using the T30/AP30 in early 2012 and which are software compatible with previous chips. [Thanks Andy and Joey!] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Posted: 24 Jan 2011 05:00 AM PST We only get snow once every few years in my part of Texas, but in other states, snow is something that you have to deal with on a daily basis. I would hate to have to shovel snow out of my driveway each day before I could back the car out and go about my business. If you had to do that shoveling with a shovel by hand, it would double suck.
Firefly workshop has invented a cool DIY snowplow that is made from some wood and a couple old bikes. I could see this being the only possible use for one of those full size tricycles that I wouldn't call you an idiot for driving. The builder of this plow appears to have cobbled a pair of normal bikes together. The front of the plow is raised and lowered using a pulley and rope system. The guy uses the plow to push the snow down the drive into a few piles that can then be shoveled off into the yard. The contraption is a good way to get rid of the snow when it’s not enough for a show thrower, but too much for removal by hand according to the builder. Via Make Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| $10K iTunes gift card winner hangs up on Apple Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:45 AM PST I can understand someone loathing marketing calls. I don't even answer my phone if I don't recognize the number. Over the weekend the iTunes store hit the magic 10 billion downloads number and as promised Apple called up the lucky 10 billion downloader to deliver their price.
The problem was that when Gail Davis, the mom of the girl who downloaded the 10 billionth app, answered the phone and heard the Apple person start to talk, she hung up. Apparently, the girl who downloaded the app realized what dear old mom had done and begged Gail to call back. Davis said, “I thought it was a prank call. I said, ‘Thank you very much, I'm not interested' and I hung up.” Davis then said, “The girls came down and said it wasn't a prank. I had a moment of panic." She called back to the help desk at Apple, who couldn’t help ironically. Luckily, for Davis and her daughters, an Apple exec called back and the gift card made its way into the family’s hands. Davis said, “The more I thought about it, the more I realized it was a genuine call. The girls were getting quite tense. They never would have forgiven me. They would have held it against me for all eternity.” The winning app downloaded was Paper Glider, a free app. Via Cult of Mac Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Skizee takes the exercise out of skiing and looks fun doing it Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:34 AM PST I went skiing once as a kid and it was fun, but I remember it being very tiring. If you like to ski cross-country or downhill, but want to take some of the work out of it Skizee is a new gadget that looks really cool. The Skizee is like a snowmobile with a tread only.
The tank tread can get grip in snow and works when there is no snow on the ground as well. The user controls the device with a pair of handles that they hold and the motorized Skizee pushed them around. Steering is done by leaning just as you would steer normal skis. The Skizee is made to be transportable in the trunk of an average car and power comes from a 10.5hp 4-stroke engine. It has electric start and power is controlled with a trigger on the right handle. The thing even has a power core that runs off the motor to generate electricity for cameras and other gadgets. Pricing is unknown right now, but the company will be taking orders soon. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Hacker sells access to Army website for under $500 Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:18 AM PST When it comes to information security I think most of us expect that the government here in the US and governments abroad would take some significant precautions to be sure that the websites for various agencies and military branches were secure. That isn't always the case though.
Financial Feed reports that late last week a security vendor called Imperva found that a hacker had gained access to the US Army Communications-Electronics Command website and was selling that access to other hackers for under $500. The hacker also claims to control other military, government and university websites. The control would allow other nefarious types to get personal details about users that are stored in databases at the website. The security firm also states that it appeared the information on 300,000 people had already been stolen. Some of the government websites that are available include some from the states of Michigan and Utah as well of Italian government websites and a DoD website that works with the Department of Veterans Affairs to get prescription medications for vets. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Modder builds custom anti-blur rig for DSLR Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:04 AM PST One of the things I really don't like about my Nikon D80 is that the lens that came with the kit has no image stabilization. All is fine and good if you are taking a photo where the shutter is fast, images have no blur at all in that case. If the setting is dark and the shutter takes a bit of time to get the light it needs to expose the pic things get blurry really fast for me.
I could just get a lens with image stabilization inside, but the blur isn’t a big enough deal for me to pay the money a new lens would cost. A geek on Hack A Day has shown off a system that he made that will add image stabilization to your camera even if the lens and body don’t support it. The geek took an Arduino board, Bluetooth mode, 3-axis accelerometer, gyroscope, and a trigger for the camera and cobbled it all together. The hardware uses a software algorithm to remove the image blur from your pics so they are nice and clear. The downside is that the system is cumbersome and apparently, you lose a bit of resolution when using the system. The extra camera sticking off the side of the DSLR is apparently only there for tweaking the algorithm. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| AIS unveils new 15-inch touch panel PCs for industry Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:53 AM PST AIS has pulled the wraps off a new series of touchscreen computers designed for industrial use as touch panel PC controllers for various needs. The machines all have Intel Atom processors inside running at 1.6GHz and they have a 2.5W TDP. The cool running nature of the machines means that they are all passively cooled and have no fans inside.
The touch panel screens are 15-inches and have 250-nit brightness rating and a 700:1 contrast ratio. The screens use 5-wire resistive touch technology and they are rugged enough to survive use in industrial settings. The machines also have connectivity with RS232, RS485, and Ethernet connectivity and more. The machines are rugged to IP65 specs. The computers have 1GB of DDR2 RAM inside. Storage is to a 3.5-inch 80GB HDD and the OS is either Windows XP Pro or embedded. Pricing on the new computer is unknown. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Facebook raised $1 billion in new financing with valuation of $50 billion Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:39 AM PST Facebook is the biggest social network around with a huge numbers of people that use it each day. Facebook completed a new round of financing last week with Goldman Sachs with an offering to non-US clients for a total of $1 billion in purchases of Class A common stock.
When the new $1 billion in investment is added to the $500 million raised recently, Facebook has acquired $1.5 billion in new financing the last few months. The new investment raises the valuation of Facebook to $50 billion. It's interesting that Facebook didn't seek the new round of financing, Goldman Sachs approached Facebook and offered to invest and Facebook to the chance to bolster cash reserves, $1 billion is a serious bolster and might signal that Facebook is ready to start buying. However, Facebook has stated it has no plans to use the funds right now. The social network is expected to move past the 500 shareholder mark by April 30, 2012 and be required to file public financial reports at that time. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Audi updates GPS system in 2011 A6 with INRIX XD Traffic Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:24 AM PST Audi is a maker of luxury and sports cars that are sold all around the world. Audi AG has announced that it is updating the GPS system in some of its vehicles starting with the navigation system inside the 2011 A6 by adding some new features from INRIX XD traffic.
The new update provides some new features for travelers that need to get where they are going quickly and without having to sit in traffic. The new XD Traffic update for the A6 provides real-time traffic information and offers traffic-influenced turn-by-turn directions to route the driver around traffic. This sort of system is cool for areas where you aren't familiar with the streets, but it is also good for people that are driving in an area they are familiar with to help them get around traffic. This is the first collaboration between Audi and INRIX. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Silicon Power announces new 600X 64GB CF Card for DSLRs Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:14 AM PST Silicon Power has announced that it has a new compact flash card that is available for DSLR shooters that need a storage card that is crazy fast for shooting bursts at high resolution. The new storage card is a 600X professional level compact flash offering that has a lot of storage in addition to fast speeds.
The new card offers 64GB of storage with 600x speed making it good for transfer and read speeds of up to 90MB/s. The card will work with any camera that has a CF slot integrated and supports PIO mode6, MWDMA4, and UDMA6. The card will also support 8-bit or 16-bit host data transfers and has integrated ECC. The 600x card range has been around for a while from Silicon Power and the new version ups the available storage capacity. The cards can be had in 8GB up to the new 64GB card now. Pricing is unannounced at this time. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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