Bulletproof Clipboard Holds Paper, Stops Bullets

I’m surprised those buttonholers who stop you in the street and try to convince you to give them your bank details for charity don’t get beaten up more often. Fortunately, we don’t yet live in a world where people get shot just for being (really, really) annoying.
But if we did, those persistent, pain-in-the-ass professional panhandlers [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/05/bulletproof-clipboard-holds-paper-stops-bullets/

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iPad 2 Unboxing & Giveaway

www.techbargains.com – Make sure you get the latest info on the iPad 2 here! Here’s our unboxing of the Apple iPad 2, as well as details on how you can win the 16GB iPad that we showed off in the video. To enter: 1) Subscribe to our channel. 2) Make sure you sign up for [...]

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Facebook Loses Much Face In Secret Smear On Google

Facebook secretly hired a PR firm to plant negative stories about Google, says Dan Lyons in a jaw dropping story at the Daily Beast.

For the past few days, a mystery has been unfolding in Silicon Valley. Somebody, it seems, hired Burson-Marsteller, a top public-relations firm, to pitch anti-Google stories to newspapers, urging them to investigate claims that Google was invading people?s privacy. Burson even offered to help an influential blogger write a Google-bashing op-ed, which it promised it could place in outlets like The Washington Post, Politico, and The Huffington Post. The plot backfired when the blogger turned down Burson?s offer and posted the emails that Burson had sent him. It got worse when USA Today broke a story accusing Burson of spreading a ?whisper campaign? about Google ?on behalf of an unnamed client.?

Not good.

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Amplicom AB900 Amplified Answering Machine Review

A lot of modern electronics are not ‘friendly’ to people with special needs, including those associated with aging. Small buttons, small print, confusing labels, low volumes, high-pitched sounds, and so on can cause real problems for a good chunk of the population. The Amplicom AB900 Amplified Answering Machine offers a solution as far as answering [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/05/06/amplicom-ab900-amplified-answering-machine-review/

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FBI's Controversial Tracking Device No MacGyver Special

Every now and then -- or possibly a great deal more often -- the FBI will plant a car-tracking device on someone's automobile to track their movements. How do we know this? Occasionally, these devices are found by the persons being monitored. Some incidents have found their way into the court system. And some have made their way into the media's hands, quite literally.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72418.html

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Opera 11.10 gets HTML5 File API support, IMAP improvements

The crew in Oslo keeps plugging away at Opera 11.10, and the latest snapshot build includes a number of improvements to Opera's built-in email client -- as well as HTML5-related additions.

On the IMAP front, Opera now supports special folders like sent items, spam, and trash. It also better handles duplicate items in Gmail -- such as those which appear in all mail and under your custom labels.

Opera 11.10 now partially supports the HTML5 File API as well, which means your favorite Web apps (like Gmail) may soon begin adding Opera to the list of supported browsers.

You can download the latest Opera 11.10 snapshot for Windows, Mac, or Linux from the official release post.

Update: The Opera 11.10 RC is now available, as pointed out by SlashZaku in the comments. Thanks!

Opera 11.10 gets HTML5 File API support, IMAP improvements originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Debuts Chromebook, the Web-Only Laptop

SAN FRANCISCO — Google announced a new generation of Chrome OS–based laptops at the company’s I/O developer conference here Wednesday.
The new device will be called the Chromebook, and its interface will be based entirely on Google’s Chrome browser. In other words, everything you do with a Chromebook will be on and through the web.
Google [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/05/google-debuts-chromebook-the-web-only-laptop/

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PSX games now available in the Android Market, if you own an Xperia Play

If you're lucky enough to own an Xperia Play -- Sony Ericsson's new Gingerbread-powered smartphone-cum-gamepad -- you can now buy PlayStation (PSX) titles from the Android Market.

There are five titles currently available, all priced at £3.99: Syphon Filter, MediEvil, Cool Boarders 2, Destruction Derby, and Jumping Flash. They don't have an American price yet, but that will surely change once the Xperia Play launches in the States.

Two important questions remain unanswered: How big are these games? The Market descriptions say the games are only 5MB, but that sounds incredibly unlikely -- and more importantly, will it be possible to 'spoof' the Xperia Play and download PSX games onto other Gingerbread-powered phones, like the Nexus S?

In other news, the PlayStation emulator PSX4droid was recently removed from the Android Market. This obviously has nothing to do with today's release of first-party PlayStation games.

PSX games now available in the Android Market, if you own an Xperia Play originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 coming May 17th, with Gorilla Glass screen and spill-proof keyboard (video)

Man, Lenovo isn't even trying to keep the ThinkPad X1 under wraps anymore. The slinky new MacBook Air competitor has just slipped out in a video commercial on the company's own YouTube channel, where it shows off a keyboard that's both backlit and spill-resistant, and a Gorilla Glass screen that is apparently girlfriend-proof. See the video after the break and circle May 17th as your acquisition date if you're after one -- that's when Lenovo promises the X1 will be arriving.

[Thanks, Jon]

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Daily Crunch: Looming Edition

Netflix Now As Big As Comcast Cable Printed Clock Doesn?t Quite Work But Is Amazing Anyway Ned Strongin, Co-Inventor Of Connect 4, Dead At 92 The Bluechip BC5i Big Button Phone For Grampy Videos: Japanese Spider-Bot Hexapod Up And Close

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/04/26/daily-crunch-looming-edition/

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Daily Crunch: Pattern Recognition Edition

Review: SmartShopper electronic shopping list manager Self-Healing UV-Sensitive Material May Soon Coat Your Devices Potential 3DS Design Flaw Causing Screen Scratches, Cracked D-Pads Review: The T-Mobile G-Slate Toshiba Announces 10.1-Inch Regza Tablet With Android 3.0 And LED Backlight

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/04/21/daily-crunch-pattern-recognition/

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SeaMonkey: More Than Just a Firefox Clone

Mozilla.org's SeaMonkey Project was my first exposure to Web browsing when I started dabbling in the Linux OS. I have since played around with other browsers, including my workhorse favorite, Firefox, by the Mozilla folks. But I keep coming back to SeaMonkey for its simplicity and charm. SeaMonkey's latest version, 2.0.14, comes much closer to being a clone of the latest Firefox rendition.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72426.html

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Hands-On With Android 3.1 On The Motorola Xoom

Google announced Android 3.1 earlier today at I/O. More surprising than the OS itself (which was expected, really) was that it was rolling out to Verizon Xooms today. Google failed to announce when it was hitting other devices beside Google TV, which will get it this summer, and the Galaxy Tab 10.1, which will get it in the next few weeks. As announced, the UI is much the same. You can't tell 3.0 from 3.1 visually. One of the only noticeable differences is that the widgets can be resized. Previously, widgets such as email and bookmarks had a preset size — now they can be stretched and morphed to better fit a user's preferences. The home button also returns you to the previously selected homescreen rather than the main center one.

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Android - Robots - Android robots

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Can't throw a rock in this place without hitting something controlled by the new Android ADK. And we can't decide whether this one's cute, or just creepy. Maybe it's because it's not wearing pants.

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First look at Flight Track for Honeycomb

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We've long expressed our love of FlightTrack, helping keep track of all our flights for the events we head to month after month. And it's nearly ready for Honeycomb tablets. We caught up with developer Mobiata at Google IO and gave it a whirl.

It's pretty simple, really. They've ramped up the user interface and optimized it for larger screens, incorporating the traditional phone view. Tap on a flight, and you'll see its info, as well as its rough flight path. Pretty slick, and something we can't wait to get our hands on.

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A First Look At Google Music Beta

As anticipated, Google unveiled their music service today at their I/O conference, Music Beta. The emphasis is on the "beta" right now as Google clearly isn't launching the full service they had wanted to ? you can thank the music labels for that. So how is it? What does it look like? We've been granted early access to the service and have done a quick walkthrough. Below, find some screenshots of how it will work. As Google notes:

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Windows 8 to feature adaptive Aero colorization, get it now on Windows 7

While we've still yet to see anything truly Earth-shattering, the tandem of Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott continues to churn out insight about interesting new features they've discovered in Windows 8 milestone 3. The latest discovery is that Aero in Windows 8 will be able to automatically adapt itself to match your current wallpaper image. It's a bit like what Windows 7 already does with your taskbar icons: if a program alert needs your attention, the icon will glow using the predominant color (e.g. Firefox should glow orange).

And yes, you can already make Windows 7 behave this way if you like. Over at CodePlex, there's a little program called Aura that parks itself in your system tray and automatically adjusts your window borders to compliment your wallpaper images. The effect is quite nice, and you can try it out by minimizing your windows and cycling through your theme's wallpapers (right click on your desktop and choose next desktop background).

Windows 8 to feature adaptive Aero colorization, get it now on Windows 7 originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Daily Crunch: Studious Edition

Moleskine App Perfect For Writing About The Sweet Fern, Growing Ankle High ?Quattrogiga? Leather-Bound Notebook Snaps Shut With A USB Cable Lucasfilm?s New Office Is Decidedly Sandcrawlerish Zip Zap: Scientists Discover The Magnetic Strength Of Light Samsung?s Connected Fridge Gets Priced

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/04/19/daily-crunch-studious-edition/

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Microsoft files antitrust complaint against Google in Europe, showdown imminent

Microsoft, citing Google's tyrannical 95% share of the European search market, has lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission. It's not like Microsoft is breaking any ground here -- the European Commission has been investigating Google's alleged violation of European competition law since November 2010 -- but there's no doubt that the addition of Microsoft's gravitas will affect the proceedings.

Microsoft's complaint reads like a sincere and plaintive cry for help against the Google Overlord. Microsoft lists no less than six damning reasons why Google's behavior is anti-competitive -- from Windows Phone 7's incompatibility with YouTube, to its nefarious handling of Google Books -- and finishes with a wide-eyed plea to the European Commission to please find Google guilty.

For those of you that have been following Microsoft's own antitrust troubles over the last decade, don't worry: MS is quick to point out the irony in the situation. "There of course will be some who will point out the irony in today's filing. Having spent more than a decade wearing the shoe on the other foot with the European Commission, the filing of a formal antitrust complaint is not something we take lightly. This is the first time Microsoft Corporation has ever taken this step. More so than most, we recognize the importance of ensuring that competition laws remain balanced and that technology innovation moves forward."

It sounds like Microsoft, having well and truly gone through the wringer, wants Google to be held similarly accountable. That's fair enough, right?

Microsoft files antitrust complaint against Google in Europe, showdown imminent originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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