Flat Pack CD Mouse

Here’s a cool concept for the road warriors out there who need to move their gear as efficiently as possible.  The Flat Pack Mouse from designer Taewon Hwang allows you to store your mouse in your empty, unused and pretty much obsolete CD/DVD drive while traveling.  Get on site, fold your mouse , insert the flat USB receiver and away you go. It’s constructed using a mix of polyimide tactile sensors, flat organic batteries, and polycarbonate.  It’s only a concept at the moment, but I’d buy one !

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Tagged: Mouse, Wireless mouse

Flat Pack CD Mouse originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 31, 2012 at 8:00 am.

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/08/31/flat-pack-cd-mouse/

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Unofficial Kindle Photos Surface

Is this the new Kindle Fire? Also, who are these guys? Photo: The Verge

Just ahead of Amazon’s Sept. 6 press event, photos have surface of a purported new Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch. (Amazon hasn’t officially announced either device.)

The photos, which first appeared on the Verge, show a purported Fire that doesn’t look exactly like the PlayBook. It gets a tiny upgrade in terms of design, but it still looks like a tablet slab. The photos of the claimed touch shoe a device sporting a new glowing-screen feature, which, if accurate, mean users will finally be able to read their Kindles in the dark without an accessory attached.

Amazon is rumored to be working on two versions of the Kindle Fire, a 7-inch model that would replace the current Kindle Fire that Amazon sold out of on Thursday and a 10-inch model that would go head-to-head with the iPad in both size and power, thanks to a rumored quad-core processor. Intriguingly, the new photos also show a front-facing camera in one of the longer sides of the bezel.

The Kindle Touch with Paperwhite emerges from the darkness. Photo: The Verge

Until now, Amazon’s e-readers have gotten less rumor love. But the Verge claims the new Kindle Touch will feature a back-lit screen, known as Paperwhite, that reportedly has higher resolution and contrast than current Touch screen, and will last for eight weeks on a single charge — all good news for fans of e-ink reading. In these photos, the case looks to have a darker bezel, and the button below the screen has either been removed or incorporated into a Kindle logo now in its place.

We’ll find out just how authentic these photos are at the official Amazon event on Sept. 6, where we’ll be live blogging.

Join Wired on Sept. 6 as we live-blog all the Kindle announcements.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/leaked-kindle-images/

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Google Chrome and Chromium add protection against malicious downloads

Google Chrome already sports a number of security-minded features, from Incognito mode to a software sandbox which makes exploiting the browser a Herculean task. Now, Google has announced additional protection for Chromium and Chrome users.

Built upon the Safe Browsing API, the new feature introduces protection against malicious downloads. If a download link appears in the Safe Browsing blacklist, Chrome and Chromium will warn users against downloading -- a save button is still presented, of course, in case you're convinced a file is perfectly safe to download.

We'd like to see something a bit more eye-catching than the red warning icon -- like perhaps painting the entire bar red. Many of the people a feature like this aims to protect probably won't notice the icon or change in wording as they'll be focused on clicking the save button.

Google is initially making download protection available to Chrome dev channel users, and you'll likely see it in Canary and Chromium snapshot builds as well. After thorough testing, beta and stable users will be next in line.

Google Chrome and Chromium add protection against malicious downloads originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/05/google-chrome-and-chromium-add-protection-against-malicious-down/

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Is This What the Next Amazon Kindle Looks Like? [Kindle]

Amazon is widely expected to introduce new Kindles at its event next week and it looks like we might be getting a sneak peek at the goods early. Here's an image that supposedly shows a new Kindle Touch with Paperwhite. Yep, it looks like the Kindle is finally getting a front-lit display a la the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/jo8VW-t5Xfg/here-is-what-the-next-kindle-might-look-like

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Wolfram Alpha Will Tell You Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Your Facebook Page [Wolfram Alpha]

Go here and type "facebook report." What you get in return is a treasure trove of statistical insights about your Facebook profile, which is certain to send you into a narcissistic spiral you'll never recover from. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/hasJ9O9NBFY/wolfram-alpha-will-tell-you-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-your-facebook-page

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Samsung updates S Pen SDK to spread love for Galaxy Note II features

Owners of the original Galaxy Note won't have to look on the Galaxy Note II with complete envy. Samsung has updated the S Pen SDK to 2.2, letting developers' apps respond to a hovering stylus with Note II-style tricks. More brushes, effects, fills and fonts also join the mix, although not every new tweak is finding its way back to the first-run Note: pulling out the S Pen won't trigger app features without a Note II or Galaxy Note 10.1 involved. Even so, what's in the new SDK could be the key to a more sophisticated (and very hands-off) S Pen ecosystem. You'll find the tools to make it happen at the source link.

Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software

Samsung updates S Pen SDK to spread love for Galaxy Note II features originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/TAVRTA-VN3c/

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Sony’s New Xperia Tablet S Features Microsoft Surface-Like Keyboard Cover

Like Microsoft’s upcoming Surface tablet, Sony’s Xperia Tablet S will be sold with a keyboard cover accessory. Photo: Sony

Sony announced a new tablet on Wednesday, and at first glance it looks a lot like last year’s wedge-shaped Tablet S. Heck, the name even sounds the same. This year’s Sony tablet is called the Xperia Tablet S.

In fact, there’s quite a lot that hasn’t changed at all from last year’s model. The screen size (9.4-inches) and resolution (1280 x 800) remains the same. The 1GB of RAM and 16GB, 32GB or 64GB storage options are the same. And the folded-over magazine look from the first Sony tablet is carried over to the new model as well, albeit with a slimmer, more attractive execution on this year’s slate.

But there are some notable upgrades. The Xperia Tablet S packs a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor. The rear camera on the Xperia Tablet S is now 8 megapixels (though the front-side 1-megapixel camera is a carryover from last year). It’s also ever so slightly lighter, at just 1.26 pounds, down from the 1.3-pound Tablet S.

But, much like the upcoming Microsoft Surface, one of the more noticeable features of the Xperia Tablet S is the cover that features a built-in physical keyboard, sold separately for $100.

Sony told Wired it wants the tablet — which will sell for $400 with 16GB of storage, $500 for 32GB of storage and $600 for 64GB — to be seen as a premium second screen to be used in the home.

To that end, the Xperia Tablet S comes with a pre-installed remote-control app that Sony says offers the functionality of a $300 remote. Like the Tablet S before it, the Xperia Tablet S features an IR blaster so the slate can act as a universal remote to control TVs, DVD and Blu-ray players, home stereos and cable boxes, whether they carry a Sony brand or not.

Other interesting features include an anti-glare coating on its display and a splash-resistant (but not waterproof) coating all over — think kitchen companion, not bathtub reader.

The Xperia Tablet S will officially hit retail on Sept. 7, though pre-orders begin today. It runs Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. We’ve yet to get our hands on a review unit, but as soon as we do, we’ll share our thoughts.

No word yet on whether or not Sony has plans for a follow up to last year’s burrito-shaped Tablet P.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/sony-xperia-tablet-s/

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Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet OTA 3.5 Firmware Update

Lenovo (in conjunction with N-Trig) has just released OTA 3.5, a firmware-only update that addresses two of the major issues that still exist with their Thinkpad Tablet.

Issues fixed

1) Tablet Pen input not recognized sometimes

2) Screen Unlock not spontaneous

Already released for US, WE and UK roms, reports have so far been good.  Other OTA releases are scheduled for ROW – 3rd September, JP – 10th September, and CH- 17 September.

Filed in categories: Android related, News, Tablet Computers and Gear

Tagged: Android tablet, touch screen

Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet OTA 3.5 Firmware Update originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 30, 2012 at 8:00 am.

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/08/30/lenovo-thinkpad-tablet-ota-3-5-firmware-updates/

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Disco Fish and Snails on Wheels: The Amazing Vehicles of Burning Man 2012 [Video]

Most people assume Burning Man is just this mecca of sex and drugs. It isn't. Well, it is, but that's a much smaller part of the picture than people make it out to be. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/GgZvVObiDNo/disco-fish-and-vaginas-on-wheels-the-amazing-vehicles-of-burning-man-2012

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How Secure Is the Cloud, Really?

Cloud security skeptics were given yet another reason to doubt the fortitude of online storage when the strange tale of Mat Honan emerged earlier this month. Through the clever use of social engineering, a hacker was able to wreak havoc on the Wired journalist's digital life. Apparently, the hacker talked Amazon tech support into providing the last four digits of Honan's credit card number. This information was then used to fool Apple into thinking the hacker was Honan and issuing a temporary password for Honan's email account.

Source: http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632000/s/22d08f7c/l/0L0Stechnewsworld0N0Crsstory0C760A190Bhtml/story01.htm

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