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Earth From Space Time-Lapse Video

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:54:20 +0000

“Video producer Michael König of Germany created this time-lapse sequence of photographs taken by Ron Garan, Satoshi Furukawa and the crew of expeditions 28 and 29 onboard the International Space Station from this past August to October.

Very little color adjustment or other digital editing was done to the images before they were stitched together, “since in my opinion, the original footage itself already has an almost surreal and aesthetical visual nature,” König explained at Vimeo, the site where he uploaded the video. [Earth From Space: Amazing Photos by Astronaut Ron Garan]

Perhaps the most striking feature of the scenery is the nonstop display of auroral lights dancing above Earth’s surface”…. Via Space.com

Amazon’s First Non E-Ink Tablet: The Kindle Fire

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:25:29 +0000

Amazon introduced its first color tablet the Kindle Fire today with ” Silk, an all-new web browser powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS)”…

Dear Customer,

There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can work. We are firmly in the second camp.

We are excited to announce four new products: the all-new Kindle for only $79, two new touch Kindles – Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G – for $99 and $149, and a new class of Kindle – Kindle Fire – a beautiful full color Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games, web browsing and more, for only $199.

These are high-end products – the best Kindles we’ve ever made. Kindle and Kindle Touch have the most-advanced E Ink display technology available, and the 3G Kindle Touch adds free 3G wireless – no monthly fees and no annual contracts. Kindle Fire brings everything we’ve been working on at Amazon for 15 years together into a single, fully-integrated experience for customers – instant access to Amazon’s massive selection of digital content, a vibrant color IPS touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle, a 14.6 ounce design that’s easy to hold with one hand, a state-of-the-art dual core processor, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, and an ultra-fast mobile browser – Amazon Silk – available exclusively on Kindle Fire.

We are building premium products and offering them at non-premium prices.

Thank you for being a customer,

Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO

p.s. – Kindle Fire has a radical new web browser called Amazon Silk. When you use Silk – without thinking about it or doing anything explicit – you’re calling on the raw computational horsepower of Amazon EC2 to accelerate your web browsing. If you’re curious, watch this short video to learn more about how it works.

Music Video: Fred Astaire – Puttin’ On the Ritz

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:49:30 +0000

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Solar Powered Netbook Launched by Samsung

admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:38:15 +0000

“Samsung has launched the world’s first 10.1 inch solar powered-netbook (NC215S) by melding eco-friendly …large front solar panel located on the cover of the netbook.

This panel captures energy from the sun and allows the user to recharge the battery automatically and without cost. Using about 2 hours of bright-mid-day sun, the user can charge the battery life by one hour. A fully charged battery allows up to 14 hours of usage, and the battery can be charged up to 1000 times over 3 years.

Light-weight materials were used( the netbook is only about 1.32kg-just under 3 pounds). Finally, in case you’re a little rough on your gadgets, don’t worry. The product is protected from everyday scraches by the application of Samsung’s Duracase.

With the application of Fast Start technology, as soon as you close the cover, Sleep Mode kicks in and the device only requires 3 seconds to save your current status. It also only takes 3 seconds to start back up again”….Blue Earth" Solar Powered Cell Phone By Samsung

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Alibaba’s Linux Mobile OS & Smartphone: Aliyun

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:43:48 +0000

“Aliyun is Linux-based, so it will be able to handle both Android apps and web apps — a combination Alibaba is calling “cloud apps,” meant to provide a more “internet-like” experience on the handset.

“Introducing cloud apps to mobile devices not only brings a whole new user experience, but also greater ease for third-party mobile software developers who will be able to use Internet technology such as HTML5 and JavaScript to reduce the complexity in the app development process,” Wang Jian, president of Alibaba Cloud Computing, says in the release

Aliyun OS users won’t need to download or install apps on their mobile devices, as it will sync and store back-up data with Alibaba Cloud Computing’s remote servers; their information and software will also be accessible and updatable across all their mobile devices and computers.”….

Music Video: Adele – He Won’t Go

admin — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:01:22 +0000

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Video: Dual Screen Laptop by gScreen

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:44:30 +0000

The SpaceBook dual screen desktop replacement laptop with over layered monitors that can double pixel real estate when needed using a simple manual slide out mechanism is available to pre-order in Intel icore 5 or 7 at gScreen.com

Music Video: Nelly Furtado – Say It Right

admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:32:31 +0000

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Idea Wall Paint

admin — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:57:43 +0000

“Millions of worn out and unwanted whiteboards and blackboards end up in landfills each year. With IdeaPaint, there’s nothing to throw out. You apply it directly over the existing wall, blackboard or surface in your school. When you’re ready for something new, just paint over it….

Larger dry-erase surface for less $

Just one coat

Warranty-guaranteed

No cracking, peeling, staining or yellowing

No costly removal – just paint over it

Uses fewer raw materials

60 lbs less than other whiteboards its size

Least expensive to ship and install

Erases effortlessly

As smooth as the surface you paint

No seams”…..

The HP TouchPad Reviews

admin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:46:29 +0000

Walt Mossberg Video Review of the the HP TouchPad Tablet

Computer World’s Jason Snell reviews the HP TouchPad

The Good:

“Game performance on the TouchPad seemed solid. I played a few games of that old classic Angry Birds and was impressed with the extremely smooth animation and high frame rates. Clearly the TouchPad hardware is capable of superior performance, when the right software is set to the task.

HP claims eight hours of video-playback life with Wi-Fi turned off.

The Bad

The TouchPad often seemed quite slow at launching new apps, leaving me staring at a pulsating, glowing icon. When a lot of apps were running, everything could get especially laggy. Occasionally, everything would freeze for a few seconds and then resume. The TouchPad also seemed to get confused about its orientation regularly — every time I laid it down flat on a table, it wanted to flip into portrait mode. More than once I got in a situation that would have been comedic if it weren’t so frustrating: I’d be holding the TouchPad in landscape mode, but its interface would remain in portrait. When I turned the TouchPad back to portrait, it would rotate to landscape. A few times, the apps within the multitasking interface appeared rotated correctly, but the overall UI was rotated incorrectly. Suffice it to say, there are some bugs affecting performance and usability”….