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Another day, another beta. Adobe’s latest beta release of its desktop Flash Player — that’s version 11 — is now available for your downloading pleasure. This particular build brings with it Stage3D APIs, for “advanced” 2D and 3D rendering, 64-bit support, H.264 encoding, and 7.1 surround sound. We’re just hoping number 11 won’t bring all the flaws and subsequent fixes that have plagued previous versions. For more details, and to download the latest beta, click the source link below.

Adobe unleashes Flash Player 11 beta, now with 7.1 surround sound originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Independent internet service providers risk having to pay twice for the same internet usage if the CRTC approves a new usage-based billing model proposed by Bell, MTS Allstream says.

Wondering why Google+ ran out of disk space? Looks like it might be a casualty of growth: in today’s earnings call, Google CEO Larry Page revealed that since its launch, more than ten million people have joined Google+, sharing some one billion items every day. Those numbers not big enough for you? Then chew on this: that little +1 button? It gets clicked 2.3 billion times per day in its own right. It’s still a far cry from the 750 million users actively addicted to Facebook, but still, that’s a heck of a start.

Page: growth on Google+ has been great, over one billion items shared originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Downloading files that you only need to preview can create unnecessary clutter on your computer. While you can already use the Google Docs Viewer to view over 15 different file types without downloading them, today we’ve added support for archive file types ZIP and RAR. Now, if someone sends you a ZIP or RAR file in Gmail, you’ll be able to view its contents from within your browser by clicking on View.

This will bring up a view that includes all of the files in the archive, the file types, and the size of those files.

When you hover over the list you can activate a menu by clicking Actions. You’ll be able to View items supported by Google Docs Viewer and Print (PDF) those that we offer PDF support. Save to Google Docs and Download appear for all files.

ZIP and RAR archives that are embedded inside other archives also work. For example, if you have a RAR file inside a ZIP file (like in our example above) you can just click on that file to access the embedded archive.

Go ahead and try the feature by viewing a ZIP file.

This feature extends to Google Docs for mobile, too. For each viewable file (including embedded ZIP or RAR archives) there is a link to view.

We hope this removes the need to download full archives when you only need to work on select items. We’re always adding more file types to the Google Docs Viewer — let us know what file types you’d like to see support for next in the forums.

Posted by: Avner Aviad, Google Docs Viewer team

It’s everybody’s favorite time of year. Yup, the Q2 earnings results are coming in, and Google’s leading the pack, reporting $9.02 billion in gross revenue for the second quarter of 2011: a 32 percent increase over the same period in 2010. CEO Larry Page notes, that’s a “record breaking over $9 billion of revenue,” with net income reaching $2.51 billion, up from $1.84 billion in Q2 2010. Google’s various sites apparently made up 69 percent of the $9.02 billion in revenue, generating $6.23 billion — 2010 numbers were $4.50 billion. Operating expenses saw a notable increase over 2010, cutting into profits by $2.97 billion, up from $1.99 billion.

Larry Page has just announced some Android usage numbers, pointing out that 550,000 devices, rocking the little green robot, are being activated per day. That’s up from the 500,000 announced late last month. Android Market numbers are also up, with six billion total downloads.

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Google announces Q2 earnings: $9.02 billion in revenue, $2.51 billion in net income originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This interactive Nat Geo chart shows the distribution of income around the globe:

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If you think you have seen the ultimate in gaming interfaces before now, then you will definitely love this. MS graduate candidate Arthur Nishimoto has put together a truly awesome looking multi-user touchscreen game demo drawing on Lucasarts’s Star Wars: Rebellion and Star Wars: Empire at War for the setting and inspiration.

From YouTube: Developed at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) by MS graduate candidate Arthur Nishimoto, “Fleet Commander” explores how a real-time interactive strategy game that would typically rely on complex keyboard commands and mouse interactions be transferred into a multi-user, multi-touch environment.

Fleet Commander [via Dorkly Bits]

Learn more about the Project at Arthur Nishimoto’s Site (Fleet Commander Homepage)

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Brad Pattison, a dog behaviour specialist, says the Saskatchewan dogs that fed on the remains of their deceased owners are fit for adoption to new families.

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Kim Walker – the father from Yorkton, Sask., who claimed he shot his daughter’s boyfriend in 2003 to save her from a drug-addicted lifestyle – will spend another 18 months in prison.

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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, co-creator Ryan Murphy says the three regulars will be among the characters who graduate at the end of the fall’s upcoming third season.

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Android: It may not be the best Twitter client for Android, but the still-solid official Twitter client just got better with a few long-awaited additions. Now, you can get push notifications for tweets, mentions, and direct messages, which is a lot lighter on your battery than the previous notification method (not to mention faster). You can also use multiple accounts in the same app, which is great if you have an account that you need to manage for work, or just a secret account from which you post your more ridiculous 140-character thoughts. Hit the link to read more about the update, or head to the Android Market to download it. [Twitter Blog] More »

Apparently, when Motorola was trying to figure out why its Xoom has struggled so mightily in against the iPad 2, the company didn’t focus on its high starting price or slightly heftier hardware. Instead, it decided the issue was the screen — in particular the format — and rumor has it that Moto is working on a new tablet (probably not the Xoom 2 we’ve glimpsed) that ditches the 16:9 ratio for the more square 4:3 found on Apple’s slate. Supposedly the non-widescreen device will sport an extremely pixel-dense 2048 x 1536, 10-inch display and run Ice Cream Sandwich when it lands later this year or early next. We’re not entirely convinced this will pan out and, honestly, we’ve always preferred the more more modern widescreen format — but, if the iPad sells with it’s old-school ratio we suppose it’s worth a shot.

Motorola rumored to be hard at work on high-res, 4:3 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bell’s motivation for wanting to bill competing small internet service providers based on the volume of customers’ internet usage was questioned Wednesday by a CRTC commissioner examining the issue.

Seldom do new apartments come with enough lighting built-in. If you need a bit more light in certain corners of your home, the Mr. Beams motion sensing LEDs are a great solution. More »