Reality Bites
Many of us are prone to using the Shazam music-identification service whenever we encounter unfamiliar songs. After all, it’s just so easy to whip out our phones, open an app, and know everything about a mystery song in seconds. But how does Shazam gives us all this information so quickly? More »
Imagine yourself on a beautiful, tropical vacation—or just fake it. For around $40 a couple hours of your time, you can have a highly-usable portable green screen and put yourself anywhere. More »
“Sesame Street” executive producer Carol-Lynne Parente was taken aback by the amount of complaints the PBS…
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Fittingly called Ultimate Speed 120, Videotron’s latest internet access service is raising Canadian heartbeats today. Starting out in Quebec City and eventually expanding to the whole province, this broadband package will give users access to a 120Mbps information superhighway, complete with 20Mbps upload lanes. There are monthly usage caps, of course, set at 170GB down and 30GB up, but you can break them so long as you’re willing to pay the surcharge. The broadband itself costs 160 Canadian bucks a month, though you can cut that down to C$150 by bundling it with a TV or telephony service. That’s not exactly a bad deal, but given the choice, we’d still rather go live in Chattanooga.
[Thanks, Gary]
Continue reading Videotron’s 120Mbps broadband is Canada’s fastest, now available in Quebec City
Videotron’s 120Mbps broadband is Canada’s fastest, now available in Quebec City originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Can’t get enough of the Galaxy Tab? Then Samsung’s got you covered with its latest, and possibly most detailed video overview of the tablet yet. Running just over nine minutes, the video doesn’t exactly offer a ton in the way of surprises (apart from a rather curious contact listing for someone named “Bill Jobs”), but Samsung’s demonstration of the Tab’s email client did catch our eye. As you can see above, it shows a Gmail account with what appears to be starred emails. Unfortunately, it’s not clear if those stars are actually tied to Gmail, since the client also showed the same stars in a Hotmail account during our first hands-on with the device. So, is a star just a star, or a star? Just one of many things to ponder as you watch the complete video after the break.
Continue reading New Galaxy Tab video offers thorough overview, glimpse of starry mail client
New Galaxy Tab video offers thorough overview, glimpse of starry mail client originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Canada finally has Netflix—and for a dollar cheaper than its southern pals! Online streaming will cost only $7.99 a month up north, compared to $8.99 in the US. And Netflix's CEO thinks Americans are too self-centered to notice. More »
Katy Perry has been cut from an upcoming episode of “Sesame Street” after parents complained of her skimpy,…
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HP has done plenty of its own teasing of the HP Slate, but in-the-wild spottings are few and far between. Now our favorite YouTuber and yours, x313xkillax, has a video of an HP Slate prototype. (There’s some speculation that this is a fake, but from everything we know about the tablet we’re pretty sure this is the real deal.) The hardware looks similar to what we’ve seen before, though perhaps a bit further along than version Conecti.ca “reviewed” back in April. We’re pleased with the boot time of the device and seemingly fine Flash performance, and x313xkillax calls the touchscreen very responsive, but as you can see in the video after the break, Windows 7 still isn’t really designed for finger operation. Just like HP seemed to realize when it bought Palm and bumped this tablet from a consumer launch to a niche enterprise product.
Continue reading HP Slate prototype caught in the wild, booted to Windows 7
HP Slate prototype caught in the wild, booted to Windows 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
LastPass is easy, secure, and works across systems and browsers—it's our favorite password solution. Here’s how to take LastPass further: force saving on uncooperative sites, manage notifications, “rate” your passwords, use two-factor authentication, and more. More »
This one’s been expected and rumored for a long time. Now it’s official: Blockbuster has initiated “pre-arranged” chapter 11 proceedings. Under the plan, Blockbuster’s debt would be reduced from $1 billion to about $100 million when implemented. The press release states that Blockbuster is currently evaluating its US store portfolio as part of the recapitalization process. For the time being, all 3,000 stores will remain open. However, we’ve been told by a trusted tipster that up to 1,000 could be shed before things are said and done. Now make no mistake, Blockbuster is still open and wants you to know that it’s business as usual during the restructuring — the details of which you can read in the press release after the break.
Continue reading Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from Dell on the home entertainment front, but don’t you worry, the guys in Round Rock have been right on top of it. First up is the brand new Zino HD home theater PC, which like we’d heard is being updated with an AMD quad-core Phenom II processor that’s more than capable of pumping out full HD to your HDTV. In typical Dell spirit there’s tons of configuration options, including one for 1GB of ATI discrete graphics, a Blu-ray drive, and up to a terabyte of storage. For $299, we’re a bit giddy about this little one considering it packs more power than any of those Ion nettops and it comes with a wireless keyboard and IR remote control.
If a large touchscreen all-in-one is more your thing, the Inspiron One can be configured with similar parts — an AMD Athlon II X4 processor, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450, Blu-ray, and up to 1TB are all on the list. To us, the real appeal of this one is its 1920×1080 resolution, 23-inch display, which produced some pretty stunning HD playback when we saw it in action last month. Dell’s put a lot of energy into its new Stage touch interface, which consists of different tiled applications. It’s actually more than eye candy as we’re betting those Netflix and CinemaNow tiles will see plenty of tapping. The One starts at $799 and will be available this coming weekend — but before you yank out the wallet, we’d suggest flipping through the galleries below and hitting the break for a read of the press release.
Gallery: Dell Inspiron One / Zino HD hands-on
Continue reading Dell whips out 23-inch Inspiron One all-in-one and Zino HD
Dell whips out 23-inch Inspiron One all-in-one and Zino HD originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The change of season brings an end to what some people in Saskatchewan are calling the summer that never was.
There are a lot of reasons to want to watch a YouTube video simultaneously with someone—such as conversation that doesn't involve constant mentions of timestamps. The simple way to get in sync like that? YouTubeSocial. More »
(Sept. 21) — A group of Air Force officers is about to reveal their various encounters with UFOs at different American nuclear weapons sites, and they\’ll ask the U.S. government to come clean about UFOs.
Firefox has long been the go-to web browser among power users for its impressive feature set, extensibility, and openness. But Google’s nimble, light, also extensible and open browser, Chrome, has won over Firefox’s core user base. Here’s why: More »
Netflix certainly didn’t have much trouble attracting interest in its Canadian launch today — the country’s waited long enough, after all — but it looks like it nonetheless went a bit too far in its efforts to build up buzz at its press event. It turns out that many of the onlookers at the event were actually actors hired by Netflix, at least some of whom went as far as to talk to the press and pass themselves off as regular people — regular people who happen to be really enthusiastic about Netflix, of course. An information sheet handed out to the extras reportedly even told them to “play types” and “behave as members of the public” who just “happen upon a street event for Netflix and stop by to check it out.” After word of the shenanigans got out, Netflix quickly issued an apology, of sorts — the company’s VP of corporate communications, Steve Swasey, said that he was “unaware” that a script was handed out to the extras, and that “some people got carried away and it’s embarrassing to Netflix.”
Netflix busted for using actors in crowd at Canadian launch event originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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