How the hell did a show about high school theater geeks come to be the biggest TV show in America? Well, T&A helps. (That's talent and ambition, you pervs.) But so does a generous helping of pot-laced brownies, girl-on-girl subtext, and choreographed dry-humping.
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Conan O’Brien Is Webcasting for 24 Straight Hours, Starting Today [Video]
We would normally roll our eyes at the thought of someone willing to broadcast themselves online for a day straight—unless that someone is Conan O’Brien. Starting at 1 pm EST, the CoCo Cam will go live on YouTube. More »
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A Solar Eclipse Gets Its Close Up [Video]
The moon passed between NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the sun for the first time last week, yielding this incredible eclipse photograph. Sorry, awesome solar flare in the bottom left corner, you’ll have to share the spotlight this time. More »
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Lenovo says no Android tablet in US until Honeycomb; no Windows 7 tablet, period
If you happen to be enthusiastic about Lenovo, tablets, and your American residency, look away now. Lenovo still plans to ship the Android-based LePad in China some time soonish, but its US roadmap can pretty much be summed up as “wait and see.” The company’s COO Rory Read has been cited as saying there are no plans to release a slate for the US market until at least Android’s Honeycomb version comes out, agreeing with Google on the point that Froyo is not “the right base to have a fully functioning pad.” Lest you think Windows 7 will fill the void until whenever in 2011 that Android tablet does arrive, Lenovo’s director of new technology, Howard Locker, sets you straight: “Windows 7 is based on the same paradigm as 1985 — it’s really an interface that’s optimized for a mouse and keyboard,” and the Thinking machine team doesn’t intend to build a slate around it. And if you were thinking of maybe picking up a LePhone as a consolation prize, tough luck, that won’t be arriving in the US for at least another two years (which in smartphone terms is basically “never”), although it’s good to know that it’s now got 13 percent of the smartphone market in China. You know, in case you own stock in LeCompany.
Lenovo says no Android tablet in US until Honeycomb; no Windows 7 tablet, period originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Drag and drop images in documents
When writing a document, it often helps to augment text with images and diagrams. Google documents already has three ways to add images: you can choose them from your hard-drive, add them by URL, and you can find them using Google Image Search.
But sometimes the exact image you need is on your desktop and you just want to add it to your document quickly. Starting today, you can drag images from your desktop directly into your documents.
For now, you can use image drag and drop with the latest versions of Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. We’ll enable it on other browsers as soon as they support the feature.Posted by: Philipp Weis, Software Engineering Intern
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Google breached Canada’s privacy laws
Google Street View cars breached Canadian privacy laws by inappropriately collecting personal information through a “careless error,” the federal privacy commissioner has found.
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Windows Embedded Automotive hits version 7, powers Nissan Leaf, takes MyFord global
We know how patiently you’ve been waiting for this day, but it’s here. It’s really here. Microsoft Windows Embedded Automotive 7 is out, appearing in the download queues of “select car makers and suppliers in the automotive industry.” What does it offer? Why, Silverlight support for fancier UIs, real-time text-to-speech technology, and better expandability for third-party plugins. In bigger news, Microsoft is confirming that it is the brains behind the Nissan Leaf‘s Information Hub, which not only handles infotainment duties but also gives charging status and power consumption figures. Finally, the MyFord system is going global, shipping to Blue Oval vehicles in Europe and Asia in 2011. That’s after 2.5 million Sync-equipped cars have hit the road. Highway domination? Nearly complete.
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Windows Embedded Automotive hits version 7, powers Nissan Leaf, takes MyFord global originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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For Men Who’d Rather be with a Woman
I think the above ad is brilliant! If you don’t get what Axe are referring to check out the Old Spice commercial.
Let the cologne wars begin
[via digg]
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Chrome’s About:Labs Renamed to About:Flags, Adds a Warning [Google Chrome]
If you’re a fan of tweaking Chrome’s experimental, under-the-hood features using the
about:labsfeature, here’s a change worth noting:about:labsis nowabout:flags. More »
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Samsung gets official with Galaxy Tab accessory lineup
We’ve already seen a number of Galaxy Tab accessories, and checked out a few first hand, but Samsung has only just now gotten fully official with its complete launch lineup. The two standouts are undoubtedly the Keyboard Dock and Multimedia Desk Dock, which each also double as a charger and pack a 3.5mm audio output, plus an HDMI out on the multimedia dock — look for them to set you back £69.99 and £39.99, respectively (or roughly $110 and $60). Otherwise, you'll have three official cases to choose from, a pair of portable speakers and headphones, a car charger, a handful of cables and adapters and, of course, some official Samsung memory cards. Head on past the break for the full press release with pricing for each.Continue reading Samsung gets official with Galaxy Tab accessory lineup
Samsung gets official with Galaxy Tab accessory lineup originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The New Xbox.com Is More Than Just A Pretty Face [Microsoft]
Tomorrow morning at 5AM Eastern Xbox.com will be going down. When it comes back, it’ll have a fresh new look and some extra-added functionality. Let’s take a look! More »
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Microsoft’s Cloud-Based Office Suite is Called Office 365 [Microsoft]
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TweetDeck CEO continues backlash against Jobs
Steve Jobs’ amateur sleuthing last night brought up that gorgeous TweetDeck chart showing the vast variety of Android handsets out there, which the Apple CEO used to illustrate the “daunting challenge” he perceives developers have to face when creating apps that work across all devices and OS builds for the platform. Only problem with his assertion (aside from Steve calling the company TwitterDeck)? His opposite number on the TweetDeck team thinks nothing could be further from the truth: “we only have 2 guys developing on Android TweetDeck so that shows how small an issue fragmentation is.” So that’s Andy Rubin and Iain Dodsworth, any other company chief interested in taking Jobs down a notch?
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TweetDeck CEO continues backlash against Jobs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Gene Simmons Tempts Fate, Pokes the 4chan Hornet’s Nest
If anyone’s watched ‘Family Jewels’ (seriously, has anyone watched it?), then they’ve undoubtedly noticed that Gene Simmons loves to drop “profound” insights and opinions from time to time. But, despite his presumptuous attitude, the self-assured KISS veteran apparently remains oblivious to the most crucial and preeminent rule of the Internet: don’t f*** with 4chan.
Either out of ignorance, hubris or unadulterated idiocy, Simmons has decided to enter the ongoing war between anti-piracy crusaders and the Internet anarchists from 4chan. After Simmons reportedly ranted that record companies ought to “sue every fresh-faced, freckle-faced college kid who downloaded a clip,” he immediately became embroiled in 4chan’s Operation Payback conflict. So, as Internet minions familiar with 4chan’s M.O. might expect, Simmons’ website subsequently suffered a debilitating attack (although some Operation Payback members have apparently disavowed responsibility for the incident).
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Gene Simmons Tempts Fate, Pokes the 4chan Hornet’s Nest originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Gingerbread Leak: Android’s Excellent New Skin Job Will Add Video Chat and Wi-Fi Calling Too [Unconfirmed]
Some of the first concrete details about Android 3.0 Gingerbread are pretty goddamn exciting. It's a smoother, faster, better Android—potentially with built-in video chat and Google Voice Wi-Fi calling. More »
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Parents vote to shut off Wi-Fi at Ont. school
Parents are asking an elementary school in Meaford, Ont., to shut down Wi-Fi internet access over health concerns despite authorities saying there is no scientific evidence that the technology is harmful.
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Microsoft to spend one billion dollars advertising Kinect and Windows Phone 7
Microsoft’s serious about making Kinect a success. A $500 million kind of serious. That’s the latest report, courtesy of the New York Post, on the change Steve Ballmer and company intend to drop to make sure that every living and breathing creature in the US knows about the controller-free controller this holiday season. That mirrors earlier analyst estimates placing the Windows Phone 7 marketing budget at a similar figure, which in total would amount to a cool billion dollars in advertising expenditure. We already know Microsoft’s scooped the Old Spice Guy for WP7, but Kinect is getting the extra special carpet bombing treatment with Burger King, Pepsi, YouTube, Nickelodeon, Disney, Glee, Dancing with the Stars, People and InStyle magazines, and even Times Square all having a role to play in spreading the word. Yup, it’s gonna be pretty hard to miss it.
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Microsoft to spend one billion dollars advertising Kinect and Windows Phone 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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How to Freeze and Thaw Your Food the Right Way [Video]
When you can’t eat it now, you can always freeze it and eat it later. The problem is, food can get pretty gross in the freeze without proper care. Here’s how to freeze and defrost the right way. More »
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Lexmark intros Genesis all-in-one printer with camera-based scanning, we go eyes-on
You’ve probably seen quite a few flatbed scanner bars in your lifetime, but the $400 Lexmark Genesis printer doesn’t have one of those — it’s got a 10 megapixel digital camera with a fish-eye lens that produces nigh-instant images. 750 milliseconds after you close its front-facing scan bay, the CMOS sensor generates a preview on the 4.3-inch color touchscreen, and 2.2 seconds after that, it’s got a full 300 dpi image saved on your USB-connected computer or winging its way across 802.11n WiFi. The company’s calling the system FlashScan, and the raw speed was definitely impressive when we saw it in San Francisco this week, even though other parts of the print system left something to be desired.
The printer uses special algorithms to translate the fish-eye image back into a flat sheet and reproduces text quite well, but the twin RGB flashes it fires to reproduce color didn’t always do an accurate job, and we were disappointed to find a number of features (including some obvious oversights like image rotation for copies) weren’t accessible via the touchscreen. It does have a number of neat web apps for completely untethered use, however, including the ability to scan right to Evernote and Photobucket and Box.net, and Lexmark told us it’s working with a number major photo hosting services, Twitter and Facebook to let Genesis users directly upload. See it in action on video after the break, along with the full press release.
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Lexmark intros Genesis all-in-one printer with camera-based scanning, we go eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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