• Google Adds Shared Folders to Docs [File Sharing]

    Good news for people using Google Docs to share or collaborate on documents: Google today has added folder sharing and multiple document uploading to its popular suite of web-based document and spreadsheet apps.

    There's not much to getting up and going with shared folders. Either right-click a folder and select Share or go to a folder and select the Share this folder drop-down to invite people. They've also improved their file upload tool to support uploading multiple documents at one time—provided you're sharing documents within their supported types. Images, Word documents, PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations work like a charm; I tried uploading a plain text Greasemonkey script, for example, and it was rejected, so while Docs has almost opened the doors for regular old file hosting and sharing, it's still got its limitations.

    Shared folders and more in Google Docs [Official Google Docs Blog]






  • First Dell Adamo XPS Profile Photos: OK, That’s Like Disgustingly Thin [Laptops]

    So that’s what the Dell Adamo XPS, a 9.99 mm thin laptop, looks like from the side. Evokes the words “hypodermic,” “stab” and “scissors,” doesn’t it?

    It’s also apparent the laptop’s undercarriage (which holds the keyboard) folds up into a recess where the screen is. Freaky. But I like it.






  • Versus Films that will Never Happen

    I tripped over an article this weekend that showed a trailer mashup editing bits of Batman with the Blade film making it look like it would be a Batman Vs Blade film.

    Clearly something that would never happen since Batman is DC and Blade is Marvel but it actually made me curious as to how such a film would play out. Then I found out the guy responsible for it has a few of these clever mashups to share. I am surprised I hadn’t seen them and in case you hadn’t either I wanted to share them here.

    Batman Vs Blade

    Incredible Hulk Vs Wolverine

    Batman Vs Terminator

    All films that are never going to happen, but it makes you wish they could.

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  • Tired of Waiting for Google Wave? Try ShareFlow Now

    While you’re waiting to get your hands on the new collaborative service from Google, you can check out similar types of features in ShareFlow. Here we will take a look at the free service and what it has to offer.

    ShareFlow from Zenbe is a web based collaboration tool for teams and groups to work on more easily together. A free account allows up to 25MB of storage space for 5 different projects or “flows”. If you want more space they do have upgrades you can purchase for a monthly fee. 

    Using Shareflow

    The first thing to do is sign up for the free service and enter in your log-in credentials.

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    Invite others to join the flow by sending them an email invitation.

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    Create an event with the time and date that all collaborators can view and comment on.

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    Each flow has a specific email address and you can email messages directly to the flow for other members of the team to see.

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    Create a unique avatar in your ShareFlow profile.

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    You can upload documents for other members to view, download and leave comments on. With a paid account you can upload any files up to 100MB in size.

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    Double click on a document to download or view in a pop up in a separate window.

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    You can preview audio and video files as well.

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    if you want to keep up with the changes in a flow you can have a daily digest emailed to you.

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    If you decide you need more storage space and extra work flows you can upgrade at any time.

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    ShareFlow may not be as cost effective or include the same options as Google Wave, but it is similar and gets the job done. If you want a web based collaboration tool and are tired of waiting for a Wave invite, you might want to check out a ShareFlow free account. If nothing else you can get an idea of what the web based collaboration model is all about.

    Signup for ShareFlow

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  • Major bug in Snow Leopard deletes all user data

    Reports have been cropping up on the Apple Support forums that users have been losing all their data due to a nasty bug in Snow Leopard, Apple's latest Operating System. Many users are reporting that all settings are being reset and most data is gone, according to iTWire. The problem, can easily be reproduced when a user logs into the 'guest' account, either on purpose or by accident, and when they log back out of the account and back into their normal one, they find that their account has been fully reset with all data wiped and lost – the account is like a brand new one. The home directory still exists under "/Users/username" but is completely empty.

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  • Fleury tell-all book chronicles sexual abuse

    Former NHL great Theoren Fleury is set to release a book next week that reveals he was sexually abused by junior hockey coach Graham James in the 1980s.

  • NHL fines Quinn over post-game remarks

    The NHL fined Edmonton Oilers head coach Pat Quinn $10,000 US on Friday for comments made after his team’s heated 4-3 shootout loss to Calgary a day earlier.

  • Live Action Duck Hunter Review: Briefly Satisfies The Urge To Kill [Review]

    Being a fan of the classic NES Duck Hunt, I have been anxious to test out this new live action mechanical version from Hammacher Schlemmer. I’ll say this: It’s fun while it lasts.

    The Price

    Available later this month for $30.

    What’s Good

    I've never hunted actual ducks, but I would imagine that the real experience offers up a similar (albeit more intense) mixture of fleeting thrills, unpredictability and satisfying violence as the game—except this way you don't actually have to kill anything. Plus the action sounds the gun makes when pumping the forearm and pulling the trigger are a nice touch.

    What’s Bad

    As I mentioned earlier, this game is fun in short increments. The typical flight lasted anywhere between 5 and 15 seconds depending on how I set the directional control pad near the tail. As you can see in the videos above, setting the tab for a straighter flight tends to keep the duck up in the air longer while setting it more to the left or right results in shorter, more compact flights. Either way, the flights were inconsistent and it was difficult to get hits before the duck glided naturally to the ground. They say you can play this game indoors, and that’s probably true if “indoors” happens to be a gymnasium.

    You will break Duck Hunter. Seriously, even if you didn’t get tired of the game after a few hours of flying, you will probably break it well before that. The infrared gun feels cheap and the bird is nothing more than a piece of styrofoam with a few bits of plastic and wings that have about the same tensile strength as masking tape. Every time I pushed the duck down on the charging post located on the barrel of the gun I thought I would snap something. And that happens a lot because you need to charge it for 10 seconds after each flight.

    The Verdict

    The $30 price tag isn't a fortune, but that's probably more than you want to spend on something that will end up forgotten or broken in a few weeks. Early on, there was talk of a premium, $40 version that could be remotely controlled by a second person—I'm not sure what happened with that, but it might have been a worthwhile upgrade.

    Definitely feels like a live action version of the Duck Hunt NES game.

    Gun sounds and the mid-air “stumbles” when the duck is hit are a nice touch.

    Flights are inconsistent. Patterns are hard to contain, so it is best used in a large open space.

    The equipment feels cheap and fragile.






  • GM sells Hummer brand

    General Motors has agreed to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese company, the automaker announced Friday.

  • Marge Simpson to be Playboy cover girl

    Marge Simpson, the matriarch of Springfield’s first family, will appear on the cover of Playboy.

  • New Windows 7 PCs to Ship Ad-Supported Office 2010 [Microsoft Office]

    Remember Microsoft Works, the lighter, entry-level Microsoft Office-type software that often shipped with new computers? According to tech news site Betanews, Microsoft is ditching the Works model, replacing it with a free, ad-supported version of Microsoft Office with limited functionality that will ship from participating manufacturers.

    The full Office suite will actually be installed on these computers, but it’ll remained crippled until whatever time the user decides to purchase an upgrade from their PC seller, who will simply hand them a card with a license on it. It probably sounds like good news to people who don’t really need Microsoft Office to do any sort of heavy lifting, but with so many good Office alternatives for those folks, it’s probably not going to be the best option out there, either. [Betanews]






  • No big flash from NASA’s moon crash

    NASA crashed a rocket and a lunar probe into the moon Friday morning in the hopes of finding water hidden beneath the rocky surface.

  • Flames use late goal, again, to down Oilers

    Rene Bourque tipped home Jay Bouwmeester’s point shot with less than two seconds left to tie the game, and Miikka Kiprusoff stopped two of three shootout attempts to help the Calgary Flames remain unbeaten with a 4-3 win Thursday night in Edmonton.

  • ‘Whatever’ tops list of annoying slang

    The popular term “whatever” tops a list of five most annoying phrases, easily beating “you know,” according to a poll by New York-based Marist College.

  • Patrick Roy’s son gets absolute discharge

    Jonathan Roy, the son of former Montreal Canadiens goalie Patrick Roy, has received an absolute discharge after pleading guilty to assaulting an opponent in a junior hockey match.

  • Google Street View goes live in Canadian cities

    Google Street View, a feature of Google Maps that shows high-resolution street-level images on the internet, has gone live in several Canadian cities.

  • Dell Adamo XPS First Look: So Thin It Could Slice a MacBook Air in Half [Dell]

    We’ve seen it teased, but now we’ve seen it in real life. No real details, but it is really effin thin, like it could slice a MacBook Air in half. And a belly shot, even closer:






  • Firefox 3.6 beta to be released next week

    Mozilla's popular web browser, Firefox, is quite a big name in the realm of the Internet. It's multi-platform, easy to use, and packs a extremely vast amount of add-ons to improve the user experience. In addition to this, it's about to get a new version. The newest version of the browser, currently in development, is 3.6; it's not a huge upgrade, as Mozilla plans to save the bigger changes for version 4.0, but it's still packing some nice improvements. According to The Register, the new version will come with tweaks which improve the TraceMonkey javascript engine, an "optimized session restore", plus additions to the CSS technology in the browser and improved page rendering speed.

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