Residents of the wealthiest parts of the Washington region tend to get the best value in high-speed Internet service, paying less for faster speeds, according to a new study from American University.
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The company’s Mac OS X "Lion" upgrade is expected to launch via Apple’s App Store, reports indicate. – Apple
is getting ready to offer customers the latest major update to its operating
system, Mac OS X 10.7 quot;Lion, quot; as a download through the App Store,
Mac blog Apple Insider reported.
On
Friday, the company issued its third build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 to developers,
though it is not ye…
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Flash array startup Pure Storage, whose marketing pitch is selling flash at the price of enterprise disk, has announced the second generation of its all-flash array that now includes a highly-availability (HA) configuration.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/storage/startup-claims-hard-drive-prices-its-all-flash-arrays-193405
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Yep, you read that headline right–GameStop is getting into the mobile service provider business, with its new GameStop Mobile MVNO. The company will sell you a SIM card (you’ll need your own unlocked phone) and set you up with a contract-free service plan while it entices you to snap up some used console game titles. GameStop is using…
Source: http://hothardware.com/News/GameStop-Now-Selling-SIM-Cards-Mobile-Service/
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There are nearly 4,000 different types of devices running Android, OpenSignalMaps has found. More than 1,300 of them have custom ROMs that tweak the android.build model. Android brands are almost as diverse as the models, OpenSignalMaps discovered. Further, the application programming interface level, meaning the Android version, has also become more fragmented over time.
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Who knew that owning a ZTE Score M would mean living life on the edge? ZTE has confirmed that the MetroPCS phone has a backdoor vulnerability which could let a less-than-scrupulous hacker get root-level control over the Android 2.3 phone — and because it’s a unique app baked into the firmware, the login credentials won’t change as long as the exploit survives. Other ZTE phones, like the Skate, supposedly face the same hole as well. The company says it should have a patch ready to push over the air in the “very near future,” but it hasn’t said why the app existed in the first place. Either way, if you currently pocket the Score M or one of ZTE’s other recent Android devices, we’d keep watch for any suspicious goings-on until a fix is in place.
ZTE confirms the Score M has a backdoor, hopes to patch up soon originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 12:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, Verizon Wireless brought its LTE service to 28 new markets and expanded its reach in 11 additional areas. We also saw Straight Talk introduce the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim, and it appears that Rogers will soon offer the HTC One S. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the “best of the rest” for this week of May 14th, 2012.
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Mobile Miscellany: week of May 14th, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 May 2012 21:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Anonymous, the hacktivist collective, has given anonymity a bad name. Yes, anonymous online services may be used to send bomb threats or abusive messages, but anonymity also does some good online.
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Enhancements to its RealPresence video content management platform enable Polycom users to bring live-stream and recorded video to smartphones and tablets. – Polycom is updating its RealPresence video content management technology to enable the streaming of live and recorded video to Google Android and Apple iOS mobile devices, the latest efforts by the unified communications vendor to deliver video to any device at any time.
The updates, announced May …
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Sprint will sell two new LTE products starting May 18, the HTC EVO 4G LTE smartphone and the Sierra Wireless Tri-Fi, a mobile hotspot like you’ve never seen.
Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=d1d02949a7990a1fb994180231f0494d
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Google now gives users the option to post a link to a Google profile at the bottom of name-query search pages, meaning that anyone searching for a user online can view information that the user wants the world to see. This potentially allows Google to use its search engine to create more of a social networking presence online, similar to Facebook and Twitter….
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The Sprint EVO 4G LTE missed today's in-store launch, and pre-orders aren't shipping, thanks to a pesky International Trade Commission review. Bollocks.
While you're waiting, here are some more EVO 4G LTE forum threads you should be sure to check out:
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I’ve actually gotten to play with the Etcher myself: Krupnik sent me an earlier prototype (ugly, but functional) when he found out I’m an Etch-a-Sketch artist, and I wanted a first-hand impression of how the thing actually works. Because really, as one of my fellow GeekDads asked, why would you pay $45 to turn your $500 tablet into a $15 toy? Read on, and I’ll tell you.
Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/05/hands-on-etcher/
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Federal regulators are poised to enact controversial new rules affecting Internet access, marking the government’s strongest move yet to ensure that Facebook updates, Google searches and Skype calls reach consumers’ homes unimpeded.
Source: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c921d3ce7e7c8d6ba9801e48bb6f90ec
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Until just a few years ago, manned spaceflight was the exclusive sandbox of not just nations, but of the world’s select superpowers—the countries with enough disposable income to say, “F-ck it. Let’s go to the Moon.” Those days are over, sadly, slowly smothered by shrinking budgets and realigning priorities. More »
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Over the past few months, Apple, Nokia, RIM and Motorola have all been getting very worked up over something rather boring: SIM cards. After Apple’s attempt to capture the market, there’s finally a new proposed design—which might actually find its way into your next phone. More »
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/h7xOMhunRr8/this-is-probably-your-next-sim-card
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Coffee is an extremely fickle drink when it comes to its creation. Weight, temperature, and time are all key factors in brewing a great cup, but those variables rarely stay the same for the making of any given cup. What you can master, however, is technique. And when it comes to brewing pour-over coffee with the Kalita Wave Dripper, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better how-to video than this. More »
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/lbWgP1ZkIxY/the-wonderfully-nerdy-intricacies-of-brewing-good-coffee
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The tale of Docracy’s year-long journey is a fun one. When Matt Hall and his partner John Watkinson first went into the Hackathon last year, the only goal was to get a prototype working for an idea they had, a GitHub for legal documents. Sure, a win would’ve been nice, but the main goal was to push out a prototype they could pitch to investors (instead of just an idea) with a firm deadline hanging over their shoulders. But alas, Docracy took home the top prize despite the fact that they were the first of more than 100 presentations that day. And after last year’s Disrupt NYC (tickets to this year’s Disrupt here), the story only gets better.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/AUTa9HnH1lA/
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Geeks, as a general rule, are pretty easy-going. We like to think things through, so passionate confrontations aren’t commonplace for us. When we get well and properly provoked, though, watch out! We won’t stop talking until every last point that we can think of has been made at least twice. So, what do you say to provoke a geek? Glad you asked!
Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/05/top-20-ways-to-provoke-a-geek-argument-wayback/
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Today is all about Facebook’s big $100 billion IPO. But how did the social media titan get so titanic to begin with? Harvard Business Review’s David Rock explains that Facebook is so far ahead of human practice, it actually hacks our brains. More »
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/CipGC8uCx8I/your-brain-on-facebook
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There’s a smorgasbord of lovely things for you to feast your eyes on this week. From chairs made from an old water tower to a wooden surf board, you’ll have plenty of to enjoy in this week’s most beautiful items. More »
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/_B-C-7pIPjI/water-tower-chairs-cloud-city-and-more
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America’s beloved television is getting an extreme Internet makeover, and questions over what shows viewers will get online and how much they pay for them could soon be resolved by the Federal Communications Commission.
Source: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c661a3e47f915828af07c8157ee9705b
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The litany of exciting Maker Faire products continues with MaKey MaKey, a device that turns anything capable of conducting electricity into a controller. Developed by MIT Media Lab students Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum, you simply run an alligator clip from the board to an object and hold a connecting wire in your hand. Connecting over USB, it’s entirely programming-free, but if you find your interest piqued, you can flip the board over to use the Arduino module baked into the hardware. It’s already surpassed its original $25,000 Kickstarter goal and when the run begins, you’ll be able to pick up everything you need for just $35 — but if you can’t wait that long, head on down to the Bay Area this weekend.
[Thanks, Ryan]
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MaKey, MaKey turns the whole world into a keyboard originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 01:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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At the inaugural Hardware Innovation Workshop, about 200 leaders in the DIY movement gather to talk about how to build real companies, while still maintaining a maker ethos.
Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57435929-76/the-real-business-of-the-diy-movement/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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As we move away from traditional fossil fuel-burning automobiles towards hybrids and EVs, we’re presented with new challenges — namely servicing those vehicles and their high-voltage batteries. When it comes time for transport, in the event of an accident or when components need to be serviced individually, it’s necessary to completely drain the cells on board, and that’s where Midtronics‘ GRX-5100 comes in. The vehicle battery service and de-power tool is wrapping up field testing at GM and may soon find itself in “reclamation yards” (read: junk yards) as well as your local mechanic. With testing out of the way Midtronics plans to ramp up production before the end of the year, and its updateable firmware means it will be able to handle future vehicles with nothing more than an upgrade loaded on a USB key. For more info check out the PR after the break.
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Midtronics GRX-5100 simplifies servicing hybrid and EV batteries originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Gogo has a virtual lock on in-flight WiFi for the US, but most of us forget that everything goes dark the moment you decide to cross the border. The company already has a deal with Inmarsat for Ka-band Internet connections, and now it’s partnering up with AeroSat to bring Ku-band satellite access. The tie-in will let Gogo offer precious relief from tedium on international flights, whether it’s a modest hop to the Great White North or an hours-long trip across the ocean. Gogo considers the deal an interim step until Inmarsat’s technology is ready, making for much quicker availability than if it had just waited until it could use Ka-band: Ku-band satellite linkups should be on airliners as soon as the end of 2012, while Ka-band won’t even show its face until at least late 2014. It’s unknown what kind of premium we’ll pay over the $13 maximum Gogo normally charges, but if AeroSat lets us squeak in a few more Twitter updates on our way home from Barcelona, it’ll be worthwhile.
Continue reading Gogo and AeroSat get friendly on Ku-band, bring international in-flight WiFi closer
Gogo and AeroSat get friendly on Ku-band, bring international in-flight WiFi closer originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 16:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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There are a small, but vehement, group of people that hate cilantro with a passion. But it turns out that they might not be fussy; instead, they might just be unlucky enough to be beneficiaries of a curious genetic mutation. More »
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Ol1Al4ZY0Gc/is-cilantro-hating-genetic
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There are a lot of photographs out there. Photo sharing and album network Flickr alone reckons it hit the 6 billion image upload mark last year. If you consider Picasa, Facebook, and the current darling known as Instagram, we’re talking gazillions of images floating around — all freely downloadable. It may be time to start protecting your work.
Source: http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632000/s/1f716718/l/0L0Stechnewsworld0N0Crsstory0C751350Bhtml/story01.htm
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Despite there being so many smartphones nowadays, finding cases for certain handsets can be tricky — unless you’re toting the likes of an iPhone or the latest Android flagship device, that is. Keeping that in mind, Sony has good news for Xperia owners, as it’s officially announced a partnership program to bring more case options for its phones to market. According to Sony, 10 companies are currently onboard, including the likes of Case-Mate and Incipio, and some will be announcing what’ll be on offer before the month’s out. There’s no word regarding designs or prices just yet, but here’s hoping that Case-Mate brings its cuddly Creature cases into the fray — especially the Waddler.
Sony helps you ‘personalize’ your Xperia further, announces case maker partnerships originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 04:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Murmurs about Google’s supposed plans to launch its own tablet soon are growing to a roar. Source code from Google and Samsung indicate that a Nexus tablet is in the works, Slashgear reported. “It seems logical that it will be a Google Nexus device consistent with the Nexus smartphone, but the problem is there’s nothing unique about the Nexus smartphone,” suggested Andrew Eisner, director of community and content at Retrevo.
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Wondering how the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S III is going? According to the Korea Economic Daily, an unnamed Samsung executive revealed that the followup to its previous fastest selling phone has already racked up nine million pre-orders around the world. That would put it nearly halfway to the 20 million Galaxy S II’s Samsung reported shipped back in February, and all without even officially moving a unit in the US yet. It’s not that we’re jealous of the rest of the world’s abilities to lay their cash down for some quad-core Exynos action while we wait to hear about the likely (still awesome) dual-core LTE-equipped US carrier variants due this summer, but yes — we’re jealous the rest of the world already has the option of choosing Samsung’s latest flagship phone. Once they do start shipping (assuming there’s no delays in customs) there should be plenty to go around however, as Reuters’ translation also indicates the company’s factory is already cranking out five million units every month.
Samsung’s Galaxy S III reportedly notches nine million pre-orders worldwide originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 May 2012 23:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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James Maher had the unfortunate luck of placing his bag and prized Fujifilm X100 in a “dry” container on a fishing trip that didn’t keep its contents very dry. Maher survived his harrowing voyage on the SS Hit ‘em Hard, but his camera did not. Thankfully, the photographer didn’t let his shooter die in vain. He spent precious time dissecting it and disassembling it, piece by piece. Inside was a densely packed puzzle of 130 screws, 50 pieces of tape and over 152 individual parts. Best of all, Maher documented his adventure inside the X100 and posted it online for all of us to enjoy. It’s not the first glimpse under the hood, but it’s certainly the most thoroughly documented. So hit up the source link and take a peek at what the inside of a sophisticated digital camera looks like.
Water-damaged Fujifilm X100 torn apart for fun and education (but mostly fun) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 04:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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About two years ago, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield implemented a self-service business intelligence platform to aggregate and analyze vast amounts of data from multiple repositories scattered throughout the company. The technology, from Palo Alto, Calif.-based QlikTech, was brought in as a supplement to a project management product from CA Technologies. So far, it has saved CareFirst $10 million in project costs and helped the health insurer reduce the number of outside contractors it uses by 25 percent.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/business-intelligence/enterprise-bi-models-undergo-radical-transformation-193492
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Graphene has long-held notions of grandeur over its current silicon overlord, but a few practical issues have always kept its takeover bid grounded. Samsung, however, thinks it’s cracked at least one of those — graphene’s inability to switch off current. Previous attempts to use graphene as a transistor have involved converting it to a semi-conductor, but this also reduces its electron mobility, negating much of the benefit. Samsung’s Advanced Institute of Technology has created a graphene-silicon “Schottky barrier” that brings graphene this much-needed current-killing ability, without losing its electron-shuffling potential. The research also explored potential logic device applications based on the same technology. So, does this mean we’ll finally get our flea-sized super computer implant? Maybe, not just yet, but the wheels have certainly been oiled.
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Samsung pushes graphene one step closer to silicon supremecy originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 04:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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YouTube has become a treasure trove for rare live editions, outtakes and covers of popular songs — the latter making stars out of acts like Pomplamoose. However, Google and the recording industry don’t feel the same way, but the site’s famous content filtering system can only handle exact matches of recorded songs — so that 14-year-old moppet’s cover version of Born this Way remains unfiltered. That could change should a patent application made available today result in a workable product. It describes a Melody Identification system that’ll pluck out a “melody fingerprint” from any uploaded file and then determine the appropriate “rights management” to apply — which sounds ominous. The patents haven’t been granted and nowhere in the text of either document does it reveal how the company plans to deal with songs that sound very, very similar, but we can’t imagine what’ll be left if the worst comes to pass: lots of mute cat videos, probably.
Update: Josh Rice in comments pointed out that Pomplamoose actually buys the rights to its covers. That’s the nicest form of prior art there is.
Google patent application could mean melody-matching for YouTube originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 May 2012 13:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Life is never dull here in the world of technology, but some weeks it’s hard to remember that this is actually the real world, and not some epic tale of the battle between good and evil. We’ve seen plenty of examples of good pulling ahead in the struggle in recent weeks, of course — but there’s never any shortage of dastardly deeds being committed, either.
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Avast ye! Google has announced the national winner of its fifth annual Doodle 4 Google competition, and we’d like to congratulate second grader Dylan Hoffman of Caledonia, Wisconsin for his fine work. As a response to this year’s theme, “If I could travel in time, I’d visit…,” Dylan created a pirate scene doodle that features a vibrant parrot, a rotund swashbuckler and a treasure chest full of loot to form the Google logo. According to Dylan, he’d ideally, “Sail a pirate ship looking for treasure, have a colorful pet parrot and enjoy beautiful sunsets from deserted islands.” Sounds quite nice — especially without the scurvy. For his creativity, Google has awarded Dylan with a $30,000 college scholarship, a Chromebook computer and a $50,000 technology grant to his school. Later this fall, Dylan’s artwork will grace a special edition 64-count box of Crayola crayons. No doubt a fine plunder for an excellent work of art.
Doodle 4 Google winner cashes in with ‘Pirate Times’ drawing, finds a Chromebook in the treasure chest originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 May 2012 22:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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When Canonical launched its Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix back in February, it was based on Ubuntu Linux 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot,” which was then the most current stable version of the free and open source operating system.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/ubuntu-business-desktop-remix-gets-update-193393
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