Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/24/sony-debuts-the-handycam-nex-vg20/
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/24/htc-bliss-gets-its-clearest-photo-session-yet-shows-off-front-f/
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When it comes to headphones that aren't earbuds, Sol Republic thinks up until now you had two options: Buy a relatively crappy pair for somewhere around $50-75, or shell out at least $200 for a decent pair. At $100 Sol Republic has positioned their Tracks headphones firmly between those two classes.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/23/verzo-teases-its-first-android-smartphone-aims-for-a-late-septe/
Continue reading Verzo teases its first Android smartphone, aims for a late-September launch
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/23/lenovo-thinkpad-tablet-now-available-for-order-priced-at-500-a/
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/23/sol-republic-intros-amps-and-tracks-headphone-lines-we-go-hands/
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5833449/the-thinnnnest-camera-with-a-12x-zoom
The first of the trio is the 14-megapixel SX150 IS which has a 12x optical zoom, 720P HD recording and manual settings that you can tweak to your heart's content. It also has a 3-inch LCD and is available in conservative black or red. The SX150 IS will go on sale in early September for a reasonable $250.
Next in line is the 12.1-megapixel PowerShot ELPH 310 HS which has an 8x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD, 1080P HD recording and a colorful coating of paint (your choice of purple, blue, pink, green and silver). The 310 HS will set you back $260 when it arrives in October, just in time for the holidays.
Finally, we have the 12.1-megapixel PowerShot ELPH 510 HS (shown above). This is the thinnest Canon camera on the market. It has a 12x optical zoom, 1080P HD recording, and a roomy 3.2-inch touchscreen display that makes it easy to navigate the menu system. It'll also let you touch to focus on a part of your image. You'll have to drop $350 if you want to grab the ELPH 510 HS when it arrives in October.
The three new PowerShots also have the DIGIC 4 image processing engine, the image stabilization (SX150 IS) and low-light capabilities (310/510 HS) that characterize Canon's compact camera models. In other words, they're great cameras that'll outdo your smartphone, but won't put a dent in your wallet like a DSLR. [Canon]
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5833494/reuters-says-cheap+o-8-gb-iphone-4-arriving-within-weeks
Does an 8 GB version make sense? Sure—Apple already sells a budget 8 GB 3GS for a mere $50, so when the new hotness arrives, they'll probably want to phase out that old bag and replace it with a new econo-phone. And an 8 GB iPhone 4 would sit nicely beside a shiny, expensive new iPhone 5. But we'll wait and see! Only those "with knowledge of the matter" know for sure. [Reuters via 9to5Mac]
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Here’s a new Y Combinator-backed startup that’s sure to catch they eye of plenty of web developers: Proxino, a new service that promises to let developers detect errors on all of their client-side JavaScript, without having to manually wrap their code with repetitive error handling commands.
First, a little high-level background. Unlike languages like Python, which are executed on the servers of the websites you access, JavaScript code is typically executed locally in your web browser. This allows for speedy response times and nifty effects, but there’s a downside: developers have a much harder time figuring out if their sites are raising issues for some users. Each browser executes code differently — and if something goes wrong, developers won’t automatically receive a bug report.
There are some ways to deal with this. Developers can build their own test suites, which automatically check numerous test-cases for various browsers. And they can also wrap each of the functions in their code with exception handlers. But Proxino’s founders say that test suites aren’t perfect (the worst bugs are the ones that slip through these tests), and that many developers don’t want to manually add error handling.
That’s where Proxino comes in. Developers pass their JavaScript application’s through Proxino’s proxy server, which automatically wraps each part of the application with code that generates exception reports, so they get pinged any time a user’s browser has an issue. The proxy can also minify the code to reduce the download time, and caches JavaScript apps to further speed things up. And they’ll automatically convert other languages, like CoffeeScript, into instrumented, exception-catching, JavaScript.
Of course, proxy servers have a potential downside: if the server goes down, your app could go down, and you’re not in direct control of getting it working again. To remedy this, Proxino uses a fallback technique — if Proxino goes down, you’ll simply start serving your JavaScript app from your own server as your normally would.
Proxino acknowledges that there are already some tools out there that help optimize JavaScript, like Google’s closure compiler. But they say that there aren’t many tools that do a good job letting developers detect errors in browsers — and they say their competitors behave inconsistently across different browsers like Webkit and Opera.
Proxino charges based on the amount of traffic your website draws. There’s a free version for low-traffic sites with less than 1,000 page views per month; the first paid tier is $30/month for up to 10,000 page views (you can see their full price list here).
In the longer term, Proxino has some pretty ambitious goals: they say they want to “serve the world’s Javascript”.
Proxino is a proxy service that helps developers get alerted when their client-side JavaScript raises exceptions in users’ browsers.
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Three days ago I wrote about Codecademy — a slick, fun way to teach yourself how to program. The app has done an excellent job minimizing the frustration often associated with writing your first lines of code, and it sports a good-looking and intuitive interface. Another plus: the initial signup flow doesn’t show up til you’ve completed your first few lessons, so you’re writing code within a few seconds of landing at Codecademy.com.
I’m not the only one who liked it: cofounder Zach Sims tells us that in the three days since the application launched, it has drawn 200,000 unique users. That’s users who have actually interacted with the app — and not people who hit the webpage and bounced away a second later. Perhaps even more impressive: users have completed a total number of 2.1 million exercises.
Sims also says that the company is actually a part of the latest Y Combinator batch (something they hadn’t previously disclosed). Given that the team only started working on the project around two weeks ago, it sounds like they changed their idea late in the program (they’re not the first to see success with a last-minute switch — Greplin founder Daniel Gross came up with that company a day before Demo Day, and later landed $4 million from Sequoia).
Sims says that growth has remained strong, largely driven not by press, but by the badges users are sharing to Twitter and Facebook (you are awarded badges as you complete lessons).
For more about the site, see our initial launch coverage right here.
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Wanova, a turnkey desktop management cloud provider, has raised $10 million in series B funding from Greylock Partners, Carmel Ventures and Opus Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to $23 million.
Wanova provides Distributed Desktop Virtualization solutions that centralize control of the desktop infrastructure while optimizing the user experience and providing full support for offline use. Wanova’s flagship product Mirage, combines centralized PC image management with the ability to run images natively on a PC, allowing enterprise to reduce desktop Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and improve IT operations.
With Mirage, PC images including personalization settings run locally on a PC allowing users to take advantage of PC native performance, including the ability to run multimedia applications and work while disconnected from the network.
Wanova actually just scored a big win in the IP world, announcing its first U.S. patent for its centralization technology that provides layered, single image management of PCs in the network, local execution of the image on the PC, and optimized synchronization between local and centralized images.
The new funding will be used towards building global sales and support teams and product development.
Wanova provides Distributed Desktop Virtualization solutions that transform how companies manage, support and protect their desktops and laptops. Wanova's Distributed Desktop Virtualization centralizes control of the desktop infrastructure while...
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Source: http://lifehacker.com/5833074/how-do-i-stop-my-browser-from-slowing-to-a-crawl
Everyone bickers about which browser is faster, but in my experience all of them eventually slow down after I've opened a few tabs and used them for a while. Whether I use Chrome, Firefox, or IE, my CPU spikes, the browser eats my memory, and it slows to a crawl. How can I stop this?
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Photo by William Warby.
Dear Need for Speed,
That's the trouble with browsers these days-everyone argues over a few seconds of startup and rendering time, but eventually everyone winds up complaining about how slow they get with regular use. Everyone has their favorite, but since we're not talking about any specific browser, here are a few suggestions to speed up any browser that's gotten bogged down over time.
Regardless of the browser you use, there are likely some extensions running in the background that you've kept as the browser has updated that you no longer need. The folks at the Mozilla Foundation are so convinced that old extensions are the reason behind poor experiences with Firefox that they've dedicated an entire page to calling out browsers that haven't updated their code for new versions. For example, FastestFox, a Firefox extension meant to speed up Firefox, is actually one of the browsers top-five slow performing add-ons. Chrome Extensions are no exception to this rule either. Even if they're helpful, they can often be the culprit when it comes to a slow browsing experience.
One of the best ways to speed up a bogged down browser is to take a hard look at the extensions you have installed and uninstall the ones that you don't need anymore. Also, check to see if newer extensions exist that perform the same functions as the older ones that, while not broken, also haven't been updated for a long time. For example, when I discovered that the author of one of my favorite mouse gestures extensions for Firefox, Mozgest, flat-out refused to support or update for any version higher than 3.6, the community stepped in and updated the code for him to support new versions. Unfortunately, the extension got slower and slower, and even though it was useful, there are other extensions and developers willing to keep their code up to date. Look around, you might be surprised.
For many people, especially those with iOS devices, living without Adobe Flash isn't such a far-fetched idea. You still need it for a number of sites, specifically sites that don't have mobile equivalents and require you navigate the site using Flash, but if you can get away with uninstalling it entirely and browsing without it, your browsing experience will be smoother. Google Chrome has Flash under the hood without you having to install a plug-in, which helps with stability, but you can still get a speedier browsing experience by disabling the Flash plugin. If you don't want to live in a Flash-less world, consider at least uninstalling Adobe Flash entirely and then re-installing the most recent and up-to-date version. You'll get the benefit of having the latest version, as well as the one with all the most recent security updates.
Java is the same way – unfortunately it's not as obvious when you need it and when you don't, so it's harder to enable when you want it and disable any other time, but Java is well known for leaving copies of itself lying around your Mac or Windows PC, updating frequently without removing old versions or files, and slowing your system to a crawl when in heavy use. At the very least, consider using a program like previously mentioned JavaRa to remove previous versions and clean up the mess it leaves behind.
This is an old tip, but a good one-there's no real replacement for just cleaning out your browser's cache and all of the data that it's been keeping about you to speed it up. Plus, if you've never cleaned that data up, now is a good time to do it anyway.
In Firefox, you can clean up your personal data in the Firefox menu, under Options (Windows) or Preferences (Mac OS.) Click the Privacy tab to clear your recent history, cookies, or other browsing data. In Google Chrome, click the wrench in the toolbar and open the Options menu (Windows) or Preferences menu (Mac OS,) then click "Under the Hood" to see the buttons to "Clear Browsing Data."
Once it's all clean, you might consider reducing the duration between automatic cleanings by telling Firefox for example to only accept third-party cookies until you close the browser, or only save your history for a day instead of a week or month.
DNS is like the phone book of the Internet, translating the web addresses and URLs that you type into the menu bar into the IP addresses of the servers where the sites you want or information you need resides. If you're like most people, the DNS servers your computer speaks to every time you type in a Web address or click on a link belong to your ISP, and are set up automatically when you connect to the Internet. However, those servers may not be the fastest, especially when compared with other DNS services like Google's free DNS and OpenDNS.
Namebench is a utility we've mentioned before that lets you compare how each of those DNS services, including your ISP's DNS, perform from your computer. Just install the app, and run it from your computer. You'll see the DNS servers you're connected to, and which ones are most responsive from your location. The service will even suggest how you should configure them on your system, in order of overall speed. Your ISP may win and you won't get a benefit from switching, but if you're like most people who are already displeased with the speed their ISP offers, you may benefit from a change.
If all else fails, consider using different browsers for different tasks. If you love your Firefox extensions and want to continue using them, but Flash video stutters and stops frequently in Firefox, consider using Chrome for your Flash-related needs and Firefox for other tasks. If you love Chrome's speed but find your app tabs crash all of the time, consider using Firefox just for those webapps and Chrome for your other browsing.
Go out on a limb and install Opera or Safari and give them a try for a little variety, and more importantly to keep some of your most resource intensive tasks isolated from the other things you want to do in your browser. That way your web surfing won't get bogged down because Flash is slowly crashing in a tab you left open a while ago, or because your app tab isn't refreshing as cleanly as it should.
Hopefully those are a few ideas that will help you speed up any browser, regardless of the one you choose to use. Plus, none of our suggestions involve installing something like an extension or plug-in that promises to give you speed back in exchange for the resources it uses. Remember, if all else fails, it might just be time to back up your data or profile and reinstall your browser to make it feel like new. Good luck!
Love,
Lifehacker
PS – What are some of your favorite ways to speed up your browser, whatever browser you may use? Share your tips in the comments below.
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Android (Rooted): Swype has released a new gesture-laden version exclusive to the Nexus S 4G. Here's what it does and how you can install it on any rooted phone.
The newest version of Swype just came out for Nexus S 4G phones, and it's pretty awesome. In addition to the super-fast gesture-based typing method, this version has quick swiping shortcuts for select all, cut, copy, paste, and can even send text to other apps like Twitter and Google Maps. Check out the video above to see it in action.
Users of the free Swype beta are sadly left out; this version is exclusive to the Nexus S 4G. Thankfully, the kind-hearted AproSamurai over at XDA Developers found an easy way to install it on any phone, no matter what model or carrier. For this to work, you'll need a rooted Android phone, a file explorer that can gain root permissions (like Root Explorer), and a terminal emulator. In addition, if you currently have the Swype beta installed, you'll need to uninstall it (from Settings > Applications > Manage Applications) before continuing.
/system/app/./system/lib.As usual, you can access Swype's preferences in Settings > Language and Keyboard.
Update: Swype has contacted AproSamurai and asked him to take down the zip file. They said they'd be releasing a beta for registered users soon, though, so if you didn't get in on the action, don't worry—we should be able to try it out soon.
Haven't rooted your Android phone just yet? Head on over to our always up-to-date rooting guide for the complete instructions.
Nexus S 4G Swype (How-To) | XDA Developers via Android Police
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When you open Print to PDF, it'll start a print server that other iOS apps will be able to see using AirPrint. If you go to print an email, for example, you'll choose the printer named "Print to PDF - YOUR_DEVICE_NAME" and print like you normally would. Print to PDF will grab the email, turn it into a PDF file, and then send you a push notification to let you know it succeeded. You can then tap a button on that notification to view the newly-generated file in the app. It'll sort your emails and other documents automatically, plus you can open them in other apps or email them elsewhere.
Support for third-party services like Dropbox would be awesome, but Print to PDF is nonetheless a seamless solution to a desirable missing feature in iOS.
Print to PDF ($4) | iTunes App Store via App of the Day
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