Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/18/wimax-equipped-samsung-swd-m100d-mid-spotted-at-mwc/
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WiMAX-equipped Samsung SWD-M100D MID spotted at MWC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Corel brings InstantON technology to Sony's VAIO P originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Check out the new/old terms at Facebook, and be sure to jump into your account and dig into 10 privacy settings every Facebook user should know. Are you glad to see Facebook respond to user concern, or does the social networking cloud leave you as wary as ever?
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/18/freescales-i-mx515-netbook-chip-now-supports-android-and-xandro/
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Freescale's i.MX515 netbook chip now supports Android and Xandros originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading DIY multitouch 67-inch rear-projection TV
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DIY multitouch 67-inch rear-projection TV originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading Texas Instruments and Wind River do up Android right
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Texas Instruments and Wind River do up Android right originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia's Internet Tablet hacked into secondary PC monitor originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading Samsung OmniaHD's camera put to the test
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Samsung OmniaHD's camera put to the test originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading Canon PowerShot SD780 IS, SD960 IS make brief, semi-official debut
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Canon PowerShot SD780 IS, SD960 IS make brief, semi-official debut originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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There's really nothing exciting about micro projectors now other than where they can go. And TI's second generation projector is a promising step to mobile media "is that HD in your pocket?" nirvana. 20% smaller than the first Pico (and, maybe more importantly, 20% thinner as well), the new Pico projects an 854x480 (DVD quality) image with a contrast ratio of 1000:1. The missing spec is, of course, probably the most important one—brightness.
Still, how cool is that picture? Really cool. OK? Really cool. [TI via bbGadgets]
oth are exceedingly rare in nature, and both form under crushing, searing conditions. Lonsdaleite is a cousin of the diamond, a hexagonal arrangement of carbon atoms that's 58% stronger than its shimmering relative, according to a computer simulation of its behavior. It's forged in nature during asteroid impacts.
The other mineral, wurtzite boron nitride is even more enigmatic. It comes together in especially punishing volcanic eruptions, and has flexible atomic bonds. When placed under stress it hardens until it is 18% stronger than a diamond.
Both materials are exceedingly rare. [Discovery News]
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/nxvcx9J6rEE/stream-and-download-music-with-mp3-search
Similar to previously reviewed Mix Turtle, MP3 Search sports a spartan, grab-it-and-go interface. Unlike Mix Turtle, though, you can download the tracks to your computer. The music you select loads in a small pop-up flash player for preview or quick listen, though you can't queue up multiple tracks as on Seeqpod.
For more methods to scour the web for musical bounty, make sure to check out our guide to finding free music. If you have a favorite site for streaming music or finding tunes, sound off in the comments below.
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If you were intrigued by previously reviewed RescueTime but were turned off by the idea of uploading all your data to the RescueTime servers, ManicTime offers a very similar set of tools but stores your data locally.
ManicTime runs as a background process and consumes very few resources. When open, ManicTime records which programs are open and what files they're accessing. Even if you never plugged any input into it, the app would do a very thorough job telling you when you were working and what you were working on. There are three primary timelines in ManicTime: the activity line shows whether you were idle or active, the application line shows which applications were in use, and the tag line is for user supplied information about the work at hand. You can tag both idle and active blocks of time by simply highlighting them and applying the tag.
TinyChat is from the same people who brought you the Twitter-friendly TinyPaste service we reviewed last year. TinyChat generates a basic chat room that supports IRC-esque commands like the ability to /msg people in the room and use /me to emote—similar to another disposable chat service we've reviewed, Stinto. Share the URL with friends and all they have to do is click the link and pick a nickname to join in. You can save the logs as text files, send them via email, create a TinyPaste text clipping, or save them to Twitter. Great for creating discussion space outside official chat rooms, or organizing people across different IM services.
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The bad news first: Apart from my gripes about the user interface—which are still there—there is one but. A big BUT, bigger than Ramona's, the planetary lady with accidental moustache who serves the bocadillos down at one of the fair's restaurants: The software keyboard. On this first touch, the keyboard felt cramped, probably a result of the screen size, which is smaller than the iPhone's—which is the obvious soft keyboard reference, since it was the first one to implement a finger-touch software keyboard.
Other than this, the rest is great. There's a new Google Mail feature to delete or classify mail in bulk, as well as a faster camera, which now can take vid! eo&mdash ;which obviously means you can play back video as well. The rest of the interface and features is what you already have in the Android G1. However, what really steals the show here is the hardware itself.
HTC has got a very smooth phone, which feels great on your hands and in your pants' pockets. While it's sightly thicker than the iPhone, the narrower, rounded body, and weight makes it feel the same size. For sure, a lot less bulky than the G1, which looks like a brick next to this. And as you have seen in the shots, the final HTC Magic is quite pretty. Have no doubt: This thing alone will make many consumers put up with the less-than-ideal software keyboard.
Overall, the first feeling is that we got a potential winner here. If they can manage to make the software keyboard better, Apple will definitely have a formidable enemy in the Android G2.
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