Saturday, February 14, 2009

QNAP busts out Core 2 Duo-equipped TS-809 Pro Turbo NAS

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/14/qnap-busts-out-core-2-duo-equipped-ts-809-pro-turbo-nas/


While QNAP's 4-bay TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS was perfectly fine for the average home-based storage junkie, small businesses need something with a bit more potential. Enter the TS-809 Pro Turbo, an 8-bay behemoth capable of housing 8 SATA hard drives (up to 16TB, or .98 million copies of Friday the 13th, when 2GB HDDs are widely available). The unit gets powered by a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, which definitely means that your next NAS may posses more processing power than the antiquated PC it's connected to. Additionally, there's 2GB of DDR2 RAM, read / write rates of 126MB/s and 111Mb/s (respectively), and support for a litany of business-related advanced features. Mum's the word on price, but you can bet it'll be up there.

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Friday, February 13, 2009

My Tracks For Android Logs Your Day via GPS, Uploads To Google Maps [Android Apps]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/GxASRP6ytm0/my-tracks-for-android-logs-your-day-via-gps-uploads-to-google-maps

In the second big GPS-on-Android related tidbit today, Google released My Tracks, a cool app for logging a route of any kind via GPS and saving it to Google Maps.

While it's presented in the context of a workout or hiking route, you could use the app for just about anything, including drawing fun shapes on the map of your town, if you're so inclined. Along with the mapping, the app displays statistics in real time like elevation, distance traveled, speed, etc. My Tracks can also use Google Docs' little-known but very cool ability to receive the output of web forms in a spreadsheet, so you can track your routes and see your average speed over time.

It all gets demonstrated here by Jeff, the Google cyclist.

[Official Google Blog]



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Posted by Augustine at 7:47 AM

Wire Fu Lets Fly in Chinese Performance Artist's Work [Art]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/9DhFr5Lfk68/wire-fu-lets-fly-in-chinese-performance-artists-work

Chinese performance artist Li Wei uses mirrors, scaffolding and steel wires to create these seriously awesome gravity-defying pictures. While some are Photoshopped post-production, mostly they're made through the magic of thoughtful planning.

Li Wei was born in Hunan province and moved to Beijing in the early 90s. He has had his work exhibited all over the world-most recently in the Mogadishni Cph gallery in Denmark. Check out more of his crazy stuff here. [56minus1]



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Posted by Augustine at 7:46 AM

Security experts hating on Android browser until patch is released

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/security-experts-hating-on-android-browser-until-patch-is-releas/


Software vulnerabilities are no stranger to modern, highly-connected smartphones and feature phones alike, and fortunately, the big guys have been pretty good about staying on the ball and patching the serious stuff in a reasonable amount of time. The latest problem discovered in the Android browser's multimedia subsystem really sucks, though -- it's so bad, some security dudes are advising customers to "avoid" using the it altogether until it gets fixed -- and the most frustrating part about it is that it actually is fixed in the Android code trunk, it's just that no one's bothered to roll out an update to G1 users yet. In the meantime, the dude who discovered the problem is advising users to only visit trusted sites and avoid WiFi, so yeah, just don't browse or anything, okay?

[Via ReadWriteWeb]

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Posted by Augustine at 7:42 AM

SmartQ 5 touchscreen PMP / MID promises WiFi, Bluetooth

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/smartq-5-touchscreen-pmp-mid-promises-wifi-bluetooth/


It looks like it may still be quite a while before it actually ends up on store shelves, but this new SmartQ 5 PMP / MID seems like it should be able to at least muster up a bit of interest when and if it is ever released. While complete specs are a little light, and most likely not finalized, the device will apparently boast a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, and four hardware buttons to give the touchscreen a rest once in a while. Not much more than that, unfortunately, although SmartQ does seem to be pitching this one squarely as an internet device first and media player second, so hopefully that means it'll pack enough capabilities to truly earn that MID moniker.

[Via SlashGear]

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