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Sunday, January 03, 2010

Build a DIY Camera Stabilizer to Capture Smooth Video [DIY]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/1hmsYWzORHk/build-a-diy-camera-stabilizer-to-capture-smooth-video

One aspect of professionally shot video that amateurs most frequently want to emulate is how smooth the footage is. Shoot your own jitter-free video with this DIY stabilizer

If the contraption here looks a little familiar to you, you're not imagining things. It's the 5th version of homemade steadicams built by YB2Normal, who has been tinkering away with DIY stabilizers for several years now. We shared one of the first incarnations with you earlier this year.

His newest version requires the most machining and fine detail work out of any of his previous versions, so if you're put off by that you might want to check out this simple design we shared with you, courtesy of Make Magazine.

If you want to check out all the builds YB2Normal has undertaken, check out his project guide here. Have your own video-related DIY project? Let's hear about it in the comments.

DIY Steadi-Cam Version 5 [via Hack a Day]

Multitouch Browser Comes to Droid By Way of Software Hack [Droid]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/svYpllVEOMI/multitouch-browser-comes-to-droid-by-way-of-software-hack

We know the Europeans have been tooling around with Droid and mutlitouch since December, but today, courtesy a hack of sorts, we Yanks can have it too, albeit for a browser only in this particular case.

All you have to do is follow about five steps over at AllDroid and it's yours. You'll need to root your phone first, of course, so this isn't really a mom and pops operation just yet. There are also a few downloads and deletions to be aware of as well.

Voila. Users report that it works just fine on version 2.1, even as a beta. [AllDroid via Redmond Pie - Thanks, Taimur]

Exclusive: Google Nexus One hands-on, video, and first impressions

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/02/exclusive-google-nexus-one-hands-on-video-and-first-impressio/

That's right, humans -- Engadget has its very own Nexus One. You've seen leaked pics and videos from all over, but we're the first publication to get our very own unit, and we plan on giving you guys the full story on every nook and cranny of this device. In case you've been living under a rock, here's the breakdown of the phone. The HTC-built and (soon to be) Google-sold device runs Android 2.1 atop a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 3.7-inch, 480 x 800 display, has 512MB of ROM, 512MB of RAM, and a 4GB microSD card (expandable to 32GB). The phone is a T-Mobile device (meaning no 3G if you want to take it to AT&T), and includes the standard modern additions of a light sensor, proximity sensor, and accelerometer. The Nexus One has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, and we have to say so far the pictures it snaps look pretty decent (and the camera software is much faster than the same component on the Droid). The phone is incredibly thin and sleek -- a little thinner than the iPhone -- but it has pretty familiar HTC-style industrial design. It's very handsome, but not blow-you-away good looking. It's a very slim, very pocketable phone, and feels pretty good in your hand. Thought you'd have to wait for that Google event for more on the Nexus One? Hell no -- so read on for an in-depth look. C'mon, you know you want to.

Gallery: Google Nexus One unboxing and hands-on

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Exclusive: Google Nexus One hands-on, video, and first impressions originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HP Mini 210 spotted at retail with $350 pricetag

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/02/hp-mini-210-spotted-at-retail-with-350-pricetag/

The yet-to-be-confirmed HP Mini 210 has popped up at a couple online retail spots already, but now it seems to have landed in the Real World courtesy of a Costco in Hillsboro, Oregon. We've seen the netbook listed at $280, $320 and now $350 pricetags, so we really don't know who to trust anymore (certainly not our parent's generation), but the sexy design, chiclet keyboard and unibutton trackpad certainly smack of progress.

[Thanks, Dustin W. who sent this in via our new webOS app!]

Gallery: HP Mini 210 spotted at retail with $350 pricetag

HP Mini 210 spotted at retail with $350 pricetag originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Quake ported to the Pre, webOS 3D gaming truly within reach

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/03/quake-ported-to-the-pre-webos-3d-gaming-truly-within-reach/

Yeah, hardware accelerating Doom is an important milestone in any fledgling system's career, but when you talk 3D acceleration, Quake is certainly a giant leap ahead of Doom in polygonal terms. The game has now been ported to webOS using the same new SDL library from version 1.3.5, and while it looks a little sluggish and crashy in the video after the break, it's clearly a landmark event just the same. Now if only we could get stuff like this in the App Catalog we'd be perfectly happy forever and ever. Or for at least a week.

Continue reading Quake ported to the Pre, webOS 3D gaming truly within reach

Quake ported to the Pre, webOS 3D gaming truly within reach originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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