Thursday, April 15, 2010

Gmail Adds Drag-and-Drop Attachment Uploads, Deeper Calendar Integration [Email]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5518074/gmail-adds-drag+and+drop-attachment-uploads-deeper-calendar-integration

Gmail Adds Drag-and-Drop Attachment Uploads, Deeper Calendar IntegrationStarting today, Google Chrome and Firefox 3.6 users can drag and drop attachments into Gmail messages without hassling through the slow, kind of annoying manual file upload. Gmail has also increased their support for Google Calendar with a new Invitation feature.

Drag-and-drop support allows you to simply attach a file into Gmail composition window by dragging the file from an open window into it. There's not much to it beyond that, but it's an incredibly handy feature to have.

Gmail Adds Drag-and-Drop Attachment Uploads, Deeper Calendar Integration

Also, provided you have permission and access to view other people's Google Calendar, you can now view them when sending out an invitation. Under the subject field in Gmail, there's a new Invitation link to invite other people to an event. You can check your invitee's availability without going into Google Calendar to compare times. When you're finished, a preview of the invitation will appear in your email message. After you send the email, the event's automatically added to your calendar and your friend's calendar.

Gmail Adds Drag-and-Drop Attachment Uploads, Deeper Calendar Integration

It's a good day to be a Gmail user.

Drag and drop attachments onto messages [The Official Gmail Blog]

Insert a calendar invitation [The Official Gmail Blog]

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Best Tools for Managing Your Multi-Monitor Setup? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5518235/best-tools-for-managing-your-multi+monitor-setup

Best Tools for Managing Your Multi-Monitor Setup?Having dual, triple, or even more monitors can be a productivity boon, but it's not without quirks. Despite the increase in multi-monitor-friendly features in current operating systems, you still have to tweak and tune for a smooth multi-monitor experience.

Photo by totalAldo.

This week we want to hear about the tools you use to manage, tweak, and tame your multi-monitor setup for maximum usability and productivity. What tools enhance your miles of screen real estate? Share your favorite tool and what makes it so great in the comments below.

Hive Five nominations take place in the comments, where you post your favorite tool for the job. We get hundreds of comments, so to make your nomination clear, please include it at the top of your comment like so: VOTE: X. Please don't include your vote in a reply to another commenter. Instead, make your vote and reply separate comments. If you don't follow this format, we may not count your vote. To prevent tampering with the results, votes from first-time commenters may not be counted. After you've made your nomination, let us know what makes it stand out from the competition.

About the Hive Five: The Hive Five feature series asks readers to answer the most frequently asked question we get: "Which tool is the best?" Once a week we'll put out a call for contenders looking for the best solution to a certain problem, then YOU tell us your favorite tools to get the job done. Every weekend, we'll report back with the top five recommendations and give you a chance to vote on which is best. For an example, check out last week's Five Best Home Inventory Tools.

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TVLogic debuts 56-inch LUM-560W 4K x 2K LCD a few years ahead of time

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/tvlogic-debuts-56-inch-lum-560w-4k-x-2k-lcd-a-few-years-ahead-of/

Oh sure, it's not that we've never seen a 4K x 2K display before, but few are both a) this small and b) this connected. Introduced over at NAB 2010, the LUM-560W is quite a different beast from the two OLED sets already shown by TVLogic. Boasting a 56-inch 10-bit panel, a native 3,840 x 2,160 resolution, 1,500:1 contrast ratio and support for the company's own color calibrator utility, the only major bummer is the totally corporate bezel that we're forced to deal with. There's also too many ports to count, but we'll try: four HDMI inputs, four DVI-D inputs, four 3G/HD/SD-SDI inputs and four 3G/HD/SD-SDI outputs. There's nary a mention of price of availability, but you'll probably need a nice archive of raw RED footage before you genuinely care about either.

TVLogic debuts 56-inch LUM-560W 4K x 2K LCD a few years ahead of time originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC Droid Incredible officially official for Verizon, April 29 for $200 (updated with a live shot!)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/htc-droid-incredible-officially-official-for-verizon-april-29-f/

Though some information leaked out of Verizon's pipes yesterday, HTC just got really real with the Droid Incredible at the 99% Conference in New York today. Specs are pretty much what we expected: Android 2.1 with Sense, an 8 megapixel cam, 1GHz Snapdragon (not the underclocked core we'd heard rumored before, thankfully), WiFi, and a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED display. Basically, this unit is a Sense-ified HTC Nexus One with an up-spec'd camera and a penchant for Verizon's airwaves -- and for a whole lotta Android users, that's exactly what the doctor ordered. It hits on April 29 for $199.99 on contract after a $100 mail-in rebate -- but in the mean time, you'll be able to pre-order starting on the 19th. Full PR after the break.

Update: We've also got a live shot of the device after the break. Thanks, Bryan!

Update 2: Verizon's own Incredible site is now live -- have fun over there! Thanks, Artem!

Update 3: We've confirmed that the phone will be up for pre-sale at Best Buy starting on the 18th, and per usual, this route will ensure you get the handset for $199.99 sans any mail-in rebate hassles.

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HTC Droid Incredible officially official for Verizon, April 29 for $200 (updated with a live shot!) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple looking to hire camera expert, iPad Camera Kit to support USB audio?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/apple-looking-to-hire-camera-expert-ipad-camera-kit-to-support/

We know it's been hard to deal with the comparative lack of iPad rumors now that the thing has actually be released (in some places, at least), but we've got a bit of a treat today: not one but two camera-related iPad rumors. The first comes courtesy of an Apple job posting for a Performance QA Engineer for iPad media who, among other things, must rely on their "knowledge of digital camera technology (still and video) to develop and maintain testing frameworks for both capture and playback pipelines." While anything to result from that may have to wait until iPad 2.0, Apple software engineering manager William Stewart has dropped another interesting detail on an Apple mailing list concerning the soon-to-be-available Camera Connection Kit. Apparently, in addition to accommodating your digital camera, the USB adapter will also support class-compliant USB audio devices -- although that is yet to be confirmed by Apple itself. Of course, you'll also need some apps to take advantage of that, but Stewart seems to also imply the necessary functionality is at least already built into the OS, which would seem to make apps only a matter of time. We'll let you take the speculation from there.

Apple looking to hire camera expert, iPad Camera Kit to support USB audio? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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