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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

AirDropper Requests Files via Email and Saves to Your Dropbox [File Sharing]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5615351/airdropper-requests-files-via-email-and-saves-to-your-dropbox

AirDropper Requests Files via Email and Saves to Your Dropbox
Not everybody's down with free file syncing service Dropbox, but that's not a problem with free webapp AirDropper. Use it to request a file, through email or password-protected link, and when they upload it, it goes right into your Dropbox space.

AirDropper authenticates itself with your Dropbox account, then asks you to fill out a request form for the file you're looking to receive. After providing the email address of the file-haver, or getting them a password-protected link through other means, they'll get to a page that simply asks them to browse and select the file, then upload it. That file lands right in your Dropbox account, in a folder you specify, and the world feels ever more connected.

It's a nice go-between agent for clients who can't send a large file out via email, or for pinging you friends and reminding them to send along that MP3 you were talking about last night.

AirDropper is free to use while in beta, but will eventually take on a "freemium" tiered pricing model that keeps a free option, according to its developer. It requires a free Dropbox account and an authentication if your browser cookies get wiped.

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Logitech's Wireless Illuminated K800 keyboard boasts ambient light and proximity sensors, costs $100

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/logitechs-wireless-illuminated-k800-keyboard-boasts-ambient-lig/

It wasn't too long ago that we were pondering the relative scarcity of backlit desktop keyboards, so let's all warmly welcome a new entrant into this niche category. The K800 from Logitech picks up where the wired Illuminated Keyboard left off: it has the requisite inflated price, adjustable and intelligent illumination to please functionalists, and a dagger-like profile for aesthetes. Ambient light sensors will align the keyboard's brightness to your environment, while proximity detectors will only flip the switch when your hands are in position to start writing. There's also a Micro USB cable to refresh your battery when it starts running low -- it's rated for up to 10 days of wireless use -- but whether this whole package of smart convenience is worth the $99.99 we'll leave up to you. The K800 should be shipping out later this month, and you can find out more about it in the press release after the break.

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Toshiba demonstrates successful BPR HDD, is 2.5Tb per inch a platter's last stand?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/toshiba-demonstrates-successful-bpr-hdd-is-2-5tb-per-inch-a-pla/

We'll be honest: we thought SSDs would suck down most of platter-based storage's milkshake by now -- that magnetic disks would follow tapes into obscurity. Alas, SSDs are still niche items, and Toshiba is doing all it can to keep them that way, demonstrating a successful prototype of a new storage technique called bit-pattern recording that currently generates a storage density of 2.5Tb per square inch. That's about five times more dense than the company's current offerings, achieved by placing individual bits onto lithographed "islands" of magnetic material. This protects the charge of the individual bits and allows those sectors to be much smaller. Toshiba suggests we won't see these until 2013, but now we're left wondering what's next... can engineers stuff even more bits onto these things?

Toshiba demonstrates successful BPR HDD, is 2.5Tb per inch a platter's last stand? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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T-Mobile G2 gets a teaser site, will be network's first HSPA+ phone

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/t-mobile-g2-gets-a-teaser-site-will-be-networks-first-hspa-ph/

It's called the G2, it'll run Android, and it's T-Mobile's first phone to ride those wannabe-4G HSPA+ airwaves. Those are the facts we have. As to the speculation, a previous roadmap leak and T-Mobile's own reps indicate it'll be a HTC-built handset set for a September release, while a careful eyeballing of that silhouette leads us to thinking it's the same device as the purported myTouch HD we've been seeing around here lately. Whatever it is, it's coming soon!

[Thanks, Daniel]

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Microsoft's Arc Touch Mouse revealed?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/microsofts-arc-touch-revealed/

It's not official until Microsoft says it is, but the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse image above was just snagged off a German online store. Amazingly, the mouse arches it back for comfortable mousing before packing flat for easy transport. The mouse features touch-scrolling, battery indicator, and 2.4GHz nano transceiver that no doubt plugs into your laptop's USB port. Yours soon for €69.99... right, €0.99 more than Apple's Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad sells for in Germany.

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