Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/07/trendnet-tew-692gr-450mbps-concurrent-dual-band-router-yet-anot/
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Source: http://lifehacker.com/5726454/freeocr-is-a-no+hassle-scan+to+text-converter-for-windows
Since so many scanners these days come as part of an all-in-one printer/scanner/copier combo, avoiding the installation of gigantic, auto-starting, self-promoting printer drivers is something we should all strive for. FreeOCR is a great alternative if you need to occasionally rip some text from a letter or other document. The app can grab text right off the scanner, or you can feed it a PDF file. Either way, your PDF shows up in the left window, and your text is ready to edit or copy in the right. Why more OCR apps aren't like this, we can't quite say.
FreeOCR is a free download for Windows systems only. Look for the download link a bit down the page. The app needs an internet connection active during installation, because it seems to be grabbing updated files from its server.
Source: http://lifehacker.com/5726965/google-docs-now-allows-streaming-of-uploaded-videos
It's actually a pretty nice feature if you want to, say, share videos with friends without uploading it to YouTube. To play a video in Google Docs, just navigate to it in your documents list—it should already be processed through a YouTube-like player and be streamable. Video files can be up to 1 GB, and will need to be in one fo the following formats:
- WebM files (Vp8 video codec and Vorbis Audio codec)
- .MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV files - (h264 and mpeg4 video codecs and AAC audio codec)
- .AVI (many cameras use this format - typically the video codec is MJPEG and audio is PCM)
- .MPEGPS (MPEG2 video codec and MP2 audio)
- .WMV
- .FLV (Adobe - FLV1 video codec, MP3 audio)
You will need Flash installed to stream the videos. Any videos you've uploaded in the past should be playable, though Google's still processing all the videos on their servers, so it still may take a little while for all of yours to show up (depending on when you uploaded them). Hit the link for more info.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5726567/verizons-first-lte-wi+fi-hotspot
No price or date—or battery life spec—for Samsung's 4G Hotspot or Novatel's MiFi 4510L yet, unfortunately. Just that they'll support up to 5 devices.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5727221/contourgps-uses-your-smartphone-as-a-viewfinder
By applying a firmware upgrade for the camera and downloading a free phone app, Contour GPS users can stream their cameras' view (at 8FPS) to their smartphones over Bluetooth. Having a viewfinder for one of these cameras is a huge deal—it's easy to end up with a poorly-framed video with one of these cameras, since you typically can't preview your shot before recording—but with a range of 30+ feet, there's a lot of room for creative use (Think super simple surveillance, a rear-mounted car camera, confessional-style video, etc.) Here's how it works:
The Android app should be available in Spring, and the iPhone app should follow soon after. Unfortunately, due to differences in Bluetooth handling between Android and iOS, the iPhone version will require a $30 transmitter that slips into an expansion port on the ContourGPS camera.
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