drag2share: Evoluce Kinect SDK hits the web, gives you an alternative to Microsoft's wares

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/evoluce-kinect-sdk-hits-the-web-gives-you-an-alternative-to-mic/

If you think Microsoft should have all the SDK fun, just cause the company created the Kinect? Well, Evoluce clearly disagrees. The company behind Win & I and the Evoluce ONE 47-inch multitouch PC is offering devs its own tools for creating apps and interfaces that take advantage of the Kinect on Windows 7. The SDK is a free download, but it plans to release a commercial version sometime in the future -- taking the battle straight to the boys in Redmond. Check out the video and PR after the break.

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drag2share: Talk mounts that version 5 could be Silverlight's last, might only work with Internet Explorer

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/talk-mounts-that-version-5-could-be-silverlights-last-might-on/

Could Microsoft's Silverlight soon be following in the footsteps of Adobe's Flash Player for mobile devices? That's still unconfirmed by Microsoft, but ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley is reporting that she's heard from several sources who say that Silverlight 5 will be the last version of the rich media platform, and that it's not clear how long it will be supported after it's released later this month. What's more, another source tells Foley that the final version of Silverlight 5 itself might only work with Internet Explorer on Windows, as opposed to earlier versions that have also supported Chrome and Safari on both OS X and Windows. As ZDNet notes, however, the end of Silverlight wouldn't necessarily mean an end to all of the work Microsoft has done on Silverlight -- we've already heard about a Silverlight-like app framework that's coming in a future Xbox update, and many of the same principles can also be found in the Metro-style apps for Windows 8.

Talk mounts that version 5 could be Silverlight's last, might only work with Internet Explorer originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Shaw plants 100Gbps fibers in Canada, watches them grow

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/shaw-plants-100gbps-fibers-in-canada-watches-them-grow/

Consumers can dream of 1Gbps, businesses might ask for 10Gbps, but here's the next step along that logarithmic curve: Shaw and Alcatel-Lucent just launched a new 100Gbps inter-city fiber optic network in Canada, following a successful trial between Calgary and Edmonton. The network can purportedly handle 133 million simultaneous voice calls, 440,000 HDTV channels, or transmit the equivalent of 44 Blu-ray discs in a single second. More redweed details in the PR after the break.

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drag2share: Epson's Transparent Video Glasses Let You See the Judgmental Stares of Others [Video]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5857826/epsons-transparent-video-glasses-let-you-see-the-judgmental-stares-of-others

Yesterday we reviewed Sony's HMZ-T1 3DTV Headset and while it provides a great 3D experience, it completely removes the viewer from the world around them. That's not the case with Epson's new see-through Moverio BT-100 video glasses. They allow for a private viewing experience while still allowing the wearer to keep an eye on their surroundings, and everyone staring at them.

According to Epson, a pair of 0.52 inch LCD displays, each with a resolution of 960x540, create a viewing experience that's akin to watching a 320 inch display from 65 feet away. Which is the equivalent of watching a 50 inch display from about 10 feet, for those who don't have a gymnasium sized living room. Multimedia content is fed to the glasses via a tethered control unit running Android 2.2, and while videos and pictures can be played from an SDHC card, the unit is equipped with wifi, a touchpad, and a flash-enabled web browser so content can also be streamed online.

Available in Japan on November 25 for about $643, the Moverios can also be worn over a user's regular glasses, just the like oversized sunglasses that adorn grandparents around the world. And while they seem targeted as the ideal way to pass the time while flying, I think they're far better suited for a daily commute on the subway, letting you catch up on TV while keeping an eye on that sketchy dude sitting across from you. [Epson via TechCrunch]

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drag2share: Will the HTC Ville be the First Phone to Screw Up Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC Sense? [Android]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5857886/will-the-htc-ville-be-the-first-phone-to-screw-up-ice-cream-sandwich-with-htc-sense

BGR just leaked info about the HTC Ville, an Android phone that'll supposedly be announced by HTC at next year's Mobile World Congress, and it looks really great... except for one thing. It plasters the needless HTC Sense all over Ice Cream Sandwich. WHYYY

Aside from that, the HTC Ville is a 4.3-inch, 1.5 GHz dual phone with a qHD Super AMOLED display and an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video. The body of the Ville is supposed to be some sort of metal and it'll be less than 8mm thick. According to BGR's sources, the Ville won't have NFC.

That sounds like a super solid phone made better by the fact that it's running Ice Cream Sandwich. But like most Android phone makers, HTC feels the need to ruin a perfectly fine operating system in Android 4.0 with a silly third party skin—HTC Sense 4.0 is expected to launch with the Ville. I was hoping that Ice Cream Sandwich would kill all these dummy skins but I guess they'll never die, they'll just live in a zombie existence on some poor sap's phone. [BGR]

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