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Sunday, January 08, 2012

drag2share: Xi3's TAND3M software enables two users to tap into a single modular PC, microSERV3R en route

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/xi3s-tand3m-software-two-users-ces-2012/

Hard to say how many Xi3 "modular computers" have been moved to date, but enabling a single one to serve two masters might just create a new market for it. The outfit's here in Vegas to introduce its new TAND3M software, described as a program that'll enable two people to simultaneously share and use one Xi3 Modular Computer for all computing functions. The outfit's trumpeting the lower overall cost of implementation, and while the app itself will demand $100, that's far cheaper than paying a few hundred bones for an entirely new rig. In order to take advantage, you'll need to have two separate monitors, keyboards and mice, and it'll play nice with Xi3 machines using either Linux or Windows. We're told to expect availability in "the first half of 2012," and in related news, the company's launching new 4x4x4-inch microSERV3R (yeah, it's a full-blown server). We'll be jonesing for a look ourselves as soon as the show floor opens up

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drag2share: Intel collaborating with more system-on-chip vendors, bringing Wireless Display to more places

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/intel-wireless-display-widi-new-devices/

Intel's Wireless Display hasn't exactly generated AirPlay-level buzz, but there's no question that it's a beautiful feature to end up with on insert-your-next-system-here. In a bid to bring WiDi to even more places (and in turn, generate even more buzz), the company's reaching out to System-On-Chip (SoC) vendors -- including Cavium, Mstar Semiconductor, Sigma Designs, Realtek, and Wondermedia -- in order to slide the feature over to even more connected TVs, set-top boxes and "other home consumer electronic devices." In other words, "you'll soon be able to enjoy streaming your PC to your HDTV with WiDi technology built-in, without the need for an external adapter." Naturally, we'll be looking for proof as soon as the CES show floor opens up.

Intel collaborating with more system-on-chip vendors, bringing Wireless Display to more places originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: LG home theater system adds vertical speakers for 9.1 surround sound

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/lg-home-theater-system-adds-vertical-speakers-for-9-1-surround-s/

While 3D video is already running rampant throughout the latest HDTVs, another new bullet point feature is 3D sound, and naturally LG's newest home theater systems have it. LG will have four new home theater systems on display this week at CES, but the first one it's showing off is the BH9420PW, which uses "3D Sound Zooming" to match the positioning of sounds with 3D video being displayed on one of LG's TVs. It achieves this thanks to four upright speakers added to the traditional 5.1 layout and algorithm that detects depth of effects being watched in 3D. According to LG, this makes for a wider sweet spot than usual, but as always we'll let our ears be the judge. There's a few more details in the press release after the break along with a couple more pictures to tide you over until the press conference kicks off at 11AM ET, January 9th.

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drag2share: LG Cinema Screen LCD HDTVs slice bezel to 1mm, let two players share one TV

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/lg-cinema-screen-lcd-hdtvs-slice-bezel-to-1mm-let-two-players-s/

LG has been pushing its flavor of 3DTV as Cinema 3D, and now it has slipped the theater related nomenclature onto another feature, the 1mm thin LCD bezels it has dubbed "Cinema Screen". It claims this move brings the experience closer to the theater, but that's not the only new feature for 2012. LG announced it will offer Dual Play, where it uses polarized glasses to let two different players see only their perspective on the full screen at once in games that support it. Vizio demonstrated the feature last year as Versus and Sony brought it to market in the PlayStation 3D display. We'll likely get more time with those razor thin bezels once CES is truly underway, for now check after the break for the press release.

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drag2share: Fujifilm X-Pro1 lenses get Amazon product pages, prices

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/fujifilm-x-pro1-lenses-get-amazon-product-pages-prices/

Well, that didn't take long. Just yesterday, Wells Fargo Advisors reportedly outed the Fujifilm X-Pro1, a possible successor to the X100 -- today, Amazon's thrown up a trio of product pages for the shooter's leaked lenses. The product descriptions match the previous rumors to a tee, pricing the 18mm (27mm equivalent) f/2.0 and 35mm (53mm equivalent) f/1.4 lens at $500, and the larger 60mm (90mm equivalent) f/2.4 lens priced at $600. Confirmation? Not exactly, but we'll find out soon enough -- Fuijifilm takes these stage on January 9th.

Fujifilm X-Pro1 lenses get Amazon product pages, prices originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Saturday, January 07, 2012

drag2share: Toshiba's Dishing Out a 55-inch 3DTV with 4x the HD (And No Glasses!) [Televisions]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5873873/toshibas-dishing-out-a-55+inch-with-4x-the-hd-and-zero-glasses

Toshiba's Dishing Out a 55-inch 3DTV with 4x the HD (And No Glasses!) If you have over $10,000 and a hunger for ludicrously high definition TVs, Toshiba's impending 55-inch predator is gunning for your wallet and cranium. 4k resolution is more spec candy than anything, but glasses-free 3D? Yes please.

If you want 3D, you'll have to do with a measly 720p, but 2D content will enjoy the beastly mega-resolution that smashes 1080p by a factor of four. Engadget says it'll arrive the first quarter of this year. So start saving. Let's hope CES has more headwear-eliminating 3D sets (and 4k resolution monsters). [Engadget via The Verge]

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drag2share: ASUS promises Windows 8 on ARM tablet, 3G Transformer Prime, 7-inch Eee Memo Pad

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/asus-windows-8-tablet-promised/

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We're still days away from CES but the promises show no signs of slowing down. ASUS is the latest, hosting a Taipei event in which its representatives rattled off a long list of fabulous devices to whet your appetite. First up is a 3G version of the Transformer Prime, presumably boasting some more capable AGPS onboard. We're told the 7-inch Eee Memo Pad will be on display here at CES as well but, most interestingly, that a tablet running Windows 8 on ARM is coming a little further down the road. It's said to be at least similar in design to the Prime but an indicated release of late 2012 sadly leaves us wanting.

ASUS promises Windows 8 on ARM tablet, 3G Transformer Prime, 7-inch Eee Memo Pad originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Motorola teases wireless power, invites you to 'Stay Unplugged' (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/motorola-wireless-power-ces-2012/

Motorola teases wireless power, invites you to 'Stay Unplugged' (video)

Frowny-faced USB adapters? They're the future, says Motorola. The company has just posted a teaser video inviting us all to "Stay Unplugged," featuring an animated USB brick that will break your heart as it sheds a single tear. What does this mean? Wireless power is going to be a big part of the company's CES plans, we'd say, but we'll all have to wait and see the details. In the interim, don't feel bad for the poor thing. It is, after all, a vampire.

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drag2share: Fusion-io breaks one billion IOPS barrier, pauses to congratulate itself

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/fusion-io-one-billion-iops-iodrive-duo-flash-storage-record/

Let's get a little perspective, shall we? Corsair's Force Series 3 SSD -- a wholly awesome product in its own right -- is capable of hitting around 85,000 IOPS. On a good day. Fusion-io has been pushing the NAND storage envelope for years now, but even its recently-unveiled ioDrives deliver between 700,000 and 900,000 IOPS. Today, however, the company's pausing to pat itself squarely on the back -- and rightfully so. It managed to achieve one billion input and output operations per second in a technology demonstration conducted at DEMO Enterprise: An Evening of Innovation.

We're told that it was during a preview of the company's latency reducing Auto Commit Memory (ACM) extension, part of the Fusion ioMemory subsystem, and that it's "rethinking how to provide powerful modern CPUs with the data they need through sophisticated software architectures." The demo utilized eight HP ProLiant DL370 servers, each equipped with eight ioDrive2 Duos, to break the one billion IOP barrier when transferring 64 byte data packets. 'Course, that'd probably cost you a few dozen years of work if you were to buy such a setup yourself, but hey -- at least someone's working to eliminate the mechanical drive sooner rather than later, right?

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drag2share: Vizio's next market? Desktop and laptop PCs (Update: pictures!)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/vizio-desktop-laptop-pc/

Just when it seems like everyone is running away from the PC business, well known HDTV company Vizio has apparently decided that after dabbling in lightbulbs, it's a great time to get in. Chief Technology Officer Matt McRae revealed in an interview with Bloomberg that it will introduce two desktop all-in-ones and three notebooks at CES next week, the former which probably explain that sleek display it flashed during its 2012 Rose Bowl advertisement. As usual, the focus is on value pricing, as he promised they would arrive by June (we're still waiting on the phone from last year, we'll chalk up the missing high end TVs to Google TV delays for now) at prices that "don't seem possible". The desktops are expected to be 24- and 27-inch models, while the laptops are a standard 15-incher, along with 14- and 15-inch ultralight models. We'll get our hands on the new PCs as quickly as possible to see if they match up to the ultrabook competition, and if Vizio can finally provide a PC AIO we're truly interested in.

Update: Check the gallery below for actual pictures of all the models in the lineup (24-inch All-in-One PC, 27-inch All-in-One PC, 14-inch Thin + Light Notebook, 15.6-inch Thin + Light Notebook, 15.6-inch Notebook ), while we don't know how they'll run from here, they certainly have sleek -- and familiar -- designs. Also, if you think Vizio's forgotten its roots, think again (peep the wired subwoofer and remote idling by that 27-incher). Just like its Tablet featured universal IR control built-in, the tie-ins are getting deeper, according to comments in the Wall Street Journal there are plans to allow for second screen information on a laptop or PC on the same network as one of its smart TVs.

Gallery: Vizio Laptops, All-in-ones

Vizio's next market? Desktop and laptop PCs (Update: pictures!) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Vuzix designs Smart Glasses to look like sunshades, tout connected transparent display

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/vuzix-smart-glasses-ces-2012/

Vuzix has announced plans to develop a stylish head-mounted display solution in the form of Smart Glasses, through a licensing partnership with Nokia. The yet-unnamed product would integrate a bright, high-contrast display with a pair of seemingly ordinary-looking sunglasses -- sounds like a perfect companion to the ZionEyez in-glasses camera prototype we saw last month. In Vuzix's words:

This amazing new technology starts with a compact display engine capable of hi contrast and brightness for outdoor use. The output is then relayed into a 1.4 mm thick plastic waveguide lens with input and output hologram structures on the surface which squeezes the light down the waveguide and then two dimensionally expands the image back into the user's eye, creating an image that is then mixed into the real world.

Naturally, the company envisions its Smart Glasses solution as a web-connected device, letting you watch videos or browse the internet while still being able to see-and-avoid pedestrians as you walk on the sidewalk or obstacles while behind the wheel -- try doing that with a Kindle or smartphone (better yet, please don't). Vuzix expects its Smart Glasses solution to start appearing as early as this summer, but we'll be getting an early look next week at CES.

Gallery: Vuzix SMART Glasses Technology

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drag2share: Brando gives the world the sub-$200 glasses-free 3D tablet it demands

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/brando-3d-tablet/

We wouldn't be entirely shocked to see a handful of 3D tablets pop up at CES next week. In the meantime, however, Brando's got a pretty good hold on the market, with the clunkily-named GADMEI T863-3D Tablet. The Gingerbread slate offers up 3D images and video on its eight-inch display, without the need for glasses. You'll also get HDMI out, a microSD slot and a front-facing camera on the thing. With 512MB of RAM on-board, this $199 tablet won't be the quickest one around, but at least you'll be able to brag about being the first person on your block with a 3D slate, for whatever that's worth. Video of the tablet in action after the break.

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drag2share: CHART OF THE DAY: When Obama Runs For Re-Election, He's Going To Show This Chart

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-the-good-news-about-unemployment-for-president-obama-2012-1

With today's good jobs number, it's time to update this classic.

The one chart Obama will show when he's running for re-election: Job creation under him, and job creation under President Bush.

Is it misleading and political? Sure, but that's politics.

chart of the day, unemployment rate vs job growth, jan 6 2012

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drag2share: DON'T PANIC: Hackers Broke Into A Major Security Product, But It Was An Old Version (SYMC)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/symantec-confirms-hackers-accessed-enterprise-security-product-2012-1

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Hackers successfully broke into an older version of an enterprise security product dubbed Symantec Antivirus, the company confirmed today.

The issue caused a panic on Thursday but by Friday, Symantec had sorted out which products were affected and claimed the risk was minimal to its millions of users.

The products involved were Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Symantec Antivirus 10.2, Symantec told SecurityWeek. While the company still supports them -- meaning there are enterprise customers that still use them -- the first product is four years old and Symantec Antivirus 10.2 has been discontinued.

A Symantec spokesperson told SecurityWeek that the products still work and have not been broken -- they didn't miss a virus, for example.

The hackers broke into servers run by Indian military intelligence, reports CNET, where they were able to read its source code and figure out how it works. However, this does not automatically mean that they can grab corporate data from it, even when it's being used by a customer.

At least the hackers did not get the products by breaking into Symantec's own network, as happened to security vendor RSA last summer.

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Thursday, January 05, 2012

drag2share: JEFFREY GUNDLACH: This Presentation Has Every Chart You Need To Understand The Global Financial Markets And Economy

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-gundlach-doubleline-presentation-just-markets-2012-1

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Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Funds just wrapped up a conference call with clients, which included this presentation, the first of 2012. In it, Gundlach reviews what happened in the financial markets and the economy in 2011 and addresses what he expects to happen in 2012.

The title of his presentation, "Just Markets," is pretty self-explanatory. It's loaded with all of the charts you need to understand what's going on in the world.

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