Thursday, September 05, 2013

Eyes-on with LG's 55-inch Gallery OLED TV (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/05/eyes-on-lg-55-inch-gallery-oled/

LG's showing off its new 55-inch OLED set here at IFA, and (get this) it's not a curved one. Though it's bucking the trend made so popular by LG itself (along with Samsung), the product is hardly boring; the so-called Gallery comes complete with a sound bar disguised as an art mat. LG's included its canvas speakers all around the panel to pump out 2.2-channel sound, along with a subwoofer.

In theory, the Gallery (model 55EA8800, if you must know) sounds a bit gaudy, but the execution is anything but. For one, it looks sleek despite the soundbar backing -- it won't distract your eye from the 55-inch panel. Colors looked extremely vibrant, and images extremely clear, when we viewed the OLED in LG's booth at IFA. Sound quality is strong as well. This is a straightforward (premium) TV, of course, but if you want to leverage the product's artsy pedigree, you can enable Gallery Mode, which displays a selection of works of art from Van Gogh and others. The set ships with a simple, thin black frame, but other, more elaborate options could become available later on.

The Gallery and the sound bar "art mat" will be sold as a bundle for €8,999. An LG booth attendant told us the TV will launch at the end of the year, though the company has made no official comment. Check out the eyes-on video for a closer look.%Gallery-slideshow79668%

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Posted by Augustine at 10:43 AM

Haier's new OLED TV is harder to push over than most

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/05/haier-tv-stand/

Haier shows off an OLED TV with a builtin stand at IFA

Eye control is all well and good, but what Haier was really pumped about at this year's IFA was its new 55-inch OLED set. And, granted, the set is nice and thin at four millimeters, with a 1.5 millimeter bezel. What the company was really excited about, however, was the built-in stand. Yep, it's a four millimeter thick TV that can stand on its own, making it really difficult to push over in one direction, at least. We appreciate the sentiment, but we'll be more excited when we can start controlling the thing with our brains.

Follow all of our IFA 2013 coverage by heading to our event hub!

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Posted by Augustine at 10:43 AM

drag2share: 'WAKE UP, YOU LITTLE...' Dad Wakes To Hear A Man Talking To His Little Girl Through Her Internet-Connected Baby Monitor

source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/Xv3iqhg-oNU/the-dark-side-of-the-internet-of-things-2013-9

baby monitor

There is a new trend in technology called "the Internet of things."

All your household electronics and appliances are getting connected to the Internet – everything from your lights to your thermostats.

In the long run, connecting these things to the Internet will provide all sorts of conveniences and efficiencies.

But there is a dark side to the Internet of Things.

Forbes, for example, just published a story by Kashmir Hill about a man named Marc Gilbert who woke up on the night of his 34th birthday to hear a sound coming from his 2-year-old daughter's bed room. 

Gilbert says he heard a man saying to his daughter: "Wake up, you little slut."

Awful.

The voice was coming through her Internet-connected baby monitor.

Hill says the hacker probably found the baby monitor through a search engine called Shodan, which indexes the "Internet of Things" the way Google indexes the regular Internet.

Shodan can find all kinds of stuff: webcams, traffic lights, glucose meters.

Scary.

Hill says the key to protecting yourself against invasions like the one Gilbert went through is to never buy an Internet-connected gadget that is not password protected. Also, if you buy one that comes with a default password and user name, change it immediately.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:32 AM

Enable Google's Hidden Themes for the Stock Android Keyboard

Source: http://lifehacker.com/enable-googles-hidden-themes-for-the-stock-android-key-1253487329

Enable Google's Hidden Themes for the Stock Android Keyboard

If you don't love the look of Android's stock keyboard, Google actually has a few other themes built-in. You just need to uncover them with this trick.

You'll need a custom launcher that can access Android Activities for this to work, like Apex or Nova—which we highly recommend downloading anyway, since they're awesome. Once you've got one installed, just follow these steps:

  1. Long-press on the home screen and head to Shortcuts > Activities from the menu that pops up.
  2. Choose "Google Keyboard" (or "Android Keyboard (AOSP)" depending on your device and Android version), and head to "Android Keyboard Debug Settings." This will create a shortcut on your home screen.
  3. Tap that new shortcut and you'll get some advanced settings for your stock keyboard. Choose "Keyboard Theme" to pick a new theme for your keybaord.

Enable Google's Hidden Themes for the Stock Android Keyboard

You can choose from Basic (which is the pre-Gingerbread theme), Stone, Gingerbread, and IceCreamSandwich (the default on ICS and higher), with a few variations. Pick which one you like, and enjoy!

Google Keyboard Themes | Google Operating System

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Posted by Augustine at 8:15 AM

Nikon's Tiny LED Light Keeps Darkness Out of Your Camera's Way

Source: http://gizmodo.com/nikons-tiny-led-light-keeps-darkness-out-of-your-camer-1255317688

Nikon's Tiny LED Light Keeps Darkness Out of Your Camera's Way

Nikon's LD-1000 LED movie light is an inexpensive, portable lighting solution that could make shooting video with company's Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras a lot easier. The always-on light mounts to your camera and keeps the scene in front of you continuously illuminated with what Nikon promises is a natural-looking, diffuse white glow.

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