Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Article: Hobbyists are now building tablets using a $35 computer brain

Hobbyists have been assembling personal computers from their components for decades, buying the processors and other parts and putting them together in their basements. Now they're doing the same for tablet computers. Among them is Michael Castor of Make, the publisher of geek do-it-yourself info...

http://qz.com/165822/pipad-hobbyists-are-building-tablets-using-a-raspberry-pi/

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Article: Netflix: ISP Performance Up in December Except in US, Mexico

Every month, Netflix updates its ISP Speed Index to show how each provider fared in the preceding month. The rankings rarely change, especially in the US where Google Fiber is always first. For December, however, a little tidbit stood out: "Performance was up in all countries, except the US and M...

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/01/13/netflix-says-isp-performance-december-countries-except-us-mexico/

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You Can Build This Elegant Raspberry Pi Tablet Yourself

Source: http://gizmodo.com/you-can-build-this-elegant-rapberry-pi-tablet-yourself-1500900271

You Can Build This Elegant Raspberry Pi Tablet Yourself

Hey, a new tablet! Crisp 10-inch touchscreen? Check. Luxurious carbon fiber and wood case? Present. Huge 10,000mAh battery? Yep. Linux-based and built at home? Err...

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Sonyâs Xperia T2 Ultra: 2014â²s First Gigantaphone

Source: http://gizmodo.com/sony-s-xperia-t2-ultra-2014-s-first-gigantaphone-1500913706

Sony’s Xperia T2 Ultra: 2014′s First Gigantaphone

Sony's announced a new mid-to-high-end "phablet" model today, with its Xperia T2 Ultra arriving in both normal and dual-SIM options. It combines a 1080p display with a 13-Megapixel camera, with Sony plumbing its quad-core Qualcomm MSM8928 chipset into 1GB of RAM.

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drag2share: Google Image Search makes it easier to sort results by licensing rights

source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/14/google-image-search-creative-commons/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full

Google Image Search has allowed users to filter results based on how they're licensed since 2009, but the option remained hidden under an advanced options menu where few users ever look. Now, a request by law professor and Creative Commons founding member Lawrence Lessig has changed that. Bing added the option to filter by licensing rights last July with placement front and center, and Googler Matt Cutts tweeted that his company's search engine has a similar option, shown above. Perfect for bloggers in a hurry (cough) or anyone looking to whip up an image for a new meme, it can pick out images labeled for reuse, reuse with modification, or commercial variants of either.

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