Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Sony Ericsson's 8.1 megapixel C905 breaks free

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/313603432/

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No surprises here but at least Sony Ericsson's C905 Cyber-shot is now official. As a camera, we're talking Xenon flash, face detection, image stabilization and 8.1 megapixels crammed into a tiny sensor of unspecified make or dimensions. As a phone we're looking at quad-band GSM (9-hours talk / 380 hours standby) and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100 on the C905a worldphone variant. It also comes packing an auto-rotating, 2.4-inch scratch-resistant QVGA display, aGPS with Google Maps, A2DP stereo Bluetooth, TV-out, 2GB of included Memory Stick Micro (M2), and WiFi with DLNA support when this slider is loosed upon the globe in Q4.
[Vi a Esato, thanks Adrian L.]
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Posted by Augustine at 6:10 AM

Sony Ericsson makes good on Motion Gaming F305 and S302 Snapshot handsets

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/313629845/

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We'll make this quick since we've already given you all the details related to Sony Ericsson's Motion Gaming F305 and S302 Snapshot. The F305 quad-band GSM/EDGE slider relies upon a motion-sensing accelerometer (pictured bowling), dedicated gaming controls, and stereo speakers to create the gaming experience -- an experience hampered by a wee 2.0-inch, 176 x 220 display. It ships with a standard 8-hour battery with an optional CPP-100 backup battery pack to extend play. The quad-band GSM/EDGE S302 Snapshot is just a regular ol' candybar with 2 megapixel sensor, photo light, video recording, and plenty of build-up trying to position it as a camera first, phone second. Both hit in Q4.

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Posted by Augustine at 6:10 AM

Monday, June 16, 2008

CloudPrint Stores and Prints Documents at Home from Any Browser [Printing]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/311416035/cloudprint-stores-and-prints-documents-at-home-from-any-browser

cloudprint.pngPrint any document from your computer to any other internet-connected PC with webapp CloudPrint. The service, by the folks at Hewlett-Packard, is built around the notion that you'll use it primarily as a mobile tool, binding your login to your phone number and providing SMS updates of the status of documents you print through CloudPrint. You can print a document with CloudPrint in three ways: 1) Install the Windows-only CloudPrint driver and select CloudPrint as your printer, 2) email documents as attachments to your_phone_number@cloudprint.net, or 3) from the desktop or mobile web interface. CloudPrint is free to use, and the driver is currently Windows only. For an alternative, check out previously mentioned PrinterAnywhere.


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Posted by Augustine at 3:38 PM

Make Your Own Stabilized Video Collage [Digital Photography]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/311807044/make-your-own-stabilized-video-collage

stabilizedvideocollage.png One of the most creative uses of Flickr video support is the "stabilized video collage," a beautiful way to capture a scene in a multi-frame moving portrait, as shown. Out of respect for the producer's copyright, we didn't embed the actual video example in this post, just a reduced thumbnail—so go here to see it in action. Then check out a how-to video on making your own collage, which involves combining two videos into one frame using Motion for Mac. Neat!


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Posted by Augustine at 3:29 PM

Magnetic RAM is Faster, Uses 90% Less Power

source: http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1730/71/


Written by Hank Green   
Monday, 09 June 2008

IBM and Toshiba are looking toward the next generation of RAM. They want it to be faster, of course, but they're also hoping to score two of the biggest unobtained prizes in RAM:

  1. Instant Boot
  2. Unpowered Storage

Instant boots save energy in several indirect ways. It promotes powering down computers at night, as the powering up becomes less inconvenient. Unpowered storage decreases power use dramatically because the RAM can continue to hold data without having to constantly pull from the power supply. Toshiba estimates that the MRAM will use about 10% less energy per megabyte than today's RAM.

Unfortunately, MRAM currently has problems operating at a wide variety of temperatures. The inside of a computer has a pretty wide temperature range. Toshiba says that they have overcome this problem, and they expect MRAM to take over the market by 2015.

Via TechRadar



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