Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Nokia's Internet Tablet hacked into secondary PC monitor

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/nokias-internet-tablet-hacked-into-secondary-pc-monitor/


What's more exciting than seeing Cupcake on a Nokia Internet Tablet? Seeing your Internet Tablet double as a secondary display, naturally! If you're too cash-strapped to go out and get one of those newfangled USB displays to run your widgets / chat windows / etc. in, and you're scrambling for reasons to not toss that N800 or N810 on eBay, you should certainly give the read link a look. We can't say this is the easiest hack in existence, but considering that no soldering irons are required, we'd say even the novice could at least give it a go. Plus, you can't put a price on extra utility. You just can't.

[Thanks, Addae]

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Posted by Augustine at 12:07 AM

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Samsung OmniaHD's camera put to the test

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/samsung-omniahds-camera-put-to-the-test/


Samsung sure has made some high claims about its OmniaHD supermegaphone, and now we've got some HD footage and stills to put those claims to the test. The camera does seem pretty stellar for a phone, and the video is undoubtedly HD, but we saw pretty sluggish performance in the HD recording mode, both in the on-screen preview and in the finished product. We'll chalk that up to the super-early build of the device software, but hopefully this will be resolved before the phone ships. The phone also does ultra-slowmotion video, which is awesome, but seems similarly inconsistent and stuttery in frame rate. We'll shut up and let you see it all for yourself, both in the gallery below and the videos after the break. Again, this is all from a pre-production phone, and we're really expecting (or at least hoping for) the frame rate to smooth out by launch. The video was shot in 720p, but it was downsampled for web playback -- it looks pretty sharp in native form, and the first image in the gallery is a screencap from the video in full resolution for your perusal.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:22 PM

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS, SD960 IS make brief, semi-official debut

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/canon-powershot-sd780-is-sd960-is-make-brief-semi-official-deb/


These aren't completely official just yet, but an impromptu appearance on Canon's own website certainly seems to indicate that the company's new PowerShot SD780 IS and SD960 IS should be getting the official treatment sooner rather than later. Both of these are 12-megapixel compacts and, most notably, each pack an HD movie mode (720p) and the requisite HDMI port to go along with it, along with Canon's trademark DIGIC IV image processor, and a 3x optical zoom on the SD780 (pictured above) and a 4x on the slightly larger SD960 (after the break). Unfortunately, there's no indication of a price, but both are apparently on track for a release sometime in April in a range of colors. Oh, and as if those weren't enough, we've also seen a stable of new models names leaked, though there aren't any images to back these up: A480, A1100 IS, A2100 IS, SD780 IS, SD960 IS, SD1200 IS, SX1 IS and SX200 IS. Is PMA just around the bend, or what?

[Thanks, Craig]

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Posted by Augustine at 9:21 PM

New Pico Projectors Offer DVD-Quality Resolution [Projectors]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/vXqlEQvxltM/new-pico-projectors-offer-dvd+quality-resolution

Guess which version is the second gen DLP Pico projector. (Hint: It's the smaller one on the right that's better in every way.)

There's really nothing exciting about micro projectors now other than where they can go. And TI's second generation projector is a promising step to mobile media "is that HD in your pocket?" nirvana. 20% smaller than the first Pico (and, maybe more importantly, 20% thinner as well), the new Pico projects an 854x480 (DVD quality) image with a contrast ratio of 1000:1. The missing spec is, of course, probably the most important one—brightness.

Still, how cool is that picture? Really cool. OK? Really cool. [TI via bbGadgets]



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Posted by Augustine at 9:19 PM

Discovered Materials Formed In Asteroid Impacts and Volcanic Eruptions Much Harder Than Diamonds [Diamonds]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/_fHQV0WQ9Yk/discovered-materials-formed-in-asteroid-impacts-and-volcanic-eruptions-much-harder-than-diamonds

Two materials, lonsdaleite and wurtzite, have just been recognized as being harder than diamonds. Lonsdalite, similar to diamonds that its made from carbon, is formed during asteroid impacts, and is 58% harder than its cousin. Wurtzite boron nitride is formed during heavy volcanic eruptions and can be up to 18% harder than diamonds.

oth are exceedingly rare in nature, and both form under crushing, searing conditions. Lonsdaleite is a cousin of the diamond, a hexagonal arrangement of carbon atoms that's 58% stronger than its shimmering relative, according to a computer simulation of its behavior. It's forged in nature during asteroid impacts.

The other mineral, wurtzite boron nitride is even more enigmatic. It comes together in especially punishing volcanic eruptions, and has flexible atomic bonds. When placed under stress it hardens until it is 18% stronger than a diamond.

Both materials are exceedingly rare. [Discovery News]



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Posted by Augustine at 9:18 PM

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