Famous Locations Shows You Where Movies and TV Shows Were Filmed [Movies]

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If you're the kind of fan that loves to dig into the history and process of film and television production—we're talking to you, Google-Map-wielding LOST fans—you'll love Famous Locations, an index of where your favorite stuff was filmed.

You can search the Famous Locations site by ZIP code, city, or region as well as by the movie title, TV title, or actor names. If you're feeling curious without a set searching goal in mind, you can simply hit the main map and poke around for locations that catch your eye.

In our testing, there were two fun ways to use the search feature. You could search for a favorite movie and see all the locations used for that movie. Just as interesting—perhaps more so—is to pick a location that you particularly liked from a movie or television show and see just how many times it had been used as a filming location. Places like the Empire State Building and various areas around the Harvard campus have gotten quite a bit of screen time over the years, it turns out, and might make for interesting drop-bys on a vacation.

FamousLocations [via MakeUseOf]

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iPhone Gets Better Image Stabilization from Pro-Camera App [IPhone Apps]

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There have been image stabilization iPhone camera apps before, but not until 3.0 have they had adequate access to the hardware to do proper processing. Pro-Camera is one of these.

Pro-Camera's features include that anti-shake, which uses the accelerometer to detect where the iPhone is moving in space, as well as self-timer and digital zoom. It's $3, which is not that much if the app really does improve your images dramatically. Though, they should really have some kind of demo that lets you take 10 photos to see if you like it. [iTunes via Wired]

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Sleek Privacy: Ruckstuhl Acoustic Panel [Office]

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According to Jason, the Ruckstuhl Acoustic Panel "is just the thing you need in the library so you won't have to stare at the homeless guy beating off across from you." Well, I got news for you, Mr. Chen.

First, the place you go to with the homeless guy is not a library, and second, the Ruckstuhl Acoustic Panel looks like a better fit for a couple of desks in open office or a home office. This, in fact, looks exactly like my home office, with two iMac 24s facing each other (except the Macs don't run Windows here):

The Ruckstuhl Acoustic Panel is made of 100% wool felt, and comes in various colors. It even comes with a magnet holder accessory, so you can put things on it. [Ruckstuhl via Unplggd]

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Acer's Android Netbook Arriving In Time For the Eggnog, Chrome OS Not So Much [NetBooks]

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There isn't a lack of Android MIDs and smartphones these days, and soon there will be an Android netbook on the market. Acer will release its dual-boot Android, Windows XP Aspire One in time for the holidays.

The Android has been out of the bag on the Aspire One, but now we know that you should be able to purchase it by November. It probably won't be all that much cheaper than the current 10-inch Aspire One (which goes for about $350) since it still runs Windows and will have comparable specs.

And while Chrome OS has been rumored to hit some Chinese netbooks as early as next month, that is surely not the case for the major netbook manufacturers. Acer, Lenovo and MSI all report that they have no plans to bring Chrome OS netbooks to market in the near future. That makes sense to us, since Google originally said it wouldn't be released until the second half of 2010. In the meantime we will be living with a crapload of Android (especially on Acer phones). [Acer]

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Now Available [Now Available]

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Mini DisplayPort to DVI, that's easy. But what if you need to go the opposite way? You long to connect your DVI graphics card to that alluring Cinema Display's Mini DisplayPort input. "Impossible!" you cry. It was. Until now.

• OK, so the reality of the situation might not be that exciting. All the Atlona DVI to Mini DisplayPort does is, well, convert a DVI signal to Mini DisplayPort. It's the first converter to accomplish the feat, though. For some users, especially laptop owners stuck with DVI out in their chassis, that's probably a big deal. Other than that, there's not much to write about. The converter supports resolutions up to 1920x1200, and it maintains HDCP information through the conversion. Hopefully that means there won't be any lockout issues now that iTunes is an HDCP curmudgeon. The fact that it's the first makes it pricey, but if it does what you need it to, you can grab the converter from Atlona for $179. [Press Release via Engadget]

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