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Monday, March 15, 2010

"Get YouTube" Bookmarklet Grabs YouTube Videos in One Click [YouTube]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5493662/get-youtube-bookmarklet-grabs-youtube-videos-in-one-click

"Get YouTube" Bookmarklet Grabs YouTube Videos in One Click You'll find no shortage of browser add-ons and specialty sites to help you grab clips off YouTube, but they all lack for the simplicity of a single-click bookmarklet.

Over at the technology site How-To Geek they've put together Get YouTube, a bookmarklet that enhances your YouTube experience by placing a simple download link in the sidebar of YouTube. It doesn't have any bells or whistles, you won't find any options for selecting formats or such, it just lets you download the video you are currently watching at the quality and size you're watching it at.

You don't need to install any add-ons, install Greasemonkey, or visit any specialty sites. Visit How-To Geek at the link below, drag the bookmarklet to your bookmark toolbar, and grab any YouTube video that catches your fancy. Have a favorite tool for capturing streaming media? Let's hear about it in the comments.

Download YouTube Videos the Easy Way [How-To Geek]

Librophile Makes Quick Work of Finding Free Audio and Ebooks [Books]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5493850/librophile-makes-quick-work-of-finding-free-audio-and-ebooks

There are loads of free audio and e-books available online for the taking, but tracking them down across their many sources can be tough. Web-based seach tool Librophile makes the job a lot easier.

If you're not sure what books you're looking for, just page through the listings. Each book entry includes the option to open a pop-up window to play an excerpt, opens the e-book in a new browser window, download the file in ZIP format, or subscribe to an audio book in iTunes. Hovering your mouse over the book title pops up a summary of what the story is about.

Librophile also lets users search by keyword or book title, or through categories like Popular or Genre. One particularly great feature of this free web site is how easy it is to listen to audio books right in the browser without installing a bunch of software. It's a definite plus for visually impaired users, or kids who won't sit still long enough to read the classics in dead-tree form.

Have a favorite tool for finding free books on the web? Let us know in the comments.

Librophile

Le Whif Coffee Inhaler: First Hit's Free $3 [Addicts]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5493588/le-whif-coffee-inhaler-first-hits-free-3

Le Whif Coffee Inhaler: First Hit's Free The makers of the Chocolate Inhaler have done themselves one better. The Le Whif Coffee Inhaler, a lipstick-sized tube that contains a "breathable coffee powder," gives you a nice caffeine fix without all that drinking and swallowing messiness. How nice?

Oh, just 100mg of caffeine. To give you some perspective, that's somewhere between a cup of instant and a double espresso, just from one little puff off a biodegradable tube. To give you overwhelming perspective, there's this:
This can only end well! The Coffee Inhaler is available for $3 a pop, or a box of three for $8. You know, if you want to share with friends, or never sleep again. [Le Whif via Boing Boing]

iPad pre-orders estimated at over 150,000 -- possibly ahead of iPhone rate

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ipad-pre-orders-estimated-at-over-150-000-possibly-ahead-of-i/

Let's get this out of the way right up front: the estimated number of iPads sold in the first 72 hours is nowhere near official. And if the numbers hadn't been scraped together by a well known amateur Apple analyst who regularly trumps the pros then we'd be skipping the fruits of his black magic algorithms altogether. Nevertheless, Daniel Tello (aka, Deagol), has applied his proven approach of extrapolating Apple web order numbers to come up with a 120,000 total for first day iPad sales that slowed to 152,000 after 72 hours (not including iPads reserved for pick-up). Tello told Fortune, "My best guess, although very tentative given the early stage and few data we have so far, would be that they hit the 1 million unit milestone by the second week after it ships." For those keeping track, it took the original iPhone 74 days to hit 1 million. Quite an accomplishment if these numbers pan out (and that's a big if!) considering that only 3 to 4 million tablets are sold globally each year.

iPad pre-orders estimated at over 150,000 -- possibly ahead of iPhone rate originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NVIDIA's 3DTV Play finally solves the HDMI 1.4 gap for 3D Vision

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/nvidias-3dtv-play-finally-solves-the-hdmi-1-4-gap-for-3d-vision/

In case you hadn't noticed, there was some trouble brewing in the NVIDIA camp. After ages of reigning atop the land of stereoscopic 3D playback on the PC, NVIDIA is finally being confronted with a real, bona fide standard for 3D, with zero GPUs capable of meeting it. The current NVIDIA 3D Vision-compatible cards pump out the necessary pixels over DisplayPort or dual DVI plugs, while the official spec for 3D TVs is an HDMI 1.4 plug that accepts data from both frames at once. We were in doubt there for a moment, but it turns out NVIDIA's cards upgrade to 1.4 just fine, and all 3D Vision customers will be getting this as a free upgrade later this spring. NVIDIA will also be offering this 3DTV Play software in a standalone version for $40 to folks who don't want to bother with NVIDIA's 3D Vision stuff at all (with HDMI 1.4 you can just use the stereoscopic glasses that come with your fancy new 3D TV, no need for NVIDIA's setup). NVIDIA is naturally hitting all the high points of the 1.4 spec, with 1080p24, 720p60 (the official gaming spec), and 720p50. The cards will also support 3D Blu-ray. So, just about time to splurge big on that home theater PC? We don't know... is it just us, or does that guy and his couch look a little lonely?

NVIDIA's 3DTV Play finally solves the HDMI 1.4 gap for 3D Vision originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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