A Google A Day Keeps You Trivia-Ready [Search Techniques]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/#!5792679/stay-trivia-ready-with-a-google-a-day

Just the other day, Google launched a new search game called 'A Google A Day'. This new page has been designed to give you a daily trivia question to complete using a customized Google search built specifically for the game.

The questions become harder as the week progresses, much like the crossword puzzles in many newspapers do, and just like those very crosswords, the results are posted the next day in the NY Times!

This sounds fun and all but one of the biggest spoilers for me (and I am sure for many of you) with crossword puzzles is when someone looms over your shoulder and whispers an answer to you (right?!). This has also been addressed with the new Deja Google search.

The search bar on the A Google A Day website seems the same as any normal Google search bar, however it is indeed very different. With Deja Google search, they have created a search bar that will only show web history from before the game began, and block any social updates you might normally come across. This is all to ensure that you won't run into any tweets or blog posts with the answers. Very cool.

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TuneIn Radio Streams Local Radio Stations on Almost Any Platform [Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/#!5792687/enjoy-local-radio-stations-on-almost-any-platform-with-tunein-radio

Most mobile platforms: TuneIn Radio is an online radio streaming service that brings you favorite local radio stations (commercials and all) to a ton of different platforms. They are on almost every major platform with access to the net, including iOS, Android, Roku, and even Google TV!

They bring almost every major radio station from across the country on both AM and FM, so all you talk radio and sports fans can tune in as well. I have used both the iOS and Android versions of their service and I can tell you that it's fast, for the most part skip free, and super easy to find you favorite radio stations and add them to your 'My Presets' list.

TuneIn Radio is free for many different platforms, including iOS, Android, Palm, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry, Google TV, Roku, Yahoo TV, and should be easy to find in any app store. Head over to their website to get the right version for your device.

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White House unveils national strategy for secure internet IDs

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/15/white-house-unveils-national-strategy-for-secure-internet-ids/

This one's been in the works for some time now, but the White House has just today officially unveiled its plans for a national secure internet ID program -- or as it has dubbed it, the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). As expected, that will be entirely voluntary and largely driven by various private sector companies, who will be responsible for verifying your ID and providing you with secure credentials that you'll be able to use across the internet -- the credentials themselves could simply be a secure application, or something like smart card or SecurID token. The administration is also quick to point out that the system is not a national ID program of any sort, and it's going to some length to play up the involvement of multiple credential providers, with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke saying that "having a single issuer of identities creates unacceptable privacy and civil liberties issues." Hit up the source link below for all of the finer details, or head on past the break for a quick video explanation.

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White House unveils national strategy for secure internet IDs originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chlorine could be key to the cheaper, more efficient OLED TV of your dreams

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/15/chlorine-could-be-key-to-the-cheaper-more-efficient-oled-tv-of/

Chlorine -- it's not just for keeping your clothes white and your pool clean anymore! Soon, layers of the stuff, just a single atom thick, could play a pivotal role in OLED manufacturing. Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that this tiny amount of Cl can almost double the efficiency of existing displays while reducing complexity and driving down costs. Using a rather simple procedure involving UV light, the team was able to chlorinate standard electrode panels found in conventional OLEDs without having toxic chlorine gas wafting about. While this is good news for manufacturers, it's even better news for consumers. We've been itching to mount a big, organic flat-screen in our parents' basement living room. Finally, we may see cheap OLED TVs on Walmart shelves -- right next to the Clorox.

Chlorine could be key to the cheaper, more efficient OLED TV of your dreams originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Unity Corporation releases Xtion Pro PC motion sensor in Japan

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/16/unity-corporation-releases-xtion-pro-pc-motion-sensor-in-japan/

We're still waiting for some specific US launch details for the Xtion Pro and Wavi Xtion motion sensors that ASUS showed off at CES earlier this year, but it looks like folks in Japan can now already get their hands on half of that duo. Unity Corportation has just announced that it's releasing the Xtion Promotion sensor (complete with an SDK) in the country for ¥19,980, or roughly $240. That should work similarly to a Kinect considering that PrimeSense is responsible for much of the technology behind it, although you should be aware that this one is aimed squarely at developers looking to create their own games and applications for it. You'll have to wait for the more consumer-friendly Wavi Xtion for something that you can simply plop down in your living room.

Unity Corporation releases Xtion Pro PC motion sensor in Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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