Monday, August 29, 2011

drag2share: LG Display cuts spending targets for 2012, amid sagging LCD demand

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/29/lg-display-cuts-spending-targets-for-2012-amid-sagging-lcd-dema/

LG Display has decided to drastically cut its expenditure target for 2012, in yet another sign that the LCD market is going through some tough times. Today, the manufacturer announced that it will spend only three trillion won (about $2.8 billion) on its production facilities next year -- a 33 percent decrease from its previously revised budget and LG Display's lowest expenditure target since 2009. The company also said that it has no plans to build a new LCD plants in 2012, suggesting that it may already be facing excess panel supply. Analysts are predicting that demand will remain subdued throughout the end of 2011, though LG Display CFO James Jeong had previously said he expects things to pick up by the beginning of next year.

LG Display cuts spending targets for 2012, amid sagging LCD demand originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

drag2share: dupeGuru Music Edition Removes Duplicate Audio Tracks by Name, Tag, or Content [Download Of The Day]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5834631/dupeguru-music-edition-removes-duplicate-audio-tracks-by-name-tag-or-content

dupeGuru Music Edition Removes Duplicate Audio Tracks by Name, Tag, or Content Mac/Windows/Linux: dupeGuru is a free, open source, and cross-platform utility that will scan and help you remove duplicate audio files from your music library. The app uses filename, creation date, tag information and metadata, and even the audio fingerprint of the file to determine which songs are duplicates, even if they're named differently.

dupeGuru ME (Music Edition) supports most popular audio file formats, including MP3, OGG, and both traditional and lossless AAC and WMA (notably absent is FLAC, unfortunately.) Once installed, point the app at the folder where your music lives, and tell it to match dupes by filename, tags, file content, or audio content (audio fingerprint.) The app also supports complex search filters, and lets you add regular expressions or other logic to make sure you catch everything you're looking for.

When dupeGuru finds duplicates, it presents them to you to decide what to do with them. You can delete it immediately, move it elsewhere for further review, or even play the file right there to test it. If your music library is big enough that using your favorite player's "find duplicates" feature just isn't cutting it anymore, dupeGuru ME may be worth a look.

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Posted by Augustine at 8:21 AM

drag2share: Use Amazon WebPay to Meet Rewards Card Minimum Spending Requirements [Money]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5835072/use-amazon-webpay-to-meet-rewards-card-minimum-spending-requirements

Use Amazon WebPay to Meet Rewards Card Minimum Spending RequirementsMany upper level rewards credit cards have minimum monthly spending requirements, such as the AMEX Business Gold with it's $2,000 minimum. If you live a frugal lifestyle and don't have a mortgage it can be difficult to ensure you spend that much every month. You can always buy gift cards, but even easier is using fee-free Amazon Webpay to transfer money from your card to a spouse, family member, or business partner.

Amazon provides the Webpay service at no charge; since many people will spend payments received at Amazon immediately rather than withdrawing the funds to their bank, Amazon retains enough of the payments to make it worth their while. The minimum to withdraw to a bank from Amazon payments is $10, but you can send Amazon gift certificates for amounts as little as $1.

Say you've only spent $1500 for the month and your minimum spending limit is $2,000—as long as you have a spouse, family member, friend, or business partner you trust, you can send them $500 which they can then almost immediately send back to you. This can really help if you still haven't met your minimum limit after charging your groceries, gas, utilities, and other expenses to your card.

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Posted by Augustine at 8:15 AM

drag2share: OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD lineup updated with smaller 60GB option for $130

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/28/owc-mercury-electra-6g-ssd-lineup-updated-with-smaller-60gb-opti/

Looking for a peppy SSD to turbo charge your workflow and don't need a whole lot of storage capacity? Back in June, Other World Computing introduced its speedy SandForce-endowed Mercury Electra 6G SSDs with a base model priced at $230 for 120GB. Now the company's added a cheaper option to keep things fast and your wallet happy. Those wanting a taste of its 556MB/s read and 523MB/s write speeds can now opt for a 60GB variation, priced at just $130. Sure, it may not be ideal for saving your entire Queen back catalog, but it could be a nifty route for faster boot-up and load times, right? It's available now from OWC. Zip past the break for the full PR.

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OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD lineup updated with smaller 60GB option for $130 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:45 AM

drag2share: Digital Projection debuts new native ultrawidescreen projector

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/27/digital-projection-debuts-new-native-ultrawidescreen-projector/

1080p projectors and displays are sweet, but since movie lovers are watching content in ratios closer to 2.35:1 than the 16:9 layout of tradition HD projectors and PJs and wasting precious pixels Digital Projection International's latest beamer is set up to be all about ultrawidescreen. The dVision Scope 1080p is 2560 x 1080 out of the box, no anamorphic lens necessary. its custom firmware automatically detects and resizes when the letterbox black bars to fill the 1080p field by increasing the number of horizontal pixels. Check the specs and explanation in the press release after the break, we'll find out more about this and probably many other projectors at CEDIA 2011 in September.

Continue reading Digital Projection debuts new native ultrawidescreen projector

Digital Projection debuts new native ultrawidescreen projector originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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