drag2share: Google Street View walks through parks, so you don't have to

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/01/google-street-view-walks-through-parks-so-you-dont-have-to/

Need to take a walk through the park, but hate all of the fresh air, foliage and sunshine that comes with it? Good news: Google has added a number of parks to Street View, including New York City's High Line, elevated train tracks that have been converted into a 1.5 mile plant-filled walkway. Also on the list are the statue-filled Kensington Gardens in London and Tokyo's cherry blossom-lined Koganei Park. The parks and their blurry-faced visitors can be easily accessed in the source link below. There's also a video of the High Line project after the break.

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drag2share: Seagate merges Barracuda range, renounces small platters for hungry storage diners

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/01/seagate-merges-barracuda-range-renounces-small-platters-for-hun/

Seagate's decided its desktop drives were getting a bit flabby. It's ditching the Green and XT brands, and in turn, deeming the entire range Barracuda. The revamped series now carries 1TB platters rather than the five 600GB layers in the older models and all will run at 7200RPM with a 64MB cache. It's part of an initiative to slim a bloated inventory channel for the company's OEM partners. Those with an environmental bent should know that the new drives more than match the Green's environmental prowess, whilst those who are speed hungry will be excited to hear news on the mooted new Barracuda XT. This replacement XT will match the hybrid stylings of the Momentus XT, a hybrid HDD that includes a 4GB SSD to increase cache speed. The 3TB monster will be available for $179.99 as soon as it hits the shipping channels -- which, so far as we can tell, should be anytime between next week and next year.

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drag2share: Ceton InfiniTV 4 USB tuner now shipping, offers infinite entertainment for $300

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/01/ceton-infinitv-4-usb-tuner-now-shipping-offers-infinite-enterta/

It's a little bit behind schedule, but the Ceton InfiniTV 4 USB has finally begun shipping, nearly ten months after it was first unveiled. Originally scheduled to ship on September 19th, this external CableCARD TV tuner is now available from Amazon, New Egg and other retailers for $300. For that price, you'll be able to record four HD shows at once, stream live shows to your PC or TV and access all your photos, music and Netflix account from a single device. Interested? Hit up the coverage link below to grab one for yourself.

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drag2share: New Mac Trojan Earns Other People Bitcoins on Your Dime [Apple]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5855061/new-mac-trojan-earns-other-peoples-bitcoins-on-your-dime

Odd, I could have sworn Bitcoin was on the fast track towards technological irrelevance. So why is this new Mac malware harnessing infected GPUs to mine the digital dollars?

Dubbed DevilRobber, the OSX/Miner-D application is technically spyware but employs a combination of Trojan, backdoor, and sniffer elements. It's spread over BitTorrent networks under the guise of innocuous applications. Once installed, it opens ports on the infected computer and steals personal information as well as turning your graphics processor to its own nefarious purposes. The sneaky bastard will even heist any Bitcoins you have on your system as well. Security experts warn that the most obvious symptom is drastically reduced system speed, so check for updates to your virus definition lists as most most Mac AV vendors have reportedly already patched the vulnerability.

The emergence of this sort of malware shouldn't come as a surprise. Bitcoin-thieving virii for Windows have been around for nearly as long as Bitcoin itself. Between that and the police raids, Bitcoin's quickly becoming more trouble than it's worth. [PC Magazine]

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drag2share: The iPhone Could Be Getting a Native Gmail App [IPhone]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5855159/the-iphone-could-be-getting-a-native-gmail-app

According to MG Siegler, Google has submitted an official Gmail app to the iOS App Store for approval, which would finally bring some of Gmail's more awesome features to iPhone (and hopefully iPad) users.

If the speculation is true, the app will allow Gmail push functionality without having to run your account through Exchange (like you have to in Apple's own mail app), along with other deeply-integrated features.

The native Gmail app will likely bring other key functionality as well: like Priority Inbox and one-click starring of messages. Other possibilities include some of the stuff Google is about to roll out for Gmail proper: like contact icons, better threading, and deep searching functionality. Maybe there will even be some Google+ integration, which Google is also hard at work on for Gmail.

Hopefully it looks nicer than the Google Voice app, and while they're at it, can't they just toss us a full-functioning Google Talk app as well? [parislemon]

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