drag2share: Hardware Companies Will Have To Quit The Tablet Market In 2012

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/hardware-companies-will-have-to-leave-the-tablet-market-in-2012-2011-11

Because hardware companies like Dell, HP, and Acer have so few advantages over companies that offer content as well, DigiTimes reports that they may be getting out of the tablet game entirely next year.

Content companies like Amazon or Barnes & Noble can subsidize their tablets like crazy -- they'll make their money back after the fact as customers buy content to make the tablets more useful.

Consider the $200 Kindle Fire -- Amazon has no problem selling it at a loss because it can pull itself back into the green with e-book sales.

This will essentially turn the tablet market into a game of chicken to see who can price their tablet the lowest. DigiTimes' sources believe that all the hardware will eventually be free.

Selling tablets at full price without a content platform to continue profiting from, the HPs and Acers of the world will be forced to make their exit.

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drag2share: Host Web Pages for Free within Dropbox with DropPages or Pancake.io [Dropbox]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5860139/host-web-pages-for-free-within-dropbox-with-droppages-or-pancakeio

Looking for a free and simple way to get a basic website up? Here are two webapps that can help. Both DropPages.com and Pancake.io use a shared Dropbox folder to host your web pages, making creating and editing your pages very quick.

Pancake is the simpler and more basic of the two services. To create your web page, simply save a plain text file with your web page content to the Pancake folder within Dropbox. You don't need to know HTML to format the page, but can instead use simpler Markdown formatting (see the Markdown cheat sheet). You could also save HTML, PDF, or Microsoft Office files in the Pancake folder for others to access in their browsers.

You can get started with Pancake.io in minutes, really, and the biggest benefit is that when you want to edit your pages, you just do them on your computer and, thanks to Dropbox magic, the site will be quickly updated. To link to your Pancake.io-powered website, you can embed the Pancake Javascript snippet for your site in another website or just link directly to the pages created in Pancake.io (the URLs look a little awkward now, but the developers say a custom domain name option will be coming soon).

DropPages works similarly but adds a few different features, such as website themes, friendly URLs (yourname.droppages.com), auto-generation of navigational elements (so all your pages in the DropPages folder are linked), and custom domain names (you can use IWantMyName.com to buy a custom domain and point it at DropPages or configure the CNAME record at your domain registrar to do that; a custom domain and up to 1GB of space costs 5 pounds a month). Pages are formatted using Markdown, but you can also use HTML.

Note that with both services, you're subject to Dropbox limits on data transfers. For free users, it's 10GB per day and for Pro, 250GB. Users whose Dropbox public links go over these limits will be automatically suspended. So these webapps may be really cool for hosting a small site (perhaps something you just share with friends or co-workers), but not for a major website.

Pancake.io | via How-To Geek

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drag2share: OpenFilesView Kills Programs Causing the "File In Use" Error in Windows [Windows Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5860327/openfilesview-kills-programs-causing-the-file-in-use-error-in-windows

If you've ever tried to delete or use a file but gotten an error saying it was "in use" by another program—even if you've already closed it—OpenFilesView will help you easily solve the problem by letting you close the locked file from a menu.

OpenFilesView is one of those little portable apps that's great to keep around on the occasions you run into this error (which for me, frankly, is more often than I'd like). It'll show you a list of all open and locked files in the system, so you can find the offending file handle and close it—or kill the entire process behind it, freeing you up to go on with your work without restarting. It's simple, and may not be something you need every day, but it can save you a lot of hair pulling when this common problem arises.

OpenFilesView is a free download for Windows only. Note that there's a 32-bit and a 64-bit version; you'll have to grab the one that matches your system type. The 64-bit version requires you to turn on Driver Signing Test Mode, which you can turn off via the OpenFilesView help menu.

OpenFilesView | via How-To Geek

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drag2share: Ledo's Lustworthy LED Lights Are Another Reason To Hate Incandescents [Lightbulbs]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5860117/ledos-lustworthy-led-lights-are-another-reason-to-hate-incandescents

They're not quite as traditional looking as Panasonic's recently developed incandescent bulb replacement, and that's exactly why I love what German LED maker Ledo has done with their new retrofit LED lights. With a design that's as lustworthy as the sleekest smartphone, they give consumers yet another reason to make the switch.

All in all there are three different bulb designs in Ledo's Bulled series. The 'Classic', pictured on the right, features a set of aluminum fins for dissipating heat, while the 'Modular', pictured in the middle, uses smaller fins on a series of cones, forming air ducts to cool the electronics. And finally the 'Star' uses synthetic materials instead of aluminum, so it's even lighter than the other two models, while still effectively cooling the components using a passive heatsink approach.

The arrangement of the LEDs also allows each bulb to disperse light in a full 330 degrees, providing similar illumination to a 60 watt incandescent, while only drawing about 11 watts. According to Ledo's site the 'Classic' LED replacement is coming soon, and even though I'm sure it will be extremely expensive, with a lifespan of close to 80 years with conventional use, it could very well be the only bulb you ever buy. [Ledo via designboom]

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drag2share: HANDS ON: Check Out The Brand New Nook Tablet! (BKS)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/nook-tablet-hands-on-photos-2011-11

Just a day after Amazon's Kindle Fire launch, Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet is officially here.

Click here for photos of the Nook Tablet >

The new Nook Tablet looks and feels nearly identical to its predecessor the Nook Color. But the OS has a nice new overhaul and includes some great apps for streaming content like Netflix and Hulu Plus.

We'll have a full review of the Nook Tablet next week. But keep reading for some great new hands-on photos and first impressions.

Barnes & Noble kept the same box design as the Nook Color

The Nook Tablet is slightly thinner and lighter than the Nook Color

It still has that sill loop in the corner. What's it for?

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