drag2share: Lenovo Ideapad S110 may be blazing the Cedar Trail, ditching netbook moniker

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/29/lenovo-ideapad-s110-may-be-blazing-the-cedar-trail-ditching-net/

Between the line of Cedar Trail notebooks marching their way through the FCC and Intel's recent shipping announcement, it's high time manufacturers started parading out next year's kits. Today's tease hails from Lenovo, which has outed the Ideapad S110 in no less than four fabulous colors. Although the outfit's promo video doesn't touch on hardware specs, a Pro Vantage product page claims the setup sports an Intel Atom 2600 processor. The self titled "mini notebook" features a 10.1-inch "HD display," presumably rocking the same 720p resolution as the rig's optional 2 megapixel webcam, if not the full 1080p Intel says the N2600 supports. Buyers will also be able to opt for an optional 3G radio, though USB 3.0, Lenovo quick start "instant on," and a 98-percent full-size chiclet keyboard all come standard. The video didn't pack an official press release, but we hear there's a major trade show right around the corner that's just perfect for announcing products.

Lenovo Ideapad S110 may be blazing the Cedar Trail, ditching netbook moniker originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Elpida starts shipments of next-gen Wide IO Mobile RAM

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/30/elpida-starts-shipments-of-next-gen-wide-io-mobile-ram/

Tablets might be all sexy curves and Gorilla Glass, but it's what's on the inside that counts, right? Efficient DRAM mightn't set your heart alight, but Elpida Memory did just start shipping its next generation 30nm "Wide IO Mobile RAM." The firm claims it uses 50 percent less power compared with equivalent DDR2 sticks, letting you caress your beloved device for longer. This economy is thanks to it purring along at just 200MHz, which is even more impressive when you consider it brags a 12.8 GB/s data rate per chip. This pumped, yet frugal, performance comes courtesy of using x512-bit data width -- some ten times larger than that of existing DRAMs. The party doesn't stop there, with the Elpida also debuting its LPDDR3 chip, brushing aside LPDDR2 with twice the data rates at 6.4GB/s a slice, and a 25 percent smaller power-drain in tow. Mass production should commence in 2012, check the source link for the full break-down.

Elpida starts shipments of next-gen Wide IO Mobile RAM originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Why Did This Kickstarter Project Raise $400,000?

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/twine-kickstarter-2011-12

We stumbled on a neat little Kickstarter project this afternoon, and it appears to be a bigger deal than meets the eye.

It's called Twine, a tiny rectangular gadget that looks like a translucent bar of soap. And it's become a big deal on Kickstarter.

Twine has built in sensors for detecting movement, temperature, moisture, switches, and inputs from pretty much any other gizmo you can think of.

Oh yeah, it can tweet too.

Twine comes with a simple web app so you can program it to send out a tweet, email, or text message under an unlimited number of scenarios. Laundry done? Have Twine send you a text. Can't hear your doorbell? Have Twine tweet at you.

You get the idea.

Out of the $35,000 the makers of Twine asked for to get their project off the ground, donors have given the doled out more than $427,000 as of this writing.

The funding round ends on January 3. After that, we assume Twine will go into production.

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drag2share: Dropbox Automator Automatically Processes Images, Text, PDFs and Other Files in Your Dropbox Any Way You Choose [Web Apps]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5871755/dropbox-automator-automatically-processes-images-text-pdfs-and-other-files-in-your-dropbox-any-way-you-choose

Dropbox Automator is a powerful web app that connects to your Dropbox account and monitors folders of your choice, performing automated actions you define when new files are detected. This can be anything from converting a document to PDF, resizing images and uploading them to Facebook, plus a whole lot more.

The set up process is pretty simple. You'll need to authorize Dropbox Automator to access your files to get started, and when doing so it'll show up as Wappwolf—the service that powers it. Once you've got that out of the way, you can select a folder you want to use for automation. Unfortunately you cannot create a new folder from within Dropbox Automator, so if you want to add a new one you should do that on your local machine before you log in (or just reload the page if you already have). Once you select the folder you want, you can start assigning actions from the provided list. They're all pretty self-explanatory, but the labels on some of the action options are not as human-readable as they could be. If you read them carefully they'll make sense, but currently they appear to be labeled by their method names. Once you're past that little bit of confusion and you've selected all you're actions, just save your choices and you're all set. Now any relevant files placed in the Dropbox folder you chose will be subject to the automation you set up.

Note: Processing takes a minute and the results will show up in a folder called "results." A folder called "processed" will appear first, containing the files that were just processed. Those will be the unaltered copies. Wait for the "results" folder to appear to see the actual results.

This is a very useful tool that can do a lot with the stuff you keep in your Dropbox without any work on your part. It's still a little rough around the edges, but definitely worth a look.

Dropbox Automator

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drag2share: Most Popular Blu-Ray Playback Suite: Cyberlink PowerDVD [Hive Five Followup]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5871407/most-popular-blu+ray-playback-suite-cyberlink-powerdvd

Watching Blu-ray movies on your HTPC or on a Blu-ray enabled laptop is easier than ever. There are a number of players that promise to play Blu-ray video as long as you have a Blu-ray drive in your system, and last week we asked you asked you which tool you used for the job. Then we took a look at the top five Blu-ray playback suites. Now we're back to crown the overall winner.

CyberLink PowerDVD took the top spot with 40% of the votes cast, the far and away winner. Second place was hotly contested however, with AnyDVD HD taking second place with just under 24%, and PotPlayer took the third place slot with 21% of the votes cast. In fourth place was ArcSoft Total Media with close to 10% of the votes cast, and Corel WinDVD Pro bringing up the rear in 5th place with under 5% of the overall vote.

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