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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Find All Enhances Text Search in Firefox [Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5587822/find-all-enhances-text-search-in-firefox

Find All Enhances Text Search in Firefox Firefox: If you've found the built-in find function in Firefox to be a bit lacking Find All offers more thorough text search with multi-instance highlighting.

Find All replaces the built-in search with a more powerful search tool. Whenever you search for a word or phrase a window will open at the bottom of the page with all the search results for the text. You can easily jump from one section of the text to another using the window of search results to navigate or you can simply read down through the text with all instances highlighted.

You can customize the search results including the size of the font, the color of the highlighting, and the layout of the toolbar. Find All is a free extension and works wherever Firefox does.

Find All [Mozilla Add-Ons via Download Squad]

iPod touch FaceTime calling to be based on email addresses?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/ipod-touch-facetime-calling-to-be-based-on-email-addresses/

We've been assuming that the next iPod touch will get in on Apple's FaceTime video-calling action, but the open question has been how calls will actually be initiated without phone numbers, and BGR's saying it has the scoop: it's going to be based on email addresses. Registering an email address with the touch and FaceTime will let people videocall you using that address, but apparently calling an iPhone user will still involve knowing their phone number, which is a little odd -- but BGR believes the email-based system will extended to the phone eventually as well. It all sounds plausible enough, but we'll wait and see -- we've been burned waiting for Apple to add a camera to the touch before, after all.

iPod touch FaceTime calling to be based on email addresses? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Samsung Galaxy S Goes See-Through [Apps]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5587749/the-samsung-galaxy-s-goes-see+through

There's no special engineering going on here, just an Andriod app and an extreme case of cleverness.

If you own a Samsung Galaxy S, you can download Samsung's custom Android app called Road SMS. It's a simple text messaging program, but instead of the dull metallic backdrop of your average mobile OS, Road SMS pipes a live video feed from the rear of the phone behind the UI.

In other words, the phone simulates a window rather than providing a mere screen. Yes, it probably burns the heck out of your battery. But in a world we've cropped to a series of 3.5-inch screens, there are worse fates than getting a piece of our environment back. [Android Community via SlashGear]

Buffalo's LT-V100 Link Theater streams every format under the sun at 1080p

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/buffalos-lt-v100-link-theater-streams-every-format-under-the-su/

Buffalo's LT-V100 Media Theater streams every format under the sun at 1080p

If for some reason none of the media streamers on the market at the moment have suited your particular tastes, perhaps Buffalo's new LT-V100 Link Theater is just right. It's a little box offering HDMI and composite video plus optical and good 'ol 3.5mm audio outputs, able to manage 1080pwhen streaming content either over Ethernet or pulling it right from USB-based storage. Naturally these little darlings live or die by their format compatibility, and in that regard Buffalo's is quite a fighter, able to play anything from RealVideo to Matroska, naturally with various flavors of MPEG, WMV, and Xvid along the way. It'll also do images and plenty of audio formats as well. All this can be yours later this month for ¥11,500 -- about $130 -- if you live in Japan.

Gallery: Buffalo LT-V100 Link Theater

Buffalo's LT-V100 Link Theater streams every format under the sun at 1080p originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aegis Bio grows to 640GB of fingerprint-protected storage

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/

Apricorn specializes in the fine art of making people believe their data is worth stealing and charging them for the privilege of protecting it. Its Aegis Bio range has now been expanded, both in number and in capacity, as the former ceiling of 250GB has been lifted with the introduction of 320GB, 500GB and 640GB variants. The 2.5-inch external disk validates user identity with that handy fingerprint scanner on top before allowing access to the otherwise 128-bit encrypted precious stuff within it. Prices of the new models top out at $160 for the most voluminous one, making them thrifty enough to buy even if you don't need secret agent-level security -- which, let's face it, you don't. Full PR after the break.

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Aegis Bio grows to 640GB of fingerprint-protected storage originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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