Altec Lansing Octiv Stage (450) review

No matter how much you love your iPad, there will always come a time when you feel the need to prop up this hefty tablet while simultaneously giving its audio and battery a little boost. Well, Altec Lansing thinks you do, anyway. Like the $99 SMK-Link PadDock 10 we reviewed not long ago, Altec's Octiv Stage (or Octiv 450 outside the US) also provides a combo of swivel hinge and speakers for the iPad, but is this $149.95 dock worth the extra money? Read on to find out.

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Altec Lansing Octiv Stage (450) review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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aDeskbar is an all-in-one dock and menu panel for Linux

aDeskbar is a slick menu and dock app for Linux systems which offers a wide range of customization options. In addition to the familiar menu-based app launcher, aDeskbar also includes nice features like drawers (similar to OS X stacks) and widgets for quick actions like invoking a terminal, logging off, or shutting down your system. Visual options abound, too -- opacity, position, hover effects, background color, and hiding options are all customizable.

As Webupd8 points out, aDeskbar is designed for use with the OpenBox window manager, but it works just fine with Gnome and XFCE as well. It's an extremely flexible and powerful launcher and well worth taking for a spin on your favorite distro.

aDeskbar is an all-in-one dock and menu panel for Linux originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CrunchGear Week in Review: Egg Timer Edition

Here are some of last week’s stories on CrunchGear: Weekend Giveaway: One Of Two Swatch New Gent Watches Just In Time For Breakfast: The Egg Cuber Sony Announces HandyCam NXCAM, An E-Mount Super-35 Sensor Camcorder The Boxee Box: Sizing Up The Competition This Is Something You Put On Your iPhone

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/22/week-in-review-egg-timer/

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Back To The Future's Trailer Will Have Your Emotions Running at 88mph [Video]

This is our first look at Telltale's upcoming Back to the Future series of adventure games. If you enjoyed any of the three films, even in the slightest, you must watch this clip. More »

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Zukmo is the best-named Web bookmarking service on the planet

I'm sorry; I simply could not resist covering a service with a name like Zukmo. Apart from the name, there's absolutely no connection between myself and the service. And I must say, the name is just about the most remarkable thing about this service at the moment (which is saying a lot).

It's basically a Web bookmarking service. I can't even call it "social bookmarking" because there doesn't appear to be anything social about it at the moment. You get a bookmarklet or a browser add-on (for Chrome, Firefox or IE). You then click the button when you're visiting a page you'd like to bookmark, and the page is saved. Very straightforward.

One significant difference from Delicious and Diigo is that Zukmo supports only preconfigured "categories". Meaning, you can't just tag your bookmarks - you need to set up categories beforehand, and then select a category for your bookmark.

The site's design feels fairly dated. The copyright starts at 2004 but extends all the way to 2010, which explains the general appearance. All in all, if your name doesn't happen to begin with "Zuk", I see no reason for you to try Zukmo. I still had to cover it, though.

Filed under: web 2.0

Zukmo is the best-named Web bookmarking service on the planet originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Let The Woz Guide You Through 2,000 Years of Computer History [Woz]

California's Computer History Museum got a little star power today, as the legendary Steve Wozniak came by to guide journalists through tech heaven—from 19th century census calculators to 60s machines that look like spaceships. And he was thrilled. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/2tBIlWCUyfw/let-the-woz-guide-you-through-2000-years-of-computer-history

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Playboy Goes Non Nude For iPad

Soon the official Playboy iPad App will be revealed but certain other elements won’t be. What we’re trying to say is that in order to follow Apple’s very strict anti-obscenity rules Playboy has agreed to keep their app for the iPad tablet device entirely non-nude and tasteful. With no nudity allowed Playboy may just have [...]

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TAT Purchase Could Give RIM PlayBook Interface More Game

BlackBerry device maker Reserach In Motion on Thursday announced that it plans to buy Swedish design house TAT, the firm that designed the T-Mobile G1 Android smartphone's user interface. "The TAT team will remain as a group in their current location and become part of RIM's global software development team," David Yach, RIM's chief technology officer, told TechNewsWorld.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71362.html

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WidgetBlock for Chrome blocks annoying social widgets, makes Web faster

The Web is all about being social these days. When you take this "social" buzzword and reduce it down to brass tacks, you often end up with a bunch of widgets, buttons and other annoyances crowded around the content you're actually interested in reading.

WidgetBlock is a Chrome add-on that makes short work of a whole bunch of common widgets and buttons for social services. In one fell swoop it eradicates the presence of Facebook, Twitter, Meebo, Digg, Buzz, and a ton of other omnipresent Web 2.0 services. Of course, if you happen to like some of these you can switch them on selectively.

When I tested WidgetBlock, it made the site I was trying to load noticeably faster (about two or three times as fast, in fact). It also makes the Web feel a tad "cleaner", at least for me. Definitely recommended.

Filed under: Google

WidgetBlock for Chrome blocks annoying social widgets, makes Web faster originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Version Number Is Dead. Google Barely Whispers The Launch Of Chrome 8

Chrome 8 is here! Chrome 8 is here! The latest greatest version of Chrome! Joyous day, right? Don't tell Google that. The search giant announced the (stable) launch not on their Google blog, and not even on their Google Chrome blog, but on their Google Chrome Releases blog. And in the post, they devote a whole two sentences to it. The rest is all about bug fixes. But to those who follow Chrome closely, this shouldn't be a big surprise. Ever since they shifted their strategy to release a new version of the browser every six weeks or so, the version numbers have become a mere afterthought. Before today's update, the Chrome stable build was version 7, the beta was version 8, and the dev was version 9. And I'm sure Chromium (the open source browser on which Chrome is built) will hit version 10 shortly.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/XxBz0ppGQ6M/

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Boxee CEO To Big Media: ?Resistance Is Futile?

With all the new Internet TV boxes and services sprouting this holiday season?from Google TV and Apple TV to the Boxee Box, Shufflr, and beyond?there is a lot talk about people cutting their cable cords and just getting all of their TV from the Internet. That is not going to happen anytime soon until the best TV shows and movies become available online at the same time as on TV, but the direction is clear. Today at the SAI Ignition conference in New York City, Boxee CEO Avner Ronen declared, "Resistance is futile." Ronen was responding to the question of when will there be something worthwhile to watch on the Web. Getting Web video to your TV is becoming increasingly easy, but there are so many restrictions on the best video (network TV shows and Hollywood movies) that it is still not worth watching on the Web for anybody but geeks. Ronen himself admits that his modest goal is to get "from geeks to early adopters."

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Spacelog provides fascinating searchable text transcripts for NASA missions

What you're looking at above is a scan of the physical NASA transcript of a famous moment of the Apollo 13 space mission. These transcripts make extremely fascinating reading, especially if (like us) you're really into minutiae. Now, for the first time ever, these transcripts are being... transcribed again, on the internet. Yes, if you wander over to Spacelog, you can now view full transcripts of the Apollo 13 and Mercury 6 space missions in searchable text which also links back to source images like the one pictured above. This is the kind of historical documentation and access that reminds us of why the internet is so, insanely awesome. Spacelog's site also says they're going to provide other mission transcripts in the future, including Gemini 7, Apollo 8 and Apollo 11.

Spacelog provides fascinating searchable text transcripts for NASA missions originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BridgeURL lets you send a tour of several websites in one link

Sometimes you may want to send someone a whole list of websites to look at. Maybe you even want them to look at the sites in a given sequence, like when you're sharing the results of a search for a new car or a vacation spot.

BridgeURL is a fairly elegant service that accepts a list of links, and spits out a single bit.ly link. When you click this link, you're taken to the first website on the list, but it has subtle semi-transparent overlays on both sides. The left one leads to the previous site on the chain, while the right leads to the next site. (They're not semi-transparent on the screenshot because when you hover over them, they turn solid.)

There's also a bottom bar, but it's fairly unobtrusive. There were no banners or pop-ups as far as I was able to see. The only annoyance with the service is that for some odd reason, it forces you to feed it URLs starting with http:// or https:// - meaning, you can't write "downloadsquad.com" or even "www.downloadsquad.com". I have no idea why it's not smart enough to figure out the http:// on its own. Other than that, it's a fairly handy service.

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Leveraging Linux for Supercomputing

High-performance computing applications such as numerical simulation -- whether for forecasting, mechanical and structure simulation, or computational chemistry -- require a large number of CPUs for processing. To meet these needs, customers must buy a large-scale system that enables parallel processing so that the simulation can be completed in the shortest possible time.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71341.html

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Gameloft Advent Calendar offers free iPhone, Android games until Christmas

Deals on iPhone and Android games aren't exactly hard to come by at this time of the year, but the folks at Gameloft have cooked up something a little extra special for the month of December. They've just kicked off an Advent Calendar on Twitter, which promises to reveal a free iPhone games, Android games, and a few other surprises every day until December 25th -- plus "a little bit more in the end." While there may be a few duds in there, things have gotten off to a pretty good start -- you can now grab the updated version of the classic PlayStation game Driver for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Gameloft Advent Calendar offers free iPhone, Android games until Christmas originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Discover Windows Phone 7 apps with Bing Visual Search

You can now browse the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace with Bing's Visual Search tool. According to the announcement, it only works in the US and UK -- but to make it work, after visiting the WP7 Visual Search, I had to change my location (in the top right corner) to "United States - English." Then I had to visit the Visual Search page again. Presumably this will also work if you live elsewhere, too.

The Visual Search itself is beautiful. The app icons slip and slide around the screen, and panels fade in and out with consummate smoothness -- it's powered by Silverlight, of course. Unsurprisingly, it looks and feels a lot like Zune -- and indeed, you can click through from any app to the Zune. From there you can install apps onto your phone.

The thing is, this tool in itself is nothing special -- but look at the competition! Apple's Web presence is alright, but it's hardly a joy to navigate -- it simply functions as a "preview" for those without iTunes. Google... well, take a look at the Web-based Android Market and decide for yourself. Microsoft's WP7 visual search seems positively awesome by comparison.

Filed under: Windows Mobile, Microsoft, Search

Discover Windows Phone 7 apps with Bing Visual Search originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Keurig Platinum Single Cup Brewer Review

Quite simply, the Keurig Platinum Single Cup brewer is the last coffee brewer you’re ever going to need.�� In my household, we’re coffee and tea drinkers…iced tea, hot tea, hot chocolate, lattes, hot apple cider….we drink it all. We just don’t drink the same thing at the same time. Every morning, I make coffee. I [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2010/11/29/keurig-platinum-single-cup-brewer-review/

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DoubleTwist new AirSync brings wireless photo, music, and video sync to Android devices

DoubleTwist has been labeled 'iTunes for Android' for some time -- but the app's new AirSync feature gives it a leg up on the competition. Winamp can, of course, sync your music, but DoubleTwist has upped the ante by offering comprehensive media syncing over Wi-Fi connections. Music, photos, video -- DoubleTwist handles it all.

To enjoy AirSync, you'll need DoubleTwist installed on your Windows or Mac system and you'll also need the $4.99 Android App -- the QR Code is after the break. Once both apps are up and running, simply enter the passcode provided to start syncing. Your initial media sync can take quite a while, of course, and there have been reports of the process being a bit buggy.

Still, for cable-free synchronization of all your media between your computer and Android device, DoubleTwist and AirSync are a wicked one-two punch.

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Facebook beta app for webOS gets Places support

HP Palm's webOS crew continues to churn out useful updates to their software, and this one is kind of a biggie if you're into social networking and check-ins. Today's update to the Facebook beta app brings Places support to Pre and Pixi owners.

To check in, simply tap the menu button in the app's top-right corner and then tap the Places icon. Nearby locations will be displayed, and you can then tap Check In to post your location to Facebook.

Places support is only available in the beta app right now, so here's hoping the new version gets rolled to all webOS Facebook users soon. It's a big improvement and has a lot of nice additional functionality.

[via PreCentral]

Filed under: Social Software, webOS

Facebook beta app for webOS gets Places support originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Report Shows iPad Gaining On Kindle In E-Reader Category

I'm not really sure this research is as revealing as it seems to be. Take a look at the diagram. The take-away is that since the introduction of the iPad, the Kindle's share of the e-reader market has dropped from 68% to 40%. This suggests that sales of the Kindle are dropping, or that Amazon is losing ground to Apple. But the simple nature of the study suggests a different conclusion.

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TFT Accoustics TFTA-1101-V1 Earbuds Review

The audiophiles in the audience will probably pop a vein when they read that I don’t mind using the stock earbuds that come with the iPhone and iPods. For me, they sound just fine and are way more comfortable than in-ear style earphones that a lot of folks like to use. I can’t do the [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2010/11/29/tft-accoustics-tfta-1101-v1-earbuds-review/

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