Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 2 February 2010 at 03:46:00 New platform will offer Google Apps extensions Google is reportedly preparing a new service to allow third-party developers to sell plug-ins for the Google Apps platform and other web-based services….
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Google poised to sell enterprise apps
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 2 February 2010 at 03:45:00 Holiday deal comes to an end in the US Google has ended its programme to provide free Wi-Fi in US airports, and will pull the plug on nearly all of the 54 wireless networks it was sponsoring as well…
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 2 February 2010 at 03:44:00 Electronic Frontier Foundation urges vendors to come clean on business in China The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pressing seven major technology companies to stop working on China’s web monitoring and censorship systems….
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Activists call out Great Firewall tech partners
This is the first in the range 24in to continually divide PVA panels in favor of the IPS, which is probably superior technology, particularly for color critical work. His new H-IPS screen UltraSharp U2410 can offer some pretty impressive specifications, but not least, claiming 8,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio of 96 percent Adobe RGB (110 percent sRGB) color gamut. Together with a low response time, Dell , aos usual plethora of connections and complete control, this monitor is to reverse the glossy HP LP2475w from his throne?
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Dell UltraSharp U2410 24in Monitor
Earlier last month, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry admitted that the band was on the hunt for a new front man following some in-fighting between Steven Tyler and the other aero-dudes. Tyler is not pleased about this. A letter sent by his attorney to the band’s manager says Aerosmith must “immediately cease and desist from engaging in acts and conduct to the harm and detriment of your own client, Aerosmith, and our client who is one of it members.” In an interview with Billboard , Tyler’s lawyer Skip Miller seemed offended at the very notion that Aerosmith might try to replace his client and suggested that if they move forward with their plans to do so, a lawsuit will be on the horizon.
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Steven Tyler Might Sue If Aerosmith Replaces Him
A snip from the January newsletter We’re about to send out the February Make: Newsletter (tomorrow morning). This monthly email letter has all new material you won’t find on the site or in the magazine. We try to give you the inside scoop on some of what’s going on behind the scenes at Maker Media, original columns, tool reviews, even quick n’ dirty projects! We also have sweet subscription and Shed offers, often exclusive to the newsletter
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A popular and eye-popping mix of stars like Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga drew a TV audience of 25.8 million Americans to the Grammy Awards — the biggest TV audience for the telecast in six years, according to preliminary television ratings on Monday.
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Grammy TV audience biggest in six years
Cameras hooked to our computers were originally just for playing around, like a webcam for example, and their quality just wasn’t that good. As technology progressed of course they got better and even more features were added, eventually the IP camera was introduced and we had a whole new way of using our cameras. Once wireless became popular we then had wireless IP cameras that offered the best of everything really, you could use your wireless connection to set up your camera most anywhere in you home and use it for surveillance and not have to worry about being tethered to your computer with a cable.
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Review of Airlive WL-2000CAM Wireless IP Camera
Oh boy, I hope this is true. I’m shooting with an XSi, and it’s a great camera, but damn would I like to have me some movie-shooting ability. The T1i was a bad bet for that because it shot at 20FPS , which is ridiculous, but this new T2i allegedly has selectable frame rate modes
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Successor to Canon’s T1i entry-level DSLR coming next week?
Decreased muscle strength is associated with difficulty in performing functional activities such as stooping, crouching, or kneeling (SCK) in older adults, according to an observational study published in the January issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
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Decreased muscle strength predicts functional impairments in older adults
Potentially beneficial brain changes (an increase in the volume of an area known as the hippocampus) occur in response to exercise both in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. The findings suggest that the brain retains some plasticity, or ability to adapt, even in those with psychotic disorders.
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Exercise may increase volume in certain brain areas of patients with schizophrenia
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 2 February 2010 at 02:03:00 National intelligence services or anti-green forces responsible, says former UK chief scientist The UK government’s former chief scientist, Sir David King, has claimed that the hacking of climate research emails was planned either by a government agency or by lobbyists hoping to…
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Climate email hack ‘a professional job’
Short version: An excellent backpack for bloggers or the Batman. It has a ton of pockets and compartments, lots of space, a padded laptop section, and a water-resistant exterior. Its main flaws: no good spot for a big camera, and no readily accessible outside pockets.
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Review: Booq Mamba Shift L laptop backpack
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool : Bryan Levin was apparently having problems with cheap computer power supplies that couldn’t handle turning all of his drives on at the same time. Rather than just buy a beefier power supply, he decided to build this SPINmaster device to turn them on one at a time. He’s got a few more photos of the project on his Flickr page
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SPINmaster, a DIY staggered hard disk spin-up manager
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 2 February 2010 at 01:29:00 But industry well positioned for growth in 2010 Global chip sales fell nine per cent during 2009 but are on track to increase this year, according to new data from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)….
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Global chip sales down nine per cent over 2009
He might not be using sophisticated technology in his weather forecasts, but famous groundhog prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil will take a step into the 21st century Tuesday morning when he sends his annual prediction by text.
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This Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil Goes High-Tech
Check out this new laptop from Toshiba, the Satelite E205! The E205 is no ordinary laptop, equipped with the most capable and updated hardware the E205 can stream your display to your HDTV without wires. The Toshiba Satellite E205 is Toshiba’s next-generation thin and light laptop is one of the first to come with Intel Wireless Display technology. Duped as WiDi the E205 can can stream movies and photographs as well as other digital content to your HDTV with a simple button press.
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Toshiba Satellite E205 with WiDi (Wireless Display)
Wait no more! The technology is here and with th NETGEAR Push2TV is an easy-to-use TV adapter for Intel® Wireless Display Technology. Push2TV enables you to view whatever is displayed on your laptop screen onto your HDTV, wirelessly. With an intuitive setup and using standard WiFi technology, your laptop screen is ‘pushed’ to your big screen TV without the need for cables.
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Netgear Push2TV PTV1000 Intel WiDi
Less than a week after its initial revelation, the world seems to have their mind made up about the Apple iPad. Those who feel that this iPad is underwhelming may want to take note, as Apple may be working on a full-service Mac OS X-based version of the iPad. (…) Read the rest of Apple Developing Max OS X-based Apple iPad? [Rumors Suggest A Full Power OS X iPad In The Works] © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010
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Apple Developing Max OS X-based Apple iPad? [Rumors Suggest A Full Power OS X iPad In The Works]
Hey tomorrow is Ground Hog day, I for one hope this winter ends very soon. I’m really tired of the cold and snow and having school canceled or delayed because of it, I just can’t get any work done with my kids being here and it disrupts my entire day! So we’ve got the news for you today from our friends around the world. They’ve got lots of stuff to share with you so let’s just jump right on in… Don’t forget the rest fo the news not shown here is in our forums HERE
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News for February 1st 2010