Samsung launches the lighthouse in his home country EX1 (aka TL500) camera. Boasting a 4 mm lens ultra wide-angle f/1.8 Schneider Kreuznach 3x optical zoom, the imaging processor EX1 DRIMeIII with horns and a 3-inch AMOLED screen. It has 10 megapixel image sensor and offers ISO 3200, optical image stabilization and digital
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Samsung TL500 – EX1 10 MP Digital Camera
We’ve seen a few of these tablets coming out of Asia. Some of them are interesting, but they usually get little attention here in the West. However, this time, the Hanvon tablet is getting a lot of attention on major tech blogs – why
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Hanvon Takes On Apple In Dramatic Press Conference [New Hanvon Tablet Looks Okay, But Drew All The News With Literal Apple Bashing]
One of the new initiative/products Google announced today at Google I/O is WebM, a new open standard for video formats which is based on VP8 and Vorbis. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Time will tell, but it’s definitely interesting to see Google explore new things in its quest to take over the planet.
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Google I/O: New WebM Open Video Format Gets Introduced [Google Gets Serious About Video Standards, Offers V8-Based Solution Called WebM]
As you may already know, Twitter officially purchased Tweetie a while ago as the company seemed to be determined to offer its customers a better mobile experience on one of the most popular mobile environments, iPhone OS. (…) Read the rest of New Twitter iPhone Application Now Available in the App Store [Twitter Official Application Replaces Tweetie 2 in the App Store, Now Available for Free] (335 words) Post by TFTS | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010.
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New Twitter iPhone Application Now Available in the App Store [Twitter Official Application Replaces Tweetie 2 in the App Store, Now Available for…
With all the details we currently have on the next-gen iPhone, we can’t but wonder if a CDMA device is coming from Apple anytime soon. According to various leaked reports, Apple is building no less than 10 million CDMA iPhones but nobody can confirm that at this point. (…) Read the rest of Verizon iPhone Rumors Say Simultaneous Voice & Data Available on CDMA iPhone [AT&T Defends Exclusivity Deal with Apple, Not Worried About the Verizon iPhone Threat] (423 words) Post by Chris Smith | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010
While we get all our ducks in a row at the fairgrounds for Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend, you might be interested to check out the master schedule of talks, shows, and demos going on throughout the weekend. The locations for all makers are also live on the Maker Faire site, so get to planning your visit! You can also download the Maker Faire Guide PDF . Dale Dougherty fills us in: We have several different stages with different styles of presentations and performances
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Maker Faire schedules and map
The first Google I/O keynote came and went and while developers are probably learning more interesting stuff about cloud computers, Google apps and Chrome, we’re a little disappointed that Android wasn’t really the star of the first day. (…) Read the rest of Google I/O Hacked: Android & Google TV Announcements Coming Tomorrow [Second Google I/O Day to Unveil Expected Android News & Android TV Talk; Flash, Tablets & Froyo Probably Included] (268 words) Post by Chris Smith | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us
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Google I/O Hacked: Android & Google TV Announcements Coming Tomorrow [Second Google I/O Day to Unveil Expected Android News & Android TV Talk;…
First Skids and Mudflap , and now this! Presumably owing to her comparing him to Hitler and accusing the director of trying to kill her on the set of last year’s Transformers 2 , Michael Bay has opted not to bring back Megan Fox for Transformers 3 . Nikki Finke reports that Bay and writers are currently finishing T3 ‘s script (shooting begins next month, by the way) and have suddenly decided that “giving Shia [LaBeouf] a new love interest makes more sense for the story” — and what is a Transformers movie without a sense-making story, after all? Bay had previously slapped back at Fox in two letters — one anonymous and one on which he signed his name in the wrong place — but we guess he was still mad
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Megan Fox Dropped From Transformers 3 Like a Jive-Talking Autobot
Polish engineering student mb1988mb1988 and two friends built this homebrew pulse oximeter . It measures oxygen saturation in a patient by shining two wavelengths of light (infrared and red) through their finger, and recording the changes in light transmission over time. To power it all, they are using an 68HC908AB32 processor.
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DIY Pulse Oximeter
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 21:00:00 One standard to rule them all Google used the opening keynote of its I/O conference to announce the open sourcing the VP8 video standard, with the aim of making video online open to all developers….
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Google open sources VP8 online video standard
Gold may have been a safe investment during the economic recession the past few years, but now, the record high price of gold may be having an adverse affect on your favorite consumer electronics! DigiTimes is reporting that the high price of gold is causing many processor packagers to raise their prices to their customers. (…) Read the rest of Price of Gold Affects CPU Prices [Chip Packagers Forced To Raise Costs On Price Of Gold, Will Your Favorite Gadgets Get More Expensive?] (199 words) Post by TFTS | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us
Verizon Wireless has quietly added another netbook into their current lineup. The new model is the HP Mini 210-1076NR and its priced at $149.99 on a two year agreement
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HP Mini 210 Netbook Now Available With Verizon [Verizon Wireless Now Offering The Windows 7 Powered HP Mini 210-1076NR Netbook, Priced At $149.99…
When news broke that Bungie (the game developers behind the popular Halo series, formerly owned by Microsoft for many years) had partnered with Activision for a 10-year deal that saw Activision publishing their next great video game franchise, it took a lot of people by surprise. But now, it’s come out that EA was also in talks with Bungie regarding the same new IP franchise
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EA Talked With Bungie Before Activision [EA Exec Says They Talked With Bungie Over New IP, A Bungie-EA Partnership Is Still Possible]
Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
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Daily Dispatch: Google Wave for all; Togetherville launches a safe social network for kids
Over at MAKE: Japan, Takumi Funada found this excellent tea caddy variable capacitor ( translation ), which uses a homemade capacitor to turn a little plastic container into a volume control. Nice hack! More: MAKE presents: The Capacitor DIY electronic inclinometer: Measure tilt using water! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!
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DIY Volume knob built using a tea caddy and tinfoil
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:48:00 Long-awaited action plan aims to speed up Europe’s economic recovery The European Commission has set out its long-awaited Digital Agenda action plan, promising long-term investment and the removal of obstacles to maximising the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs)…
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European Commission launches ambitious Digital Agenda
As you already know Google I/O is already underway and we have already told you how Google Wave is now available to everyone and how the company has introduced a Chrome-based Web Store . (…) Read the rest of Adobe Embraces HTML5 & Adds HTML5 Pack for Dreamweaver CS5 [Did Adobe Just Realize Flash Is Going to be Replaced by HTML5 in the End?] (511 words) Post by KevinSchram | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us
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Adobe Embraces HTML5 & Adds HTML5 Pack for Dreamweaver CS5 [Did Adobe Just Realize Flash Is Going to be Replaced by HTML5 in the End?]
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:46:00 Company admits settings are ‘too complex’ Facebook has acknowledged widespread criticism about its privacy policy and said it is working on a response, although it couldn’t provide a timeframe….
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Facebook privacy changes expected soon
Google I/O 2010 has barely kicked off and we are already seeing some interesting goodies come. One of the more recent was the announcement of the Chrome Web Store, which will be an app store for the web. (…) Read the rest of Google I/O: Google Announces & Previews The Chrome Web Store [Google Unveils App Store For the Web, Dubbed The Chrome Web Store] (305 words) Post by Chris Smith | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010.
Sharon Brennan, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:24:00 Firm launches SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 and Identity Manager 4 Novell has released an update to its SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 designed to offer improved virtualisation, availability and support.