Archive for: August 29, 2008

August 29, 2008

Samsung BD-P2500 Blu-ray player packs familiar specs, price

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

Samsung’s upcoming BD-P2500 Blu-ray player promises BD-Live support out of the box when it ships in October, with its IFA announcement revealing identical specs and price ($499) to the Best Buy-exclusive BD-P2550 already on sale. Of course, with HQV video proce…

Comcast set to start bandwidth capping come October 1st

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
You construct out so much tough-talk and blustery grand-standing these days by details capping that it’s tough to take any of it too seriously. A recent announcement by Comcast, however, is sending chills down the collective spine of Engadget (and seriously threatening to …

Double-sided obvious touch display would build Battleship amazing

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

Filed under: Displays
You’ve got to feel poor for the vendors at the Sign and Display Show 2008 that’s going on in Tokyo right now for being totally overshadowed by IFA, but that nifty dual-sided obvious touch display from Teraokaseiko is definitely noteworthy, even whether it just considering it’ll…

WinPwn 2.5-Beta 1 - new QuickPwn Support

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

cmw’s development on his Apple iPhone homebrew app, WinPwn, is obviously far from being by. He’s just released the latest version, 2.5-Beta , earlier nowadays.Here’s what you can expect to be new:QuickPwn Support for 2.0/2.0.1/2.0.2Root partition resize supportInstaller supportBasic / Expert modesWi…

German Customs raids by 50 booths at IFA looking for patent infringements

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWe’ve got our crack team of Engadget ninjas at IFA working to figure out precisely what’s going on, but early word is that by 220 German Customs agents have raided the show looking for patent infringements. It’s not clear how many booths have had visits from The Man, but it…

DIY: shut-focus iPhone 3G

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

defor from Eastrain has posted an interesting DIY to compose your iPhone 3G close-focus. It would require opening the phone itself, and so as you may very well expect, it will void your guarantee.There are about five steps to the process, most of which entail taking out the right screws and cables t…

VAIO UX gets hot-rodded with Core 2 Duo mod

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

Filed under: Handhelds
Sony’s VAIO UX UMPC is definitely one of the sexier handheld PCs out there, but it’s never been accused of being a rocket — even the latest models only offer a lonely single-core 1.2GHz Core 2 Solo for your $2500, and since the chip is soldered onto the board, swapping it out…

Palm Treo Pro reviewed on Engadget Mobile

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

Filed under: Cellphones
The Treo Pro is the first of what is clearly a new design direction for Palm — a shiny, black mutation of the popular Centro, but with Windows Mobile on-board and a strange marketing scheme allowing you to buy the device unlocked right at launch. Want to get the low-down, di…

How would you change Nikon’s D700?

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras
The phrase “full frame” brings a smile to the face of anyone remotely familiar with photography, and the term “D700″ is likely to do the same for shooters with three large to plunk down on a new body. Still, even with its faraway list of drool-worthy features, we’re undo…

Earn your bandwidth black belt

Filed under: Review - 29 Aug 2008

Comcast has thrown down the bandwidth gauntlet. Starting in October, Comcast broadband users will be restricted to 250GB worth of downloads per month. When asked whether the cable company was planning on offering a bandwidth meter to customers, a Comcast representative stated that it hopes to, event…

Scooter Software Beyond Compare 3.0.3 Build 8845 + KEY

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Beyond Compare version 3 is a fairly complete rewrite of the application nbsp Like the transition from version 1 to version 2 we have taken the opportunity to rethink the user interface redesign some of the internal fundamentals and add significant new functionality
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Google Desktop 5.8.808.21323

Google Desktop Search provides full text search over your email computer files chats and the web pages you 39 ve viewed By making your computer searchable it puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files emails and bookmarks
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