Archive for: May 2009

When Fotonauts debuted at last year’s TechCrunch50, I called it a “gorgeous photopedia” because it promised to turn your photo albums into collaborative Web pages about different topics and subjects. Fotonauts is a desktop photo client which helps you tag, organize, and share your photos in a live feed, and is still in private beta. But you can see a glimpse of what the Web-facing version will look like at Fotopedia , which just soft-launched. A message at the top of the page states: “Fotopedia, a sneak peek. This site is an in-progress read-only preview of what we are going to launch in a few days.” One of the features of Fotonauts which has yet to be turned on is the ability to turn any photo album into a Web page, complete with tags, associated Wikipedia entry, and Google map information where available. Fotopedia showcases some of the same public albums you can see in the Fotonauts client, plus it adds a few twists. Each photo can be voted up or down or flagged as inappropriate. There is an Encyclopedia tab, which shows albums by topic/tag. For instance, you can see albums about Volcanos , butterflies , or Venice . There are nearly 150,000 high-quality photos already, organized into 4,289 “articles.” Each article is a Web slide show, along with the associated Wikipedia entry and Google Map. Each photo contains a lot of metadata making it search-engine friendly. Fotopedia is supposed to be a cross between Flickr and Wikipedia, an= long-lasting archive of “images for humanity.” Fotonauts founder Jean-Marie Hullot explains in a note: “Flickr and other photo sites give you exposure for only a brief window in time, and adding photos to Wikipedia proved too complicated for the average user.” In addition to the photos, there is also ...

I have an Eton radio that along with regular AAA batteries or a rechargeable battery pack can be powered by a Dynamo hand crank that folds into its body. UK-based Ecotronic took the same technology and put it into a line of electronic toys that don’t require batteries to light up or make sound . …

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Ecotronic toys ditch batteries for child labor

(Credit: Aerovation) Planning on flying with your laptop on a summer vacation? You should definitely consider a TSA checkpoint-friendly bag. There is no shortage of options , but this new model from Aerovation makes one important change to the typical design so getting away from the checkpoint is even faster. Most …

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Checkpoint-friendly laptop bag with a twist

Hell yeah! It’s the first images of the next generation iPhone in the wild! The more I’m learning from the handful of [blurry] pictures that have just posted on a Hong Kong blog, the more I’m convinced they are the real deal: the magnetic compass, autofocus camera, video recording capability, MMS capability, CPU log/activity, along with some other new features from OS 3.0 running on current iPhone 3G hardware… [ UMPCFever ]

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First images of the next gen iPhone screens?

By Andrew Liszewski Growing up I had a nasty habit of bouncing my leg under the table during dinner which I’ve since solved by simply eating my meals on my living room couch instead. But seeing the Constant Shaker chair created by Alice Wang as part of her Chairs for the Dysfunctional exhibit, I have to wonder if all my fidgeting wasn’t a good thing. According to her site , researchers think that the unconscious muscle movements might be intentionally triggered by our brains to burn additional calories when we’re inactive. So Alice’s Constant Shaker chair features a sensor that will actually calculate the amount of calories you’ve burned while not sitting still, and will display the results on a simple LCD. [ Alice Wang - Chairs For The Dysfunctional - Constant Shaker ] VIA [ MoCo Loco ]

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Constant Shaker Chair Calculates Your Calories Burned While Fidgeting

Facebook will soon be allowing all users to claim a vanity URL pointing to their regular profile page, we’ve heard from a reliable source. The announcement should come sometime later this week. Afterwards, at a certain date and time, the landrush will begin. Users will be able to grab a vanity URL of their choice. The Landrush rules will prohibit trademark infringement and a lots of words will be blacklisted, such as generic terms. But for the most part, we hear, users will be able to grab a name that they like. Facebook has been toying with vanity URLs for some time. URLs for user profiles are currently user id numbers - such as facebook.com/profile.php?id=500065899 (that’s me). In March some Facebook pages started rolling out with vanity URLs , although you must have a business relationship with Facebook (or know someone there) to get one. Facebook.com/techcrunch , for example, links to our TechCrunch page on Facebook.’class=”snap_nopreview shot2″ alt=”” /> Facebook will soon be allowing all users to claim a vanity URL pointing to their regular profile page, we’ve heard from a reliable source. The announcement should come sometime later this week. Afterwards, at a certain date and time, the landrush will begin. Users will be able to grab a vanity URL of their choice. The Landrush rules will prohibit trademark infringement and a lots of words will be blacklisted, such as generic terms. But for the most part, we hear, users will be able to grab a name that they like. Facebook has been toying with vanity URLs for some time. URLs for user profiles are currently user id numbers - such as facebook.com/profile.php?id=500065899 (that’s me). In March some Facebook pages started rolling out with vanity URLs , although you must have a business relationship with Facebook (or know ...

We’re excitedly anticipating the release of Mass Effect 2 for the consoles but in the meantime, there has been a release of pre-buzz content for the iPhone which acts like a prelude of sorts. To differentiate it from the main franchise, this version is a top down shooter with cartoonized graphics. This is still part of the Mass Effect universe which means that fans should give this a try as a premonition to the main plot. You can download the application through the iTunes store. [Thanks to 1UP for images ] Post from: Cellphone9

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Mass Effect cartoonized for the iPhone

Getting ready to hit Los Angeles and the Electronic Entertainment Expo for the 11th time, I was inspired to peek back at photos I had taken over the years at E3. Most of these are from the years 2002-2005 — considered the heyday of the show’s over-the-top displays. From …

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E3’s Wackiest Moments

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The Java Runtime Environment JRE provides the libraries the Java Virtual Machine and other components to run applets and applications written in the Java programming language In addition two key deployment technologies are part of the JRE Java Plug in which enables applets to run in popular browsers and Java Web Start which deploys standalone applications over a network This is the official Java Download from Sun Microsystems

AnyDVD is a driver which descrambles DVD Movies automatically in the background This DVD appears unprotected and region code free for all applications and the Windows operating system as well With AnyDVD 39 s help copy tools like CloneDVD Pinnacle Instant Copy InterVideo DVD Copy etc are able to copy CSS protected Movies You can remove the RPC region code thereby making the Movie region free and viewable on any DVD player and with any DVD player software With the help of AnyDVD you can watch movies with non matching region codes with every DVD Player Software you like
AnyDVD is capable of removing unwanted movie features including subtitles and prohibition messages such as copyright and FBI warnings It also allows you to launch an external application whenever you insert or remove a disc or prevent 39 PC friendly 39 software from automatically launching when you insert a video DVD AnyDVD decrypts not just DVDs AnyDVD allows you also to play copy and rip protected Audio CDs
Decryption is not all that AnyDVD offers You can control the drive speed of your DVD drive allowing you to reduce the noise level when watching movies on your PC You can even adjust the display frequency of your monitor for both NTSC and PAL displays
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Changelog 6 5 5 5 2009 05 28 New Blu ray Added support for new BD protections
New DVD AI scanner improved
New DVD Fix playback time of program chains
New Added Windows 7 detection to sysinfo txt
Fix AnyDVD did not work correctly if the drive letters A B or C
were assigned to optical drives
Some minor fixes and improvements