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Disney Video Launches In Beta, Bringing Kid-Friendly Clips And Trailers To All Your Devices

There’s a new product that just came out of Disney Labs — a video portal for clips, movie trailers, and even a collection of curated YouTube videos, all designed to be watched online or on any of your mobile devices. The new Disney Video site, located at video.disney.com, combines the best of Disney past and present, with a whole lot of content that might not be found anywhere else.

It’s too early to know too much about the site — we spotted after it was announced on Twitter by Henry Work, Senior Software Engineer for Disney Interactive Labs, and have a request out for more information. But at first glance, it seems like a pretty cool example of what a major media company can do with a huge library of content that it hopes to bring to multiple platforms and devices.
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The mysteries of the CCD revealed (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 17, 2012 No comments

Sure, we’ve explained to you why sensor size matters in a digital camera, but maybe you need to take it back a bit. Maybe, you’re not entirely sure how those sensors work in the first place. Well, Bill Hammack, better known as The Engineer Guy, is here to help. After breaking down LCDs and hard drives for your amusement and education, Bill has turned his attention to the CCD. The charge-coupled device is the heart and soul of many a digital camera, turning incoming photons into a charge that the impressively complex processor inside can convert into an image. What makes the CCD so impressive is it’s rather ingenious solutions to problems such as interference (no wires, just a shift register) and color reproduction (pixel-sized filters and a hue-flattening algorithm). For more, check out the video after the break.

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Video games about Jesus, the devil released on same day

Posted by Gsurface on May 16, 2012 No comments

Software maker Blizzard Entertainment released its hotly anticipated role playing game Diablo III “from the Burning Hells” on Tuesday. At the same time, Lightside Games announced the release of “Journey of Jesus: The Calling” — the first video game based on the life of Jesus.

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Burritob0t hands-on (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 16, 2012 No comments

ITP, or the Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU churns out some of the most reliably interesting tech-centric artists in the world. Every so often, the school opens its doors to the public and the press and, of course, we jumped at the chance to see what the grad students were cooking up… literally. Marko Manriquez took the opportunity to showcase his thesis project, the Burritob0t, a 3D printer the spits out edible piles of beans and cheese, instead of non-toxic (but, highly inedible) plastic. The base is built largely around a standard RepRap machine, with the Frostruder attachment from MakerBot. From there it’s pretty simple to plug in any 3D model and build your creation from highly-processed Mexican food — on a heated platform from the Thingomatic, of course.

Marko says that his creation not only seemed like a logical way to combine “edible bits and digital bytes” but also a way to address the increasingly mechanized food industry and our growing reliance on manufactured “food.” Sadly, we weren’t able to get a complete demo on the show floor. The current incarnation of the device relies on air pressure to push the ingredients through syringes, and firing up the compressor was not an option. A Kickstarter is forthcoming, however, and Marko plans to upgrade the components to ditch the bulky and loud compressor. He also hopes to actually serve food from his printer, perhaps by taking up residence in a park. But, we suspect it’ll be a while before you can get a Burritob0t burrito while you wait for your Concrete from Shake Shack. Check out the video after the break.

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Ikea’s Uppleva TV will be a smart TV, have video streaming apps

Posted by Gsurface on May 15, 2012 No comments

When you think of Ikea, you certainly don’t think of the latest innovations in consumer electronics. Or do you? If you’re familiar with the Uppleva TV, perhaps your perception is already starting to change. Originally announced earlier this year, the Uppleva will be the discount furniture retailer’s first big foray into the world of electronics,

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Plastic Logic demoes flexible color display for e-readers (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 14, 2012 No comments

Plastic Logic has getting by with some eastern love since last year, when RUSNANO’s $ 700 million investment helped the e-reader maker land its Plastic Logic 100 in Russian schools. The latest fruit of that partnership is a prototype of its first flexible color e-reader display, which delivers 4,000-plus hues at a resolution of 75 ppi. The screen contains some 1.2 million plastic transistors, and it’s able to bend without distorting images thanks to a filter and display that flex at the same rate. Skip past the break for a demo clip of the tech in action, appropriately featuring some Matryoshka dolls.

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The Engadget interview: OnStar’s Nick Pudar talks smart grids at CTIA 2012 (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 12, 2012 No comments

While visiting the Innovation Showcase at CTIA 2012, we ran into Nick Pudar — OnStar’s VP of Business Development — who was kind enough to give us a few minutes of his time. We sat in the LTE Skype-enabled Chevy Volt on display and discussed such topics as OnStar FMV, RelayRides and smart grids — wherein power utilities can (with the customer’s consent) send a signal to a vehicle to control when it charges. The idea is to allows utilities to maximize grid efficiency and minimize power spikes while giving customers options for when to charge the vehicle — like when the rates are the lowest or when the power generated is coming from renewable energy, for example. Pretty neat stuff, eh? Watch our video interview for all the (pardon the pun) juicy details.

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Beyonce will have to face $100+ million video game lawsuit

Posted by Gsurface on May 12, 2012 No comments

After Beyonce pulled out of a deal to do a dance-themed video game, she was served with a $ 100+ million lawsuit from the video game company that struck the deal. She had applied to have the suit thrown out, but today a Manhattan judge decided that the request was “meritless,” which means the suit will

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Crave giveaway: Zoom Q3HD HD video recorder

Posted by Gsurface on May 11, 2012 No comments

This week, we have an impressive little $ 299 pocket camcorder that records high-quality video and audio.
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New shear touch technology lets you skip a double-tap, push your device around (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 11, 2012 No comments

Most every touchscreen in the market today can only register your finger input as coordinates; that’s fine for most uses, but it leads to a lot of double-taps and occasionally convoluted gestures. A pair of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Chris Harrison and Scott Hudson, have suggested that shear touch might be a smarter solution. Instead of gliding over fixed glass, your finger could handle secondary tasks by pushing in a specific direction, or simply pushing harder, on a sliding display. Among the many examples of what shear touch could do, the research duo has raised the possibility of skipping through music by pushing left and right, or scrolling more slowly through your favorite website with a forceful dragging motion. The academic paper is still far away from producing a shipping device, although a Microsoft doctoral fellowship’s partial contribution to funding the study indicates one direction the technology might go. You can take a peek at the future in a video after the jump — just don’t expect a tablet-based Van Gogh this soon.

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Nokia swings Mail for Exchange to Series 40 dumphones: now in beta labs for testing (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 10, 2012 No comments

Nokia isn’t just shaking up your browser on your humble Series 40 phone. This time, those cheap little bundles of communication goodness are preparing to get mail for Exchange, with the feature now undergoing testing in its Beta Labs. While Nokia might not be king of the phone hill anymore, there’s still plenty of its solid dumbphones itching to get a taste of corporate email. This holds especially true for developing countries where the phone series still sells well and where Nokia’s still pushing to increase its foothold. While you’ll only be able to feel up the beta at the source below, the full-fat version is shaping up for a June launch and will be initially compatible with both the Asha 302 and 303. You’ll need your phone’s latest software to test out the beta, but if you’re covered there, grab your goggles and visit Nokia’s labs at the source below. If not, you’ll have to make do with the intro video after the break.

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CloudOn brings its Office to Android tablets, adds support for Google Drive (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 9, 2012 No comments

Indirectly or not, the other guys seem to enjoy their time spent with CloudOn’s unorthodox delivery of Microsoft Office. Fortunately for you, the service just announced it’s now available to the Android folk — at least to those with a Google certified slate. The CloudOn application comes as a freebie and it’s compatible with tablets running Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich. Keep in mind that, aside from creating / editing docs on Word, Excel and PowerPoint, you’ll also be able to open almost any file thanks to Adobe Reader. Furthermore, the company revealed it now offers support for Google Drive, joining the likes of Dropbox and Box as part of the cloud lineup. Ready to give it a go? It’s up for grabs now via Google Play, but before you do that, there’s a vid waiting for you past the break.

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Pioneer touts world’s first car GPS with augmented reality HUD (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 9, 2012 No comments

We’ve seen augmented reality, and GPS with augmented reality, but we haven’t seen the two combined at the front of a car’s windshield. A pair of Cyber Navi rigs from Pioneer promise to change all that, using an add-on, laser-projected heads-up display from MicroVision that shows driving directions just above the road itself, making sure that you focus on what’s in front rather than squinting at the LCD off to the side. If you do need to look at that LCD, however, you’ll get yet another augmented reality view if your car has a camera up front, more detail about the route and a new speed limit sign alert system. The usual rounds of DVD media, iPhone/iPod playback and 1Seg over-the-air TV tuning are also on tap. Buying either of the new HUD-equipped GPS units will require a deep wallet, some patience and an airplane trip to Japan, however — the 2-DIN ZH99 and dual 1-DIN VH99 cost ¥300,000 and ¥320,000 ($ 3,770 and $ 4,021) respectively, and their late July release isn’t known to include the US at this stage.

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The Engadget interview: Mozilla Chief of Innovation Todd Simpson at CTIA 2012 (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 9, 2012 No comments

Today at CTIA Wireless in New Orleans we got the chance to spend a few minutes with Todd Simpson, Chief of Innovation at Mozilla. We talked about the company’s “pivot into mobile” — more specifically Firefox for Android and Boot to Gecko — and what it means for Mozilla’s future. Is there a Firefox for Windows Phone in the works? Will boot to Gecko migrate to other platforms, like laptops? We’re not going to spoil the fun for you — just watch our video interview.

Brad Molen contributed to this report.

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Samsung Focus 2 for AT&T hands-on at CTIA 2012 (update: video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 7, 2012 No comments

It’s the first night of action at CTIA Wireless 2012, and we’re not wasting any time finding the best of what New Orleans has to offer. To start things off properly, we got some time with the Samsung Focus 2, announced by AT&T earlier this morning as the latest addition to the network’s healthy Windows Phone lineup. Of course, the phone’s no stranger to being in front of the cameras — this is just the first time it’s occurred without any shroud of secrecy surrounding it. So what kind of specs come with the Focus 2? The $ 50 handset, due out on May 20th, offers a 4-inch Super AMOLED WVGA display, a 1.4GHz CPU with unspecified RAM, 5MP rear-facing camera capable of recording 720p HD video, a VGA cam on the front and LTE connectivity.

The Focus 2, without a doubt, feels completely tiny in our hands when compared to Nokia and HTC’s latest Windows Phone entries. And at 4.3 ounces, it’s incredibly light as well — sadly, the device’s 11.98mm thickness was a slight disappointment for us. Aside from the inclusion of LTE and a 1,750mAh user-removable battery, we’re not quite sure the reasoning behind it. With that said, anything with a display smaller than 4.3 inches these days seems immensely easy to grip, regardless. When handling the phone, we couldn’t help but think of the similarly-designed Galaxy Blaze 4G, as the two devices appear to have come from the same mold.

Overall, this isn’t a device meant for power users, and it faces some heavy competition against the Nokia Lumia 900 in price point (though the Focus 2 is slightly less expensive than the Lumia’s normal subsidized cost). But for anyone who enjoys a Windows Phone with a smaller display and was disappointed in the lack of LTE connectivity on the Focus Flash, this will be the ideal handset for you. If your curiosity is getting the best of you, go below to see the full gallery.

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Gallery: Samsung Focus 2 hands-on

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BlackBerry 10 to get video editor, screen sharing according to forum leak

Posted by Gsurface on May 7, 2012 No comments

The Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha we wrapped our mitts around last week didn’t tell us much about RIM’s big QNX-based OS update (being loaded with PlayBook OS 2.0 and all), but Crackberry forum user Biggulpseh seemingly has the deets that the folks in Waterloo weren’t ready to reveal. So-called internal documents reportedly detail a tilt-senstive lock screen that pushes notifications to the user based on the device’s movement (called “cinnamon toast”), a screen-sharing ability to ramp up the productivity of video calls and a robust video editor resulting from RIM’s acquisition of JayCut last year. Biggulpseh says the images come from a “trusted source,” and are part of a document that outlines upcoming features for the benefit of the firm’s employees. Ready to dive in and let your imagination run wild? Hit the source links below, just don’t forget your saliferous spices.

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Ariel Atom-inspired simulator touts world’s first 180-degree spherical projector screen (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 6, 2012 No comments

The Ariel Atom is arguably one of the greatest bangs for the buck in terms of sports car performance, so it’s no surprise that the automaker has paired up with Motion Simulation to design a particularly special simulator for both hardcore fans as well pro racing drivers and pilots. The TL1 has the world’s first 180-degree spherical projection unit (technically, three projector screens acting as one) to give you that advance view of the apex without display bezels getting in the way. Its seat not only adjusts to fit different breeds of cars and aircraft but, if you opt for it, tucks in a motion transducer that will properly jolt you when you hit a bump in the road. What may please extra-serious racing game fans the most is the off-the-shelf nature of the computer needed to drive the TL1 properly: as long as your graphics hardware can handle the extra-wide 5760 x 1200 resolution, any typical Windows XP or Windows 7 desktop will do. The real question is whether your wallet can handle it, as the £11,500 ($ 18,573) PC-less starting price will make it tempting to buy a real Atom instead.

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Study: 37% Of U.S. Teens Now Use Video Chat, 27% Upload Videos

Posted by Gsurface on May 4, 2012 No comments

Video chat is still something quite a few people don’t feel comfortable with. For U.S. teens, however, it is quickly becoming a pretty routine way of communicating with each other. According to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 37% of teens now regularly use Skype, Google Talk or iChat to talk to each other.

There are significant differences between how many boys and girls use video chat, though. Only a third of boys use video chat while 42% of girls said they have video chatted. Maybe unsurprisingly, those teens who use the Internet more frequently also use video chats more often than their peers who only go online a few times per week. The same is true for teens who text and use social media more often than their peers.
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Microsoft’s ‘Inside Xbox’ video service discontinued

Posted by Gsurface on May 3, 2012 No comments

The feature within Xbox Live that allowed gamers to get the latest news and information about the Xbox 360 in an easily digestable video format is no more. Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Inside Xbox feautre from its gaming console, likely due to low user demand. This includes the closure of

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US Army gets picky, solicits smart feed ammo system for machine guns and auto cannons (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 3, 2012 No comments

War! Huh! What is it good for? Stuff like smart bullet-feeding systems, apparently. See, the US Army isn’t quite satisfied with the mixed ammo feed it currently uses with weapons like the helicopter-mounted M230 chain gun. Instead, it wants its machine gunners to be able to freely switch and pick their ammo of choice — whether it be incendiary rounds or precision-guided smart bullets — to better match conditions on the field. So the Army is using another weapon in its arsenal — good, old tax dollars — to solicit proposals for a smart bullet-feeding system. Initial project goals include near real-time inventorying of ammo, a fire rate of 300 rounds per minute and a selection accuracy rate of 95 percent. Yeah, it’s no freaking railgun or tactical laser system. But at least the feeding system can also be used for more peaceful pursuits, like dispensing medical vials or emergency supplies (not via machine gun, of course). In the meantime, folks who want to see a demo of the system’s not-so-peaceful applications can check out the video after the break.

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Dell spreads the Ivy Bridge love to new XPS 8500, Vostro 470 PCs (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 2, 2012 No comments

Not willing to let the new Alienware lineup have all the fun with Intel’s Ivy Bridge rollout, Dell has seen fit to trot out a pair of new desktop systems using the new 22-nanometer chips. The XPS 8500 is arguably the center of attention here and comes with your pick of the third-generation, quad-core i5 or i7 processors, along with a new choice for a 32GB or 256GB solid-state drive to cut down on those pesky loading times. The more sober-minded among us can opt for the Vostro 470 business desktop, which skips over the raw video prowess of its rebellious XPS cousin in favor of supporting up to 32GB of RAM, not to mention stacking up the extra security and support that makes IT administrators happy. Should you want to take the plunge, $ 750 will get you into the XPS 8500 fold, while $ 550 is all it takes for the Vostro 470 line. Head in past the break for a video peep at both PCs.

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Online Video Content Pioneer Revision3 In Acquisition Talks With The Discovery Channel

Posted by Gsurface on May 1, 2012 No comments

Seven years in, Revision3 and its stable of web stars have more than survived the tough early days of building a video content business on the web. The San Francisco company is now bringing in a respectable 100 million video views per month, following a big 2011 — and it may be about to cash in.
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BlackBerry Music Gateway hands-on (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 1, 2012 No comments

The music streaming accessory market is immensely saturated, but RIM is hoping to add its own flavor with its latest version of the BlackBerry Music Gateway. We took a brief look at this year’s BlackBerry World in Orlando, and were impressed by both its size and ease of use. A tiny dongle no larger than the Bold 9900′s display, the device easily pairs up with any Bluetooth-enabled phone, tablet or music player and lets you push your tunes into a home or car stereo — provided it offers ports for RCA cables, that is. NFC is also added into the mix this time around, which means you can impress friends by simply tapping your BlackBerry to the Gateway to initiate the pairing sequence. While it’s not bringing anything drastically new to the table, its $ 50 price tag makes it a tempting offer for anyone whose FM transmitter is picking up nothing but static in a densely populated city. If you fall into that category or are just looking for something to bedazzle close friends and relatives, don’t hesitate to check out our gallery below and video after the break.

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BBC’s Planet Earth returns as a live simulcast next week — but not in the US (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 30, 2012 No comments

For fans of HD and / or nature documentaries, the BBC Planet Earth series is the unquestioned champion, and to provide a proper followup the Brits are improving it the only way they know how: doing it live. What the broadcaster calls its “most ambitions global wildlife series ever” will air simultaneously in 140 countries (more on that bit later) starting Sunday May 6th, then every Thursday and Sunday for three weeks. The plan is to track animals in seven different locations around the world in real time as they struggle for survival and broadcast it all in HD. One segment features Top Gear’s Richard Hammond following a pride of lions across southern Kenya, while another will track black bears in Minnesota. The bad news? If you’re in the US or Canada you’re not on that 140 country list and won’t be seeing any of this live. We’re not sure if there’s time to make this a campaign issue in the 2012 presidential election but we figure that, or at least bugging BBC America (while we’re on the subject — where’s our global iPlayer?) is worth a try. Check after the break for a press release with all the details on where and when it is airing, as well as a trailer.

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MIT develops fog resistant, glare-free glass, it’s clearly amazing (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 29, 2012 No comments

It sounds like it’s not just us that spend half our sweet time with lint-free cloth in hand. Researchers at MIT have developed a new type of glass that “virtually eliminates” reflections, and is also water-repellent. By using techniques from the semiconductor industry, conical nano-textures etched into the layered surface that give the wonder-glass its fog, glare and self-cleaning properties. The hope is that the technology will find its way into our many daily screens and even windows. It’s not all about gadget vanity though; solar panels lose efficiency over time through residual surface build up, and using the new glass could go some way to eliminate that issue. If they can just remember where they put the ultra-clear test sample that is.

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Acer releases app to hurry the ICS-ification of Iconia slates (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 29, 2012 No comments

Patience, they say, is a virtue. Try telling that to a tech-savvy tablet owner, whose friend already got an ICS update. Acer started pushing out an Android 4 update to lucky Iconia 500 owners earlier in the week, but for those who’ve yet to receive it, all is not lost. The tablet maker has taken the unusual step of releasing an app dedicated to getting you the upgrade asap. Can’t wait a moment longer? Point your slate at the Play store and search for “Acer” and then simply look for the free Iconia Tab Update Enhancement app. Virtues are overrated anyway.

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Animated video shows Orion spacecraft in orbit

Posted by Gsurface on April 29, 2012 No comments

NASA may have pushed back the Orion spacecraft’s test flight to 2014, but you can get an early glimpse of the capsule in orbit thanks to this animated video from Full Werks studio. You’ll see the capsule circle the planet before touching down in the Pacific — all with a much better view than you can expect when that actual launch date rolls around. The animation features audio clips from the original Apollo and, as any NASA-related video worth its salt should, includes a vintage voiceover from space sage Carl Sagan.

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Amazing video of Saturn stitched together from old NASA photos

Posted by Gsurface on April 29, 2012 No comments

A spectacular new video combines NASA images of the Saturn and Jupiter systems into an eye-popping montage of moons, rings and swirling otherworldly storms.

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Relive video game history with epic ‘Go right’

Posted by Gsurface on April 28, 2012 No comments

Countless games require the protagonist to go right, and one amateur videographer takes that concept to a completely new level.
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Fujitsu gadget converts smartphone 2D video to 3D

Posted by Gsurface on April 27, 2012 No comments

If you don’t fancy picking up an LG Optimus 3D Max when its released but still want to get in on the 3D tidal wave, Fujitsu has created the accessory you’re looking for. It’s a converter with two small mirror that attaches to an existing smartphone’s camera, and with a little help from the cloud

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Steam for Linux captured on video, one step closer to reality

Posted by Gsurface on April 27, 2012 No comments

Yesterday, Phoronix had encouraging news about the prospect of Steam for Linux: photo evidence of Left 4 Dead running on Ubuntu 11.10 with AMD Catalysts drivers. Today, the site followed up with video footage of that same scenario, posting a hastily shot clip to show that Valve is indeed making progress — slow as it may be — on porting the game engine to Linux. Got 14 seconds? Check out the video demo below the break.

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EnStream to bring mobile wallet to Canadians, make loonies obsolete (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 26, 2012 No comments

A joint venture of Canadian carriers Rogers, Bell and Telus called EnStream is in final talks with the country’s leading banks (likely CIBC, TD, RBC, Scotiabank and BMO) to bring a mobile wallet solution to the Great White North within six months. The system, which was demoed at the CWTA Wireless Showcase last September, enables mobile payments by storing a user’s financial credentials on the SIM located inside their NFC-capable phone. It aims to replace credit and debit cards at first — perhaps even driver’s licenses and loyalty programs down the road. Carriers plan to charge banks a flat rate instead of a per-transaction fee.

According to Almis Ledas, EnStream’s COO, “banking machines will become the payphones of the future”. While we command this attempt to standardize mobile payments in Canada, the time frame seems rather optimistic in light of the slow progress AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have made with Isis in the US so far. Different countries, different rules of course — still, we think it’s going to take quite a while to make loonies obsolete. Maybe this is the perfect window of opportunity for Google Wallet and Square to jump across the border, eh? Time will tell. Check out EnStream’s mobile wallet in action on video after the break.

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Scalado Album launches for Android, we go hands-on (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 25, 2012 No comments

Scalado just released Album, its first ever Android app to land in Google’s Play store. The company — which is best known for imaging technologies such as zero shutter lag, Rewind and Remove — usually provides software to device manufacturers instead of end users directly. Album is billed as “a simple to use, high performance, photo/video viewer with a clean and smooth user interface” that handles pictures up to 200 (!) megapixels in size. The app costs $ 0.99 and is available for both smartphones and tablets. It features some interesting touches, like the ability to browse geotagged images using a map view.

We had the opportunity to take Album for a spin before launch and the app offers an intuitive and responsive user experience. Beyond organizing photos into bins like the “camera roll” and the existing folders on your device, the main screen lets you browse content by time (monthly) and location (including nearby). Pictures can be deleted, shared, rotated in place, cropped and turned into wallpaper. Animated thumbnails are used for videos, and multiple items can be selected. Check the gallery below, and hit the break for Scalado’s demo video and PR.

Gallery: Scalado Album hands-on

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Chasing Federal Government IT Stories the Old-Fashioned Way (Video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 24, 2012 No comments

Wayne Rash is a crusty old IT reporter who lives near Washington D.C. and covers a lot of Federal Government actions, especially those that have to do with technology, for several well-known publications. He did a lot of the original coverage of both the LightSquared debacle and AT&T’s attempt to buy T-Mobile. Note the word “original” in there. An awful lot of today’s online “news” stories quote other stories. Wayne is totally not a fan of that kind of “reporting,” as you’ll learn toward the end of this video. What he *does* respect is the old-fashioned way of gathering information: lots of research and digging.

Telltale Games offers The Walking Dead video game on PSN tomorrow

Posted by Gsurface on April 24, 2012 No comments

If you’ve been captivated by the intensely captivating The Walking Dead comic book series or related TV show, then Telltale Games has something for you. The publisher will be bringing an episodic retelling of the zombie-centric story to a PS3 near you. Yes, episodic. If you know anything about Telltale Games, you know they love

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Samsung Galaxy S III teaser video calls you sheep

Posted by Gsurface on April 23, 2012 No comments

Samsung’s oddly-anagrammed teaser site for the new Galaxy S III has ticked its way down to zero, revealing a video promo for the upcoming flagship that calls everyone else sheep. With the full launch of the Galaxy S III expected on May 3, Samsung’s new video - which you can see after the cut – is more

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For digital video to live, the 30-second pre-roll ad must die

Posted by Gsurface on April 23, 2012 No comments

The 30-second pre-roll is the blink tag of our era. It’s the ad format that drives users crazy, and it’s just not right for Web or mobile. Here’s how to fix video advertising and make online video profitable for everyone.
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Adobe unveils CS6 and subscription-based Creative Cloud service, up for pre-order now (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 23, 2012 No comments

Adobe’s biggest day of 2012? Go ahead, don’t be afraid to call it what it (probably) is. For starters, the outfit is introducing Creative Suite 6 to the world in formal fashion, with 14 applications either unveiled or refreshed. Photoshop CS6 is graduating from beta — seeing an update that’ll provide “near instant results” thanks to the Mercury Graphics Engine — while Content-Aware Patch and Content-Aware Move are sure to please artists suffering from the “Surely you can fix this in post!” clientele backlash. Adobe Muse is happily entering the scene for the first time, described as a “radical tool that’ll enables designers to create and publish HTML5 web sites without writing code.” (We’re still waiting for Flash to comment.)

In related news, those who aren’t up for paying $ 1,299 (and up) for one of the new suites can try something a bit different: monthly installments. That’s coming courtesy of Creative Cloud, an quasi-new initiative designed to harness the power of cloud-based app distribution and streaming in a way that’ll make CS6 more accessible than any of the packs that came before. You can tap into CS6′s amenities over your broadband connection for $ 74.99 per month, while those who agree to an annual subscription can get in for $ 49.99 per month. To be clear, that provides unbridled access to any CS6 tool: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and AfterEffects, and the rest of the gang. If you’re jonesing for Photoshop alone, that one will be available for $ 19.99 per month month (no contract) or $ 29.99 per month (annual agreement). There’s no set release date just yet, but we’re told to expect the new goods “within 30 days,” and pre-orders seem to be a go. Head on down to the source links for more details on each individual aspect, and catch a promo video for the cloud-based subscription offering just after the break.

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Google Makes Its Big Video Push With AdWords For Video

Posted by Gsurface on April 23, 2012 No comments

A couple of weeks ago, early participants in the new AdWords for Video program gathered at the YouTube offices. The ostensible justification for the meeting was a fancy photo shoot, but YouTube executives also gave a little pep talk, laying out their vision to make video advertising available to small businesses. They even let themselves get a little dreamy, imagining a day when video might become as lucrative for Google as search.

So what is AdWords for Video? It integrates video campaigns into the AdWords dashboard, where Google’s search and display advertisers are already bidding for and managing their campaign. So small businesses can treat video ads as just another campaign that they’re running with Google, rather than something big and scary. It could be particularly useful for the ones that already have a big presence on YouTube that they’d like to promote. Specifically, AdWords for Video allows you to buy Google’s TrueView ad units, which can appear in YouTube videos, alongside search results, and in the company’s display network.
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Marvel confirms several ‘Avengers’ video games in the works

Posted by Gsurface on April 22, 2012 No comments

Usually when a big blockbuster movie is due out in a couple weeks, especially if it’s one aimed at kids or teens, it means you should be able to go to the local video game store and pick up the video game version of the flick. That’s been the case with many Marvel films in

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Flush With Funding, Video Chat Service Tango Has Social Network Ambitions

Posted by Gsurface on April 21, 2012 No comments

Video chat service Tango is moving in a new direction, and this week, the company closed a round of $ 40 million in Series C funding which will help it get there. Today, many think of Tango’s service as an up-and-coming Skype competitor, as it, too, is about real-time communication, specifically video calling, between users. But the comparison to Skype may no longer be apt. Tango is working towards becoming a more social service – something more akin to the micro social network Path, in fact.

On the roadmap are several new social features, some of which make sense for a phone replacement utility (like text messaging), others which seem more like a shift to a social network (like exchanging photos).
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Visualized: Shopping bag crash helmet protects your head, not your image (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 21, 2012 No comments

The Grappa is a tote-style shopping bag that you can wear on your head (once it’s empty) during a natural disaster. It’s less insane than it sounds, because the base of the bag is made from the same EPS foam found in hard-hats, and is rated to cope with falling debris at least as well as similar emergency hoods already on the market. Constructed with the cheapest materials possible, each unit costs around 1,000 Yen ($ 12) with the hope that companies will buy them, slap a logo on the side and hand them out as a promotional tool that could save plenty of lives. Bet you feel guilty for laughing at the picture now, don’t you?

[Thanks, Don]

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Wind-power blimp takes to the air (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 20, 2012 No comments

Altaeros Energies shows how an airborne wind turbine, held in a tethered blimp, can generate power at high altitudes and automatically reattach to its launcher.
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Did the Samsung Galaxy S III just appear in Vietnam? (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 20, 2012 No comments

Whoa, there. We’re still weeks away from an official big stage unveiling, but it looks like Samsung’s next Galaxy phone is already out there. Vietnamese site Tinhte, which has past form on these kind of things, has got it hands on the GT-I9300 — purportedly the Galaxy S III if Samsung decides to follow its own naming convention. According to the specifications leaked, the phone houses a 4.6-inch display at 720 x 1184 resolution (320 DPI, depending on whether you include those on-screen Android buttons), while a quad-core 1.4 GHz processor works on keeping the Ice Cream Sandwich OS running smoothly. Other hardware mentions include 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel camera, 16GB of storage plus microSD capability.

According to Tinhte, the 2050 mAh battery will arrive with NFC capabilities baked in, like the Galaxy Nexus before it. There’s an iffy plastic rim surrounding to the whole device that has apparently been added not to ruin the look of the device ahead of its official launch. While we’ve seem some similar hardware leaks already, this video makes a very strong case for it being the real deal. Take a look for yourself right after the break, alongside a picture of the back.

Update: It looks our source link has disappeared and the video has now gone private. Fortunately, we grabbed our own copy of the video and you can find it below.

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Barobo’s Mobot goes up for pre-order, slinks toward your impressionable children (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 19, 2012 No comments

In what may be the first notable instance of a product actually losing the “i” in favor of building out its own persona, Barobo’s iMobot is not only not going by Mobot, but it’s also up for pre-order. The modular robotics platform can be claimed for $ 269.95 (with extension plates and the like available as optional extras), and we’re told by the company that these will be on the move by August at the latest. Moreover, a grant has been secured to provide “at least $ 500,000 over the next two years to Barobo, with potential for up to another $ 500,000 in matching funds if the company can make sales and attract venture capital.” Folks involved with the project are hoping to see Mobot used as a tool for teaching robotics as early as third grade, and given the choice of tinkering with one of these or fiddling with a TI-83 Plus… well, you know. For those unaware of Mobot’s potential, head on past the break for a freshly cut video.

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Barclays releases PayTag: the NFC card you glue to your phone (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 19, 2012 No comments

If you don’t have a fancy NFC-enabled phone then it’s hard to join the mobile wallet club. Fortunately, Barclays has introduced the PayTag that turns any phone into a contactless card. It’s a square of plastic a quarter the size of a credit card that’s sticky on one side — yup, you just jam it on the back of your phone and hey presto, you can buy sandwiches, or any purchase up to £15 (£20 from June), without opening your wallet. The sticky squares will be rolling out exclusively to British Barclaycard customers over the next few months, although we’re not sure what it’ll do to the trade-in value of your handset.

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Custom clock pays homage to CPU, separates geeks from the squares (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 18, 2012 No comments

Pop quiz: Can you tell what the device pictured above is? If you answered “a clock that represents the essential building blocks of a CPU while using binary and HEX numerals to display time,” then you’re certifiably crazy — and correct. The brainchild of tinkerer extraordinaire Lior Elazary, the “CPU clock” mechanically emulates the application of computer concepts — codes, instructions and checks — to create a “simple” wall clock. To display the time, the middle register uses binary numbers read from bottom to top to indicate the hour (a reading of “0010″ indicates 2 o’clock, for example). For minutes, the clock uses the HEX numerals on the outer edge of the device, so “05″ represents “5,” “0A” indicates “10,” and so forth. Keeping the clock up to date is a ball that goes around and activates the various levers to change the time. Given all its geeky goodness, this one easily takes the nerd cake from the wordy QLOCKTWO W and super flashy Sci-Fi watch. For a more clockwork-like explanation about its inner workings, check out the video after the break.

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Blackmagic Cinema Camera aims to make pro video more affordable

Posted by Gsurface on April 17, 2012 No comments

Though it’s certainly not cheap, this video camera promises high-quality results at an attainable price for independent film, commercials, and TV production.
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