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I have a couple friends who are big into building scale models of Gundams. I’ve never really understood the appeal (of building tiny giant robots, not of giant robots themselves – they’re the bee’s knees), but it seems to be quite a phenomenon.
| Read more »The guys over at Amidio Inc (Touch DJ / Noise.io) have recently released their latest app for the iPad, Seline HD (US$5.99).
Seline HD is a musical instrument designed for performance and composition of music on the iPad. One of its key features is to make the creation of complex melodies easy, while accompanying those melodies with big sound scape type pads.
With its all new, ergonomically designed interface, the ioGrid, Seline HD makes playing music a breeze, literally, without the strain (RSI, anyone?).
Seline HD's intuitive CrystalClarity HD sound engine analyzes what you are playing in order to add subtle nuances to your strokes of genius. And the keys are designed to be suitable for players with all hand sizes, according to Amidio's press release.
So, how do you play? You lay your hands down on the...
| Read more »Today TMO readers are discussing the price and value of Apple‚Äôs stock and debating whether or not a stock split makes sense for the company.
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The robotics industry is slowly moving towards one common goal - robots we can bump uglies with. On paper, it sounds like a great idea, but it really isn't.
| Read more »If you‚Äôre looking for additional stores to purchase an iPad in, factor in Best Buy later this month.
Per AppleInsider, the Best Buy retail chain will begin carrying Apple’s tablet on September 26th, amounting to 1,093 of the company’s U.S. retail locations selling Apple’s device.
Best Buy announced the expansion on Tuesday, the same day that the company revealed its strong quarterly earnings. Those sales were buoyed by demand for devices like the iPad, the company said.
The iPad was available at Best Buy when the device launched earlier this year, though it was limited to 673 retail stores with Apple Shop locations. Now, All 1,093 stores in the U.S. will carry...
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With the release of the new Digg on August 25th, anybody with the ability to understand how a story, which is promoted to the popular section, is composed, has an edge in attaining viral exposure ranging from tens of thousands to millions of pageviews. Diggs users constitute a large proportion of bloggers. Thus stories promoted to their popular section, which was previously their homepage and now the Top News page, can attain anywhere from less than 10 to hundreds of links pointing to their websites. Digg also has millions of users; many of whom visit websites that reach the popular section at a rapid rate. My blog went down when I promoted my interview with Ben Huh The Most Popular SFW & NSFW Failblog Pics of the Decade to the popular section and more than 1,000 visitors loaded the page in the first few minutes after reaching the front page.
No matter how much of an efficient promotor of content you are, you will not get your blogs...
| Read more »On Monday, virtualization software maker Parallels released Parallels Desktop 6.0 for Mac OS X. The software allows Mac users to run Windows within Mac OS X. The company says that Parallels Desktop 6 has over 80 new features and improvements, the most prominent being an increased speed in addition to faster performance when handling files over USB or on a network. Per Macworld, the developer says that the new software can boot Windows 41% faster than the previous version, and 3D graphics performance gets a 40% increase. Parallels Desktop 6 also has full 64-bit support.
“With Parallels Desktop 6, gaming and graphics was a priority,” said Jack Zubarev, President of Marketing and Alliances for Parallels in a press conference. In addition to the graphics enhancements, Parallels Desktop 6 now supports 5.1 surround sound.
Parallels Desktop 6 also has new...
| Read more »You could install apps on a portable device for years, but it never really took off until Apple opened the App Store for the iPhone. Now, according to a new study, 35 percent of US adults have apps on their phones. This is a pretty remarkable tech-adoption story, if you consider that there was no [...]
| Read more »Eltima Software announced the immediate availability of Flash Decompiler Trillix 4.2 on Wednesday. The update for the Mac OS X app for converting SWF files into FLA or Flex added support for Adobe Flash CS5.
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If you are a swordsmith with 800 experience, 903 strength, 540 dexterity and 1230 magic points, and have an engineering degree focused on amorphous metals, Apple is looking for people to work with their exclusively-licensed Liquid Metal technology.
They are looking for an extremely qualified Amorphous Metal Development Manager, an Amorphous Metal Development Engineer, who will have a prominent role in the engineering and manufacturing of new Apple products. Here are some of the requirements.
• Developing amorphous alloy composition, molding and forming processes, and secondary operations (e.g. machining, grinding, finishing) as applicable to Apple requirements.
• Meeting quality, capacity, logistics and cost requirements by...
| Read more »Phase One has released a new version of Capture One, 5.2. The software handles a professional photography workflow, including the import of RAW files as well as basic editing tasks, for example color, sharpness and contrast. A Pro version adds more advanced options, such as tethered shooting, spot removal and skin tone enhancement. The v5.2 upgrade brings new profiles for several Nikon DSLRs: the D3s, D3x, D3, D2x, D700, D300, D300s and D90....
Samsung is reportedly launching the Galaxy Tab 7-inch tablet in the U.S. on Thursday, and a new report says the device is headed to AT&T.
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Introduces 64-bit compatibility, support for Lightroom 3 media libraries, rich text editor improvements, and several bug fixes. ($39.95 new, free update, 6.0 MB)
 
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| Read more »The Mac Observer‚Äôs Jeff Gamet joined the International Mac Podcast team to talk about the recent release of iOS 4.1, Apple security updates, the end of Version Tracker, App Store name squatting, and Apple‚Äôs free iPhone 4 case program.
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Nope, this isn't a movie adaptation (though I'd like to play that game, too). Instead, it's a physics puzzler that has you tossing little rocket-riding guys around planets of various sizes, with gravitational effects to match. The graphics are simple but effective, and the game is surprisingly forgiving -- you get as many chances to try and throw the little guys around as you need, but fewer tries means a better score. There are 80 levels to go through, but play will go pretty quickly. This game has "just one more try" written all over it.
It's only 99 cents on the App Store, and for a cheap, physics-based thrill, it delivers. There's also an iPad version available (also for 99 cents) if you'd rather play it there. It could probably be a...
| Read more »Both Apple's iPhone and iPad and Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips are based on ARM architecture, as are almost all cell phone processors. But where is Intel and the x86? Can the world's largest semiconductor company thwart the public's embrace of ARM?
Electronics are shrinking faster than Las Vegas housing prices, the market for 2D kiddie flicks, and Lindsey Lohan's showbiz career. But for electronics, at least, shrinkage is good. Today's cell phones, tablets, and other trendy mobile gadgets would be impossible without the miniaturized electronics of system-on-chip (SoC) processors.
Indeed, SoCs are all the rage in today's gadget-loving tech circles. So why is Intel nowhere to be found?
SoCs: Your Basic Primer
SoCs cram essential system functions into a single chip. Ideally, the SoC would be the only chip, but few SoCs are so well integrated. Usually, a few smaller chips must be added for additional functions. This adds bulk, and in a mobile gadget...
| Read more »Altec Lansing has debuted its Octiv Duo speaker system for the iPod and iPhone as well as new additions to its line of Muzx earphones. The wedge-shaped Octiv Duo features two top-mounted Docks for charging and playing two devices at once, a built-in USB port for charging a third device,‚Ķ
| Read more »Best known for its audio processing chips, Audyssey this morning brought out a dedicated sound system of its own, the Audio Dock: South of Market Edition. The design has both a Dock Connector for an iOS device as well as a stereo Bluetooth audio link to push music and calls wirelessly, either from Apple hardware or any A2DP device, like an iPad or Android phone. Audyssey's design reflects its experience and is bi-amped as well as given automatic EQ, voice and volume tuning to make the most of its woofer and tweeter pairs....
Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch have surpassed Sony PSP as a gaming platform in the United States, the International Gamers Survey 2010 claims.
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Apple continues to grow its output of iPads to satisfy consumer demand ahead of the coming holiday season, this time adding a new supplier of touch panel sensors for nearly a million additional parts per month.
Olympus on Tuesday unveiled the E-5, the newest camera in the company’s E-series of professional DSLR cameras.
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Twitter unveiled a new design for viewing Tweets on its Web site Tuesday evening that sports a style similar to the new Twitter for iPad app. The new design will include multi-pane views along with better integration with services such as Flickr and YouTube.
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the intent of the semantic web is to enhance the usability and usefulness of the internet and its interconnected resources.
| Read more »Audessey has introduced its new Audio Dock: South of Market Edition for the iPod and iPhone. The five-inch wide, nine-inch deep bi-amplified Audio Dock features two four-inch woofers and two 0.75-inch tweeters, an integrated Dock, Audyssey Dynamic Voice, Audyssey EQ, Audyssey Dynamic EQ, Audyssey BassXT and Audyssey Dynamic Volume‚Ķ
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Mixed economic news made for an uncertain market Tuesday, with gold hitting record highs in a classic sign of investor uncertainty. However, Apple bucked the trend, with its share price closing at $268.06, up US$1.02, after a day of volatile trading that at one time put its price at $268.33, up $1.29. This is the first time Apple exceeded the $268 mark since June 30, although it has hit the $260 mark repeatedly since an overall decline in more recent months. Could it mark the beginning of an upward climb for Apple prices once again? That's not quite clear yet.
Audyssey has announced the Audyssey Audio Dock: South of Market Edition, which features an appealing, slim design and Bluetooth connectivity that enables audio streaming from any Bluetooth-enabled device, including the iPhone.
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This week’s featured photo is from our iPads Around the World gallery, and shows an iPad on board a catamaran off the coast of Madeira. Interestingly, the shot shows not only the iPad, but also a reflection of the iPhone 4 that…
| Read more »Logitech made a rare gesture towards enthusiasts of trackball mice today in adding the Wireless Trackball M570. It fully modernizes the design with a heavily ergonomic shape and quick access to back/forward buttons. Logitech has opted to go with its 2.4GHz Unifying receiver and so can put a keyboard on the single USB adapter....
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| Read more »Nokia wants to 're-enter' the U.S. market and is developing smartphones for U.S. consumers, but the phone maker won't be building more CDMA-based phones.
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Portfolio Studio provides Web-based tools for small creative teams to locate and convert photos and graphic files.
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At $1 for the iPhone app, and $2 for the HD iPad version, the price will quickly separate those who want to download Poo Log for shits and giggles, and those who have an actual need to track their "movements."
The App Store description says—rather optimistically—"Finally! What every iPhone and iPod Touch has been waiting for – the Poo Log, a digital timer and journal for recording and studying the wondrous uniqueness of each bowel movement."
Features include a poo timer to keep track of just how long you spend on the job, a graph for seeing when your last "delivery" was, and the poo log which tracks important details such as how many grunts were required, the size and shape, and the number of particles.
...Not to mention the "poo pastimes" trivia game, which tests your knowledge of bodily functions. Really, if you're considering spending a buck on...
| Read more »Motorola Droid users have a higher adoption rate of Android 2.2 than that of iPhone 3GS users and iOS 4.0, according to a new report.
Samsung, Toshiba, ViewSonic and Archos will take aim at Apple, but the iPad has not faced a worthy challenger yet.
| Read more »Apple can sell millions of iPhones in a single quarter, but the company can‚Äôt seem to catch a break from Consumer Reports. Reacting to Apple‚Äôs decision to discontinue its free iPhone Bumper case program as of September 30, Consumer Reports calls Apple‚Äôs approach ‚Äúless consumer-friendly.‚Äù When the current program ends, consumers will have to call [...]
| Read more »Nikon announced its newest camera on Tuesday, the D7000, which will sit just above the popular D90 in the company's DSLR line-up.
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With the recent announcement of Apple's new, improved Apple TV, there's been a lot of talk as to whether it will meet consumers' demands and expectations, not to mention how it will fare following the arrival of Google's competing TV device.
According to Electronista, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said he felt Steve Jobs was taking a "step backward" by not making the Apple TV more of a computer-like device. He said Google TV would be the "full internet" coupled with a traditional TV, featuring the complete Chrome browser as well as supporting Flash.
Otellini said he still thought Apple TV and Google TV could co-exist, though, because they appeal to two different audiences. Apple's device will appeal to his "mom" because it's "simplistic," whereas Google's device will...
| Read more »Nikon tonight brought out the D7000, its long-awaited spiritual sequel to the D90. The camera now has the second highest resolution of any Nikon DSLR and has a new 16.2-megapixel sensor with support for the same 1080p24 (or 720p30) video as the D3100 with continuous autofocus and a stereo mic input. Its body is now more ambitious and comes closer to the D300s in toughness than the older model; it now has a more durable magnesium shell and is weather-resistant....
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| Read more »In an attempt to put more troubleshooting know-how in the hands of its customers, Apple has created Express Lane, a simple to use resource for locating issues and solutions to common problems with all of Apple's products.
| Read more »AMD always hosts an event in the shadow of Intel's Developer Forum, so it wasn't surprising to hear the company was demoing its upcoming Zacate processor this week. Zacate is the codename associated with AMD's 18W dual-core APU and will target the $500 notebook market. The second chip, Ontario, is a 9W APU that'll chase after Atom netbook business....
| Read more »Nokia released the long-awaited N8 smartphone running Symbian^3 at the Nokia World event Tuesday amid news of the 2012 departure of its chairman.
HTC's rumored Android tablet gained some support today with a slip that puts it in early 2011. The Taiwan part suppliers didn't give Digitimes much more but said it might use Android 3.0. The company might lean heavily on its existing teamwork with Google and cellular carriers to promote the tablet, implying that it should have 3G....
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| Read more »Twitter tonight unveiled a new layout designed to draw users back to Twitter.com.
The biggest new feature is a double-paned site.
Other new features include:
Backed by expertise from Twitter startup veteran Jack Dorsey, Square was launched in February 2009 to create a simple platform for payments using mobile technology.What forces are driving movement to mobile payments? What will it disrupt? Where is it headed? And what does it take to launch a company with huge viral appeal? Don't miss this revealing conversation with the pioneer in this space.
| Read more »The new Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac is now available, offering Windows virtualization that boots 41 percent faster and offers 3D graphics that run 30 percent faster than before.
Eric Schmidt has confirmed that we will getting "Google Me" sometime this Fall. This Google Me service will introduce what Google calls "a social layer" into online search, video and Google...
| Read more »The new site, which is rolling out today, is split into two panes, with the left side the familiar timeline, and the right side has room for photos, video, maps, user profiles and other details of the tweets without having to leave the timeline.
| Read more »DEMO is the launchpad for emerging technologies. For 19 years, DEMO has established a reputation for identifying and presenting to an elite audience the products most likely to have a significant impact on the marketplace and market trends in the years to come.This event is where the world-wide press, decision-making investors and market-defining visionaries come together. And in this fusion is the pure power to soar. Consider the numbers:In just the past four years, DEMO companies have raised well over $2.5 billion dollars in the months/years following their debut at DEMO.More than 40 of these companies have been acquired by tech giants, such as Adobe, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Symantec, Viacom, Yahoo!, and more.Past participants such as WebEx, VMware, iRobot, Linden Labs, Six Apart, and Roku have single-handedly redefined their industry's market.
| Read more »Twitter tonight held a special event to give an early look at the new Twitter. The new page draws directly from the design of the iPad app and makes content show automatically in a second pane rather than popping out a new window. Photo hosts like Flickr, TwitPic and Yfrog, as well as video hosts like Ustream and YouTube, will have their content embedded in a format that's more helpful both to computers and to tablets like the iPad....
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Apple has finally seen fit to include a camera in the latest iPod touch hardware. While the iPhone has continually received updates to its own camera, culminating in the 5 megapixel backside-illuminated autofocus LED flash wonder in the iPhone 4, the fourth-generation iPod touch is hampered by an extremely low-resolution sensor, no autofocus, no LED flash, and no HDR capabilities.
With all the advantages in the iPhone 4's favor, can the flyweight iPod touch even compare? Our readers wanted to know, and we set...
| Read more »Epic Games has announced that the software development kit for its Unreal 3 engine will soon add iOS support.
Game Builder Studio is a Adobe Flash platform game editing suite that provides flash developers with the necessary tools to build Flash games. The developers cite it ability to create games ranging from platformers like Mario Bros.social game such as Farmville , or 3D games. The simplicity of its user interface allows for inexperienced game [...]
| Read more »IGN calls iPod touch ‚Äúthe greatest iPod to date,‚Äù noting its new A4 processor, built-in cameras, FaceTime video calling, and Retina display ‚Äî which results in ‚Äúincredibly smooth and detailed menus, game graphics, photos, and video playback.‚Äù The reviewer adds that the hardware improvements make iPod touch ‚Äúuniquely prepared to take on richer, more complex games‚Äù and that ‚Äúthe latest model may be a worthy upgrade for gaming applications alone.‚Äù
| Read more »Hewlett-Packard Co. officials may have hoped that news of Mark Hurd's stunning resignation as chief executive would quickly fade from the headlines. The fact it hasn't has left one of Silicon Valley's most iconic firms with a public relations headache.
| Read more »Microspot Ltd., makers of various CAD programs for the Mac, have announced 25th anniversary editions of MacDraft Professional and MacDraft Personal Edition v6, major new versions of the original MacDraft program first released in 1985 to compete against Apple's MacDraw....
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| Read more »Reviewing iPod nano, Peter Ha (TIME.com) writes that ‚Äúthe current generation nano is focused on one thing and one thing only ‚Äî music.‚Äù Citing its small size, extremely responsive Multi-Touch display, and ‚Äúintuitive UI,‚Äù Ha notes that iPod nano ‚Äúnow rivals the shuffle as the smallest iPod and the touch as one of the coolest and ‚Äòfunnest‚Äô iPods ever made.‚Äù
| Read more »I used to think that if I ever got hit by a car while out and about (God forbid, of course), the most useful place to find identifying information would be in my wallet. But that's not really the case any more. As cops are learning these days, the best place in a person's pockets to learn about them is their iPhone. Not only is the phone full of contact information (and indeed, I've included an "ICE" number on every phone I've ever had), but it's also got lots of other information about me, including where I've been lately, what kinds of things I've searched for, and even what apps I've used and how often.
Besides the obvious places (in the apps themselves), there's a lot of information that you as a user don't have access to. iOS apparently caches both screenshots and text used while multitasking and spell...
| Read more »Is Steve Jobs a ninja? Nobody knows for sure, but Apple says it ain't so. Either way, Consumer Reports isn't running scared. And Microsoft's Bing hits a new milestone...in statistics.
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Twitter has announced that it’s rolling out a new version of its web interface. News of the company’s plan to integrate multimedia into the stream
| Read more »Dear Aunt TUAW,
I wish I could dock my iPhone right into the side or back of a large iPad screen. And then have the iPad run off my phone. That way I could have a large screen when I need it. But when I leave the house for a walk, I could take the smaller device (the iPhone) out and carry it in my pocket.
Love and snuggles,
Your nephew Gary
TUAWDear Aunt TUAW: dock my iPhone to my iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Did you know your MacBook battery should be recalibrated? I didn’t. Apparently Apple recommends you do it, and now there is an app to help you get it done. Watts is a new application from Binary Tricks that helps users calibrate their MacBook batteries. According to the company’s website, calibration should be done “from time [...]
| Read more »Best Buy CEO Brian Dun told reporters Tuesday that his company would expand the number of stores selling the iPad to all of them. According to a Bloomberg report, Best Buy currently offers the iPad in 673 stores in the U.S., but is working to offer the device in all 1,093 of its retail locations. Why? Because it‚Äôs a ‚Äúmagnificent shining light,‚Äù according to the CEO.
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The forthcoming 2.0 version of Literature and Latte's Scrivener writing software will add a number of new features and enhancements, including ePub export, sync with Simplenote, and a much-tweaked interface.
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Samsung has announced the NX100, a 14.6 megapixel hybrid style camera that aims to pack the power of a DSLR in the body of a compact point-and-shoot.
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Longtime Mac accessory maker Speck and relative newcomer TRTL BOT are the latest to announce new cases for various Apple products. Speck has announced new fitted hard-shell styles for the current 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro line to match previously-announced iPhone 4 and iPad cases, while TRTL BOT has unveiled two eco-friendly iPhone 4 cases....
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| Read more »When Apple first passed out those development restrictions on using third-party platforms to create iOS apps, Unity was one of the third-party services that could have been frozen out (though Flash was obviously in everyone's minds). The team behind the popular game development environment assured everyone Unity was safe, but according to the rules as stated, the rest of us weren't so sure.
Now that Apple has officially relaxed that policy, however, Unity's David Helgason is doing the equivalent of a victory dance on the company's official blog, saying that Unity respects Apple for "coming to the right conclusion, and in our eyes it's best to let bygones be bygones!" Yeah, he's kind of excited...
| Read more »Our new ebook about iTunes 10 combines the convenience of a FAQ with the thoroughness of the Take Control approach to give readers quick access to expert iTunes advice.
 
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| Read more »Our utilities update report is a list of updates for Mac utilities that have been released in the past week. Though a utility can be any tool that helps you perform a routine task (including image manipulation and synchronization), our focus in this column is to bring you those tools that help in troubleshooting Mac hardware and software problems.
| Read more »On Tuesday, Parallels unveiled the Parallels Mobile app or the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The app works with the new Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac to allow for access to Windows software on a Mac.
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Remember the DODOcase? It was perhaps the first iPad case that we reviewed, a beautiful handmade Moleskine-like case made with traditional bookbinding methods. The case single-handedly revived the art of bookbinding in San Francisco, and it's sparked a handful of competitors.
For most of the product's short life so far, the interior paper in the case has been red. Now the company will be providing a full spectrum of 11 colors (including red) to purchasers. Craig Dalton, co-founder of DODOcase, sent us a bunch of glamor shots of the cases that we've collected into a gallery to make you drool.
An interesting note about the bookplate inside the cover of every DODOcase. Dalton noted that "We introduced the bookplate after we realized we couldn't possibly hand sign every one that went...
| Read more »iPhone devs are again getting their work ripped off. This time, Web Design Zoo is doing the scamming on Tapbots and TapTapTap, complete with fake testimonials from the developers.
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| Read more »Marketing firm Dentsu London uses stop-motion photography and custom 3D software to create a movie that features animations in light, projected using iPads (you know, that limited entertainment device that can't be used for anything creative).
 
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| Read more »With Apple's recent decision to ease off on its third-party app creation tools restrictions, gamers are in for some very cool and interesting developments. At the Korea Games Conference, Epic Games announced that the Unreal Development Kit (UDK) will have the ability to generate iOS games and other applications.
The UDK is freely available and has the ability to churn out incredible looking environments, such as the Epic Citadel tech demo you might have downloaded or at least gazed upon in wonder.
If the gameplay of the final, released version of the Citadel demo is as smooth and playable as what was shown at the most recent Apple press event, there's no doubt we'll see even more amazing things come from what developers can churn out with the UDK...
| Read more »CoreMelt has launched Lock & Load Express, a motion stabilizer for Apple's Final Cut Express. Based on Lock & Load X, the new plugin offers simplified controls for video stabilization and rolling shutter reduction for CMOS-based DSLRs with video capabilities. It's said to be up to 12 times faster than Final Cut Express's built-in stabilizer, and also able to work in the background. Workflow functions include in- and out-point analysis alongside rotation and zoom smoothing tools....
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| Read more »A leaked internal Verizon screenshot reveals the carrier will get Samsung's Galaxy Tab on Thursday, which is the day other carriers are likewise expected to officially launch the device.
| Read more »The geotagging data contained in many mobile phone images can let strangers know exactly where you are. Here's how you can remove it.
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Adobe outlined a zero day flaw in Adobe Flash that can be used to crash the system it's hosted on or even let an attacker install other malicious software. The problem includes Flash for Android OS devices as well as components, and Flash is the only component Adobe says is being exploited, with no reports of attacks on Reader or Acrobat to date....
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| Read more »Nokia launched three new smartphones Tuesday at a time when the beleaguered company is fighting to remain the top smartphone maker worldwide.
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iOS developer Kevin Ng has released results from an experiment he conducted with his app Kick Flick 2010. Early last month, Ng released a free update to the iPhone and iPod touch version of his app adding support for both the iPad and the iPhone 4 Retina Display, bundling this…
| Read more »In tandem with today's launch of Desktop 6 for Mac, Parellels has released an updated Parallels Mobile app. Compatible with the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, the title lets users tap into Windows programs running on a remote Mac equipped with Desktop 6. Wi-Fi and 3G connections are supported, and users can start, stop and reset virtual machines....
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| Read more »Uncommon has announced its new iPhone 4 Deflector Case. Like the company‚Äôs prior case for the iPhone 3G and 3GS, users can order the iPhone 4 Deflector Case with custom art or photography embedded into the case using the ‚Äú3D TATT‚Äù printing technique, and also offers a slim profile,‚Ķ
| Read more »The new iPod nano features a multi-touch display ‚Äî similar to what you‚Äôll find on an iPhone. The new Apple TV runs via the same A4 chip found in the iPhone. What is one to make of these similarities? Are these two new devices actually running a form of iOS? What are the essential characteristics that define an iOS device in the first place? And why does it matter? Let‚Äôs find out‚Ķ
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Intel used the second day of its Developer Forum to show the production version of its Tunnel Creek processor. The newly re-labeled Atom E600 (PDF) is built for embedded devices like tablets, in-car systems and fixed phones. Apart from putting all main functions on the processor, it also has an open PCI Express interface to connect to not just non-Intel chipsets but other components....
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| Read more »Amazon is knocking Apple‚Äôs iPad in a new commercial promoting the Kindle. In the ad (see below), Amazon shows a dorky-looking ¬†iPad owner (sunning himself poolside in a T-shirt and khaki shorts) frustrated with not being able to read his device in daylight, while the bikini-clad Kindle user next to him has no such problem.
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Prompster is a teleprompter app specifically designed for the iPad that smoothly scrolls easily readable text for audible presentations.
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This video shows, without a doubt, the most magical thing I've seen the iPad do yet: creating a series of gorgeous, twinkling holograms, captured with long exposure photography as the iPad was moved through the air. Confused? Just watch.
The video is a collaboration between Dentsu London and BERG, the latter of which is responsible for awesome projects such as...
| Read more »Happy (belated) birthday today to Mac OS X. Yes, the OS itself actually released to the public on March 24, 2001 (which means its actual "birthday," in my mind, isn't until next March), but Macworld points out that, on September 13, 2000, Steve gave us the very first peek at the foundation of modern Apple computing at the Apple Expo in Paris. That's ten years ago yesterday -- we never were all that good with remembering birthdays.
Macworld lists out the ten most significant contributions of the OS to the Mac experience, but things like the Time Machine and Spotlight are on there, and of course, those weren't introduced until much later. The OS itself was actually announced six days after the year 2000 started, and the Apple Expo announcement was the beta reveal. Steve Jobs had...
| Read more »Availability of the iPad will expand to all of Best Buy's U.S. stores on Sept. 26, amounting to 1,093 of the company's nationwide retail locations selling Apple's device.
Free Wifi is coming to city parks next year - but only for 30 minutes a month per user.
| Read more »We entrust Google with our most private communications because we assume the company takes every precaution to safeguard our data. It doesn't. A Google engineer spied on four underage teens for months before the company was notified of the abuses.
| Read more »Treading in the footsteps of great men like U.S. President Barack Obama and the Old Spice Guy, Conan has taken to YouTube today to ask his fans and followers to submit questions about his upcoming
| Read more »All of Best Buy's 1,093 US stores will carry the iPad as of September 26th, according to an announcement. At present the retailer is only offering the device through the Apple Shops in 673 outlets. Prices are very marginally higher than Apple's own, for instance $499.99 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model, instead of $499 flat. A 3G tablet from Best Buy costs a minimum of $629.99....
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| Read more »Venturing into relatively new territory, LaCie released the 2big USB 3.0 as the first ever external drive to combine both RAID and the faster USB interface. The two-drive enclosure can run as JBOD (just a bunch of disks) or in a RAID 1 mirror for security but excels when put into a RAID 0 stripe for speed. At a peak 205MB per second, the stripe is faster than even a FireWire 800 or eSATA drive and can transfer large volumes of data in record time; LaCie claims a dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray could copy in under five minutes....
For the past few days, MacFixIt's Topher Kessler has had the opportunity to try out the next version of Parallels Desktop, which is available today for public purchase.
| Read more »On Tuesday, VMware unveiled its VMware Fusion Upgrade Program in an effort to get users of Parallels Desktop to switch over to VMware Fusion.
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Apple currently has two very popular OSes. iOS is brand new and Mac OS X, while still fairly modern, is ten years old and has its roots in something Apple would like to leave behind: the PC world and the mouse. Will Apple try to merge these two OSes?
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TUAW bloggers have seen just about every type of material known to man turned into docks for iPods, iPhones, and iPads. This one, however, caught most of us off guard.
The iTree dock is a hollow log that serves as a completely functional iPod / iPhone dock. In fact, the log is hollowed out with a special technique and outfitted with speakers. The makers of this big dock, KMKG Studio, worked with Austrian speaker manufacturer Lenz to make sure that the iTree is not only beautiful, but provides excellent sound quailty. The iTree is actually suspended from the ceiling on thin, transparent line so that it appears to float in front of the wall.
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| Read more »VMware announced Tuesday a crossgrade promotion allowing Parallels users to move to VMware Fusion for US$9.99. Parallels and Fusion are virtual machine solutions that allow Mac users to run Windows from within Mac OS X. VMware‚Äôs promotion coincides with the release of Parallels 6, which shipped today, and Parallels Mobile for iOS, which was also released today.
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