Thursday, September 30, 2010
10 Reasons You Need An iPad For College
So you’ve heard about the Apple iPad and you’re heading back to school soon. Chances are you’re probably wondering if it’s a smart choice to invest your money towards purchasing an iPad for college. In this article we’ll help explain a few of the many benefits there are for college students who own, or will [...]
Star Walk Goes To New Heights In Version 4.4
Astrology fans worldwide are going to love what Vito Technology has done with their latest Star Walk v4.4 update. They have taken their highly popular and award winning Star Walk app for the iPad and iPhone and made it even better. So let’s get down to business, what’s new in Star Walk 4.4? Arrow Guides [...]
Foursquare app updates to version 2.0
Everyone's favorite stalking application just received an update. The new Foursquare 2.0 update allows users to access foursquare's "Tips and To-Dos" much easier within the app than previously before. "Tips and To-Dos are now out in the open, making it easy to share and plan your outings." Having these features out and more present to the user, should allow more and more people to add content to the service. The more people contribute to these lists, the more foursquare will become a useful tool in getting around the neighborhood -- and not just some app you use to stalk your co-workers. [Foursquare Blog]Posted originally at Android CentralSponsored by Android Cases and Accessories
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Use the Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary to find out what things are called
Filed under: Web, Education
Everyone knows what a mushroom looks like. But what do you call those fin-looking parts under the cap? You know, those thin, membrane-like things?
That's the type of question you can't really use a regular dictionary for. You might get lucky with Wikipedia, but in this particular case, you won't.
The Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary helps you answer questions like these. It's a large visual index of beautiful, detailed illustrations from fields such as plants and gardening, communications, sports and games, and lots more. Each illustration has a legend, and when you click the word, you also get a short definition. But what's important is that you now know the word, so you can look it up elsewhere.
As far as I know, there's no community-generated visual dictionary (like Wiktionary for regular words). This could be an awesome Wiki-style project, but for now, Merriam-Webster offers one of the best visual dictionaries online, and it's free.
(Oh, and I didn't tell you what that part of the mushroom is called. If you're curious, just click the image and find out for yourself!)Use the Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary to find out what things are called originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Everyone knows what a mushroom looks like. But what do you call those fin-looking parts under the cap? You know, those thin, membrane-like things?
That's the type of question you can't really use a regular dictionary for. You might get lucky with Wikipedia, but in this particular case, you won't.
The Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary helps you answer questions like these. It's a large visual index of beautiful, detailed illustrations from fields such as plants and gardening, communications, sports and games, and lots more. Each illustration has a legend, and when you click the word, you also get a short definition. But what's important is that you now know the word, so you can look it up elsewhere.
As far as I know, there's no community-generated visual dictionary (like Wiktionary for regular words). This could be an awesome Wiki-style project, but for now, Merriam-Webster offers one of the best visual dictionaries online, and it's free.
(Oh, and I didn't tell you what that part of the mushroom is called. If you're curious, just click the image and find out for yourself!)Use the Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary to find out what things are called originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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PSA: Podcast pushed to Friday this week
Just a quick heads up, folks, that this week's Android Central Podcast -- normally on Thursday night -- will instead be live Friday at 7 p.m. EDT / 4 p.m. PDT.We were trying to come up with a really cool excuse but decided that, in the end, truth and openness are the best: Jerry's doing some antiquing -- and nobody gets between Jerry and his antiques.So we'll see you Friday, rested and ready to go. In the meantime, go read a book or something.Posted originally at Android CentralSponsored by Android Cases and Accessories
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New Safari autocomplete bug exposes your personal info
Filed under: Security, Apple, BrowsersWe've covered security holes in Safari's AutoFill function before, but now there's a new one on the loose -- and Apple has thus far left it unpatched.
AutoFill is the feature that quickly fills out forms for you using information you've previously entered. It can store everything from your name and address to your credit card and Social Security numbers. Now, one security expert has figured out a way to get that information by tricking you into hitting two keys: "U" and tab.
See, when you start to autofill just one field on a page -- say, filling in your country as "United States" by hitting "U" -- you can hit tab to move to the next field and fill that in, too, and so on down the page. You wouldn't be stupid enough to fill in all your information on a form from a site you didn't trust, but security guru Jeremiah Grossman is willing to bet some of you wouldn't think twice about playing a game that uses U and tab as part of its controls.
All someone would have to do to exploit this bug is hide an invisible web form on the game page, and let you do the rest. Scary, right?
Grossman recommends turning off AutoFill altogether in your Safari preferences until Apple plugs the security holes in the feature.
[via Forbes]New Safari autocomplete bug exposes your personal info originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
AutoFill is the feature that quickly fills out forms for you using information you've previously entered. It can store everything from your name and address to your credit card and Social Security numbers. Now, one security expert has figured out a way to get that information by tricking you into hitting two keys: "U" and tab.
See, when you start to autofill just one field on a page -- say, filling in your country as "United States" by hitting "U" -- you can hit tab to move to the next field and fill that in, too, and so on down the page. You wouldn't be stupid enough to fill in all your information on a form from a site you didn't trust, but security guru Jeremiah Grossman is willing to bet some of you wouldn't think twice about playing a game that uses U and tab as part of its controls.
All someone would have to do to exploit this bug is hide an invisible web form on the game page, and let you do the rest. Scary, right?
Grossman recommends turning off AutoFill altogether in your Safari preferences until Apple plugs the security holes in the feature.
[via Forbes]New Safari autocomplete bug exposes your personal info originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
360 Browser ? the Most Powerful iPhone Browser Will Soon Hit the App Store
When the iPhone was first introduced back in 2007, what we most loved was the sleek UI and massive web browsing abilities. A capable mobile browser is a must have in any smartphone. Today we are going to introduce to you Digital Poke’s 360 Browser for the iPhone which we believe marks a very important [...]
Twitter aware of onMouseOver hack for months, claims 17-year-old who exposed it
Filed under: Internet, Social Software, web 2.0
A 17-year-old schoolboy from Australia has taken the blame for the onMouseOver JavaScript Twitter exploit that caused havoc for a few hours on Wednesday.
Disclaiming innocence, Pearce Delphin -- who has the coolest name in the world -- says that he only discovered the vulnerability. "I did it merely to see if it could be done ... that JavaScript really could be executed within a tweet," he told AFP via email. The self-replicating worm came later, with the Guardian reporting that it was originally crafted by Masato Kinugawa and refined by Magnus Holm. Within hours, many mutations appeared -- shortly after, the Twitter offices in San Francisco groggily awoke, and the exploit was swiftly fixed.
Most importantly, however, Pearce says that Twitter knew about the problem for 'months.' It's not clear whether Pearce is talking authoritatively -- he might simply be stealing someone else's thunder -- but I'm sure Twitter will be quick to respond if he's wrong.
Update: Twitter actually fixed the bug last month, but seemingly made another change recently that brought it back.Twitter aware of onMouseOver hack for months, claims 17-year-old who exposed it originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
A 17-year-old schoolboy from Australia has taken the blame for the onMouseOver JavaScript Twitter exploit that caused havoc for a few hours on Wednesday.
Disclaiming innocence, Pearce Delphin -- who has the coolest name in the world -- says that he only discovered the vulnerability. "I did it merely to see if it could be done ... that JavaScript really could be executed within a tweet," he told AFP via email. The self-replicating worm came later, with the Guardian reporting that it was originally crafted by Masato Kinugawa and refined by Magnus Holm. Within hours, many mutations appeared -- shortly after, the Twitter offices in San Francisco groggily awoke, and the exploit was swiftly fixed.
Most importantly, however, Pearce says that Twitter knew about the problem for 'months.' It's not clear whether Pearce is talking authoritatively -- he might simply be stealing someone else's thunder -- but I'm sure Twitter will be quick to respond if he's wrong.
Update: Twitter actually fixed the bug last month, but seemingly made another change recently that brought it back.Twitter aware of onMouseOver hack for months, claims 17-year-old who exposed it originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Google demos conversation mode for Google Translate
Filed under: Utilities, Web services, Google, Android
Google Translate is a great tool when you're reading webpages in another language, but it's not much help when you're having a conversation. Well, that might change soon, as Google recently demoed a live version of Translate for conversations. That's right: you speak it, and Google translates it on the fly and reads it back in your target language.
Google has started testing this new conversation mode and had successful bilingual conversations, including a demo at a conference in Germany earlier this month. No word on whether there will be a web version of conversation mode, or just a feature in the Android app, but either way, this is the kind of magical future technology we've been seeing in movies and TV shows for years, and now we'll be able to have it in our pockets. Heck, it might be worth the international roaming charges to load up your Android phone with this bad boy and take it on vacation!
Check out the video demo after the jump. It's not perfect, but it's very impressive.
[via Google Operating System]
Google demos conversation mode for Google Translate originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Google Translate is a great tool when you're reading webpages in another language, but it's not much help when you're having a conversation. Well, that might change soon, as Google recently demoed a live version of Translate for conversations. That's right: you speak it, and Google translates it on the fly and reads it back in your target language.
Google has started testing this new conversation mode and had successful bilingual conversations, including a demo at a conference in Germany earlier this month. No word on whether there will be a web version of conversation mode, or just a feature in the Android app, but either way, this is the kind of magical future technology we've been seeing in movies and TV shows for years, and now we'll be able to have it in our pockets. Heck, it might be worth the international roaming charges to load up your Android phone with this bad boy and take it on vacation!
Check out the video demo after the jump. It's not perfect, but it's very impressive.
[via Google Operating System]
Google demos conversation mode for Google Translate originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Apple Releases iTunes 10.0.1 with Ping Sidebar
Today, Apple releases iTunes 10.0.1 to the public. It’s just a minor update and adds a Ping sidebar that allows you to keep track of the activities from the people you follow. The updated version of iTunes also makes it easier to share your favorite music with your friends on Ping. You can now Like [...]
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iPod touch 4 running Apple TV Lowtide interface
Lowtide runs the Apple TV interface, similar to how SpringBoard runs the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad home screen system, and it looks like Apple designed the built-in iOS app with cross-device support because developer Dunstin Howett got it up and running on an iPod touch 4.
Erica Sadun from TUAW has the details:
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Erica Sadun from TUAW has the details:
This [...]iPod touch 4 running Apple TV Lowtide interface is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store. TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Blog
Google Chrome's Remoting feature inches closer to usability
Filed under: Google, Browsers
Remoting -- which looks to be Google Chrome's answer to RDP and Terminal Services computing -- has taken yet another step toward its inevitable debut. In recent Chromium snapshot builds, Remoting now appears on the about:labs page.
However, unlike the other Labs options -- like side tabs, tabbed settings, and Instant -- Remoting still isn't usable. After enabling and restarting Chromium, you'll be able to hit set up remoting under the wrench menu. A login box will appear, but that's as far as you'll get.
It's safe to assume that an actual Google or Chromium.Org account (internal, not the ones you and I use) is required at this point, but with Remoting cropping up in Labs it shouldn't be too much longer before we're able to take the feature for a test drive.Google Chrome's Remoting feature inches closer to usability originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Remoting -- which looks to be Google Chrome's answer to RDP and Terminal Services computing -- has taken yet another step toward its inevitable debut. In recent Chromium snapshot builds, Remoting now appears on the about:labs page.
However, unlike the other Labs options -- like side tabs, tabbed settings, and Instant -- Remoting still isn't usable. After enabling and restarting Chromium, you'll be able to hit set up remoting under the wrench menu. A login box will appear, but that's as far as you'll get.
It's safe to assume that an actual Google or Chromium.Org account (internal, not the ones you and I use) is required at this point, but with Remoting cropping up in Labs it shouldn't be too much longer before we're able to take the feature for a test drive.Google Chrome's Remoting feature inches closer to usability originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Xmarks bookmark syncing service calls it quits
Filed under: Utilities, Web services, BrowsersBookmark syncing service Xmarks has decided to shut down. It's sad news, but hardly surprising.
When Xmarks launched -- originally on Firefox as Foxmarks -- it was a novel, awesome idea. Syncing your bookmarks across browsers on different machines is extraordinarily useful. It's so useful, in fact, that Chrome and Firefox both have their own bookmark syncing implementations now and that doesn't leave much room for Xmarks. Talk of going to a "freemium" model was scrapped because Xmarks didn't want to ask people to pay for something that browsers are now providing as a standard feature.
What does this mean for current Xmarks users? Well, you'll still get to use the service for 90+ days -- I have no idea how long the plus will be -- before it shuts down for good. After that, consider Firefox or Chrome bookmark syncing, or check out the list of sync alternatives that Xmarks has posted. They mention the built-in syncing services for each browser, but they also put in a good word for Evernote and SugarSync.Xmarks bookmark syncing service calls it quits originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
When Xmarks launched -- originally on Firefox as Foxmarks -- it was a novel, awesome idea. Syncing your bookmarks across browsers on different machines is extraordinarily useful. It's so useful, in fact, that Chrome and Firefox both have their own bookmark syncing implementations now and that doesn't leave much room for Xmarks. Talk of going to a "freemium" model was scrapped because Xmarks didn't want to ask people to pay for something that browsers are now providing as a standard feature.
What does this mean for current Xmarks users? Well, you'll still get to use the service for 90+ days -- I have no idea how long the plus will be -- before it shuts down for good. After that, consider Firefox or Chrome bookmark syncing, or check out the list of sync alternatives that Xmarks has posted. They mention the built-in syncing services for each browser, but they also put in a good word for Evernote and SugarSync.Xmarks bookmark syncing service calls it quits originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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DLS Review: Dropbox for Android, now you have access to your cloud storage wherever you go
Filed under: Utilities, Android
Note: Dropbox for BlackBerry was released today -- and an updated version for iOS was also released. This is a review for the Android version, but I believe all three are functionally very similar.
Using Dropbox on a mobile device is an odd amalgam of emerging technologies. On the one hand you have the cloud --and everyone loves the flexibility that the cloud brings -- but on the other, when you're on the move, head hunkered over your smartphone, do you really need access to anything other than documents?
Having said that, there are certainly unconventional uses for Dropbox on your smartphone. You can stream music and video straight from your Dropbox, for example -- but why not just load up your phone before you leave? Streaming high-quality content over public Wi-Fi or costly 3G isn't the best idea in the world.
Still, despite an inherent lack of real-world usefulness, Dropbox for Android definitely works, and it works well. You can upload photos, videos, music and text files directly from your phone, and immediately share them with the db.tt URL shortener.
Dropbox for Android is so tidy and full-featured, that it's best if I start with a big over-arching statement that sets the tone: Dropbox for Android does everything a Dropbox user could want. Now I will work backwards and explain the few things that are missing, or that don't quite work as they should.
First of all, you can't move files from your main folder into the Public folder. You'd think that it would just be a matter of selecting 'Move to...' from the context menu, but no cigar.
Then, for some odd reason, you can't view the basic 'Getting Started' or 'How to use the Public folder' RTF files. It says the 'ROM file type not supported' -- why...?
Uploading files direct from your phone seems to work for new text files, and videos shot with your camera -- but not photos. Instead, you get a rather unhelpful '0 of 1 files uploaded successfully' error message.
Other than that, the app works fantastically. You can share short URLs to files in your Dropbox, and you can also upload files to Dropbox using Android's contextual 'Share' option. You can upload music straight from your media player, for example. You can't upload Gmail email attachments directly, however -- you have to save them first.
All in all, if you have a valid reason for accessing your Dropbox on the move, this Android app (and its BlackBerry and iOS brethren) could be very handy indeed.
Dropbox for Android Tech Specs
Installed Size -- 2.12MB, but it caches some files (images? text files?)
Speed/Responsiveness -- Excellent, no slow-down registered (Android 1.6 @ 600MHz, LG GT540 Swift)
User Interface -- Very minimal, but full-featured (except for not being able to move files!) Also has a 'search' function; neat
Configurability & Extensibility -- Very few settings can be changed, but then again, Dropbox isn't a very configurable service...
License -- Free, closed-source
DLS Review: Dropbox for Android, now you have access to your cloud storage wherever you go originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Note: Dropbox for BlackBerry was released today -- and an updated version for iOS was also released. This is a review for the Android version, but I believe all three are functionally very similar.
Using Dropbox on a mobile device is an odd amalgam of emerging technologies. On the one hand you have the cloud --and everyone loves the flexibility that the cloud brings -- but on the other, when you're on the move, head hunkered over your smartphone, do you really need access to anything other than documents?
Having said that, there are certainly unconventional uses for Dropbox on your smartphone. You can stream music and video straight from your Dropbox, for example -- but why not just load up your phone before you leave? Streaming high-quality content over public Wi-Fi or costly 3G isn't the best idea in the world.
Still, despite an inherent lack of real-world usefulness, Dropbox for Android definitely works, and it works well. You can upload photos, videos, music and text files directly from your phone, and immediately share them with the db.tt URL shortener.
Dropbox for Android is so tidy and full-featured, that it's best if I start with a big over-arching statement that sets the tone: Dropbox for Android does everything a Dropbox user could want. Now I will work backwards and explain the few things that are missing, or that don't quite work as they should.
First of all, you can't move files from your main folder into the Public folder. You'd think that it would just be a matter of selecting 'Move to...' from the context menu, but no cigar.
Then, for some odd reason, you can't view the basic 'Getting Started' or 'How to use the Public folder' RTF files. It says the 'ROM file type not supported' -- why...?
Uploading files direct from your phone seems to work for new text files, and videos shot with your camera -- but not photos. Instead, you get a rather unhelpful '0 of 1 files uploaded successfully' error message.
Other than that, the app works fantastically. You can share short URLs to files in your Dropbox, and you can also upload files to Dropbox using Android's contextual 'Share' option. You can upload music straight from your media player, for example. You can't upload Gmail email attachments directly, however -- you have to save them first.
All in all, if you have a valid reason for accessing your Dropbox on the move, this Android app (and its BlackBerry and iOS brethren) could be very handy indeed.
Dropbox for Android Tech Specs
Installed Size -- 2.12MB, but it caches some files (images? text files?)
Speed/Responsiveness -- Excellent, no slow-down registered (Android 1.6 @ 600MHz, LG GT540 Swift)
User Interface -- Very minimal, but full-featured (except for not being able to move files!) Also has a 'search' function; neat
Configurability & Extensibility -- Very few settings can be changed, but then again, Dropbox isn't a very configurable service...
License -- Free, closed-source
DLS Review: Dropbox for Android, now you have access to your cloud storage wherever you go originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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iPhone Dev Team Shows Off iOS 4.1 Jailbreak on iPod touch 4G using PwnageTool Beta
As we reported earlier, the SHAtter exploit discovered by an iPhone hacker @pod2g can be utilized for jailbreaking iPhone 4 and other iDevices running iOS 4.1. The iPhone Dev team has put the exploit in actual use and develop a beta version of PwnageTool to jailbreak an iPod touch (4th generation).
The team confirmed the exploit [...]
The team confirmed the exploit [...]
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Microsoft migrating 30 million Live Spaces blogs to WordPress.com
Filed under: Blogging, Microsoft
Microsoft has just announced that it's teaming up with WordPress on Live Spaces blogs. According to Microsoft, Windows Live Spaces has 30 million active users -- so this is a significant boost for the WordPress.com platform.
Some of the highlights of the migration:
Microsoft will redirect all Spaces URLs to WordPress.com, so users won't lose any visitors.
Spaces is going to be shut down in March.
Migration should be almost painless -- posts, media, comments, and links will all be moved automatically.
Personally, I think it's very nice to see Microsoft teaming up with another company like this. This is a fairly major move, and it does require some guts -- though it now allows Microsoft to focus on software for blogging (Live Writer) instead of worrying about maintaining a blog platform.Microsoft migrating 30 million Live Spaces blogs to WordPress.com originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Microsoft has just announced that it's teaming up with WordPress on Live Spaces blogs. According to Microsoft, Windows Live Spaces has 30 million active users -- so this is a significant boost for the WordPress.com platform.
Some of the highlights of the migration:
Microsoft will redirect all Spaces URLs to WordPress.com, so users won't lose any visitors.
Spaces is going to be shut down in March.
Migration should be almost painless -- posts, media, comments, and links will all be moved automatically.
Personally, I think it's very nice to see Microsoft teaming up with another company like this. This is a fairly major move, and it does require some guts -- though it now allows Microsoft to focus on software for blogging (Live Writer) instead of worrying about maintaining a blog platform.Microsoft migrating 30 million Live Spaces blogs to WordPress.com originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Big things ahead for Launcher Pro
Big things ahead for Launcher Pro
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Launcher Pro and Launcher Pro Plus are easily some of the most popular alternative launchers for Android. The developer has been iterating at a fast pace and has integrated some awesome features into the product. A big announcement from him today hints at big changes in the future.
The developer, if you aren't familiar, is Federico Carnales, who is very accessible and has been working extremely hard at Launcher Pro.
To sum it up, here is what he said:
- Launcher Pro is based on the stock Android 2.0 launcher
- The stock launcher was not developed to support some of the iterations that Launcher Pro has introduced, such as the ability to have seven home-screens
- Due to this, he has decided to throw out the current version and develop Launcher Pro from scratch
This will allow him to have more control over the app and have an easier time implementing some of the features he has his mind on. According to the announcement, this change will result in:
- Improved speed
- Reduced memory usage
- Increased flexibility (adapting to other devices, like tablets)
- Cleaner code to allow more features
- The bug fixes that haven't been addressed yet
Those of us who have purchased Launcher Pro Plus will not have to pay for the app again. The new version will simply replace it. No date has been set, but don't expect anything too soon, it's a huge job. Nevertheless, Launcher Pro users should be excited at this announcement, as it will only result in a more functional app. [LauncherPro]
Posted originally at Android Central
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Visible III is a challenging, confusing platformer - Time-Waster
Filed under: Fun, Games, Time-Wasters
Look at the screenshot. Do you see how, on the top part, there's a landmine to my right? I'm not very close to it, though, so I can still pick up a bit of speed and jump over it.
Now look at the bottom of the screenshot and see the reflection. I'm actually right on top of a landmine there and if I move even a couple of pixels over to the right, I'm done for.
This is the basic premise of Visible III. It's very, very easy to die. I constantly had to stop in place and look at both halves of the screen before attempting anything. It's not just the traps, either. Sometimes the walls are shaped differently on each of the two parts of the screen -- which makes the game part brain teaser and part platformer. Like most other platformers I enjoy, respawning is fast here and you don't lose a lot when you die. There are multiple checkpoints on each level, and you respawn at the last checkpoint whenever you die.
Reflection isn't everything here, though; there are lasers, which you avoid by becoming invisible (by holding down Shift). But you can't be invisible forever. There's a bar that rapidly runs out when you're invisible, so you need to be quick. The same goes for scaling walls and grabbing the ceiling. It's possible (and sometimes vital), but only for a short while.Visible III is a challenging, confusing platformer - Time-Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Look at the screenshot. Do you see how, on the top part, there's a landmine to my right? I'm not very close to it, though, so I can still pick up a bit of speed and jump over it.
Now look at the bottom of the screenshot and see the reflection. I'm actually right on top of a landmine there and if I move even a couple of pixels over to the right, I'm done for.
This is the basic premise of Visible III. It's very, very easy to die. I constantly had to stop in place and look at both halves of the screen before attempting anything. It's not just the traps, either. Sometimes the walls are shaped differently on each of the two parts of the screen -- which makes the game part brain teaser and part platformer. Like most other platformers I enjoy, respawning is fast here and you don't lose a lot when you die. There are multiple checkpoints on each level, and you respawn at the last checkpoint whenever you die.
Reflection isn't everything here, though; there are lasers, which you avoid by becoming invisible (by holding down Shift). But you can't be invisible forever. There's a bar that rapidly runs out when you're invisible, so you need to be quick. The same goes for scaling walls and grabbing the ceiling. It's possible (and sometimes vital), but only for a short while.Visible III is a challenging, confusing platformer - Time-Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Grab the auto-updating Bing Dynamic theme for Windows 7, enjoy some pretty pictures
Filed under: Fun, Photo, Windows
Originally launched back in August (yes, we missed it!), the Bing Dynamic theme pack is a quick and easy way to get the latest and greatest Bing photos pasted all over your Windows 7 desktop wallpaper.
Four new images were added to the rotation today, but I honestly have no idea how many images are actually part of the pack. Apparently two new images are added every week -- it uses an RSS feed to discover new images! -- and there's nothing better than turning your computer on to be randomly surprised by a new, beautiful landscape, right?Grab the auto-updating Bing Dynamic theme for Windows 7, enjoy some pretty pictures originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Originally launched back in August (yes, we missed it!), the Bing Dynamic theme pack is a quick and easy way to get the latest and greatest Bing photos pasted all over your Windows 7 desktop wallpaper.
Four new images were added to the rotation today, but I honestly have no idea how many images are actually part of the pack. Apparently two new images are added every week -- it uses an RSS feed to discover new images! -- and there's nothing better than turning your computer on to be randomly surprised by a new, beautiful landscape, right?Grab the auto-updating Bing Dynamic theme for Windows 7, enjoy some pretty pictures originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Letters of Note showcases historically significant letters
Filed under: Blogging, Education
Letters of Note is a fantastic personal project by Shaun Usher. It's a clean looking blog with some extraordinary content: historical letters by people like Franz Kafka, Ray Bradbury, Jochen Rindt (the only posthumous Formula One World Champion), and other celebrities.
It's not all celebrities, though. The letter in the screenshot, for instance, was written by a bank manager from Hiroshima on May 22, 1950, and it's addressed to an American safe maker. The bank manager praises the quality of the safe, since it survived Little Boy's atomic blast. Today's letter is an extremely long diatribe by none other than Franz Kafka.
Each letter comes with an original high-resolution scan, a meticulous transcript (in the original language), and a very readable translation. The transcript includes any and all mistakes in the original - double spaces and all.
I find it remarkable that Shaun can get all of these collectors to send him letters. Each letter I've read so far has been illuminating, fascinating, and highly personal. These were obviously not meant as public PR statements, and they give a rare glimpse into the writer's personality and the circumstances in which they were written. I, for one, hope that Letters of Note survives far into the future.Letters of Note showcases historically significant letters originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Letters of Note is a fantastic personal project by Shaun Usher. It's a clean looking blog with some extraordinary content: historical letters by people like Franz Kafka, Ray Bradbury, Jochen Rindt (the only posthumous Formula One World Champion), and other celebrities.
It's not all celebrities, though. The letter in the screenshot, for instance, was written by a bank manager from Hiroshima on May 22, 1950, and it's addressed to an American safe maker. The bank manager praises the quality of the safe, since it survived Little Boy's atomic blast. Today's letter is an extremely long diatribe by none other than Franz Kafka.
Each letter comes with an original high-resolution scan, a meticulous transcript (in the original language), and a very readable translation. The transcript includes any and all mistakes in the original - double spaces and all.
I find it remarkable that Shaun can get all of these collectors to send him letters. Each letter I've read so far has been illuminating, fascinating, and highly personal. These were obviously not meant as public PR statements, and they give a rare glimpse into the writer's personality and the circumstances in which they were written. I, for one, hope that Letters of Note survives far into the future.Letters of Note showcases historically significant letters originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Twitter Tuesday - Twitter passes MySpace, kills Early Bird, and rolls out new website to half of users
Filed under: Features, Web services, Microblogging, Twitter
It's been a busy week for Twitter itself, so I'll (mostly) lay off the third-party Twitter client news in this edition of Twitter Tuesday. Hit the jump for all the latest updates from Twitter -- including some hope for those of you who don't have access to the shiny new Twitter web interface yet.
Twitter Tops MySpace, Becomes Third-Busiest Social Network
According to the Wall Street Journal, Twitter has surpassed MySpace in traffic, and taken a place in the top three busiest social networking sites. Twitter's 96 million unique visitors last month (up 75% from last year!) topped MySpace's 95 million (down 17%).
Facebook is the largest social network, obviously, but what's #2? Look out, Microsoft Windows Live Profile, you're next on the big bird's hit list. (Yeah, I'm as surprised as you are, but Windows Live Profile is doing nearly 150 million uniques a month!)
Half of Twitter Users Now Have the New Twitter Web Interface
If you're still waiting for the new Twitter interface to roll out to your account, you're not alone. Only half of Twitter's userbase has the new Twitter.com so far. That has caused the other half to incessantly retweet "Retweet this if you don't have the new Twitter." Calm down, guys. You'll have it very soon!
[via TheNextWeb]
Twitter Kills Off Early Bird (Was Anyone Using It Anyway?)
Remember Twitter's special @earlybird account that offered discount deals to Twitter users? Neither do most people, and that's why Early Bird is being grounded after a series of lackluster promotions. The idea of a Twitter-branded Groupon-type site is a good one, but I think Twitter needs to put more effort into developing partnerships and being able to offer decent promotions if they want to hold anyone's attention. Early Bird currently has 230,000 followers, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the 96 million unique visitors a month I just mentioned.
Early Bird will rise again (after more research and feedback) to become Promoted Products, but there's no ETA on that launch.
Twitter's Promoted Accounts Are Almost Here
Speaking of promotions, Promoted Accounts are just around the corner on Twitter. If you want more followers, here's your chance to pay for them. Promoted Accounts will let you insert your account into Twitter's "Who To Follow" box next to real suggestions of who to follow.
The average joe on Twitter probably won't be able to afford a Promoted Account, as the Wall Street Journal reports that Twitter's previous ad service, Promoted Tweets, is already selling tweets valued at over $100,000.
[via TechCrunch]
Brizzly Adds Foursquare Support and New Retweets
Twitter-client-and-more webapp Brizzly just added some new features to its list, including Foursquare support and support for new-style "official" retweets from Twitter. This move is a bit of catchup with competitor Seesmic Web, which added Foursquare support recently as well, but isn't as pretty as Brizzly. Some of the navigation on Brizzly has changed, too -- menus are now collapsable, and the posting form stays in the top left corner as you move around to different Twitter pages.
That's the Twitter news for this week! Pop back in next week for more, including the rollout of Twitter's streams API, which should bring real-time Twitter to your favorite apps soon!
Twitter Tuesday - Twitter passes MySpace, kills Early Bird, and rolls out new website to half of users originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
It's been a busy week for Twitter itself, so I'll (mostly) lay off the third-party Twitter client news in this edition of Twitter Tuesday. Hit the jump for all the latest updates from Twitter -- including some hope for those of you who don't have access to the shiny new Twitter web interface yet.
Twitter Tops MySpace, Becomes Third-Busiest Social Network
According to the Wall Street Journal, Twitter has surpassed MySpace in traffic, and taken a place in the top three busiest social networking sites. Twitter's 96 million unique visitors last month (up 75% from last year!) topped MySpace's 95 million (down 17%).
Facebook is the largest social network, obviously, but what's #2? Look out, Microsoft Windows Live Profile, you're next on the big bird's hit list. (Yeah, I'm as surprised as you are, but Windows Live Profile is doing nearly 150 million uniques a month!)
Half of Twitter Users Now Have the New Twitter Web Interface
If you're still waiting for the new Twitter interface to roll out to your account, you're not alone. Only half of Twitter's userbase has the new Twitter.com so far. That has caused the other half to incessantly retweet "Retweet this if you don't have the new Twitter." Calm down, guys. You'll have it very soon!
[via TheNextWeb]
Twitter Kills Off Early Bird (Was Anyone Using It Anyway?)
Remember Twitter's special @earlybird account that offered discount deals to Twitter users? Neither do most people, and that's why Early Bird is being grounded after a series of lackluster promotions. The idea of a Twitter-branded Groupon-type site is a good one, but I think Twitter needs to put more effort into developing partnerships and being able to offer decent promotions if they want to hold anyone's attention. Early Bird currently has 230,000 followers, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the 96 million unique visitors a month I just mentioned.
Early Bird will rise again (after more research and feedback) to become Promoted Products, but there's no ETA on that launch.
Twitter's Promoted Accounts Are Almost Here
Speaking of promotions, Promoted Accounts are just around the corner on Twitter. If you want more followers, here's your chance to pay for them. Promoted Accounts will let you insert your account into Twitter's "Who To Follow" box next to real suggestions of who to follow.
The average joe on Twitter probably won't be able to afford a Promoted Account, as the Wall Street Journal reports that Twitter's previous ad service, Promoted Tweets, is already selling tweets valued at over $100,000.
[via TechCrunch]
Brizzly Adds Foursquare Support and New Retweets
Twitter-client-and-more webapp Brizzly just added some new features to its list, including Foursquare support and support for new-style "official" retweets from Twitter. This move is a bit of catchup with competitor Seesmic Web, which added Foursquare support recently as well, but isn't as pretty as Brizzly. Some of the navigation on Brizzly has changed, too -- menus are now collapsable, and the posting form stays in the top left corner as you move around to different Twitter pages.
That's the Twitter news for this week! Pop back in next week for more, including the rollout of Twitter's streams API, which should bring real-time Twitter to your favorite apps soon!
Twitter Tuesday - Twitter passes MySpace, kills Early Bird, and rolls out new website to half of users originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
GameCrush -- where you pay to play video games with hot girls -- opens its doors
Filed under: Games, web 2.0
GameCrush is just like prostitution, but with boys buying game time rather than sexy time from a dizzying array of cute, gamer girls. The service, which has been privately beta testing since the start of the year, launches today around 3PM Pacific time. 'Lots of girls have already signed up,' an internal source told us earlier, while we enjoyed a game of topless Call of Duty.
Just like prostitution, some of the girls are cuter than others -- and some are better at what they do, too -- but they're all available as potential PlayDates (seriously). All you have to do is whip out your credit card (it's $0.60 per minute), grab your joystick and game. Every girl has a camera, and I'm told by an inside source that many of the girls are quite, er, accommodating. Understandable, considering a good girl can earn more than $20 per hour if she behaves well.
According to the press release, any game works with their system -- but in fact there are only specific games at launch that will be playable with a companion. If you prefer one-handed, left-hand-stretched-over-to-the-mouse gaming, there's also a bunch of casual, browser-based games that you can play with your PlayDate.
Finally, in case you were wondering (because I know I was) guys can also sign up. I've already done so! Girls can pay to play with me. What an awesome world we live in, gentlemen.GameCrush -- where you pay to play video games with hot girls -- opens its doors originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
GameCrush is just like prostitution, but with boys buying game time rather than sexy time from a dizzying array of cute, gamer girls. The service, which has been privately beta testing since the start of the year, launches today around 3PM Pacific time. 'Lots of girls have already signed up,' an internal source told us earlier, while we enjoyed a game of topless Call of Duty.
Just like prostitution, some of the girls are cuter than others -- and some are better at what they do, too -- but they're all available as potential PlayDates (seriously). All you have to do is whip out your credit card (it's $0.60 per minute), grab your joystick and game. Every girl has a camera, and I'm told by an inside source that many of the girls are quite, er, accommodating. Understandable, considering a good girl can earn more than $20 per hour if she behaves well.
According to the press release, any game works with their system -- but in fact there are only specific games at launch that will be playable with a companion. If you prefer one-handed, left-hand-stretched-over-to-the-mouse gaming, there's also a bunch of casual, browser-based games that you can play with your PlayDate.
Finally, in case you were wondering (because I know I was) guys can also sign up. I've already done so! Girls can pay to play with me. What an awesome world we live in, gentlemen.GameCrush -- where you pay to play video games with hot girls -- opens its doors originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Playboy Goes Non Nude For iPad
Soon the official Playboy iPad App will be revealed but certain other elements won’t be. What we’re trying to say is that in order to follow Apple’s very strict anti-obscenity rules Playboy has agreed to keep their app for the iPad tablet device entirely non-nude and tasteful. With no nudity allowed Playboy may just have [...]
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Word Domination helps you become a crossword puzzle monster
Filed under: Fun, Education
Quick, I need an eight-letter word that starts with B, and letter six is R! Any ideas?
If questions like this make you draw a blank, Word Domination can come in very handy the next time you're struggling with those last few words of a crossword puzzle. It gave me 97 different results for this particular query, including "bescorch" and "bevatron."
I wasn't really sure what a bevatron was, so I clicked the word. Word Domination then transported me to the bevatron word page, where I discovered that it's a historic particle accelerator. Now I feel a bit less ignorant, because it's more of a proper noun that "just a word." But I guess that, somewhere in the world, a sadistic crossword puzzle author might call for "historic particle accelerator, six letters, horizontal."
Word Domination comes up with more ordinary words, too. The list is sorted alphabetically - not by frequency. The whole site feels very clean, modern, and fun to use. There's a "simple mode," too, which supports the asterisk wildcard (like b*tron) and doesn't make you specify the number of letters that the results should contain.
Their "About Us" page is empty, so I can't tell you who's behind the site, but as long as it works, it works!Word Domination helps you become a crossword puzzle monster originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Quick, I need an eight-letter word that starts with B, and letter six is R! Any ideas?
If questions like this make you draw a blank, Word Domination can come in very handy the next time you're struggling with those last few words of a crossword puzzle. It gave me 97 different results for this particular query, including "bescorch" and "bevatron."
I wasn't really sure what a bevatron was, so I clicked the word. Word Domination then transported me to the bevatron word page, where I discovered that it's a historic particle accelerator. Now I feel a bit less ignorant, because it's more of a proper noun that "just a word." But I guess that, somewhere in the world, a sadistic crossword puzzle author might call for "historic particle accelerator, six letters, horizontal."
Word Domination comes up with more ordinary words, too. The list is sorted alphabetically - not by frequency. The whole site feels very clean, modern, and fun to use. There's a "simple mode," too, which supports the asterisk wildcard (like b*tron) and doesn't make you specify the number of letters that the results should contain.
Their "About Us" page is empty, so I can't tell you who's behind the site, but as long as it works, it works!Word Domination helps you become a crossword puzzle monster originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Star Walk Goes To New Heights In Version 4.4
Astrology fans worldwide are going to love what Vito Technology has done with their latest Star Walk v4.4 update. They have taken their highly popular and award winning Star Walk app for the iPad and iPhone and made it even better. So let’s get down to business, what’s new in Star Walk 4.4? Arrow Guides [...]
Ask Mozilla a question
Filed under: Mozilla, BrowsersInstead of my usual abode deep in the lush green forests of south England, I'm currently in San Francisco. I was here for the Internet Explorer 9 beta launch (which was very cool!) Yesterday I visited Google -- and later today I will be seeing the wonderful people at Mozilla.
I have a lot of things I want to ask them, but I figured you guys might also have a few clever questions up your sleeves! So, if there's something you've always wanted to ask Mozilla, leave a comment and I'll do my best to pose your questions to the right people.Ask Mozilla a question originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
I have a lot of things I want to ask them, but I figured you guys might also have a few clever questions up your sleeves! So, if there's something you've always wanted to ask Mozilla, leave a comment and I'll do my best to pose your questions to the right people.Ask Mozilla a question originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Mulve is a fast, free, non-P2P way to download music
Filed under: Audio
There isn't much else to say: Mulve is just a single 2MB, portable EXE that lets you download music. There's no UI to speak of, and it's completely unconfigurable. You just type in a band name or song title and... download.
The thing is, despite being free and tiny, the selection of music is insane. Lee found a bunch of crazy bands like The Wonderstuff, Mind Bomb, and Johnny Socko -- and for me, it even turned up plenty of hits for classical music by Mahler, Beethoven, and Mozart. All of the generic pop crap is there, too.
And it's fast! TorrentFreak reports that the servers might be located in Russia, but that didn't prevent Lee and I from maxing out our connections -- 600KB/s for him, and 2MB/s for me. There's no peer-to-peer in sight, either; these are just direct, fast downloads. If you need some more convincing, check the short video after the break.
For a service supported by just a single banner ad, it's surely too good to be true (and almost certainly unlicensed). It'll get shut down -- it's just a matter of whether it'll be thanks to Interpol, or due to too much traffic.
Mulve is a fast, free, non-P2P way to download music originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
There isn't much else to say: Mulve is just a single 2MB, portable EXE that lets you download music. There's no UI to speak of, and it's completely unconfigurable. You just type in a band name or song title and... download.
The thing is, despite being free and tiny, the selection of music is insane. Lee found a bunch of crazy bands like The Wonderstuff, Mind Bomb, and Johnny Socko -- and for me, it even turned up plenty of hits for classical music by Mahler, Beethoven, and Mozart. All of the generic pop crap is there, too.
And it's fast! TorrentFreak reports that the servers might be located in Russia, but that didn't prevent Lee and I from maxing out our connections -- 600KB/s for him, and 2MB/s for me. There's no peer-to-peer in sight, either; these are just direct, fast downloads. If you need some more convincing, check the short video after the break.
For a service supported by just a single banner ad, it's surely too good to be true (and almost certainly unlicensed). It'll get shut down -- it's just a matter of whether it'll be thanks to Interpol, or due to too much traffic.
Mulve is a fast, free, non-P2P way to download music originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Android Quick-App: Brookings
The Brookings Institute released an application recently that you should check out if you enjoy politics, international relations, or economics (or all of them!). The Brookings Institute is a think-tank in Washington, D.C., that has roots dating back to 1916. It provides in-depth articles and analysis on issues relating to economics and politics. Let's look at it further, after the break.
appid:
edu.brookings.mobile.android
Posted originally at Android CentralSponsored by Android Cases and Accessories
appid:
edu.brookings.mobile.android
Posted originally at Android CentralSponsored by Android Cases and Accessories
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Five Free Slacker Radio Plus subscriptions
The Austin City Limits music festival is right around the corner, and the festival's official app (ACL Festival) has teamed up with Slacker Radio.And to sweeten the deal, they're giving us five annual Slacker Plus subscriptions to give away to you folks. To win, all you have to do is leave a post in this thread by midnight Eastern tonight. We'll pick five winners at random.That's it, folks, and hit the links after the break if you want to check out the Austin City Limits app.Five free Slacker Radio Plus Subscriptions
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Google Docs adds better data import options to spreadsheets
Filed under: Office, Google
Power users (like our own Erez Zukerman) will tell you that Google Docs Spreadsheets don't have nearly the same chutzpah that Excel does -- not for really complex work, anyway. Still, Google keeps plugging away and adding features... Like better import options!
Docs now supports custom delimiters and an inline preview pane for imported data. While you may not find the addition useful, it's the kind of functionality advanced users would definitely miss if they were trying to make the jump from Excel.
You can also now choose whether you want to import your new data into the current sheet, a new sheet in your current workbook, or into an entirely new workbook.Google Docs adds better data import options to spreadsheets originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Power users (like our own Erez Zukerman) will tell you that Google Docs Spreadsheets don't have nearly the same chutzpah that Excel does -- not for really complex work, anyway. Still, Google keeps plugging away and adding features... Like better import options!
Docs now supports custom delimiters and an inline preview pane for imported data. While you may not find the addition useful, it's the kind of functionality advanced users would definitely miss if they were trying to make the jump from Excel.
You can also now choose whether you want to import your new data into the current sheet, a new sheet in your current workbook, or into an entirely new workbook.Google Docs adds better data import options to spreadsheets originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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A photo tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, California
Filed under: Mozilla, BrowsersLast week, while I was in San Francisco for the IE9 beta thing, I was fortunate enough to also visit the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, California. I was mostly there to interview three big-wigs from the Firefox development team, but I also managed to take a few photos! This means that this week's Firefox Friday takes the form of a photo tour.
I have provided extensive commentary for each photo in the gallery, so take your time and enjoy the brand new, beautiful offices of Mozilla.
Note: After you click through to a photo, hit 'Hi res' at the top.
Gallery: A tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, CaliforniaA photo tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, California originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
I have provided extensive commentary for each photo in the gallery, so take your time and enjoy the brand new, beautiful offices of Mozilla.
Note: After you click through to a photo, hit 'Hi res' at the top.
Gallery: A tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, CaliforniaA photo tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, California originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Why Missing Ringtones Library in iTunes?
Earlier, I published a step-by-step guide on how to create custom ringtones using iTunes 10. I am glad that some of you love the guide and find it useful.
However, some claimed they even couldn’t find the ringtone library in iTunes. It’s just missing!
This isn’t a problem of your iTunes. You do not need to [...]
However, some claimed they even couldn’t find the ringtone library in iTunes. It’s just missing!
This isn’t a problem of your iTunes. You do not need to [...]
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Scrabble is the Amazon Kindle's first app
Filed under: GamesChances are, you didn't buy a Kindle to play games. Well, games are what you're about to get: Scrabble just became the first game -- in fact, the first app -- to hit the Kindle.
It seems like the literate Kindle audience will make a great fit for the classic spelling game. Unlike various Facebook Scrabble apps, this one has the official Scrabble name, and it was put together by Electronic Arts.
Those triple word scores come at a price, though: a reasonable $4.99. The real downside is that Scrabble on the Kindle has the same physical limitations as a real Scrabble board: there's no online play, or wireless play with other Kindles. You'll just have to make do with passing the Kindle to the next player when your turn is done. It also suffers from the graphical limitations of a black-and-white eReader, but hey, at least you don't have to keep score with a pencil.
[via Switched]Scrabble is the Amazon Kindle's first app originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
It seems like the literate Kindle audience will make a great fit for the classic spelling game. Unlike various Facebook Scrabble apps, this one has the official Scrabble name, and it was put together by Electronic Arts.
Those triple word scores come at a price, though: a reasonable $4.99. The real downside is that Scrabble on the Kindle has the same physical limitations as a real Scrabble board: there's no online play, or wireless play with other Kindles. You'll just have to make do with passing the Kindle to the next player when your turn is done. It also suffers from the graphical limitations of a black-and-white eReader, but hey, at least you don't have to keep score with a pencil.
[via Switched]Scrabble is the Amazon Kindle's first app originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
iPad Web App Converts Flash Video On The Fly
Transmedia has introduced the new Glide OS 4.0, a cloud-based operating system that is ad-free, full of great productivity apps and best of all is compatible with the Apple iPad. It has great syncing capabilities and runs right from your iPad’s browser. It operates like an online mobile desktop. With Glide OS you can share [...]
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Playboy Goes Non Nude For iPad
Soon the official Playboy iPad App will be revealed but certain other elements won’t be. What we’re trying to say is that in order to follow Apple’s very strict anti-obscenity rules Playboy has agreed to keep their app for the iPad tablet device entirely non-nude and tasteful. With no nudity allowed Playboy may just have [...]
Monday, September 27, 2010
64-bit Linux kernel exploit in the wild, allows local user root escalation
Filed under: LinuxIf you're running a 64-bit Linux kernel, update it now.
There's a new local root exploit, and it seems like Ksplice has yet again managed to get their advertisement fix onto the front page of Slashdot. Normally such an arcane bug wouldn't be an issue, but the example exploit leaves an open backdoor even after the bug has been patched -- lovely.
It's an escalation exploit, so a user still needs to gain local user access to the system -- but still, you're encouraged to update any and all 64-bit Linux systems that you own, especially if they're public, shared servers.64-bit Linux kernel exploit in the wild, allows local user root escalation originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
There's a new local root exploit, and it seems like Ksplice has yet again managed to get their advertisement fix onto the front page of Slashdot. Normally such an arcane bug wouldn't be an issue, but the example exploit leaves an open backdoor even after the bug has been patched -- lovely.
It's an escalation exploit, so a user still needs to gain local user access to the system -- but still, you're encouraged to update any and all 64-bit Linux systems that you own, especially if they're public, shared servers.64-bit Linux kernel exploit in the wild, allows local user root escalation originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Apple patches old QuickTime vulnerabilities with QuickTime 7.6.8 for Windows
Filed under: Security, Windows, AppleA few weeks ago, we told you about an exploit in the Windows version of Apple's QuickTime, based on a line of code from 2001. QuickTime 7.6.8, released Wednesday, finally fixes that vulnerability. The bug allowed the takeover of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines with Internet Explorer installed.
The news isn't so much that Apple fixed the problem, but that they took longer to do so than it seems. We found out about it in late August, but it had been reported to Apple nearly two months prior. Bug trackers criticized the company for moving slowly, and Aaron Portnoy of bug hunting group Zero Day Initiative said he could have fixed the problem "within a day."
Meanwhile, Apple gets points for becoming one of the first companies -- along with Mozilla -- to patch a nasty DLL exploit, where hackers could replace any DLL file with their own malicious code under the same filename. The fix? Use the entire path instead of a filename. More than 200 programs reportedly still have this DLL issue.
[via Computerworld]
Apple patches old QuickTime vulnerabilities with QuickTime 7.6.8 for Windows originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
The news isn't so much that Apple fixed the problem, but that they took longer to do so than it seems. We found out about it in late August, but it had been reported to Apple nearly two months prior. Bug trackers criticized the company for moving slowly, and Aaron Portnoy of bug hunting group Zero Day Initiative said he could have fixed the problem "within a day."
Meanwhile, Apple gets points for becoming one of the first companies -- along with Mozilla -- to patch a nasty DLL exploit, where hackers could replace any DLL file with their own malicious code under the same filename. The fix? Use the entire path instead of a filename. More than 200 programs reportedly still have this DLL issue.
[via Computerworld]
Apple patches old QuickTime vulnerabilities with QuickTime 7.6.8 for Windows originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Apple to announce iPad newspaper subscription plans
Filed under: Business, News, AppleApple's iPad might become the white knight the ailing newspaper publishing industry has been looking for. Steve Jobs and co. are reportedly nearing the announcement of newspaper subscription plans on the iPad, bringing your daily paper to the growing tablet market. The dealbreaker, up until now, has been your personal data, which newspapers need to sell ads. Apple didn't want to give up demographic information at first, but they've apparently relented.
Experts think newspapers will follow the App Store model, giving Apple 30% of all app-based subscriptions sold, plus a cut of advertising revenue that could go as high as 40%. Apple appears to be making out like a bandit on this deal, but newspapers can't afford not to get on board with iOS. Yes, Apple's terms are harsh, but not as harsh as the current ban on newspaper subscriptions in the App Store.
By the way, a newspaper initially broke this story. Hat tip to the San Jose Mercury News.Apple to announce iPad newspaper subscription plans originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Experts think newspapers will follow the App Store model, giving Apple 30% of all app-based subscriptions sold, plus a cut of advertising revenue that could go as high as 40%. Apple appears to be making out like a bandit on this deal, but newspapers can't afford not to get on board with iOS. Yes, Apple's terms are harsh, but not as harsh as the current ban on newspaper subscriptions in the App Store.
By the way, a newspaper initially broke this story. Hat tip to the San Jose Mercury News.Apple to announce iPad newspaper subscription plans originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Google's Gmail app hits the Android Market, with quoted text and Priority Inbox
Filed under: E-mail, Google, Android
Google has updated the Gmail app for Android, adding the ability to reveal more quoted text in your email threads and introducing limited support for Priority Inbox. Instead of taking up a bunch of space on your small mobile screen with quotes from previous emails, the Gmail app now has a "show quoted text" button, so you can reveal older parts of a conversation as needed. Actions like reply, star, and archive now have a permanent place at the top of the screen, too, so you don't have to scroll back up through a long email to use them.
As far as Priority Inbox -- Google's latest attempt at making email organization easier and more automatic -- this version of the Android app dips its toes in the pool, but it doesn't dive all the way in. If you've turned on Priority Inbox in the desktop version of Gmail, the Android version will show you a separate label for the messages Priority Inbox has deemed "important." The other sorting features -- like marking a message more or less important -- aren't included yet.
The Gmail update is in the Android Market now, for users of Android 2.2 Froyo and up, which means you're good to go if you have a Nexus One, EVO, Droid, or Droid 2. Plus, the fact that it's in the Android Market also means that Gmail is no longer tied to Android's OS update schedule, so new features can be added to the app without waiting for an entirely new version of Android OS.
Google's Gmail app hits the Android Market, with quoted text and Priority Inbox originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Google has updated the Gmail app for Android, adding the ability to reveal more quoted text in your email threads and introducing limited support for Priority Inbox. Instead of taking up a bunch of space on your small mobile screen with quotes from previous emails, the Gmail app now has a "show quoted text" button, so you can reveal older parts of a conversation as needed. Actions like reply, star, and archive now have a permanent place at the top of the screen, too, so you don't have to scroll back up through a long email to use them.
As far as Priority Inbox -- Google's latest attempt at making email organization easier and more automatic -- this version of the Android app dips its toes in the pool, but it doesn't dive all the way in. If you've turned on Priority Inbox in the desktop version of Gmail, the Android version will show you a separate label for the messages Priority Inbox has deemed "important." The other sorting features -- like marking a message more or less important -- aren't included yet.
The Gmail update is in the Android Market now, for users of Android 2.2 Froyo and up, which means you're good to go if you have a Nexus One, EVO, Droid, or Droid 2. Plus, the fact that it's in the Android Market also means that Gmail is no longer tied to Android's OS update schedule, so new features can be added to the app without waiting for an entirely new version of Android OS.
Google's Gmail app hits the Android Market, with quoted text and Priority Inbox originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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EtherCodes is an interesting code editor for real-time collaboration
Filed under: Developer
Finally, someone has gone and done it: EtherCodes is a mashup of EtherPad and Skywriter (formerly known as Bespin). In simple terms, it's a collaborative, real-time, Web-based code editor, with syntax highlighting for C, C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, Ruby (yay!), and HTML.
It's currently in alpha, but I've played around with it, and it feels quite solid. It really feels like a hybrid. The familiar EtherPad interface surrounds a text area that is actually Skywriter. And Skywriter has its own command line, which lets you do all sorts of things to your code (convert all tabs to spaces, for example).
You don't get code completion, though, which is a shame. Also, for some reason, EtherCodes won't play nice with Opera -- it wants you to use Firefox 3.5+, Chrome 2.0+, or Safari 4.0+. I'm not really sure why, because Opera has a blazing-fast JavaScript engine. But all in all, I really like this mashup. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, it takes two established technologies and pairs them elegantly.
The mind behind EtherCodes is Gary Yao, who co-authored CKEditor (a well-regarded Rich Text editor for Web applications). I can only hope that EtherCodes will have the same kind of success. It is a much needed product, indeed.EtherCodes is an interesting code editor for real-time collaboration originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Finally, someone has gone and done it: EtherCodes is a mashup of EtherPad and Skywriter (formerly known as Bespin). In simple terms, it's a collaborative, real-time, Web-based code editor, with syntax highlighting for C, C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, Ruby (yay!), and HTML.
It's currently in alpha, but I've played around with it, and it feels quite solid. It really feels like a hybrid. The familiar EtherPad interface surrounds a text area that is actually Skywriter. And Skywriter has its own command line, which lets you do all sorts of things to your code (convert all tabs to spaces, for example).
You don't get code completion, though, which is a shame. Also, for some reason, EtherCodes won't play nice with Opera -- it wants you to use Firefox 3.5+, Chrome 2.0+, or Safari 4.0+. I'm not really sure why, because Opera has a blazing-fast JavaScript engine. But all in all, I really like this mashup. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, it takes two established technologies and pairs them elegantly.
The mind behind EtherCodes is Gary Yao, who co-authored CKEditor (a well-regarded Rich Text editor for Web applications). I can only hope that EtherCodes will have the same kind of success. It is a much needed product, indeed.EtherCodes is an interesting code editor for real-time collaboration originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Dropbox introduces App Directory, adds caching to iOS app
We'll spare you the raves about Dropbox being the perfect cross-platform cloud storage solution and cut right to the latest updates that make it even more awesome. Dropbox has just introduced an App Directory, listing apps on all platforms that play nicely with Dropbox. This includes everything from password storage solution 1Password to Android's UiA contact backup app to ... BlackBerry apps?! Okay, there are only two BlackBerry apps in the directory so far, but it's still amazing how versatile Dropbox is.
Meanwhile, the iPhone/iPad version of Dropbox just received a crucial update that includes caching of downloaded files, so you don't have to burn your bandwidth redownloading that 50-meg PDF every time you want to view it. File transfers also work in the background now, which makes the app twice as useful.
Note: Please don't put Dropbox referral links in the comments. They will be deleted, and repeat offenders will be banned. (Thanks for letting us borrow your disclaimer, TUAW!)
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Dropbox introduces App Directory, adds caching to iOS app originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Meanwhile, the iPhone/iPad version of Dropbox just received a crucial update that includes caching of downloaded files, so you don't have to burn your bandwidth redownloading that 50-meg PDF every time you want to view it. File transfers also work in the background now, which makes the app twice as useful.
Note: Please don't put Dropbox referral links in the comments. They will be deleted, and repeat offenders will be banned. (Thanks for letting us borrow your disclaimer, TUAW!)
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Google shutting down Reader's page change tracker for sites with no RSS feed
Filed under: Web services, Google
You may not have known about it, but Google Reader has a pretty slick feature that allows you to subscribe to any page -- even one without an RSS feed. When the page is updated, it'll appear in your unread Reader items. At least, it will until September 30th.
Google has announced that they're shutting down the tracker service, and it's not a complete shocker. My results with it were never that good -- pages I had subscribed to often changed multiple times, and I never received an alert.
If you're looking for an alternative, check out Jay's post -- he rounded up 10 ways to keep tabs on a Web page without using RSS a while back.Google shutting down Reader's page change tracker for sites with no RSS feed originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
You may not have known about it, but Google Reader has a pretty slick feature that allows you to subscribe to any page -- even one without an RSS feed. When the page is updated, it'll appear in your unread Reader items. At least, it will until September 30th.
Google has announced that they're shutting down the tracker service, and it's not a complete shocker. My results with it were never that good -- pages I had subscribed to often changed multiple times, and I never received an alert.
If you're looking for an alternative, check out Jay's post -- he rounded up 10 ways to keep tabs on a Web page without using RSS a while back.Google shutting down Reader's page change tracker for sites with no RSS feed originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Redsn0w 0.9.6 Beta Released to Jailbreak iOS 4.1 for iPhone 3G
I know some of you are desperately awaiting the release of jailbreak tool for iOS 4.1. Here is a good news. Not long ago, the infamous iPhone Dev team has announced the beta version of Redsn0w 0.9.6, that can be used to jailbreak iOS 4.1. As of now, the tool can only work on iPhone [...]
Ask Mozilla a question
Filed under: Mozilla, BrowsersInstead of my usual abode deep in the lush green forests of south England, I'm currently in San Francisco. I was here for the Internet Explorer 9 beta launch (which was very cool!) Yesterday I visited Google -- and later today I will be seeing the wonderful people at Mozilla.
I have a lot of things I want to ask them, but I figured you guys might also have a few clever questions up your sleeves! So, if there's something you've always wanted to ask Mozilla, leave a comment and I'll do my best to pose your questions to the right people.Ask Mozilla a question originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
I have a lot of things I want to ask them, but I figured you guys might also have a few clever questions up your sleeves! So, if there's something you've always wanted to ask Mozilla, leave a comment and I'll do my best to pose your questions to the right people.Ask Mozilla a question originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
'Ask an Iraqi leader,' courtesy of YouTube
'Ask an Iraqi leader,' courtesy of YouTube
YouTube, often considered the 'Wild West' of Google's operation, has launched a new series of interviews called 'Iraq Looks Forward.'
Conducted by Arabic-language television network Al Arabiya, these interviews will draw from a pool of questions that have been submitted by you and I. You can go ahead and submit a question now -- and vote on other questions! Voting is, as you'd expect, pretty contentious -- but for some reason, even neutral questions like 'When will the new government be formed?', which has 23 thumbs-up votes, has 10 thumbs-down votes. In fact, almost all of the questions have a lot of thumbs-downing...
These questions will be posed to the sitting Prime Minister of Iraq, the Prime Minister of Kurdistan and 'others,' so if you have something important to ask... ask! The deadline is next Monday, September 27.
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Filed under: Internet, Google, web 2.0
YouTube, often considered the 'Wild West' of Google's operation, has launched a new series of interviews called 'Iraq Looks Forward.'Conducted by Arabic-language television network Al Arabiya, these interviews will draw from a pool of questions that have been submitted by you and I. You can go ahead and submit a question now -- and vote on other questions! Voting is, as you'd expect, pretty contentious -- but for some reason, even neutral questions like 'When will the new government be formed?', which has 23 thumbs-up votes, has 10 thumbs-down votes. In fact, almost all of the questions have a lot of thumbs-downing...
These questions will be posed to the sitting Prime Minister of Iraq, the Prime Minister of Kurdistan and 'others,' so if you have something important to ask... ask! The deadline is next Monday, September 27.
'Ask an Iraqi leader,' courtesy of YouTube originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Protect Your iPad With iShine Microfiber Sleeve
Every iPad owner understands the importance of keeping their device both protected and clean. It takes very little time for oil from your hands to build up on the iPad’s screen, leaving plenty of unwanted smudges. There is an affordable solution though thanks to the iShine Microfiber iPad Sleeve. The iShine Sleeve is a must [...]
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The Randomiser lets you draw straws, 21st century style
Filed under: Design, web 2.0
The Randomiser is a one-trick pony, but it's an extremely fetching one. You get a huge, chunky text box on a dark background, where you enter a list of items (comma separated). Then, you hit Enter, and Randomiser chooses one item and tells you what it is.
It's as simple as that, really. The Randomiser beautifully designed, fast, and it works. If it only had a high-profile domain name, it's the type of thing that could become a widely-recognized utility. "Drawing straws" is one of the few remaining things Google doesn't do with its search box (yet?), and it's something just about everyone needs from time to time.
Randomiser presents a couple of tabs at the bottom: one is a simple suggestions tab (to give you some ideas for things you can "Randomise"), and one is "Recently Randomised," which actually gives you a nice, large ... error message.
Still, if it ever gets fixed this option introduces an interesting twist. On the one hand, what you enter won't be private (somewhat of a downer). On the other hand, you can look at what other (random) people are entering, which could be interesting.
Next time you're deliberating over what you should get for lunch, give Randomiser a shot. The authoritative manner in which it presents the selected answer is very convincing. One might even call it commanding.The Randomiser lets you draw straws, 21st century style originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
The Randomiser is a one-trick pony, but it's an extremely fetching one. You get a huge, chunky text box on a dark background, where you enter a list of items (comma separated). Then, you hit Enter, and Randomiser chooses one item and tells you what it is.
It's as simple as that, really. The Randomiser beautifully designed, fast, and it works. If it only had a high-profile domain name, it's the type of thing that could become a widely-recognized utility. "Drawing straws" is one of the few remaining things Google doesn't do with its search box (yet?), and it's something just about everyone needs from time to time.
Randomiser presents a couple of tabs at the bottom: one is a simple suggestions tab (to give you some ideas for things you can "Randomise"), and one is "Recently Randomised," which actually gives you a nice, large ... error message.
Still, if it ever gets fixed this option introduces an interesting twist. On the one hand, what you enter won't be private (somewhat of a downer). On the other hand, you can look at what other (random) people are entering, which could be interesting.
Next time you're deliberating over what you should get for lunch, give Randomiser a shot. The authoritative manner in which it presents the selected answer is very convincing. One might even call it commanding.The Randomiser lets you draw straws, 21st century style originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
10 Reasons You Need An iPad For College
So you’ve heard about the Apple iPad and you’re heading back to school soon. Chances are you’re probably wondering if it’s a smart choice to invest your money towards purchasing an iPad for college. In this article we’ll help explain a few of the many benefits there are for college students who own, or will [...]
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Natale Geek: 5 gadget da NON mettere sotto l?albero
Tra mutande rosse, pandori zombi e sciarpe del nonno riciclate, sotto l?albero di Natale ci finisce davvero qualsiasi schifezza possibile e immaginabile. Almeno noi geek cerchiamo quindi di rendere queste feste pi� piacevoli, evitando di regalare e farci regalare cose come quelle che stiamo per proporvi. Cinque gadget tecnologici da non mettere sotto l?albero per [...]
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Target To Carry iPad Starting Oct. 3rd
Target has announced it will indeed start carrying the iPad in its retail stores across the country starting October 3rd:
As a way to drive traffic to stores this holiday, Target also announced it would begin carrying six models of Apple Inc.’s iPad, starting $499, starting Oct. 3.
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7-inch iPad nano with FaceTime complete, looks like iPhone 4 [Gossip!]
7-inch iPad nano rumors — or 7-inch iPod touch maxi rumors depending on whether you measure up or down — are back, with Shanzai gossiping that the product is done and looks like an iPhone 4.
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Apple Releases iTunes 10.0.1 with Ping Sidebar
Today, Apple releases iTunes 10.0.1 to the public. It’s just a minor update and adds a Ping sidebar that allows you to keep track of the activities from the people you follow. The updated version of iTunes also makes it easier to share your favorite music with your friends on Ping. You can now Like [...]
Fix in the works for Droid X messaging issues
The Android 2.2 update for the Motorola Droid X was an extremely anticipated update, to put it mildly. After having some time to play with it, a good many of us found that there was a rather strange and annoying SMS bug. We were seeing SMS chats remaining static in position even after receiving a new message instead of bouncing to the top like normal. Luckily the folks at Motorola have already began working on a fix for this issue, unfortunately we just don't know exactly when that will be ready. So if you are one of the unlucky folks who are experiencing this bug, hold tight, a fix is on the way. [Motorola Support via Phandroid]Posted originally at Android CentralSponsored by Android Cases and Accessories
iPad Web App Converts Flash Video On The Fly
Transmedia has introduced the new Glide OS 4.0, a cloud-based operating system that is ad-free, full of great productivity apps and best of all is compatible with the Apple iPad. It has great syncing capabilities and runs right from your iPad’s browser. It operates like an online mobile desktop. With Glide OS you can share [...]
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DLS review: System Ninja complements CCleaner, doesn't replace it
Filed under: Utilities, Windows
Using the word "ninja" in the name of an application is a good way to grab a geek's attention. Enter System Ninja, a CCleaner-like cleaning and tune-up utility for Windows. After reading about System Ninja this morning on Freeware Genius, I decided to give it a go.
In addition to performing file clean-ups, System Ninja includes a handful of other utilities. However, I don't need to use a startup manager or process manager very often, and the included tools aren't really an improvement over those that are already a part of your Windows install, like MSConfig and Task Manager. To me, it's really all about cleaning up the digital junk I leave scattered about my hard drive -- and CCleaner located almost 50 times more than System Ninja. That's a pretty substantial difference.
I'm also not keen on "borrowing" icons from successful apps -- and System Ninja does just that (image after the break).
Does that folder junk cleaner icon look familiar to anyone else? Moving on...
The Folder Junk Cleaner is somewhat interesting, however, in that it looks everywhere for certain types of files that might not be needed. CCleaner, on the other hand, only checks pre-defined locations out-of-the-box. That means System Ninja could theoretically find and remove more cruft -- except that you can add custom folders and file types to CCleaner (which is what I'd recommend doing).
System Ninja can also download and run MalRun Destroyer, a malware and spyware tool. Upon downloading the tool and running a scan, however, I found that the MalRun .INI file currently only sports 93 known processes -- not quite the comprehensive coverage I'm looking for in a malware cleanup tool. It could, however, prove useful for taking care of certain common, easy-to-remove malware.
Need to check a file's MD5 or SHA checksum? I've never really had the need, but System Ninja has the built-in ability to do so. There's also a boot log generator, but again -- you can do this quite simply using MSConfig.
The Good:
Portable
Lightweight and fast
Finds some files that CCleaner won't without customization
Decent assortment of system tools
The Bad:
Didn't find anywhere near as much junk as CCleaner in my testing
Process and startup manager aren't really an improvement over Windows' built-in tools
No option to customize file types to search for
Bottom Line: It never hurts to give a new clean-up application a try, and System Ninja may work better for you than it did for me. If not, all you've got to do is delete the files and move on -- there's really nothing to lose except for a few minutes of your time. System Ninja definitely has potential and will be worth keeping an eye on.
DLS review: System Ninja complements CCleaner, doesn't replace it originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Using the word "ninja" in the name of an application is a good way to grab a geek's attention. Enter System Ninja, a CCleaner-like cleaning and tune-up utility for Windows. After reading about System Ninja this morning on Freeware Genius, I decided to give it a go.
In addition to performing file clean-ups, System Ninja includes a handful of other utilities. However, I don't need to use a startup manager or process manager very often, and the included tools aren't really an improvement over those that are already a part of your Windows install, like MSConfig and Task Manager. To me, it's really all about cleaning up the digital junk I leave scattered about my hard drive -- and CCleaner located almost 50 times more than System Ninja. That's a pretty substantial difference.
I'm also not keen on "borrowing" icons from successful apps -- and System Ninja does just that (image after the break).
Does that folder junk cleaner icon look familiar to anyone else? Moving on...
The Folder Junk Cleaner is somewhat interesting, however, in that it looks everywhere for certain types of files that might not be needed. CCleaner, on the other hand, only checks pre-defined locations out-of-the-box. That means System Ninja could theoretically find and remove more cruft -- except that you can add custom folders and file types to CCleaner (which is what I'd recommend doing).
System Ninja can also download and run MalRun Destroyer, a malware and spyware tool. Upon downloading the tool and running a scan, however, I found that the MalRun .INI file currently only sports 93 known processes -- not quite the comprehensive coverage I'm looking for in a malware cleanup tool. It could, however, prove useful for taking care of certain common, easy-to-remove malware.
Need to check a file's MD5 or SHA checksum? I've never really had the need, but System Ninja has the built-in ability to do so. There's also a boot log generator, but again -- you can do this quite simply using MSConfig.
The Good:
Portable
Lightweight and fast
Finds some files that CCleaner won't without customization
Decent assortment of system tools
The Bad:
Didn't find anywhere near as much junk as CCleaner in my testing
Process and startup manager aren't really an improvement over Windows' built-in tools
No option to customize file types to search for
Bottom Line: It never hurts to give a new clean-up application a try, and System Ninja may work better for you than it did for me. If not, all you've got to do is delete the files and move on -- there's really nothing to lose except for a few minutes of your time. System Ninja definitely has potential and will be worth keeping an eye on.
DLS review: System Ninja complements CCleaner, doesn't replace it originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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A quick look at the new Sense 'HD' on the Nexus One [video]
We're all waiting to see what the Desire HD and it's new version of HTC Sense UI brings to the table, but thanks to leaks and ingenious hackers, we can get a pretty good idea of what to expect. Some of the changes are subtle, some not so much, and some are huge. For you hands-on types, you can check it out for yourself on your Droid Incredible, Evo 4G, HTC Desire, and now the Nexus One. Be warned, it's not ready for prime-time yet. Data, camera, and WiFi are pretty well borked on the Nexus, for example. At least at the time this was written they were ... those hackers are fast!Follow past the break to see a look at many of the new goodies. [Xda-developers -- Evo -- Desire -- Incredible -- Nexus] Thanks jlevy73 for the Nexus One tip!
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Word Domination helps you become a crossword puzzle monster
Filed under: Fun, Education
Quick, I need an eight-letter word that starts with B, and letter six is R! Any ideas?
If questions like this make you draw a blank, Word Domination can come in very handy the next time you're struggling with those last few words of a crossword puzzle. It gave me 97 different results for this particular query, including "bescorch" and "bevatron."
I wasn't really sure what a bevatron was, so I clicked the word. Word Domination then transported me to the bevatron word page, where I discovered that it's a historic particle accelerator. Now I feel a bit less ignorant, because it's more of a proper noun that "just a word." But I guess that, somewhere in the world, a sadistic crossword puzzle author might call for "historic particle accelerator, six letters, horizontal."
Word Domination comes up with more ordinary words, too. The list is sorted alphabetically - not by frequency. The whole site feels very clean, modern, and fun to use. There's a "simple mode," too, which supports the asterisk wildcard (like b*tron) and doesn't make you specify the number of letters that the results should contain.
Their "About Us" page is empty, so I can't tell you who's behind the site, but as long as it works, it works!Word Domination helps you become a crossword puzzle monster originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Quick, I need an eight-letter word that starts with B, and letter six is R! Any ideas?
If questions like this make you draw a blank, Word Domination can come in very handy the next time you're struggling with those last few words of a crossword puzzle. It gave me 97 different results for this particular query, including "bescorch" and "bevatron."
I wasn't really sure what a bevatron was, so I clicked the word. Word Domination then transported me to the bevatron word page, where I discovered that it's a historic particle accelerator. Now I feel a bit less ignorant, because it's more of a proper noun that "just a word." But I guess that, somewhere in the world, a sadistic crossword puzzle author might call for "historic particle accelerator, six letters, horizontal."
Word Domination comes up with more ordinary words, too. The list is sorted alphabetically - not by frequency. The whole site feels very clean, modern, and fun to use. There's a "simple mode," too, which supports the asterisk wildcard (like b*tron) and doesn't make you specify the number of letters that the results should contain.
Their "About Us" page is empty, so I can't tell you who's behind the site, but as long as it works, it works!Word Domination helps you become a crossword puzzle monster originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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'Ask an Iraqi leader,' courtesy of YouTube
Filed under: Internet, Google, web 2.0YouTube, often considered the 'Wild West' of Google's operation, has launched a new series of interviews called 'Iraq Looks Forward.'
Conducted by Arabic-language television network Al Arabiya, these interviews will draw from a pool of questions that have been submitted by you and I. You can go ahead and submit a question now -- and vote on other questions! Voting is, as you'd expect, pretty contentious -- but for some reason, even neutral questions like 'When will the new government be formed?', which has 23 thumbs-up votes, has 10 thumbs-down votes. In fact, almost all of the questions have a lot of thumbs-downing...
These questions will be posed to the sitting Prime Minister of Iraq, the Prime Minister of Kurdistan and 'others,' so if you have something important to ask... ask! The deadline is next Monday, September 27.'Ask an Iraqi leader,' courtesy of YouTube originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Conducted by Arabic-language television network Al Arabiya, these interviews will draw from a pool of questions that have been submitted by you and I. You can go ahead and submit a question now -- and vote on other questions! Voting is, as you'd expect, pretty contentious -- but for some reason, even neutral questions like 'When will the new government be formed?', which has 23 thumbs-up votes, has 10 thumbs-down votes. In fact, almost all of the questions have a lot of thumbs-downing...
These questions will be posed to the sitting Prime Minister of Iraq, the Prime Minister of Kurdistan and 'others,' so if you have something important to ask... ask! The deadline is next Monday, September 27.'Ask an Iraqi leader,' courtesy of YouTube originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
YouTube begins trial of live streaming platform, crowd goes wild
Filed under: Internet, Video, GoogleFrom the oh dear Lord, it's about time department: YouTube, over the next two days, is conducting a trial of its new live streaming platform.
This first test will see live content streamed by four of its partners: Howcast, Next New Networks (Barely Political), Rocketboom and Young Hollywood. Admittedly I haven't heard of any of them -- and I'm more interested in watching the season finale of True Blood -- but looking at their channel pages, they all seem to be popular.
The test will run for two days, after which live streaming will presumably be rolled out to the unwashed masses. While I'm sure there'll be tons of user-generated content, I'm more interested in whether YouTube can strike up broadcast deals with real broadcasters. TV shows, live music, news... this could be massive.
The live broadcast schedule for today is below -- see if anything catches your eye!
YouTube begins trial of live streaming platform, crowd goes wild originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
This first test will see live content streamed by four of its partners: Howcast, Next New Networks (Barely Political), Rocketboom and Young Hollywood. Admittedly I haven't heard of any of them -- and I'm more interested in watching the season finale of True Blood -- but looking at their channel pages, they all seem to be popular.
The test will run for two days, after which live streaming will presumably be rolled out to the unwashed masses. While I'm sure there'll be tons of user-generated content, I'm more interested in whether YouTube can strike up broadcast deals with real broadcasters. TV shows, live music, news... this could be massive.
The live broadcast schedule for today is below -- see if anything catches your eye!
YouTube begins trial of live streaming platform, crowd goes wild originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Deeplight Expedition is a fun, retro platformer - Time-Waster
Filed under: Fun, Games, Time-Wasters
The nicest thing about The Deeplight Expedition is the speed. For me, a large part of what makes a platformer fun is how the character reacts - does it run fast, does it jump high? And in The Deeplight Expedition, both are true; the protagonist is extremely responsive and zips all over the screen as you control it.
Other than the fun dynamics, it's a fairly stock platformer. You don't have weapons (at least not as far as I got into the game - maybe later on). You're basically navigating an abandoned maze, fraught with traps and danger, collecting runes and trying to retrieve an ancient artifact.
The game is large - I don't think you can finish the whole thing in 10 minutes. (I've certainly tried, and I've played it for longer than that with no end in sight.) If you're not bent on completing it, though, I think it makes for a very enjoyable casual game. It also automatically pauses when it loses focus, so you can easily come back to it several times during the day.The Deeplight Expedition is a fun, retro platformer - Time-Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
The nicest thing about The Deeplight Expedition is the speed. For me, a large part of what makes a platformer fun is how the character reacts - does it run fast, does it jump high? And in The Deeplight Expedition, both are true; the protagonist is extremely responsive and zips all over the screen as you control it.
Other than the fun dynamics, it's a fairly stock platformer. You don't have weapons (at least not as far as I got into the game - maybe later on). You're basically navigating an abandoned maze, fraught with traps and danger, collecting runes and trying to retrieve an ancient artifact.
The game is large - I don't think you can finish the whole thing in 10 minutes. (I've certainly tried, and I've played it for longer than that with no end in sight.) If you're not bent on completing it, though, I think it makes for a very enjoyable casual game. It also automatically pauses when it loses focus, so you can easily come back to it several times during the day.The Deeplight Expedition is a fun, retro platformer - Time-Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
evercookie: the one cookie that you... just... can't... DELETE!
Filed under: Security, BrowsersLimping and dripping from the maws of incorrigible security bod Samy Kamkar comes evercookie. As the name suggests, deleting an evercookie isn't easy -- in fact, once you've taken a nibble, that's it: you can't delete it.
Of course, no benevolent person would ever use evercookie -- you'd have to be a nefarious money-grabbing megalomaniac! -- but the sheer number of clever hacks, cheap tricks and snarky ingenuity employed to make evercookies invulnerable makes this project very interesting indeed. All told, evercookie uses eight different storage locations for its cookie, ranging from HTTP and Flash cookies through to HTML5's new storage methods and 'RGB values of auto-generated, force-cached PNGs using HTML5 Canvas tag to read pixels (cookies) back out' (really!).
If the cookie can be found in any one of those locations, it can be rebuilt (and then stored in all eight places again!) Basically, unless you know exactly what you're doing (and you have a lot of spare time to hunt down all of the cookies), you can forget about ever deleting an evercookie.
It's horrible, really, but I feel I must bring this project under the scorching eye of public scrutiny. This is, after all, the work of a security expert -- rather than thinking of this as an evil piece of code that will be bent to the evil, omnipresent will of Google, think of it as the inoculation that strengthens us for what will surely follow. As it stands, evercookie could be deployed on any server.
Evercookie is open source, and I encourage anyone that values their privacy to see exactly how and where it stores its cookies. For now it's only in eight locations, but Samy already has plans for two more: Silverlight Isolated Storage and a Java method based on your NIC's details.
The worst thing is, such a cookie implementation might already be in the wild. Samy might not be the first person or corporation to try such a crazy, but fundamentally brilliant, idea!evercookie: the one cookie that you... just... can't... DELETE! originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Of course, no benevolent person would ever use evercookie -- you'd have to be a nefarious money-grabbing megalomaniac! -- but the sheer number of clever hacks, cheap tricks and snarky ingenuity employed to make evercookies invulnerable makes this project very interesting indeed. All told, evercookie uses eight different storage locations for its cookie, ranging from HTTP and Flash cookies through to HTML5's new storage methods and 'RGB values of auto-generated, force-cached PNGs using HTML5 Canvas tag to read pixels (cookies) back out' (really!).
If the cookie can be found in any one of those locations, it can be rebuilt (and then stored in all eight places again!) Basically, unless you know exactly what you're doing (and you have a lot of spare time to hunt down all of the cookies), you can forget about ever deleting an evercookie.
It's horrible, really, but I feel I must bring this project under the scorching eye of public scrutiny. This is, after all, the work of a security expert -- rather than thinking of this as an evil piece of code that will be bent to the evil, omnipresent will of Google, think of it as the inoculation that strengthens us for what will surely follow. As it stands, evercookie could be deployed on any server.
Evercookie is open source, and I encourage anyone that values their privacy to see exactly how and where it stores its cookies. For now it's only in eight locations, but Samy already has plans for two more: Silverlight Isolated Storage and a Java method based on your NIC's details.
The worst thing is, such a cookie implementation might already be in the wild. Samy might not be the first person or corporation to try such a crazy, but fundamentally brilliant, idea!evercookie: the one cookie that you... just... can't... DELETE! originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Twitter aware of onMouseOver hack for months, claims 17-year-old who exposed it
Filed under: Internet, Social Software, web 2.0
A 17-year-old schoolboy from Australia has taken the blame for the onMouseOver JavaScript Twitter exploit that caused havoc for a few hours on Wednesday.
Disclaiming innocence, Pearce Delphin -- who has the coolest name in the world -- says that he only discovered the vulnerability. "I did it merely to see if it could be done ... that JavaScript really could be executed within a tweet," he told AFP via email. The self-replicating worm came later, with the Guardian reporting that it was originally crafted by Masato Kinugawa and refined by Magnus Holm. Within hours, many mutations appeared -- shortly after, the Twitter offices in San Francisco groggily awoke, and the exploit was swiftly fixed.
Most importantly, however, Pearce says that Twitter knew about the problem for 'months.' It's not clear whether Pearce is talking authoritatively -- he might simply be stealing someone else's thunder -- but I'm sure Twitter will be quick to respond if he's wrong.
Update: Twitter actually fixed the bug last month, but seemingly made another change recently that brought it back.Twitter aware of onMouseOver hack for months, claims 17-year-old who exposed it originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
A 17-year-old schoolboy from Australia has taken the blame for the onMouseOver JavaScript Twitter exploit that caused havoc for a few hours on Wednesday.
Disclaiming innocence, Pearce Delphin -- who has the coolest name in the world -- says that he only discovered the vulnerability. "I did it merely to see if it could be done ... that JavaScript really could be executed within a tweet," he told AFP via email. The self-replicating worm came later, with the Guardian reporting that it was originally crafted by Masato Kinugawa and refined by Magnus Holm. Within hours, many mutations appeared -- shortly after, the Twitter offices in San Francisco groggily awoke, and the exploit was swiftly fixed.
Most importantly, however, Pearce says that Twitter knew about the problem for 'months.' It's not clear whether Pearce is talking authoritatively -- he might simply be stealing someone else's thunder -- but I'm sure Twitter will be quick to respond if he's wrong.
Update: Twitter actually fixed the bug last month, but seemingly made another change recently that brought it back.Twitter aware of onMouseOver hack for months, claims 17-year-old who exposed it originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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CodeBurner puts Web language reference information at your fingertips
Filed under: Developer, Search, web 2.0
CodeBurner is a neat tool for rapidly checking a ton of CSS and HTML reference information, including compatibility, functionality, and more. It's available as a Firefox add-on or a Firebug plug-in, and as an Adobe AIR application, OS X Dashboard Widget, or Opera add-on.
I tested the Firebug variant, because I use Firebug for all of my Web debugging needs. And indeed, CodeBurner adds a nice, comprehensive reference layer. I click any page element (or search for an element), and get a list showing the selected element and telling me about it, showing what are the attributes defined for this element, what other attributes may be defined for it (i.e, are valid but aren't specified in the site markup), and what styles and selectors apply to this element.
Next to each of these, I can see browser compatibility information for select browsers. For example, I had no idea the "text-align" style is considered "buggy" under IE7 - now I know.
Each style and attribute gets just a single line of text, but if you want more information, just click the more link. You will then be taken to SitePoint's reference section for the selected attribute - here's color for example. The reference page contains a verbose description, an example, and complete compatibility information. If all of this sounds a bit too comprehensive, you can always dial it down a bit and filter your search so that it only returns HTML Elements, for example.CodeBurner puts Web language reference information at your fingertips originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
CodeBurner is a neat tool for rapidly checking a ton of CSS and HTML reference information, including compatibility, functionality, and more. It's available as a Firefox add-on or a Firebug plug-in, and as an Adobe AIR application, OS X Dashboard Widget, or Opera add-on.
I tested the Firebug variant, because I use Firebug for all of my Web debugging needs. And indeed, CodeBurner adds a nice, comprehensive reference layer. I click any page element (or search for an element), and get a list showing the selected element and telling me about it, showing what are the attributes defined for this element, what other attributes may be defined for it (i.e, are valid but aren't specified in the site markup), and what styles and selectors apply to this element.
Next to each of these, I can see browser compatibility information for select browsers. For example, I had no idea the "text-align" style is considered "buggy" under IE7 - now I know.
Each style and attribute gets just a single line of text, but if you want more information, just click the more link. You will then be taken to SitePoint's reference section for the selected attribute - here's color for example. The reference page contains a verbose description, an example, and complete compatibility information. If all of this sounds a bit too comprehensive, you can always dial it down a bit and filter your search so that it only returns HTML Elements, for example.CodeBurner puts Web language reference information at your fingertips originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Connectin brings Linked In contact integration to Android
A new application from the developer that made Rdio allows users to integrate their contacts with Linkedin; it works similar to the way the Facebook and Twitter contact syncing does. There is no dedicated Linkedin application yet, so this looks to be a welcome addition to the Android Market.The app, called Connectin, syncs phone numbers, photos, status updates and headlines (which are the titles associated with the Linkedin profile). It also supplies a link to open the full profile in the browser. Some planned features from the developer are:In-app profile viewerPeople searchThe app is $0.99 and is now available in the Market. Follow the link or the QR code after the break to find it. [Whacked.net via Tim Bray]
appid:
net.whacked.linkedin
Posted originally at Android CentralSponsored by Android Cases and Accessories
appid:
net.whacked.linkedin
Posted originally at Android CentralSponsored by Android Cases and Accessories
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Periodic Table of the Elements is a quick, slick HTML5 cheat sheet
Filed under: Developer, Education
HTML5 is here, which means Web developers now have a whole bunch of new tags and elements to play with. The Periodic Table of the Elements is an effective visual map of what the "new HTML" looks like. It's a comprehensive table, too; it contains both existing elements (such as the hyperlink tag, a) and elements that were just introduced in HTML5.
Elements are sorted by their function (root elements, metadata and scripting, text-level elements, forms, etc.), and when you hover over an element, you get a short description and a couple of links to further reference material (W3C Developer's Guide and W3Schools).
The whole thing feels very slick and is indeed implemented as an HTML table. One awesome feature is the How are they used? box. For example, you can punch in reddit.com and get a colorized map that shows exactly what HTML5 elements Reddit currently employs. It's not just a binary thing, either (uses/doesn't use). The more an element is used, the brighter it shines on the table. There's even a small instance count when you hover over it; I can tell you that Reddit uses seven input tags and 192 span elements on its main page. That's pretty slick!Periodic Table of the Elements is a quick, slick HTML5 cheat sheet originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
HTML5 is here, which means Web developers now have a whole bunch of new tags and elements to play with. The Periodic Table of the Elements is an effective visual map of what the "new HTML" looks like. It's a comprehensive table, too; it contains both existing elements (such as the hyperlink tag, a) and elements that were just introduced in HTML5.
Elements are sorted by their function (root elements, metadata and scripting, text-level elements, forms, etc.), and when you hover over an element, you get a short description and a couple of links to further reference material (W3C Developer's Guide and W3Schools).
The whole thing feels very slick and is indeed implemented as an HTML table. One awesome feature is the How are they used? box. For example, you can punch in reddit.com and get a colorized map that shows exactly what HTML5 elements Reddit currently employs. It's not just a binary thing, either (uses/doesn't use). The more an element is used, the brighter it shines on the table. There's even a small instance count when you hover over it; I can tell you that Reddit uses seven input tags and 192 span elements on its main page. That's pretty slick!Periodic Table of the Elements is a quick, slick HTML5 cheat sheet originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
DLS Review: Dropbox for Android, now you have access to your cloud storage wherever you go
Filed under: Utilities, Android
Note: Dropbox for BlackBerry was released today -- and an updated version for iOS was also released. This is a review for the Android version, but I believe all three are functionally very similar.
Using Dropbox on a mobile device is an odd amalgam of emerging technologies. On the one hand you have the cloud --and everyone loves the flexibility that the cloud brings -- but on the other, when you're on the move, head hunkered over your smartphone, do you really need access to anything other than documents?
Having said that, there are certainly unconventional uses for Dropbox on your smartphone. You can stream music and video straight from your Dropbox, for example -- but why not just load up your phone before you leave? Streaming high-quality content over public Wi-Fi or costly 3G isn't the best idea in the world.
Still, despite an inherent lack of real-world usefulness, Dropbox for Android definitely works, and it works well. You can upload photos, videos, music and text files directly from your phone, and immediately share them with the db.tt URL shortener.
Dropbox for Android is so tidy and full-featured, that it's best if I start with a big over-arching statement that sets the tone: Dropbox for Android does everything a Dropbox user could want. Now I will work backwards and explain the few things that are missing, or that don't quite work as they should.
First of all, you can't move files from your main folder into the Public folder. You'd think that it would just be a matter of selecting 'Move to...' from the context menu, but no cigar.
Then, for some odd reason, you can't view the basic 'Getting Started' or 'How to use the Public folder' RTF files. It says the 'ROM file type not supported' -- why...?
Uploading files direct from your phone seems to work for new text files, and videos shot with your camera -- but not photos. Instead, you get a rather unhelpful '0 of 1 files uploaded successfully' error message.
Other than that, the app works fantastically. You can share short URLs to files in your Dropbox, and you can also upload files to Dropbox using Android's contextual 'Share' option. You can upload music straight from your media player, for example. You can't upload Gmail email attachments directly, however -- you have to save them first.
All in all, if you have a valid reason for accessing your Dropbox on the move, this Android app (and its BlackBerry and iOS brethren) could be very handy indeed.
Dropbox for Android Tech Specs
Installed Size -- 2.12MB, but it caches some files (images? text files?)
Speed/Responsiveness -- Excellent, no slow-down registered (Android 1.6 @ 600MHz, LG GT540 Swift)
User Interface -- Very minimal, but full-featured (except for not being able to move files!) Also has a 'search' function; neat
Configurability & Extensibility -- Very few settings can be changed, but then again, Dropbox isn't a very configurable service...
License -- Free, closed-source
DLS Review: Dropbox for Android, now you have access to your cloud storage wherever you go originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Note: Dropbox for BlackBerry was released today -- and an updated version for iOS was also released. This is a review for the Android version, but I believe all three are functionally very similar.
Using Dropbox on a mobile device is an odd amalgam of emerging technologies. On the one hand you have the cloud --and everyone loves the flexibility that the cloud brings -- but on the other, when you're on the move, head hunkered over your smartphone, do you really need access to anything other than documents?
Having said that, there are certainly unconventional uses for Dropbox on your smartphone. You can stream music and video straight from your Dropbox, for example -- but why not just load up your phone before you leave? Streaming high-quality content over public Wi-Fi or costly 3G isn't the best idea in the world.
Still, despite an inherent lack of real-world usefulness, Dropbox for Android definitely works, and it works well. You can upload photos, videos, music and text files directly from your phone, and immediately share them with the db.tt URL shortener.
Dropbox for Android is so tidy and full-featured, that it's best if I start with a big over-arching statement that sets the tone: Dropbox for Android does everything a Dropbox user could want. Now I will work backwards and explain the few things that are missing, or that don't quite work as they should.
First of all, you can't move files from your main folder into the Public folder. You'd think that it would just be a matter of selecting 'Move to...' from the context menu, but no cigar.
Then, for some odd reason, you can't view the basic 'Getting Started' or 'How to use the Public folder' RTF files. It says the 'ROM file type not supported' -- why...?
Uploading files direct from your phone seems to work for new text files, and videos shot with your camera -- but not photos. Instead, you get a rather unhelpful '0 of 1 files uploaded successfully' error message.
Other than that, the app works fantastically. You can share short URLs to files in your Dropbox, and you can also upload files to Dropbox using Android's contextual 'Share' option. You can upload music straight from your media player, for example. You can't upload Gmail email attachments directly, however -- you have to save them first.
All in all, if you have a valid reason for accessing your Dropbox on the move, this Android app (and its BlackBerry and iOS brethren) could be very handy indeed.
Dropbox for Android Tech Specs
Installed Size -- 2.12MB, but it caches some files (images? text files?)
Speed/Responsiveness -- Excellent, no slow-down registered (Android 1.6 @ 600MHz, LG GT540 Swift)
User Interface -- Very minimal, but full-featured (except for not being able to move files!) Also has a 'search' function; neat
Configurability & Extensibility -- Very few settings can be changed, but then again, Dropbox isn't a very configurable service...
License -- Free, closed-source
DLS Review: Dropbox for Android, now you have access to your cloud storage wherever you go originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Natale Geek: 5 gadget da NON mettere sotto l?albero
Tra mutande rosse, pandori zombi e sciarpe del nonno riciclate, sotto l?albero di Natale ci finisce davvero qualsiasi schifezza possibile e immaginabile. Almeno noi geek cerchiamo quindi di rendere queste feste pi� piacevoli, evitando di regalare e farci regalare cose come quelle che stiamo per proporvi. Cinque gadget tecnologici da non mettere sotto l?albero per [...]
Adobe acts quickly to patch latest Flash vulnerability
Filed under: Security, AdobeThanks to F-Secure, we have just learned that Adobe has responded quickly to the most recent critical security flaw in Flash, which Lee reported on a week ago. According to Adobe:
Chrome users are already protected! Versions above 6.0.472.62 are patched. This version number refers to the Stable channel, but the latest Beta channel update also has the same update (with a different version number).
Patches for all other operating systems (including Android) are to be available today.
Adobe Reader isn't protected yet - the patch is due around October 4. On the plus side, there isn't a known exploit in the wild for this vulnerability in Reader.
[Photo: acoustickyy)Adobe acts quickly to patch latest Flash vulnerability originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Chrome users are already protected! Versions above 6.0.472.62 are patched. This version number refers to the Stable channel, but the latest Beta channel update also has the same update (with a different version number).
Patches for all other operating systems (including Android) are to be available today.
Adobe Reader isn't protected yet - the patch is due around October 4. On the plus side, there isn't a known exploit in the wild for this vulnerability in Reader.
[Photo: acoustickyy)Adobe acts quickly to patch latest Flash vulnerability originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Cloud Notes, salvare le note di Google Docs con un gadget
Come tutti ben sapete, su windows troviamo anche la presenza di alcuni gadget, ma che spesso non vengono utilizzati. Eppure la galleria di microsoft � piena di queste piccole applicazioni desktop. La maggior parte di loro sono inutili, o utili a pochi, altre invece risultano molto comode e poco conosciute. Oggi vediamo un gadget creato [...]
How To Save YouTube Videos on iPad
How often do you come across a favorite video on YouTube and want to save it locally? On PC or Mac, there are a handful of online tools that lets you download YouTube videos. A friend of mine asked,
“What about iPad? How can we save YouTube videos onto iPad and play it offline?”
There is [...]
“What about iPad? How can we save YouTube videos onto iPad and play it offline?”
There is [...]
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A photo tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, California
Filed under: Mozilla, BrowsersLast week, while I was in San Francisco for the IE9 beta thing, I was fortunate enough to also visit the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, California. I was mostly there to interview three big-wigs from the Firefox development team, but I also managed to take a few photos! This means that this week's Firefox Friday takes the form of a photo tour.
I have provided extensive commentary for each photo in the gallery, so take your time and enjoy the brand new, beautiful offices of Mozilla.
Note: After you click through to a photo, hit 'Hi res' at the top.
Gallery: A tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, CaliforniaA photo tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, California originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
I have provided extensive commentary for each photo in the gallery, so take your time and enjoy the brand new, beautiful offices of Mozilla.
Note: After you click through to a photo, hit 'Hi res' at the top.
Gallery: A tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, CaliforniaA photo tour of the Mozilla offices in Mountain View, California originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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