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Roku HD Streaming Player
Author: Brian McKinnell
Roku HD Streaming Player
- 600+ channels with movies, TV shows, music, sports & more
- High-definition streaming up to 720p HD
- Works with virtually any TV
- Free app for iOS and Android
- Built-in wireless (Wi-Fi b/g/n)
The Roku HD delivers all the streaming entertainment choices, 720p HD video quality, and ease-of-use that Roku is known for, at an amazing price. Enjoy 600+ channels from all the top sources such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, Pandora, HBO GO and MLB. Includes one-stop search. There’s even a free app for iOS and Android.
List Price: $ 59.99
Price: $ 48.99
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Intel may phase out the Atom brand to shed the specter of netbooks
Author: Brian McKinnell
Intel’s new Haswell Core processors may currently be in the spotlight, but its well-worn Pentium and Celeron brands may also be getting a boost — at Atom’s expense. According to a report from CNET, some versions of Intel’s new Silvermont Atom processors, low-power ARM competitors destined for Windows PCs and Android systems, will ditch the Atom alias for Pentium and Celeron branding. CNET says the Atom chips headed to tablets will probably not be switched to Pentium or Celeron, but the move indicates that Intel could be interested in shedding the Atom name after the chips have suffered a bad association with underpowered netbooks.
It wouldn’t be the first time Intel has used a name swap to disassociate its chips with underwhelming…
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Linux Mint 15 hits the web, begs for ‘Olivia’ Munn endorsement
Author: Brian McKinnell
As with previous releases, the newest Mint iteration, “Olivia,” comes in two distinct flavors: Cinnamon and MATE. While both have received a bit of polish, it’s the fresher Cinnamon that has gotten the most attention. Version 1.8 of the desktop environment has received plenty of bug fixes, along with a new dedicated settings panel that bypasses the GNOME control center. Support for “Desklets” (read: widgets) has also been added and the log-in screen is completely customizable through HTML5. Both versions benefit from the addition of MintSources, for managing software repositories, and MintDrivers, for managing drivers, obviously. While they’ll come in handy for consumers, the biggest advantage is that IT managers may now be more accepting of the refreshingly green Ubuntu derivative. The developers are calling version 15 their most ambitious release yet, and while we’re not completely convinced that’s true, it’s certainly a significant upgrade over November’s Nadia. You’ll find the full changelog and download links at the source.
Filed under: Software
Via: The Register
Source: Linux Mint 1, 2
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Windows Phone app for PCs updated with sync improvements and iTunes podcasts support
Author: Brian McKinnell
Microsoft is taking its Windows Phone App for Desktop out of preview today, while adding in some additional features. The application, that lets Windows Phone users sync media between a phone and PC, will now include improved iTunes podcast support to automatically sync to devices. Microsoft is also adding in improved library support to sync files from any folders on a PC, including external HDDs.
The usual performance improvements and bug fixes are included, and future updates to the application will be made available directly in the app. While the app works on the desktop mode in Windows 8, there’s also a separate Windows 8-style application available too. This particular desktop app is designed to be used for managing music from…
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Windows Phone app for PCs updated with sync improvements and iTunes podcasts support
Author: Brian McKinnell
Microsoft is taking its Windows Phone App for Desktop out of preview today, while adding in some additional features. The application, that lets Windows Phone users sync media between a phone and PC, will now include improved iTunes podcast support to automatically sync to devices. Microsoft is also adding in improved library support to sync files from any folders on a PC, including external HDDs.
The usual performance improvements and bug fixes are included, and future updates to the application will be made available directly in the app. While the app works on the desktop mode in Windows 8, there’s also a separate Windows 8-style application available too. This particular desktop app is designed to be used for managing music from…
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Zack Snyder says DC's heroes are purer than Marvel's heroes… Oh boy
Author: Brian McKinnell
Zack Snyder says DC's heroes are purer than Marvel's heroes… Oh boy
While one can assume this is just another moment where the folks over at DC are starting a flame war with Marvel (Matthew Modine and Wally Pfister I'm looking at you), this isn't really a flame starter. …. if Superman beat someone up and said “Hey I …
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Neues splash!-Update: MoTrip ist dabei
Festival soeben bekanntgaben, haben auch MoTrip sowie Creutzfeld & Jakob ihre feste Zusage für das splash!16 gegeben. Dazu kommen Waka Flocka Flame, Just Blaze, Joey Bada$ $ , Logic, Berlin Bass (Kid Simius, Robot Koch, Dead Rabbit), Riddim Box, …
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What electric could I use to run an autonomous robot?
Author: Brian McKinnell
Question by eduardo: What electric could I use to run an autonomous robot?
I want to build a robot with a top speed of 5 mph and is 250 lbs heavy. I have 8 inch diameter wheels. One motor per wheel (Its a 2 wheel tank drive). The 2 rear tires have a motor but the front is a caster. Any recommendations on motors? Id like one that runs off 12 volts since my motor controller can run 2 motors at 12 volts each.
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Answer by RidingTheLight
I would recommend a stepper motor. This would keep your robot moving at a near-constant speed. Look them up to see if this is what you want. If you want to use some sort of feedback with your controller, then you would want a servo motor. However, this would involve a lot more programming and some sort of sensor. Hope this helps!
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
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Alt-week 5.25.13: regenerating limbs, robo-politans and science’s playground
Author: Brian McKinnell
Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days.
We think it’s fair to say that, we all aspire to a future where robots do the hard work, lost limbs self-regenerate, and kids love science. That’s not too much to ask now is it? This is alt-week.
Via: io9
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Will The Xbox One Rule The Living Room? Price Will Determine The Size Of Its Kingdom
Author: Brian McKinnell
The Xbox One is more or less a known quantity now, but its price has yet to be revealed by Microsoft. Price and ship date are always the biggest concerns when new gadgets or hardware hits the market, but in the case of the Xbox One, it’s likely to help determine whether the “home entertainment system,” as Microsoft is characterizing it, becomes the category-busting, revolutionary multi-purpose living room command center it’s being billed as, or ends up just another console with niche appeal that makes it a target of lust for core gamers, but few outside that circle.
The Xbox One continues what Microsoft started with the Xbox 360, building in plenty of non-gaming services, apps and tools that could appeal to a broad range of audiences, including sports fans, and people who just generally enjoy media content of all stripes. The Kinect interaction potential looks to be able to provide pretty extensive feedback for athletes and people training, and its new voice recognition tricks offer a chance at a completely revamped way of interacting with the television. Microsoft also looks to be courting partners for a la carte TV content delivery, which is a huge potential alternative market to traditional cable and satellite providers.
New features of the Xbox One are clearly designed to cast a wider net and rope in people who might not care all that much about games, but price will determine whether Microsoft actually lands those customers, or whether the Xbox One remains a gaming machine first, which just happens to provide gamers with a number of other benefits besides.
Rumors have pegged the new Xbox One pricing at anywhere from less than the initial cost of the Xbox 360 and PS3 (each was around $ 350 U.S.), to $ 770 (likely a high guess to prevent sticker shock later on) as it has been listed on Amazon Germany, to anything in between. A gap of just a couple hundred dollars could make all the difference here: users who aren’t so interested in the gaming aspects have plenty of options now for over-the-top services from providers including Apple, Google and Roku, all of which offers similar access to custom content, if not the unique interaction methods and Snap multi-information streams of the Xbox One. And most of those are available for around $ 100 or less, which will have a significant impact on buyer choice.
It’s possible that what Microsof wants is to append a layer on top of live TV, similar to what Google initially attempted with Google TV, as our columnist Tadhg Kelly suggested in his column earlier today. But I think Microsoft is doing much more feeling out with the Xbox One, with a variety of services and a focus that could easily shift depending on where consumers take it. But getting them there in the first place involves either pricing the console right, or demonstrating irrefutably that the value added by the console and its services make up for a steep premium over other alternatives.
I’m not convinced Microsoft has the guts to price the Xbox One where it needs to be to truly start breaking down device category walls, but we’ll see if they surprise us when they talk price, which could happen as early as E3 next month.
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The 7 Worst Human Rights Abuses Committed By The New Xbox
Author: Brian McKinnell
It hates the poor, the military, and the Europeans, among others.
Via: Nick Adams / Reuters
