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The Samsung Doth Advertise Too Much, Methinks

Paul Lilly — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:57:20 +0000

At CES, the AOL booth where we worked, did interviews, and ate lunch was just a few short feet from Samsung’s huge Galaxy Note booth, where they were giving out free shirts printed with your caricature, drawn, of course, on a Galaxy Note. There was a line around this thing the entire time we were there, scores of people waiting for hours for their free t-shirt[......]

Real Augmented Reality Google Goggles In Prototype Stage?

Amber Bouman — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:28:56 +0000

There have been whispers in the past of augmented reality goggles or glasses, but generally we have been able to dismiss them as exaggerations or concepts. The technology, while it isn’t unrealistic, simply isn’t quite there yet. [......]

Journalist recovers video of his arrest after police deleted it

Alan Fackler — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:50:00 +0000

The officer who arrested Carlos Miller A Miami journalist has recovered video of police officers arresting him after it was deleted from his camera. The man was covering a police effort to evict Occupy Miami protestors[......]

Lip Reading, 3D Desktops, And NUI: Microsoft Plans To Reinvent User Interaction

Alan Fackler — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:25:45 +0000

Deep in the skunk works of its Research and Labs divisions, secreted around the Seattle area, Microsoft is working on totally reinventing the way people interact with their computers. Very little is out in the open or in more than a prototype form, but the work is unquestionably being done[......]

Circuit Playground App Helps Makers Build Electronics

Ryan Whitwam — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:26:35 +0000

If you don’t know a resistor from a Mister Mister, this is the app for you. Built by Adafruit, creators of DIY Arduino gear, Circuit Playground is a $2.99 app designed to help you identify and understand various electronic components[......]

Amazon Incarnate: Bezos The Book Giant Is Planning A Store In Seattle

Nathan Edwards — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:46:13 +0000

According to GoodEReader , Amazon is planning to open a retail store in Seattle this year where they will sell Amazon-exclusive books and, more importantly, Kindles of all kinds. While this looks to be more of a pop-up retail presence than a fully-fledged store, if I were in publishing I’d be circling the wagons right now[......]

LL Cool G: Ladies Love Cool Gadgets Too, Says Study

Ludwig — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:18:10 +0000

As the only girl on the Gadgets team, I often get asked to write what I call "lady-rants" about products targeted toward women. I have a problem with most of them, as the products themselves are either being forced into a demographic by marketers (like the HTC Rhyme , which would’ve been a fine phone for anyone if marketed that way) or they’re simply painted pink in the hopes that pink is, in fact, what all women have been looking for in their consumer electronics. [......]

Whatever happened to that "six strikes" P2P notice system? It’s coming soon

author — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:25:00 +0000

You get five more Whatever happened to the "six strikes" system that was to help civilize the American Internet? Three years ago, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) gave up its mass litigation strategy of targeting tens of thousands of alleged file-swappers[......]

Torrent search engine BTJunkie voluntarily shuts down

Michael Brown — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:38:00 +0000

Torrent search engine BTjunkie is the latest file-sharing service to fall on its sword in the wake of the Megaupload sting . [......]

Microsoft Pulls Disappearing Act with Start Button in Windows 8 Preview

Paul Lilly — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:31:38 +0000

The Start button and accompanying menu are iconic parts of Windows first introduced in Windows 95 over a decade and a half ago, and it looks as though the run will end with Windows 7. Leaked photos of Microsoft's Windows 8 "Consumer Preview" build show a Super Bar without a Start button, whereas in previous versions it showed up with a flat Metro-style makeover. [......]