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SATA / CF / IDE to USB 2.0 Bridge Adapter is way handy
via Engadget by Darren Murph on June 18, 2008
Filed under: Peripherals, StorageThough there are plenty of whatever-to-USB adapters out there, this critter just tickles our fancy with its extraordinary utility. The SATA / CF / IDE to USB 2.0 Bridge Adapter enables owners to connect CompactFlash cards, SATA drives and even IDE drives to any computer with a spare USB 2.0 port. Which is like, every computer made since forever ago. Usually,...
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Watch Firefox 3 in Action [Firefox 3]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on June 17, 2008
Mozilla user experience guru Mike Mike Beltzner demonstrates some of the best features of Firefox 3 in this detailed screencast. [via]
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Video: Garmin's Nuvifone flicked into action
via Engadget by Thomas Ricker on June 18, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones, GPSIt's one thing to describe a UI, it's another to see it in action. Laptop Mag just posted nearly 5 minutes of finger-flicking, auto-rotating, rubber banding video of Garmin's hotly anticipated Nuvifone. There's even a brief glimpse of the touch keyboard in all its landscape, predictive text glory. Sure Garmin only showed the working aspects of the...
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Power User's Guide to Firefox 3 [Firefox 3]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on June 17, 2008
You already know about Firefox 3's marquee new features, but now it's time to dig deep and unearth the shortcuts, tweaks, and even Easter eggs that Mozilla marketing doesn't mention. In honor of today's official release of Firefox 3—at 10AM Pacific Time—let's dive in past Firefox 3's most talked-about feature-set into its lesser-known power uses, tricks, and...
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Totlol: YouTube Videos for Toddlers
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on June 16, 2008
Totlol is a community-moderated video site for “those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.” Its video embeddings – like the Googleheads song – are based on the YouTube API, making for a customized, integrated look*. Totlol’s About page explains, “Online video is a great new experience, and new parents discovered that showing their tots videos on the computer screen is a great way...
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Better Terrain Representation in Google Maps
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on June 16, 2008
Mehmet K. noticed an update of the terrain layer from Google Maps, a feature that lets you view physical features, such as mountains and vegetation, with elevation shading.The fairly recent "terrain" feature in Google Maps now plots contours as well as hill shading. The only problem that I can see is that the contours are in feet in the UK whereas feet are only really used in the States. Even in...
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Firefox 3 exceeds a million downloads
via Digg | Technology by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
The download counter here at Mozilla headquarters shows that Firefox 3 has passed a million downloads. Ars reports live from the official release party.
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Skype 4.0 Beta: It's All About Video (Erick Schonfeld/TechCrunch)
via Techmeme by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:Skype 4.0 Beta: It's All About Video — Skype is getting a major, much-needed upgrade: Skype 4.0. President Josh Silverman calls it the “biggest new release in Skype's history.” The new software client, which which will be released here in beta tomorrow (for Windows only), takes up the whole screen.
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Microsoft steps big into TV ad world (Benjamin J. Romano/Seattle Times)
via Techmeme by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
Benjamin J. Romano / Seattle Times:Microsoft steps big into TV ad world — The company is buying Navic Networks, a Waltham, Mass., company that makes technologies... Microsoft's next advertising frontier is the biggest: television. — The company is buying Navic Networks, a Waltham, Mass., company that makes technologies …
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Meld - a Visual Diff Tool for GNOME
via FOSSwire by Peter on June 17, 2008
GNOME Back in May 2007, I took a look at Kompare, a graphical utility for KDE which allows you to compare two files side-by-side, a bit like a graphical version of the diff tool.A similar application for GNOME is Meld.As you can see if you compare it with Kompare, the interface is quite similar. Any additions made to the original are highlighted in a green block. Deletions and differences...
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