The Photo Batch Watermarker application was developed to be a small tool that lets you add watermarks to your images to prevent duplication.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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The Photo Batch Watermarker application was developed to be a small tool that lets you add watermarks to your images to prevent duplication.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
How-to: push Chrome / Firefox links to your Android 2.2 Froyo device (video)
While we absolutely adore our Nexus One -- now that it's got a bellyful of that fabulous frozen yogurt -- one of the most exciting Android additions shown off at Google I/O isn't actually slated for Froyo: the ability to push apps and music over the air from computer to phone. The underlying framework apparently is, though, and thus a bite-sized version of the functionality is already available at Google Code. If you're one of the lucky few running Android 2.2, you can get an extension for Chrome and Firefox web browsers that will let you push URLs, Maps and YouTube video links direct to your device using a Google Account. You can think of it as an early foray into a Continuous Client, perhaps, sharing with yourself before you head to a business meeting. Better yet, share an account with a group of friends and push interesting items to everyone on the go. See how (and see it in action) right after the break.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
AmpliTube iRig brings axe slingers closer to their iPhone, creative side (video)
The iPhone Video Converter is a nice movie encoder which supports converting AVI information to iPhone. The avi to psp
can even put Wmv, Mov, Gif, MPG, Realmedia (RM, RMVB), AVI (Wav, XviD), ASF, Gif in your apple iphone.
Oh sure, we've seen something similar from PRS, but the reviews on the Guitarbud were -- how do you say? -- less than stellar. For those looking high and low for a decent alternative, IK Multimedia has outed the equally seductive AmpliTube iRig, a software / hardware tandem that enables axe slingers to jack their guitar or bass into an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and tweak their sound with a variety of amps and effects (up to 10 stomps, 5 amps, 5 cabinets and 2 microphones). The dongle also has a headphone jack for keeping your wailing to yourself (read: it's mom and neighbor approved), and if you're sporting a jailbroken device, you could also record your newest masterpiece while this hums along in the background. It's a beautiful thought, no? It's up for pre-order right now at $39.99, and you can peek a video of the solution in action just after the break.
See more video at our hub! Show full PR text
can even put Wmv, Mov, Gif, MPG, Realmedia (RM, RMVB), AVI (Wav, XviD), ASF, Gif in your apple iphone.
Oh sure, we've seen something similar from PRS, but the reviews on the Guitarbud were -- how do you say? -- less than stellar. For those looking high and low for a decent alternative, IK Multimedia has outed the equally seductive AmpliTube iRig, a software / hardware tandem that enables axe slingers to jack their guitar or bass into an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and tweak their sound with a variety of amps and effects (up to 10 stomps, 5 amps, 5 cabinets and 2 microphones). The dongle also has a headphone jack for keeping your wailing to yourself (read: it's mom and neighbor approved), and if you're sporting a jailbroken device, you could also record your newest masterpiece while this hums along in the background. It's a beautiful thought, no? It's up for pre-order right now at $39.99, and you can peek a video of the solution in action just after the break. See more video at our hub! Show full PR text
IK Announces AmpliTube® iRig™ AmpliTube iRig turns your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad into the ultimate portable guitar and bass multi-FX May 2010, Modena, Italy - IK Multimedia is pleased to announce AmpliTube® iRig™: the ultimate mobile guitar amp and effects rig system for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad. The Complete iPhone Interface and Software Solution... AmpliTube iRig is a combination of an easy-to-use instrument interface adapter for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad mobile devices, and the new AmpliTube for iPhone software for guitar & bass. With AmpliTube iRig, you can plug your guitar into your iPhone* and jam anywhere with world-class guitar and bass tones, from the leader in studio-class guitar and bass software. Simply plug the iRig interface into your iPhone*, plug your instrument into the appropriate input jack, plug in your headphones, amp or powered speakers, download AmpliTube FREE for iPhone and start rocking! You'll have at your fingertips the sound and control of 3 simultaneous stompbox effects + amplifier + cabinet + microphone just like a traditional guitar or bass stage rig! Add amps and effects as you need them - you can expand your rig with up to 10 stomps, 5 amps, 5 cabinets and 2 microphones in the AmpliTube iRig app custom shop. iRig Plug Interface Adapter The new iRig interface adapter is the easiest way to get your instrument's signal into your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad mobile device.
Simply plug iRig into your mobile device, plug your instrument into the iRig, plug headphones or amplifier to the output and you are ready to rock! The iRig is the ideal companion not only to the AmpliTube for iPhone app, but also works with any other recording, processing or tuning app. Plus, you can also use the iRig with line level signal sources such as synthesizers, keyboards or mixers. *Compatible also with iPod Touch and iPad. AmpliTube for iPhone At the core of the AmpliTube iRig System is AmpliTube - the leader in gear modeling software for professional recording studios. Now AmpliTube for iPhone gives you incredible, ultra-realistic sound and functionality in a convenient mobile platform app. With the AmpliTube for iPhone software, you'll have an entire guitar/bass rig at your fingertips, comprised of 3 simultaneous stompbox effects, an amp-head plus cabinet and a microphone. With AmpliTube fully loaded, you will be able to choose between 5 amp models (clean, crunch, lead, metal, bass) with full tone and drive controls, 10 stompbox effects (delay, flanger, phaser, overdrive, distortion, filter, wah, fuzz, octaver, chorus), 5 cabinets and 2 microphones (dynamic and condenser). Plus, AmpliTube for iPhone features a chromatic digital tuner and a metronome. You can also import and play along with songs or backing tracks, and create, save and recall up to 36 presets on the fly! - Real-time guitar and bass mobile multi-FX app - Full rig made by 3 simultaneous stompboxes + amp + cabinet + mic - 10 Stomps, 5 Amps, 5 Cabinets, 2 Mics available - Import and play along with songs and backing tracks with real-time effects - 36 presets can be saved/recalled on the fly - Includes tuner/metronome - FREE, LE and Full versions available - FREE and LE versions expandable with a-la-carte downloadable gear - Same low-latency as Mac/PC system Pricing and availability AmpliTube iRig - $39.99/€29.99** MSRP and is already available for pre-orders from the IK online store as well as from IK selected dealers and distributors worldwide. AmpliTube for iPhone will be available in 3 versions from the iTunes App Store: FREE, LE and FULL. AmpliTube FREE: Includes 2 stompboxes, 1 amp+cabinet, and 2 microphones. AmpliTube LE: Includes 4 stompboxes, 1 amplifier + cabinet, 2 microphones for $2.99/€2.39. More gear can be added to FREE and LE through in-app purchase of a-la-carte models with stompboxes costing $2.99/€2.39 each and amplifiers + cabinets for $4.99/€3.99 each. AmpliTube FULL: Includes the entire collection of available gear with 10 stompboxes, 5 amps + cabinets and 2 microphones for $19.99/€15.99. Coming soon, AmpliTube iRig and AmpliTube for iPhone will be available in stores and on the iTunes App Store. **All prices listed exclude taxes where applicable.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
iPad taken apart then re-assembled in under four minutes, Harryhausen-style (video)
We hope you're not sick of seeing the iPad's inner bits, what with the iFixit disassembly, gratuitous Blendtec promo, and even the FCC having some fun. Now TechRestore is getting in on it -- a bit tardily -- by giving the iPad the same stop-motion tear-down treatment that it lovingly applied for a Modbook last year. Not only does the company rip this magicaltablet down to its constituent parts but it puts it all back
together again and, while there is neither a kraken released nor
Medusa slain, the video does feature some rather fanciful
sound effects for you to enjoy, and it's all after the break.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Android and Arduino-packin' Cellbot features voice recognition, autonomy, and charm to spare
The Cellbots gang has been furiously productive as of late. Not even a month after their wooden "boxbot" was first spotted on You Tube the project has moved on from its humble beginnings of lumber and windshield wiper motors to a full-on a neon green acrylic Truckbot that uses a G1 and Arduino board combination for control.Sure, we've seen Android-powered robots before, but these guys have done some pretty cool things, and have no intention of stopping now. They've already implemented an ultrasonic range detector so the 'bot can override the operator and prevent itself from running off a cliff (although we'd like to suggest mounting one on the rear as well -- for obvious reasons), voice recognition, and the Android compass into the control system. If anything, the amount of progress makes this project very well worth keeping an eye on. Move past the break to see some video, and then hit the source link to keep up with the action yourself.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Victorinox Secure Pro USB drive is 'un-hackable,' can file your nails
This isn't the first USB drive / Swiss army knife we've seen from Victorinox, but the company's new Secure Pro drive is the first that is supposedly "un-hackable." To put that claim to the test, Victorinox actually offered a ?100,000 prize to a team of "professional hackers" if they could crack the drive during the company's launch event -- they were unable to do so. That un-hackableness apparently comes primarily from the drive's combination of AES256 technology and fingerprint security, which is paired with (get this) a self-destruct mechanism that irrevocably burns the CPU and memory chip if there's any attempt to force the drive open. All that and a pair of scissors -- how can you go wrong? No word on a release overhere just yet, but the drive is now available in the UK in
capacities from 8GB to 32GB for between ?50 and ?180 (or about $75
to $270).
Saturday, March 20, 2010
BIS 3.0 coming to North American BlackBerry users next weekend?
It seems almost too good to be true, but it looks like the era of usable Gmail integration on BlackBerry might finally be upon us. CrackBerry is citing information that BIS 3.0 will be rolled out to North American customers in the wee hours of Sunday, March 28, when most of us are in a peaceful slumber (a good thing, considering that data services will be mostly down during the four-hour window). Out of the gate, 3.0 will offer Gmail label creation and deletion when using the plug-in along with support for OpenDocument file types and WMA audio, but the real meat should come shortly thereafter as two-way synchronization of read status and sent messages "will be added throughout the Spring 2010 by region." Technically, Spring starts today, so this could show up the moment BIS 3.0 goes live -- but given that we've waited literally years for this to happen, we're not getting our hopes up prematurely.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Packard Bell Studio ST media playback drive invades Europe
It's not much more than a hard drive with HD media playback abilities, but the Packard Bell Studio ST certainly looks nice, doesn't it? It's Europe-only for now, but we're hoping parent company Acer brings over a US-branded version of this box, which holds up to a 2TB hard drive and can do 1080p out over HDMI with Dolby Digital. Codec support is described as "all main formats,"which is a little shady, but we'll be forgiving if it's cheaper
than the
Western Digital WD TV Live HD.
Friday, March 5, 2010
NVIDIA pulls 196.75 driver amid reports it's frying graphics cards
One of the discussions that arise anytime we bring up a new graphics card from ATI or NVIDIA is about which company has the better drivers. Well, this should help sway the argument a little bit. It would seem StarCraft II Beta players were among the first to notice low frame rates while using the latest drivers from NVIDIA, and further digging has uncovered that the automated fan-controlling part of said firmware was failing to act as intended. The result?Overheated chips, diminished performance, and in some extreme cases, death (of the GPU, we think the users will be okay). The totality of it is that you should avoid the 196.75 iteration like the plague, and NVIDIA has temporarily yanked the update while investigating the reported issues. Shame that the
company hasn't got any warnings up on its site to tell those who've
installed the update but haven't yet nuked their graphics card to
roll back their drivers, but that's what you've got us for,
right?
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Palm sales 'lower than expected,' revenues to miss targets
Ruh-roh. Palm just confirmed what we heard from analysts yesterday: sales aren't going so well. The company's updated its third quarter financial guidance to say that consumer adoption of its products is "taking longer than expected," leading to lowered order volumes from carriers and deferral of some orders to "future periods." That certainly puts that "Chinese New Year" Pre / Pixi work stoppage in a slightly different context, doesn't it? Looking at the new numbers, Palm says it expects non-GAAP Q3 revenue to be about $300m, or about the same it pulled in in Q2 before the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus launched on Verizon. That's not a good sign, but we'll see if that kicks someone at Verizon or Palm into realizing they might need a new, less-stupid ad campaign focused on capabilities, not stereotypes.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Samsung to mass produce 3.3-inch touch-embedded AMOLED panels
Need a mystery to keep you bewildered? Here's one: that layer of
nothingness between the touch-sensing glass and the display on your
phone. Whatever that is, Samsung's about to
blow it away with a new 3.3-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen
coming in March. The magic lies in the on-cell touch technology --
0.001mm-thick capacitive touch sensors are deposited between the
panel's substrate and the bottom polarizer film, thus removing the
usual touchscreen glass cover and the gap that follows. If all goes
well, Samsung should be delivering thinner and lighter phones with
slightly brighter touchscreens in a few months' time, or possibly
phones in the current package but with bigger batteries. Sorry,
LCD, but we've got a new crush to focus on.
ATI FirePro M5800 mobile graphics chipset listed, world awaits details with bated breath
ATI's FirePro
series of graphics accelerators has been showing us that CAD
rendering is serious business on
laptops and
desktops for awhile now, and now HP fans will seemingly be
getting first taste of a new entry in the line, the FirePro M5800.
All we know is a name at this point, and that it'll be an option in
HP's (formerly NVIDIA exclusive)
EliteBook 8540w, but HP Fansite goes on to speculate
that it'll be based on the ATI Mobility Radeon 5800 series (the
numbers certainly jive) and that it will have 1GB of memory. Think
you can solve the puzzle and unearth more information? The whole
sordid PDF is waiting for you at the source link below, with the
wild and thrilling ATI support narrative beginning on page nine.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Seems like Helsinki's always got something interesting to show in its Nokia Research Center (NRC). Today's conceptual adventure involves radar, or RADAR (RAdio Detection And Ranging) if you prefer. Without going into too much technical detail, Nokia demonstrates a handset that uses electromagnetic waves to measure the speed of an impressively stoic Finn as he walks towards and away from a prototype handset that can identify the direction of movement. It also works through fabric to help turn typically mundane tasks such as volume adjustment into an aerobic art form. No really, see for yourselves in the video after the break. Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Foxconn claims employee who committed suicide had history of misplacing prototypes, does nothing for its case
This is one story that only gets more
bizarre with each passing day. The 25-year-old Foxconn employee who
committed suicide this month, apparently after one of the
iPhone prototypes he was responsible for went missing, is now
reported to have misplaced other prototypes previous to this
instance. According to Foxconn (who spoke with the New York
Times), his employer and the company charged with
manufacturing all of Apple's handsets, Sun Danyong had had products
go missing "several times," but that he had gotten them back.
Foxconn itself is the subject of some mystery in all this, after a
security officer connected to the company was
suspended and turned over to the Chinese government --
apparently in connection with the case. Sun Danyong was reportedly
interrogated and possibly beaten after the prototype went missing,
though Foxconn and those connected with the company have denied
this. Foxconn has confirmed that Sun Danyong's family was paid
roughly $44,000 and given an Apple laptop as compensation for his
death.
Thanks: Engadgetmobile
Foxconn increases compensation to family of worker who committed suicide
Foxconn hasn't exactly been helping itself much lately in the
sad case of an employee of the company who committed suicide
after apparently misplacing an iPhone prototype, with it first
noting that the worker had a history of misplacing such
prototypes, and then going on to offer his family a rather meager
compensation of $44,000 and a free Apple laptop. It now looks to be
trying to improve things somewhat, however, with a Foxconn official
saying that the company has now agreed to pay Sun Danyong's parents
360,000 yuan (or about $52,600) in compensation up front, plus an
additional 30,000 yuan (or $4,385) every year thereafter. Of
course, that official is speaking on the condition of anonymity, so
things could still well change, and it goes without saying that
this likely won't be the last we hear of this story.
Thanks: Engadgetmobile
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
17-inch unibody MacBook Pro gets disassembled, examined
The battery on the now-shipping 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro may not be removable for average, warranty-abiding users, but that didn't stop the folks at iFixit from removing it and just about everything else that isn't soldered on. As you might expect, however, apart from that over-sized battery, the internals aren't too different from the 15-inch unibody MacBook Pro, although the 17-incher unsurprisingly has a pair of noticeably larger fans to keep everything cool, and iFixit describes the component density as "amazing." Hit up the link below for the complete teardown, and try your best not to imagine a matte black MacBook Pro after catching sight of that battery.
Thanks: Mac Rumors
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725 reviewed: a nice performer, but it's still ugly
Toshiba's Qosmio X305-Q725, which was unveiled amidst a flurry of other gizmos at CES, boasts the same incredibly controversial motif as the higher-end X305-Q708, but with an MSRP of $2,700 (versus $4,200 on the Q708), it's at least a wee bit more affordable. The benchmarking crew over at HotHardware decided to put this newer, marginally more affordable iteration to the test in order to see if it still performed under pressure, and by and large, it did. While it couldn't go toe-to-toe with higher-end desktops, the GeForce 9800M GTX GPU, quad-core processor and SSD helped it to blaze through everyday tasks and hold its own in the gaming arena. Our biggest issue is the omission of a 1,920 x 1,200 display, but we suppose that's why there's the more expensive alternative. Hit up the read link for pages upon pages of test results and impressions.
Thanks: Engadget
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Lenovo said to be prepping 12-inch IdeaPad S20 netbook
This one's nowhere near official just yet, but DigiTimes is reporting that Lenovo is set to expand its netbook line to include a 12-inch model in the form of the Atom-powered IdeaPad S20 (no doubt not too dissimilar to 10-inch S10 pictured above). While there's expectedly no word on complete details, DigiTimes does say that the netbook would come equipped an Atom N280 processor and Intel's GN40 chipset, along with Windows XP, and cost about $586. It also says that since the 12-inch screen size falls outside of Intel's definition of a netbook, Lenovo would have to pay the full, non-preferential price for the Atom processor (about ten bucks more), although it's not clear if that's also been the case with something like the Dell Mini 12, which also pairs an Atom processor with a 12-inch screen.
Thanks: The Inquirer
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
gScreen creating rugged dual-screen laptop for animated frogs and Navy frogmen
After spending some time with Lenovo's dual-screen wonder, the W700ds, we were left with somewhat mixed feelings. Having two screens is nice, but at 11 pounds it's not something you really want to take anywhere -- certainly not onto the battlefield. That's just where the gScreen TITAN M-1 is supposedly headed, a ruggedized version of the decidedly rendery 15-inch dual-screen G400 notebook pictured above, intended to meet the military's MIL-STD-810F conditions for operating in generally extreme conditions. Internally it'll be rocking an Intel QX9300 CPU (also found in Lenovo's W700-series), 4GB of memory, and 500GB of storage. This model and other non-rugged versions ranging from 13.3- to 17-inches are said to be releasing throughout the year, but we'll believe it when we see a photograph that wasn't whipped up in 3ds Max.
Thanks: Engadget
Acer Aspire One D150 reviewed, AT&T 3G deal 'only the beginning'
At last, after seeing it unboxed and fiddled with on camera last week, we've got out first in-depth review of the 10.1-inch acer Aspire One D150, courtesy of Laptop. How does the Intel Atom N270-based machine fare? Excellent for its $350 price tag, although the keyboard and touchpad don't compare favorably with the pricier Eee PC 1000HE or Samsung NC10. As for battery life, the 5800mAh-rated 6-cell had a very impressive 7 hour and 57 minute runtime, which is 49 minutes longer than the 1000HE and 38 minutes over HP's Mini 2140. Of course, seeing as most consumers will end up with the 4400mAh batteries, a more likely estimate is 5 hours per charge. Additionally, the site had a Q&A session with Acer VP of Product Marketing Sumit Agnihotry, who said that $100 Aspire One with AT&T 3G deal is "only the beginning" and they're developing a plan to offer discounted laptops with an hourly-use program. There's also talk of incorporating NVIDIA's Ion platform into future computers. Hit up the read links below for the full review and more deets from Agnihotry.Thanks: Engadget
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