Daily Crunch: Power Supply Edition

Behind The Scenes At The Impossible Project?s Resurrected Polaroid Facility ?The Best Chance To Beat Gasoline:? An Excerpt From Seth Fletcher?s Bottled Lightning The ZEHST Is The 3,000 MPH, Zero Emissions Airplane Of 2050 Japan Takes Top Spot From China: Fujitsu?s ?K? Is The World?s Most Powerful Supercomputer Finally, A Solar Powered Netbook Comes To [...]

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Viki Climbs The Great Firewall, Signs With ?China?s Facebook? Renren For Its First Video Distribution Deal In The Country

Online video site Viki has made a big business out of aggregating content from around the world, covering 150+ languages in all, and making it accessible to all by crowdsourcing translations from its community of users. Now that pool of viewers is set to get a little deeper with a new distribution deal with Renren, known as the Facebook of China, which will see Renren create a special channel called VikiZone on 56.com, its video sharing network. This is the first time that Viki has partnered with a third party to power its online TV service. The deal not only promises a new swathe of Chinese viewers to the Viki -- Renren has 160 million registered users in the country and will be promoting VikiZone heavily to them -- but it is also a mark of how Chinese online video sites and consumers' tastes are becoming more international, and are looking for more professional content to meet that demand. Coincidentally, today's news follows just days after Youku -- the biggest online video site, known as China's YouTube, and�competitor to 56.com�-- announced a deal covering blockbuster films from NBC Universal.

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PSA: Verizon's Samsung Galaxy S III finally arriving in stores today

Despite some lucky folks claiming they'd received their GS3 order a bit earlier than expected (and others still patiently waiting for delivery), a good chunk of Big Red customers were eagerly looking forward to this past Tuesday, only to be brought down by an unexpected delay. Thankfully for them, though, it looks like today's the day the Verizon faithful can finally snag one of Samsung's chart-busting Galaxy S IIIs. As you may or may not know, the network's offering both the Marble White and Pebble Blue flavors of the device, with the 16GB running at $200 and the spacier 32GB selling for $250 -- naturally, this will require a fresh two-year deal. If all that sounds good, then head over to your nearest retail store to get in on the human-centric experience -- or you could always take the easier route and snatch one up straight from Verizon's site.

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PSA: Verizon's Samsung Galaxy S III finally arriving in stores today originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Save your tabs and Panorama tab groups in Firefox 4

When Firefox 4's tab grouping tool, Panorama, had its keyboard shortcut changed to the finger-breaking combo of Ctrl+Shift+E, we thought Panorama would get dropped before FF4's final release -- but, thankfully, it made the cut!

If you've used Firefox 4 and Panorama, you might have noticed that Mozilla's new browser doesn't always save your tab groupings when you close the browser -- a bit of a pain, if you spend a long time setting up the perfect groups! This is tied into the removal of the 'Save and Quit' dialog box -- and enabling Panorama tab group saving is just a matter of re-enabling the Save and Quit dialog.

Open a new tab and head to about:config. Click through the warning and type 'quit' into the filter box. Double click browser.showQuitWarning to change its value to true (see image after the break). That's it -- now you'll have the option of saving your tabs, and thus tab groups, when you close Firefox.

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Save your tabs and Panorama tab groups in Firefox 4 originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CrunchGear Week in Review: Animal Shots Edition

Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear: ?Rotary Mechanical? Cell Phone Concept Isn?t Practical, But It Looks Great Lomo?s New La Sardina Camera Is Cheap And Sardine-Can-Like Panda Itazura Bank: Super-Cute Piggy Bank (Video) Meet The Robostir, A Robotic Soup Stirrer SugarSync Adds Mobile Device Management To Send Files To Devices From [...]

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/20/week-in-review-animal-shots/

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Android And iOS Still Lead In Smartphone Market Share, But The Race For Third Rages On

Nielsen released another of their periodic looks at the U.S. smartphone market today, and aside from the revelation that two-thirds of U.S. phone purchasers went for smartphones in Q2 2012, the results are as you'd expect. Android still leads the pack in terms of pure penetration -- as of this past June, it accounts for 51.8% of smartphones in use (up from 50.4% in Q1 2012) with Apple's iOS right behind it at 34%. Don't feel too bad for Apple though, as they still have the highest manufacturer share by far (34% in Q2), with Samsung at a distant second.

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Deal of the Day ? Dell Vostro 260 Dual-core Mini Tower with 20? Dell LED-backlit LCD Monitor for $379

Wednesday’s LogicBUY Deal is the Dell Vostro 260 2.7GHz Dual-core mini tower desktop bundled with a 20″ Dell E2011H LED-backlit LCD monitor, starting at $379.05.� Features: �2GB RAM, 320GB 7200RPM hard drive, DVD burner, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS, and more.� Configurable as desired. $568 – $169 savings – 5% discount = $379.05 with [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/07/11/deal-of-the-day-dell-vostro-260-dual-core-mini-tower-with-20-dell-led-backlit-lcd-monitor-for-379-2/

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HTC Vertex pops up in benchmarks, might bring a slice of One X muscle to tablets

HTC has been stoking the fires of anticipation for its return to tablets, and that small flame is quickly turning into a full conflagration. A slab nicknamed the Vertex has surfaced in benchmarks with a 1.3GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 and a 1,280 x 752 usable resolution that's noticeably wider than the similarly Tegra 3-equipped One X's 720p display. Other than Android 4.0 (and a probably Sense 4.0), however, there's scant else to go on. The last murmurs of a Vertex from the fall had it carrying a rear 2-megapixel camera and a front 1.3-megapixel shooter, but it's been long enough now that we wouldn't count on that still being true -- or that the new benchmarks necessarily reflect what we might get. Let's just hope that the resulting device is more competitive than the pricey Jetstream.

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HTC Vertex pops up in benchmarks, might bring a slice of One X muscle to tablets originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ask DLS: What's your primary Web browser?

Competition is a good thing, and the browser arena has been a fierce arena for years now. There are at least four "major" browsers each vying for your attention, along with lots of smaller spin-offs (SRWare Iron or Flock, anyone?).

While the browser usage charts we share from time to time show overall browser usage amongst the Web at large, Download Squad readers are not exactly the average bunch in terms of browser use. So today we have one simple question for you:

What's your primary Web browser?

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Ask DLS: What's your primary Web browser? originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Facebook redesigns Events listings, makes you an even bigger jerk for forgetting someone's birthday

Facebook, that tenuous connection between ourselves and the many casual acquaintances we've amassed over the years, has just rolled out a better way to keep track of events. Now it's possible to plan that witty annual birthday greeting months in advance, thanks to the new calendar and list views on the social network's Events page. You can also see suggested events and respond to invites from the comfort of the same page. The roll out follows the introduction the new Google+ Events page late last month, so now the two social networks can avoid awkwardly bumping into each other at parties.

Filed under: Internet

Facebook redesigns Events listings, makes you an even bigger jerk for forgetting someone's birthday originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amazing Alex from Rovio coming to the iOS App Store July 12

Amazing Alex is the new game from Rovio -- they make Angry Birds, maybe you've heard of it? -- and it's coming to the App Store tomorrow, July 12. It's a physics puzzler, which is right in Rovio's wheelhouse, and if it's anywhere nearly as compelling as Angry Birds, it will no doubt cost lots of us lots of sleepless nights.

There will be 100 levels and the ability to make and share your own levels, as well as the type of free updates Rovio made famous with the various Angry Birds apps.

The trailer is up top, and the game is only 24hrs away. (Tiny Wings 2 and Tiny Wings HD arrive the same day -- plan your weekend accordingly!)

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Copious Raises $5 Million Series A To Build Out The eBay With A Social Backbone

Copious, a San Francisco startup that makes an online marketplace where people can buy and sell things, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. The new round was led by Foundation Capital, with Google Ventures and Relay Ventures participating -- all three firms had invested previously in Copious' $2 million seed funding round that closed in the spring of 2011.

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iMore show 302: Twitterpocalypse Now-ish

Georgia, Seth, and Rene talk about iMore 2.0, when accessory reviews go wrong, Twitter's antagonism towards developers, and luxury branded iPhones, and give away two $600 prizes! This is the iMore show!

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iMore 2.0

• Welcome to iMore 2.0
• iMore is hiring: World's best news, app, accessory, and how-to writers wanted!
• Failed review SMASH puny Georgia iPhone

Twitterpocalypse now-ish

• Editor's desk: Google I/O, Twitter-pocalypse III, 300 + 1, and more!
• Expanded tweets, per-user notifications, and more now available in Twitter for iPhone
• Tweetbot for Mac is here -- as a free alpha test app!

Community

• Would you pay a higher price for the next iPhone just so that you could feel more exclusive?

Giveaway

And there TWO winners of $600 U.S. Apple Store gift certificates are...

• iMore show 300 winner: tobearms111 for this comment

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Didn't win? Hey, we're giving away another $600 in our Mobile Nations Monday Brief contest, and we'll have more great contests coming up this week so keep it locked on iMore!

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DropSpace adds real Dropbox sync to Android

Dropbox offers a lovely client for Android, but it's lacking true "sync" functionality. You can merely browse your Dropbox, pull files into the device, and manually upload specific files.

DropSpace is a little Android app that makes Dropbox on Android work like Dropbox - that is, you get real folder synchronization in the background.

When you run the app you're prompted for your Dropbox credentials. After logging in to Dropbox, you get to select which device folders you'd like to sync to the cloud. It's a straightforward mapping process: You select a folder on the device, and then specify where in Dropbox it should go.

The interface is rather clunky, at least for now. The biggest annoyance is that you can't edit your "sync list": if you add a folder and then wish to remove it, you must delete the entire list of folders and start over.

In terms of functionality, it works quite well. I tested it with the camera folder, and it was nice to be able to take my photos using the lean default Camera app and have them sync up to the cloud instantly.

DropSpace adds real Dropbox sync to Android originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/04/dropspace-adds-real-dropbox-sync-to-android/

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This $1.9 Billion Super Telescope Array Will Scan Space 10,000 Times Faster Than Ever Before [Monster Machines]

From the Byrd telescope in West Virginia, to the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico, to the MeerKAT system in South Africa, the world is not hurting for gigantic radio telescopes. These large arrays are precise and powerful, but come 2024, they will all be eclipsed by the capability of the Square Kilometre Array—a telescope system big enough to answer science's deepest questions about the nature of our universe. More »

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Kaboo Bags are Designed to Carry Your Tablet

Kaboo Bags has a line of purses for the woman who wants to carry her eBook reader, iPad, or other tablet in her handbag.� The Roxie, shown here, is only one of the styles they offer.� Each of the bags is made of polyurethane, and they are sized like the larger handbags that are popular [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/07/11/kaboo-bags-are-designed-to-carry-your-tablet/

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Atrix HD continues locked bootloader tradition, may be set free... eventually

Motorola's record on the whole smartphone bootloader thing is a tad spotty. The world has been promised unlocked bootloaders and, sometimes, the manufacturer has delivered. After the phones have already been on the market for some time, of course. Continuing that trend, will be the recently revealed Atrix HD. The 4.5-inch AT&T-bound phone will follow in the footsteps of its predecessors, the Atrix 4G and Atrix 2, by shipping without the ability to touch the kernel. Of course, that means that not only are custom kernels out the window, but so are custom ROMs as a whole. There is some good news, however. Moto indicated via its Twitter account that an unlock tool would be coming, saying "our goal is still to provide a way to unlock the bootloaders on our devices to those who wish to do so, more details to come." So, that's gotta be worth something.

Atrix HD continues locked bootloader tradition, may be set free... eventually originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/11/atrix-hd-continues-locked-bootloader-tradition-may-be-set-free/

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