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Sprint and Clearwire Marriage Official: WiMax Network Branded "Clear" [WiMax] (Gizmodo) 
35 min and 13 secs ago
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MySQL in a Nutshell (Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters) 49 min and 13 secs ago
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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BlackBerry Storm Update 4.7.0.76 Makes (Almost) Everything Better [Blackberry Storm] (Gizmodo) 50 min and 13 secs ago
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Best book cover design of 2008 (kottke.org) 1 h, 0 min and 51 secs ago
The Book Design Review lists their favorite book covers for 2008. Go forth and drool.
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Vietnam's amazing phone-unlockers (Boing Boing) 1 h, 3 min and 13 secs ago
First, a technician opened up the phone and stripped it to the motherboard. In his skillful hands, the device seemed much easier to dismantle than I expected.
The technician then extracted the baseband chip, the component that controls the connection between the phone and the mobile network, from the motherboard. (This is a painstaking task as the chip is strongly glued to the phone's motherboard. A mistake during this process could brick the phone completely.)
Once the chip was extracted, it was Tuan Anh's turn. He used a chip reader to read information into a file. He then used a Hex editor to remove the locking data from the file, and after that, the chip got reprogrammed with the newly altered file. Now it was no longer programmed to work with only a specific provider.
The chip then got reassembled into the motherboard, another painstaking process.
As a last step, the technician put the phone back together, and it looked like nothing had been done to it.
Unlocking an iPhone 3G the Vietnamese way Discuss this on Boing Boing Gadgets[Copyfight Gadgets ]
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Medion's New GPSs Are Really Secure, Need Your Fingerprints to Navigate [GPS] (Gizmodo) 1 h, 4 min and 59 secs ago
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AOL Schools Parents On Gaming At PlaySavvy [Parents] (Kotaku, the Gamer’s Guide) 1 h, 10 min and 13 secs ago
AOL has officially launched PlaySavvy.com, a new website aimed at informing curious parents about the games their children play and generating revenue from ads aimed at this lucrative demographic.
PlaySavvy.com will provide features such as Gaming 101, a comprehensive guide to ratings, parental controls, and online gaming, as well as reviews, pertinent gaming news, and information on how to access the tools essential to being a game-savvy parent.
See? The advertising emphasis wasn't ours. Hit the jump for the full press release, or just visit PlaySavvy.com to see for yourself how AOL plans to learn them parents.
AOL Launches PlaySavvy.com
New Site Serves as Gaming Resource for Parents
NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—AOL announced the launch of AOL PlaySavvy.com, http://www.playsavvy.com, a new site that targets parents of children ages 5-17 and helps them decipher the world of games, both PC and console. PlaySavvy also helps parents stay aware of their kids’ entertainment choices including assisting them in making informed decisions about buying games for their children. The PlaySavvy.com launch is a continuation of AOL’s overall programming goal to offer consumers interactive and engaging experiences with relevant sites that target people’s passion points. This year, AOL launched several targeted sites including ParentDish.com, http://www.parentdish.com, Lemondrop.com, http://www.lemondrop.com, WalletPop.com, http://www.walletpop.com, and Holidash.com, http://www.holidash.com.
"Playing video games is one of the top pastimes for children these days, almost more than watching TV. We created AOL PlaySavvy to help parents navigate through all the gaming information out there in order to decide what’s appropriate for their children," said Libe Goad, Editor-in-Chief, AOL PlaySavvy. "In addition, PlaySavvy provides advertisers the opportunity to reach this targeted user base by creating appealing campaigns around the content.”
PlaySavvy will provide the following features:
Gaming 101 – PlaySavvy editors help parents understand game ratings and where to find them on a game box, how to use parental controls on the game systems, offer tips on what online games and web sites are safer for children, and provide advice for first time buyers on the differences between video game systems and which one is most appropriate for their family.
Parent Q&A – Consumers can ask questions about games and get real-time answers from a panel of real-life parents.
Reviews – Video game experts provide reviews ranging from how appropriate to how fun a game is for kids.
Relevant How-To Articles – PlaySavvy staff helps guide parents through the video game wasteland including common issues on hot-button topics such as content and safety.
AOL has long been a leader in the Parental Controls space, pioneering the idea of online safety for children when it began offering a robust set of tools designed to help parents keep their children safe online. In September, AOL launched SafetyClicks.com, http://www.safetyclicks.com, a new online safety education Web site, and introduced an improved version of its free, downloadable parental controls software, http://parentalcontrols.aol.com, that is designed to give parents the tools they need to help protect their children from inappropriate or dangerous online material.
AOL Games experienced 41% unique visitors growth, 62% page view growth and 54% engagement growth year-over-year, according to October 2008 comScore Media Metrix. AOL Games also runs GameDaily.com, http://www.gamedaily.com, and BigDownload.com, http://www.bigdownload.com.
[Parents AOL Children Esrb News Ratings Safety Websites ]
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gOS "Cloud" instant-on OS comes to Gigabyte touchscreen netbooks (Engadget) 1 h, 12 min and 13 secs ago
Not that we were too impressed with gOS when we first saw Rocket almost a year ago, but Cloud -- the small footprint, quick boot Linux variant that Good OS introduced today at the Netbook World Summit in Paris -- looks like an altogether different beast. Arriving pre-installed alongside Windows on the new Gigabyte touchscreen netbooks (perhaps some variant of the M912V), the new SplashTop-esque OS uses a web browser as its main interface, with an integrated dock providing such Web 2.0 mainstays as Skype, YouTube and the Google family of apps -- and if this smattering of tools doesn't meet all of your computing needs, you can always boot into your main OS from there. Cloud can be installed as a dual-boot partition on your hard drive or SSD as well as onto a flash chip hardwired onto a motherboard. That's all we have for now, but you can bet we'll be on hand to check it out at CES in January.
Filed under: Laptops
gOS "Cloud" instant-on OS comes to Gigabyte touchscreen netbooks originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments[cloud Good OS GoodOs gos instant on InstantOn linux netbook quick boot QuickBoot web 2.0 Web2.0 ]
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Quick Tip of the Week: Special Characters (Apple Website) 1 h, 12 min and 59 secs ago
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Enjoy the debut album from David Cook (Sony) 1 h, 18 min and 21 secs ago
Portraits from Iran: "Pictures of You" (Boing Boing) 1 h, 19 min and 38 secs ago
Over at the parsarts.com blog, Sepideh Saremi* has a post up about Colorado-based artist Tom Loughlin. His portraits of Iranians inside Iran are featured in an installation project currently traveling across the US, "Pictures of You: Images from Iran." Snip:
PA: The photos in Pictures of You are printed on translucent silk. You’ve written that the silk is intended to allow viewers to see each other as well as the photographs, and to remind them that “something beautiful is in jeopardy.” How have viewers reacted to Pictures of You?TL: There have been a wide variety of reactions. In fact, the one commonality seems to be that no one is indifferent. Everyone seems to have a powerful response to the show.
So far, the overwhelming majority of responses have been positive. Viewers thank us for putting a human face on Iran, and many of them have powerful emotional responses. It’s quite amazing for me as an artist to see people emerging from the installation in tears, or emptying their pockets into our donation boxes because they want to see the show travel to other venues.
We have had a variety of negative responses as well. At our installation in Denver, we were picketed by a Christian group that wanted to express the view that Muslims were going to hell. Interestingly, they all agreed that the subjects of my photographs looked like very nice people. At the same installation, we had a visitor tell us that he wanted to go and get dynamite and destroy the artwork. One of our staff members engaged him in conversation about the show, and within ten minutes he had changed his mind completely.
Pictures of You: Images from Iran (Pars Arts)* Diclosure: By day, Sepideh works with DECA, the company with whom Boing Boing partnered to launch Boing Boing tv.
[Art Video ]
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Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time [Military] (Gizmodo) 1 h, 20 min and 13 secs ago
[Military ABL airborne laser Boeing Laser Military Tech Missiles ]
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Ukulele cover of Styx (Boing Boing) 1 h, 28 min and 43 secs ago
I love the band Styx in a non-ironic way. That's why I was delighted to stumble upon this curious ukulele cover of Styx's "Come Sail Away" by Uke enthusiast Sirant who lives in China. He looks like quite a character.
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Cyber Monday crashes an online-shopping tradition [E-commerce] (Valleywag) 1 h, 30 min and 13 secs ago
[e-commerce CompUSA Cyber Monday Gap Home Depot Victoria's Secret ]
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2008 Child's Play Charity Dinner Auction Is Swagtastic [Child's Play] (Kotaku, the Gamer’s Guide) 1 h, 30 min and 13 secs ago
The 2008 Child's Play Charity dinner auction is coming up next week, giving gamers a chance to dress-up for a good cause and possibly win the microwave oven of their dreams.
While the Colorado Kotaku contingent readies for the annual Funde Razor event to benefit the Child's Play charity, the Penny Arcade guys are gearing up for their own swag-filled event in Seattle next week. This year's event will see some pretty amazing gear auctioned off in the name of sick children everywhere, including a Master Chief helmet signed by Bungie, Rooster Teeth, and the PA staff; a bronze-cast World of Warcraft statue of an orc riding a wolf (pictured here); a black Dreamcast signed by former Sega boss Peter Moore; and an official Harmonix microwave. Yeah, not sure about that last one either.
Tickets for the event are on sale until Friday or until they are all gone. $125 gets you an evening of fine food, game industry hob-nobbing, and a chance at a microwave you'll be telling your grandchildren about. Hit the jump for details.
CHILD'S PLAY 2008 CHARITY DINNER AUCTION TICKET SALES TO CLOSE DEC. 5
Microwave, Other One-of-a-kind Gaming Memorabilia on the Docket
SEATTLE - Dec. 1, 2008 - Hurry before it's too late! Tickets are selling faster than the proverbial MMO on launch day for the 2008 Child's Play Charity dinner auction to be held on Dec. 9 in the Washington State Convention and Trade Center's skybridge; ticket sales will close this Friday, Dec. 5 (unless sold out prior). The event annually hosts over 400 videogame industry professionals and community members for an evening of drinks and silent bidding, followed by a plated banquet and live auction to benefit sick children in over 50 hospitals around the world. Contributions to the charity already exceed $450,000, passing the halfway mark for this year's goal of $750,000.
Notable silent and live auction items will include:
- A microwave from Harmonix
- A Halo 3 Master Chief helmet signed by Bungie, Roosterteeth and Penny Arcade staff
- A bronze-cast World of Warcraft statue of an orc and wolf mount, given exclusively to Blizzard Entertainment employees
- A mint-condition, limited edition Black Dreamcast autographed by former Sega President Peter Moore
Dinner auction tickets may be purchased at http://www.childsplaycharity.org/cpdinner.php for $125 per person, $60 of which is tax deductible. Corporate table sponsorships (seats 10) are still available. Contact klindsay@penny-arcade.com for further information.
[Child's Play Charity Halo News Penny acrade Swag World of Warcraft ]
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Tiny Sony Laptop Hits FCC--Is This A Sony Netbook? [Sony Netbook] (Gizmodo) 1 h, 34 min and 14 secs ago
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Contest Reminder: Win a Toshiba X305 Gaming Laptop [Contests] (Gizmodo) 1 h, 35 min and 13 secs ago
[Contests Announcements Gaming Laptops Qosmio X305 Sponsors Toshiba Toshiba contest X305 ]
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Censorship By Glut (Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters) 1 h, 38 min and 13 secs ago
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Mio said to be prepping GPS-enabled 3.5G touchscreen handset for Q1 2009 (Engadget) 1 h, 45 min and 13 secs ago
Not that Mio hasn't pumped out a GPS phone or two before, but the rarely-heard-from handset maker is reportedly on its way to delivering its first 3.5G touchscreen-based GPS phone in Q1 2009. Undisclosed sources singled out at DigiTimes have it that the mobile will be powered by a 3.5G chipset from Qualcomm and will come loaded with Mitac's self-developed "Spirit" touch interface. Additionally, it'll pack a 3.2-megapixel camera and should launch ahead of Garmin's oft-delayed nüvifone. In related news, Mio is also scheduled to launch a GPS-packin' MID before Q1 2009 ends, though it's still unclear if it'll choose a 7- or 8-inch panel to accompany the 3G radio and Windows CE operating system. Riveting stuff, huh?
[Via GPSTracklog]
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Mio said to be prepping GPS-enabled 3.5G touchscreen handset for Q1 2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Stanley Donwood, famed creator of Radiohead artwork, starts a record label (Boing Boing) 1 h, 46 min and 5 secs ago
The man known most widely for Radiohead-related artwork (album covers, posters, t-shirt and merch designs, and lovely stuff that lives on the web) is launching an independent record label. Stanley Donwood explains:
'SIX INCH RECORDS' is a project that may take a little explaining. The story begins around the time of Christmas 2006, when I drunkenly decided to become a record label boss. Every man needs a hobby, or so the cliché has it, and if I was going to make a late-stage attempt at normality then that was one of the things that I should do. So, still reeling from red wine, I typed out a email to three musicians that I knew, suggesting that I release their music on my as-yet-unnamed record label. Do read the entirety of Donwood's introduction here. Like everything he does, it's complicated, a little crazy, most intricately conceived, and very interesting. I'm a big fan, and I can't wait to hear the music he's curated here. The Six Inch Records launch party takes place in London on January 30th; tickets are £6.66. (via the excellent Radiohead fan-blog GreenPlastic, and Rex -- thanks!)[Art Happy Mutants music ]
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Photobooth book from Musée Mécanique (Boing Boing) 1 h, 49 min and 28 secs ago
One of my favorite spots in San Francisco is the Musée Mécanique, a magnificent penny arcade filled with dozens of old timey arcade machines, mechanical music instruments, bizarre automatons, and, of course, a photobooth. It's a truly wonderful place to visit. Proprietor Dan Zelinsky is a terrific guy who restores and maintains the machines himself. The Musée's David Gallagher just emailed to update me that one of Dan's pet project, a book titled Lost And Found At The Musée Mécanique, is now complete: Over the last 30 years Dan has been collecting and saving photobooth strips left around the Musee in hopes that the owner would try to retrieve them… of course the large majority of them (ok, all of them) never get picked up.
So in addition to the large collection of machines in the Musee, he’s a got a huge collection of orphaned photobooth strips, the best of which he’s collected into a book called “Lost and Found at the Musée Mécanique”. the book is pretty cool, the pages are the size of strips themselves and the whole thing is bound at one corner so it can be fanned out like a pinwheel. Musée Mécanique's Lost And Found book
Previously:
- OpenRoad.tv and Pesco visit the Musée Mécanique - Boing Boing
- Musée Mécanique proprietor's aluminum pocket protector - Boing Boing
- Book about photobooths - Boing Boing
[Book Holiday ]
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Papercraft Retro Game Consoles Will Adorn Your Cubicle With Geekery on the Cheap [Retromodo] (Gizmodo) 1 h, 50 min and 13 secs ago
[Retromodo Atari Atari Atari 2600 Commodore Consoles Gaming Papercraft ]
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We can't even afford chicken feed [Meltdowns] (Valleywag) 1 h, 50 min and 13 secs ago
[meltdowns Bankruptcy Layoffs pilgrim's pride ]
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Wii and Wii Fit Top Searched For Items on eBay on Black Friday [Black Friday] (Kotaku, the Gamer’s Guide) 1 h, 50 min and 13 secs ago
Black Friday may have swamped stores across the country, but it also lead to some massive shopping on eBay as well. Top of the list for most searched for item? The Nintendo Wii.
eBay sent out a press release today to crow about their Black Friday successes, talking up the most searched for items among their many auctions.
The most searched for product on eBay across all categories on Black Friday was the Nintendo Wii, 3,171 of which sold on the site. Following it was the Nintendo Wii Fit with 1,059 sold on the site.
The Wii sold on average for $349, while the Wii Fit sold on average for $140. The two other top video game sellers on ebay were the PS3 and "Rock Band Video Game Bundles" which sold for $355 and $100 respectively.
Across the board, Pay Pal (which is owned by eBay) saw 34 percent more transactions than in 2007 and saw a 26 percent increase in online payment volume.
eBay Companies See Black Friday Shoppers Clicking for Great Deals
Nintendo Wii Console is The Most Popular Product on eBay
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Black Friday saw a buzz of shopping activity, as consumers took to their computers to snap up hot holiday gifts. eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) companies, including PayPal and Shopping.com, all saw consumers going online for great deals. The companies reported key online shopping trends, popular categories and hot gifts.
“Results from Black Friday show that shoppers continue to turn to the Web for their holiday shopping needs, especially for consumer electronics,” said Jim “Griff” Griffith, eBay Marketplace Expert. “Online shopping is convenient and allows consumers to find the best values and vast selection. Shoppers can visit eBay and Shopping.com to purchase all of their holiday items at unbeatable prices, and can pay quickly and securely with PayPal.”
Shoppers are Clicking for Deals
With money tighter than ever, shoppers are hitting the Web to find the best values for their hard-earned cash. A recent Nielsen study found that 78 percent of adult online users made a purchase on the Web in the past six months.1 Additionally, a recent survey conducted by Survey.com on behalf of eBay found that getting “great deals” was the most important criteria for shoppers when choosing where to shop online this holiday season.
Shoppers are taking advantage of the great deals on eBay to find must-have gifts. Black Friday online shoppers took advantage of eBay’s great deals, including the Daily Deal, $1 Holiday Doorbusters, Bid from $1 and Microsoft Live Search cashback. Consumers also turned to Shopping.com for their holiday shopping needs, searching most often for Nintendo Wii Fit and Nintendo Wii.
PayPal Customers Cash In on Great Offers
Data from PayPal saw 34 percent more transactions than 2007 and showed a 26 percent increase in online payment volume on Black Friday as shoppers cashed in on exclusive discounts and promotions from some of PayPal’s largest merchants, including Buy.com. Shoppers who use PayPal to make purchases on Buy.com will receive up to $20.00 off Buy.com’s already-low prices and free shipping. This exclusive PayPal promotion gives Buy.com customers’ significant savings on some of the season’s hottest gifts while ensuring that you can pay quickly and securely.
PayPal’s Payflow Gateway data shows that on Black Friday consumers are shopping the most during lunch time, with 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM being the busiest purchasing time for the past three years.
For more information on PayPal’s Black Friday deals, visit www.paypal.com or www.buy.com/paypal.
Hot Products Are in Demand
Consumer spending habits this Black Friday suggest that Consumer Electronics products remain in demand this holiday season. On Shopping.com a GPS sold every nine minutes and an MP3 player every 11 minutes. Additionally, on eBay, the hottest products in this category included the Garmin Nuvi GPS and iPod Touch, with 596 and 415 sold, respectively.
The most searched for product on eBay across all categories this Black Friday was the Nintendo Wii console, 3,171 of which sold on the site. Following it was the Nintendo Wii Fit with 1,059 sold on the site.
Below are some of this season's most popular gifts based on Black Friday eBay shopping activity:
Consumer Electronics
Garmin Nuvi GPS for an average selling price of $258.
iPod Touch for an average selling price of $298.
iPods/iPod Classic for an average selling price of $235.
iPod Nano for an average selling price of $186.
Video Game Consoles/Video Games
Nintendo Wii for an average selling price of $349.
Nintendo Wii Fit for an average selling price of $140.
Sony Playstation 3 for an average selling price of $355.
Rock Band Video Game Bundle for an average selling price of $100.
Smartphones
Apple iPhone 3G for an average selling price of $547.
BlackBerry Storm for an average selling price of $577.
BlackBerry Curve for an average selling price of $256.
T-Mobile Sidekick for an average selling price of $217.
For more information on eBay’s great holiday deals, visit www.ebay.com/deals.
About eBay
Founded in 1995, eBay Inc. connects hundreds of millions of people around the world every day, empowering them to explore new opportunities and innovate together. eBay Inc. does this by providing the Internet platforms of choice for global commerce, payments and communications. Since its inception, eBay Inc. has expanded to include some of the strongest brands in the world, including eBay, PayPal, Skype, StubHub, Shopping.com and others. eBay Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, Calif.
About PayPal
PayPal is the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. The service allows users to pay without sharing financial information and gives consumers the flexibility to pay in any way they prefer, including through credit cards, bank accounts or account balances. With 63 million active accounts in 190 markets and 19 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company (Nasdaq:EBAY). More information about the company can be found at www.paypal.com.
About Shopping.com
Shopping.com, an eBay company, pioneered online comparison shopping and today is one of the fastest growing shopping destinations on the Internet with items from thousands of trusted stores from across the Web. With a singular focus on shopping, Shopping.com offers shoppers easy-to-use search tools, engaging content, time-saving navigation, along with millions of product and merchant reviews from the Epinions community, all in one place. The Shopping.com Network powers the shopping experience for hundreds of websites. For more information, please visit www.shopping.com.
[Black Friday eBay Fit Nintendo PS3 Rock Band Sony Wii Wii ]
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Yellow Fever / Levelload, directed by Babanuki (music video) (Boing Boing) 1 h, 58 min and 50 secs ago
A captivating, internet-inspired music video for "Yellow Fever," from the band Levelload. Directed by Babanuki ( = Tom Palliser and Ian Anderson). According to the YouTube summary, "Both song and video are about men who are obsessed with japanese/asian girls. The video also features robots, flamethrowers, credit verification systems & web browsing, all hand drawn." (Thanks, Susannah Breslin!)
[Art Funny Video animation music ]
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