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Video Kinect Lets You Chat With Xbox Live and Windows Live Messenger
With Kinect, you can do video chats with other Xbox users (with Kinect), as well as Windows Live Messenger on the PC. Microsoft’s also talked about Windows Phone 7. More details about Windows Phone 7 integration to come. And, with Kinect, when you’re in the middle of a video call, you can watch movies and … Continued
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121 Flaring Wallpapers
For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you were asked to reignite our interest in lens flare. And, at least for me, you did. Lead Shot Canon T2I, 55-250mm EF-S mount lens, Opteka infrared filter. ISO: 1600, focal length: 55mm, f/4.0, shutter: 1/10 sec. -Gilson Siegel From the Heavens Shot with canon 450D, + sigma 30mm 1.4, … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Lens Flare Gallery Part One
-Jeffrey Levine bubble gum flare. shutter speed 1/60 f/9 focal lenght 48 (18-105mm) iso 800 nikon d90 -Bondari Silviu Nikon D60 with the AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6G ED lens Shutter 1/4000, f/8, ISO 200 -Amy Hinkle This was at a concert of my friends band last night. Burden of a Day is the name of … Continued
By Mark Wilson - Tech News
Shooting Challenge: Lens Flare Gallery Part Two
This was a Sony Cybershot H55 , Zion Park in Utah, the hike was angles landing -Thomas Cleveland This is a shot of cattails in front of the sun. I used a Canon Rebel XT with a Canon 28-105mm lens at 105mm, f/4, 1/4000 and ISO 100. -Joe Russo Canon T1i Canon 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 Kit … Continued
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South Korea may weaponize girly K-pop for psychological warfare
Relations between North and South Korea have been frosty since the sinking of the ROK Cheonan, and it looks like South Korea may be turning to an old trick for reprisal…blasting the music of girl groups over the demilitarized zone. The Republic of Korea has installed large loudspeakers facing North Koreans, who have threatened to … Continued
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This Is Flash Running On an iPhone
There’s no clear end in sight to the Adobe-Apple conflict. But the guy who gave us the Spirit iPhone and iPad jailbreaks has just produced a real live example of Flash ported to an iPhone. Looks… utopian. The hack is described as “very preliminary,” and the video quality isn’t great. But there’s something kind of … Continued
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Artists Who Build Worlds
This week on io9, we celebrate artists and designers who create the worlds that science fiction inhabits. We’ll be looking at concept art from CGI movies to old school comic books and beyond. Concept artists are the people who make fantastical worlds come to life, from designing CG creatures to painting the cities that eventually … Continued
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What’s Your Tech Setup to Watch the World Cup?
This week, Michael Surtees showed off his World Cup rig—the gear that he’s watching the matches on. When we saw the picture, it got us thinking. What kind of set-up are you using to get your football fixes? Given that many people around the world will be using their mobile devices to access the games, … Continued
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Watch the Microsoft Xbox 360 Event Live
Want to watch and hear more about Kinect? The new, rumored Xbox 360 slim? Microsoft’s Xbox 360 event is about to start, and you can watch it LIVE. Click to view Above is the live stream on Ustream, which is live now. Here is Microsoft’s own stream: Click to view Your browser does not support … Continued
By Jason Chen - Tech NewsApple
Where To Buy an iPhone 4
The iPhone 4 is coming and you want one in your hands as soon as humanly possible. Upgrades! Retail outlets! Pre-sales! It’s all a bit overwhelming. Take a deep breath: here’s where you can pre-order your new iPhone. Some things to note: • All of the locations below offer pre-order, starting tomorrow, except for Walmart, … Continued
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Free Starbucks Wi-Fi, July 1st
We’re very excited to announce that coming July 1st: Free. 1 click. No registration WIFI at all US locations! 🙂less than a minute ago via CoTweet Starbucks Coffee Starbucks Whoa! While Starbucks’ coffee may not be the greatest, they have locations just about everywhere, including some 10,000 in the U.S. alone. According to the company’s … Continued
- Tech NewsDesign
The Infinity Cocktail Table Will Suck Your Soul
The Infinity Cocktail Table uses mirrors and LED lights to create the illusion of an infinite hole going down your home’s floor, all the way down to Earth’s magma core. It’s like a fancy door to Hell’s most exclusive club. It’s also one of the naffest tables in the history of mankind. At $880 a … Continued
By Jesus Diaz - Tech News
New 250GB and 500GB PS3 Consoles Planned For This Year?
Add up last week’s FCC outing of the two new PS3 models with today’s “industry source” who confirmed to CVG the existence of 250GB and 500GB consoles this year, and what do we have? Potential for something biiiiiig. Why would you need 500GB of storage? Are they expecting people to suddenly start downloading media from … Continued
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Television is officially better than movies. Is this bad news for science fiction?
It’s official, according to Entertainment Weekly’s Mark Harris: television is better than movies now. We’re in the middle of a summer of by-the-numbers movies, while TV is blazing new trails. Too bad science fiction rules the movies instead of TV. Apparently this is the worst summer for movie box office in ages, according to Harris’ … Continued
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19th Century Tech Makes A Smarter iPhone
Rarely has 19th-century technology stirred an audience of 21st-century technophiles as it did last week when Apple revealed that the next-generation iPhone will pack a gyroscope. But will this new sensor be, in Jobs’s words, “just perfect for gaming”? The GPS, compass and accelerometer crammed into today’s smartphones pinpoint the phone’s location almost anywhere on … Continued
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The Gizmodo Recycling Program: Get Paid and Help the Gulf Coast
Recycle your old gadgets, get paid, and help out the Gulf Coast oil spill. Sound too good to be true? It’s not; it’s the Gizmodo Recycling Program. We’re teaming up with Gazelle, which recycles old gadgets. By using this form to sign up to recycle your stuff, you get paid, and we get a commission—which … Continued
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io9 Book Club: One week reminder!
Next week, we’ll be meeting here to discuss our book club selection this month, Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker. Don’t forget to read it! Priest is going to stop by to chat with us, too. For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here’s how it works: You read the book. We post here when the meeting … Continued