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Leaked Windows 8 document describes Microsoft’s catch-up efforts
A document purportedly leaked to a Microsoft enthusiast blog (yes, there’s truly a niche for everything on the Internet!) lists a number of features that are intended to be included in Windows 8. In addition to USB 3 and Bluetooth 3, there’s talk about faster boot sequences, ambient light sensing, and more. Pardon my yawn: Mac laptops have had superb power management and ambient light sensing for how long, now? Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure Windows 8 will include all manner of wonderful things, but leaking this kind of information isn’t likely to drum up a lot of excitement. I’m especially skeptical of the instant-on stuff, given how bloated Windows installations tend to become over time.
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Free StrarCraft II for South Korean World of Warcraft players
The latest issue of Edge magazine has a fun little article abbot South Korea’s obsession with StarCraft. One of the issues the article brings up is: what happens to the game when Blizzard releases StarCraft II next month? Nobody knows! (My guess is that StarCraft will be around forever, no matter how many sequels Blizzard develops.) Along the same lines, kinda, Blizzard plans to give free copies of StarCraft II to Korean gamers who have an active World of Warcraft account.
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Thermaltake BlacX 5G is a USB 3.0 HDD docking station
Thermaltake’s latest hard drive docking station might look like the previous model, but around back is the blue-color USB 3.0 port. That means users can slap a hard drive into the dock and transfer files with speeds up to 5Gpbs. Amazing.
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Caption contest: Bing bus goes searching for search results
Bus. Ice cream truck. Personal space invader. Vessel of illicit speaker transport. It’s all semantics, anyway.
Darren: “Man, this smoke is great, but damn if I’m not suddenly craving an orange Push Up.”
Joe: “Unlike the Street View car, the Bing truck is equally at home on the street or at a rave.”
Chris: “In the event the authorities get too close for comfort, Bing is prepared to take its entire operation mobile for weeks at a time, stopping only to refuel.”
Don: “At last, the real decision engine is revealed.”
Richard Lawler: “Ok, so the plot is, we pick up “models” off the street… and find low cost plane tickets, product reviews or a nice restaurant for them. That’s it.”
Ross: “Creative Picture Framing” indeed, Microsoft. Creative picture framing, indeed.
Joanna: “Didn’t we just do a sketchy tech van caption contest!?”
Richard Lai: “For the last time: we don’t sell froyo here.”
Tim: “Creative Picture Framing was a front for GHOST: Google Hating Operatives with better Search Technology. Jeeves had already arrived in his blacked out Benz, but the Altavista boys were nowhere to be found.”
Myriam: “Oh, I see! It’s an art car for Burning Man… Right.”
[Thanks, Hosain]
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CrunchGear Week in Review: Food Train Edition
Bionic cat!
Videos: New “Hayabusa” bullet train boasts 320km/h top speed
Clean your monitor with a hamburger? Don’t forget the bacon!
Your disposable wine glass, monsieur
Chocri brings you CreateMyChocolate.com
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Conquest wheelchair motorcycle
The Conquest wheelchair motorcycle is an interesting mode of transportation, where it will be powered by an 1170 CC BMW engine with six forward gears and reverse. Don’t laugh at this two-wheeled steed, it is full well capable of hitting 0-60 mph in just 7.6 seconds, maxing out at 105 mph. This bike is fully road tested and meets the US safety standards, and with a small engine like that when compared to cars, you can be sure of saving a whole lot more on fuel in the long run assuming you don’t go full throttle all the time. The downside to this? You can’t squeeze in between cars and other tight spaces when you’re in a hurry.
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Share Happy vending machine dispenses ice cream for a smile (and your soul)
Share Happy vending machine dispenses ice cream for a smile (and your soul) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mr. Burns sun burn alarm
Summer’s here for folks living in the northern hemisphere, which means it is time to take out the sun tan lotion and spend some hours with a good book, baking under direct sunlight to achieve that lovely shade of brown that you so desire. Of course, there is always a chance of overdoing it, which is why this DIY Mr. Burns sun burn alarm would come in handy. All you need to do is enter your skin type, sunscreen type, and UV levels for the day and you’re good to go. Don’t take the device’s readings as the gospel truth though although it has been described to be fairly accurate. Just make sure you have enough sunscreen on to prevent cancer at worst down the road.
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Apple’s callous response to iPhone 4 defect matched only by its fanboys’ blind dedication
What’s more sad: the very fact that the iPhone 4 is completely unusable if you’re left-handed—President Obama is left-handed!— or that Apple fanboys are doing everything in their power to divert attention away from the issue? Check MacRumors. It’s a fine site, yes, and one I read every day, but to call it an “Apple fan site” would be like calling the Sun hot. “Upset that your brand new iPhone 4 doesn’t work? Don’t be: other phones do this, too!” Because that’s what you want to hear: your phone may be a piece of junk, but so is the other guy’s phone, so it all works out. Um, no. It doesn’t work like that.
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Plastic Logic delays QUE proReader ‘a bit longer,’ cancels pre-orders
Not good news for those looking for a different e-reader. Back in April, Plastic Logic told those who pre-ordered its QUE proReader that they’d have to wait until June 24 — after already having been delayed to April. Now that device is being delayed again, and while the company has wizened up and not actually given a new estimated date this time, it also took the unfortunate and ominous move of canceling all pre-orders. In the e-mail sent to those affected (which is after the break) the company says it has “decided that delaying the device a bit longer will result in a better product for you.” Hopefully it results in a cheaper product, too, as we’re not sure how a $800 reader is going to fare in a world where both the Kindle and nook are available for less than $200.
[Thanks, Don; spider photo courtesy of mrpbps]
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Daily Crunch: Burgerdrift Edition
The top four iPhone 4 hardware issues so far
That’s one elegant bike basket
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Electrolux will clean the oceans of plastic debris, then make vacuum cleaners
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Windows Phone 7′s October release casually mentioned in Microsoft ad presentation
“I’m gonna ask rock star Kostas… to come on. And Kostas has brought with him Windows Phone 7, which we launch this October.” So sayeth Microsoft VP for Marketing Mich Mathews in introducing GM of Live Labs’ Kostas Mallios, who was at the Cannes Lions advertising conference to show off the advertising capabilities of the upcoming smartphone platform. Of course, last we heard, the official company line on WP7′s release was “holiday 2010,” so this would definitely narrow the launch window quite a bit, as well as corroborates earlier Telstra roadmap leaks. Not an official statement, but Mathews would definitely be someone in the know here. Don’t expect the folks in Redmond to go ahead and confirm — they work on their own schedule, thank you very much — but should someone ‘fess up, can we also talk about that $150 Kinect price? Video after the break.
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Windows Phone 7′s October release casually mentioned in Microsoft ad presentation originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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