Dropcam HD WiFi Camera Review

My friends at work used to give me funny looks when I'd announce that the Fedex guy just dropped a package off at my house. At first they thought I had somehow obtained a super power of either ESP or remote viewing. While having a super power would definitely be awesome (and I still think I should have gotten one after all the radiation treatments I had last year), I have to admit that I cheated… I knew that the Fedex guy had been at my house, because my Dropcam told me so. The Dropcam is an easy to setup WiFi camera, that can be accessed from any web browser and a special Android or iOS app.










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Panasonic's Eluga V for NTT DoCoMo swings past the FCC

Panasonic's Eluga V smartphone arrived at NTT DoCoMo back in May and now the company has dropped one of its handsets off at the FCC's underground bunker. The Ice Cream Sandwich-running phone has a 4.6-inch, 1280 x 720 display, wireless charging, the same water and dust proofing that we saw in its two brothers, HSPA, Bluetooth 3.0 and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi.

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New Mac OS X virus discovered

Kaspersky Labs released a report today about a new virus on the Mac OS X today that spreads itself through zip file attachments. Costin Raiu of Kaspersky Labs said that they were able to “intercept” the new advanced persistent threat or ATP using a new MacOS X backdoor variant targeted at Uyghur activists. Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. On Monday this week, a group of Uyghur activists were reportedly beaten up by the Chinese police forces while holding a peaceful demonstration.
Raiu believes that the new wave of APT attacks was targeted to a few Uyghur Mac users.

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Samsung WB100 Hits UK

Samsung has just announced the availability of their new superzoom digital camera ‘WB100′ in the UK. To refresh your memory, the WB100 sports a 16-megapixel image sensor, a 22.3mm ultra wide angle lens, a 26x optical zoom lens, Dual Image Stabilization (OIS + DIS) function and 720x30p HD video recording capabilities. Sadly, there's no word on pricing yet.

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Apple's iPhone now available from Virgin Mobile

. The world's most popular smartphone is now available as a prepaid handset on Virgin Mobile. The 8GB iPhone 4 is being offered for $549, while the newer 16GB Phone 4S costs $649 with no contract. Both handsets are eligible for Virgin Mobile's unlimited data and messaging plans that start as low as $35 per month. Apple's smartphone is available through Virgin Mobile's website, RadioShack, Best Buy and select local retailers. Regional carrier Cricket, owned by Leap Wireless, was the first carrier to offer a prepaid iPhone in the United States.

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No Instagram For You, Nexus 7

So you're excited about taking pictures using your new Nexus 7, but didn't you read the memo. Google's Nexus 7 tablet does not have a rear-facing camera, just a 1.2-megapixel front-facing shooter for face-to-face video chat. That makes the device incompatible with most Android camera apps, including Instagram. According to Tim Smalley, digital marketing manager of Asus (Google's manufacturing partner for Nexus 7), Google Play app store will actually provide an error message if the owner tries to download the app to the Nexus 7.

The absence of a back camera is largely due to cost-cutting.

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Rovio Mobile Launches Amazing Alex Trailer

Rovio Mobile has issued a new teaser trailer for Amazing Alex. The video game offers 35 interactive objects for you to design and publish your own levels. Amazing Alex will be available for iOS and Android.

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Intel's Ultrabook Design Induces Growth In Premium Laptop Market

Ultrabook Share of $700+ Windows Notebooks (NPD Group). When Intel introduced the Ultrabook brand and accompanying rules and guidelines, many were skeptical and talked about it being a marketing “gimmick”. Data shows that they could not have been more wrong. First of all, although relatively modest in terms of overall volume, the Ultrabook products are really important because they generate higher profits and that's what keeps PC makers going.

NPD, a research company, says that Ultrabooks now represent 11% of all $700+ Windows laptops.

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BMW and Toyota to partner on sports car and EV tech

If you are any other carmaker, this is really not what you want to hear on a Friday morning: The industry's 800-pound gorilla and one of its most profitable brands are joining forces. If you are an enthusiast (or environmentalist), however, the would-be products of this collaboration may have you cheering like a Miami Heat fan. While details are admittedly scarce, the notion of BMW and Toyota throwing in on a sports car has us tickled, especially considering how well the Japanese giant's liaison with Subaru to produce the BRZ and Scion FR-S has turned out.

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Money transfer fees removed by Lloyds TSB International

Lloyds TSB International now the first on the high street bank to withdraw transfer feesFee-free service available to all existing and new personal banking customers[i]New offering expected to be popular with those transferring overseas at least once a quarterMove builds on market-leading exchange ratesLloyds TSB International has continued to improve its offering for expat customers by announcing it has removed fees on international money transfers for all new and existing holders of the a Premier International Account[ii].Customers with this account will no longer be charged when moving currency to any overseas bank account[iii] regardless

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Distro Issue 47: Made in the USA edition

It's that time of the year when folks in the US of A tend to get a tad bit patriotic. Pretty soon, those of us in the States will be all about grilling and putting back a few hot dogs and / or hamburgers before rushing off to catch some fireworks. We're looking to keep the spirit alive in our weekly, too. This time around, we offer up a Made in the USA edition with editorials that tackle Nevada's solar-geothermal hybrid power plant and just how much coin it takes to offer internet in American Samoa - along with a few more stops in between.

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LIME selects Mirifice’s MiriMON for Real-time QoE Monitoring of its OTT TV Service

LIME selects Mirifice MiriMON® for OTT QoE MonitoringLondon, UK, 29th June 2012 - LIME, Cable & Wireless Communication’s Caribbean business, has selected Mirifice’s MiriMON QoE (Quality of Experience) solution to monitor its newly launched TV service. Mark Longstaff, CEO of Mirifice, said: “From our first conversations with LIME, it was clear that they take service quality extremely seriously. We are delighted that they have chosen MiriMON to monitor service delivery of its new TV service.

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Gears of War: Judgment To Be Released On February 8, 2013

According to some rumors, Epic Games will release their latest third-person shooter video game ‘Gears of War: Judgment' on February 8, 2013. Stay tuned for more info.

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Gmail dethrones Hotmail as the world's largest email service

Google announced today via its official blog that Gmail now has more than 425 million active users around the world – a gargantuan feat considering its humble beginnings as a beta release in April 2004. Google's announcement today means that Gmail is now the word's largest email service, blowing past Microsoft's Hotmail for the first time. Yahoo Mail used to be the king of email services. But both Hotmail and Gmail got Yahoo Mail users deviating the course.
I can still remember using Yahoo Mail first prior to moving to both Hotmail and Gmail.

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Coca-Cola's A011 vending machine keeps drink cool without using (much) power

So maybe that self-chilling soda didn't pan out, but Coca-Cola is working on another method for keeping its beverages cool without using power. In partnership with Fuji Electric Retail Systems, the company has developed the A011 vending machine, which is capable of keeping drinks frosty for up to 16 hours a day without using energy. The A011 works by shifting the cooling process from mid-day, when energy use is higher, to nighttime, when there is a higher power capacity. Even after the machine stops powering the chilling, the unit's temperature only rises slightly, thanks to vacuum insulation and an airtight design.

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Blackberry 10 phones release in… 2013!

Photo courtesy of Crackberry. During its earnings conference calls, RIM said that its upcoming Blackberry 10 phones won't be available before the “first quarter of 2013″. Even though most people who followed the call were expecting relatively bad news, few were prepared for this particular launch time frame – “it's nuts” comes to mind.

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Saudi man sentenced to beheading by sword for joyriding deaths

A Saudi man in his thirties, identified by the name Mutannish in reports, has been sentenced to death for causing two onlookers to die during a driving demonstration of Hagwalah – one of the wild displays of drifting we're used to seeing from that part of the world. During the show, two were killed when a person in the audience was hit and fell onto another. The driver then sped off, failing to provide any assistance. His sentence was likely influenced by the fact that he went into hiding and that he was wanted for the same crime, the death of an onlooker, at previous event.

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Valve Source Filmmaker makes a movie out of any Source game, now you're directing with Portals (video)

Creating machinima with a video game engine usually requires accepting one of two truths: either that it will require a lot of fudging or that it will have all the sophistication of playing with action figures. Valve Software isn't very happy with that dichotomy, which is why it's posting its very own movie-making tool, Source Filmmaker, as a public beta. Any game that runs on the Source engine, whether it's Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2 or another in the family, can have gameplay run-throughs edited and dissected right down to custom facial expressions.

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Google Drive for iOS hands-on

It's an exciting time when two worlds collide, especially for iOS users that have an affection for Google services. The head honchos in Mountain View took to the stage at Moscone West today and announced two programs were going to be made available in the App Store by the end of day: Chrome and Drive. The latter pushed out first, so we decided to give the free app a closer look. Head below for some screenshots and our impressions of the service.









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New Chromebooks announced at Google I/O Keynote

Chromebook laptop. It was a year ago, also at Google I/O, which saw the first generation of Chromebooks released in the mass consumer market, where the entire idea was to help seed the market and receive relevant feedback from a bunch of developers. With a new update being released for the operating system once every six weeks, Chromebooks might be the next big thing on your shopping wish list, perhaps.

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Google TV will get subscription billing, support for movie and TV purchases in Google Play

While it didn't merit a spot in either keynote, the Google TV platform is also getting an updated version of the Google Play store. Along with a new UI that looks a lot like the one on other Android devices it will have support for purchasing movies, music and TV shows as mentioned yesterday, and also subscription billing. The "Bring Your App to the Big Screen" presentation is still going on, we'll let you know if any other new elements are revealed. There's a new post on the Google TV blog mentioning apps like the one announced by Sirius XM, and the new hardware from partners LG, Sony and Vizio.

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Google Q device is Made in the USA

The Google Nexus Q is a home media player that was just unveiled yesterday during the Google IO keynote. It is an Google experiment (in a crowded market) that is well designed, attractive and hard to build. Interestingly, the Google Nexus Q is also an experiment in USA-based manufacturing. At the bottom of the device, there's a sticker which says “Made in the USA”.

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LG VS950 hits the FCC with Verizon LTE, looks suspiciously like the Optimus Vu

LG and Verizon have something special in the works, and judging from the information we were able to glean from some mysterious documents submitted to the FCC (and subsequently approved today), it appears to be Big Red's version of the Optimus Vu. While the docs don't come out and specifically mention the Vu name or the phone's iconic 5-inch display, the diagram (seen above) of the LG VS950 shows the exact same speaker grille setup on the lower left as well as the SIM flap on the upper right.

Engadget , LG VS950 hits the FCC with Verizon LTE, looks suspiciously like the Optimus Vu, LG VS950 hits the FCC with Verizon LTE, looks suspiciously like the Optimus Vu

Lenovo LePhone K860 comes with quad-core Samsung Exynos processor, Android 4.0 ICS

At the moment, the only officially-announced smartphones to use a quad-core Samsung Exynos processor are the Galaxy S III (not all versions), and the Meizu MX 4-core. But there's a third one that should be announced soon: the Lenovo LePhone K860. Spotted in China, the K860 runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and, as you may have already guessed, is a high-end handset. Apart from the powerful quad-core CPU (clocked at 1.4GHz), it features a 5 inch HD (1280 x 720) display, 8MP rear camera with LED flash, 2MP front-facing camera, 1GB of RAM, and 4GB of ROM.


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Nokia Lumia 800 and 710 updated to Windows Phone 7.5, finally get to Tango

We'd heard that the Lumia 800 and 710 were to get Windows Phone 7.5 sometime soon, but the time has officially arrived for these two to Tango. Today Nokia announced that the fresh code has already started rolling out, bringing hotspot and flip-to-silence functionality to the handsets. Plus, once you've updated via your Zune desktop software, access to the nifty Camera Extras software - already promised to Lumia 900 owners - is but a download away. As a refresher, those Extras allow Lumias to take Scalado-powered Smart Group Shots, provide a better burst mode for action pics, plus add a self-timer and panorama mode as well.

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LifeProof Nuud iPad Case

Having a device as valuable as the iPad today can cause some to worry about how it may be able to handle the elements when being brought out. The rain, water splashes, heat and the occasional drop would all be common instances that can happen and cause trouble to an iPad. Such a valuable device would need some level of protection at the very least. The new LifeProof Nuud iPad Case may just be able to provide one without bulking up the tablet any further.
The new LifeProof Nuud is the first iPad case for the company that has made its name for providing rugged iPhone cases.

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Nexus Q announced

As expected, Google announced a new piece of hardware known as the Nexus Q. This is the result of Project Tungsten that was introduced more than a year ago, where it will bring together the power of Android and Google Play. The Nexus Q is a definite looker, and is the first piece of hardware from Google alone with Android running within. It is tipped to be the “third wave” of consumer electroncs, and Google has positioned it to be “all about the cloud”, giving you a general direction of where the Nexus Q is heading.

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Chrome for Android out of beta, available now on Google Play

. Google is trying to end the debate over which mobile browser works best for Android by releasing the mobile version of its popular Chrome browser to the Google Play store on Wednesday. The Android version of the browser had been in Beta until Wednesday and is currently only available for devices that have Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or higher.

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Verizon Samsung Intensity III image leaks

Get this: phone makers still make feature phones. And carriers still launch feature phones in the US. So here's something for those of you who hate touchscreens, hate smartphones, and like designs from a few years ago: the Samsung Intensity III.
Yes, not only is this not a smartphone, but there doesn't seem to be a touchscreen in sight. So get ready to push those buttons… hard. At least it's got dozens of them, right?

The Intensity III will obviously be the successor to the original Intensity from 2009 as well as the Intensity II launched in 2010.

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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean home screen revealed, automatically accomodates your apps and widgets

It's a pain manually moving apps and widgets on Android screens, ain't it. Well, at Google I/O 2012, the folks in Mountain View have just given us some Jelly Bean salve to soothe that irritation. The latest Android OS automatically arranges onscreen icons around any new widgets or apps you choose to insert. Not only that, but you can also remove any unwanted apps and widgets with a simple swipe up and off the home screen to delete them.

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T-Mobile CEO Phillip Humm resigns

. T-Mobile on Wednesday confirmed that chief executive officer Phillip Humm has resigned from the company affective immediately. Chief Operations Officer Jim Alling will replace Humm temporarily while T-Mobile seeks a new CEO.

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2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor goes beige brilliantly

We got an in-person look at the new 2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor at a Ford event yesterday, and we have to say that Ford's stock photography does not do this new "Terrain" color justice. Neither do these pictures, really, but Ford wouldn't let us find somewhere more suitable to photograph their updated SVT truck. Terrain is a sandy beige hue with a flat finish. It's not matte, but this paint certainly isn't reflective by modern standards. In fact, it's quite reminiscent of those wonderful old lacquer finishes from the '30s and '40s.

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Google Nexus 7 tablet targeting Amazon's Kindle Fire, says Asus exec

An Asus executive has confirmed to Reuters what everyone was already thinking about Google's first own tablet: it will be targeting Amazon and its affordable Kindle Fire. Launched in November 2011, the Kindle Fire runs a modified version of Android, features a 7 inch display, and costs only $199.99. Google's tablet, likely called Nexus 7, will also have a 7 inch display. It will probably run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and could be officially announced later today, at Google's I/O conference. According to Reuters, the tablet will be co-branded with Asus (which is its actual manufacturer).

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CCNY, UC Berkeley develop lasers that could rewrite quantum chips, spin those atoms right round

Computers are normally limited by the fixed nature of their chipsets: once the silicon is out of the factory, its capabilities are forever locked in. The University of California Berkeleydeveloped a technique that could break chips free of these prisons and speed along quantum computing. They found that hitting gallium arsenide with a laser light pattern aligns the spins of the atoms under the rays, creating a spintronic circuit that can re-map at a moment's notice.

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