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Android Hardware Dev

Samsung Galaxy Note Pro and Tab Pro series coming to US February 13th

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As reported on Engadget. BY BRAD MOLEN Looks like Office Depot wasn’t messing with us when it began offering pre-orders of Samsung’s brand-new 12.2-inch tablet ahead of its official US launch; it just jumped the gun a bit. As it turns out, the entire litany of Samsung’s Galaxy tablets announced at CES — which include the 12.2-inch Note Pro and all three sizes in the Tab Pro series— will be available stateside on February 13th. Just in case you’re worried about…

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Art

These vinyl records hide secret music videos

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris Audio-visual group Sculpture creates vinyl picture records that appear to animate when viewed unders the correct conditions, and its latest is gorgeous. When you start “Plastic Infinite” spinning, the images on the record just look like a blur. Apply a strobing light to the record, or film it at 25fps with a high shutter speed, and the record is transformed into a giant zoetrope disc.   This isn’t Sculpture‘s first foray…

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Culture Security

PSA: Missed Call From A Mystery Number? Be Careful.

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Greg Kumparak The people who read our site are a pretty savvy lot. You know not to accept checks from distant princes. You can spot a phisher from a mile away. But here’s one that might be new for you: scammers are apparently trying to exploit your “missed call” screen, now. The scam, simplified: They call you, but immediately hang up. You see a missed call. You call back. They charge you for the…

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Application Culture

iCPooch Is A Remote Treat Dispenser & Pet Facetime Terminal For Absent Dog Owners

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Natasha Lomas Last summer we covered Petzila’s answer to keeping a pet pooch happy when you’re not at home: a remote treat dispenser called PetziConnect which also let absent dog owners view and talk to their pooch while delivering treats from afar. Fast forward a few months and prepare to greet iCPooch: another gizmo aiming for the not-so-stay-at-home dog owner, but one which takes the remote petting to the next obvious level: doggy facetime. iCPooch,…

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Hardware Dev Photography

A closer look at the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

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As reported on Engadget. BY STEVE DENT Okay, that’s it. You’ve had enough of highly compressed video codecs that crap out on detailed shots and make decent color grading a pipe dream. Now that Blackmagic’s $995 Pocket Cinema Camera (BMPCC) is RAW-ready, isn’t it time to make the jump to higher bitrate video? Perhaps. The company’s latest pint-sized weapon does produce magnificent images using a downsized version of its first Cinema Camera sensor, yes. But it’s not quite as…

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Apple Hardware Dev

Apple reportedly testing inductive, solar and motion charging for its unannounced smartwatch

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As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH  We’ve heard that when Apple reveals its first smartwatch product, there’s going to be a heavy focus on health and fitness, but There might also be a way to charge the wearable without plugging it in, according to a report from the New York Times. Inductive charging came in a wave of smartphones last year, including Google’sNexus 4 and Nokia’s Lumia 920 range, although we don’t often see it in anything smaller…

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TV

Flatscreen Looking Funny? Adjust These Settings Right Now

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As reported on Wired. BY TIM MOYNIHAN Photos by Jim Merithew/WIRED   You should be able to buy a new TV, plug it in, hook up a cable box, and be good to go. But no. Sometimes the settings get in the way. And these days, there are so many settings. If you don’t want to go through the sometimes-taxing process of calibrating your TV like a pro, you can still make a few quick adjustments…

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Hardware Dev Military

SHOULD A ROBOT DECIDE WHEN TO KILL?

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As reported on The Verge. By Adrianne Jeffries The ethics of war machines By the time the sun rose on Friday, December 19th, the Homestead Miami race track had been taken over by robots. Some hung from racks, their humanoid feet dangling above the ground as roboticists wheeled them out of garages. One robot resembled a gorilla, while another looked like a spider; yet another could have been mistaken for a designer coffee table. Teams of…

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Business Retail Sales

Good Deal: $499 Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, $400 off original price

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Microsoft’s original Surface Pro isn’t even a year old yet, but it has been superseded by the Surface Pro 2. It appears that Best Buy still has some stock of the original model that it wants to move this weekend. We’ve seen some price reductions on the Surface Pro before — including cuts following the Surface Pro 2 release — but Best Buy is offering a massive $400 discount on the original retail price, bringing the Surface…

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Microsoft

Microsoft’s Next CEO Reportedly Will Be Its Cloud Boss Satya Nadella, Gates Could Be Replaced On Board

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex Wilhelm After a search that stretched for months, reports are out today that Microsoft will select internal candidate Satya Nadella as its next CEO. Nadella is known for his work with cloud computing at Microsoft and deep technical knowledge. The company kicked off its hunt for a new head last year when long-time CEO Steve Ballmer announced that he would step down within a year. Nadella has long been a candidate for the…

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