by admin on January 27, 2012
by admin on January 27, 2012
There’s something romantic about hacking the iPhone , especially when it means finding ways to personalize the massively popular handset. Apps like Instagram may help you realize artistic talent, but software just doesn’t get those creative juices flowing like an old-fashioned piece of hardware can. Despite its taboo-sounding name, The Love Box isn’t an adult toy in the traditional sense, instead serving as an analog video (and stills) mixer for your iPhone 4 or 4S. Consisting of a wooden box and an angled sliding mirror, the homegrown contraption lets you simultaneously capture the action in front of and behind you in a single image. It was originally designed in Barcelona to capture two people conversing for a documentary called ” The Love Box Conversations ,” hence the name. The “lowest-tech accessory for the highest-tech phone” is available now as part of a very limited initial run of 100 units, and can be yours for €57.63 (about $77.50) if you hit up the source link below. Continue reading The Love Box is an analog video mixer, house of mirrors for your iPhone (video) The Love Box is an analog video mixer, house of mirrors for your iPhone (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink MAKE | Etsy | Email this | Comments
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by admin on January 26, 2012
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LOS ANGELES – Kobe Bryant scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, Pau Gasol had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit for a 96-91 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night in another testy edition of their cross-hallway rivalry.
Andrew Bynum scored 19 points to help the Lakers snapped their three-game skid with their first win of the season over their fellow Staples Center tenants. The Clippers beat the Lakers twice in the preseason and again earlier this month, staking an early claim to L.a. superiority with their revamped lineup.
The Lakers aren’t ready to cede the city just yet — and they were willing to fight for it. The clubs combined for six technical fouls, and the Lakers’ Josh McRoberts was ejected.
Blake Griffin had 26 points and nine rebounds, and Caron Butler and Mo Williams added 16 points apiece for the Clippers, who led for nearly every possession of the first 3½ quarters. Chris Paul had four points and 12 assists for the Clippers in his return from a five-game absence because of a strained left hamstring.
After trailing for all but the opening basket, Bryant put the Lakers in front with six points during an 11-4 run capped by Metta World Peace’s 3-pointer with 3:30 to play. The Lakers nursed the lead into the final minute, when Bynum made a lyaup and blocked DeAndre Jordan’s shot in the paint on consecutive possessions, essentially sealing the Lakers’ ninth straight “home” victory in the building shared by these clubs.
The Lakers have won 10 of their last 11 home games since Christmas, and the Clippers still haven’t beaten the Lakers twice in a row since the 2006-07 season. The Lakers still failed to score 100 points for the 12th straight game, matching their longest low-scoring stretch since early 2004.
Paul hadn’t played since the Clippers’ home victory over the Lakers 11 days ago, but his teammates stayed in first place in the Pacific Division during his absence. Coach Vinny Del Negro appeared to be limiting Paul’s minutes slightly, perhaps with an eye to the Clippers’ five games in the next eight days.
Butler scored the Clippers’ first 11 points, hitting three 3-pointers as they jumped to an early 10-point lead to the delight of their small fan contingent. The Clippers stayed narrowly ahead with 12 first-half points from Griffin, who landed his nightly jaw-dropping dunk when he drove past Gasol on the perimeter and floated past Bynum for a double-clutch jam.
Later, Griffin made a nimble reverse hook shot and a flying rebound putback dunk within a minute of each other.
The Lakers got unlikely offensive help from Andrew Goudelock, the rookie from College of Charleston who had scored just 10 points all season before matching that total midway through the second quarter against the Clippers. Goudelock hit two 3-pointers and didn’t miss a shot until the third quarter.
The testiness and bad tempers that infiltrated this rivalry last year also resurfaced when Griffin and World Peace went down in a heap as they chased a loose ball at midcourt in the third quarter. Both teams surrounded the tangle of limbs and exchanged minor contact, but officials only ruled a jump ball.
Bryant committed six turnovers in the third quarter as the Clippers maintained their lead, and Mo Williams added the tension with a flagrant foul on Goudelock during a fast break early in the fourth. The officials attempted to keep peace with technical fouls — including two quick ones to McRoberts, who was ejected with 9:35 to play after two exchanges with the Clippers’ Reggie Evans.
Chauncey Billups committed a technical foul during the Lakers’ run to an 87-82 lead on World Peace’s sixth 3-pointer in 38 tries during his dismal offensive season.
NOTES: before the game, the Lakers sent second-year forward Derrick Caracter to Bakersfield of the D-League as he continues his rehabilitation from a torn meniscus in his left knee. … Fans near courtside included David Beckham, Aziz Ansari, Jerry Bruckheimer, mark McGrath and director McG.
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by admin on January 25, 2012
European Internet users may be getting better control over information posted online, thanks to some proposed sweeping reforms lawmakers proposed Wednesday designed to protect digital privacy. The suggested law calls for a “right to be forgotten” and a “right to data portability.” The former would require Internet companies such as Facebook and Google to completely wipe all of a user’s info from their servers if such a request was made. The latter demands users be allowed to easily transfer data from one online service to another, a currently difficult task. The “right to be forgotten” wouldn’t be granted to users attempting to remove information relevant to a criminal investigation. All online businesses operating in Europe would be bound to the new rules, whether or not they’re based on the continent. Should web services fail to comply with these rights, they would be slapped with fines of up to €1 million or up to 2% of the global annual turnover of a company (The total value of all products made in a 12-month period). In the past, European Union (EU) member states have issued varying interpretations on existing digital privacy laws. Those different analyses have resulted in discordant levels of enforcement from country to country. If passed, this law would unify all 27 EU member states under a single set of privacy rules. The EU argues this Europe-wide standardization would save businesses money by providing a sole definitive source of online privacy law for the continent. However, many internet companies depend on access to users’ data for advertisement revenue. A spokesman for European Union justice commissioner, Viviane Reding, told the BBC that the proposed laws are a means of protecting children and young adults who share details online which they later want removed for professional or personal reasons. “These rules are particularly aimed at young people as they are not always as aware as they could be about the consequence of putting photos and other information on social network websites, or about the various privacy settings available,” said spokesman Matthew Newman. SEE ALSO: European Politicians Didn’t Like SOPA Any More Than You [VIDEO] For the proposed new rules to become European law, they will need approval from the EU’s member states followed by ratification from European Parliament. That process may take up to two years. Do you think Internet users should be granted a “right to be forgotten?” Let us know in the comments below. Image courtesy of iStockphoto , richterfoto More About: europe , European Union , Facebook , Google , Social Media
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by admin on January 25, 2012
AT&T has released some real gems from its videos archives over the past year, but it’s truly outdone itself this week. It’s dug up a rarely-seen short film titled Robot that Jim Henson made for Bell in 1963, which was intended to explain computers and data communications to business owners at “elite seminars.” It does so with phrases like “Correction: the machine does not have a soul. It has no bothersome emotions. While mere mortals wallow in a sea of emotionalism, the machine is busy digesting vast oceans of information in a single, all-encompassing gulp.” Enjoy. AT&T unearths Jim Henson’s 1963 Robot short for Bell originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink Slate | AT&T Tech Channel | Email this | Comments
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by admin on January 25, 2012
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I’ve come across plenty of good stuff today, all worthy of at least a mention here. Hopefully these can get you through the rest of your working day.
Phil Hughes, then and now
Friend of RAB Jay Jaffe, in his new digs at Pinstriped Bible, takes a look at the difference between Phil Hughes‘s first 13 starts and his last eight. there are some pretty stark differences, especially in his strikeout and home run numbers. he also digs into some PitchFX data, a conversation that continued on Twitter later in the afternoon. Harry Pavlidis supplied some stats on his cutter. I’d click through the entire feed to see the other stuff he came up with.
The upshot: Hughes has allowed just one home run on his curveball all year.
The other side of the Gardner argument
Yesterday Ben wrote an article about Brett Gardner and what his slump means for the Yankees’ off-season. It’s always suspect when a player exceeds all expectations for a good portion of a season, so when Gardner slumped I understood the concern. at Pending Pinstripes, Greg Fertel takes a look at the argument from the other side, noting that as long as Brett turns around to average production from here on out he’ll serve as a quality outfielder next year, allowing the Yanks to spend potential Carl Crawford money elsewhere. say, on a pitcher like…
The market for Cliff Lee
At TYU, Stephen R., an excellent mid-season addition to the site, exhaustively examines Lee’s possible landing points. To him it comes down to three primary contenders: the Yanks, the Dodgers, and the Rangers. Given the state of baseball and how each team is currently constructed, I like the Yanks’ chances in this one. It’s tough not to.
Jack Curry on Mariano Rivera
Perhaps the best off-season addition for the Yankees didn’t come on the field, but instead on their broadcast crew. Jack Curry has been wonderful in his new role. he even, from time to time, dusts off the writing chops he employed at the new York Times. this time he’s written about Mo and his ability to shake the pressure and do what he does.
Does pitching really win championships?
We know the old adage, and we’ve seen it at work plenty of times. But at ESPN (insider only, unfortunately), FanGraphs’ Jack Moore examines the past five years of playoff data and tries to determine if it actually holds true. better pitching does give a team an advantage, but it might not be as great as you think. there are plenty of other factors that go into building a championship team.
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by admin on January 25, 2012
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January 24, 2012 11:54 AM EST
In the ongoing patent battle between Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Samsung, Apple seems to have received a black eye after the latest round. A Dutch court threw out Apples appeal stating the design of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 and earlier Galaxy 10.1v tablets do not infringe on Apple’s patents. this is a tremendous win for Samsung as the company will be able to continue selling and distributing its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets throughout the Netherlands. The company will also have a stronger defense when disputing other ruling made by court systems within the European Union who stated there was conflicting interests and banned the sale and distribution of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets. other countries who have already ruled in favor of Apple include Germany and Italy. Shares of Apple are trading down 1.66 percent today as the company is scheduled to release its first quarter 2012 results following the closing bell today.Are you missing key trading opportunities? Upgrade to StreetInsider Premium and get a step ahead of the market – FREE TRIAL!
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by admin on January 24, 2012
About a year after their first foray into Android fields, Cowon released the Z2 Plenue in Korea – indirectly admitting the earlier D3 being a beta product… one that customers paid dear money for. The Z2 is basically the exact same product as the D3 with a few hardware flaws ironed out. The Z2′s 1GHz Telechips Cortex-A8 processor isn’t quite as outdated as the D3′s 750Mhz ARM11 (although it’s still far from what’s usually built into Android devices nowadays), and it has 512MB Ram, which is quite a bit more useful than the D3′s paltry 170MB (usually 60MB free). Gone is also Cowon’s proprietary 32-pin port – the Z2 sports standard MicroUSB and MicroHDMI ports. While this is generally a great update, it might however mean the Z2 doesn’t do S/PDIF-out anymore, as found on the D3′s proprietary port. The Z2′s screen is a 3.7″ 800 x 480 AMOLED one, just like the D3′s – let’s hope Cowon used one with a real RGB subpixel matrix this time, not an inferior Pentile one. I also hope they got hardware-accelerated video contrast ratio right this time – I’m still hoping for a fix for this glaring bug in the D3… Still available on the Z2 is one of the D3′s best features over almost all other Android devices out there – plenty of tactile buttons, making usability on the go quite a lot easier than touchscreen-only controls. Battery life on the Z2 still isn’t great – 22 hours for music, 8-9 hours for video. Let’s hope those synthetic benchmark numbers are somewhat close to real-life performance. The Z2 still runs on Android 2.3, and the user interface looks quite similar to the D3. The big clock on the main screen says “Happytime” – must be some Korean thing. If one doesn’t like all that, it’s easily changed with custom launchers, 3rd party audio- or video apps. Other than that, it seems the Z2 just got a few more EQ and sound enhancement presets over its ancestors – mostly of the gimmicky bathroom reverb variety. There’s also a feature called “Lossless Mixer” – which we probably will find out more about soon enough. It goes without saying that the Z2 plays every audio and video codec under the sun, and memory of course is expandable via MicroSDHC cards. Wi-Fi – check, Bluetooth – check, speaker, mic, FM radio – check. Still no camera or GPS, though. In my opinion the Z2 certainly looks less fetching, more generic than the D3. Cowon’s marketing drones call it “Floating Design” – by which they mean the edge of the back plate resembles a bevel or bezel. I can’t imagine that being overly nice to hold, compared to a more regular curved back plate. Same as the J3 was an evolutionary upgrade on the older S9 , the Z2 doesn’t seem ‘revolutionary’ compared to the D3. This is often a good approach – Cowon has a track record of trying to reinvent the wheel with each new player, and often failing at it. Let’s hope this time they learned from their mistakes with the D3 and deliver another killer device like the J3. A release date for the Western world isn’t known yet, but the Z2 goes from 259000 KRW (~230 USD) for the 8GB version to 339000 KRW (~300 USD) for the 32GB version in Korea. [ Cowon Korea via iAudiophile ]
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Cowon released the D3… no wait, this time it’s called the Z2
