First it was Polaroid with the film, then Sony with the Walkman line, now Panasonic announces in a statement to The Tokyo Reporter that they will discontinue audio products within their Technics line. Its a sad day for DJs, turntabilists and vinyl audiophiles as the iconic Technics 1200 production will be no more.
Facebook Phishing "Look at you haha:P" Scam
It was only a matter of time before phishing scams hit the walls of Facebook users. It all begins as a confirmed friend — whose account has been compormised — posts a link on another friend’s wall. As the unsuspecting user clicks on the link, they are logged out of Facebook and re-directed to a different domain that looks just like the official Facebook site. Once the user logs in, credentials such as username and password have been given to the malicious site.
Back on September 27th, 2010 Todd Agulnick Co-Founder and CTO of Xmarks, Inc. announced in the company blog that the Xmarks service would cease operations due to funding issues. The community — which includes myself — would have none of that and not let their beloved cross-browser syncing service go without a fight and it worked! Although not signed and in-writing, Xmarks has received several offers from multiple companies ready and willing to take over operations.
Eddie Matos in the State Farm "National Pastime" commercial
You may have noticed a series of commercials that feature a Latino spokesman (Eddie Matos) for State Farm, giving viewers an easier way to save money by simply switching to their insurance. A colleague and I have been refering to the actor as “The Mexican Tom Cruise” due to what else but his Tom Cruise-like features. Wanting to know a little more about the guy, a quick Google search yielded nothing but results filled with animosity and hate directed towards the guy.
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AP - Florencio Avalos first of the 33 miners to reach the surface
Just a few minutes ago 31-year old Florencio Avalos wearing special dark sunglasses to protect his eyes, became the first of the 33 Chilean miners trapped for 10 weeks and more than one kilometer underground to reach the surface.
When the Nokia N8 was announced, I was extremely disappointed that it would only take 720p videos @ 25fps. Thankfully hyperX would have none of that and create a hack that allows videos up to 30fps with continuous autofocus.
Nokia N8 Compression Comparison
Also in the mod is 100% image quality. There is less compression and therefore less artifacts with the modification. The only downside is that images tend to be four or more times larger in size than the default settings. I imagine that this would slow down the processing in both saving and opening time in the gallery application not to mention the built-in editing software.
Maybe Nokia will take the hint and release firmware with these features built in.
Download the modification full 30fps and 100% image quality (2.2 KB)
*** Note that you will need to sign the file and REBOOT the device after installation ***
Now that the Nokia N8 has shipped, the reviews that I have been anxiously anticipating are appearing faster than Google instant can display them. Not exactly, but most of them have hit the key points — good and bad — that I thought would.
Have you noticed recently that as you begin a search on Google, results appear instantly as you type? This is due to a new feature called Google Instant.
