3D TVs go head to head in our latest video
Mar 16, 2010 Technology
Big Differences In 3D TVs
Our TV experts are continuing to test the 3D TVs we’ve been telling you about for the past week. Though we haven’t completed our in-depth tests yet, we’re seeing some performance differences between the models. All three sets—Samsung’s 46-inch 7000- and 8000-series LCD TVs, and Panasonic’s 50-inch VT-20 series plasma—produced compelling, realistic three-dimensional images, but they didn’t look identical.
Step into our video lab to learn more. See for yourself how the TVs differed, and which looked best. We’ll keep you posted as we complete our tests and have even more detail to share.
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Daily Dispatch: Facebook experiments with QR codes; Intel launches low-cost solid-state drive
Mar 16, 2010 Technology
Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
Facebook Kicks Off Implementation Of QR Codes (TechCrunch)
… Facebook appears to have started enabling users to generate custom two-dimensional QR codes. From the looks of the screenshot embedded above, there are two types of QR codes: a personal barcode or a “status QR barcode”. This also seems to appear on Facebook Fan Pages.
Intel Intros 40-GB SSD For $125 (ChannelWeb)
Intel signaled its intent to lead the entry-level SSD market with the introduction of a 40-GB SSD with a price of only $125. Intel on Monday unveiled its X25-V Value SATA solid state drive (SSD), a new line aimed at the netbook, notebook, and desktop PC market.
The cappuccino car that runs on coffee… so will you have to use the filter lane? (MailOnline)
A car that runs on coffee is unveiled today – but it certainly won't take the grind out of commuting. And at between 25 and 50 times the cost of running a car on petrol, the invention won't please any motor industry bean-counters either.
PayPal Launches Revamped iPhone App, Teams With Bump For Phone-Tapping Money Transfers (TechCrunch)
PayPal has just launched an upgraded iPhone application that adds new features and includes a facelift that’s meant to help instill a greater sense of security. And it also brings with it big news for Bump Technologies, the startup that lets you exchange information simply by tapping smartphones together: Bump is now prominently featured in the PayPal iPhone application as a quick way to initiate transactions.
Lighter side: Pomplamoose cover Lady Gaga's "Telephone" in a VideoSong (PomplamooseMusic)
Tags: daily-dispatch, electronics, Internet, Photography
Daily Dispatch: Facebook experiments with QR codes; Intel launches low-cost solid-state drive
Mar 16, 2010 News
Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
Facebook Kicks Off Implementation Of QR Codes (TechCrunch)
… Facebook appears to have started enabling users to generate custom two-dimensional QR codes. From the looks of the screenshot embedded above, there are two types of QR codes: a personal barcode or a “status QR barcode”. This also seems to appear on Facebook Fan Pages.
Intel Intros 40-GB SSD For $125 (ChannelWeb)
Intel signaled its intent to lead the entry-level SSD market with the introduction of a 40-GB SSD with a price of only $125. Intel on Monday unveiled its X25-V Value SATA solid state drive (SSD), a new line aimed at the netbook, notebook, and desktop PC market.
The cappuccino car that runs on coffee… so will you have to use the filter lane? (MailOnline)
A car that runs on coffee is unveiled today – but it certainly won't take the grind out of commuting. And at between 25 and 50 times the cost of running a car on petrol, the invention won't please any motor industry bean-counters either.
PayPal Launches Revamped iPhone App, Teams With Bump For Phone-Tapping Money Transfers (TechCrunch)
PayPal has just launched an upgraded iPhone application that adds new features and includes a facelift that’s meant to help instill a greater sense of security. And it also brings with it big news for Bump Technologies, the startup that lets you exchange information simply by tapping smartphones together: Bump is now prominently featured in the PayPal iPhone application as a quick way to initiate transactions.
Lighter side: Pomplamoose cover Lady Gaga's "Telephone" in a VideoSong (PomplamooseMusic)
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Sharp World Clock 4.55 (Windows)
Mar 16, 2010 Free Downloads
Desktop World Clock program to display any number of analog and/or digital clocks in a single interface with a row or grid arrangement. Clocks can be configured in color, background image (tiled or stretched) and size.
Download:
Sharp World Clock 4.55 (Windows)
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Forms To Go 4.3.3 (Windows)
Mar 16, 2010 Internet
Create custom PHP, ASP, and Perl scripts for HTML forms and send the field values thru e-mail, in text, HTML, or multipart, with file uploaded in the forms and then attached to the e-mail, or dump the field values to a text file, MySQL, or MS-Access database.
Go here to learn more:
Forms To Go 4.3.3 (Windows)
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Recovery Toolbox for Word 1.1.10 (Windows)
Mar 16, 2010 Internet
Recovery Toolbox for Word opens Microsoft Word documents of doc, docx, dot, dotx and rtf formats that are not accessible in Microsoft Office normally. It does not matter why the text files in question are not openable, there are many causes that may influence the stability of text documents, including viruses, operating system errors and download issues. No problems if you have already thought about a backup copy of damaged files and it is not too old at least
To download go here:
Recovery Toolbox for Word 1.1.10 (Windows)
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VideoCharge Studio 2.4.1.605 (Windows)
Mar 16, 2010 Free Downloads
VideoCharge Studio is a video editor which is intended for video creation and editing, drawing watermarks, improving video quality by applying filters, creation of WEB video-sites, video batch processing, montage and many other things.VideoCharge Studio supports work with all main video formats which exist nowadays.
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VideoCharge Studio 2.4.1.605 (Windows)
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Schedule It 6.41 (Windows)
Mar 16, 2010 Internet
Schedule It is the ultimate in room, people and resource planning software. Six scheduling programs in one, single or multi users, local or remote access. Use Schedule It to plan and schedule just about any collection of resources or tasks with detailed filtering, reporting, expense tracking, and cost analysis for each.
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Schedule It 6.41 (Windows)
Tags: business-applications, Free Downloads, Internet, Photography
CDMenuPro 6.40.01 (Windows)
Mar 16, 2010 Free Downloads
CDMenuPro has been designed to create autorun menu applications for CD, DVD and USB Flash Drive.
Go here to download:
CDMenuPro 6.40.01 (Windows)
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Happy 25th birthday, Dotcom
Mar 15, 2010 Technology
March 15, 1985: Symbolics, a computer company, registered the very first ".com" domain name, spinning an early thread in what would become the World Wide Web. A mere 25 years later, millions of us pay daily homage to that creation by frittering away our time, sometimes 24/7, tweeting, blogging, and posting our brilliant insights on social networks.
This is a perfect moment to an take a breather from surfing and—with no disrespect to such cyberspace icons as YouTube, Hulu, Facebook, and Twitter—contemplate the tradeoffs we've made since the Web began to pull us in.
As complex as our relationships with dotcoms have become, maybe this quick poll is a little simplistic. (It's definitely not scientific.) But you will be able to see instantly how your fellow readers feel, and that's something you couldn't have done 25 years ago.
—Nick K. Mandle
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