Daily Crunch: Hats Edition

Fez: Check Out The Indie Game Everyone Will Be Talking About This Year Kinect Hack: Head-Mounted Kinect Makes For Rudimentary Artificial Vision Geek Run Shows New And Interesting Way To Use The Kinect Study: Emerging Economies Turn To Piracy Because Prices Are Entirely Too High GE Discovers New Breakthrough Material For Thermal Management In Electronics

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/17/daily-crunch-hats-edition/

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Japan's Earthquake Could Cause Delays For Sony's NGP [Psp2]

The launch of Sony's next PlayStation Portable, currently codenamed NGP, may not be a global affair this year, in part due to the massive T?hoku earthquake and deadly tsunami that slammed Japan last month. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/OyPjALeHNwc/japans-earthquake-could-cause-delays-for-sonys-ngp

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Twitter finally gets a legitimate search function, lets you filter tweets using smiley faces

Like Google's web search, Twitter started off life doing one single thing and doing it very well. And, just like Google, it's kept adding subtle little enhancements along its way to becoming a mature internet tool. Today, its own famously simplistic search functionality has take a turn through the makeover booth and has emerged shinier, happier, and much smarter on the other side. No longer do you need to have, for example, the specific names of your favorite smartphone jailbreak artists, you just search for the general term and Twitter will do some actual searching for you instead of merely matching your query to usernames. You can even step up to an advanced search, where adding the ":)" and ":(" operators determines whether you'll get happy or downbeat tweets on the topic. Come to think of it, that is pretty advanced. Yo Google, where are your emoticon operators?

Twitter finally gets a legitimate search function, lets you filter tweets using smiley faces originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/04/twitter-finally-gets-a-legitimate-search-function-lets-you-filt/

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Daily Crunch: Prep Edition

This OCD Chef Cutting Board Aligns Perfectly With My Neuroses MIT Scientist Claims To Have Created Practical ?Artificial Leaf? Giveaway: Every Impactband Color Videos: Robot Spatula ?SWITL? Picks Up And Replaces Semi-Liquids Without Destroying Their Shape Excelsior! Students Build Fruit Ninja Simulator

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/29/daily-crunch-prep-edition/

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Nikon D5100 DSLR Hopes Special Effects Like 102,400 ISO Night Vision Make It Special [Cameras]

These things no longer make even a $900 DSLR special: 15+ megapixel resolution, 1080p video recording and a swivel LCD screen. So Nikon's 16.2-megapixel D5100 tries to stand out by slathering on the in-camera special effects. This is the appification of your digital camera. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/c1JehPJzF0I/nikon-d5100-dslr-hopes-special-effects-like-102400-iso-night-vision-makes-it-special

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Xbox Development Kit arrives with 'significantly reduced price,' Sidecar attachment

What's this, you ask? The next generation of Xbox 360 development, that's what. With a shockingly small amount of fanfare, Microsoft has ushered in a striking new Xbox Development Kit, which is purportedly designed to increase efficiency and reduce cost for Xbox 360 dev teams. Aside from boasting an undisclosed uptick in RAM, built-in flash memory, a more capacious hard drive and a slimmer form factor, this XDK will also be sold at a "significantly reduced price from its predecessor." 'Course, the folks in Redmond aren't saying what exactly that sticker will look like, but those interested in taking the plunge regardless will also have the option to license a Sidecar attachment that enables debugging and disc emulation. We're told that said accessory can be shared among multiple XDK consoles, and in turn, it should lower the overall price to create, test, debug, and release an Xbox 360 or Xbox Live Arcade game. It's still a guessing game when it comes to an actual launch date, but it'll become "the standard kit" when new orders are fulfilled in the future. Feel free to peruse the gallery below if you're interested, and toss out a wild guess as to what that Sidecar will go for on eBay during the next century. Aim high, bub!

Gallery: Xbox Development Kit and Sidecar: slimmer, sleeker, cheaper

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Xbox Development Kit arrives with 'significantly reduced price,' Sidecar attachment originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sprint beta testing Google Voice integration

Sprint and Google have already teased us about Google Voice integration on Android phones, and they were serious.  We're getting numerous reports that the beta program has started, and a little bit of information comes with them.  You'll have two options -- use your existing Sprint number to replace your Google Voice number, or use your Google Voice number to replace your Sprint number.  The first option sounds very much like a carrier-supported version of porting your cell number to Google Voice, while the second option should provide the benefit of using Android's native (or a third party) SMS/MMS client.  Both sound awful useful to me, and I can think of use case scenarios for each. 

The drawback to enrolling in this testing is the lack of customer support.  Instead of calling customer service, you'll be at the mercy of support via a Google Group.  I guess that beats Google's python script help center, though.  And to answer your next question -- no, there's no place to sign up, it looks like Sprint is cherry picking testers from their user base. 

I expect we'll see this open to the public sooner rather than later, but right now I'm more curious about where this one is heading, and Sprint's new relationship with Google.  Things could get very interesting here.  The full text of the email testers are receiving is after the break.  Thanks, Dave and riggsAndroid!

Sprint beta testing Google Voice integration posted originally by Android Central

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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/0V1m7wENvQk/sprint-beta-testing-google-voice-integration

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Survival Lab is a fun pixelated game where dying doesn't matter

In most games, dying is a bad thing. You have to start all over again, or at least revert to the last save point and lose some progress. Not so in Survival Lab: in this pixelated gem you play as a lone individual pitted against ruthless weapons in a sealed chamber. You have to run, jump and duck, collecting little yellow things (I have no idea what they're called).

For each donut-like yellow thing you pick up, you gain a bit of experience. If you manage to collect several in a row without getting hit, this counts as a combo. You can see my mad combo skills in the screenshot, of course. Collecting combos is a good thing, because a ten-point combo gives you for more experience than just collecting ten dounts one by one (getting hit in-between).

Having experience is useful, because once you die, you get to a screen where you can upgrade your skills. You can learn to run faster, double-jump (and then double-jump higher), and duck. You can also gain more armour so that getting hit won't kill you so quickly.

What makes this simple game so addictive is that when you die, your experience doesn't reset. You just go back to the same level, or another level of your choosing, and keep accumulating more and more experience. Lots of fun, especially if you're into the whole retro-gaming thing.

Survival Lab is a fun pixelated game where dying doesn't matter originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Deal of the Day ? Apple Mac mini 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo with GeForce 320M

Today?s LogicBUY deal offers savings on the Apple Mac mini MC270LL/A computer with 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo cpu.� Updates: NVIDIA GeForce 320M integrated graphics, built-in power supply, HDMI port, and SD card slot. Price is $599.99 with free shipping. This deal expires April 4, 2011 or sooner. Check the above link for more details on [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/04/04/deal-of-the-day-%e2%80%93-apple-mac-mini-2-4ghz-core-2-duo-with-geforce-320m/

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Google Maps for Android Adds Location History, Makes Using Latitude Seem Actually Worthwhile [Updates]

Android: Google Maps rolled out some new features for their location-tracking Latitude app today, letting you view summaries of where you go and spend most of your time. It's pretty cool—so cool, they make us actually want to use Latitude. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/3q89CSenaaY/google-maps-for-android-adds-location-history-makes-using-latitude-seem-actually-worthwhile

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Bandits Are Tiny Bungees with Hooks

Bandits are tiny bungee cords with a built-in plastic hook. They’re like the similar (and larger) ball bungee, only the hook makes them even more versatile for joining things temporarily together.
You can loop the little rubber-bands around a bundle of objects and simply hook it to itself, like a dog chasing its tail, only more [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/bandits-are-tiny-bungees-with-hooks/

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Android Market in-app billing now testing, goes live next week

The Android Market is still missing a few key pieces of functionality. Among them is in-app payments -- which Google has now announced will begin rolling out next week. The company is encouraging developers to upload apps that include in-app purchases, and instructions have been provided to walk submitters through the set-up and testing process. Google has made sure test apps can't actually be published until the launch next week, though.

While it's nice that Android users will finally be able to make in-app purchases, we're not going to lie -- right now we're more interested in the Amazon Appstore's daily freebie...

Android Market in-app billing now testing, goes live next week originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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