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River of News for iPad Updated – Retina Support and More

Found this on iPad Insight this morning…..

River of News, the excellent Google Reader RSS client for the iPad, was updated yesterday – to Version 1.5.

The headline item on the change list is retina graphics for the new iPad – including high resolution feed icons and a snazzy new icon for the app itself. Here’s the remainder of the what’s new list for this version:

- Pinch to zoom images
- Sort by Magic in addition to oldest and newest first
- Better Facebook sharing
- Browser is always full-screen to prevent crashing during video playback
- Bug fixes

This has been my favorite RSS reader on the iPad for a long while, and featured in our list of Best iPad Apps of 2011.

Lately I have been using Reeder more often – but they are both great apps and it’s very good to see River of News updated with retina support. I did the update last night and it’s looking sharp.

Here’s an App Store link for River of News; it’s priced at $2.99.

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Personal submarine offers submerged mobility

We’ve shown you a few cool personal submarines before, but they all fell just a bit short of the standard that a modern James Bond spy might require. To address that aesthetic deficiency, we have the Spymaster MiniSub.

The UK-based spy equipment manufacturer created the one-person submarine to plunge roughly 40 feet below the sea with a battery that lasts for about 60-80 minutes. The submarine is slow, with a speed of only 1 mile per hour, but with these vehicles speed isn’t as important as the view.

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Transfer Media From iOS to a Computer Without iTunes

When Apple originally launched iTunes it revolutionized device-to-computer media sync software. But after years of leaving the app largely unchanged, users have started calling for a revamp. In this day in age, iTunes feels antiquated.

Luckily, there are a couple of ways around using iTunes to transfer media from your iOS device to your computer, and vice versa. Using file transfer software, you can move virtually anything from your iDevice to your Windows PC or Mac and back again.(…)
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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime Review

Going from making good motherboards to going head to head with Samsung for Google’s affection is a pretty big step for ASUS, but it’s one that the company has taken and done very well with. None of its peers have made the same transition, especially not while continuing to thrive in their existing businesses. I don’t think anyone can say that ASUS’ motherboards have suffered over the past several years as the company has transitioned, much like Apple, into the world of being a mobile computer manufacturer.

ASUS’ first Android tablet was a knock out of the park. The original Eee Pad Transformer gave us a glimpse of the future with its keyboard dock while delivering a good Honeycomb experience for $100 less than the competition. As many sacrifices as ASUS had to make to reach its price point, the original Eee Pad remains one of the best Honeycomb tablets on the market. But the show must go on and simply being the cheapest on the block doesn’t work anymore, particularly with companies like Amazon redefining what cheap means. It was time for a new flagship and today we have that tablet:

Priced at $499 the Eee Pad Transformer Prime will be available in North America during the week of 12/19.

Read on for our full review!

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Multi-Touch Glass Keyboard & Mouse

When in doubt, strip out the moving parts and see what you wind up with. This is the idea inventor Jason Giddings is following as he turns to Kickstarter to help fund the prototype creation for a glass keyboard and mouse, both sporting multitouch functionality.

The design uses the same biometric systems that currently capture fingerprints on assorted trackpads and keyboards, and uses a technique known as Frustrated Total Internal Reflection — which incorporates a series of LEDs on the bottom of a device — to bounce infrared light beams around the inside of the glass.

This process is interrupted when a finger touches the glass, wherein a simple embedded camera captures the event, processes where the keystroke, mouse click or gesture took place and relays the signal to the computer.

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Ham Radio Licenses In The U.S. Top 700,000,

HTC Edge – A Quad-Core Smartphone

HTC Edge may be the first quad-core smartphone to market originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Commodore USA’s C64x Extreme: Quad Core Coming December 2011

Everyone old enough remembers Commodore 64. For many, it was their first computer. It was among the first computers aimed for home use and its unique form factor was unforgettable. Simply put, Commodore 64 had everything inside a keyboard-like chassis. The original Commodore 64 was made by Commodore International, which defuncted in 1994. Last year, a company called Commodore USA bought branding rights for Commodore brand.

Commodore USA launched C64x Ultimate in 2010, which was a direct copy of the classical Commodore 64 with new internals. It featured a dual core Atom CPU and NVIDIA Ion 2 graphics, so not exactly top-notch hardware, considering that it was priced at $999. The company has now announced C64x Extreme with Core i7-2720QM. The complete specs are below.

Commodore C64x Extreme Specifications
Processor	Intel Core i7-2720QM (4/8, 2.2GHz, 6MB)
Chipset	Intel HM67
Graphics	Intel HD 3000
Memory	8GB DDR3
Storage	2TB 7200rpm hard drive
Ports	2x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, LAN, HDMI, DVI, VGA, PS/2, audio-in, audio-out, mic
OS	Mint 11
Price	$1499

Due to the price, C64x will most likely attract mainly Commodore enthusiasts. There isn’t even a discrete GPU or Windows included. C64x comes with pre-installed Mint 11, which is a Linux distribution. There is a Linux based Commodore Vision OS coming from Commodore USA later on, though, for ultimate retro experience.

C64x uses regular mini-ITX motherboards and Commodore USA also sells a barebone model without any innards priced at $349. Not cheap, but it might be a good alternative in case you are not pleased with the configurations provided by Commodore USA. However, the form factor limits your components a lot so fitting a desktop CPU and GPU without modding is likely impossible.

C64x Extreme will start shipping on December 15th and can be ordered from Commdore USA’s website.

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The Real Iron Man Suit Almost Ready?

If you have dreamed of one day having a real Iron Man style suit to endow you with superhuman strength, the wait may not be too much longer.

We’ve seen lots of Iron Man style wannabees over the last few years, but the XOS 2 from Sarcos Raytheon looks like the closest thing to a real product so far.

This improved version of the original XOS is stronger, lighter, more damage resistant, and uses only half the power of its predecessor. It’s still tethered to an external power supply, which trades mobility for a lot more power and longer running time.

The good news is that Sarcos just announced that they expect to start shipping XOS 2 within about five years, and that an untethered version could be about 10 years out. Come to think of it, isn’t that what they said almost five years ago?

Obviously the military will be getting first dibs on the initial production, but eventually we should be able to get what would be the all time ultimate Halloween costume for ourselves.

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