Acer’s 2009 range
Digitimes reports that Acer is set to launch 3-4 Windows Mobile handsets next year, most low-end handsets outsourced to Inventec.
Acer, who recently expanded their mobile team to 750 members, will likely however keep some handsets in house, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform, as part of their high-end range.
Read more at Digitimes here.
There is a growing culture of bike enthusiasts, and the need for comfort and style need to be met when discussing the fashion for these lifestyles. Momentum Magazine sponsored a show in San Francisco that highlights both of these elements. Their showcase featured fashions and bikes that were suitable for each other. The collections modeled covered a range of styles from urbanwear to more formal wear. The pairing of these fashions to the bike models played an imperative role, as you can see the relation of the two in the images captured from the show.
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Just outside of the Joshua Tree National Park, among the barren desert hills of southeastern California, an ominous, black structure protrudes from the sand. Designed by Los Angeles based architect Robert Stone, Rosa Muerta is an open-air structure available for vacation rentals. The all black abode includes a living room with fireplace and spa, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.
Stone calls the experience at Rosa Muerta “glamping,” his term for glamorous camping. He drew his inspiration for the structure from the modernist architecture in his home town of Palm Springs combined with modernist art and minimalism. The dark palette allows the residents to enliven the space. Stone asserts that “people are the color-they’re what bring it to life.” A retreat to Rosa Muerta is sure to be unlike any other vacation experience.
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Nissan ha comenzado a hablar de la próxima generación del GT-R y ya ha confirmado de forma oficial que será ni más ni menos que un superdeportivo híbrido. Además, ya se ha comenzado a especular que utilizará un motor V6 biturbo asociado a un potente motor eléctrico.
Por otra parte, lo más previsible es que el Nissan GT-R haga uso de su actual motor 3.8 V6 biturbo pero rebajando la potencia a los 440 CV. Esta potencia sumada a los 160 CV de un motor eléctrico – unido a unas baterías de litio – la potencia combinada sería de 600 CV.
Gracias al motor eléctrico, el consumo sería mejorado apróximadamente hasta los 7l/100 km recorridos. Además, Nissan ha comunicado que el peso de las baterías y el motor eléctrico supondrá un lastre que deberá ser compensado con técnicas avanzadas de reducción de peso, pero ya advierten que será imposible un peso más contenido.
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As the year winds down, I find myself looking back at the year in gadgets. Sure, we’ve reported on hundreds, maybe thousands of devices, applications and services, but ultimately the best ones are the ones that I purchased with my own money. Don’t get me wrong — enjoying features on the very latest devices on loan is always fun, but the real stamp of approval comes from my wallet. Here’s the best of the best that I purchased this year, in no particular order.
Apple iPhone 3GS — I bought a first generation 8GB iPhone in June of 2007, but I passed on the iPhone 3G a year later. There simply wasn’t enough of a boost in the hardware for me to upgrade in 2008 and I paid full price for the first generation handset. This year, Apple gave me enough reason to upgrade thanks to the auto-focus camera, 32 GB of storage and faster processor. Say what you will about Apple’s control — you’d be right to criticize them for it — but my iPhone 3GS is still the best smartphone I’ve ever used. The device is never out of my sight, is extremely versatile courtesy of large application library and functions like a digital Swiss Army knife in so many situations. I use it to track my exercise, to take video, read my feeds and so much more. In fact, when my computing needs are light, I use the Apple iPhone over other devices because I always try to use the lightest tool for the task.
Toshiba NB205 netbook — One Saturday night this past summer saw me and my son checking out the latest netbooks at Best Buy. It didn’t take us 10 minutes of play time before we found ourselves in the checkout line with a new netbook. While the guts were largely the same from my MSI Wind U100 –bought in 2008 for almost double the price — the compelling difference was in the battery life. The NB205 routinely lasts for eight hours of real-world use using Microsoft Windows XP. Benchmarking shows it to lose some of that advantage with Windows 7, but it’s still a device that can be used for hours with nary an outlet in sight. Other key features include the generously sized trackpad, effective chiclet-styled keyboard and a USB sleep-and-charge port.
Canon EOS Rebel T1i DSLR — Like my netbook, this digital SLR camera was an upgrade over a 2008 purchase. Last year, I bought the EOS Rebel XSi, but once Canon added a higher resolution sensor and high-definition video recording to the T1i, I knew I had to have it. The very first 720p recording almost impressed me more than Tyler’s speed and agility used to solve his Rubik’s Cube. I was more than happy with the 12.2 megapixel sensor on the XSi, so the bump to 15.1 megapixels on the T1i was just icing on the cake. A faster DIGIC processor on the T1i also allows for more continuous pictures in burst mode — another nice bonus.
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens — It didn’t take long before I wanted a new lens for my new camera, so I picked up the “nifty fifty” in 2009. While I didn’t gain any focal length over the included 18 – 55mm lens, I did add some “speed” to my camera in terms of aperture, or the amount of light that passes through the lens. The aperture of Canon’s kit lens ranges from 3.5 to 5.6 — the higher the number the smaller the opening for light to travel into the lens. The prime 50mm lens at 1.8 is fairly wide open which offers better low light photos, the ability to use a faster shutter speed and a shallow depth-of-field which highlights the focus of an image on a very specific point. A good example is a pic I took of the HTC Touch Pro 2 — one commenter said it was the best product photo he’d seen on our site.
Amazon Kindle 2 — Very few of you know this, but I was a full-time library supervisor for five years in the early 1990’s. My childhood love for books made it a perfect workplace for me. So it should be no surprise that I bought my first e-book in 2003 for a Pocket PC device – after that, I was hooked. I initially veered away from the original Amazon Kindle, mainly due to what I consider shoddy physical design. This year, Amazon corrected that with the Kindle 2 and I had to have it. I’ve already spent more on digital content than I did for the device itself, and like my iPhone, my Kindle goes where I go. It’s light enough to travel anywhere, offers weeks of battery life and can get new content over mobile broadband in seconds. It’s not uncommon for me to read two to three books each week with this device. And in the rare times, I don’t have it with me, I can always revert to reading on my iPhone 3GS thanks to the Kindle for iPhone software — in fact, the flexibility that software provides is what pushed me to make the Kindle 2 purchase.
Apple Magic Mouse — One of my favorite features on the MacBook I use is the multi-touch trackpad. Since purchasing the laptop in late 2008, I never wanted to use a mouse because I knew I’d lose those useful touch functions. Unfortunately, some pain in the second half of this year had me thinking that I need to find an input solution that was more ergonomic. I’ve since redesigned my workspace with a floating monitor mount and superb ergo chair, but to do things right, I have to layoff the MacBook keyboard and trackpad. Enter the Magic Mouse with support for two finger touch — with it, I haven’t lost all of the trackpad functionality I use daily. I can still have my touch gestures but can leave the trackpad behind.
There you have it — my top six gadget purchases of 2009. I’m anticipating that some will ask where the Palm Pre is on my list since I bought it the first day it became available. Just to be pre-emptive on that topic — I do like the phone and the operating system (although there’s quite a bit that needs refining), but I’m simply tired of waiting for the apps and services that I use and need on a daily basis. The lack of inclusion on my list doesn’t mean the Pre is a bad device — it’s just not meeting my personal needs, as I’ve clearly stated before.
What’s on your list of top gadget purchases in 2009?
Robin Grasby, a furniture designer and recent graduate of Northubria University, is the creative mind behind the Homework Desk, a versatile workstation that accommodates a range of different uses. Grasby extensively researched the habits and needs of several designers, architects, illustrators, teachers, and students in order to arrive at his final design for the desk. He concluded that the requirements for each user were wholly unique, and consequently, no single design could satisfy them all. Consequently, Grasby designed a modular desk system that allows the user to customize the layout to his or her needs. Interchangeable elements include stationery pots, picture slots, a vase, filing buckets and a cable manager. Exposed connections and unfinished wood lend the desk a straightforward, functional visual presence.
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the second thing is i worry about my kidneys. not sure why but i remember after i had my first child my kidney count was high but then improved after i had gone on meds. anyone else know what i am talking about with this.
Cooking can be an enjoyable, meditative, even therapeutic endeavor, but there are plenty of times when you just need to get dinner on the table. I hear from a lot of readers new to the Primal Blueprint who are dealing with the kitchen learning curve: how to condense shopping trips, how to assemble good Primal meals throughout the busy week, how to free up time for other activities outside the kitchen. A group of readers recently took up the discussion in our forum. I thought I’d throw out some of my own best suggestions for maximizing Primal cooking efforts but minimizing actual kitchen time – especially on busy work nights. I hope you’ll join the discussion and dole out your own favorite tips.
A common beef, as reader maba and others have mentioned, is the shopping time – specifically, the need to split shopping between at least two stores to gather all the week’s supplies. However, some creative planning and a little storage prep can cut out some of those second (and third) weekend trips. Buying your meat in bulk from a cowpooling source or other direct supplier, as reader nina_70 suggests, leaves you with a constant supply of cuts. Gathering up a large stock of veggies – with some freezer bags and prep – can knock out a large portion of your veggie needs for the week. As for fresh produce, I find that most items – if stored in cooler temps or the crisper – keep for more than a week.
The aforementioned forum folks were pretty unanimous on this one. We Primal types love us some leftovers. If you’re doing all the work of cooking a good Primal dish, why limit the benefit to a single meal? You have all the ingredients lined up. You have the knives, cutting boards, graters, etc. out. You know you’ll have all the dishes to do. Why not go for broke, and cook enough for tonight and then some? A few folks like to enjoy a big fresh batch throughout the week. Others prefer to freeze the majority of their expanded recipes, keeping maybe a little extra in the fridge for the next day’s breakfast or lunch. Either way saves big time. Some of us tire of the same taste more quickly than others. Personally, I’m one who can dig into a favorite again and again without hesitation, but my kids unfortunately didn’t inherit that preference. Maybe it’s an acquired taste you gain when you’re responsible for making each and every meal for yourself….
One bit of equipment worth having around: extra ice cube trays. Use them to store small portions of fresh herbs (frozen with a bit of water or stock), tomato paste, wine, coffee, stock, fruit or vegetable purees, sauces and pestos. Pop out as many or few as you need for the night’s recipe.
Nothing slows down an evening more (and creates more frustration) than rummaging through the cabinets trying to pull together a meal only to realize you’re missing key ingredients to, well, every idea you come up with. Create a full menu for each week and post it on the fridge. Your shopping will be smoother as will your weekly cooking/lunch packing endeavors. You might be tired when you get home after a long day, but it can be a relief to know you don’t have to actually think about dinner. It’s all there in black and white. It frees up your mind to talk with your partner, listen to the radio, joke with the kids while you simply go through the preset motions.
An even easier addition to the menu approach: recreate most of the same selection each week. Not every week needs to be a string of creative recipe trials (although those are fun if you have the time and inclination). To keep it fresh, you can certainly throw in a couple novel ideas each week, but relying on several tried and true favorites will save you time and brain power. Plug the standard shopping list into your smart phone, and you’re set to go for the grocery store/market trips.
On Sundays my wife and I have taken to preparing a large bowl of chopped veggies to use for the entire week ahead. For the two of us we use: 1/2 head red cabbage, 1 red onion, 3-4 carrots, 1 bell pepper and whatever else we bought at the market that week. We dice it all up, and store most of it mixed as an all purpose veggie collection. We dip into it throughout the week for our daily salads, soups, omelets and stir frys. Of course you could use broccoli, cauliflower or anything else you have or like. A food processor can make the process that much quicker.
I’m not one who believes every gadget is worth buying or that the vast majority of these items even save an appreciable amount of time. Nonetheless, over the years I’ve found a few favorites that complement my particular cooking habits. As one forum poster Caroline noted, a good salad spinner takes the work and time out of washing fresh greens and herbs. A number of readers, like LovesToClimb, said they love their crock pots. A few other ideas? Try a small and/or large food processor, a traditional blender for Primal shakes, a stick blender for pureeing soup and soft vegetables and fruits, a small set of high quality knives, a garlic press, a rolling herb grater or herb snips, good kitchen shears, cheese grater, citrus reamer, microplane grater/zester, digital thermometer, fine mesh strainers and lots of small prep bowls. Other must-haves, anyone?
Have your own signature combo of seasonings you use for a lot of meats or veggies? Why not mix up a large batch in its own jar? The same goes for your favorite marinades, dressings and other condiments. Some can even be frozen in large batches using cubes or freezer bags.
There are days…and weeks…alas, sometimes months when we know we can’t do everything ourselves. It’s good to know when to bring in some reinforcements. While it adds some cost to be sure, bagged lettuce, cut produce (thanks DebFM!), cubed stew meat, and other primed, Primal foods can save you enough time and work that you don’t have to compromise your diet for the sake of your schedule. Sometimes you do what you gotta do. Then there are always those kids…. Line ‘em up and put ‘em to work.
Canned tomatoes, canned/boxed stock, and other canned and frozen ingredients can be a lifesaver. There’s nothing that says every vegetable has to be fresh. My favorite: a frozen Thai stir fry blend. Find your own favorite brands, or prepare them yourself to have on hand.
This one’s admittedly more of a mental tactic, but sometimes life calls for that. Thinking you’ll be faced with a mountain of dishes at the end of the night isn’t very inspiring. Starting with a straightened kitchen and cleaning as you go clears the mind and keeps your head in the game. Put any dishes directly into the dishwasher. Put away ingredients when you’re done with them. Employ the Rachel Ray “garbage bowl” concept to keep all refuse in one place. Though the efforts might delay your meal by a few minutes, you’ll feel freer to sit and enjoy the fruits of your labor, having finished the bulk of the work.
Have your own favorite short-cuts and efficiency tips? Do share! Thanks for reading.
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Perhaps you’ve grown tired of Tweetie, Twitterific or Socialite. Before you resort to Adobe AIR apps like Seesmic and TweetDeck, give Kiwi, the new kid on the block, a try. Fans of customizable third-party clients for other social services like Adium will probably find something to love in this fresh-faced addition to the Mac’s Twitter options.
Kiwi comes with a number of theme customization options pre-installed, and being primarily utilitarian in my own tastes when it comes to Twitter, I’m not sure what else you could ask for. For those with more imagination and a thirst for variety, though, you can download countless more themes from the web.
You can also customize the toolbar that appears above your time line in the client window, just like you can with Firefox. It’s a neat feature, but so far, there aren’t enough options to choose from to make this worthwhile. It could prove useful later, depending on how Twitter’s growth plays out feature-wise.
Kiwi is simple, in terms of functions, which makes it an appealing choice for the casual Twitter user. You get one window, with your basic time line, and icons across the top allow you to switch the view to @ mentions or DMs. Clicking on a tweet brings up a conversation view, and clicking on a user’s icon shows that person’s time line.
Retweeting uses the new API, and there’s no option to switch to old-school RT or “via” style quotes. Users new to the service, or those who like Twitter’s official implementation, might enjoy this, but it’s a deal-breaker for me. Nor am I crazy about the way Kiwi handles account switching (click on your own profile icon and choose from a drop-down list) but at least multiple-account support is present. It seems to take up a bit more memory than Tweetie, too.
Twitter search is easily accessed by typing a keyword into the bottom field and pressing enter. Once you activate a search, a Loop icon appears where your account picture is usually found, and the results are displayed in the main time line. Going back to your accounts is as simple as clicking on the Loop and switching back, or using the menu or Kiwi’s keyboard shortcuts. It’s a clean and efficient way of managing many functions from a single, convenient location.
Kiwi is free to try, but it’ll cost you $14.95 to unlock the full version. Check it out if you’re looking for something simple, yet customizable and unique. I’d definitely recommend it for new users looking to transition smoothly from the web interface to a desktop solution.
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FTAlphaville: The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting in Luanda, Angola, agreed on Tuesday to leave oil output curbs unchanged, while calling for greater compliance with existing output targets.
OPEC: The Conference observed with great concern that, whilst the worst of the recession appears to be over, the world economy remains confronted with the deepest, most wide-spread contraction since the 1940’s. For the first time since the early 1980’s, world oil demand has declined for the second, successive year.
This chart, via FTAlphaville, shows exactly what keeps OPEC up at night. One benefit of the past crisis and high oil prices is that the developing world has beeen spurred to use oil more efficiently and seek alternative forms of energy.
Meanwhile, OPEC's only hope is this chart below. Which makes it clear why OPEC attended the recent Copenhagen conference. Emissions control for developing nations could destroy oil demand's final growth driver.
Leadership Nigeria: According to Algeria's Minister of Mines and Energy, Chakib Khelil, the carbon taxes discriminate against energy producing countries. Khelil said that the cartel was united in opposing the taxes.
He said carbon taxes would cut into the revenues of energy producers and make energy imports more expensive for developing countries.
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"The producers will be penalised. "This tax is discriminatory with regard to gas and oil and is not in the interests of producing countries and is also not in the interest of developing countries," said Khelil, a former OPEC president.
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Men’s Vogue may have unfortunately folded in the U.S. the past year, but the Chinese edition is still strutting along in fine style. A new layout photographed by Yan Zhixiong culls camel colored clothes, from pale as sand to dark as rum, to create tonal, tony looks featuring lean, luxury-minded pieces by Bottega Veneta, Emporio Armani, and Dries Van Noten.
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Source: Design Scene
Filed under: Aftermarket, Performance, SUV, Porsche, Luxury
Aha – so that Enzo MIG-UI wasn’t the only duotone beast that Gemballa was hiding. For an encore, try this: the Gemballa Tornado 750 GTS/4. Based on a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, the German tuner adds new headlights and a night vision system, more of that widebody-and-vents thing, with LEDs hidden in the vents ahead of the front wheels. The inside is bathed in leather, Alcantara, and carbon, and the rear bench is bisected by a center console. The package is lowered on 22-inch wheels and is powered by a 750-horsepower engine.
If you want to turn the volume on your tuned Cayenne down a bit, then try the Gemballa GT 500 Aero 3, which wears less ostentatious aero lowered over 22-inch wheels, a new exhaust, and a revised interior.
Both SUVs are slightly tweaked and repainted versions of the Tornado 750 GTS and GT 500 Aero 3 that Gemballa released earlier this year. You can have a look at both in the gallery of high-res photos below.
Gallery: Gemballa Tornado 750 GTS / 4
Gallery: Gemballa GT 500 Aero 3
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Un configurateur internet,un spyshot du break Touring,des vidéos,de nouvelles photos,et un projet d’hybride,rien que ça,c’est l’actualité de la nouvelle BMW Série 5 (F10) pour aujourd’hui.
On commence par une première vidéo de la berline,dans un joli décor que vous devriez tous reconnaître:
Une seconde vidéo est disponible,mettant en avant le système de récupération d’énergie au freinage:
Mais l’info du jour concernant la 5 F10,c’est l’apparition d’une version hybride pour le salon de Genève en mars.La Série 5 ActivHybrid deviendrait donc la 3ème.voiture du groupe à adopter ce système après les X6 et Série 7 éponymes.La voiture serait ainsi équipée du 6 cylindres de 218cv. auquel serait adjoint un électrique de 40 cv.A suivre donc pour plus de détails.
L’autre info du jour,c’est l’apparition du configurateur en ligne dédié à la nouvelle Série 5,à l’adresse suivante: Configurateur BMW 5 France.
L’image du jour la voici: la première apparition de la version Touring sans camouflage…
Et pour finir,je vous laisse avec les nouvelles photos de la BM,hélas toutes affublées d’un rendu informatique vraiment « too much »:
(Retrouvez également en bas de page la vidéo de la 7 ActivHybrid)
Nouveau: pour profiter facilement et rapidement des notifications de nouveautés sur le site,pensez à vous abonner via Twitter.Chaque modification,nouvel article ou nouvelle vidéo sur notre chaîne Youtube,fait l’objet d’un Tweet immédiat!
Last week, on December 17th, the BlackBerry Internet Server service had a nationwide outage for a few hours, depriving BlackBerry users across the US from getting their email (though other internet services were working fine). It was an event notable primarily because there was a lot more shoulder-shrugging than I expected – it has become par for the course that BlackBerry email goes out for some users from time to time.
It got me thinking – back when something similar happened in February, 2008, Palm had a little fun and pointed out that if you use Exchange with Windows Mobile, you don’t have to worry about a third-party point-of-failure.
What about now, though, where presumably more data gets channeled through Palm’s online cloud service, the Palm Profile? We checked and have good news, folks: everything will pretty much work. If the Palm Profile goes down, here’s the set of things that won’t work:
Unlike the Sidekick, data you’re syncing to the Palm Profile is stored locally on your webOS phone. Unlike the BlackBerry, your push email happens directly via Exchange or IMAP Idle, unlike the iPhone, Palm has yet to release a push notification service so there’s nothing to go down there (yeah, that last one cuts both ways).
Of course, both the Pre and Pixi need to talk to Palm’s servers for their first-use setup, so if there’s an outage that will be a problem. Otherwise take heart – if your email or data goes down on your webOS phone, you will know exactly who to complain to – your email provider or your carrier.
Update: We totally aren’t taking credit the blame for this, but not long after we posted, sister-site CrackBerry.com is reporting that the BIS is acting up again for some North Americans, breaking the BBM service and even all data. Don’t get too cocky bragging about your service, kids — it’s not like Palm hasn’t had the occasional server problem.
O FormSpring é a mais recente moda das Interwebz. Este novo projecto tem como objectivo permitir às pessoas fazerem perguntas a outros membros do site.
As perguntas poderão ser feitas anonimamente ou utilizando a sua identificação no site. O membro poderá ou não responder às perguntas que lhe são feitas.
Poderá questionar a idade, os passatempos ou até mesmo brincar um pouco com os jogos de perguntas e respostas.
Este serviço funciona independente de qualquer outro, no entanto é possível agregar a sua conta do Twitter de forma a que os seus seguidores sigam também as suas respostas. Poderá também integrar a sua conta Facebook, o seu Tumblr ou até mesmo o seu Blogspot no FormSpring.
O FormSpring permite-lhe personalizar o aspecto da sua página e incluí também Widgets para que os seus colegas lhe possam fazer as perguntas através do seu site.
Ask me anything ou Pergunte-me qualquer coisa, é a frase que define melhor este site. E tu? Estas preparado para me fazer perguntas? Então utiliza o widget abaixo:
WebTuga – FormSpring, pergunta-me qualquer coisa!
El fabricante japonés Honda, acaba de hacer publico que próximamente presentará un nuevo compacto dedicado en exclusiva para el mercado indio. Por el momento, los datos sobre este nuevo concept son escasos aunque ya conocemos su nombre.
Este nuevo compacto se llamará (por lo menos temporalmente) New Small Concept. Por otra parte, también se ha especificado que el vehículo está siendo desarrollado actualmente como un modelo de pre-producción para los mercados emergentes y la India.
Honda también ha dado a conocer la fecha exacta en la que será presentado, el próximo día 5 de Enero de 2010. Tendremos que estar atentos a esta y el resto de novedades.
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