Attention Android fans: so, those nice folks over at XDA seem to have gotten a hold of a copy of Skyfire for Android Beta!  I have to tell you it is extremely fast and extremely sharp, even for a beta.  If your interested in getting a copy, you can download it here! Let us know what you think.

Source: XDA

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Maserati has just released a new promotional video for the new 2010 Maserati GranTurismo Convertible – aka – Maserati GranCabrio.

Click here to get prices on the 2010 Maserati GranTurismo.

Check out the video after the jump.

Refresher: The 2010 Maserati GranTurismo Convertible is powered by a 4.7L V8 making 440-hp. Mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission, the GranTurismo Convertible goes from 0 to 62 mph 5.4 seconds with a top speed 176 mph. Prices in the U.S. start at $135,800.

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Chodelord writes in to note that the Escapist website recently decided it would be a good idea to ban users from  their forums simply for mentioning Adblock. The thread in question started after a user complained that an add for Time Warner Cable was slowing down his computer. Apparently, users who responded to the poster by suggesting the user "get Firefox and AdBlock" found themselves banned from the forums. Users didn’t even need to admit they even used AdBlock to get banned — they simply had to recommend it as a solution to a seemingly-annoying ad. Looking at the forums recently amended posting guidelines does confirm that the folks at the Escapist believe that giving browsing preference advice is a "non forgivable" offense:

Do not confess, teach, admit to, or promote ad-blocking software that will allow users to block the ads of this site.

Indeed. Users quickly (and justly) started complaining about the fact that friends they’d had for years were suddenly being bashed over the head with the ban hammer simply for mentioning an incredibly popular and legal application. After a lot of complaints, the Escapist ultimately wound up unbanning the users according to a forum post, and instead just settled on trying to make the community feel really guilty:

I truely hope that everyone that reads this will consider turning off their ad-blocker for this site. If we have offended you or you don’t deem this site to be worthy (and would like to have it shut down instead), do what you will, but don’t pretend to be surprised if the site dies.

While it’s nice that the Escapist listened to their community, saw reason, and backed away from their ridiculous decision, that doesn’t make the decision any less ridiculous (and while they reversed course, the posting guidelines remain unchanged). It also doesn’t justify telling your readers that they’re responsible for the failure of your business model should users decide to block annoying ads. As Ars Technica recently found out, mandating what your users can and can’t do with their own browsers doesn’t exactly foster adoration within your community to begin with, but subsequently telling those users they should take a hike if they don’t like your position (or in this case even mention ad blockers) isn’t particularly endearing, either.

As we’ve mentioned previously in great detail, if you’ve got ads on your website that are annoying your users, that is your fault — not your users’ fault. The failure of your business model is also your problem, not theirs. It’s up to you to develop a new model that doesn’t involve your users being annoyed. Meanwhile, telling your users (essentially) that they’re worthless if they don’t directly generate ad revenue is misguided. Site visitors bring value to your website in other ways — whether they block your advertisements or not — through conversation, participation and links to your content. Of course none of that will happen if you treat them like escaped felons for simply discussing their browser plugins.

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Open vs. Closed. In many ways, it’s a battle that has been at the heart of the technology industry for most of its modern history. Open systems vs. closed systems. Open web vs. walled garden. Open source vs. proprietary standards.

Being open is seen by some as a defining principle of the web and the embodiment of much that is good about technology, whether it’s Wikipedia or Apache web servers or the Android operating system. Those who choose the opposite approach, however, argue that some kind of central control is necessary, and even beneficial for consumers, especially as our increasingly digital world gets more complex. And right now, both sides could be said to be winning, in the sense that both open proponents like Google and proprietary advocates like Apple are attracting users and generating revenue.

Over the next few weeks, GigaOM and its sister sites will be exploring this crucial debate through essays and a series of interviews with thought leaders on both sides of the equation.

Advocates of open say their approach is best because it maximizes creativity, by allowing the greatest number of people to contribute to a project. Open standards, they say, also allow startups to develop new products and services rapidly and cheaply, because they don’t have to wait for a single controlling entity to give its approval, and they don’t have to pay licensing fees. The closed model, according to critics such as Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain, leads to situations like the one that Kindle owners found themselves in last year, when Amazon deleted a book they had bought without even asking their permission (ironically, the book was George Orwell’s “1984″).

Defenders of the proprietary, however, believe that the open model creates chaos, maximizes error and leads to lowest-common denominator design and usability. Freedom from centralized control, they say, results in an absence of standards (or a profusion of competing ones), as well as a lack of discipline and accountability. Central control makes it easier to roll out features and keep a handle on errors, while proprietary standards allow developers to work faster and more efficiently, because they don’t have to support multiple formats or guess where the next upgrade patch is going to come from.

In the world of operating systems, this tension exists between Windows, which is seen as the embodiment of everything centralized and proprietary, and open solutions such as Ubuntu and (more recently) the Chrome OS from Google. In the mobile world, the biggest battle is Apple vs. Google: the latter has the open-source Android operating system, with a totally open app store and development process, while Apple not only controls the code behind the iPhone, but is also notoriously controlling when it comes to its app store, routinely rejecting apps without saying why, and restricting the features they can have — and even the kinds of content they can include.

And yet, as writer Steven Johnson noted in a recent piece in the New York Times, Apple has been more successful than anyone could ever have imagined, despite the fact that it routinely thumbs its nose at the “open is better” crowd. Johnson writes that:

Next to the iPhone platform, Microsoft’s Windows platform looks like a Berkeley commune from the late 60s. And yet, by just about any measure, the iPhone software platform has been, out of the gate, the most innovative in the history of computing.

The same tensions are being played out elsewhere. Facebook has become one of the world’s largest social networks, but not by being open — or at least, not as open as some other web services. Although it provides access to some of its features (such as Facebook Connect) via its API, and is happy to suck information into its service from wherever possible, it is notoriously reluctant to allow much information to flow in the other direction. It controls the terms of service and restrictions on games and other apps with an iron hand, and reserves the right to change its terms on a whim.

In the world of video, meanwhile, there’s a battle underway between Adobe, which controls Flash, the de facto video delivery standard for the web, and (ironically) Apple, which has refused to support Flash on either the iPhone or the iPad and instead has been pushing developers and media distributors towards the open-source HTML5 standard. Meanwhile, on the networking hardware side, Cisco, which has been a vendor using proprietary code for most of its life, has been struggling to find ways to deal with the appetite for open-source solutions in high-speed networking, video conferencing and voice-over-Internet services.

This tension between open and closed runs across many different sectors, and exposes issues that are crucial to the evolution of the technology industry. We hope you will join us in exploring them over the coming weeks.

Today the American Museum of Natural History and researchers at Rutgers University with longstanding ties to seafood scare campaigns are reporting the results of some tuna sushi analysis in the journal Biology Letters. Analyzing the trace mercury levels of fish samples from restaurants and supermarkets, they warn that these tiny mercury concentrations “approach or exceed” safety guidelines set by the federal government. This is just the latest ride on the merry-go-round of mercury scaremongering—and quite similar, in fact, to a deeply flawed 2008 New York Times report.

The Food and Drug Administration’s methyl mercury “Action Level” (that 1 part per million safety guideline the Museum’s press release refers to) already includes a generous ten-fold safety cushion. And the FDA has written that the Action Level “was established to limit consumers’ methyl mercury exposure to levels 10 times lower than the lowest levels associated with adverse effects.” (Emphasis added.)

In contrast, the Rutgers researchers only found one kind of tuna (out of the five species tested) in which the average mercury content surpassed the FDA’s safety-cushioned Action Level. And the highest mercury content reported in any of the samples was less than a quarter of what might be a legitimate cause for human health concern.

That’s right—might. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that “finding a measurable amount of mercury in blood or urine does not mean that levels of mercury cause an adverse health effect.” Today’s Japanese eat 8 times as much fish as Americans and show no health consequences. Simply, the well-documented health benefits of consuming fish far outweigh any supposed health risks.

You’d think scientists would know better than to exploit fears of mercury in food. But all this press coverage is really about showcasing a new DNA testing technology, so the public health impact is apparently taking a backseat.

As we’re explaining to the media today, there’s really no reason to toss the toro or avoid the akami:

All tuna should be considered a health food, since none of the tuna that sushi lovers crave contains harmful mercury levels. The American Museum of Natural History is raising an unjustified alarm. The entire body of medical literature contains zero American cases of mercury poisoning from the consumption of commercially caught fish. But evidence of fish’s health benefits is plentiful.

According to scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the benefits of a nutrient-packed diet of seafood far outweigh any hypothetical risk from trace levels of naturally-occurring toxins.

Visit our HowMuchFish.com seafood calculator to learn, well … how much fish you can actually eat without the slightest hypothetical worry.

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Two swallows does not a summer make, but this is the second recently tuned SL65 AMG Black Series to say hello to the world – and that’s more news on the car than we’ve had since the car’s debut. Accomplished Mercedes-Benz tuner Renntech has played around with it, coming up with a hardtop coupe that shoots out 865 horsepower and 1,000 pound-feet at the crank. That’s 135 more ponies and 263 more lb-ft. than the stock SL65 Black, and a crucial 5 more horsepower than the Brabus Vanish, perfect for your interdimensional travel needs.

The Renntech version gets an ECU revision, upgraded intercooler pumps and sport mufflers in a package that begins at $16,390. That doesn’t include the transmission upgrade and LSD you’ll probably want to go along with it. And not that there’s much to see from 1,000 horses roped in place, but if the sounds turn you on, follow the jump for the video and the press release.

[Source: Renntech]

Continue reading Renntech tunes Benz’s SL65 AMG Black Series to 805 HP, 1000 pound-feet [w/video]

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Even with all the Droid Incredible news floating around the intertubes, we know there’s always room for more — especially when the news is great and includes video!  Some of the fellas from HTC dropped by the Wirefly offices to show off the TV out feature of the newest member of the Android family.  From the video, it looks as easy as plugging in the cable and
turning on your display.  The output quality doesn’t look bad either.  A great feature on a great phone, and one I hope catches on in the smartphone market.

I haven’t been able to find anyone selling cables specific for the Droid Incredible yet, but I imagine they won’t be far behind.  I’d suggest checking with your local Verizon wireless store, at least until companies like Monster Cable start cranking out the high quality/low signal loss
expensive versions.  If you’ve run across any, shout out in the comments! [via Wirefly]
 

Sporting a Rolex watch is certainly an effective way of showing off your wealth, but what if you want to show off your environmental consciousness? What timepiece would let you do that? It would have to be something that incorporates low-impact, sustainable and biodegradable materials, that doesn’t contain hazardous substances, and that supports recycling. A good “green” name would help too… a name like Sprout…
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News from Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt on plasmonics in graphene.

The release:

Graphene: What projections and humps can be good for

Investigators from Hanover and Braunschweig measure how the electronic properties of graphene can be controlled with purposefully used roughnesses

This release is available in German.

		IMAGE: A residual interaction with the SiC substrate causes the formation of the six-fold satellite reflex structure. Click here for more information.

At present, graphene probably is the most investigated new material system worldwide. Due to its astonishing mechanical, chemical and electronic properties, it promises manifold future applications – for example in microelectronics. The electrons in graphene are particularly movable and could, therefore, replace silicon which is used today as the basic material of fast computer chips. In a research cooperation, scientists of Leibniz University Hanover and of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have now investigated in which way a rough base affects the electronic properties of the graphene layer. Their results suggest that it will soon be possible to control plasmons, i.e. collective oscillations of electrons, purposefully in the graphene, by virtually establishing a lane composed of projections and humps for them. The results were published in the current edition of the New Journal of Physics.

The structure of graphene itself is fascinating: It consists of exactly one single, regular layer of carbon atoms. To manufacture this incredibly thin layer absolutely neatly is a great challenge. A possible method to recipitate graphene extensively on an insulating substrate is epitaxy, i.e. the controlled growth of graphene on insulating silicon carbide. For this purpose, a silicon carbide crystal is heated in vacuum. Starting from a specific temperature, carbon atoms migrate to the surface and form a monoatomic layer on the – still solid – silicon carbide. An important question for later applications is, how defects and steps of the silicon carbide surface affect the electronic properties of the graphene grown on it.

Within the scope of a research cooperation between PTB and Leibniz University Hanover, the influence of defects in the graphene on the electronic properties has been investigated. During the investigations, special attention was paid to the influence of the defects on a special electronic excitation, the so-called plasmons.

By different sample preparation, first of all silicon carbide crystals with different surface roughness and, thus, with a different concentration of surface defects were investigated, on which, subsequently, graphene formed. The influence of the defects on the plasmon excitations was then investigated by means of low-energy electron diffraction (SPA-LEED) and electron loss spectroscopy (EELS).

The process revealed a strong dependence of the lifetime of plasmon on the surface quality. Defects, as they are caused on step edges and grain boundaries, strongly impede the propagation of the plasmons and drastically shorten their lifetime. Here it is remarkable that the other electronic properties of the plasmons, in particular their dispersion, remain largely unaffected.

This opens up interesting possibilities for the future technical application and use of plasmons (the so-called “plasmonics”) in graphene. By selective adjustment of the surface roughness, different graphene ranges could be generated in which the plasmons are either strongly dampened or can propagate almost unobstructedly. In this way, the plasmons could be conducted along “plasmon conductors” with low surface roughness specifically from one point of a graphene chip to another.

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Original publication:
T. Langer, J. Baringhaus, H. Pfnür, H. W. Schumacher and C. Tegenkamp:
“Plasmon damping below the Landau regime: the role of defects in epitaxial graphene”.
New Journal of Physics 12, 033017 (2010).
http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/12/3/033017/

The Digerati Life is a personal finance site that offers tips and resources on saving money, stock investing and credit management. Check out the site’s coverage of topics that range from high yield savings accounts to the wise use of balance transfer credit cards.

Go on, pick a figure. Whatever you choose I bet it is considerably lower than the figure you actually do spend. It’s human nature to downsize when we are thinking about our “outgo”. And I know from experience that when you see your expenses written down in black and white, it can come as quite a shock.

If you are flush with money and happy with your life financially, you don’t need to worry too much about what you are spending. But if you constantly struggle with cash and you wonder where it all goes, finding out the answer to that question is a very good idea.

I’ve been through this same experience myself and I know how liberating it can be. Yes it can be a bit frightening as well, but it does ultimately give you power too. You see, most people go out to try and increase their income when they find they cannot make ends meet. But the easiest way you can turn your financial numbers to black (from red) and have more cash over at the end of the month to invest with your online broker, is to save what you already have. It stands to reason, but itÕs amazing how many people don’t take this route first.

To figure out your spending, take a look at your income and outgo. This would entail taking a hard look at all the figures and debits you already know about, such as the mortgage, household bills and so on. Anything that gets paid regularly needs to go down on a list with the correct amounts written in.

Write Your Expenses Down!

When I did this exercise a long while back, I bought a small cheap notebook to figure out the real answer to my question of why I never seemed to have any cash left over. This was my daily notebook… the one where I would write down every single penny I spent. All my expenses went in here, including the few dimes I spent on a daily paper. The secret to getting this right and to getting the answers you want is in the details.

I did this for about a week initially, and then progressed to doing it for a whole month. And boy did I get some interesting answers.

Once you’ve done this, you will see exactly where your money goes and more importantly, you will see how you can make some significant savings as well. For example, you’ll be able to see where your weak points are. I found out just how quickly things can add up: I had daily newspapers and magazine subscriptions that I didn’t even have time to read, so eventually, I halted those subscriptions. You may not think that a tiny savings like this makes a difference, but saving just a little bit each day can lead you to some surprising totals at the end of the month. You may be pleasantly surprised at just how much you can save by taking small steps.

For fans of budgeting, this type of manual (primitive?) expense tracking is the first step. If you’re all ready to evolve your tracking methods into something more committed and involved, then you may be interested in actually using money management software or an easy to use free budgeting application.

So start out with some form of basic expense tracking if you are struggling with your budget. I guarantee that you’ll actually start to enjoy finding out where your money goes; and the experience is actually an enlightening one too. It puts you back in control of your cash – every cent of it – and you’ll be amazed at the difference it makes to your bank balance at the end of the month.

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The way I see it, when a phone is hanging at the FCC, it’s highly likely that a stateside launch is imminent.  That being said, the HTC HD Mini and it’s vivid yellow internals (see sticker above for proof) have been spotted at the government agency.  Though the logical assumption is that the device will launch on AT&T, it’s entirely possible that this could be headed to Rogers, Bell, Telus (who all use the same 3G bands as AT&T), or to HTC’s online store as an unlocked/unbranded device.  That being said, the fact that it’s running Windows Mobile 6.5 already dates it, so I hope that it hits the market sooner rather than later.

HD Mini – hot item, or are you vying for a WP7-powered device?

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Ever wanted to feel like you live on the moon? Or imagined your house at the bottom of the sea? The Winscape application from Rational Craft will turn two plasma TVs into virtual windows and give you a realistic interactive view of Earth from space, an underwater aquarium, or simply footage of the Golden Gate Bridge as you move around the room. ..
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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet

Last weekend, Camaro5 sponsored the world’s largest gathering of fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaros and their owners in Valdosta, Georgia. Over 1,000 of the cars descended on the town, and Chevrolet itself stopped by for the shindig. The company brought along a few treats for the crowd, including folks like Al Oppenheiser, Peter Kosak, John Fitzpatrick and Cheryl Pilcher – all names tied to bringing the car to life.

Not only did members of the Camaro team show up to meet the crowd and answer a few questions, but a heavily camo’d 2011 Camaro, VIN 002, was brought along as well. Attendees also got to drive through Valdosta in one big parade – a stunt that resulted in a line of 2010 Camaros three miles long. At the end of the drive, Camaro5 hosted drag races, autocross events and a car show at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Sounds like a good time to us, a fact proven in the high-res image gallery below. Hop the jump for a peep at the press release.

[Source: Camaro5 via GM]

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We’ve talked about the Sprint Overdrive 4G hotspot a bunch, including a look at a scenario where it saved us from the perils of AT&T in our Sprint Overdrive review. Well, in this episode, we review the Sprint Overdrive 4G mobile broadband hotspot, letting you know all the details on the device and what you can do with it. Seriously, this thing allows you to connect up to five devices (think iPhone, iPad, laptop, etc.) to Sprint’s 4G network at the same time in supported cities. The Overdrive will fall back to 3G if you leave a 4G area, still supporting up to five devices (albeit, a bit more slowly.) It’s a solid device, and it’s no wonder that Sprint’s trying to jump on the iPad bandwagon with the Overdrive.

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Kelly Clarkson is under fire and lighting up a smoking debate among anti-tobacco advocates after recruiting a cigarette manufacturer to sponsor her upcoming tour stop in Indonesia — the world’s fourth most populated nation. The tobacco firm is sponsoring the “Since U Been Gone” hitmaker’s April 29 concert in Jakarta – and they’ve splashed their L.A. Lights brand logo all over promotional posters advertising the show.

Critics argue that Clarkson’s deal with L.A. Lights, the country’s most popular brand of cigarettes, will only further advocate and promote smoking in Indonesia — which seems to be the last place on Earth where the dangerous addiction needs to be encouraged.

Although smoking has declined in many Western countries, it has risen in Indonesia, according to The Associated Press. Approximately 63 percent of all men in the nation smoke and one-third of the overall population smokes, an increase of 26 percent since 1995. Smoking-related illnesses kill at least 200,000 Indonesians each year.

“Indonesia is a big concern, a big epidemic, a big population, and very little control,” said Dr. Prabhat Jha, a tobacco control expert at the University of Toronto’s Center for Global Health Research. “They have a chaotic taxation and regulatory structure. They have made the mistake of letting the Marlboro Man into the country.”

Clarkson’s controversy comes two years after Alicia Keys objected to a similar tobacco-fuelled sponsorship deal in Indonesia. A. Keys demanded that the cigarette logos be removed from all ads promoting her Jakarta concert, and US-based anti-smoking groups want Kelly to do the same.

Matt Myers, President of the Tobacco-Free Kids Campaign, says:

“If Kelly Clarkson goes ahead with the concert, she is by choice being a spokesman for the tobacco industry and helping them to market to children. She has the power now to turn this situation around and to send a clear message to Indonesian young people and, frankly, to the young people of the world.”

Hosted by enthusiast site Camaro5.com, more than 500 2010 Chevrolet Camaro sports cars headed to Valdosta, Ga. for the first ever Camaro5Fest. The event is said to be the largest-ever gathering of fifth-generation Camaro owners.

“Several members of the Camaro team attended, including Camaro Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser, Vehicle Line Director Peter Kosak, Camaro Marketing Manager John Fitzpatrick, and Camaro Product Manager Cheryl Pilcher. Team Camaro drove from Detroit to Georgia in two Camaro Transformers Special Editions, two Camaro Synergy Special Editions, a regular production 2010 Camaro, and VIN 002 of a 2011 Camaro,” GM said in a statement.

Click here to get prices on the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro.

“It was an incredible opportunity to see the passion and enthusiasm owners have for the new Camaro,” says Fitzpatrick. “This was such an exciting event that I would not be surprised to see more than 1,000 cars at next year’s Camaro5Fest.”

More than 1,000 people attended the event driving their 2010 Camaros from across the U.S. and Canada to Valdosta on Friday, April 16.

Camaro5Fest (500 2010 Chevrolet Camaro):

– By: Omar Rana

Gizmodo has continued its coverage of the controversial stolen iPhone, breaking it down and looking at all the little bits inside. The thing is, they can’t really tell much: the logic board is smaller, the battery is bigger… but other than that, there isn’t much to conclude. The implementation of the camera will be mostly software, and the screen is likely 960×640 as rumored. More pics over at Giz.

It’s to be expected, really — the magic of the iPhone is not in its guts, but in how it makes those guts into a cohesive user experience. The new screen and front-facing camera imply some serious changes to the UI and functionality, so we’ll just have to wait and find out about all that.