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  • Nuance’s Dragon Go! Now Available for Android

    Nuance’s Dragon Go! Now Available for Android

    Posted on January 10, 2012 | No Comments
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  • iPhone 3G, iOS 4, and you — what’s missing (spoiler: multitasking)

    iPhone 3G, iOS 4, and you — what’s missing (spoiler: multitasking)

    Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_3G_iOS_4_and_you_what_s_missing'; While iOS 4 is delivering on every promise for the iPhone 3GS users out there, as we were all told up front, the iPhone 3G would be missing some of those touted new features. Granted, we knew such disparities would exist but were never given the finer details. Now that the final build is percolating through the internet, we decided to take a look at what features are and aren't working on the earlier year's model.

    What's there
    • Folders
    • Threaded mail
    • iTunes playlist creation / editing
    • 5x digital zoom: just tap on the display near the capture button, but be warned, it doesn't paint a pretty picture
    • iBooks: we were having issues with the earlier build, but it seems to be running fine after today's official download -- PDFs work, too.
    • Photos: you can now sort by albums, events, faces, and places
    • Game Center: the icon is present, but as of this writing we're unable to connect to the servers. (Update: a number of readers saying it didn't come with today's download. We nabbed ours as a gold build, which might explain the discrepancy despite still being considered "up to date" by iTunes.)
    • Spell check has been updated
    • Spotlight search: you can search the web and Wikipedia from the home screen search bar. That said, not all our queries -- "Engadget," for example -- weren't offering the option. [Thanks, jkane08]
    What isn't
    • Multitasking: this is the big one. Double-tapping the home button doesn't give you the handy menu, there's no fast app switching, and background use is missing in action.
    • Screen lock: normally in the multitasking menu (which isn't available on 3G), it's nowhere to be found, even under Settings. Bummer.
    • Home screen wallpaper: you'd think this simple addition would make the cut, but sadly no. The dock has been given a visual upgrade, though.
    • Bluetooth Keyboard support: we haven't tried this ourselves, but an influx of reports from Twitter suggest this is also a no-go.
    We'll keep testing, but be sure to let us know your own discoveries below!

    iPhone 3G, iOS 4, and you -- what's missing (spoiler: multitasking) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Shock: Students using mobile phones to cheat

    Shock: Students using mobile phones to cheat

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    There was a report on the local news here yesterday about students using their mobile phones to cheat in school. My first reaction was, yeah, duh. Kids have been cheating in school since the beginning of time. The tools they use to cheat isn't all that interesting. Whether it's writing answers on the palm of their hand, filling a graphic calculator with programs to automatically perform physics equations, using Google on their iPhone to check Wikipedia, or simply whispering to the kid behind them, students cheat. Not exactly breaking news there.

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  • Study: Wikipedia actually pretty accurate (so calm down)

    Study: Wikipedia actually pretty accurate (so calm down)

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    What's the best site on the Web these days? Wikipedia, correct. Haters will hate, of course, pointing to this or that error, or highlighting high-profile compilations, but the spirit of the site endures: free and open information for all. Now a study has been published that says, you know what, on the whole, the information on Wikipedia isn't any less accurate than you'll find elsewhere. Does this mean, when writing a paper for you 12th grade history class, that you should ever have the site in your bibliography? No. No it does not. But to use the site as a stepping stone for further research? Absolutely, yes.

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  • My most used gadget: the P-38

    My most used gadget: the P-38

    Posted on May 31, 2010 | No Comments
    I received a P-38 can opener some time during my seventh grade of school. I can't remember exactly why they were given to us (I think my whole class got one, but I'm not sure), nor can I remember exactly why my adolescent self hung on to the little thing. I certainly wasn't opening cans of beans with any regularity. Nonetheless, I kept it on my keyring, and it's on my keyring even today. It has, without any doubt, been the single most useful gadget I've ever owned.

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  • The New Browser Wars: Will Ubuntu drop Firefox for Google Chrome?

    The New Browser Wars: Will Ubuntu drop Firefox for Google Chrome?

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Potentially big news in the world of open source software, friends. Apparently Ubuntu, the most popular Linux distribution, is considering dropping Firefox for Chrome. Well, maybe for Chrome, or maybe for Chromium, the open source project that Chrome is based upon. Therein lies the rub, I do believe. What’s going on is that Ubergizmo, a fine [...]

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  • Wikipedia finds out first-hand that, in America, the naked human body is a terribly sinful thing

    Wikipedia finds out first-hand that, in America, the naked human body is a terribly sinful thing

    Posted on May 10, 2010 | No Comments
    We can observe some 170 billion galaxies in the known universe, and I'm thoroughly convinced that this planet, in this solar system, in this galaxy, is the dumbest one of them all. Quite an accomplishment! Wikipedia has come under fire, from complete dunderheads, for hosting "pornographic" content. What type of pornographic content? You know, things like the photo of a NAKED MAN AND WOMAN in the article about humans. That's pornography to these people. Again, I hope the sun explodes, that way I won't have to deal with these dumb stories.

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  • New solar cells printed on paper

    New solar cells printed on paper

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Everyone loves the idea of solar energy. The three big challenges are that solar cells are expensive to produce, they're not very efficient, and you need some means to store the energy collected. I'd heard of solar shingles before, which are basically roofing shingles with solar cells in them, but now word is coming out of solar cells printed on paper. As usual, the technology is still years away from a marketable product, but it's an interesting development.

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  • Call of Duty: Black Ops accidentally (?) announced: The most intense shooter since that other one

    Call of Duty: Black Ops accidentally (?) announced: The most intense shooter since that other one

    Posted on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
    The next Call of Duty game will not be about saving Infinity Ward employees from Activision. I'm a little disappointed.

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  • Use your laptop to detect the next big earthquake before it happens

    Use your laptop to detect the next big earthquake before it happens

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    It's pretty great that people are just now realizing that Planet Earth isn't some sort of static strip mall. There are volcanoes, and earthquakes, and hurricanes, and tornadoes, and tsunamis—objects from outer space regularly invade the atmosphere. This planet is alive, brother! So, idea: you know how certain laptop models, like ThinkPads and MacBooks, come with built-in accelerometers? They're there in order to protect the hard drive from a devastating fall, but what it you could use said accelerometer to detect an earthquake before it happens?

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  • Japanese P2P virus catches you downloading porn, demands money to clear your name

    Japanese P2P virus catches you downloading porn, demands money to clear your name

    Posted on April 15, 2010 | No Comments
    There's a pretty hilarious computer virus causing a bit of havoc in Japan right now. It affects users of the P2P program Winny (sorta like a Japanese version of Freenet, so says mighty Wikipedia), users who were looking for a strain of pornography known as hentai. I wouldn't recommend googling that word while at work, or while in the presence of other human beings unless you're prepared for a laugh followed by, "Um, what?"

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  • South Korea imposes midnight gaming ban to prevent addiction

    South Korea imposes midnight gaming ban to prevent addiction

    Posted on April 12, 2010 | No Comments
    The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism doesn't want the country's youth becoming addicted to video games, particularly MMOs, so it's imposing a ban of sorts. Starting in the second half of this year, underage gamers will find their Internet connections disabled for six hours every night, either from midnight to 6am, 1am to 7am, or 2am to 8am. The idea is to ween kids off these games, by hook or by crook, before they become addicted. Gotta start somewhere, I suppose.

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  • Bullet hell shooter Espgaluda II to be released for iPhone

    Bullet hell shooter Espgaluda II to be released for iPhone

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Bullet hell shooting games (aka maniac shooters) are, according to Wikipedia, shoot 'em ups "in which the entire screen is often almost completely filled with enemy bullets". And one of these games is Espgaluda II, developed by Japan-based Cave, released for arcade machines back in 2005 and now one day away of seeing a release in the App Store.

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  • Big time World Cup sponsors like Sony and Adidas are failing at the Internet

    Big time World Cup sponsors like Sony and Adidas are failing at the Internet

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    You guys have heard of Google, right? Congratulations, you're smarter than the likes of Sonyand Adidas! A new study has found that these companies, and other prominent FIFA World Cup sponsors, like Coca-Cola and Emirates, have failed to leverage Google (specifically) and the Internet (more generally) to link themselves to the event. You'd think that after shelling out so much money to be known as "the official TV of the FIFA World Cup" or whatever they'd have a guy making sure their Web sites pop up when you search for, you know, "soccer world cup" and "world cup 2010." I wouldn't be surprised if CrunchGear ranks higher in Google searches at this point!

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  • No iPad for me, thanks (but please don’t hate me)

    No iPad for me, thanks (but please don’t hate me)

    Posted on April 2, 2010 | No Comments
    To answer our own poll: no, I will not be buying an iPad. It's not that I'm "anti-iPad," which sounds pretty silly ("look, I'm against a piece of plastic~!"), it's simply that I have no need for it. Why would I buy something that I don't need? That makes no sense!

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