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  • 'It's Playing' iOS Video Player With Volume Boost, Gestures
    Move over CineXPlayer: There's a new iPad video player in town. That should probably read "yet another new iPad video player," but as most of those are junk, this new app really stands out. It's called "It's playing 2.0," and it's another one of those video players which will take pretty much any file you can ...
    09.19.11
  • Apple Scrambles To Merge Apple IDs To Stave Off iCloud Sync Mess
    > Apple appears to be working on a process to allow iTunes users with more than one Apple ID to somehow "merge" them into a single account. The ability to do so will be critical to the early success of the company's new iCloud service, since it relies on Apple IDs for syncing iTunes purchases and other data. The ...
    09.18.11
  • Educational Apps for My Son, Surprising Apps for Me (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
    I like to find fun and interesting apps for my iPad that both educate and entertain my son (4 years old). But it's getting more and more difficult to sift through the growing library that is the Apple App Store. I love downloading the Lite versions -- aka free/trial versions -- to see how Decker ...
    09.17.11
  • In Drive, Deep Character Fuels Thrill of the Car Chase
    Word of caution: Do not, repeat do not, race down the highway on your way home from seeing Drive. The craving for a turbocharged adrenaline rush becomes infectious after spending a couple of hours watching the riveting car chases orchestrated by director Nicolas Winding Refn.
    09.16.11
  • iPads Now Helping Marines Unleash Hell
    When Marines are in a firefight in Afghanistan and need back up, they call in helicopters to blast the enemy from the sky. Sounds simple enough, but it's not ¿ according to current standard operating procedures for close-air strikes, ground troops radio coordinates to a pilot who then has to rifle through 60 to 80 ...
    09.16.11
  • Google Wins Small Battle in Very Large Patent War
    US District Judge William Alsup tossed out part of Oracle¿s copyright infringement case against Google on Thursday, arguing that some of the material involved is not copyright protected, but he let other portions of Oracle¿s case proceed. Oracle sued Google last year, accusing the web giant of infringing various Oracle patents and copyrights with the Java-compatible ...
    09.16.11
  • Flash's Future Fades as Windows Close on Adobe
    The future of Flash looks dimmer and dimmer as another major player in the mobile space shuns support of the platform. Microsoft's brand new Windows 8 Metro user interface will not support Adobe Flash or other plug-ins, instead embracing the HTML5 set of web standards. For users who access legacy ActiveX controls, they'll have to switch to the classic-styled desktop browser.
    09.15.11
  • Competitive Advantage: Microsoft's Post-Wintel Strategy
    Reading my RSS and Twitter feeds Tuesday night, I turned to a tech writer friend and said, "the Wintel Era just ended, and half of these people are fighting over whether demo tablets should have fans." If you don't know, "Wintel" is the shorthand for Intel processors plus Microsoft's Windows operating system. Working together, Microsoft and ...
    09.15.11
  • Droid Bionic Review: A Shape-Shifter With Some Baggage
    Moto's premise is simple: Our phones are increasingly becoming more powerful, useful and versatile in our everyday lives. Why not allow them to adapt -- or transform, if you will -- to what we need them to be in different situations?
    09.15.11
  • Educational Apps for My Son, Surprising Apps for Me
    I like to find fun and interesting apps for my iPad that both educate and entertain my son (4 years old). But it's getting more and more difficult to sift through the growing library that is the Apple App Store. I love downloading the Lite versions -- aka free/trial versions -- to see how Decker ...
    09.15.11
  • Tokyo Game Show: 'AppBlaster' Turns iPhone Into Adorable Gun
    TOKYO -- Is your only problem with the iPhone that it isn't shaped enough like a gun? There's a solution at Tokyo Game Show. In the smartphones and tablets section of the show floor, a company called Wiz showed off AppBlaster, a plastic machine-gun shaped gewgaw that turns your iPhone into a toy gun. To be ...
    09.15.11
  • Me Books - A New Approach to Digital Picture Books
    A while back, GeekDad Dan Donahoo wrote about a new desktop learning adventure for called The Land Of Me, which weaves a kids learning experience into an illustrated storybook, complete with games, activities, sound effects and narration. It has been very well received since its launch, and has even caught the eye of publishers Penguin ...
    09.14.11
  • Ford Aims to Make Your Ride Plug-and-Play
    Ford announced its latest effort in the evolution of the connected car with the unveiling of OpenXC, a research platform which aims to turn your car into a plug-and-play device.
    09.14.11
  • 2 Wacky Dice Games: Guns and Monkeys and Bears, Oh My!
    Do you like wacky dice games like Pass the Pigs and Zombie Dice? Here are two new dice games that are sure to make you chuckle. Bears! from Fireside Games and Monkeys With Knives and Guns from Blackball Games are portable games, light on strategy but loaded with lots of dice. Read on for full ...
    09.13.11
  • Tsuro: The Game of the Path Is the Game for You
    Overview: Tsuro is a game that's been around for a while but I hadn't gotten to actually play it until a couple weekends ago at PAX. Formerly published by WizKids, it's now published by Calliope Games (founded by some of the original WizKids folks). It's a simple, beautiful, elegant game about making paths and trying ...
    09.13.11
  • The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus: More Treasure, Less Dying
    Overview: In The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus, an ancient pyramid containing a wealth of treasures has been uncovered in Egypt, and daring explorers compete to collect the most valuable artifacts ... but beware of the dangers! An excellent press-your-luck style game with lots of derring-do. Hey, deep strategy it ain't, but not every game ...
    09.13.11
  • Fusion Garage Tablet Jumps on the Price-Slashing Trend
    Everyone making a tablet that doesn't run on iOS is getting serious about unseating Apple' iPad from its lofty throne. More and more are deciding to sacrifice the bottom line for a bit of user adoption. The latest example is Fusion Garage, which is dropping the price of its Grid 10 tablet from $499 and $599 ...
    09.12.11
  • Report: GameStop Developing Android Tablet
    Android fans who like to get their game on will be pleased to know GameStop is getting into the tablet scene with its own Android tablet. GameStop president Tony Bartel told GamesIndustry.biz the company will launch a GameStop-branded tablet with several games pre-installed and game updates offered over the air.
    09.12.11


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