iPad Giveaways ? real or fake?

Gone are the days when you used to find a letter in your mailbox that says you won something or that you were one in a million chosen for the grand prize of a raffle you didn?t even recall joining in. In this age, the internet is the easiest way to send out scams. Facebook is no exception. Recently, a group is claiming to give 10,000 iPad 2 tablets to Facebook users for review purposes. The participants are contacted through [...]

Source: http://tabletbuzzblog.com/ipad-giveaways-real-or-fake/

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Google Talk Guru answers questions via your IM app

Bots -- like the kind which automate IRC rooms and Google Wave -- are a good thing to know about. There are plenty of useful bots worth knowing about, too, including the Google Talk Guru.

Just add guru@googlelabs.com to your GTalk buddies, and you can start firing off questions. Lifehacker suggests that the same types of queries supported by Google SMS will work, though we didn't have any luck getting a response out of the Guru with phrases like "score detroit red wings" or "sushi R3N 1Y1."

Still, Guru does answer a good variety of questions and it works right within your favorite IM app. It's well worth adding to your friend list, especially for getting answers on the go on your mobile device of choice.

Google Talk Guru answers questions via your IM app originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video of the World's First Realistic Simulation of the Creation of Our Galaxy [Video]

Astrophysicists from the University of Zurich working with UCSC's astronomers have created the world's first realistic simulation of the formation of the Milky Way. It's amazing that all this clockwork perfection came out of such a galactic Charlie Foxtrot. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/SBagvPTcmOc/

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Microsoft releases the Windows Azure Toolkit for Android

Microsoft has released the Azure Toolkit for Android, providing an SDK and native libraries to support storage and authorization for its Windows Azure cloud-based development platform.  This will give Android developers a way to write applications that use the Windows Azure services, and will lead to more cross-platform apps that use the same data set.  Included with the toolkit is a sample application and unit tests, allowing developers to write and build everything using Eclipse with the standard Android SDK. 

Love it or hate it, Microsoft knows application development.  It also understands that an open platform model and cross-platform applications are not only good for business, but good for the consumer -- giving app developers a way to write an application for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 7 using well written and supported tools.  Windows Azure offers features that developers may want to explore, and not locking those devs to WP7 only apps is a smart move and a recipe for success. 

Source: Microsoft; Wade Wenger

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New TechCrunch Mobile Site: You Can?t Escape the Logo

If you've visited TechCrunch on your mobile you know it's been a generic experience...until now. With the introduction of�our new look and snazzy/abominable logo�it was time for something better: the all-new TechCrunch.com mobile site. The AOL Mobile web team have done a great job adapting our desktop experience for a plethora of small screens. And when I say a plethora I'm not kidding: iPhone and Android (of course) but also BlackBerry, webOS and feature phones. It's lean, it's mean, it's a no-nonsense TechCrunch in your pocket. But it's also the complete experience:�not just articles but video, comments, and more. Tap the menu button to get at categories and hot topics. It's perfect for getting your fix of tech news while waiting for the train.

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Sand Trap is a fun and difficult physics maze game

Sand Trap is one of those games that at first seem too hard to bother with, but when you try to stop playing it you discover you're hooked.

The goal is to get as much sand as you possibly can out of the maze and into the bucket at the bottom of the screen. You need to rotate your maze every which way to get the sand rolling around it. You then try to direct the sand to one of the exits of the maze, and hopefully into the bucket. It took me several tries to actually get sand into the bucket, but that might be due to the fact that I didn't even realize the bucket was there at first. Things improved significantly after that.

As you level up, the mazes get more complicated, with moving parts and other things making your life more difficult. Once you manage to get through all these obstacles and get enough sand into your bucket, you can move on.

As I mentioned, this is not an easy game, but it's highly addictive. The graphics remind me of some long lost game from the 80s, but this just proves that you don't need super graphics and crazy sound to make a game work. There's a soothing guitar track playing in the background and that's it, as far as I could hear, and you can enjoy it just as much with no sound at all.

If you like a fun physics challenge, don't miss out on this one!

Sand Trap is a fun and difficult physics maze game originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tired of tiny keyboards and thumb taps? Use an APEN

Whether it’s my mobile phone or tablet it seems I’m always looking for new ways to make text input easier and faster. I already own a slew of Bluetooth keyboards, different on-screen Android keyboards, voice input, and somewhere I have a weird stylus that feels like I’m writing with a Slim Jim. The folks at [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/08/28/tired-of-tiny-keyboards-and-thumb-taps-use-an-apen/

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The New Bestest Android Phone Is Finally Coming to America: The Samsung Galaxy S II [Galaxy]

The Samsung Galaxy S II is the blueprint for the next generation of Android phones. And now it's finally coming to the US, on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. More »

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Dish Network's Tailgater brings you portable satellite TV, won't cool your beer (video)

When it comes to refrigerating beer and grilling burgers, you're on your own. If you're looking for satellite television in the back of your truck before the game (pictured), on the other hand, Dish Network's Tailgater can certainly help. First hinted at back in May, the ten pound box automatically locates satellite positions, offering up HD content on the go for owners of Dish's ViP 211k HD receiver. The box runs $350 and is apparently rather easy to set up, making it a pretty enticing option for those who absolutely need to watch a sporting event in the parking lot while waiting to get into a sporting event. Infomercially video after the break.

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Xiaomi Phone hands-on redux: dual partition system explained (video)

Not long ago Xiaomi, a Beijing-based company with around 250 staff, shocked the industry with the announcement of its conveniently named Xiaomi Phone. We're looking at a well-built device packing a 1.5GHz dual-core SoC, 1GB RAM and 4GB ROM, 4-inch LCD, GPS plus GLONASS, and a generous 1,900mAh battery. Set at an extremely competitive price point of around $310 for October, this has no doubt made other local manufacturers -- Meizu in particular -- think twice about their current strategy.

But let's ignore the competitors for now and focus on Xiaomi. Many Android enthusiasts might already recognize this small startup as the star behind the popular MIUI, an Android ROM that offers a vast range of user customization along with the promise of great performance. Alas, we only had a glimpse of this at the Xiaomi Phone launch. Worse yet, it turned out that due to some miscommunication, the prototype unit we handled with actually had a very old firmware, which didn't do justice for the developers. Luckily, we were offered a second chance to take a closer look at a much more up-to-date device. Read on to see what we discovered.

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Xiaomi Phone hands-on redux: dual partition system explained (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG LSM-100 Mouse Scanner ? Save space on your desk

LG has released their LSM-100 Mouse with built in scanner. Push the scan button and swipe the page in one go and save your image in a multitude of standard formats including OCR for editable Word documents.� It will scan up to an A3 page. To see how it works check out the preview video [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/08/28/lg-lsm-100-mouse-scanner-save-space-on-your-desk/

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Game Review: Avadon the Black Fortress for iPad

Avadon: The Black Fortress is one of the most eagerly-anticipated RPG games for iPad. Made by Spiderweb Software, creators of the celebrated Geneforge and Avernum series for PC and Mac, Avadon is also available on desktop as well as being the first iPad release for this software company. You start the game as a newly-trained Hand of Avadon, reporting to the “chief” of Avadon, Redbeard. You learn that Avadon is a ruling government which has brought peace to five outlying [...]

Source: http://tabletbuzzblog.com/game-review-avadon-the-black-fortress-for-ipad/

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Line Grapefruit is a tricky Flash "path" game

Okay, see that snaking line coming in from the right on the screenshot? That's you. And see those large round circles? Those are supposedly grapefruits, only they won't sit still - they keep moving up and down and cutting across your path. And if you touch one, you die!

That's what you have to deal with in Line Grapefruit. But that's not all - you're also on a time limit. In fact, you have a very limited amount of time to make it through the "path" (for lack of a better word). You need to snake your way through the winding trail without touching anything. The good news is that a grapefruit only kills you if it touches the end of the line - once you've made it past the grapefruit, nothing happens if it crosses the path you've made.

This is not an easy game, but it's quite unique - I can't recall seeing another game quite like it.

Line Grapefruit is a tricky Flash "path" game originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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OnLive Teams Up With GameSpot To Embed Game Demos In Reviews

Game reviews are always inadequate, in that while they can describe how it feels to control your guy, or how the level design is frustrating, you can only kind of get it. Video reviews help, but you can never be sure you and the reviewer are on the same page — more so than with books and movies, I'd say. OnLive and GameSpot are hoping to change that up a bit by adding instant game demos to reviews, so if you're curious how a game plays, you can just... play it.

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12 Stay-Dry Glimpses Into the Subaquatic [Shooting Challenge]

Underwater photography is inherently intriguing. Colors cool and gravity gives way to currents. Here are your 12 underwater entrants from this week's Shooting Challenge. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/CX2OqZnQOM4/12-brief-glimpses-into-the-subaquatic

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