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    12/08/09

    In reply to MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.8 Muffles Noisy Optical Drives
    I have a Toshiba X205, and I love to hear my computer roar. Dunno why you would want to silence it.
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    12/08/09

    In reply to Droid Gets Android 2.0.1 Update Starting Today
    Ok...so when do the rest of us get 2.0?!
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    12/07/09

    In reply to Droid Gets Android 2.0.1 Update Starting Today
    Any one in DC get it yet???
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    Image of SirGecko SirGecko
    12/08/09

    @DustyButt™: Yep. Got it this morning. Wish they hadn't changed the unlock slider though. I liked the semicircular one. This one feels like a step backwards.
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    12/08/09

    @SirGecko: I'm sitting in my office... just waiting... Nothing so far. *sigh*
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    Image of SirGecko SirGecko
    12/10/09

    @DustyButt™: My number is actually a 505 (New Mexico) number. I just live in the DC area. Maybe it wasn't by my physical location but my area code.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    12/07/09

    In reply to Droid Gets Android 2.0.1 Update Starting Today
    That's what I really like about Android - they can push out a minor update directly to the phone and it's 10 MB. Even the tiniest update for the iPhone is 275 MB that has to be done on your computer.
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    Image of CommentingpointlesslyisMeh CommentingpointlesslyisMeh
    12/07/09

    In reply to New Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware to Pack 60fps HD
    This is where I am slightly confused (read very). I know that 60fps in a game is extremely smooth. I also know that movies in the theatre are done at 24fps which gives them a great feel visually. Home HDTV's support 24fps now. And almost all of our dig cams do 30fps....so, if you record at 60FPS, wouldn't the image start to look slower, not just smoother? I mean at what point does the image change from looking normal to moving in slow motion? I'm guessing not at 60fps..lol. In any case, how would this allow for "half-speed" motion? I'm missing something here obviously.
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    Image of burningsensation burningsensation
    12/07/09

    @CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: The faster the framerate, the smoother the motion. Slow motion (or fast motion) is produced by playing back the video at a different rate from what it was recorded at. If I have a video recorded at 60fps, and I play it back at 60fps, it will be at normal speed (and look nice and silky smooth). If I take that same video and play it back at 30fps, it will appear to be in slow motion (half speed).
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    12/07/09

    @burningsensation: @darthlambchop: @PiltdownMan:

    All great replies. that had really been annoying me. I do understand now. So if something is recorded at 30fps but played back on a 60hz screen then frames are added in between which makes things look a bit smoother but doesn't change speed of video. On the other hand, take a 1000 fps water drop and play it at 60hz and it looks super slo mo. I think I get it now. Thanks all!
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    12/07/09

    In reply to New Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware to Pack 60fps HD
    Photography/videography question here (I'm currently learning, so excuse my ignorance):
    - I'm looking for something that can take videos with very small/shallow depth of field which can be manually and smoothly controlled (dramatic effect). Stuff that the Canon 5D Mark II and apparently the 7D can also do, as seen on these Florent Porta videos:
    [xspblog.com]
    [xspblog.com]

    Are dSLRs the cheapest way to go?
    Considering I'm also interested in testing (in the probably distant future) the effects of different lens types on video (and stuff like tilt-shift), unless there's a very cheap camcorder alternative, I'm thinking of selling my Canon XSi to get a 5D Mark II or 7D.
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    12/07/09

    In reply to New Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware to Pack 60fps HD
    It sounds like they'll be adding the frame rates that the 7D has, so chances are it'll be 24/25/30/50/60, with the latter two frame rates at 720p, rather than 1080p.

    Trouble with the 7D and 5D shooting at 720p is that there's a nasty moire / aliasing issue (down to the way the cameras throw away the pixels they don't need from the 21.1Mpix sensor, rather than downsampling smoothly). You never know though, they may do a better job than the 7D... fingers crossed...
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    Image of Sandeep Murali Sandeep Murali
    12/07/09

    In reply to New Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware to Pack 60fps HD
    If they can maintain the same bitrate, this would be a very interesting development.
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    12/03/09

    In reply to Android 2.0.1 SDK Available, Plus Droid Getting OTA Update Soon
    What about getting Exchange support working properly so I can ditch my Blackberry?
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    Image of Brain.wav Brain.wav
    12/04/09

    @bagellord: Exchange works fine for me. What sort of issues are you having?
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    12/04/09

    @Brain.wav: It just won't work lol. Not sure why. I put in the domain and exchange server and then it fails every time.
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    12/04/09

    @bagellord: I'd surmise it's on the server end then. Maybe your Exchange server simply doesn't allow outside connections, and the Blackberry servier is local to it, or is an explicit exception.
    Try talking to your Exchange admins, maybe they can shed some light on it.
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    12/04/09

    @Brain.wav: The network admin has been trying to get it to work and has been unable. I'm betting it's on the server side and he hasn't found it since he's been busy.
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    Image of Gaucho85 Gaucho85
    12/03/09

    In reply to Android 2.0.1 SDK Available, Plus Droid Getting OTA Update Soon
    How about the Droid Eris? I went with that instead of the Droid (Loving it btw)
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    12/03/09

    @Gaucho85: I had ordered the Eris first, which I liked a little better than the Moto. But for this same reason I changed my mind, since Moto phone has the stock Android it will be getting more/faster updates than the ones with the skinned UI. The Eris is really nice though, but who knows when it'll get Android 2.0.
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    12/03/09

    @zorrillaj: I went to the store with the intention of getting the droid mostly for the marginally faster processor and 2.0, but the physical keyboard and the extra $100 was kind of a turn off. I felt the Eris would eventually get 2.0 or 2.1 and the look was a lot more to my liking so. . .
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    11/25/09

    In reply to Kindle Gets Firmware Updated to 2.3
    Curious. What's screen saver mode on eInk look like?
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    11/25/09

    @spededdler: Dyslexia.
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    Image of Anthony Sarkees Anthony Sarkees
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kindle Gets Firmware Updated to 2.3
    Can anyone clarify whether or not the 85% increase in Wireless-on battery life is for both the U.S. and Int'l versions of the Kindle 2? This press release seems to conflict with reports elsewhere.
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    Image of pdditty pdditty
    11/25/09

    @Anthony Sarkees: I have read its just the international version. I believe its something to do with the gsm and cdma chips
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    Image of Anthony Sarkees Anthony Sarkees
    11/25/09

    @pdditty: Well, dagnabit. It appears that you are correct. [e-bookvine.com] Turning off the wireless between syncs isn't hard, it's just an avoidable hassle. Maybe in a future update, "Sync" will just switch the wireless on, download new data, and switch it off. It seems easy enough.
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    11/25/09

    @Anthony Sarkees: If the wireless is turned off how would the Kindle know when there is a new firmware available? Maybe it could do a weekly/monthly "phone home".
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kindle Gets Firmware Updated to 2.3
    Did the update last night. Looks good.
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/25/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: Impressions of the new Kindle 2 PDF ability?
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/25/09

    @Fractal the Meek: I have both the DX and the 2. The DX looks almost the same except that the PDF's are more zoomed in. On the 2 it's still too small for most PDFs except when you turn it landscape.
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/25/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: Damn your objective honesty. I wanted to hear, "Oh, it's fantastic and comes with puppies and rainbows! It's just what you've been waiting for."
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/18/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.10 Adds Facebook Today
    So Sony makes a platform built around single person games, hire companies to make shooters under the assumption that we have no friends, then link us all up by facebook?
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    Image of LukeDukem LukeDukem
    11/18/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.10 Adds Facebook Today
    I know gizmodo readers love facebook (judging from previous comments I have read) but am I the only one on here that does not like sharing all this information with with the world?

    Also there is no way I am interesting enough for anyone to care what games I have bought or what trophies I have won on ps3, why would you post this crap on a website? This just adds to the millions of useless crap I see on peoples feeds on facebook.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    11/18/09

    @LukeDukem: I like Facebook but this is too much. I prefer the Xbox's approach more in that you get the full screen photo's and whatnot. Publishing trophies?... no thanks.
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