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Dealzmodo: 40GB PhotoBank For $2.28
This $2.28 deal for a 40GB PhotoBank seems too good to be true. Picture it as a 40GB portable hard drive with Compact Flash/SD/etc slots that you can dump your digital camera photos onto when the card gets full. $2.28! [PC Connection via Random Good Stuff]
humor
Boing Boing Gadgets' Super Blockquote
Boing Boing Gadgets has deemed the standard HTML blockquote insufficient to reveal the expressive power of his business English. Hence, Super Blockquote, which arms you against the marketroid oppression of Thompson's prose.[Boing Boing Gadgets]
software
Adobe Media Player 1.0 Arrives, Sorta
About a year after its beta launch, Adobe Media Player is in full effect, or almost. Adobe's little Flash-only scheme for making money on the internet has lined up CBS and Viacom properties MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, plus PBS, Universal Music Group and a few others, though not all of them show up yet in the list of stuff to watch. (That tantalizing Daily Show you see in the promo pic—not available yet.) Remember, unlike other similar programs, this one lets you watch online or off. But like all the rest, it's only as good as the content it brings to the table. And its interface. And the picture quality. Any beta testers out there want to comment? We'd love to hear your impressions. [Adobe (download) via CNet]
flash
Super Talent 8GB Flash Drive is World's Smallest
The chaps at Super Talent are not only incredibly modest, talented and super, but they must also be fantastically tiny to have put together the world's smallest 8GB flash drive. (Flawless logic, I'm sure you'll agree.) Retailing at $35, the price is pretty reasonable, at least until you drop it into your chest hair and lose it forever. More »
security
The PWN 2OWN contest, as we all know, saw the Mac OS X weed crumble first, with Vista following soon after. Ubuntu was the only OS that was impenetrable to attack, but news is surfacing that Vista should have had a longer lifeline, if only Adobe had patched the flaw they knew about all along.
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Adobe Knew of Vista PWN 2 OWN Hack All Along
The PWN 2OWN contest, as we all know, saw the Mac OS X weed crumble first, with Vista following soon after. Ubuntu was the only OS that was impenetrable to attack, but news is surfacing that Vista should have had a longer lifeline, if only Adobe had patched the flaw they knew about all along.
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usb drives
FLX USB Drive Is Uncircumcised, Convenient
The FLX USB drive prototype, designed by Jacek Ryn, while convenient, is not actually flexible. It's got an accordion-like sheath covering it that pushes back to reveal the plug when you shove it into the USB port, and snaps back when you pull it out. Kind of like an uncircumcised, um, you know. And that cuts down on plastic materials, so it takes up less space in your pocket. Yep. [core77]
digital cameras
The flash on most point and shoot cameras is harsh and makes your subjects look horrible. It's fine if you're just taking a night shot of your buddies in a bar, but when you want slightly higher quality shots for your eBay photos or your "personal collection," you need something like this Marumi Ring Light to get more uniform illumination. This way there's not just one harsh flash light spot on the person's face. It still doesn't help those people who photograph their naked junk being reflected off a teapot on eBay, other than, you know, making sure their junk is lit correctly. [Enjoy Your Camera via DVice - DSLR Version]
Marumi Macro Ring Light for Point & Shoot Digital Cameras Makes Your Face More Attractive
The flash on most point and shoot cameras is harsh and makes your subjects look horrible. It's fine if you're just taking a night shot of your buddies in a bar, but when you want slightly higher quality shots for your eBay photos or your "personal collection," you need something like this Marumi Ring Light to get more uniform illumination. This way there's not just one harsh flash light spot on the person's face. It still doesn't help those people who photograph their naked junk being reflected off a teapot on eBay, other than, you know, making sure their junk is lit correctly. [Enjoy Your Camera via DVice - DSLR Version]
security
T Pities Fool Who Bids on Hacked Fujitsu U810 With Live Virus "Still Present"
Shane Macaulay, the hacker who beat a Vista-powered Fujitsu in last week's CanSec West PWN 2 OWN contest has listed the UMPC—with virus "still likely present"—on eBay. Some say this might be Macaulay's idea of a joke, but T doesn't think it's funny when hackers joke around with exploits, especially an Adobe Flash exploit that might "affect 90 percent of computers worldwide." Mac's alleged rationale:This laptop is a good case study for any forensics group/company/individual that wants to prove how cool they are, and a live example, not canned of what a typical incident responce sitchiation [sic] would look like.Note: We can't spot an April 1 listing of any Fujitsu U810 on eBay. [InfoWorld]
unconfirmed
iPhone Firmware 2.0 to Have YouTube Plugin for Safari, Says BGR
BGR is claiming iPhone firmware 2.0 will provide a YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app. They aren't citing their source, but they're pretty confident in their assertion: More »
mimobots
The latest batch of mimobot designer flash drives for Spring continue their artist series, this time fronting Italian artist Simone Legno's Tokidoki brand. There's just three in the set, but they're all pretty awesome: Pirate Nero, obviously a frickin' pirate; Pastaio, who looks like demon kitty chef; and Meletta, which has a monkey on it. They're 1, 2 and 4GB and are fast enough for ReadyBoost. As always, you're not paying for the guts ($40, $60, $100) but the candy coating, which we still think is pretty sweet. [Mimoco]
Cooking Hell Kitties and Pirates: Tokidoki Mimobot Artist Series
The latest batch of mimobot designer flash drives for Spring continue their artist series, this time fronting Italian artist Simone Legno's Tokidoki brand. There's just three in the set, but they're all pretty awesome: Pirate Nero, obviously a frickin' pirate; Pastaio, who looks like demon kitty chef; and Meletta, which has a monkey on it. They're 1, 2 and 4GB and are fast enough for ReadyBoost. As always, you're not paying for the guts ($40, $60, $100) but the candy coating, which we still think is pretty sweet. [Mimoco]
security
There are plenty of secure USB drives, but the Personal Pocket Safe has to be the paranoid PC users' best friend. Its inventor CHDT Corp. calls it the first "encrypted, epoxy coated, pin-protected smart drive." It comes with the expected security features, such as military-grade encryption, safekeeping of passwords and other sensitive info and a track-covering feature that makes sure no one can trace its presence once it's removed from a system. To top it all off, though, the drive has its own rubber-key PIN-pad, so that you can key in your own 4-to-10 passcode. No passcode, and the thing goes into full lock down.
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Personal Pocket Safe USB Drive So Secure It Has Its Own PIN Pad
There are plenty of secure USB drives, but the Personal Pocket Safe has to be the paranoid PC users' best friend. Its inventor CHDT Corp. calls it the first "encrypted, epoxy coated, pin-protected smart drive." It comes with the expected security features, such as military-grade encryption, safekeeping of passwords and other sensitive info and a track-covering feature that makes sure no one can trace its presence once it's removed from a system. To top it all off, though, the drive has its own rubber-key PIN-pad, so that you can key in your own 4-to-10 passcode. No passcode, and the thing goes into full lock down.
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iphone
Despite Steve's "HELL NO!", Adobe is developing a Flash player for the iPhone. Adobe's CEO, Shantanu Narayen said to the WSJ that they have evaluated the software developer tools and they think they can develop an iPhone Flash player on their own. A Flash player plug-in for Safari, however, would be much more difficult, if not impossible with the current SDK. But there are other possibilities, from a development point of view, which could actually be better for iPhone users.
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Adobe Developing iPhone Flash Player, No Word on Safari Plug-In
Despite Steve's "HELL NO!", Adobe is developing a Flash player for the iPhone. Adobe's CEO, Shantanu Narayen said to the WSJ that they have evaluated the software developer tools and they think they can develop an iPhone Flash player on their own. A Flash player plug-in for Safari, however, would be much more difficult, if not impossible with the current SDK. But there are other possibilities, from a development point of view, which could actually be better for iPhone users.
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software
Hi Ho Silverlight? Microsoft Windows Mobile Gets PDF and Flash Friendly
Microsoft just signed a deal to license Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader PDF formats for Windows Mobile. There's no word yet on when this will appear in the operating system itself, but it's a nice show of openness. It also means two things:1) Microsoft's Flash competitor, Silverlight, may not be cutting the mustard, and this is no way to spur developers.
2) Steve Jobs' allegation that Flash Lite isn't good enough for the iPhone might hold less water, though few would disagree that iPhone quality standards are higher than Windows Mobile's. [InfoWorld]
9:22 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by AshWag: I'm disappointed with Gizmodo's dismissal of Silverlight. I'm Distributed computing final year student, and I like products from across the technology spectrum, alltechnologies have their place, all have contributed. I like Microsoft products just as much as Apple products, and I too more »
concepts
The USBee flash drive is attention-grabbing, not only because of its bee-themed appearance, but also because of its bendable neck and curvaceous shape. The USBee also features heat ventilation around the circuit board so that you don't fry your precious content. This would be a good thumb drive solution for the Macbook Air and its unfortunate USB situation. [Yanko Design]
USBee Flash Drive has Bendable Neck, Heat Ventilation, Vague Resemblance to a Bee
The USBee flash drive is attention-grabbing, not only because of its bee-themed appearance, but also because of its bendable neck and curvaceous shape. The USBee also features heat ventilation around the circuit board so that you don't fry your precious content. This would be a good thumb drive solution for the Macbook Air and its unfortunate USB situation. [Yanko Design]
apple
Steve Jobs Craps on Adobe Mobile Flash, Does Not Bode Well for iPhone Support
Everybody agrees that Safari Mobile on the iPhone is pretty much the best way to surf the web on a mobile phone save one issue: no Flash support. This annoying little hangup prevents pretty much all video sites from working, save a tiny selection of YouTube videos, and seriously hinders the functionality of sites that use Flash heavily. You'd think that adding Flash support would be at the top of Apple's list of things to do, but from what Jobso has been saying it looks like we shouldn't hold our breath. More »
12:10 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Adam Frucci
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88 comments
Latest by ThatsMrOffDutyNinja: @frostoy: Fanboy's unite! to get flammed! Flash doesn't seem to be on Steve's list sucks for you guys. ::Goes back to the AT&T TiLT with WM6 to watch more videos in Flash:: more »
apple
Apple Chilling On the Big Flash Memory Orders
Apple is ordering half of its usually allotment of Flash memory this year. Could be they have a lot of inventory. Could be the market for iPods is slowing. [News]
storage
