Crap Time Capsule
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31 Dec 2010(Credit: Apple) Two European standardization bodies have agreed to make micro-USB the standard interface port for smartphones in Europe. Though Apple currently uses its proprietary 30-pin dock connector for transferring data and charging its iPhone, iPad, and iPods, CEN-CENELEC and ETSI announced yesterday they have agreed that an adapter is suitable for compliance. The commission [...]
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31 Dec 2010Ford’s new app give you real-time traffic information for up to 25 stored destinations. (Credit: Ford) Ford released a free mobile app that gives drivers access to some of Sync’s travel features even when they’re not in the car. The Ford Sync Destinations app is like a mobile version of the Travel Destination and Information [...]
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30 Dec 2010Taylor Franklin Hide looks tired. Cute, but tired. (See video.) So it’s hardly surprising that the Alabama-based inventor has been so focused on maximizing the quality of his sleep. Enter the LUMImask, which he has recently unveiled on the creative funding Web site KickStarter. The plain, black mask with an almost-invisible little alarm on one [...]
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30 Dec 2010(Credit: Honda Aircraft Company) Honda Aircraft this week is one more step closer to making HondaJet a reality. The company, which plans to deliver light business aircraft in 2012, completed an FAA-conforming flight. The nearly one-hour test flight took place on Monday from the company’s Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C. The HondaJet has [...]
Friday Poll: Tech-related resolutions for 2011?
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31 Dec 20101. Get better at photoshop, which means get out and take more pictures with my dSLR. 2. Maybe also learn a little bit of hacking because all the stuff hackers were doing to the Kinect really got me excited. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do anyways. 3. Organize my dad’s 7 TB of movies [...]