Motorola Defy Can Safely Sink

Motorola is taking the idea of “waterproof” gadgetry out for a spin. The Defy+ — announced even as Google was acquiring Motorola — is a souped-up, super-sealed version of the Defy. It sports a faster processor (1GHz, rather than 800MHz), a longer lasting battery (1700mAh, up from 1540mAh) and the latest iteration of Android, Gingerbread 2.3. [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/motorola-defy-can-safely-sink/

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Tarzan Ball is a tricky hook-and-pull physics game

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So, you're a ball. A Tarzan Ball, to be precise. You've earned the nickname thanks to your astonishing ability to shoot out a lengthy 'vine' (I hope it's a vine) at objects, and then pull yourself towards those objects.

That's a handy ability to have, especially since you've got no legs, no arms, and no other means of transportation. In Tarzan Ball, the rope is everything. But you don't just swing around the screen aimlessly - that wouldn't be much of a game now, would it?

Instead, your goal in life is to collect "targets". Each level has one of these "targets" hidden away somewhere on the screen, usually behind some kind of barrier. Once you navigate close enough to the target, you can shoot your rope at it and just reel it in. That's when you pass the level.

You can't die in this game, but it can still be very frustrating. It's actually one of the tougher games I've posted recently. Still, if you enjoy physics games, this one is quite nicely made.

[This is actually the sequel to IQ Ball, which we covered last year! -Ed]

Tarzan Ball is a tricky hook-and-pull physics game originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iOS Developer Fined For Illegally Farming Kids' Data [Apps]

Parents probably thought the Smurfberries debacle was the nadir of their kids' phone-gaming, but one developer has just been fined $50,000 by the FTC for illegally collecting data such as emails and names. More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/7_lWno6t7N0/ios-developer-fined-for-illegally-farming-kids-data

Heinrich Peller Viktoria Barz Emma Sauter Rosemarie Ramsauer

Pentagon's High Tech Research Agency Under Investigation [Military]

This is Regina Dugan, director of the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. She also co-owns a company that has recently won a number of Darpa contracts—something that has prompted the Pentagon's Inspector General to launch an audit. More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/hdT4GkN_3n8/pentagon-research-agency-under-investigation

Marion Dallmeyer Hanna Wohlrab Henrik Brenner Karla Reusch

Samsung Celox gets its moment in the blurrycam spotlight

Hey, what have we here? If it isn't the GT-I9210, a version of the Samsung Celox that we saw the other week. The Samsung Galaxy II-esque LTE handset got the blurrycam treatment on its way to Korean carrier SK Telecom. The rear of the device looks the same as what we saw earlier in the month, only with the carrier's logo tacked on for good measure. The front, on the other hand, has been redesigned and is now sporting four capacitive keys -- not an unusual move for a carrier branded version of one of the company's smartphones. In light of SK Telecom and Verizon's use of both LTE and CDMA, perhaps the Celox will join T-Mobile's rumored Hercules as the other 4.5-inch screened Galaxy S II variant for the US? Fingers crossed.

Samsung Celox gets its moment in the blurrycam spotlight originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/15/samsung-celox-gets-its-moment-in-the-blurrycam-spotlight/

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Google Ventures-Backed LawPivot Opens Legal Q&A Platform To The Public

lawpGoogle Ventures-backed LawPivot is blending a Q&A platform with legal advice for businesses, and allows technology companies and startups to confidentially ask legal questions to expert attorneys. But until now, LawPivot has kept the legal communications on its site private, so that only the lawyer and business can access this information. Today, the startup is releasing a public-facing Q&A platform to allows businesses to also ask questions publicly and receive answers from the LawPivot community of users nationwide. For background, LawPivot was co-founded by a team of lawyers and tech execs, including Jay Mandal, a lead mergers and acquisitions attorney at Apple; Nitin Gupta; an intellectual property litigation lawyer; and Steven Kam, a software engineer and architect with experience as an intellectual property litigation lawyer.

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Turn Any Room into the Situation Room with These LED Maps

You’ve seen news programs, movies, and TV shows where people who are planning strategy for the situation at hand are surrounded by maps with locations marked.  In the “old days”, colored pushpins were used to mark locations, but now you can use colored LED lights to mark the locations of your travels on a map [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/08/16/turn-any-room-into-the-situation-room-with-these-led-maps/

Michel Rohr Hilde Baaden Hartmut Theobald Nicholas Graul

CrunchGear Week In Review: Independent Edition

Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear: Weekend Giveaway: Toshiba 47-inch TL515 Series 3D LED TV Starbucks Merges Their Two iOS Apps, Lets You Gift Your Friends Coffee From Your Phone Warn Friends And Foes With These Nine Aperture Science Test Chamber Labels SocialBicycles Bike Sharing Is Now A Kickstarter Project Ricoh [...]

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/07/04/week-in-review-independent/

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Carriers testing LTE-enabled 4G iPhone?

Earlier this year, Verizon CEO Dan Mead all but confirmed that an LTE Apple device would be making its way to Verizon. Eventually. And no 2011 Apple rumor spattering would be complete without at least a casual mention of the high-speed 4G network. Now, BGR claims to have received an internal iOS test build from a major carrier, revealing a property list file for LTE. This of course doesn't guarantee that Apple will be shipping an LTE iPhone flavor later this year, but that it at least remains a possibility. Still, an October iPhone launch would fall nicely in line with recent confirmation that AT&T will be releasing an LTE smartphone in "late 2011," and 4G compatibility could definitely explain Cupertino's holdup in announcing the iPhone 4's successor. So, will you be flying through the wireless web at lightning-fast speed later this year? Hopefully we need not wait much longer to find out.

Carriers testing LTE-enabled 4G iPhone? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/15/carriers-testing-lte-enabled-4g-iphone/

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Altec Lansing Bliss Earphones Designed for Women

Altec Lansing has a line of earphoness that they designed just for women.  They are sized smaller for women’s ears, and they have “ jewel-like detailing and stylish colors” to look almost like jewelry for your ears.  They have three models in the Bliss line, with the Platinum being the top of the line.  The Bliss [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/08/15/altec-lansing-bliss-earphones-designed-for-women/

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