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- iPhone-generated artwork featured on cover of The New Yorker
- Add a hard drive to your Wii
- Farkie Lets You Download YouTube Videos, MySpace Playlists And Much More
- Sony apparantly puts PSP Extended Life Battery Kit back on sale
- Sony Japan integrates postcard function into Bravia TVs
- USB Conch
- Archos 2 PMP gets video walkthrough and review
- Seagate Showcase DVR Storage Expander 1TB review
- The Asus Eee PC 1000HV turns up
- CrunchDeals: 50% off turpentine!
| iPhone-generated artwork featured on cover of The New Yorker Posted: 25 May 2009 08:16 AM PDT
 Well, what do you know? It looks like our favorite fingerpainter is really making a name for himself with his handset artwork. Like his other New York City-scapes, Jorge Colombo’s cover for the June 1, 2009 issue of The New Yorker was composed entirely in the Brushes iPhone app. And it looks like the artist’s switch to a digital format is no gimmick — he tells The New York Times that the device allows him to work “without having to carry all my pens and brushes and notepads with me.” And he can work in anonymity — to complete the cover he spent about an hour on 42nd Street, with no interruptions (try doing that with a canvas, an easel, and a full compliment of art supplies). Mr. Colombo, if you’re out there: we’d like to add you to our Mafia Wars family. Drop us an email. Filed under: Cellphones iPhone-generated artwork featured on cover of The New Yorker originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 May 2009 10:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Posted: 25 May 2009 07:51 AM PDT
No more scratched disks! This video and FAQ shows you how to enable a USB hard drive on your wee that can run ISO files straight off the disk, ensuring that your precious, mint copy of Twilight Princess will never be covered with Cheeto dust. Note: this is a way to pirate WIi games. via Lifehacker via Giz Read more here:
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| Farkie Lets You Download YouTube Videos, MySpace Playlists And Much More Posted: 25 May 2009 07:46 AM PDT
All you need to do is copy-paste e.g. a public YouTube video URL, and Farkie will offer the video file to you in a variety of formats (MP3, AVI, WMV, WAV MOV or FLV). I converted the video of Susan Boyle's performance in the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent and was able to download it in just a matter of minutes, albeit with a bit of quality loss. Firefox users can install an add-on that will dock a toolbar with which you can easily download videos by merely inserting the public URL and hitting a button. Likewise, by entering the URL to a public MySpace profile into Farkie and clicking download, you can easily extract the playlist from the page and display all of the songs found in the list, ready for download in MP3 format. You can also use Farkie to download scripts, stylesheets and images from any website, or to scrape Flash games from the multitude of online gaming sites out there. While this tool can come in handy quite a lot, I'm pretty sure some people - particularly at Google and MySpace - are not going to be happy with it. YouTube, for example, has in the past made it clear that it intends to crack down on services that allow for video downloads from the site - we should know -, especially now that it's rolling out a video program of their own along with several of its partners. Enjoy Farkie while it lasts. Or check out similar services like File2HD.com as an alternative.
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| Sony apparantly puts PSP Extended Life Battery Kit back on sale Posted: 25 May 2009 07:41 AM PDT
 What a wild ride this thing has had. Originally announced back in November of 2007, the PSP Extended Life Battery Kit promised to provide right around 20 percent more battery life in exchange for $45 and an additional bulge. Then, Sony seemingly canned the thing abruptly in August of 2008. Just a month later, Sony’s US director of hardware marketing John Koller confessed that the PSP-3000’s new screen would eat away more severely at the battery, but that an extended cell would solve the quandary for a few of your hard-earned dollars. Now, it seems he’s finally making good on that proclamation, with the PlayStation Portable Extended Life Battery Kit back on the outfit’s website for $44.99. At least one user over at the official PlayStation forums has already received one, but at the moment, SonyStyle is showing the item as backordered. Might as well get in line, yeah? [Via PlayStation Forums, thanks Eric] Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds, Peripherals Sony apparantly puts PSP Extended Life Battery Kit back on sale originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 May 2009 09:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Sony Japan integrates postcard function into Bravia TVs Posted: 25 May 2009 07:12 AM PDT
Here is some news from Sony, which comes directly from the who-on-earth-needs-this department. The company has launched a new service for the Japanese market that enables owners of Bravia TVs to send and receive e-postcards. Obviously, "Bravia Postcard" [JP] only works if you have an Internet-enabled Bravia at home. Users can receive, read and magnify e-postcards sent from certain Japanese cell phones (made by Sony) or from other Bravia owners. It's possible to write messages using the remote control.
Bravia TVs (at least devices sold in Japan) have an application that's called "Bravia Postcard" they can open to write and send away the e-postcard. If users receive a message, a small window on the right of the screen pops up, asking to open the postcard. The whole service is completely free and Japan-only for the time being. View original post here:
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| Posted: 25 May 2009 07:10 AM PDT
To: Piggy CC: Lads on the Beach It has come to my attention that some of your team has been using a USB Conch. Please note that it is against company policy to install or use outside hardware on company PCs and using an unauthorized shell-shaped USB hub on your PC is a direct violation of this policy. While we originally used the conch in the early years after the wreck, IT has decided that prior the launch of Windows 7 and the roll-out in accounting, food gathering, and HR later this year we will have to crack down on unauthorized hardware. Please unplug all unauthorized USB Conch devices by COB today. Thank you for your cooperation and sucks to yer assmar. Read more here:
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| Archos 2 PMP gets video walkthrough and review Posted: 25 May 2009 07:06 AM PDT
 The Archos 2 ain’t much to write home about, and in reality, it ain’t too revolutionary compared to simplistic DAPs that emerged years back. The reason for its existence? To get portable music into shallow pockets. The crew over at ArchosFans were able to grab hold of the diminutive media player and take it for a spin (in the park, at the cubicle, etc.). We won’t spoil the eight minutes of fun that await you after the break, but we can say this: the main selling point here is the price, and while you won’t find anything exceptionally fancy, it’ll get the job done for $39 (4GB), $59 (8GB) or $99 (16GB). Continue reading Archos 2 PMP gets video walkthrough and review Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video Archos 2 PMP gets video walkthrough and review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 May 2009 09:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Seagate Showcase DVR Storage Expander 1TB review Posted: 25 May 2009 07:02 AM PDT As more and more Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) offer the choice of recording in high-definition, and more consumers decide to prioritize picture quality, the standard storage in most models simply can't keep up. Into that fray steps the DVR Expander, a straightforward way of adding recording capacity; today it's the turn of the Seagate Showcase DVR Storage Expander, a full 1TB of storage.
Like other DVR Expanders we've reviewed, setup is deliberately easy. Seagate supply the Showcase unit itself- a 2.5 x 6.0 x 8.0 inch box - together with a stand for positioning it vertically, an A/C power adapter, quick-start guide and either a 1m USB or 1m eSATA cable, depending on which model you've bought. 500GB and 1TB versions are available, with either USB 2.0 or eSATA connections to suit different models of DVR.
Plug in the power, connect the Showcase to your DVR, and turn it on; when you turn your DVR back on, on-screen you'll see a prompt to format the new drive. Once that's completed, most DVRs will treat the new storage as an extension of their internal capacity, switching from one to the other as they fill up and as old files are deleted. Seagate suggest you'll have enough room for up to 200hrs of HD content or 1,000hrs of SD content. That will obviously depend on the settings of your DVR, but the Showcase is certainly much easier - and warranty friendly - than opening up the recorder itself and swapping in a larger drive. The Showcase isn't silent but it was generally quieter in use than the DVRs we tested it with; if you're actually watching something then you're unlikely to notice the Seagate in operation.
As you might expect, the Showcase also works with Windows and Mac OS X computers, showing up as an external drive. Don't expect to be able to readily play files recorded with your DVR, though, as different models have different, often modified formats. Similarly, there's no way to load up the Showcase with downloaded video and play it back through your DVR; each time you connect up the drive, it needs to be formated in order for the DVR to recognize it.
In an ideal world, Seagate would offer both USB 2.0 and eSATA connections on the same drive; that would offer more flexibility when it comes to using the Showcase on future DVRs, which may not have the same interface. Still, making you choose between them likely keeps the price down, and given the nature of the device you're unlikely to be doing much day-to-day swapping between machines. Even with those limitations in mind, though, the Seagate Showcase DVR Storage Expander is a simple solution to a frustrating problem. The 500GB models have an MRSP of $124.99 while the 1TB models come in at $164.99; that puts them roughly on a par with street pricing for rival DVR Expanders. This is likely a purchase led by your wallet rather than brand loyalty, but the Seagate Showcase is a well-priced drive that does exactly what you'd ask of it. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| The Asus Eee PC 1000HV turns up Posted: 25 May 2009 07:00 AM PDT According to sources, the Asus Eee PC 1000HV with ATI Radeon HD 3450 graphics card that has just been put online for pre-order is an announced mini laptop. It offers the fantastic graphics from ATI Radeon with a ten inch screen, sounds interesting!
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| CrunchDeals: 50% off turpentine! Posted: 25 May 2009 06:57 AM PDT
This just rolled into our inbox. We don't know why. All I know is turpentine is now 50%. I also know that you should not drink turpentine.
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