New iPad vs iPad 2: Photo and video camera tests

One of the features of the new iPad that Apple brags about is the new camera. The FaceTime front-facing camera is still a poor quality VGA camera, but the rear camera has been upgraded to a 5 megapixel iSight camera with a f/2.4 lens and 1080p video-recording capabilities. Although it's not as good as the iPhone 4S' 8 megapixel camera, it's still a huge improvement from the poor camera featured on the iPad 2.

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Linux kernel 3.3 released with merged Android code and more

The latest refresh of the Linux kernel, 3.3, is now available, and the second release of 2012 brings with it the long-awaited merging of code from Google's little side project. While that is particularly interesting to developers looking to boot Android or run apps on the stock Linux kernel (FYI: optimized power management and other infrastructure that didn't make it this time will arrive in the next release, 3.4) and represents a resolution to the issues that kept the two apart for so long it's not the only new feature included. There are improvements to file systems like Btrfs, memory management, networking, security and much, much more. Hit the source link below for the full changelog or grab the code and from the usual locations and get your compile on directly.

Linux kernel 3.3 released with merged Android code and more originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPad Goes on Sale; Launch Barely Bruised by Anti-Apple Protest

The third iteration of the iPad went on sale Friday morning in the U.S., greeted by the usual throngs of early adopters. Yet this time it also attracted protesters who have been campaigning for Apple to improve working conditions for the people who actually assemble the company's iconic mobile devices.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/ipad-launch-bruised/

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This American Life Retracts Foxconn Report: ‘Daisey Lied’

Acclaimed Public Radio International program This American Life is retracting an entire episode about working conditions inside Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that builds much of Apple's most popular hardware, after learning the reporter "partially fabricated" information about his visit to the factories.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/npr-retracts-foxconn-episode/

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Does the World Really Need a Smartphone-Controlled Rice Cooker? [Appliances]

The world may not, but according to Panasonic, Japan certainly does. The company's new SR-SX2 is about as fancy as rice cookers get, since it includes wireless RFID hardware letting it be programmed and configured using an Android smartphone. More »


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Nokia confirms Lumia 710, 800 to be knighted with mobile hotspot 'soon'

Nokia devering mobile hotspot to Lumia 710, 800 'soon' via Zune

If you've pored over the specs of Nokia's Lumia 710 and 800 handsets during the last few months, you've likely noticed the duo's lack of mobile hotspot functionally. Of course, the Finnish phone maker didn't completely abandoned the feature in Windows Phone, as the ability to turn your device into a portable access point will ship with its flagship Lumia 900 and the recently announced 610 at launch. Nokia admitted that the feature would be coming to the 800 months ago, and now Elop & Company have announced that the 710 is also on the shortlist. A recent Q&A post on its Connects blog explained that software updates will be "coming soon" -- by way of Zune update -- to remedy the discrepancy between the old and new. No word on what Nokia's definition of "soon" is, but you can find all the available details at the source link below.

Nokia confirms Lumia 710, 800 to be knighted with mobile hotspot 'soon' originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Universal ticker hack takes a look back at a time before NASDAQ (video)

Know what takes the sting out of your crashing stock portfolio? Arduino fun, silly geeks. Alright, so in this case it's an FTDI Basic board, but the spirit of this hack remains the same. A Swarthmore student by the name of Ames Bielenberg picked up where his hobbyist Pops left off and cooked up a Spring Break scheme to reanimate a late 19th century Universal Ticker. What's that, you ask? Only an old timey way of printing out pulses of what those monthly dividends were going to look like. So, while other youngins were going six shots deep, our enterprising tinkerer blacked out the windows, forgot about the bikinis and gently transformed this rare relic (of which there are only 6,000) into a Mac accessory. Using that above mentioned circuitry, lightly modified to accommodate RTS output and sufficient power demands, and the addition of a simple python script to translate that fluctuating index into real-time ticks, Ames was able to breath new life into an antiquated piece of Americana. Hop on past the break for a video demo of this tech walk down memory lane.

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Android Tablets and Windows 8: Let the Games Begin

Windows 8 is on its way. In fact, it's already here, in a manner of speaking. Microsoft recently released what it called a "consumer preview" version of the OS. When the final versions arrive, it will finally give Microsoft a leg up in the tablet market. That might take a bite out of the market share Android has managed to scratch out in tablets.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/74648.html

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Welcome to the Future: iPad Home Automation

Technology has greatly improved over the years and the iPad Home Automation system is now with us. Years ago no one would have ever thought that you would be able to control lighting or anything else in your home with an electronic device such as this. Everything has changed rather drastically since the first computer was developed years ago. Laptop computers, mobile phones and iPads and other tablet devices are definitely the norm now. Every household in America has at [...]

Source: http://tabletbuzzblog.com/welcome-to-the-future-ipad-home-automation/

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 130 - 03.18.2012

Wade through the post-St. Paddy's fog with the Engadget Mobile Podcast -- the only podcast that, if it were a mobile phone, it would be bathed in lightning, have its radio flashed, and have a pixel density three thousand times greater than even the most sensitive eagle could detect.

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