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25.12.2011 24:00 Uhr
Switched On: The Year of Reversal
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
Back in 2005, Switched On dubbed its first full year of existence "The Year of the Switch" as IBM sold its PC business to Lenovo, Apple announced plans to leave the PowerPC platform for Macs and Microsoft moved to PowerPC processors for the XBox 360. But the dramatic reversals we saw in 2011 made even some of those decisions look tame by comparison.
25.12.2011 23:08 Uhr, Engadget,
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25.12.2011 23:00 Uhr
What did you get as a gift this holiday? What did you give?
Technology is increasingly the gift of choice, and we'd like to know what readers got (or are giving) this year for Christmas, Hanukkah, another holiday, or just out of kindness. Did you get an iPad, a Kindle Fire, or a Galaxy Nexus? Share what you've seen in the comments below, and please be kind in the spirit of the season!
25.12.2011 22:20 Uhr, MacNN,
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TUAW Best of 2011: Vote for the best iPhone music app
The nominations are in, and the poll is ready to go! The TUAW Best of 2011 awards are all about you -- the readers -- and what you think is the cream of the crop of Apple or third-party products and software. To vote, select one entry from the top nominations made by readers. We'll be announcing the winner in just a few days. Vote early and often!
TUAW is asking for your votes for the best iPhone music app of 2011.
There are six nominees in this category. The first, while technically a gam
25.12.2011 22:05 Uhr, The Unofficial Apple Weblog,
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Bell Canada drops traffic shaping, may meter instead
Bell Canada has backed off of plans to throttle peer-to-peer traffic on its network following a CRTC decision that could make it illegal. As of March 1, neither Bell itself nor wholesalers on its network will see connections slow down when BitTorrent or similar traffic goes through. The Internet provider spun the decision as a reflection of a "diminishing" ratio of peer-to-peer traffic in favor streaming and other means of getting the same content.
25.12.2011 22:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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25.12.2011 22:00 Uhr
Apple's Newsstand application aiding digital magazine sales, says 'I told you so'
There's no doubt that the digital magazine's road to success has been a bumpy one. The original -- and still the main -- idea was to push content creators and publishers forward in the paperless era, but there's been many doubters and fallen soldiers in the process. While Apple hasn't been the only outfit looking to bring the magazine to the small screen, the introduction of the Newsstand app in iOS 5 aimed to give digitized
25.12.2011 21:50 Uhr, Engadget,
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25.12.2011 21:00 Uhr
Notre Dame heralds paint-on solar cells, wants to smear your home with its goop (video)
Leave it to the Fighting Irish to take a stab at solving the world's energy woes. Notre Dame researchers have successfully developed solar cells that can be easily painted on to any conductive surface. Imagine, for a moment, applying this solution to your home rather than attaching solar panels to the roof. The paint mixture incorporates quantum dots of titanium dioxide, which is then coated with either cadmium sulfide or cadmium selenide, and is then suspended in mixture of water and alcohol to create a spreadable compound that's capable of generating electricity. While its efficiency isn't currently much
25.12.2011 20:35 Uhr, Engadget,
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Dropbox top iPhone productivity app in TUAW Best of 2011 voting
Merry Christmas! Although today is officially a holiday and we're all spending time with our families and friends, the voting elves at TUAW have been working hard to continue the coverage of our TUAW Best of 2011 awards.
Today's winner is an app and service that should be on everyone's iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC -- Dropbox. The Dropbox iPhone app (free) pulled in 38.6 percent of the votes form TUAW readers, topping
25.12.2011 20:05 Uhr, The Unofficial Apple Weblog,
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Dutch reject law making movie, music downloads illegal
The Dutch parliament late last week passed a motion that will likely keep movie and music downloading legal in the country. Although not binding, the measure discourages a proposed law from State Secretary for Security and Justice Fred Teeven that would have made many common direct downloads illegal. Personal use downloads by themselves would remain legal, the Netherlands governing body said.
25.12.2011 20:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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25.12.2011 20:00 Uhr
Swype gets a new beta, adopts Dragon Dictation for speech to text (video)
Look, either you love or hate Swype -- there's just no two ways about it. Those that can't imagine life without the gesture-based virtual keyboard will probably only fall deeper in amour with it when greeted with the latest beta. Eagle-eyed observers might notice the microphone key in that image above has been replaced with a tiny flame logo that should be familiar to any fan of Nuance's voice-to-text apps. Swype now has Dragon Dictation baked right in -- a development we could have guessed was coming after the
25.12.2011 19:05 Uhr, Engadget,
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25.12.2011 19:00 Uhr
TUAW wishes you a Merry Christmas
From all of us at TUAW to all of you who celebrate it, our heartfelt wishes for a very merry Christmas. It's also Hanukkah this week, so best holiday wishes there too. Belated blessed Solstice? Early Kwanzaa & New Year's regards? We wish it all for you.
In the holiday spirit, we'd like to take this opportunity to let you know about some of the other wonderful things that our contributors have been up to this year.
Erica Sadun, Steve Sande, Michael Grothaus and Dave Caolo have all collaborated on various Apress books in the "
25.12.2011 18:20 Uhr, The Unofficial Apple Weblog,
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Apples Weihnachtsspot nun preisgekrönt
Wie wir neulich berichteten, hatte Apple kurz vor Weihnachten noch eine neue Werbung im US-amerikanischen Fernsehen geschalten. Genau diese Werbung wurde nun aus einer Liste von 35 anderen Spots zur “beste[n] TV Werbung zu Weihnachten” gewählt,so iPhoneNews. Wie jedes Jahr hat es auch dieses Mal wieder eine Menge Werbung zur Weihnachtszeit gegeben. Unter Anderem eben
25.12.2011 18:20 Uhr, apfelnews,
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25.12.2011 18:00 Uhr
Madonnaleaks: 31-Jähriger in Spanien verhaftet
Ein 31-jähriger Mann wurde von der spanischen Polizei in der Stadt Saragossa verhaftet, da er das bisher unveröffentlichte Lied Gimme All Your Luvin von Madonna angeblich im Internet veröffentlicht haben soll. (Weiter lesen)Verwandter InhaltAlle Jahre wieder: Ortung des WeihnachtsmannsBing Maps Streetside von Microsoft ist startklar
25.12.2011 17:50 Uhr, WinFuture.de,
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Die Telekom hat "Appetit auf Geschwindigkeit"
Die Deutsche Telekom hat den eigenen Angaben zufolge Appetit auf Geschwindigkeit. Zu diesem Thema hat sich Niek Jan van Damme, Vorstandsmitglied Deutschland und Sprecher der Geschäftsführung, geäußert.Niek Jan (Weiter lesen)Verwandter InhaltGoogle: Weihnachtsschmuck & Schnee auf YoutubeAlle Jahre wieder: Ortung des Weihnachtsmanns
25.12.2011 17:35 Uhr, WinFuture.de,
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Tizi remote uses Siri for steering iPad TV
Equinux has developed a rare app that uses Siri outside of Apple's own. Tizi Remote (free, App Store) lets users remotely control either a TV attached to a Tivi or an iPad attached to a Tivi Go wireless receiver, turning it into a TV with live channels and DVR-like recording. Siri comes into play as a simple channel changing system: Equinux uses the voice dictation feature to pick channels by speaking their names.
25.12.2011 17:35 Uhr, MacNN,
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So, what'd you get?
Yeah, it's pretty unfortunate that you've got to work tomorrow (well, unless you're down with Boxing Day), but let's take it one 24-hour window at a time, shall we? It's not as if you've had any shortage of gizmos to choose from this year, and while you aren't likely to get a Transformer Prime, there's plenty of other stocking stuffers to look forward to. Speaking of which, what'd you find under your tree this morning? A Kindle Fire? That new laptop you've been longing for? A few new cables to do c
25.12.2011 17:20 Uhr, Engadget,
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Bing Maps Streetside von Microsoft ist startklar
Dem Start des Panoramadienstes Bing Streetside von Microsoft steht in Deutschland nichts mehr im Wege. Erste Regionen lassen sich, sofern Silverlight auf den Systemen installiert wurde, schon jetzt (Weiter lesen)Verwandter InhaltMiranda IM 0.9.39 - Kostenloser Multi-MessengerGoogle: Weihnachtsschmuck & Schnee auf Youtube
25.12.2011 17:05 Uhr, WinFuture.de,
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25.12.2011 17:00 Uhr
Kindle Gratis-Tage: Amazon verschenkt E-Books
Der US-amerikanische Online-Einzelhändler hat die Kindle-Gratis-Tage gestartet. Von heute bis zum 6. Januar findet man jeden Tag im Kindle-Shop ein neues Buch, welches gratis von Amazon zur Verfügung gestellt (Weiter lesen)Verwandter InhaltApp-Umsatz: iOS lässt Android noch weit hinter sichWeihnachtsgeschäft: IT-Branche zieht positive Bilanz
25.12.2011 16:35 Uhr, WinFuture.de,
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Refresh Roundup: week of December 19, 2011
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging to get updated. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don't escape without notice, we've gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery from the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!Continue reading Refresh Roundup: week of December 19, 2011
25.12.2011 16:05 Uhr, Engadget,
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25.12.2011 16:00 Uhr
Mini-Tablet von Nokia?
Zwar hat Nokia-Chef Stephen Elop den Gerüchten bezüglich eines im Juni auf den Markt kommenden Tablets auf Basis von Windows 8 erst kürzlich eine Abfuhr erteilt, ein in diese Kategorie gehörendes Gerät könnte aber dennoch demnächst in den Handel kommen.
25.12.2011 15:50 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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[Tipps und Tricks] OS X Lion: Leseliste-Icon in Safari verstecken
Bei der täglichen Flut an Informationen bleibt nicht immer die Zeit, interessante Artikel im Internet sofort zu lesen. Dabei macht es Safari mit der Leseleiste dem Mac-Anwender besonders einfach, Texte zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt auf dem Mac oder einem iOS-Gerät abzurufen. Die Leseleiste lässt sich
25.12.2011 15:05 Uhr, Maclife,
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25.12.2011 15:00 Uhr
Modern Warfare 3: Bär im Tütü verunsichert Spieler (Video)
Und habt ihr ihn erkannt? Den Bären im Tütü? Jetzt wollen wir nur noch von euch wissen, was der in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 zu suchen hat. Und wer oder was sich sonst da noch so alles tummelt. Video nach dem Break.
[via Joystiq]Continue reading Modern Warfare 3: Bär im Tütü verunsichert Spieler (Video)
25.12.2011 14:20 Uhr, Engadget german,
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Bell Canada will stop throttling your P2P traffic, might charge instead
Since the CRTC took a swipe at net neutrality a few years back, Bell Canada internet customers have maligned its P2P packet-shaping ways. From March 1st, however, users can file-share at the speeds nature (or your ISP) intended. In a letter to the aforementioned regulator, Bell points out that improvements to its network and the
25.12.2011 14:20 Uhr, Engadget,
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25.12.2011 14:00 Uhr
Vorbild Camembert: ETH-Forscher entwickeln "lebendes Material"
Filed under: Forschung
Fressen statt gefressen werden: Wissenschaftler der ETH Zürich haben einen Edelschimmelpilz, wie wir ihn gerne im Käse mögen, nach dem Sandwich-Prinzip zwischen zwei Kunststofffolien geklemmt. Von dort aus verputzt er bestimmte Essensflecken, da die Poren der oberen Membran den Austausch von Nährstoffen und Gasen erlauben, ohne den Pilz entwischen zu lassen. Den neuen Werkstoff aus Polymeren und lebenden Organismen nennen seine Erfinder folgerichtig «Living Material». Er ist weniger als einen halben Millimeter dünn, flexibel, abwischfest und langlebig. Die Inspiration lieferte die Weißschimmelschi
25.12.2011 13:20 Uhr, Engadget german,
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25.12.2011 13:00 Uhr
Weihnachtskomet Lovejoy auf dem Weg durch das Sonnensystem (Videos)
Guillaume Blanchard hat dieses Bild vom "Weihnachts-"Kometen Lovejoy zwei Tage vor Weihnachten geschossen, und Gabriel Brammer vom ESO (European Southern Observatory) dazu auch gleich noch ein Zeitraffervideo gemacht, zuvor war er schon von der ISS aus gefilmt worden (Videos nach dem Break). Lovejoy ist ein sogenannter Kreutz-Sungrazer die üblicherweise durch ihre Nähe zur Sonne zerissen werden, hat die Sonne aber in nur 140.000 Kilometer Abstand unbeschadet passiert. Er war erst am 27. November vom Hobby-Astronomen Terry Lovejoy entdeckt worden.
[via Physorg]Continue reading Wei
25.12.2011 12:20 Uhr, Engadget german,
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25.12.2011 12:00 Uhr
Sonntagswort: Round-Up zum iTV
Nachdem sich diese Woche in der Gerüchteküche rund um Apples lang ersehnten HDTV einiges getan hat, lassen wir nun mal alles Revue passieren, und geben euch eine Zusammenstellung aller erwarteten und erhofften Features. Siri Dass Cupertinos Fernseher mit der geliebten Sprachassistentin Siri kommen wird, daran hegt kaum noch einer Zweifel, obwohl es weiterhin
25.12.2011 11:05 Uhr, apfelnews,
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Review: GoPro HD Hero 2 (Videos)
Filed under: Kameras
Die Helmkamera Hero von GoPro ist nun - wie wir bereits berichteten - auch in einer verbesserten Version erhältlich. Unsere US-Kollegen haben die neue Hero 2 getestet und mit dem Vorläufermodell verglichen. Ihr Fazit fällt positiv aus: Die Kamera überzeugt mit einer hohen Bildqualität auch bei wenig Licht, die Aufnahmen sind generell schärfer, und auch die Farben wirken authentischer. Einige kleinere Macken der ersten Generation sind leider immer noch vorhanden, so ist die Kamera ziemlich schwer, vor allem wenn sie umgeschnallt wird, und di
25.12.2011 11:05 Uhr, Engadget german,
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25.12.2011 11:00 Uhr
Weihnachts Tipps: Populäre Apps für kurze Zeit kostenlos! [WhatsApp etc.]
Der Tag der Bescherung ist leider schon vorbei. Wir hoffen, dass ihr umfangreich beschenkt worden seid und so mancher Wunsch auch final in Erfüllung ging. Wir begrüßen zudem alle iPhone und iPad Neulinge, die sich jetzt erst einmal in ihr Gerät einarbeiten müssen. Nachdem der App Store Account erfolgreich angelegt wurde, beginnt der Run auf
25.12.2011 10:35 Uhr, apfelnews,
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Google Maps warnt vor niederländischem Mordor
Filed under: Suchmaschinen
Während auf der Google-Suche nach wie vor leise der Schnee rieselt und das Google Doodle zurzeit weihnachtlich dudelt, überrascht die britische Version von Google Maps mit einer Herr-der-Ringe-Warnung. Wenn man bei "Get directions" eine Route vom Hobbit-Territorium "The Shire" nach "Mordor" eingibt und dann auf das Fußgänger-Symbol klickt, erscheint dieser gelb hervorgehobene Hinweis: "Use caution - One does not simply walk into Mordor". Die Reise ins Reich des bösen Sauron, vor welcher Boromir (wie ihr im Video nach dem
25.12.2011 10:20 Uhr, Engadget german,
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HTC Fireball and LG Spectrum may bring global awesomeness to Verizon's LTE lineup
Separately, the HTC Fireball and LG Spectrum have made their appearances in Verizon's internal system before. But together, in the screenshot above, they're actually much more than just a couple silly names -- they're responsible for ushering in the beginning of an era (potentially). We have yet to see an LTE device on Big Red's lineup that can double as a world phone, but these two phones appear to have the international roaming capability. We're e
25.12.2011 10:05 Uhr, Engadget,
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25.12.2011 9:00 Uhr
UC Berkeley picks Google over Microsoft, talks why
The University of California in Berkeley has posted a full breakdown of a recent decision to pick Google's Gmail and Google Apps over Microsoft's Office 365 in what represented a changing of the guard. Although not an unambiguous win, Google pulled ahead by being free, taking a fast six to ten weeks to implement, and popular. Using its system would require much less of an overhaul than Microsoft's, Berkeley said, and man of the students and staff alike already knew the apps.
25.12.2011 08:35 Uhr, MacNN,
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Die 51. Woche 2011 auf ComputerBase
Im Wochenrhythmus lassen wir jeden Sonntagmorgen die meistgelesenen News und Artikel der vergangenen sieben Tage noch einmal Revue passieren. Nicht zuletzt in der Hoffnung, das ein oder andere Highlight noch einmal schmackhaft zu machen.
25.12.2011 08:05 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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25.12.2011 8:00 Uhr
Ultrasonic screwdriver sniffs out carbon fiber damage, planes book a check-up with The Doctor
Lighter planes means less fuel, means less money and, hopefully, lower ticket prices. Carbon fiber reinforcements are a major part of this plan; both Boeing's latest bird and the double-decker Airbus make liberal use of the light and strong composite. However, they're not without their own dangers; minute amounts of water can get into the carbon fibers, which then form ice at high altitude, damaging the fiber structures. This sort of miniature damage is -- unlike aluminum versions -- very difficult to spot. Embarrassingly, the engineers' best bet to detect the r
25.12.2011 07:50 Uhr, Engadget,
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25.12.2011 7:00 Uhr
25.12.2011 5:00 Uhr
Ask Engadget: best quick-shutter camera for under $700?
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from Travis, who is soon to become a father (congratulations!) and wants to capture the baby's life with a new camera. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
"I'm about to become a new parent and my not-so-tech-savvy wife thinks we need a ridiculous DSLR to get good, quick pics of our new child. I argue there are plenty of cameras out there with fast shutter speeds that won't cost us too mu
25.12.2011 04:35 Uhr, Engadget,
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25.12.2011 3:00 Uhr
25.12.2011 2:00 Uhr
MOTOACTV torn down and rooted, turned into a tablet for ants
Chris Wade, the intrepid dev behind the DingleBerry PlayBook hack, has turned his attention to new device. One that occupies the exact opposite end of the size spectrum -- the MOTOACTV. The man started poking around inside the Android-powered sports watch, actually tearing it open and splaying its innards across his palm for all of us to see. Under the hood he discovered an OMAP 3630 clocked at 600MHz and 256MB of RAM. Then he put the whole thing back together and the real fun began. Wade managed root the underlying Gingerbread platform and turn it from a GPS tracker to 1.6-inch t
25.12.2011 01:50 Uhr, Engadget,
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Holiday Gift Guide: Procrastinator's Edition
You know who you are. It's Christmas Eve, your stockings are yet to be hung with care, and there's a dismayingly large gap in the "gift gotten" column of your personal Nice list -- or maybe you haven't figured out what the last three days of Hanukkah are going to look like when it comes to gift exchanges. Don't panic; we're right there with you.
While physical gifts may be more difficult (though not completely impossible) to get at this stage, the intangible options are still on the table. Some of the best ideas for late gifting were summed up this week by Andy Ihnatko in the Chicago Sun-Times and Chris Breen a
25.12.2011 01:35 Uhr, The Unofficial Apple Weblog,
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Plex media app: streaming soon to Nook Tablet and Color
Well, well, if it isn't the famed iOS and Android media jock (read: Plex) making its way to the Nook universe. The application's now gone through yet another good-to-go regime, and if all goes according to plan, it should be hitting Barnes & Noble's virtual stores in the coming days. For those of you out of the loop on Plex's offerings; the service acts as a media server ready to stream online and locally stored content, which are great features to have -- especially when someone limits how your internal storage can be used. We've got no info on how much cash you'll have t
25.12.2011 01:20 Uhr, Engadget,
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25.12.2011 1:00 Uhr
TUAW Best of 2011: Vote for the best iPhone navigation app
The nominations are in, and the poll is ready to go! The TUAW Best of 2011 awards are all about you -- the readers -- and what you think is the cream of the crop of Apple or third-party products and software. To vote, select one entry from the top nominations made by readers. We'll be announcing the winner in just a few days. Vote early and often!
TUAW is asking for your votes for the best iPhone navigation app of 2011.
The readers have spoken, and the nominees for best iPhone navigation a
25.12.2011 00:05 Uhr, The Unofficial Apple Weblog,
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