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Google Releases Chrome for Android

sylv3rblade — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:01:02 +0000

Google has finally released a working beta of it’s Chrome Browser for Android. The mobile version of Google’s popular browser on the desktop has been redesigned from the ground-up for mobile devices, prioritizing speed and simplicity while sporting a ton of features from the desktop version.

You can test out Chrome for Android via the Android Market. Just a heads-up, the app seems to be currently limited to those in the US only and requires Android 4.0 Ice cream Sandwich to run. Seems like we’ll have to wait for the build to get finalized before being able to jump in.

Source: Google Chrome Blog

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Prevent Lightroom from launching when inserting any portable media

sylv3rblade — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:32:13 +0000

One minor quirk that always irked me with Lightroom was that it always launches whenever I insert device on my USB slot or card reader. And I mean always. While it might be a boon for people doing photography for a living, this is more of an annoyance since the pop-up launches even if there is absolutely no images on the device you are connecting :/.

To prevent Lightroom from automatically launching, you need to turn of the proper option in the preferences.

Important Note: The menu placement will be different in each version of Lightroom. We’re using the latest version, Lightroom 3.

In Windows you need to go to Edit > Preferences > Import

Ensure that the highlighted option is unchecked then press OK. Lightroom will no longer start whenever connecting any media device (or if you’re like me then that means ANY device) to your computer.

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WordPress 3.3 “Sonny” now available

sylv3rblade — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:44:55 +0000

The WordPress team at Automattic has just released WordPress 3.3, named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt. The update to their offers the usual slew of bugfixes and introduces several new features that will likely appeal to both newbies and advanced users alike.

WordPress 3.3′s new features are as follows:

Easier Uploading

File Type Detection

We’ve streamlined things! Instead of needing to click on a specific upload icon based on your file type, now there’s just one. Once your file is uploaded, the appropriate fields will be displayed for entering information based on the file type.

Drag-and-Drop Media Uploader

Adding photos or other files to posts and pages just got easier. Drag files from your desktop and drop them into the uploader. Add one file at a time, or many at once.

More File Formats

We’ve added the rar and 7z file formats to the list of allowed file types in the uploader.

Dashboard Design

Flyout Menus

Speed up navigating the dashboard and reduce repetitive clicking with our new flyout submenus. As you hover over each main menu item in your dashboard navigation, the submenus will magically appear, providing single-click access to any dashboard screen.

Header + Admin Bar = Toolbar

To save space and increase efficiency, we’ve combined the admin bar and the old Dashboard header into one persistent toolbar. Hovering over the toolbar items will reveal submenus when available for quick access.

Responsive Design

Certain dashboard screens have been updated to look better at various sizes, including improved iPad/tablet support.

Help Tabs

The Help tabs located in the upper corner of the dashboard screens below your name have gotten a facelift. Help content is broken into smaller sections for easier access, with links to relevant documentation and the support forums always visible.

Feels Like the First Time

New Feature Pointers

When we add new features, move navigation, or do anything else with the dashboard that might throw you for a loop when you update your WordPress site, we’ll let you know about it with new feature pointers explaining the change.

Post-update Changelog

This screen! From now on when you update WordPress, you’ll be brought to this screen — also accessible any time from the W logo in the corner of the toolbar — to get an overview of what’s changed.

Dashboard Welcome

The dashboard home screen will have a Welcome area that displays when a new WordPress installation is accessed for the first time, prompting the site owner to complete various setup tasks. Once dismissed, this welcome can be accessed via the dashboard home screen options tab.

Content Tools

Better Co-Editing

Have you ever gone to edit a post after someone else has finished with it, only to get an alert that tells you the other person is still editing the post? From now on, you’ll only get that alert if another person is still on the editing screen — no more time lag.

Tumblr Importer

Want to import content from Tumblr to WordPress? No problem! Go to Tools → Importto get the new Tumblr Importer, which maps your Tumblog posts to the matching WordPress post formats. Tip: Choose a theme designed to display post formats to get the greatest benefit from the importer.

Widget Improvements

Changing themes often requires widget re-configuration based on the number and position of sidebars. Now if you change back to a previous theme, the widgets will automatically go back to how you had them arranged in that theme. Note: if you’ve added new widgets since the switch, you’ll need to rescue them from the Inactive Widgets area.

Under the Hood

Flexible Permalinks

You have more freedom when choosing a post permalink structure. Skip the date information or add a category slug without a performance penalty.

Post Slugs: Less Funky

Funky characters in post titles (e.g. curly quotes from a word processor) will no longer result in garbled post slugs.

jQuery and jQuery UI

WordPress now includes the entire jQuery UI stack and the latest version of jQuery: 1.7.1.

is_main_query()

This handy method will tell you if a WP_Queryobject is the main WordPress query or a secondary query.

WP_Screen API

WordPress has a nice new API for working with admin screens. Create rich screens, add help documentation, adapt to screen contexts, and more.

Editor API Overhaul

The new editor API automatically pulls in all the JS and CSS goodness for the editor. It even supports multiple editors on the same page.

Below is a video which summarizes the items mentioned above:

WordPress 3.3 “Sonny” now available originally appeared on Techie Xplorer© on December 12, 2011, 11:44 pm.
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LG confirms Android ICS upgrade in the works

sylv3rblade — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:12:38 +0000

LG has issued an announcement indicating that the latest Android release, Android 4.0 AKA Ice Cream Sandwich will be making it’s way onto it’s smartphones.

The announcement confirmed that ICS will initially be available only for high-end smartphones that were introduced this year:

Optimus 2x
Optimus Black
Optimus 3D
Optimus LTE

Other smartphone models are currently under investigation as to whether Ice cream Sandwich will be compatible with the functionality, features and performance.

The final schedule of the official Android ICS 4.0 release for the smartphone models named above will be announced in December.

source Official LG Mobile Fan Page

LG confirms Android ICS upgrade in the works originally appeared on Techie Xplorer© on November 29, 2011, 8:12 am.
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AMD-branded memory to reach US shores

sylv3rblade — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:50:15 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has just announced that their AMD-branded memory modules will soon be shipping via strategic partners in the US.

For years even before the ATI acquisition, AMD has been supplying the memory modules for Radeon GPU’s production-line, making them a pretty big market-player in the memory industry behind the lines. The company claims that they have used the AMD OverDrive performance optimization tool to test and optimize DRAM in conjunction with their APUs, CPUs, GPUs and chipset platforms.

For those interested in trying them out, AMD’s DDR3 memory modules will be available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities and each will be available in several variants:

Entertainment

1333MHz
1600MHz

Performance

1600MHz in matched pairs
1866MHz in matched pairs

The high-end performance modules are are tuned, tested and certified for specific AMD platforms.

No word on pricing yet but AMD’s memory DIMMs wil be available through major retails including Amazon.com, Bestbuy.ca, Fry’s, Memory Express, Micro Center, NCIX, Newegg, Tiger Direct, VIP Computers (UK) and others in the near future. s

source AMD

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Apple bumps Macbook Pro 2011-line specs

sylv3rblade — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:29:55 +0000

Apple has quietly refreshed it’s 2011 line of Macbook Pros ahead of holiday shopping (Black Friday deals yay!).

The smallest of the line, the 13″ MBP gets a speed bump and a bigger hard drivel while oth the 15″ and 15″ models get a cpu upgrade and GPU upgrade. The 13″ is still sadly saddled with just an Intel GPU.

Apple’s new 2011 Macbook Pro configurations are now as follows:

13-inch MacBook Pro

2.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
4GB 1333MHz RAM
500GB 5400-rpm hard disk drive
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Built-in battery (7 hours)

13-inch MacBook Pro

2.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz RAM
750GB 5400-rpm
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Built-in battery (7 hours)

15-inch MacBook Pro

2.2 quad-core Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz RAM
500GB 5400-rpm
Intel HD Graphics 3000 integrated graphics card
AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 512GB GDDR5 dedicated GPU
Built-in battery (7 hours)

15-inch MacBook Pro

2.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz RAM
750GB 5400-rpm hard disk drive
Intel HD Graphics 3000 integrated graphics card
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB GDDR5 dedicated GPU
Built-in battery (7 hours)

17-inch MacBook Pro

2.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz RAM
750GB 5400-rpm hard disk drive
Intel HD Graphics 3000 integrated graphics card
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB GDDR5 dedicated GPU
Built-in battery (7 hours)

Pricing for the respective models is still the same as it’s initial release.

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Canon EOS-1D X Full Frame DSLR

sylv3rblade — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:20:57 +0000

Canon has unveiled the latest update to their professional line of dSLR: the Canon EOS-1D X. This 18 megapixel full-frame camera is set to replace the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV.

Canon EOS-1D X specs:
Full Frame Sensor
18.1MP
Dual DIGIC 5+ – 17 Times The Processing Power of DIGIC 4
ISO 100-51200 Native
100,000 Pixel RGB Metering Sensor
EOS iSA (Intelligent Subject Analysis)
61 Point AF
21 f/5.6 Cross Type Sensors
20 f/4 Cross Type Sensors
5 f/2.8 Dual Cross Type Sensors
EOS iTR AF (Intelligent Tracking & Recognition Auto Focus)
12 Frames Per Second
14 Frames Per Second JPG Only
400,000 Shot Rated Shutter
Full HD 1080p video recording
Gigabit LAN port

The last item in the spec sheet is a curious addition to the EOS-1D X as we’re used to tethering cameras to a computer via USB rather than a networking hub. Still, the Gigabit connection should be a boon for sports photographers or anyone else than can exploit high-speed connection.

The estimated retail price for the body is $6,800 and it is expected to be released in March 2012.

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Firefox 7.0 now available

sylv3rblade — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:39:05 +0000

The Mozilla team has released the final version of Firefox 7.

Firefox’s latest build includes a lot of bugfixes as well the following changes:

Drastically improved memory handling for certain use cases
Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems
Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync
The ‘http://’ URL prefix is now hidden by default
Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis
Added support for the Web Timing specification
Enhanced support for MathML
The WebSocket protocol has been updated from version 7 to version 8
Added an opt-in system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla to improve future versions of Firefox
Fixed several stability and security issues
Please see the complete list of changes in this version. Web and extension developers should also view the curated list of platform changes.

If you already have Firefox installed, simply run the Firefox Updater script to download the latest version. Alternatively, you can download the latest version for your operating system using the links below:

Firefox 7.0 for Windows
Firefox 7.0 for Mac
Firefox 7.0 for Linux

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Samsung Galaxy S 2 Price Philippines: Php 29,990

sylv3rblade — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:53:35 +0000

The retail price of the highly-anticipated top of the line Android Smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S2, is finally here.

Samsung Philippines has announced that the SRP of the handset is set at Php29,990.

The Samsung Galaxy S2 will be available at Globe via prepaid and postpaid kits as well as your local gray market seller.

For the full specs of this wondrous phone, please read our Samsung Galaxy S2 overview.

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2011 Mac Mini Sandy Bridge refresh

sylv3rblade — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:33:36 +0000

Aside from the Macbook Air, Apple has also issued a hardware refresh of it’s Mac mini line bringing Sandy Bridge, Thunderbolt, OS X Lion and a slew of other changes to the small mac package.

The new Mac Mini’s no longer sport an optical disc drive so it may be a downer for people still looking to use it as a media hub for DVDs but the good news is that it’s priced at a much lower bracket with the cheapest configuration clocking in at just $599.

The 2011 Mac mini will be available in 3 configurations, 2 for regular consumers (a low-end and high-end configuration) and one for servers. The matrix of options and prices are available below:

2011 Mac Mini Specifications
	Low-end	High-end	Server
Processor	i5-2410M (2.3GHz dual core)	i5-2520M (2.5GHz dual core)	i7-2635QM (2.0GHz quad core)
Graphics	Intel HD 3000 with 288MB of shared DDR3	AMD Radeon HD 6630M with 256MB of GDDR5	Intel HD 3000 with 384MB of shared DDR3
RAM	2GB 1333MHz DDR3 (up to 8GB)	4GB 1333MHz DDR3 (up to 8GB)
Storage	500GB 5400rpm		2x500GB 7200rpm
Ports	Thunderbolt, HDMI, FireWire 800, 4x USB 2.0, SDXC card slot, Gigabit Ethernet, audio in/out
Connectivity	802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
Weight	2.7lb	2.7lb	3.0lb
Price	$599	$799	$999

There are some interesting items from Apple’s new Mac mini inventory so if you’re interested in getting one, take time to read it through.

Only the server configuration of the mini has a quad-core processor. This maybe tempting but if you’re looking for an HTPC, you may want to check out high-end consumer model as it sports a discrete GPU. If you’ve been following the Mac mini’s history, this is the very first mini equipped with a discrete GPU. While it will not perform as fast as the chips inside the new MacBook Pros and iMacs, it still leagues above the Intel HD 3000 GPU. Of course if you just need a number cruncher ten the server with it’s beefier processor will work fine.

As noted above, there is no more optical drives on the mini. Apple’s push of it’s Mac App Store for apps and iTunes for media may have steered the company to remove it but at least you still have the option of using external drives.

While the mini’s price is still well above any PC you can build yourself, at $599 for the lowest tier build, it’s a great option for first time Mac users.

Pricing for the Philippines are as follows:

Model	Price
Low-end Mac Mini	Php30,990
High-end Mac Mini	Php40,990
Server Mac Mini	Php50,990

2011 Mac Mini Sandy Bridge refresh originally appeared on Techie Xplorer© on July 23, 2011, 3:33 am.
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