Toshiba’s Tegra 2-powered Android Smart Pad to be called Folio 100?

August 28 2010

A Smart Pad ? That’s just Toshiba’s product category, according to Netbook Italia’s latest post on the tablet (it’s previously shown off some apparent imagery ). The publication has published new renders — including a dock peripheral — and some purported specs

Hide Unsightly Air Conditioners by Turning them Into Landing Strips [Apartments]

August 28 2010

There are many different kinds of ugly air conditioners, but if you have an upright “motel-style” A/C unit, you can keep it from being an eyesore by turning it into a stylish landing strip. More

Phone Numbers Are Dead, They Just Don’t Know It Yet

August 28 2010

Editor’s note : The following guest post is by Nikhyl Singhal , the co-founder and CEO of voice-application startup SayNow . Is it conceivable that one of our greatest inventions, the phone number, is about to face extinction?

Use a Dab of Vaseline to Take Vintage-Style Photos [Camera Hacks]

August 28 2010

The low-quality lenses and loose tolerances of vintage consumer cameras often gave photos a slightly distorted and dream-like quality. Capture that vintage-feel with little more than a dab of Vaseline. More

CrunchGear Weekend Giveaway: You Rock MIDI Guitar Hero Guitars

August 28 2010

Are any of you intending to rock? Well then I salute you and offer one of two You Rock Guitars from InspiredInstruments .

Top 10 External Hard Drive Tricks [Lifehacker Top 10]

August 28 2010

So you’ve been computing for quite a few years now, and you’ve built a nice collection of hard drives, internal or external, collecting dust in the corner. Here’s how to put them to good use. More

With Imation Link 5112 WUSB A/V streamer, KerliGirl13 can finally have her own TV show

August 28 2010

Unlike lots of other media streaming devices we’ve seen, this one is pretty straightfoward: the USB dongle plugs into your PC or Mac, the receiver plugs into your TV’s HDMI input, and what you sees and hears (on your computer) is what you gets (on the TV). The Wireless USB connection will stream video up to 720p and still images up to 1080p, as well as stereo sound. Available now from Amazon and whatnot for $150.

Learn the Science Behind Glow Sticks by Making Your Own [DIY]

August 28 2010

It doesn’t matter how old you are, glow sticks are always cool, and the science behind them is even cooler. DIY web site Instructables show us how to make our own. More

Silicon Valley’s Dark Secret: It’s All About Age

August 28 2010

An interesting paradox in the technology world is that there is both a shortage and a surplus of engineers in the United States. Talk to those working at any Silicon Valley company, and they will tell you how hard it is to find qualified talent.

StreamTV Elocity A7 tablet packs Tegra 2 and Android 2.2, coming to Amazon for $399 in September

August 28 2010

We can’t say we’d ever heard of StreamTV, but all the company had to say was ” Tegra 2 Android Froyo tablet” to get us to meet up with them in NYC earlier today. The Philadelphia start-up is planning to bring its Elocity A7 — essentially a re-badged Compal’s NAZ-10 — to an Amazon order page near you, and from what we saw during the hour-long demo it may just be a contender for your stashed away $399. The 7-inch tablet has an extremely responsive 800 x 480 resolution, capacitive touchscreen — yes, multitouch worked in the browser and photo gallery — with a front-facing 1.3 megapixel cam on the left bezel

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