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Thursday, March 31, 2011
iOS 4.3.1 Released for iPad and iPhone Users
On March 11, 2011 Apple released iOS 4.3 along with their launch of the new iPad 2. Only 14 days later a new update is available with today’s release of iOS 4.3.1. This most recent software update is for the iPad, iPad 2, 3rd and 4th generation iPod Touch owners, iPhone 3GS as well as [...]
XXX top-level domain finally approved, 300,000 domains already reserved
Don't get too excited about securing a money shot domain, though: at the time of writing 296,000 domains have already been reserved. You can still go ahead and attempt to pre-reserve a domain, but you will be forced to enter a closed auction with all other interested participants -- and you can guarantee that you'll be bidding against some companies with very deep pockets. Owners of existing TLDs (.com, .net, etc.) can also jump to the front of the queue, which means you're unlikely to get your sticky hands on any thrilling domains.
The interesting thing about the introduction of this TLD is the inclusion of Rights Protection Mechanisms, which let adult (and non-adult) companies block their trademarks from being registered. Apple, for example, can (and will) reserve apple.xxx and ipad.xxx. These locked pages won't forward to apple.com either; they'll simply point to a non-porny holding page. Any companies wishing to block domains will have to pay a one-time fee per domain, though.
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Opera Mini Returns To GetJar?s Mobile App Marketplace
A few weeks ago, after the debut of the Opera App Store, app marketplace GetJar banned Opera's mobile browsing app Opera Mini from its own mobile app marketplace. The reasoning: Opera's App Store was available in the app and competes directly with GetJar's marketplace. Today, it appears a truce has been made, as Opera Mini 6 is now back in the GetJar store. GetJar remains committed to offering consumers the best possible content regardless of category, phone or platform, said Patrick Mork, CMO of GetJar. Opera Mini has been a great partner and one of our top apps for many years and our users will be happy to have a bigger and better version of Opera Mini back in our store.
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Add playback hotkeys to Amazon Cloud Player with a Chrome extension
Sure, Amazon's Cloud Player works -- as long as you're in the U.S. or willing to do some tinkering -- but it's fairly simplistic at the moment. There are plenty of features missing which we'd like to see added -- but since Cloud Player is a Web app we don't have to wait for Amazon!
Google Chrome users, for example, can add playback hotkeys with an extension called keyMazony. Once installed, you'll have keyboard control of your Amazon Cloud Player queue. keyMazony commands will work as long as you're in the same Chrome window as Cloud Player, even if its tab doesn't have focus. The key combinations are customizable as well -- just make sure you don't set up a combo that conflicts with another extension or Chrome's built-in keyboard shortcuts.
Google Chrome users, for example, can add playback hotkeys with an extension called keyMazony. Once installed, you'll have keyboard control of your Amazon Cloud Player queue. keyMazony commands will work as long as you're in the same Chrome window as Cloud Player, even if its tab doesn't have focus. The key combinations are customizable as well -- just make sure you don't set up a combo that conflicts with another extension or Chrome's built-in keyboard shortcuts.
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How does cabernet franc age? A visit to Domaine Baudry
How does cabernet franc age? On my recent trip to the Loire, I got an excellent chance to explore this issue at the cellars of none other than Domaine Bernard Baudry in Chinon, one of my favorite producers in the Loire. Matthieu, the jovial, thirty-something son of Bernard who has been with the domaine since [...]
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Royalty redefined at the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo
Visiting Egypt is like visiting another world where love, lust and passion were the rulers. Visit Four Seasons Hotel at Cairo whose Royal Suite easily makes its place among the topmost lavish suites of the world. The suite has an area of 5,597 square feet and takes up an entire floor of the hotel. This [...]
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The Best Deals in Wine Country
I don't know what the parents come up with in Dairyland when they put together an auction for their private schools. Maybe a night of dinner and milk among the cows. In Lobsterland perhaps the parents looking to raise funds...
These Pictures of Afghanistan Were Shot in Secret [Photography]
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MetroPCS lays the TapouT smackdown on Huawei's Ascend... gently
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World of Wine Tasting at Wine Nation: Start Building the Perfect Case
World of Wine Tasting Event
March 26, Saturday | 1-5pm
March 26, Saturday | 1-5pm
Join us for this free tasting event.
Taste more than 100 wines from around the world including Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Australia, Chile, Argentina,
Hungary and California.
Hungary and California.
Beer and food will also be available for tasting. Special in-store pricing on the day of the event.
They're doing 15% off a mixed case of wines being sampled. They passed me a list of wines they'd be pouring at the tasting - here are some that caught my eye (prices quoted are after 15% mixed case discount):
- Olson Ogden Persuasion ($16.99)
- Londer Pinot Noir ($16.14)
- Beckstoffer The Sum ($16.99)
- Red Door Oregon Pinot Noir ($11.04)
- Waterbrook Reserve Merlot ($18.69)
- Di Majo Norante Sangiovese ($8.49)
- Mer Soleil Silver Chardonnay Unoaked ($18.69)
- Foppiano Petite Sirah ($15.29)
- King Estate Pinot Gris ($12.74)
- King Estate Pinot Noir ($22.94)
- Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier ($9.34)
- Crios Torrontes ($11.04)
Store Review: Wine Nation in Millbury, MA
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Check 'em out:
Wine Nation
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc review
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Attention Gold-Digging Women of Silicon Valley: I?m On To You
So, there I was, sitting at TCHQ, discussing the recent Vanity Fair article about Jack Dorsey -- and the ridiculous bluebird-on-the-shoulder picture that accompanied it. Keen to track down the image itself, I typed Dorsey's name into Google's predictive image search box. Here's what came up...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Review of Peju?s 2007 Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley
Wine: Peju 2007 Cabernet Franc Appellation: Napa Valley Alc: 14.1% Price: $45 Haydn gives it: 90pts Much like the Carignane grape, the Cabernet Franc can be easily overshadowed by some bigger name varietals. Yet it’s importance and character is crucial in some of the best Bordeaux (blends) around. And while at times it can easily [...]
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Video: Crossbow-Shooting Machete Redefines ?Dangerous?
In the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse of the future, a machete-shooting crossbow will be as practical and everyday as a Leatherman is today. But right now, it is possibly the most dangerous contraption I have ever seen.
Made by J�rg Sprave, who runs The Slingshot Channel on YouTube, the Machete Slingshot consists of a standard head-lopping machete [...]
Made by J�rg Sprave, who runs The Slingshot Channel on YouTube, the Machete Slingshot consists of a standard head-lopping machete [...]
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Balance is a challenging mouse-based physics game
Balance takes that ingrained bit of knowledge and cancels it out. Suddenly your cursor (a blue dot) is solid - and if it touches the blue block, it pushes it around.
Your job is to use your cursor to nudge the blue block over to the orange block. You will have to push it, lift it and even flip it on its side, and then balance it. It's a very tricky game - one I wouldn't recommend tackling with a laptop trackpad.
Still, if you have a mouse and a hankering for a little physics gameplay, this is a cute little game. I like how the blue block never stops smiling, it makes me feel better about the world.
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Cloud Girlfriend will use a swarm of females to satisfy men
Cloud Girlfriend, despite what it sounds like, doesn't really have anything to do with cloud computing. Rather, it uses a cloud of women to pose as your girlfriend on Facebook, or your favorite social network of choice. The service is scheduled to launch 'soon,' and there's no indication of how much it will cost.
With the tagline 'The easiest way to get a girlfriend is to already have one,' Cloud Girlfriend promises to be a very interesting startup indeed. The brains of the operation, David Fuhriman, speaking to CNET, says it's all about fulfilling Maslow's hierarchy of needs. "CloudGirlfriend.com can fulfill Maslow's higher needs, even though the users know that the interaction is virtual. They will interact with a real person and see real profile images of the girl with whom they interact. This interaction can build confidence and esteem as well as provide real training experiences in navigating a friendship and a relationship."
Our concern, of course, is that it's very nearly April 1. We're also worried by the fact that Fuhriman has a name that sounds ominously like a social subculture that we've grown strangely attracted to here in the Download Squad bunker.
Finally, just stop and think about it for a second. Because your cloud girlfriend will be entirely virtual, she could be based anywhere. She could be underage -- or overage -- or she might be someone who you know in real life. She could even be a relative of yours, and you'd never know.
Let's not forget this is the Internet we're talking about, folks. Worst case scenario, she could turn out to be a hairy, male truck driver from Texas. Such as... your dad, perhaps?
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iPad 2 gets wireless 1080p mirroring, fattens up in the process (video)
One might say that AirPlay is pretty nifty for shooting content from your iOS device to your TV, but it only works with a handful of apps, and worse still, maxes out at a paltry 720p. Apple offers an HDMI cable for the iPad that allows full 1080p mirroring, but let's face it: being wired is so 2009. One adventurous MacRumors Forums member was able to MacGyver a completely wire-free, completely HD solution using a wireless HDMI transmitter, USB battery pack, and a home-made enclosure that "only adds about two pounds of weight" to the otherwise portable device. Seems easy enough to put together on your own, but here's to hoping there's a Jailbreak solution soon enough that makes the same magic happen without the extra heft (and coin) in the first place.
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Evernote Revamps Its Web App With User Friendliness in Mind [Blip]
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