source – boston.com/
World Water Day Official site
“Water: Our Thirsty World” – Full National Geographic April, 2010 issue, free for download until April 2nd, 2010
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Day: March 23, 2010
World Water Day
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
50 Breathtaking Examples Of Spectacular Aerial Photography
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
source – smashingapps.com/ By AN Jay
Tulip fields near Lisse, Amsterdam Region, Netherlands
Boat graveyard at Kerhervy, Lanester, Morbihan, France
Training arena in the hippodrome of Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France
Worker resting on bales of cotton, Thonakaha, Korhogo, Ivory Coast.
Docks – Britannia Yacht Club – Kite Aerial Photography (KAP)
The Jumeirah Palm island, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
8797 – San Francisco Bay slough
Amazing Sarychev Volcano – as seen from space
Taken from the rim of an extinct Volcano, it involved a tricky night landing!
Xico volcano crater, behind is Chalco where few streets are paved.
Aerial Photo of a secluded NJ home
Ponza Island Lighthouse – Italy – Aerial Photo
Nice cloud formation at FL 200, climbing out of Paris (2)
Beadnell Harbour. Northumberland.
Speckled Leaves and Autumn Tree Tops
Agricultural landscape near Cognac, Charente, France
Gardens at the Château of Vaux-le-Vicomte
Tree plantation near Seix, Pyrenees, France
Dell Aero a light Android phone
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
source – engadget.com/ by Vladislav Savov
AT&T’s teaser site for the Dell Aero has gone live and we can now fill in a few more gaps in our knowledge about this forthcoming handset. It’s looking every bit the renamed Mini 3 we thought it was, so click here and here to get a closer look at the body of the device. The official web mouthpiece confirms a 3.5-inch screen with nHD resolution — which may or may not signify the same 640 x 480 as on the Brazilian and Chinese versions — and one definite point of departure, a 5 (rather than 3) megapixel camera on the back. Claimed to be the lightest Android smartphone yet, the Aero will also come with WiFi and GPS built in, though its biggest attraction will undoubtedly be the thoroughly tricked out Android UI, which promises Picassa, Flick, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitpic integration right out of the box. Check out the gallery below for some hints of what that willl look like.
[Thanks, Chilko]
Germany keeps spreading the browser hate, warns against Firefox
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
this post made my day 🙂
source – engadget.com/ by Tim Stevens
Remember back when Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security said that Internet Explorer just wasn’t good enough for its citizens? The Office is doing its civic duty once again, this time warning against that formerly lean and mean upstart competitor: Firefox — for a little while, at least. The Office “recommends the use of alternative browser until Mozilla has released Firefox version 3.6.2,” due one week from today, and while it doesn’t make a recommendation on which browser you should be using in the interim, we’re thinking Lynx users can keep on surfing with confidence.
Update: Just as this post was going live Mozilla released the 3.6.2 Firefox security update that Bürger-CERT was looking for. Their press release has been changed to recommend updating your browser to the new version ASAP, and if you really did jump over to Lynx we would recommend closing that terminal window and getting back to reality ASAP.
Contemporary Wooden Retreat by Johnston Architects
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
source – freshome.com/ Author: Lavinia
Located on the Oregon Coast, in Bluff Bandon, where Coquille River meets the ocean, this contemporary wooden residence comes from Johnston Architects and is our idea of a stylish retreat. The architecture plan features an “L”-shaped building which is open to both the river and ocean. The amazing natural surroundings were not left out and large windows allow unobstructed views. Enormous cypress trees guard the area and were brilliantly integrated in the building’s design. A cool wooden deck is also part of the architecture. The interior features a modern design enriched with rustic elements and spacious rooms with a fresh feel. What do you say? Does this place match your escape dream home?
Viliv S10 Blade
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
source – engadget.com/ by Donald Melanson
The folks at UMPC Portal have already treated us to an unboxing of Viliv’s new S10 Blade convertible netbook, but they’re now back with a full review that gives a better picture of the device. On the whole, they seem to be fairly impressed with the device, noting its thin and sleek design, and its “silent, rugged operation.” They were also pleasantly surprised by the battery life, which clocked in at an impressive 7.5hrs with WiFi on during general use. On the downside, the resistive multitouch screen wasn’t quite as responsive as they would have liked, and there are a few other minor annoyances — like the lack of a button to rotate the screen in tablet mode, no mic input or Ethernet port, and some fairly lackluster built-in speakers. In other Viliv news, it looks like none other than Best Buy has recently started carrying the company’s devices (online, at least), although it doesn’t yet have the S10 up for order.
A quick look at the prices and specs courtesy of alltouchtablet.com
- Atom Z530 1.6GHz/60GB HDD/Win XP – $699
- Atom Z530 1.6GHz/32GB SSD/Win 7 – $797
- Atom Z530 1.6GHz/64GB SSD/Win 7 – $857
- Atom Z530 1.6GHz/32GB SSD/Win 7/HSPA modem – $889
- Atom Z530 1.6GHz/64GB SSD/Win 7/HSPA modem – $949
- Atom Z550 2.0GHz/64GB SSD/Win 7 – $1057
- Atom Z550 2.0GHz/64GB SSD/Win 7/HSPA modem – $1,149
Some of those models are available with a special promotion: 180 $ savings consisting on a free battery valued at 110$ and a 70$ rebate.
But enough about prices and let’s take a look at the specs of Viliv S10 Blade:
- Intel Atom Z CPU (Z530 or Z550)
- 1 GB RAM
- 60 GB HDD or 32/64 GB SSD
- WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth, optional HSPA modem
- 10.1 inch resistive Multitouch screen with 1366 x 768 pixels resolution
- 42 Wh battery that will last up to 10 hours of continuous use and 7 hours movie playback
- Windows XP or Windows 7 Home Premium
- 2.67 lbs (1.21 kg) weight
- stylus and 3G antenna for better signal reception
Samsung’s Super AMOLED Wave S8500 priced in Germany: €429
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
source – engadget.com/ by Darren Murph
Samsung’s world-beater — you know, that Wave S8500 that debuted back at Mobile World Congress — was revealed without one of the most vital statistics, but that’s being remedied today courtesy of a product listing over at Amazon’s German portal. The Bada-equipped device, complete with a Super AMOLED display that’s supposedly viewable in broad daylight, has found a €429 MSRP across the pond, which equates to around $579 using today’s highly volatile exchange rates. Granted, that’s a contract-free (read: unsubsidized) price, but we’re still going to hold out for a late-night session with the new OS before pinging our importer. Plus, those funky European AC adapters do nothing at all for us. Sorry.
Svilen Gamolov Cage Chair
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
source – designyoutrust.com
The pursuit of industrial design is often a perilous slope, with a combination of unforgiving materials and minimalist applications making aesthetic achievement a difficult prospect, but Svilen Gamolov’s ‘Cage’ chair succeeds where others have failed. The chair, which combines a frame made up of steel and wood with an upholstered seat, demonstrates Gamolov’s ability to interplay industrial aspects with necessary comforts. Ultimately, the ‘Cage’ succeeds because all of the careful thoughts and efforts incorporated in it remain so highly unified that they are concealed to the viewer, as they should be.
visit the designer’s website http://gamolovdesign.com/
Realtime Google Analytics with Chartbeat Beta
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
source – techcrunch.com/ by Erick Schonfeld
When betaworks launched chartbeat nearly a year ago, the idea was to create a realtime Google Analytics for Websites. Chartbeat is a dashboard which shows you how many people are on your site right now, where they are coming from, and how engaged they are. Watching realtime stats is even more addictive than Google Analytics because you can put something up on your Website and immediately see the reaction.
Today, Chartbeat is releasing an entirely new version in beta. The bland design of the old dashboard is being replaced with much more colorful, easy-to-read charts and graphs which pulsate as the activity on your Website changes. (You can see the new and old versions in the two screenshots at the bottom of this post). Up in the top left is a speed dial showing how many people are on your site this minute, broken down by new and returning visitors. Below that are some engagement dials, which indicate how many visitors are reading, writing comments, or sitting idle on the page. Other widgets show load times, the most popular pages, sources of traffic, geographic distribution of visitors, and Twitter conversations. Along the right side you get a snapshot of where different individual visitors are coming from and what pages they are landing on in a continuously updating stream.
Much of this data was available before, but the new version does a much better job of presenting it in a readable manner. The biggest change, however, is that each analytics box on the main page can be clicked on for a deeper view of that particular data (by page, traffic source, engagement, and so on). And as with the original version, chartbeat allows you to replay the past day, week, or month to show you how traffic patterns change on your site. The top stories pulsate green or red, depending on whether they are gaining more readers or losing them. It literally lets you replay and watch the activity on your site.
For news sites or blogs, chartbeat is especially appealing because it lets you see which stories are hot right now. If you are not already featuring a story that is trending, chartbeat provides the data to help you put it in front of more readers before its too late to do anything about it. Chartbeat offers a free 30-day trial, and costs $10 a month after that. Below is a video, showing the new look and features:
Enso’s zenPad cheap Android tablet
Posted by ts On 23.03.2010
source – engadget.com/ by Tim Stevens
With so many concept Android tablets floating around lately we were inclined to just ignore this one — until we learned two particularly interesting aspects: it starts at $155, and it’s actually shipping now. It’s the zenPad from Enso, a five-inch, 800 x 480 Android 1.6 tablet with 8GB of storage (on a replaceable microSD) that, for an additional $25, comes with GPS. It’s powered by a 667MHz Samsung 6410 processor, pledges six hours of battery life, and has WiFi built-in while an external 3G adapter is just another $35. That means a fully max’d out unit with GPS and 3G would set you back $210 — plus $25 for shipping. And yes, they are shipping now, as evidenced by a number of the things popping up on eBay. Sure, it doesn’t look as fancy as the Dell Mini 5, but you won’t have to fly to Shenzhen to get one. Video demonstration embedded after the break, but the footage was apparently encoded using some demo software, so beware nagging audio intrusions.
Update: We were guessing this was a rebrand of something, and thanks to commenter Raikus it looks like this is a Smit MID-650, which eviGroup’s Wallet was also said to be based on — at more than twice the price. Also, we (well, you really) seem to have taken down Enso’s site thanks to traffic. Oops! Hit that eBay link if you’re desperate to Buy It Now®.
Update 2: The annoying demonstration video previously embedded, which Enso had provided, has been replaced by the original, nagware-free version courtesy of ARMdevices.net.
[Thanks, Corey]