OptiTrack mixes motion capture with a virtual camera for delicious, Avatar-esque results

March 11, 2010 IT News No Comments

We knew virtual camera systems are starting gain traction, particularly in the world of cinema and within James Cameron’s little set of toys, but it’s pretty wild to see one in action. NaturalPoint is showing off its OptiTrack motion capture system at GDC, a budget-friendly multi-camera setup (if $6k is your idea of budget-friendly), but it also has a prototype of sorts of its upcoming virtual camera system

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First Look at TechStars Historical Results Data

March 11, 2010 NET News No Comments

TechStars is an early stage venture fund based in Boulder, Colorado. ReadWriteWeb was given an early peek at historical results data on TechStars companies, which the organization is about to release . The data shows acquisition and failure rates, as well as how many of the TechStar companies have gone on to receive angel or venture funding.

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OpenGL 4 spec arrives with Direct3D 11 feature parity

March 11, 2010 IT News No Comments

At GDC the Khronos Group announced not one but two new OpenGL specifications. The headline release, OpenGL 4, includes a raft of new features bringing OpenGL in line with Microsoft’s Direct3D specification. OpenGL 3.3 was also released, providing as many of the new version 4 features as possible to older hardware.

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Nvidia: We Didn’t Bribe Anyone to Use PhysX

March 11, 2010 IT News No Comments

Nvidia’s worldwide director of developer technology fires back at AMD without insulting his rival. PhysX – Advanced Micro Devices – Nvidia – Graphics processing unit – AMD

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Beyond Ads: Monetizing Location-Based Services

March 11, 2010 NET News No Comments

This week geo-crazy mavens were pleased to hear of location-based updates to Facebook , the launch of Foursquare analytics and of course yesterday’s news of Gowalla’s comment and picture functionality. So far the most common way to monetize these types of services is through sponsored leader boards and tips on nearby promotions

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Plancast iPhone App is Live & It is Good

March 11, 2010 NET News No Comments

Plancast , the plan-sharing startup with big-name angel investors and ” future as platform ” aspirations, has just had its iPhone app accepted into the iTunes store. The app was built by contracted star developer Leah Culver.

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Unreal Engine 3 up and running on webOS, and we’ve got video!

March 11, 2010 IT News No Comments

Palm just showed us the Unreal Engine 3 running on webOS, which apparently took a couple weeks to port over to the platform using that fancy new PDK . It runs at a pretty smooth clip, with just a tiny bit of artifacting in our enemy’s death animation

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iPhone SDK 3.2 showing first hints of multitasking for third-party apps?

March 11, 2010 IT News No Comments

Naturally, we need to first disclaim this noise by saying that rumors of third-party multitasking capability in the iPhone are as old as the iPhone SDK itself. That said, it’s hard to ignore a new reference to a “multitasking dialog box” buried deep within the iPhone SDK 3.2 beta that — while not new to beta 4 specifically — we’re told didn’t exist in 3.1.3

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SXSW 2010 for Publishers

March 11, 2010 NET News No Comments

A ReadWriteWeb Guide Ever since its inception, the Internet has blurred the boundaries between author and audience. Whether you’re a blogger, a pillar of the printed word, a podcast coinnaseur or a developer dealing with the latest CMS, navigating the next step in Internet publishing can be a feat.

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Al Franken Jokes, But Google Fiber Is No Laughing Matter

March 11, 2010 NET News No Comments

Minnesota seeks to distinguish itself in the increasingly reality TV-esque race to convince Google to build a high-speed fiber optic network there with a video featuring junior US Senator (and former comedian) Al Franken. It’s funny stuff, but also serious business as Google shakes up the notoriously uncompetitive ISP business just by showing up.

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How soon is now? Pre-order timing for iPad confirmed, 5:30 am PT

March 11, 2010 Apple World No Comments

Filed under: Cult of Mac , iPad We’ve had more than a few inbound requests today, via email and Twitter, asking a slightly obsessive but completely understandable question: When can I pre-order my freakin’ iPad ? True to form, the simple answer of “March 12th” is not adequate for the real early adopters , and they ask again: Yes, I know that, but what time can I push the button? When does the pre-order page go live on store.apple.com

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TJX Hacking Conspirator Gets 4 Years

March 11, 2010 NET News No Comments

A co-conspirator in the TJX hack was sentenced Thursday to 3 years and 10 months in prison for laundering money on behalf of TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez.

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You Are a Tamagotchi: Turning Your Health Into a Game

March 11, 2010 NET News No Comments

The key to your health may be the feedback loop that a lot of new health data-gathering gadgets can create. It’s like a game where your stats are the score, and a better score means better health

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Switched On: Thumbs up, thumbs down at TiVo Premiere

March 11, 2010 IT News No Comments

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. TiVo’s announcement of TiVo Premiere represents the most significant user interface overhaul for the device in years

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iPhone still second-place US smartphone while Android grows

March 11, 2010 IT News No Comments

The latest data from market research firm comScore shows Apple holding on to a quarter of the US smartphone market, which grew roughly 18 percent over the last six months. That makes the iPhone the number two smartphone in the US, though it still lags well behind number one RIM. Android-based devices are still growing rapidly in popularity

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PopCap Discusses iPad Gaming Opportunities

March 11, 2010 Apple World No Comments

PopCap’s games aren’t ones that require eight-figure budgets and massive media campaigns, but we defy you to find anyone who plays games on any sort of basis who hasn’t poured hours into Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies, or one of the studio’s other addictive hits

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HTC HD2 Unboxing Courtesy Of Wirefly

March 11, 2010 Mobile News No Comments

Since there were a few detractors from the recent bout of images of the HTC HD2 , who complained of poor quality this HD unboxing video courtesy of Wirefly should satisfy your clear image desires. I won’t bore you with any details, as I believe we are all well versed on the specs , features and included options. Therefore, I am going to make this short and sweet and thank the guys at Wirefly for posting this in high def quality! Thanks Stephen! Wirefly via Youtube Related Posts: LetsTalk Confirms HD2 Release Date As March 24th HD2 Gets Unboxed (Again), TmoNews Style With Extras (Updated) T-Mobile HD2 Receives Unboxing Treatment The HD2 Release Date Game Continues, Coming March 23rd?

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Mozilla Account Manager

March 11, 2010 IT News No Comments

The Mozilla Account Manager project aims to simplify the login connection process to websites and services by implementing a new protocol “that sites can use to define their account-and-session management features” that integrates with the web browser. The Account Manager is described as an evolution of the password manager that is integrated in Firefox and the identity components used in Weave

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57% of workers use their smartphones in the bathroom. Also, 57% of workers are nasty.

March 11, 2010 Mobile News No Comments

Are you a mysophobiac? Oh, you don’t know what a mysophobiac is? It’s a fancy way of saying “germaphobe”, which, according to scientists or linguists or some group of academics, isn’t actually a word

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Safari 4.0.5 now available in Software Update

March 11, 2010 Apple World No Comments

Filed under: Software Update , Security New browser time — and unfortunately, time to restart your Mac. Safari has been updated (for 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 on the Mac side, and Windows XP/Vista/7 on the Win side); it includes the improvements noted: Performance improvements for Top Sites Stability improvements for plug-ins, and for sites with SVG graphics and online forms Fixes issues affecting settings changes to some Linksys routers and iWork.com user comments There are also a slew of security fixes in this update; full list is in the continuation of this post, via the Apple Product Security mailing list. The update weighs in at 31.8 MB on my Snow Leopard install, but your download size may vary.

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Exec, The YC-Backed Mobile App For Instantly Doing Your Errands, Raises $3.3M

May 25, 2012

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Huawei-Made myTouch Q For T-Mobile Passes Through FCC

May 25, 2012

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While the upcoming Huawei myTouch may not be the phone at their top of everyone’s want list, it did just pass through the FCC on its way to T-Mobile store shelves in the near future. The FCC filing actually provides some details surrounding/confirming the phones specs as well including a 4″ WVGA display, 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255T processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot.  Pretty much all the [read full article]

Google Nabs Key Members Of HP’s Enyo Team, But Open WebOS Is Still “On Schedule”

May 25, 2012

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Wirefly Memorial Day Sale Offers Extra $25 Discount On HTC One S

May 25, 2012

Keep your eye on Wirefly.com tomorrow as they drop a nice little deal on the HTC One S for Memorial Day weekend. Beginning tomorrow, May 25th through May 28th, Wirefly is offering an extra $25 off their HTC One S pricing for T-Mobile. So what kind of pricing are you looking at — how about $125 for new activations and qualifying upgrade customers

“Because We May” Sale Puts A Ton Of Popular Android Games On Sale

May 24, 2012

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Developers are uniting this weekend and putting a number of awesome Android titles on sale this weekend and if you’re a mobile gamer, you should be excited. They have a number of my own personal favorites including World of Goo, Canabalt HD, Anomaly Warzone Earth HD, Great Little War Game, Fieldrunners and more.

Turn Your iPhone Into A Bouncy Ball With The M-Edge iPhone SuperShell

May 24, 2012

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Siri-ing John Malkovich

May 24, 2012

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Google Adds Subscription Billing To Its Android App Store

May 24, 2012

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Kayak Teams Up With Skyhook To Bring Reliable Location Services To Its Kindle Fire App

May 24, 2012

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Android Continues March Toward World Marketshare Domination

May 24, 2012

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We’re checking out IDC’s newest report for the first quarter of 2012 showing Google’s Android platform continuing it’s march toward global domination as its market-share climbs to 59%, with Apple a distant second at 23%.

Deutsche Telekom CEO Says Merger, Not Sale Is Still An Option For US Branch

May 24, 2012

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Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann spoke this morning during his company’s investors call and said that a T-Mobile merger is still an option, though an outright sale is more than likely off the table.

Autodesk Launches The Pen-And-Ink SketchBook Ink App for iPad

May 24, 2012

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Big Apple Leads Millennial Q1 Device Ranks By Wide Margin: 28% For Brand, 15% For iPhone

May 24, 2012

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Google To Release Five Nexus Devices On November 5th To Celebrate Five Years Of Android?

May 23, 2012

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On the heels of a Wall Street Journal report indicating Google is prepared to announce a variety of partnerships for their exclusive Nexus lineup of smartphones — comes news that these five devices will all arrive on November 5th. Remember, remember the fifth of November

Sonar Rolls Out “Here-Now” Mobile Social Network, Adds Status, Messaging, Notifications

May 23, 2012

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The Verdict Is In: Google Did NOT Infringe On Oracle’s Patents

May 23, 2012

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T-Mobile Prism Now Available Directly Through T-Mobile Online, Company Owned Retail Stores

May 23, 2012

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Some low-key news today as the T-Mobile Prism has already been available through the likes of Best Buy and Walmart since the beginning of May. Today does the mark the day however, that the Prism is available through T-Mobile owned retail stores as well T-Mobile.com. Interestingly enough, T-Mobile’s official press release back on May 2nd indicated the Prism would retail for $149.99 sans contract

Mint.com App Update: Now Split Transactions

May 23, 2012

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Rubicon Project Acquires Mobsmith To Expand Into Mobile Ads

May 23, 2012

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Target Rolls Out Shopkick Integration Nationwide

May 23, 2012

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McAfee: Mobile Malware Explodes, Increases 1,200% In Q1 2012

May 23, 2012

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9M Users Strong, MapMyFitness Brings Check-Ins, Advanced Google Maps Integration To Fitness Tracking

May 23, 2012

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Betaworks Acquires And Relaunches Hownow, The Semi-Anonymous Hyperlocal Social Network iPhone App

May 22, 2012

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About Last Night Wants To Improve Your Nightlife By Making It Even More Social

May 22, 2012

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Twelve Minute Walkthrough Of Galaxy S III, See It In Action

May 22, 2012

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I wish I could say that you’re preparing to watch a twelve minute walk-through of a T-Mobile branded Galaxy S III, sadly that isn’t the case. Unfortunately, we’ve yet to see any of the US branded handsets appear in the wild but, this video courtesy of Tech65.com is a great 12 minute walk-through showing off plenty of Samsung’s flagship smartphone features. At the very least, you’ll have something to do for 12 minutes ..

Clueful Scans The Apps On Your iPhone, Tells You Which Ones Are Doing Naughty Things With Your Data

May 22, 2012

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Appcelerator Partners With Geoloqi To Bring Location Services To Its 1.6 Million Developers

May 22, 2012

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Forget Those Scraps Of Paper, SnipSnap Lets You Save And Share Coupons From Your iPhone

May 22, 2012

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Zimride’s Lyft Is Going To Give Uber Some Lower-Priced Competition

May 22, 2012

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Quikr, India’s Spin On Craigslist, Gobbles Up $32M From Warburg Pincus, eBay & More

May 22, 2012

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Now On Your iPhone, ReadyForZero Is Ready To Save You From Debt

May 22, 2012

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Amazon Appstore For Android Now Lets Users Test Drive Apps Right On Their Devices

May 22, 2012

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