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Verizon’s Galaxy S4 gets rooted almost instantly
Devs have already gotten to the bottom of the Verizon Galaxy S4.
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Modders and ROMmers rejoice, almost as soon as it reached the hands of consumers, Verizon’s Galaxy S4 has been rooted.
Instructions for rooting Big Red’s S4 were posted on the xdadevelopers forum this week, allowing folks who want to take full control of all that sweet new hardware to do so and get the thrill of voiding their warranty at the same time.
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Just a few short years ago, it seemed like a major milestone when each of these new Android devices were rooted for the first time. Now, directions for gaining root access comes almost automatically thanks to an army of developers and plenty of misgivings about the shackles placed on the operating system by carriers and manufacturers.
Of course, as the rooting rate has increased these past few years… [Read more]
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Order vintage-style photo prints from your iPhone
With Printic, just choose a handful of photos from one or more sources, and the app will deliver Polaroid-style prints to you door.
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It’s one thing to share your photos on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, but sometimes you just want old-fashioned prints. You know, the kind you can stick to your fridge, clip to a board, hang on a wall, and so on. That’s especially true if you want to share fond memories with friends or family members. You know, the kind you get from a wedding, vacation, birthday party, and so on.
Printic turns your iPhone photos into Polaroid-style prints, then delivers them to one or more recipients. It’s a simple concept, done well.
The app lets you choose photos from your Camera Roll, Facebook account, and/or Instagram account. Just tap to select the ones you want (the minimum order is three pictures), then move on to the editing process.
Here you can crop, move, and/or scale each one, change the quantity, and add a caption. (In case you’ve never seen a Polaroid, it has a white border with a larger blank area at the bottom.) But Printic doesn’t have any filtering or other photo-enhancing options a la Instagram. If you want to make any of those kinds of modifications, you’ll need to do so i… [Read more]
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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse takes on the slow roads
Despite its massive horsepower and torque, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse behaves nicely cruising on a twisty mountain road.
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I wish I could tell you about driving the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse up to its record-breaking speed of 254 mph. Race car driver Anthony Liu did it. Of course, he drove the Veryon on a 5.6-mile straightaway at Volkswagen’s test track in Ehra-Lessien, Germany, taking the speed record for a production convertible.
On the rural roads in Napa, Calif., the best I could manage was a few seconds of maximum acceleration, making all four wheels grab pavement with neck-snapping force from the engine’s 1,106 pound-feet of torque.
With my foot flat on the gas pedal, I wasn’t looking at gauges or consulting a stopwatch, but Bugatti says the Veyron, in its open-top Grand Sport Vitesse form, hits 60 mph in about 2.5 seconds. I’ve driven cars that hit 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, but those did not prepare me for the Veyron. It is in a completely different class when it comes to stepping off the line.
Put the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox in first, push the gas, and hang on. There’s no time to tap the paddle shifters, but that’s OK, the car will automatically grab the next gear before redline. No fuel shut-off to worry about.
Behind me, I hear disparate noises, most notably the whoosh of the Veyron’s four turbocharger… [Read more]
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NASA craft to visit asteroid approved, destination chosen
A rendering of OSIRIS-REx from a NASA concept video.
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NASA’s plan to go poking around on an asteroid, with the ultimate goal of snagging one of the space rocks and towing it closer to earth, is moving forward and a specific asteroid has been chosen to visit and sample in the next few years.
NASA has announced that the Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) passed a key confirmation review Wednesday, approving the spacecraft to move into development phase. Translation: We’re building a new spaceship, y’all!
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Not only does Osiris Rex (nice job on the naming, NASA folks) have a green light to be built, NASA has also chosen and named the first asteroid it will visit and sample. The asteroid now known as Bennu was previously called 1999 RQ36, but was renamed … [Read more]
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NASA’s Kepler telescope crippled by technical failures
An artist’s rendition of Kepler.
(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The Kepler space observatory has been a source of great wonder since it first launched in 2009. It has turned its eyes out into the great vastness of space and seen new planetary systems and potentially life-supporting planets. The telescope’s original 3.5-year mission was extended into 2016, but that may now come to a halt as serious technical issues take a toll.
Kepler is able to look out in certain directions thanks to four reaction wheels that are used to point the spacecraft. As of Wednesday, two out of four reaction wheels have failed.
NASA is looking to a structural failure of the wheel bearing as a culprit. Ultimately, this means Kepler can’t be controlled and directed as it was before. Kepler has now been put in a resting state to minimize fuel use while NASA attempts to correct the problem.
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‘Game of Thrones’ gets an official ‘Night’s Watch’
(Credit: Ulysse Nardin)
This is just what the Night’s Watch needed: an, erm, “Night’s Watch.” Because it’s helpful to know when dusk is approaching on the Wall, probably.
The timepiece, actually called “The Night’s Watch”, was produced by Swiss manufacturer Ulysse Nardin for HBO, based on its “Black Sea” rugged diving chronograph.
The watch itself isn’t particularly “Game of Thrones”-related. Although it’s appropriately black, the dial features the aquatic wave pattern of the Black Sea watch, and red elements embellish the numeral markers, hands and power reserve and small seconds sub-dials.
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Ulysse Nardin described the watch: “‘The Night’s Watch’ marine diver, a perfect pairing of sport and style, is monochromatic in rich black, with elements of red representing the serious feel of the sacred order.” Did no one tell them Mance Rayder was booted from the “sacred order” for wearing red? Guess not.
In fact, the “Game of Thrones” elements are pretty subtle: the show’s logo inscribed on the caseback, and two ceramic links in the watch’s rubber strap engraved with “The Night’s Watch” below the case and “I am the sword in darkness” above.
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BBM expands to Android, iOS
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ORLANDO, Florida — More news rolled out of BlackBerry Live 2013 today including the company’s plans to offer BlackBerry Messenger to Android and iOS devices.
The BBM platform will hit these products by summer but best of all the service will be offered as a free download. BlackBerry CEO sounded very excited about the move, a first for the service. He proclaimed, “It’s a statement of confidence. We are confident time is right for BBM to be independent.”.
Those are bold words indeed and certainly a great tactic to lure users back to BBM. The messaging platform has been hurting of late if a casual perusal of my BBM contacts is any indication. Frankly it’s a veritable ghost town in there. Check back soon as we hope to give the new app a spin.
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BB 10.1 comes to BlackBerry Z10
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ORLANDO, Florida — At BlackBerry Live 2013, the phone maker announced that it would roll out BB10.1 software to its Z10 handset. The upgrade will also include access to the Skype video chat application.
BlackBerry also handed out the Z10 device to attendees here at the BlackBerry Live show so many folks no doubt will be able to enjoy the fresh infusion of software. Stay tuned as he get hands on with our upgraded Z10.
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One more Google I/O rumor: A new smartwatch?
Could Google be looking to wrest your wrist away from Pebble and others this week?
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Every time one of the tech giants holds its developers conference, the blogs tend to cycle through all the rumors we’ve heard associated with a company, like say Google, in the immediate lead up to an event, like say Google I/O.
In the past few weeks we’ve been hearing about new Nexus tablets, super smartphones and of course, some major software updates. But now that it’s down to the wire, it’s time to get crazy. Time to dust off that Google smartwatch rumor we first heard in March and throw it against the side of the Moscone Center to see if it’s still sticking around by the end of the week.
That’s the word Monday morning from “sources close to Google” who told Android Authority that a Google smartwatch has been shown off in Google offices in Mountain View, Calif., and Europe and is “set for release sometime soon.”
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Desktop Othermill carves out circuit boards, jewelry
Othermill is a lightweight three-axis mill that works with CAD files.
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What if you could easily add custom-designed circuits to DIY projects like 3D-printed stuff? Here’s a small mill that can churn them out with precision and power.
Othermill is a Kickstarter project that has quickly exceeded its fundraising goal. It’s designed to be a portable, desktop three-axis mill that can produce printed circuit boards, jewelry, molds, and other objects.
Conceived by the wizards at San Francisco-based R&D shop Otherfab/Otherlab, known for its crazy inflatable robots, Othermill works with CAD software to cut material in three dimensions. Unlike 3D printing, it cuts material away instead of adding it.
The machine is a 10-inch cube and weighs 15 pounds. It has a brushless DC motor and high-speed spindle that operates with any milling tool with a 1/8-inch-diameter shank. The cutting bed area is about 4x5x2 inches.
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