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Amazon's third generation Kindle is an extraordinary bit of kit whose users genuinely love it - but the chances are you'd love it even more if you knew some of the better tricks it's got up its sleeve. From hidden games to reading books aloud, your Kindle is capable of all kinds of clever things. These are our favourites.1. Get onlineThe Kindle has a web browser: from the home screen press Menu > Experimental > Launch Browser. It's slow and horrible compared to a desktop or tablet
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Robot jugglers are cooler than creepy clowns
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Robots can do all sorts of things today that are very impressive. I am partial to the video of the industrial robots I posted up last month that showed the bots having a lightsaber duel. I can have a fake lightsaber battle, but I can’t juggle at all. A couple juggling robots have turned up on video and they are really cool and take completely different tracks to juggle the balls.
The first video of of a robot that can juggle five balls at one time. The bot was made by three
Robots can do all sorts of things today that are very impressive. I am partial to the video of the industrial robots I posted up last month that showed the bots having a lightsaber duel. I can have a fake lightsaber battle, but I can’t juggle at all. A couple juggling robots have turned up on video and they are really cool and take completely different tracks to juggle the balls.
The first video of of a robot that can juggle five balls at one time. The bot was made by three
Future Sony handhelds to be 3D enabled?
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Sony hasn't ruled out 3D for handheld gaming, with Mick Hocking, the director of Sony WorldWide Studios' 3D team, bigging up the technology for the small screen.Speaking to Develop, Hocking explained that 3D for smaller screens was getting better."The amount of new 3D mobile devices at this year's CES show is evidence of that," he said."As small screen 3D improves we may be able to deliver these high quality 3D experiences on smaller screens."It's unlikely, however, this will mean
Sony hasn't ruled out 3D for handheld gaming, with Mick Hocking, the director of Sony WorldWide Studios' 3D team, bigging up the technology for the small screen.Speaking to Develop, Hocking explained that 3D for smaller screens was getting better."The amount of new 3D mobile devices at this year's CES show is evidence of that," he said."As small screen 3D improves we may be able to deliver these high quality 3D experiences on smaller screens."It's unlikely, however, this will mean
Wanted: Security protectors
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The Cyber Security Challenge is running for it's second year in the UK.
It's aim is to discover future security defenders who will protect our cyber space from attack.
Winners will be provided with cash and training courses to help them pursue a career in computer security.
The competition comprises of a series of challenges over the course of a year and will include defending networks, thwarting hacking attacks and tracking down cyber criminals.
Anyone wishing to enter can do
The Cyber Security Challenge is running for it's second year in the UK.
It's aim is to discover future security defenders who will protect our cyber space from attack.
Winners will be provided with cash and training courses to help them pursue a career in computer security.
The competition comprises of a series of challenges over the course of a year and will include defending networks, thwarting hacking attacks and tracking down cyber criminals.
Anyone wishing to enter can do
Pentagon sets stage to respond to cyber attacks with military action
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Today if a foreign government hacks into a US computer system and causes issues, nothing much happens. Just look back at the hubbub with the hacks on Google and other major tech firms that were allegedly backed by the Chinese government and see that nothing other than name calling really happened. The Pentagon is setting the stage for a major change in policy with regards to cyber attacks.
The WSJ reports that the Pentagon has now concluded that computer sabotage that originates
Today if a foreign government hacks into a US computer system and causes issues, nothing much happens. Just look back at the hubbub with the hacks on Google and other major tech firms that were allegedly backed by the Chinese government and see that nothing other than name calling really happened. The Pentagon is setting the stage for a major change in policy with regards to cyber attacks.
The WSJ reports that the Pentagon has now concluded that computer sabotage that originates
Twitter Follow button for websites launched
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Twitter has announced it has made it that little bit easier for websites to promote themselves on Twitter, with the launch of the Twitter Follow button.According to the main bods at the micro-blogging service, the Twitter Follow button is one of the best ways for websites to "stay connected" with the audience.The Twitter Follow button is achingly similar to the Facebook Like button, which is also on offer to websites. Helping you discover"More than 50 sites have added the Follow
Twitter has announced it has made it that little bit easier for websites to promote themselves on Twitter, with the launch of the Twitter Follow button.According to the main bods at the micro-blogging service, the Twitter Follow button is one of the best ways for websites to "stay connected" with the audience.The Twitter Follow button is achingly similar to the Facebook Like button, which is also on offer to websites. Helping you discover"More than 50 sites have added the Follow
Roku and Rovio work together to bring Angry Birds to TVs
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The popularity and success of the Rovio game called Angry Birds has been phenomenal. It is a very fun game that has spawned all sorts of copy cat versions .Today you can get the game on just about every mobile platform out there and some people even buy their smartphones based if it will play Angry Birds or not. Roku and Rovio have announced that they will be bringing Angry Birds to TVs via the Roku set top box.
Roku will offer different types of Angry Birds content on the
The popularity and success of the Rovio game called Angry Birds has been phenomenal. It is a very fun game that has spawned all sorts of copy cat versions .Today you can get the game on just about every mobile platform out there and some people even buy their smartphones based if it will play Angry Birds or not. Roku and Rovio have announced that they will be bringing Angry Birds to TVs via the Roku set top box.
Roku will offer different types of Angry Birds content on the
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