Your Marriage Will Destroy Your Television [Broken]

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OnLive giving thanks to its Founding Members with free MicroConsoles

Have you been riding the OnLive bangwagon from the start? If so, you'll want to heed this little Thanksgiving note from the company, which is offering a free MicroConsole to its early cloud gaming service users -- whom it dubs Founding Members -- provided they've bought licenses for at least two games in their time. The diminutive TV adapter typically costs $99, but qualifying Members will be able to get it for free if they pre-order it now, though they will have to spring for covering delivery costs. As to the more timid among you who only ever bought the one PlayPass, OnLive will let you have a free Full PlayPass (equivalent to a free game) in the place of the hardware. So, whichever way you slice it, it's good to be first.

OnLive giving thanks to its Founding Members with free MicroConsoles originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Docs adds LaTeX support, customizable autocorrect

The official Google Docs blog has announced a handful of new features, including LaTeX equation support, the option to place images in spreadsheet cells, and automatic corrections.

LaTeX is a fairly significant addition, since it should greatly improve Google Docs' spreadsheet muscle. While that alone won't pull it even with Excel, it's certainly a step in the right direction. Image insertion is as also a nice addition, and it's as simple as popping image=(URL) into a cell. You can also use Google Image search to insert files which are marked for re-use with modification.

Autocorrect is an extremely handy addition -- especially since you can use it for more than fixing up typographical errors. Google allows you to add your own corrections, so you can also use Docs autocorrect as a text expander -- to turn ffx into Firefox, for example. Pair autocorrect up with Google Scribe, and it won't be long before Google just types your whole doc for you.

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Google Docs adds LaTeX support, customizable autocorrect originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Android Market adding content ratings to all apps, past, present, and future

Mandatory content ratings were added to Apple's App Store back in iPhone OS 3.0, and now it's Google's turn on news that they'll become obligatory for Android developers "in a few weeks" (at least, those that want their content in the Market). The company teases the fact that they'll be showing the ratings for all apps along with other "Android Market upgrades in the coming weeks" -- presumably timed to coincide with the release of Gingerbread -- and that any dev that fails to specify a rating level for their existing apps will have their content automatically listed as "Mature" (that is, the most restrictive level) until they take care of the problem. In addition to Mature, available ratings will include Pre-teen, Teen, and naturally, an "All" option for apps guaranteed not to offend even the most sensitive of young minds. Definitely good news for parents whose young'uns are demanding Android phones this holiday season, though it's still basically on the honor system for devs to correctly tag their content... and an All-rated app is probably going to sell better than a Mature one for the same reason R-rated movies outsell NC-17 ones. At any rate, sounds like Google intends to evolve the Market pretty rapidly with the next release or two, so we'll have to see how this shakes out.

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Android Market adding content ratings to all apps, past, present, and future originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PeerBlock 1.1 arrives with some important updates

PeerBlock is a great way to keep unwanted P2P connections (as well as advertising and spyware) from getting through to your Windows computer, and it's just gotten better with the release of PeerBlock 1.1.

Among the key additions are a completely revamped installer (complete with a signed driver), an updated list manager for easier settings tweaks, and a list verification feature to prevent file corruption. The signed driver is an important addition, since it makes the installation process much easier for users of 64-bit Windows. PeerBlock has also switched from the PeerGuardian blocklists to iBlocklist.com, which the developers say are much faster and more reliable. There's also an option to display allowed connections -- though you should expect an additional hit on your CPU if you switch it on.

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PeerBlock 1.1 arrives with some important updates originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The City Where Everything Awesome Happens All the Time [Video]

I don't want to spoil any part of this video for you, other than to say this: think of everything incredible that your imagination could stuff into a metropolis in three and a half minutes. Most of it's here. More »

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Physical rotation lock button back on the iPad? For Jailbreakers

NoMute for iPad brings the physical rotation lock back to the iPad. With so many people upset at Apple for changing the function of the physical switch on the iPad from rotation lock to mute, it wasn’t difficult to predict a jailbreak solution was on its way. Remember that if you still want [...]

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ZAGGmate for iPad

The people at ZAGG say you’ll wonder how you ever used your Apple iPad� without�a ZAGGmate case.� The ZAGGmate�cases are�made of aircraft-grade aluminum with a bead-blasted, hard-anodized finish to match the iPad.��They are 9.75″ tall X 7.63″ wide.��A case�fits on your iPad as a screen cover and adds 0.25″� or less (depending on the style) [...]

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How to Use Busted Car Parts to Save a Baby's Life [Babies]

A lot of infants in the third world die from lack of basic medical equipment—like incubators. So how do you build sophisticated gear without advanced medical tech? You use what you have. Like broken car parts. It works. More »

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TopWinPrio gives a priority boost to your focused application window

TopWinPrio's function is mashed right into its name. Once you launch the app, it hides in your system tray and automatically bumps the process priority of your foreground window. If you're focused on an app and working in it, it might as well have dibs on available CPU time, right?

Head to the options window, and you can set TopWinPrio to run at startup, boost Explorer processes, and change the update interval. You can also switch the default process priority from AboveNormal to High or Realtime (danger, Will Robinson!) Your mileage will may vary, of course, though I've found TopWinPrio to provide a nice shot in the arm for my Atom 270 netbook.

On my desktop and full-size laptop, however, I don't see myself switching from Process Lasso. It's much more configurable and offers a slew of additional features.

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TopWinPrio gives a priority boost to your focused application window originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Daily Crunch: Fortress Edition

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Deal of the Day ? BlackFriday Deal on HP TouchSmart tm2t 12? ULV Multi-touch Tablet for as low as $699

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Hopefully, Gears of War 3 Has Some Of This In It [Video]

Whenever I see a new look at the Unreal Engine, I wonder: How will they use this in the next Gears of War? I did that in March. I'm doing it again with this brand-new look at the updated Engine. More »

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Daily Crunch: Fix It Edition

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Criminals constructing ATM skimmers from DAPs

A recent article from Brian Krebs highlights a new trend in ATM skimmers: by using parts from cut-rate audio players and spy cams, criminals are able to construct something called an audio skimmer that records the data from the magnetic strip for later playback. Also included in the device is a miniature spy cam, which captures the user's PIN. The basic methodology behind the device is nothing new (for instance, it could be found in an issue of Phrack dating back to 1992) although the use of DAPs means that the whole thing is a lot more elegant than it was in the days of the portable cassette recorder. According to a recent report by the European ATM Security Team (EAST), devices of this type have been found in five countries, two of them "major ATM deployers" (with 40,000 active ATMs or more). Please guys, don't get any ideas. PR from EAST after the break.

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Criminals constructing ATM skimmers from DAPs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Scientists Discover Motherf*cking Flying Snakes [Video]

Snakes can fly and they don't need a plane to do it. The freaky freaky beasts flatten their bodies and angle their heads so they glide through the air, which make them capable of flying from tree to tree. More »

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