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HDTV Listings for September 5, 2010

September 5, 2010 By webadmin

What we're watching tonight:

  • TNT (1080i) has the summer finale of Leverage at 9 p.m.
  • AMC (1080i) has Rubicon at 9 p.m. and Mad Men at 10 p.m.
  • TLC (1080i) has Hoarding: Buried Alive at 9 p.m. and the series premiere of Freaky Eaters at 10 & 10:30 p.m.
  • ABC (720p) has The Gates at 10 p.m.
  • TBS (1080i) has My Boys at 10 p.m.
  • A&E (720p) has The Glades at 10 p.m.
  • History (720p) has Ice Road Truckers at 9 p.m. and Swamp People at 10 p.m.
  • Cartoon Network (1080i) has Children's Hospital at 10:30 p.m.
  • ESPN (720p) has NASCAR Sprint Cup Series @ Atlanta at 7:30 p.m.
  • ESPN2 (720p) has Giants/Dodgers baseball at 8 p.m.

HDTV Listings for September 5, 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PS3 jailbreak adapted to Nokia N900, Palm Pre in wake of Australian ban (video)

September 5, 2010 By webadmin

Two weeks ago you'd have to pay an Australian importer for a specialized USB key. Four days ago open-source software let you roll your own. Today, there's no need for any of that -- you can hack your PS3 with a tethered smartphone. Working closely with the PSGroove team, hacker Kakaroto adapted the same jailbreak to the Nokia N900, and the open-source community lost no time porting it to the Palm Pre as well. If the videos after the break are any indication, both versions work just as well as the original, and you too can get your game on with downloads and detailed instructions at the source links below.

Sadly, the aforementioned Australian importer OzModChips is a casualty of this little story, with all its shipments of the PS Jailbreak dongle seized (and the item subject to injunction) by an Australian court, but we suppose knowing its product has enabled the hardware hacking community thus might somewhat soften the blow.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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PS3 jailbreak adapted to Nokia N900, Palm Pre in wake of Australian ban (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New Android 2.2 build leaks out for Nexus One, minor improvements noted

September 5, 2010 By webadmin

Well, well -- what have we here? Word on the street has it that we're looking at a new, unreleased (officially, anyway) Froyo build for Google's now-tough-to-locate Nexus One. The open source community has yet again uncovered what looks to be a real gem, with this fresh Android 2.2 version (FRG33) promising minor bug fixes, improved WiFi performance and speed improvements from top to bottom. There's obviously no Google-approved changelog to prove anything one way or another, but you can give that source link a look if you're feeling froggy. Just don't blame us when you suddenly can't access the Android Market, or your world otherwise implodes.

New Android 2.2 build leaks out for Nexus One, minor improvements noted originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG LEX8 ‘Nano LED’ TV eyes-on

September 5, 2010 By webadmin

While we admire the impulse to best your South Korean neighbor and build the world's thinnest X (in this case, the world's thinnest full LED LCD TV bezel), you can't help but notice the base at the bottom where all the components that used to be in the back have been crammed seems to grow ever larger with each passing tradeshow. Still, LG's LEX8 8.8mm thick LCD is impressively thin and the picture quality, thanks to that localized "Nano LED" dimming, is stellar. Hit up the gallery for a requisite thickness comparo with an iPhone -- next year we're just gonna pack some razor blades for comparison shots.

LG LEX8 'Nano LED' TV eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC’s dual-mode CDMA / GSM Android slider hits the FCC, decked out in shades of Verizon

September 5, 2010 By webadmin

Remember that big, honking red-and-black HTC slider that dwarfed an EVO 4G? It's back sporting Verizon colors just as we were told, and with a few more confirmed specifications thanks to the ever-reliable FCC. The HTC "PD42100" is still missing a proper internal codename, but test reports confirm it's ready for at least CDMA 2000 and GSM 850 plus Bluetooth and 802.11b/g/n WiFi at 2.4GHz frequencies. There's no word on that 1.2GHz processor or 4-inch display, but it's clear we're looking at some chunky chiclet keys and there's definitely a removable battery. We can't wait to get our hands on what surely looks like the new king of Droids.

HTC's dual-mode CDMA / GSM Android slider hits the FCC, decked out in shades of Verizon originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BlackBerry Torch 9800 gets the Colorware treatment, sees value increase infinitely

September 5, 2010 By webadmin

So look -- RIM's BlackBerry Torch 9800 isn't exactly the barnburner-of-a-smartphone that we were hoping it'd be, but at least it looks snazzy, right? Right? Regardless of your answer to that, it's a bona fide fact that Colorware has outdone itself on this one. Usually, it's most fun to toy around with the company's endless array of hues in order to create the most hideous version of your favorite gadget before pretending to hit the order button, but for whatever reason, the first handset to ship with BlackBerry OS 6 actually looks dapper in red and white. Or maybe that's just the Wolfpack in us talking. Either way, it's available to customize now in the source link for $250 (send your own) or $1,050 (buy new sans a contract). Video's after the break, should you need one.

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BlackBerry Torch 9800 gets the Colorware treatment, sees value increase infinitely originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Shocker: Huawei Ideos may be headed to T-Mobile

September 5, 2010 By webadmin

Huawei wants to bring Android to the masses, and it sounds like one cellular carrier may already be on board -- the Wall Street Journal reports that T-Mobile is presently in talks to offfer the 2.8-inch, Android 2.2 smartphone and could begin selling it by Yuletide. Of course, considering China-based Huawei expects the reasonably-attractive device could cost as little as $100 off-contract, it's not terribly surprising that any carrier you'd care to name would be champing at the bit to grab one. "It's safe to assuming we're talking to all of the major carriers," a Huawei spokeswoman said.

Shocker: Huawei Ideos may be headed to T-Mobile originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Android accounts for one-quarter of mobile web traffic, says Quantcast

September 5, 2010 By webadmin

It's terribly difficult to get reliable statistics, as numbers tend to vary drastically depending upon whom you ask, but if you're inclined to believe that Android is mopping up Apple and RIM's declining mobile mindshare in the US, you'll find nothing but corroboration from Quantcast. The analytics firm reckons a full one-quarter of mobile web traffic stateside comes from devices running Google's OS, though it's important to know that the iOS tallies apparently don't include the web-friendly iPad. You also might want to note that this is mobile web traffic here -- these days, we spend an increasing amount of our internet time in apps -- and since we're on a roll with the disclaimers, let's just add that these numbers have nothing to do with a company's financial success. Nokia can attest to that.

Android accounts for one-quarter of mobile web traffic, says Quantcast originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Switched on: FaceTime prepares for prime time

September 4, 2010 By webadmin

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

Perhaps the most-predicted announcement from Apple's September 1 press event is the addition of two cameras to the iPod touch. Long before Apple revealed its FaceTime videoconferencing software with the iPhone 4, various disassemblers notice that there seemed to be a place left open for a camera in the last iPod touch, despite Apple's claim that the product didn't "need more stuff." Nonetheless, few could deny the usefulness of such an add-on, particularly when paired with the iPod touch's relatively generous internal memory capacity.

Now, though, adding image and video capture to the touch makes even more sense. Apple's FaceTime video chat software is Wi-Fi-only, and while 3G support would certainly make It more useful on the go, imbuing the iPod touch with the ability to make video calls greatly expands Apple's addressable market with FaceTime, brings the touch into a whole new category and possibly make it the first affordable, carrier-independent mass market videophone.

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Switched on: FaceTime prepares for prime time originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HDTV Listings for September 4, 2010

September 4, 2010 By webadmin

What we're watching tonight:

  • ABC (720p) has LSU/North Carolina college football at 8 p.m.
  • ESPNU (720p) has Memphis/Mississippi St college football at 7 p.m.
  • ESPN (720p) has TCU/Oregon St college football at 7:45 p.m.
  • ESPN2 (720p) has NASCAR Nationwide Series @ Atlanta at 7 p.m. and Cincinnati/Fresno St college football at 10 p.m.
  • Versus (1080i) has Wisconsin/UNLV college football at 11 p.m.

HDTV Listings for September 4, 2010 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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