Chris Varenhorst, an engineer with Dropbox, announced on his blog today that Facebook Groups can now share files via Dropbox cloud storage.
Facebook introduces share through Dropbox feature
Category: Technology
Sharp unveils see-through solar panel that can replace glass and balcony railings in buildings
Sharp announced a see-through solar energy panel today, designed for balcony railings, eaves, and windows. The transparent panels are constructed from laminated glass infused with photovoltaic cells and can be used to replace glass and provide shading at the same time.
Why would Samsung release a Galaxy S3 device based on Tizen OS instead of Android?
The latest Samsung rumors making the rounds are that the leading smartphone supplier is working on a Samsung Galaxy S3 model that runs the open-source Tizen operation system rather than Android. There are several indications that this rumor holds water which begs the question, why would Samsung introduce a device running on Tizen?
Barnes and Noble introduce new affordable Android tablets – but you might want to wait for the Windows 8 devices
Barnes and Noble signaled their intent to stay in the race today when they released a set of new aggressively-priced HD Android tablets (surprise, no Windows 8 – yet). 7-inch and 9-inch versions were announced, each with variable RAM configurations. Both are built upon Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and neither is going to disappoint…
Seven rent-to-own companies secretly monitored and remotely controlled customers’ rented PCs – captured users’ intimate moments
It comes as no surprise that rent-to-own companies can be a little… seedy. Seven rent-to-own companies, comprising 1,617 stores in the United States and Canada, and a software developer based in Pennsylvania, have settled federal charges that they used spyware to remotely monitor their customers who rented personal computers, including turning on webcams to monitor…
iPhone 5 A6 chip may perform better than expected due to manual layout – yes, logic blocks laid by hand, not software
Benchmark tests of the iPhone 5 against powerhouse devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S3, are showing that the A6 chip is indeed a very capable processor. During a teardown of the chip, it was discovered that the ARM core blocks appear to have been laid out manually – as in, by hand. Laying out…
Exploiting a physics loophole, it’s not perpetual motion, but it’s pretty damn close
In this week’s freaky physics news, scientists at Department of Energy’s Berkeley Laboratory have proposed a design for a timing crystal that runs, literally, forever – even theoretically outlasting the universe itself. They are quick to point out however, that since there is no energy output, they have not broken any perpetual motion laws. Yeah,…
iPhone sales at 5 million sold but display shortage may be to blame
The iPhone 5 quickly sold 5 million devices over the first weekend on sale, about 25% more than the iPhone 4S sold in its first few days. For a device marketed as a “new generation” device rather than a minor upgrade, it likely should have sold much more. However, the device is now sold out.…
Samsung Galaxy S II and S Advance zero-day exploit allow complete phone wipe when tel: link clicked [UPDATE]
Security researchers presented a Samsung Galaxy exploit in which they demonstrated an instant hard reset of the Galaxy S II and Galaxy S Advance when a simple web page link is clicked. The bug relates to Samsung specific diagnostic reset codes which are accessible via the phone dialer.
World’s largest portable 3D printer can print furniture
Last week the Dutch gave us the world’s largest Facebook party and this week they give us the world’s largest, portable pavilion 3D printer. Those Dutch do indeed go big. The Dutch architecture firm DUS unveiled the KamerMaker, a printer they say is “the world’s first movable 3-D print pavilion”, in an open source project…
