What 2011 Holds for Apple: Long Shots, Sure Shots and Even Money

While Google seems to be rethinking its whole Google TV approach and IBM is now predicting that we'll have holographic 3D phone calls by 2015, I'm looking forward to another bang-up year for Apple. I've got a handful of easy predictions, some likely predictions, and a couple wishful-thinking hopes for magical new products from the geniuses locked away on the Apple campus in Cupertino.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71530.html

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Apps that ask to be gifted: smart or obnoxious?

In-app GIFT THIS GAME popup You buy a hot new game on super sale, wait for it to download, launch it, get all settled in to play, and then a box pops up saying “GIFT THIS GAME! Go to the iTunes App Store Now. Pull down the “Buy App” arrow and select “Gift This App”. No, Thanks. YES.” — is [...]

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Freemake Video Converter adds Blu-Ray support, Web video downloading

Freemake's free Video Converter was already a very solid app, handling more than 200 import formats and able to output converted videos for playback on a wide array of devices. In the recently-released version 2.0, however, one major piece of missing functionality has been added.

Freemake 2 now supports Blu-Ray burning, allowing you to output dozens of hours of downloaded video to a single disc. If you don't have a Blu-Ray burner, no worries -- Freemake claims their media conversion kung-fu lets them cram 20 hours onto a single-layer DVD.

The upgrade doesn't stop there, however. Freemake 2 also adds the ability to download and convert videos directly from popular sharing sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Metacafe. Beyond sharing sites, Freemake can also grab video from Hulu, South Park Studios, The Daily Show, Megavideo, and several others -- including a good number of sites in the red light district. There's also a more full-featured preset editor, giving you advanced control over your default conversion settings.

The .Net 4.0 framework is required, but Freemake will install it for you if it's not already on your system.

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Ask DLS: how to change your Download Squad password, the best Android web browser, and tailoring our RSS feeds

We're back with more of your questions, and more of our excellent answers.

This week, with the high-profile Gawker Media hack, we've been innundated with commenters asking how to change their Download Squad password. Now, it's not the easiest thing in the world, and yes, we know our commenting system isn't the best in the world (and we know there are still a few 'Easter eggs' from the Switched merger; they'll be ironed out soon, I promise) -- so if you're struggling to change your password, follow these simple steps:

  • Make sure you're logged in -- the only way to do this (at the moment) is to leave a comment on a post (any post will do!)
  • Find one of your comments -- the comment you just made will work just fine
  • Click your name -- it's a link to your profile page (it will look something like this). Marvel at your huge post counts!
  • Type your old password, and confirm a new password -- hit Change Password and you're done!

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Second Time Is Not the Charm for India's ISRO Rocket Program [Disasters]

For the second time this year an India Space Research Organizations (ISRO) rocket has failed spectacularly mere moments after launch. This most recent failure, captured for all time in this image, occurred 47 seconds after liftoff on Christmas Day. More »


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Great Gifts for the Home Design Nerd [Giftguide2010]

Good design is the art (and science) of turning the mundane into the magnificent. Below is an assortment of meticulously designed (and, of course, awesome looking) objects for the friend whose home is a little lacking in the aesthetics department. More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/6OWkFn7BNKQ/gifts-for-the-homebody

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Opera 11 RC 2 now available for download

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Opera's developers have been pushing hard to finalize version 11 of the do-it-all browser. After just releasing the first Opera 11 RC only yesterday, they've already shoved the build aside to make way for RC2.

While you won't find any new functionality in the RC, the RC builds are more stable and usable than previous snapshot releases. Extension support has been improved as well, and there are are now around 200 you can add to your Opera 11 install. Opera's mail client has also been greatly improved, with drag-and-drop ordering of accounts and folders and a navigation panel which hides itself automatically when you're using a non-mail tab in browser.

You'll also find Opera 11's tab stacking more solid now, with RC2 landing several crash fixes for the clutter-busting feature. Like comepting browsers, there have also been tweaks made to the address bar -- which now shows more detailed security information about the site you're browsing. Search suggestions are now supported as well, using Google's prediction API.

If you were waiting for hardware acceleration, it looks as though you're going to have to wait for a future version. There's no sign of HWA in Opera 11 RC2 and ECMAsciprt 5 support is still somewhat lacking. Hopefully both those shortcomings will be addressed in the near future.

Check out the screenshots after the break, or go grab Opera 11 RC2 and take it for a spin yourself!

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CrunchGear Week in Review: PCful Dream Edition

Here are some of last week’s stories on CrunchGear: TechCrunch Giveaway: Five Google Chrome Cr-48 Notebooks Physical Avatars For MP3s May Be The Vinyl Of The Future Hospi: Meet Panasonic?s Awesome Healthcare Robot (Video) Go Away, Snoopers: Internet Explorer 9 To Add Anti-Tracking Feature Kinect Hacked To Support 3D Occlusions The Great Holiday iPad Case [...]

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/12/13/week-in-review-pcful-dream/

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What the Hell do You Buy an Audiophile for Christmas? [Audio]

Sound snobs are the easiest—and yet hardest—folks for whom to Christmas-shop. You know they want something audio-related, but you're probably not qualified to choose something. No problem. We've got this. More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/I-h3X0i4Jng/what-on-earth-do-you-buy-an-audiophile-for-christmas

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