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TomTom launces GO LIVE Camper and Caravan Satnav

Andrew Edney

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Apr 29, 2012

TomTom launces GO LIVE Camper and Caravan Satnav

TomTom has launched the GO LIVE Camper & Caravan. This specialist navigation device provides tailored routes by vehicle type and has pre-installed Points of Interest that make it easy for drivers to find camper and caravan sites and services.

The TomTom GO LIVE Camper & Caravan includes new navigation software which adjusts routes and arrival times to match a vehicle’s size, weight and maximum speed. Drivers can set separate profiles for their camper, caravan, car, van and trailer, and use the device whatever vehicle they are driving.

Custom Points of Interest are stored on the device to help drivers locate places such as camping areas, chemical toilet facilities and camper servicespots. Plus, a year of LIVE Services is included for free, providing access to weather forecasts, real-time traffic information with HD Traffic, and Google Local Search.

Features of the TomTom GO LIVE Camper & Caravan include:

A specialist map of Europe for campers and caravans: adjusts routes and arrival times for campers, caravans, recreational vans, trailers and cars, taking into account vehicle size and speed restrictions.

Custom Points of Interest for campers and caravans: locates over 20,000 Points of Interest such as camping areas, chemical toilet facilities and camper service spots.

Camper / Caravan / Passenger Car Options: adjust routes to match the vehicle.

Dual Mounting System: enables the device to be mounted on either windscreen or dashboard.

1 year FREE LIVE Services: provides access to a range of services including TomTom Weather, TomTom HD Traffic, Local Search with Google™, Search & Go with TripAdvisor and Expedia, and destination sharing with Twitter™.

Voice command and control: drivers can navigate without taking their hands off the wheel, planning their route using only the sound of their voice.

Hands-free calling: allows drivers to make and answer phone calls safely while driving.

Advanced Lane Guidance: gives extra clarity at difficult junctions.

IQ Routes: uses real travel information shared by millions of drivers to get the best routes and arrival times at every time of day.

The TomTom GO LIVE Camper & Caravan comes with maps of 45 countries in Europe and is priced £349.99.

Learn more from the TomTom website

More New Updates to YouTube app for Google TV

Andrew Edney

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Apr 29, 2012

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More New Updates to YouTube app for Google TV

The YouTube app is getting some new updates for Google TV.

This is what Google posted:

Adding Recommendations in My YouTube
There’s a big, beautiful world of channels and videos on YouTube, and the My YouTube tab organizes all of it for you. With an hour of video coming to YouTube every second, there’s always something new to enjoy, so we’ve added Recommendations to My YouTube to make the experience more relevant for you.
Like a great playlist, Recommendations can introduce you to the ever-expanding creativity of YouTube creators, showing you how things like pillows, a car wash, and taxidermy are related in the most hilarious of ways. On the topic of playlists, all of your private playlists are now featured as a grid of videos so you can quickly find any video in your Watch Later or Favorites.

From a new favorite to a must watch
Recommendations and Search are great ways to discover all kinds of videos, and behind every great video is a channel you might enjoy even more. This February, you started seeing YouTube channels on Google TV. You asked us to make searching even easier, so we’ve added Channel Search to quickly find the channel you’re looking for. Find one you like? Subscribe and the channel will be available and constantly updated in the My YouTube tab.

Smooooooooth playback
YouTube videos should look crisp and beautiful on the big screen, so the video will start playing at the best available resolution based on your connection. If you need to share some bandwidth love with other devices on your network, YouTube will automatically switch to a lower resolution to keep your video playing smoothly, rather than rebuffering. In other words, play on, player.

YouTube +1
Finally learning about Gotye and want to share it with the world? You can now +1 the video the same way you can on YouTube, and it will appear in your Google+ profile.

Your new YouTube is automatically available now, and you can always download it from the Google Play Store .

Are you using Google TV? Let us know what you think of it.

Plex for Android app v2.1.1.3 Available Now

Andrew Edney

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Apr 29, 2012

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Plex for Android, version 2.1.1.3 has been released bringing with it performance improvements and various fixes.

Here is what they posted on their blog:

The thing you’ll notice first when spinning up this release is that it’s quite a bit snappier. Navigation, page loads, image loading and scrolling should all be noticeably faster. Beyond that, this release fixes many issues large and small that our community reported and has been patiently waiting for.

One thing you may not notice that I’ll tip you off about is that you can now long press just about any media item, just about anywhere, to bring up details if it has them – which is particularly useful if you’re launching stuff from the home page. Some may not care but as for me – well – I think it’s cool if only for the little thrill I get with every buzz of haptic feedback that comes with the long-press.

Here’s the high level list, though there are many more fixes in here:

IMPROVED performance of navigation and image loading.

IMPROVED media selection logic – more channels play and quality better matches settings.

NEW long press on a media item takes you to details if they’re available so you no longer have to aim at the little ‘i’. It’s a small thing we know.

NEW configurable logging levels – the default is that Plex will now only display errors in the logs.

NEW ability to control your remote media players in addition to those on your local network (helps when your phone isn’t on your local wifi for example).

FIX lights out / low profile during media playback in ICS.

FIX some cases where subtitles weren’t being picked up and displayed.

FIX in Plex search capabilities.

FIX numerous connection related problems.

FIX memory leaks especially related to images.

FIX an issue where quality settings above 8Mbps were ignored.

FIX a problem where some channels (Flash and Silverlight video) were always playing at the lowest quality.

FIX for many, many other field and forums reported issues

Download now from Google Play

CDW Giveaway: Win a copy of StableBit DrivePool for Windows Home Server 2011

Andrew Edney

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Apr 29, 2012

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When Microsoft removed Drive Extender from Windows Home Server 2011, Covecube jumped in and brought us StableBit DrivePool to replace the functionality. In the next of our giveaways, you can win a full licence – and we have five to give away.

Here is how CoveCube describes this application:

Combine all your hard drives into one big storage pool (except the system drive with the OS).
Add and remove drives from the pool at any time without re-partitioning or manually moving folders.
Create duplicated folders on the storage drive pool that are protected against single drive failure. If a drive fails on which a duplicated file was stored, the contents of that file will remain readable even without the drive.
All your data is stored in standard NTFS files. You can always access your files even if the Windows Home Server completely crashes or this add-in can’t be used.

The Giveaway

As we mentioned, we have five full licences of StableBit DrivePool, worth $19.95 each to give away.

So what do you have to do to win?

All you have to do is leave us a comment here, or send us an email, saying why you want a copy and we will pick five winners.

The giveaway will run until Sunday 6th May and the winners will be announced on the site.

Good luck, and thanks again to Covecube for the licences.

NVIDIA Unveils the GeForce GTX 690 Dual Graphics Card

News
Tech

Andrew Edney

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Apr 29, 2012

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NVIDIA Unveils the GeForce GTX 690 Dual Graphics Card

NVIDIA today announced the GeForce GTX 690, the world’s fastest consumer graphics card—with a bold industrial design to match.

Powered by dual Kepler architecture-based GeForce GPUs, the GTX 690 is meticulously designed—inside and out—to deliver the most refined, elegant and smooth PC gaming experience possible.

The surprise announcement was made by NVIDIA CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang during his keynote address at the NVIDIA Game Festival in Shanghai, which is being attended by more than 6,000 gamers from across China.

Engineered to reach a new threshold in gaming performance, the GTX 690 also looks the part. Its array of innovative technologies is complemented by sleek materials that contribute to the exotic design of the card, including:

· An exterior frame made from trivalent chromium-plated aluminum, providing excellent strength and durability

· A fan housing made from a thixomolded magnesium alloy, which offers excellent heat dissipation and vibration dampening

· High-efficiency power delivery with less resistance, lower power and less heat generated using a 10-phase, heavy-duty power supply with a 10-layer, two-ounce copper printed circuit board

· Efficient cooling using dual vapor chambers, a nickel-plated finstack and center-mounted axial fan with optimized fin pitch and air entry angles

· Low-profile components and ducted baseplate channels for unobstructed airflow, minimizing turbulence and improving acoustic quality

The GTX 690 is powered by a total of 3,072 NVIDIA CUDA cores, all working to deliver awesome gaming performance for ultimate gaming setups. Designed for the discriminating gamer and ultra-high-resolution, multimonitor NVIDIA Surround configurations, the GTX 690 delivers close to double the frame rates of the closest single GPU product, the GTX 680. Plus, it is more power efficient and quieter when compared to systems equipped with two GTX 680 cards²running in NVIDIA SLI configuration.

“The GTX 690 is truly a work of art—gorgeous on the outside with amazing performance on the inside,” said Brian Kelleher, senior vice president of GPU engineering at NVIDIA. “Gamers will love playing on multiple screens at high resolutions with all the eye candy turned on. And they’ll relish showing their friends how beautiful the cards look inside their systems.”

The GTX 690 graphics card is designed using GeForce GPUs based on NVIDIA’s 28-nanometer Kepler architecture, following the introduction late last month of the GTX 680.

Availability
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 GPU will be available in limited quantities starting May 3, 2012, with wider availability by May 7, 2012 from NVIDIA’s add-in card partners, including ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, EVGA, Gainward, Palit and Zotac.

More information about the new GeForce GTX 690 is available at www.geforce.com.

Got a Raspberry Pi? Fancy a game of Quake III?

Andrew Edney

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Apr 28, 2012

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Got a Raspberry Pi? Fancy a game of Quake III?

If you are one of the lucky few who already have their Raspberry Pi, would you like a game of Quake III on it?

This is what was just posted on the Raspberry Pi blog:

We have enormous luck with the people called Liam (three and counting now) who volunteer to do great stuff for Raspberry Pi. Liam McLoughlin (@hexxeh on Twitter) has so far got Chromium OS running on his Raspi, along with the very useful Despotify and a Raspberry Pi firmware updater. All the above are available at his website, and knowing Liam, I’m sure there’s more to come.

Liam put a call out last night for people who are lucky enough to have managed to get their hands on a Raspberry Pi, and who fancy a Quake III Deathmatch. He’s now made the Quake III binaries available (only tested so far on the most recent Debian release) at radium.hexxeh.net/quake3.zip. If you head over to #raspberrypi at Freenode IRC, you’ll find willing ~~victims~~ opponents in the channel.

The zip file compresses to 3.14MB, which we think is kind of serendipitous.

Check out our Raspberry Pi coverage from the Beeb@30 event

Have you ordered one? Let us know if you get yours before us, or even after us. I know a lot of people are tweeting their orders should be early May, so well done.

I have downloaded Quake III so that I am ready when mine appears!

Gotham City Impostors update now available

Gaming
News

Andrew Edney

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Apr 28, 2012

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Gotham City Impostors update now available

The newest game update for Gotham City Impostors is now live, and this update is free.

Gotham City Impostors allows up to 12 players to battle for control of an unhinged Gotham City overrun by Impostors inspired by the DC Comics characters Batman and The Joker.

In a continued effort to support the game with fresh content and improvements, Monolith Productions has delivered several game fixes, as well as a brand new “East End” map, a new “Bounty Hunter” mode, and more character voice customization. Players can find the free update in the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, PlayStation Network, and Games for Windows LIVE Marketplace.

Downloadable content will also be available for purchase beginning today for Xbox 360 and will follow for PS3 and PC.

The “East End” map can be enjoyed in all multiplayer game modes, as well as the single-player challenge mode. The “Bounty Hunter” mode offers fans a variation on Team Deathmatch that rewards each team for collecting bounties from their fallen opponents, with the winner being the first team to collect 50 bounties. And for those who want to smack-talk in another language, they can now choose to have their Impostor speak in –game in any of the following languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.

The latest updates and news can be found here

The cost for Gotham City Imposters is 1200 Microsoft Points for the Xbox 360 version and £11.99 on PSN and Windows, the DLC pack is free.

Windows Home Server Security Tips: Force change of the initial password for a newly created Windows Home Server 2011 or Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials Account

John Keller

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Apr 28, 2012

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Introduction

In the 2nd of our Windows Home Server Security Tips I’m going to go over is how to force change newly created accounts initial passwords upon logging into either Windows Home Server 2011 or Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. While this is essentially the same as what I had gone over in Windows Home Server there are some minor differences between the two operating systems that should be paid attention to.

What version of Windows Home Server does this pertain to?

This pertains to Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials; while the steps are similar for Windows Home Server there are some steps that are different and it is recommend that this article is to be used only for Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials

Disclaimer and Recommendations

While the methods and steps have been tested in a non-production environment to work as written within this article I take no responsibility and the user shall bare full responsibility if there are any repercussions from using the information of this article. It is also further advised to backup your server first before proceeding with any of the steps within this article.

Procedure

1. While the first part of this can be done from the Launchpad on your client PC it is recommended that you either Remote Desktop or Directly Console into your Home Server for the entire process.

2. Click on the “Dashboard” Icon on your home server desktop and wait for it to open

3. Proceed to create a new user account as shown in this following How To article provided by Farshad from addictivetips.com. REMEMBER to give the account you are creating an easy initial logon password (Example: Password1234), the whole reason for this drill is for the end user to change the initial password. Even through this How to is primarily aimed at WHS 2011 it is exactly the same for Windows Storage Server 2008 R2. Upon completion close the Dashboard.

4. Now click on the windows Start Icon , and on the right hand screen of the menu “Right Click” On the “Computer” icon and click on “Manage”.

5. Within the “Server Management” snap-in go to “Configuration”, then click on “Local Users and Groups”, and click on “Users”.

6. With the desired account highlighted (In this case CDW) right click on “Properties”.

7. Check the “User must change password at Next Logon” and click “OK”

8. Exit the Computer Management Console.

Please Note: The next part of this article will simulate the end user remotely accessing the home server remotely either locally (http://MYSERVERNAME) or abroad (https://xxxxxx.homeserver.com for WHS 2011 or https://xxxxxxx.remotewebaccess.com for WSS 2008 R2 Essentials).

9. Open your Web Browser of choice and have the End User enter your home servers URL address (As shown above).

10. Now have the end user enter the name of the and the initial password that was assigned to them into the Windows Home Server Credential Box and then click on the “Log On” Radio Box.

11. If the end user entered the correct account and initial password you should be greeted with box below. Re-enter the initial password originally given in the second box below the account name and then enter the new password in the subsequent boxes below. Then Click the “Green or Blue Arrow” Radio Button and Login.

12. The End User should now be greeted with your home server’s main menu page. Once the end user has completed their business then click on the “Sign Out” URL located on the top right corner.

13. Once you have logged off (as pictured below) close your Web Browser.

When should I use Force changing of the initial password for a newly created Windows Home Server Account?

The only time you really should have to use this method is if the End User (This can be Family Member or Business Associate) can only access the home server Remotely from its location (I.E. Different City, State, Country etc…). However, you can still employ this method locally if the intended end user is not readily available, at home; work or if you just want the end user to choose their own password instead. The Choice of course is yours.

So what’s next in Windows Home Server Security Tips?

The next two Windows Home Server Security Tip Articles will be covering complexity and the desired minimum length for your home server accounts.

Acknowledgment’s – I want to thank again Farshad from addictivetips.com for the excellent how to guide on making accounts on Windows Home Server 2011.

Feel the Force on your iPad with the Kinect Star Wars app

Andrew Edney

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Apr 27, 2012

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Feel the Force on your iPad with the Kinect Star Wars app

Recently we told you about the Kinect Star Wars app for the Windows Phone. Now it’s available on the iPad! The app from Microsoft takes social networking on smartphones into a new stratosphere, by allowing fans of the world’s most iconic film franchise to view their Facebook and Twitter feeds in the style of ‘the crawl’, the iconic STAR WARS opening title sequence.

The new app helps mark the recent release of “Kinect Star Wars”, the latest blockbuster game from Xbox 360 that harnesses the Kinect’s revolutionary controller-free, motion-tracking technology to enable players to truly fight like a Jedi.

Synching seamlessly with Facebook and Twitter accounts, the app transforms smartphones into the ultimate social media dashboards by aggregating social media streams into one place. Fans can discover more about the full “Kinect Star Wars” game and even purchase a copy direct from the app, all wrapped up in an experience that gives a taste of the fun the game offers.

Download now from the Apple App Store Check out our review of Kinect Star Wars

R.I.P. VMware Server and who shall be its successor?

John Keller

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Apr 27, 2012

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R.I.P. VMware Server and who shall be its successor?

The Death of VMware Server

Well, not actually dead anyways; however it has been officially Not Supported by VMware since June of 2011 and the last actual update to the core installation of VMware Server was back in October of 2009 with the last version release being Ver. 2.0.2 . While this is still a great Virtual Appliance for the Home or Small Business IT to run older operating systems (especially since it is free, you just need to register with VMware) within the last several months VMware Server has been showing its age. With the release of the Windows 8 and Server 2012 Previews and the improvement within Virtual Technology supporting the newer Operating Systems that are being released across all OS platforms it’s now time to move on to another Virtual platform than can do all the wonderful things that made VMware Server such an invaluable Virtual appliance, yet remain cost effective (Meaning it’s free).

What about VMware Player?

The mini me and free version of VMware’s big time Desktop Virtual Appliance VMware Workstation; VMware player was originally designed to only “Play” the virtual machines that had been created by VMware Workstation. Starting with version 3.x of VMware player you could also now create your own virtual machine with player (Of course none of the extra goodies like snapshots, cloning, and so forth is still not available) which makes it a great Virtual appliance for interactively trying out different Virtual Machines. As far as being a replacement for VMware Server it still lacks certain features to make this a viable solution as listed below…

– Cannot start as a service.

-Cannot start or stop virtual machines upon startup or shutdown of the Operating System.

– No Remote Web page Access.

– No snapshots or cloning features within the Appliance.

– The Host of the Virtual appliance must be interactively logged on in order for the virtual machine to continue to still work.

– Cannot play more than 2 Virtual Machines concurrently without taking a hit in performance.

How about VMware’s Free Personal Edition of EXSI Server?

Believe it or not there is a Free Licensed Edition of VMware’s main bread and butter bare metal embedded hypervisor EXSI Server. While naturally this is a watered down version of the fully featured product being limited to 1 physical processor , 32GB of physical RAM, and 8GB of vRAM per Virtual Machine this will basically do all the things VMware Server did and more. The only real drawback to this option is even through this is free you now have to come up with the extra hardware in order to run it. The EXSI server software is actually a Linux kernel variation that loads onto a separate physical machine and is managed on a separate client machine by a client application called vSphere. If your operating budget can afford the founds for purchasing the separate PC or Server to run the EXSI Server Software (You will need a machine that has at least a Quad Core processor and 8GB of physical RAM to be able to run at least 4 or 5 virtual machines) then by all means do so. While in the long run this may have been VMware’s plan is filling the hole to retiring VMware Server for the Home or Small Business IT on a budget this may not be the solution that you are looking for.

Enter Oracle’s Virtual Box

Virtual Box is a free Virtual appliance for Personal use that is similar in features to VMware Player which also includes on top of those features offered by player the ability to take snapshots and make clones of virtual machines out of the box. Thanks to a blogger by the name of Matthew Hodgkins from Down Under he has managed to take the out of the box Virtual Box appliance and combined all the extra home brew add-on’s by various contributors for Virtual Box and turned it into a very informative 2 part How to Articles. These Articles basically turns your instance of Virtual Box on your Home Server comparable to what VMware Server use to offer to include…

– Host Virtual Machines on Windows Home Server 2011

– Manage your Virtual Machines using a Web Interface

-Login to managing your Virtual Machines using WHS 2011 User Accounts

– Remotely RDP into your Virtual Machines even if they are Linux Machines

– Shutdown Machines automatically upon shutting down your WHS 2011 Server

– Start Virtual Machine automatically upon booting up your WHS 2011 Server

For those interested I highly recommend visiting Mr. Hodgkin’s website and instating the information in the 2 part how to article available below…

How to run VirtualBox on WHS 2011 – Part 1 of 2

How to run VirtualBox on WHS 2011 – Part 2 of 2

While Matthew wrote the articles specifically for Windows Home Server 2011 this can be easily tailored for any of the Windows Vista\2008 Operating Sytem Variants from little to no change to the original configurations mentioned in Matthew’s articles. This would also include Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft’s new line of Small Bussiness Server.

So who is the Heir apparent?

Like I stated earlier VMware planned for its free personal edition of EXSI Server to be VMware Server’s replacement but in the long run I believe Virtual Box (Once configured with the additions detailed in Mr. Hodgkin’s articles) is truly the new lord of the Virtual Jungle in both features and in cost effectiveness (Again, meaning it’s free). However, if your IT budget can afford the Hardware for it the Free Personal Edition of EXSI Server is a really close second.

Acknowledgements – I would like to thank Forum Member Andy Bison for making me aware of the Free Edition of VMware’s EXSI Server, which until then I thought VMware only offered the 60 day trail of EXSI Server. Again I would like to thank Mr. Matthew Hodgkins for all the effort and hard work he put into his very informative 2 part how to articles.

Review of the Samsung 23″ C23A550U Series 5 LED Hub Monitor

Andrew Edney

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Apr 27, 2012

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Review of the Samsung 23″ C23A550U Series 5 LED Hub Monitor

It’s time to review the Samsung 23″ C23A550U Series 5 LED Hub monitor!

Product Description

The Samsung Central Station CA550 is ready to transform the way you work and play. With amazing connectivity available through the USB 3.0, USB Ethernet and the USB Hub, you can experience faster and simpler uploading, data transferring and web browsing. This also helps in eliminating bothersome cables and docking stations, while also cleaning up your desk space. And thanks to the innovative Dual Hinge Stand, it also serves as the perfect dual monitor. The CA550 picture quality is beyond comparison, featuring Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio and the Samsung Magic Angle. Add to this the Eco Savings and Auto Power on/off, and you have monitor that performs well in every category.

Specifications

What’s in the Box?

The box contains the monitor with stand attached, power supply, cables, product manuals and warranty information, user manual CD, cloth and quick start guide.

Raspberry Pi orders start shipping; an update from Farnell/element 14

Andrew Edney

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Apr 27, 2012

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Raspberry Pi orders start shipping; an update from Farnell/element 14

Now that the initial batch of 2000 Raspberry Pi’s are in the hands of those lucky few who got in early, order updates are coming through from Farnell/element 14, so we shouldn’t have too long to wait!

This is the email I just got about my order:

Having successfully passed its CE compliance testing, we can now confirm that your Raspberry Pi will be delivered in the week commencing 28/05/2012.

Check out our Raspberry Pi coverage from the Beeb@30 event

Have you ordered one? Let us know if you get yours before us, or even after us. I know a lot of people are tweeting their orders should be early May, so well done.

I am also disappointed to see so many Raspberry Pi’s on eBay at the moment, especially those with Buy It Now prices around the £200 mark!

Microsoft and Central Saint Martins Partner to Reveal PC Hardware Designs of the Future

Andrew Edney

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Apr 26, 2012

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Microsoft and Central Saint Martins Partner to Reveal PC Hardware Designs of the Future and Announce the Winner of the First Microsoft UK Design Award.

Microsoft today unveiled the twelve shortlisted designs and final winner of its inaugural PC Hardware Design Project with Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design. Twenty four MA Industrial Design students were briefed to create and design a range of innovative hardware and user-experience devices which consumers could be using in the future.

Microsoft tasked participating Industrial Design students to conceptualise ideas which demonstrated new thinking in computer interaction – challenging each to devise possible alternatives to the mouse and keyboard or, alternatively, visualise technologies that could be used in the future, based on emerging tech trends of today.

The shortlisted designs were showcased in an exhibition at the College last night. One student, 24 year old Victor Johansson, from Sweden, was selected as the overall winner and awarded first prize.

Scott Smith, Principal User Experience Designer with the Microsoft Hardware User Experience Team and judge of the PC Hardware Design Project, commented: “It has been a fascinating experience to see students who hail from a diverse mix of backgrounds and nationalities developing fresh insights into the world of man/machine interaction. I was particularly impressed with Victor Johansson’s design as he successfully met the overall goal of the programme and really showcased a possible future trend which addressed a clear consumer need – a quality that is at the forefront of all Microsoft design thinking.”

1. Keyflex – Victor Johansson

Keyflex is an evolution of the humble keyboard. Rather than just pressing keys, the user bends, squeezes, twists and flexes the device to control it. It can also be bent upwards and downwards to control the volume. By pressing the ‘modifier key’ at the same time, the action of bending gets assigned to a different function (e.g. fast forwarding a movie). The device can also be twisted to pause or escape. When using social media, the user can squeeze either the right or left side to ‘share’ or ‘like’.

2. Designer Gloves – Duo Zhang

This product is targeted at a variety of designers offering different modes of use. Street artists can choose ‘outdoor mode’ to record and transfer content to a digital format. ‘Modeling mode’ enables product designers to create physical and virtual models and digitize their motion. Lastly, ‘on-desk mode’ allows virtual image designers to use gesture controlled recognition to create their designs.

3. Museo – Tom Maisey

Museo is an electric audio-visual interface, which makes recording and performing music a more enjoyable experience. It can be used with a range of instruments, but is primarily designed for use with a guitar and enables an experience similar to that of a professional using in-ear monitors and volume control. It utilises the freedom of feet to adjust input settings allowing users to continue playing and making it simpler to achieve the desired sound.

4. Bendy-Cam – Martyna Bielecka

Bendy-Cam is a concept challenging the archetype of a camera in a playful and intuitive way. The design explores the potential of gesture in relation to a camera input device. Squeeze to take a photo, slide apart to adjust length of the screen, bend to zoom in and out, twist to browse photos…Bendy-Cam doesn’t need a single button!

Twitter app for iOS updated to version 4.2; brings new Activity in Discover tab

Apple
News

Andrew Edney

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Apr 26, 2012

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The official Twitter app for the iPhone and iPad has been updated to version 4.2, bringing with it a new element for the Discover tab called Activity.

What’s New in Version 4.2

– Updated design and improved relevance of Discover stories
– Activity in Discover tab shows who your connections follow, updates to their lists, and which Tweets they retweet and favorite
– Spelling suggestions and related searches for search results in Discover tab
– Recent searches shown when selecting search box in Discover tab
– Username autocomplete and go-to-user when searching in Connect tab
– New push notifications for when your Tweets have been retweeted or favorited or when you have new followers
– New language support: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish

Download now from the Apple App Store