Thursday, December 9, 2010
MITs Wallets, Swell, Buzz and Clamp-Down on Digital Spending
I have a friend (let’s call him Dave) who used to joke that his wallet was so fat that it gave him spine trouble from sitting with it, swollen, in his back pocket. But what of those bill-packed status symbols in the age of electronic money? It’s not like your debit-card gets fatter the higher [...]
A look at Grooveshark's massive HTML5 makeover
Grooveshark is somewhat of a house favorite here at Downloadsquad. It's one of the few music sites which isn't georestricted, which means Sebastian, Erez, Vlad, Sam and I can all enjoy the same music as our teammates in the U.S. This morning, I woke up to find a completely overhauled Grooveshark interface and there's one change which trumps all the visual tinkering: it's not built with Flash. The interface, at least, is pure HTML5 -- actual audio playback is still handled by the Flash plug-in.
This is Grooveshark's second big overhaul in three months. Erez walked you through the previous update back in September, and pretty much everything has now been changed. Take the jump to see more of the new Grooveshark at work!Continue reading A look at Grooveshark's massive HTML5 makeoverA look at Grooveshark's massive HTML5 makeover originally appeared on Download Squad on Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
This is Grooveshark's second big overhaul in three months. Erez walked you through the previous update back in September, and pretty much everything has now been changed. Take the jump to see more of the new Grooveshark at work!Continue reading A look at Grooveshark's massive HTML5 makeoverA look at Grooveshark's massive HTML5 makeover originally appeared on Download Squad on Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Daily Crunch: Step Into The Body Shot Edition
Body Scanners That Don?t Keep Pictures Apparently Keep Pictures Sony Announces HandyCam NXCAM, An E-Mount Super-35 Sensor Camcorder Using The Kinect To Make Any Surface Multi-Touch Review: Barnes & Noble NookColor Codemasters Joins Growing List Of Companies That Hate Pre-Owned Games
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Microsoft releases details of the upcoming Silverlight 5
Speaking at the Silverlight Firestarter conference yesterday, Scott Guthrie, the vice president of Microsoft's Developer Division, reassured the masses of Silverlight's future by detailing the exciting new features in Silverlight in 2011.
On the application-development front, there's a ton of exciting new features. Font rendering has been improved (which is no surprise, given Silverlight's new home on the Windows Phone 7), lower-latency networking has been added, immediate mode graphics are now possible (cue some very sexy games and visualizations), and also some improved sandboxing features have been thrown in. Scott mentions better integration with IE9's hardware acceleration, too, but no real details are given.
Top of the bill, media-wise, is GPU-accelerated video decoding (I thought Silverlight 4 already did that?). There's a cool new feature called Trickplay that lets you alter the playback speed of Silverlight videos -- with pitch correction! (I've wanted this feature for so long -- why has Silverlight beaten you to it, Flash?) Finally, there's improved "power awareness," which will stop the screensaver kicking in while a Silverlight video is playing.
Exciting stuff, but we'll have to wait until "the first half of 2011" for the first beta!Microsoft releases details of the upcoming Silverlight 5 originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
On the application-development front, there's a ton of exciting new features. Font rendering has been improved (which is no surprise, given Silverlight's new home on the Windows Phone 7), lower-latency networking has been added, immediate mode graphics are now possible (cue some very sexy games and visualizations), and also some improved sandboxing features have been thrown in. Scott mentions better integration with IE9's hardware acceleration, too, but no real details are given.
Top of the bill, media-wise, is GPU-accelerated video decoding (I thought Silverlight 4 already did that?). There's a cool new feature called Trickplay that lets you alter the playback speed of Silverlight videos -- with pitch correction! (I've wanted this feature for so long -- why has Silverlight beaten you to it, Flash?) Finally, there's improved "power awareness," which will stop the screensaver kicking in while a Silverlight video is playing.
Exciting stuff, but we'll have to wait until "the first half of 2011" for the first beta!Microsoft releases details of the upcoming Silverlight 5 originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Buy a Colorful Clock That Tells Time in Three Dimensions [Video]
The Manifold Clock, which is a real thing you can buy for $45, tells time just like a regular clock. It just does it more cleverly, more colorfully, and occupying a bit more space in the third dimension. More »
Star Walk Goes To New Heights In Version 4.4
Astrology fans worldwide are going to love what Vito Technology has done with their latest Star Walk v4.4 update. They have taken their highly popular and award winning Star Walk app for the iPad and iPhone and made it even better. So let’s get down to business, what’s new in Star Walk 4.4? Arrow Guides [...]
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Daily Crunch: Between Machines Edition
The Large Pocket Shirt, For The Tablet Enthusiast Echochrome II Hits PSN On December 21st Review: Dyson DC26 City Vacuum HAMDAS-R De-Boning Robot Makes Short Work Of Ham (And You) Does Wikileaks Represent The End Of Internet History?
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