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The Audition Team is Hiring

We're currently looking for two experienced software engineers who are interested in working with a tight-knit team to deliver great software. At this point we're particularly interested in individuals who have deep experience and passion for UI/front-end development, and previous media development experience is a huge plus. One position is open in Seattle, Washington, USA (job ID PE120502) and the other is in Hamburg, Germany (job ID LM010606). For more details, or to submit your resume' or CV, visit Adobe's career opportunities page and search for the job IDs listed above. And please forward this information to anyone you know who might be interested!

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Really clever C++ GUI toolkit and DE Ultimate++ is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development suite. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..), and an integrated development environment.

Google does Macs
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Bluetrek X2 Bluetooth Water-Resistant Headset
The Bluetrek X2 is an earpiece that's not quite so delicate as most, called the first water resistant and weatherproof Bluetooth headset by its manufacturer.

Pink Commuter iPod Tie If you’re looking for a convenient place to carry that iPod nano, the Pink Commuter tie is for you, that is, if you don’t mind looking slightly fey wearing pink. Actually, this 100% silk tie is available in red and navy for metrosexuals, in addition to pink for all you others. The tie has a special loop that keeps all those wires in check, and it looks like you could run the wires up behind your tie and underneath the collar of your shirt, discreetly poking out the back on their way to your earbuds. So if you’re forced to wear that coat-and-tie monkey suit all day, might as well take advantage of it with a great place to hide your tunes. From Thomas Pink for $85.

Sony Ericsson K800. maybe.

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Desktop Mobile Phone

"Eh?" I hear you cry. And you're right to - a phone that looks like a landline but is actually a mobile phone is crazy talk, even more crazy than yesterday's BT landline that looked like a mobile phone. If you're feeling faintly confused, it's not just the fault of my clunky sentence structures (although that plays its part). The Burnside Desktop Mobile Phone is a home phone that uses a SIM card and mobile service provider to make calls. Stick in your SIM and you'll be able to make the most of your cheap tariff, making calls and typing up text messages. Great idea for anyone who doesn't want a fixed landline - especially if you've got a good cheap mobile phone deal. It's just a shame they made the phone look so dull - surely something similar to the Zenith Flip Phone would have been more suitable (and desirable)? You can pick one up for around £175 (ouch!).Burnside Telecom

Electrolux Declare War!

...on White!
No, it's not a racist war, nor is it a backlash against the shiny-white generation of electronics (as far as I know) but a "shift which marks the company's official move into deign innovation."
Electrolux want you to be proud of your appliances, match them to your decor, and not hide them away in cellars or garages. I know a family who would repaint their kitchen annually if not more often - it was once even decorated red, cream & green *just* for Christmas! Imagine a blue fridge ruining the festive spirit - do you reckon Electrolux may eventually bring in snap-on fridge-fascias for such changeable families? [Sara Wallen]
See more designs at the Electrolux Image Bank


YouTube - The Red Army Choir

Google yesterday rolled out a new web page creation tool which promises to bring ease of use to creating simple homepages. The Google Page Creator is up now and running in beta, though sign-ups are limited right now due to demand.
The Google Page Creator, the web search company explained, allows users to edit and create pages just as they appear online, without needing to know HTML. No software downloads are necessary to create pages as the entire process is browser based. Users are required to have a Gmail account to participate and space restrictions provide only 100MB of storage for pages and uploaded files.
Features of the Google Page Creator allow users to add and change the size and style of text, add links and insert photos. Additionally, various different looks of pages are available. This product offering is different then Google’s more advanced Blogger platform.

It hasn't even been a month and a half and already Toshiba's upgraded the Qosmio G30 we saw launched at CES with their new Qosmio G35-AV600. It's still got the Intel Core Duo and a nice 1440 x 900 widescreen with nVidia GeForce Go 73000 graphics, dual SATA drives, dual-layer DVD burner, a gig of DDR2 SDRAM, media adapter, and all the rest -- but now includes higher end media features like a 1-bit digital amplifier (which they're claiming is the first found in a laptop), Dolby Home Theater certification, and harman/kardon's Bass Reflex Speaker technology. You're gonna pay $2,399 for the privilege though, so we hope you like your media well done, kid.

How-To: Build Wireless Speakers from RF Headphones

Origami: A New Microsoft Device Unfolds

The Origami Project Web site is registered to Microsoft. The code name refers to "a new kind of device." So what is this thing?

World of Warcraft Teaches the Wrong Things?
Gamasutra has a 'Soap Box' editorial up discussing the bad lessons World of Warcraft teaches. From the article: "1. Investing a lot of time in something is worth more than actual skill. If you invest more time than someone else, you "deserve" rewards. People who invest less time "do not deserve" rewards. This is an absurd lesson that has no connection to anything I do in the real world. The user interface artist we have at work can create 10 times more value than an artist of average skill, even if the lesser artist works way, way more hours. The same is true of our star programmer. The very idea that time > skill is alien."

A Report on Swearing in Online Games
A Next Generation article references an informal study done on the frequency of swearing on Xbox Live. From the study: "When you logon to Xbox live more often then not you will be greeted by a 14 year old that learned a new word on the playground that day, or maybe it's the drunken 24 year old who hates black people, gays and anyone who isn't in his frat. No matter who you are if you have played on live you have run into cursing and lewdness. If you look at the rating for the game you can see that it is intended for ages 17+ but parents don't care/understand/listen so lots of underage kids have [Halo 2]." Warning: links contain profanity.

Too many virgins spoil the plot

BT Zenith home phone looks like a cellphone

How long has it since you picked up your landed line phone? Or do you even have one at home? BT’s offering will blow all your current perceptions of landed line phones being boring with its Zenith home phone. The clamshell form factor Zenith features a front panel that displays info like caller ID, sends/receives SMSes, a 64k color screen inside, polyphonic ringtones, and can even store contacts from your SIM card!

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A Solid That's Light as Air

In the rarefied field of space research, aerogel is a workhorse. But is it up to heavyweight commercial applications? By Dylan Tweney.

Desktop And Desk Finally Marry

A UK design company has at long last developed the Powerdesk, "The world's first truly effective integration of computer and workstation." That means put away the Office Depot particle board, 'cause...

iJam widget - Play drum over your favorite song. Click on different drums or cymbals to get different sounds, or use the following keyboard keys to play

Soak yourself until your fingertips are like prunes with this La Scala bathtub with a wide-screen TV and DVD player on board. Complete with a floating remote control, the tub is big enough for you and your honey, and offers 10 adjustable water jets to make you feel good all over while you’re getting your TV on. Or whatever else.

A great idea to keep you constantly entertained, because you wouldn’t ever want to be just sitting there relaxing in a quiet, serene, mini-sea of tranquility, alone with your thoughts, would you?
La Scala Bathtub [A Bathroom Guide]

The World Time Clock by Charlotte Van Der Waals is a deceptively simple idea that accomplishes its task with style and grace. There’s an unnumbered clock face on the side of this 12-sided cylinder, and you simply roll the clock over until the time zone you’re looking for is on top. The names of two cities are etched on each of the 12 sides of this unique object, which makes no mention of AM or PM, allowing it to cover all 24 of the world’s time zones. Available in two different styles and three colors for $75.
World Time Clock [Junro via Pop Gadget]

Current state of the art in graphic design for the web... Mm. Rounded corners. Gradient fills. Anti-aliased text. I'd put money on them all emerging from use of Macs, but that's just me...

Samsung Pocket Imager - Mini Projector

Ladies (and one or two gents), I think we have a projector breakthrough! Instead of one very inefficient and expensive bulb, here we have a projector which takes its light from three long-life (10,000-hour) super-bright LEDs. The brightness isn't quite as high as your average projector - but this is new stuff and it's a dinky little thing, measuring only 128 x 85 x 53mm.

So now when walking into an unfamiliar meeting room to give a presentation, you no longer need to faff about with bizarre power connectors (it can run off its own battery - pictured) or temperamental office projectors that keep asking for filter cleaning - bring along this little beauty instead. [Sara Wallen]

LED Throwies
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Sony Ericsson’s K610i 3G phone is really compact

Sony Ericsson’s upcoming K610i UMTS phone is really svelte 3G phone – it is just 17mm thick and weighs a mere 92g. The K610i sports a 176 x 220 pixel 262k color display that complements its 2-megapixel camera perfectly. The camera is capable of 2x digital zoom and can record video as well. The media player supports MP3, AAC and E-AAC. Storage expansion option is limited to the Memory Stick Micro. Expect the K610i to begin shipping sometime in Q2 2006. Via Mobile Guerilla

09FEB

The IP-Talky multimedia keyboard with built-in VOIP handset

February 7, 2006 When Nicholas Negroponte drew his famous convergence Venn diagram more than three decades ago, he forecast the convergence of broadcast, telecommunications, computing, and publishing. Since then, the acceleration of this trend has been increasing and there’s no doubt the computer and telephone are in the process of morphing right now. In recent times we’ve seen many different form factors for this, with several VOIP telephone/mouse combinations and multitudinous USB and wireless VOIP handsets and now computer peripherals specialist A4 Tech has announced it will debut a new Talky multimedia keyboard with built-in VOIP handset at CEBIT in Hannover, Germany on March 9. ..


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The M600 is available in Granite Black and Crystal White, which means it comes in black and white. Europe gets the M600i variant in what businessmen refer to as Q2.
The new Sony Ericsson M600



Director Del Toro takes gander at "Carnival Row"
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The solar system no longer has nine planets
T-Mobile Increases SMS Messaging Costs

Review: Panasonic's Rugged SA7

Sporty and Active are the words Panasonic have associated with the new SA series, and the SA7, with its tough looking rubber insets, certainly looks the part. Jin takes a look into Panasonic's handset for the athletic type.

TheGrapeApe writes "1up has an article about the possibility of World of Warcraft becoming the next "Golf": A place where friends, acquaintances, and perhaps even business partners will meet up to "talk shop" and swap stories. Personally, I can't wait until I have my next job interview in the Deadmines. " I demand extra healing and mana pots from all my employees.

James Cameron in the MMO biz

PC case with beer tap

Forget the Laz-E-Boy. This is THE definitive home furniture that cannot be dispensed! Homer Simpson would gladly be the spokesman for free. We’re talking about a PC case that comes with a beer tap. Imagine guzzling down a couple of pints while watching your favorite movie? The bliss…now if only someone could help us with the translations to the links here and here. Via OhGizmo!

Samsung SC-X210L Sports Camera looking good

Samsung’s SC-X210L is a slim, light sports camcorder that offers MP3 playback and a stunning 100x digital zoom to boot. There is an option to add on an external camera module that could be used during snowboarding. The 680k pixel CCD offers a resolution of 640 x 480. Since it will be used during rough and tumble outings, the camcorder’s Electronic Image Stabilizer (EIS) is a nifty addition. The $599.99 SC-X210L comes with 1GB of internal memory and offers support for SD/MMC cards (2GB max).(specs below) Via Mobile Whack

my fave physics jokes

A neutron walks into a bar; he asks the bartender, 'How much for a beer?' The bartender looks at him, and says 'For you, no charge.'

Two fermions walk into a bar. One orders a drink. The other says 'I'll have what he's having.

Two atoms bump into each other. One says 'I think I lost an electron!' The other asks, 'Are you sure?', to which the first replies, 'I'm positive.'

Where does bad light end up? Answer: In a prism!

06FEB

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Wasp performs roach-brain-surgery to make zombie slave-roaches Pretty fascinating, if creepy, story about how some species of wasp brainwash and then control roaches which they then steer back to their lairs, laying eggs in them while they're still alive...

MIT is offering a charm school for the university's brilliant but socially awkward student body featuring 23 classes that range from "dating etiquette" to "table manners" -- and even a class called "Nerd Love" -- the whole purpose of which, according to one instructor, is to help students "GET LAID."

Links International's Bamboo Keyboard

While wood is good, some might say bamboo is even better. Links International are claiming a first with their Takechiyo - a 104-key USB bamboo-encased keyboard. The good shoot peripheral will cost approximately $83 and goes on sale in Japan on February 11. Will we be seeing Rosewood speakers anytime soon?

Hardshell EVA Laptop Pillow gives you a good night's rest

Luggage specialist Samsonite has brought their trusted brand of safety and protection to the realm of notebooks with their latest offering, a line of notebook carriers and messenger bags modeled for techies who want a dash of style to accompany their notebooks. The $80 Hardshell EVA Laptop Pillow comes with a 1.5” thick memory foam cushion encased by a virtually indestructible case to protect its precious content from any form of damage. This peace of mind ought to give you a good night's rest.

Adobe Flex Now In Beta
We released Adobe Flex 2.0 beta today on our Adobe labs website. There are three main parts to the beta: Adobe Flex Builder, Adobe Flex Enterprise Services and Adobe Flash Player 8.5. The Flex Builder tool, to those who aren't familiar with it, is an IDE to create Flash based applications. You can create the applications using Flex Builder, and compile the apps into flash files that you put on your website. Today Adobe also announced that the Flex Builder SDK, which will include the compiler and documentation, will be available for free... So now, anyone will be able to build Flex applications, with cost no longer being a barrier to entry. Those of us who still require the full IDE will be able to purchase Flex Builder 2.0 for less than $1,000 (final pricing yet to be announced).

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Isreali company LikeAFish has developed a new technology which will enable a new paradigm in underwater exploration and living. Likeafish’s tankless diving technology is able to extract air from water and could revolutionise scuba diving, offering unlimited dive time and no need for expensive and inconvenient refills.

GarageWorks unveils concept tailgating appliance that cooks, cools, warms and stores

Simply Scarlett Lipstick USB Key
I'm rather proud of my "In the Pink" USB Key. It's teeny, it's shiny, it looks like a teeny shiny lipstick (although, one complaint, it gets seriously toasty if you leave it plugged in for any length of time). Now, just for you, Digital Era has gone and done a special Simply Scarlett version in time for Valentine's day. It'll cost you £13 for a 128MB model.

USB stick picked in the forest
The latest design by Guido Ooms, the guy who had previously designed 100% hair hats and ceramic dildos, is a USB memory stick. His aim was to create a USB stick which would be in strong contrast to its normal environment.

How to dual-boot XP on an Intel Mac (in theory)

Filed under: Desktops

The method for dual-booting XP on an Intel Mac posted to Neosmart isn't exactly the most straightforward means we've ever seen of getting an operating system on a machine, but then again neither was shoehorning those OS X dev builds on a PC. Does it work? We can't yet say ourselves, but if anyone wants to go give it a shot and holla back, we'd love to hear if this will get XP running on that new Core Duo iMac of yours.

[Via memeorandum]

Microsoft: No delays to Vista Beta 2, 2006 release

Clearly denying press reports that Microsoft would not be releasing a Beta 2 edition of Windows Vista, a company spokesperson yesterday told TG Daily that comments made last week by co-president Jim Allchin actually referred to a change in plan, but not a scrapping or skipping of the beta system.

Woize beta now available for Smartphone users

Woize is another VoIP program that offers features similar to Skype and works on the Windows Mobile platform. This beta program can be downloaded here and runs on Smartphones with a minimum speed of 200MHz. Now you can save more by making cheap calls to other cellphones or landlines, while calls made to other Woize users are free. Via MS Mobile News

CX 200 Director II - the portable cellphone jammer

The CX 200 Portable Director II cellphone jammer is just the tool that should be installed in every sanctuary, cinema and concert hall. Available exclusively in Japan, you can set the CX 200 to perform a complete jam that blankets an entire area up to 70 seconds. The alternative mode is used to end your own calls discreetly without looking for an alibi. Available for $70 a pop, this goodie should not be confined in the Land of the Rising Sun alone, IMHO. Mobile Mag via Mobile Whack