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Have a Safe and Fun Labor Day

tparker76 — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:06:59 GMT

I just wanted to say Happy Labor Day and for those who actually get out from in front of the computer and off of the Droid to do something in the real world, be Safe and have Fun while you are doing it :)

Over the top Anti Google ad by watch dog group

Mojo — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:37:39 GMT

YouTube - "Don't Be Evil?" video - beta version

Another Gmail Question

tparker76 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:12:32 GMT

On my P.C. I would like to be able to click on an email link and be directed straight to my Gmail to start composing the mail, instead I am directed to Windows Live Mail (which I don't want to use) after uninstalling Windows Live I am directed nowhere, I just get a pop-up asking me to associate an email program to perform the requested action

My question is...is there a plug in for Gmail that allows this to be done ?

As always thanks :)

tp

Chuck Norris cracked the Droid X bootloader

1694kyle — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:41:29 GMT

But he won't crack yours

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NCAA Football 2010

dkst0426 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:28:06 GMT

Season kicks off tonight! :icon_ banana:

My wife is going to be up late, since her team is flying all the way out to Hawaii. It'll be an interesting year for the Trojans.

As for me, we'll be heading to Durham on Saturday for Duke's season opener. Yeah, yeah, I know we suck - tell me something new. At least we have something to be halfway excited about with the improvements under Coach Cut. Still can't believe we're going to be welcoming the defending national champions into our tiny little stadium in a couple of weeks. :icon_eek: And of course, I'm trying really REALLY hard to suppress my Schadenfreude at the misfortune now befalling the UNC program.

What's everyone looking forward to? I have to confess that I'm much more of an NFL fan, but there's just something special about college ball.

The Future Looks Small and FAST!

Darkseider — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:15:18 GMT

This is some awesome news for anyone who love mobile devices!

Globalfoundries takes ARM Cortex-A9 into 28nm land, looks forward to 20nm chips in 2013 -- Engadget

Can't wait to see what 2011 holds for us!

Are these China cheap Bluetooth headsets good-quality?

Navy0513 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:35:31 GMT

Previously, when I was driving my car, I couldn�t answer the telephone. How did I solve this problem? I found a China electronics store online, and on it there are some Bluetooth headsets. But I don�t know whether these cheap ones are good-quality. Meanwhile, they are free shipping, and I don�t want to be cheated. Can you give me some advices?

Share Slow Motion Sports VIDEO - Instantaneously

SpectateSwamp — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:17:58 GMT

Here's how the slow motion feature works for GOLF - It works just as well for Football and other action sports.

The initial plan was to shoot video of each golfer from behind and across; then play these short (4 to 6 secs) videos in SLO-MO and NORMAL speed before the awards luncheon started.

This was ACCOMPLISHED and the 180+ videos were playing on a large screen within 10 minutes of leaving the course. The only PROBLEMS were: that a few golf swings took far more time than others (10 to 15 secs) and when played back in slow motion; the audience would lose interest. As well; in attempting to capture just the "golf swing" we missed some completely.

The SOLUTION was a program fix that allowed for just the FINAL 3 secs of video (the swing) to be played in slow motion. With this change; we can start recording when the golfer addressed the ball and shut it off on completion of the swing. No more missed swings or bored viewers.

Now they see each video clip followed by the final 3 seconds in Slo-Mo, as a screen saver.

One FINAL problem: After the meal there was a silent auction. Golfers wanted to see their swing (2 clips out of nearly 200). Again the solution comes from the record on/off button. To achieve this and not lose any time by having to manually edit the catalog text file. An extremely short video clip is created (as each group comes to the T) of a white-board with the golfers name and flight#. The software uses these mini files as break point indicators in the catalog file. The golfer identifies which group they were in, from the tournament sheet and we play that foursome's videos. Upon viewing those videos we determine the golfers sequence # and select it (ie "Grp#12" "Seq#3"). Their videos from camcorder #1 then camcorder #2 play over and over again.

The 180+ videos fit on 2 GigaByte USB sticks. These sticks can be quickly loaded with the videos & software before the golfers leave. They just LOVED the immediacy.

Osooyos Golf video

SEE the above link; for video clips from those 2 tournaments. 20 of the 360+ videos are being switched out daily.

This method is extremely easy; because NO EDITING is required. Just off-load the MPEG video from the 2 camcorders (5 to 10 mins). Catalog the video to play normal speed and Slo-mo (mere seconds). Then start the replay. VERY timely. All golfers from the rank amateur to the seasoned pro; want to see golf swings in Slo-Mo. Having hundreds of dual-speed golf swings playing randomly on the clubhouse screen is far more interesting to the patrons.

Roller coaster tycoon 1?

chron12 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:06:02 GMT

Is their any way this can be played on the droid? Its very light weight and an amazing game

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? about southernLINC

bucket truck — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:30:59 GMT

I work for a company that uses southernlinc for field communication. Well I have some old nextel phones I would love to use instead of the brick I was given. Is there a way I can run the nextel on the soLINC network? I've been issued the i365 w/green SIM card and the nextels are i60, i710, i730, and a windows mobile flip phone(I forget the model). Is there a hack for this??

Video Contest!!

upham51 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:49:33 GMT

VOTE!!! Jayson Minagawa made an AWESOME video of us longboarding and stuff! We entered it into a video competition and we need your help to win! Just go to this link and click the thumbs up button! We really need your help! Thanks!! Vote pleeeasse!!

http://blog.motionboardshop.com/video-contest-voting/1029-shreddin-the-gnarthwest-video/

From a droid user runnin bugless beast 0.4 :)
Thanks Again!!! I really appreciate it!

Apple will live stream event -- but not on PCs

aaf709 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:23:53 GMT

(CNN) -- Apple users will get to watch live today as the company, at an event presumably led by CEO Steve Jobs, announces new services and products.

Everybody else is out of luck.

Viewing requires a Mac running the Safari web browser (on Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard), an iPhone or iPod Touch running the operating system iOS 3.0 or higher, or the iPad.

Obviously they don't want "outsiders" to see what's new, although that means that they don't care about getting new customers and are concentrating on repeat customers.

You can read the full story at Apple will live stream event -- but not on PCs - CNN.com

Ready to Buy a Prepaid DROID, DROID 2 or DROID X?

WoZzY — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:48:54 GMT

Ready to Buy a Prepaid DROID, DROID 2 or DROID X?

On 09.01.10, In News, by Kellex

Big time prepaid smartphones are headed to Verizon. According to reports, September 2nd is the day you�ll be able to walk into a VZW store and straight up buy a Droid, Droid 2 or Droid X �pay-as-you-go� phone. And why would you do that? To have �control� over your plan�or if you have crappy credit.
Oh, it looks like the Droid Incredible is on there as well. It�s a family affair!
Pricing details:

Source: Android Does

Something needs to be done about quoting previous posts

Bdog — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:33:35 GMT

Personally, I find it veeeeeery annoying having to go through people's posts quoting the previous person's post who quoted the previous person's post who quoted the previous person's post.

I've grown to learn that people using the quick reply at the bottom of the thread is about as common as them using forum search, and using the ACTUAL reply button... Well, let's not go there.

I have no idea how vBadvanced works, but most forums I've ever had the displeasure to work with or be a part of, they were able to add a reply tag at each post, so users don't quote every damn time. Is it possible to do this here in hopes of a good number of the one-sentenced posts flooded by paragraphs of quotes can go away?

[HELP] Discovering College for a Senior

ty_ — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:49:33 GMT

I'm a senior at my high school and want to start applying to colleges.

Can any of you guys tell me about the college you went/are in and what made you pick them?

I really enjoy computer engineering and would love to take it in college.
But I'd love to know first hand what it would mean if I applied to a college soul based on that one major.

I live on the Eastern US side...PA to be exact. :)

Thanks(: