Virgin Mobile TM: November 2010

Infinity Blades RPG in App Store on December 9th

The long waited Infinity Blades RPG will hit the app store on December 9th. The game was demonstrated in Apple's keynote before. This action role playing game was developed by Epic Games (also known as ChAIR) graphics has been flawless! The game will sell for 5.99 in the US.

Infinity Blade will also support Game Center and somehow provide live online battles with other people. Although the interface and the programming hasn't been revealed yet, many iOS users are eager to have this app in their iTunes collection.

Epic Games has made it clear in today's announcement that Infinity Blades will be available as a universal app for iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPod touch 3G / 4G. Older iDevices will not be supported. More updates as they come! Stay tuned! [via Pocket Gamer]

Pre and Post 2010 Thanksgiving Dinner Workouts

Click me and see me trot

While a lot of people started their Thanksgiving Day doing 5 or 10K Turkey Trots in different venues, I, being a wimpy turkey trying to avoid the colder than usual temperature, opted out and did my own trot on the treadmill instead. Not that I wasn’t about to go out and run on the streets, but the late newspaper delivery (9:00 a.m.!!!) sealed my decision to make a run to nowhere, at the same time saving time and reading the newspaper. An hour plus an extra five minutes for the extra spoonful that I may eat during Thanksgiving dinner (unfortunately I lost control and ate more spoonfuls than I needed). What I noticed was that when I increased the pace towards the end of the run, I bounced lesser and was actually able to read the paper better. If only I could run that smoothly all the time.

After visiting a couple of stores on Black Friday (I’ll touch on that in another post), my day after Thanksgiving workout consisted of Spinning. No, I didn’t go to a gym and sign up for a class. However, I downloaded a free Spinning video and tried that workout for the first time. With the warm up and cool down, it was supposed to last an hour but the actual pedaling itself lasted only 50 minutes, but a tough 50 minutes it was. I added another 10 minutes to round it up to an hour. There was a lot of hill climbing and jumps in between seated pedaling using variable tension adjustments. It was a darn good workout leaving my calves slightly sore afterwards. It helped burn up a bit of my cousin’s good cooking from dinner the previous night.

It’s cold enough running outside at 9:00 A.M. so why would I want to wake up at 5:00 to run at 7:00? After all, I wimped out and ran on the treadmill on Thanksgiving morning. Well, after procrastinating the last few weeks whether to join the AREC winter group, I finally did on Saturday morning, without even knowing how far they were planning on running. It was so darn cold that my face felt numb and to add to the discomfort, I forgot to bring my gloves, but I showed up and introduced myself to Gisele who organized it. She gave me a printout of the directions. The shorter run was supposed to be 7 miles and the longer, 13 miles. I haven’t run 7 miles much less 13 miles in months. My longest run was 6.75 miles earlier in the week and that was a run/walk. We started out and I found myself running alone because I couldn’t find someone with the same pace. After climbing the hill at the 4 mile mark, I saw Rosie and Tina, whom I ran 16 miles with last year, and joined them. We ran together for about 3 miles and I want to thank them for letting me pace with them because I didn’t want to run alone. That’s the reason why I woke up early to run there in the first place, so I can run with others. It turned out the shorter run was actually 8 miles instead of 7, which was not a problem for me on this particular day because running with Rosie and Tina helped a lot. My solo runs in recent months have taken a lot of effort to finish, even the ones which I run for 4 minutes and walk for 1 minute. Having company on Saturday morning plus not trying to push the pace made for a more comfortable run even with the extra mile or so. My ankles weren’t even hurting as much afterwards. If that’s the case, I may even return next week! Just remind me to bring my gloves and maybe even a ski mask.

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UNLOCKED DELL STREAK’S WITH NEW COLOR CHOICE AND ANDROID 2.2

Dell is now offering up their Dell Streak –touch tablet with full phone functionality– in a great new color. Dell has also gone ahead and updated the device to Android 2.2 Froyo OS, it previously ran Android 1.6. The new color launched for the Dell Streak US customers is Cherry Red, the color was launched in the UK a few weeks ago when Dell dropped prices for the 5-inch touch tablet, but the color was really first spotted in Japan.

APPLE IPAD ACASE SLIMLINE PREMIUM LEATHER CASE FOR $9.95

All you Apple iPad owners out there here is a special deal for you. The Acase Premium Series Leather Slimline Carrying Case in Black for Apple iPad is available for a limited time for just $9.95. A total discount of $30.04 or 75% off and the leather case ships for Free. Check out the case now while supplies last.

FUJITSU DISPLAYS A NEVER BEFORE SEEN 10-INCH WINDOWS 7 TABLET

Fujitsu just got done with their own two-day European forum in Munich called simply “Visit 2010″. At this event Fujitsu basically showed off some new things that the company is currently working on bring to the market for enterprise and regular consumers. However in all the sell-promotion a single tablet was shown off in it’s own private display.

To keep things interesting Fujitsu didn’t give away all the details for the upcoming tablet. However a rep did state that the 10-inch Windows 7 tablet would be coming to market in early 2011, and that’s about all he said. Some guests at the forum took two snapshots and notebookitalia even got some video footage. Check out the pics and the very very short video below.

ACER UNVEILS SLIM AMD BASED WINDOWS 7 10-INCH TABLET COMING EARLY 2011

ACER UNVEILS AMD BASED WINDOWS 7 10-INCH TABLET COMING EARLY 2011 posted about the new 7-inch and 10-inch Acer Android tablets that are coming in April of 2011, but now let’s look at a 10-inch Windows 7 tablet that is coming in February of 2011. The yet to be named/priced tablet is said by Acer to run on a AMD chip and come with Windows 7 OS.

ASUS U36 ULTRATHIN NOTEBOOK WITH CORE I3 & I5

ASUS introduced the Asus U36 ultra-portable computer. It is based on the Intel Calpella platform and has a dual heat pipe cooler. The Asus U36 laptop is packs a 13.3-inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and an aluminum-magnesium alloy shell that is only 19mm thick and weighs 1.44kg.

NETBOOK COMPAQ MINI CQ10-405DX AND CQ10-525DX

Happy Black Friday Buy.Compaq Mini CQ10-405DX and the Compaq Mini CQ10-525DX two mini netbooks by Compaq which are currently selling on BestBuy.com.

Packed with a Microsoft Windows 7 OS the new net-books are available with an Intel processor frequency of 1.66 GHz, Intel GMA 3150 integrated graphics, 1GB of DDR2 RAM.

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Here are list of IOS 4.2 DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS
As you may have read already, iOS 4.2 is out for all the iDevices. The download link in this article is for the firmware upgrade for the iPod touch 3rd generation, but we will also mention the links to download the firmware upgrade for the rest of the iDevices.

iPod touch 4th generation (608.7 MB)

iPod touch 2nd generation (346.8 MB)

SONY PLAYSTATION PHONE SPECIFICATION

You probably have heard about Playstation Phone. The news spread about a month ago that Sony is producing a Playstation device with phone functionality. The gadget is produced by Sony Ericsson.

Playstation phone specification:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING Everyone! Did I tell you I bought a countertop roaster last week? It was on Sale at Target for 27 bucks. Of course a few days later, Walmart came up with one for 19 dollars. I didn’t want to repack the one I had and return it to get the one at Walmart, so I left well enough alone. It turns out Walmart had a limited supply anyway and my coworker had to buy the one left on the display shelf without a user’s manual (I had to download it for her). Well, I bought a frozen turkey a few days later and thawed it in the fridge. The great turkey roasting experiment would commence a couple of days later. Why was it an experiment? Because I’ve never roasted a turkey before other than observing an ex gf do it a long time ago.

When I got home from work Monday morning, I got my crockpot, which was the biggest container I had in which the 10 pound or so turkey would fit, mixed up some salt in water to make brine and soaked the turkey in it overnight. I didn’t know anything about the proportions of salt to water so I just dumped it in there until I thought it tasted salty enough.

The next day, the experiment started. I took the turkey out of the brine, patted dry the outside and the inside of the bird, peppered it, then as a shortcut, instead of rubbing the outside with butter, I just sprayed it with butter flavored cooking spray. I know, I know, it was a few days early but I already had an invitation from my cousin for Thanksgiving Day dinner. So 10 pounds x 15 to 17 minutes at 350 degrees would be between 2 ½ to 3 hours. I checked my watch, it was 8:00 a.m., so I set 11:00 as my target finishing time. I went out for a run then lifted some weights while waiting for the turkey to finish cooking. After about 2 hours and 40 minutes I detected a smoky smell so I checked the bird. It appeared well done so I turned off the roaster. I took it out of the pan and let the bird breath while I took a shower. When I finished, it was time for lunch and to taste the result of my experiment. Well, other than the slightly dried edges of the legs and wings, I was pleasantly surprised that the bird tasted quite good, although a little salty. The skin was crispy and the flesh was tender overall. The hard part was washing the roasting pan afterwards because it was so big that it didn’t fit in my sink. Otherwise, I deemed the experiment a success!

By the way, these roasters appear to have been made in the same factory in China because the instructions are the same between the Rival, Sunbeam, or Oster brands. Very much like treadmills and other exercise machines, they just attach a different brand name on them.

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A Follow Up On My Index Finger Injury

Please forgive the grossness factor but I forgot to mention in the original post that the nurse had to cut off a piece of skin from the finger. The skin was imbedded into the flesh until it was pulled out when my finger was released from the garage door hinge. No, it didn’t hurt because my finger was too numb to feel anything.

When I returned home from work Sunday morning, I had a hard time sleeping and only managed about 2 ½ hours, because my mind was still replaying the events that occurred the previous day. In the middle of the 12 hour night shift Sunday night, I was already running on fumes and had to battle hard to stay awake. Thankfully, I made it through the night and looked forward to being off the next day to catch up on my sleep.

On Monday, I noticed that there was a small blood blister on the outside of my pinkie. I was too engrossed by how my index finger looked that I hadn’t noticed the blister before. Regarding the numbness of the index finger, well, it hasn’t gotten better, so I’m beginning suspect that there may be some nerve damage. The circulation is good but I could hardly feel anything and lost most tactile sense below the last joint on that finger. However, if it doesn’t get any better or at least not get worst, I still consider myself very lucky for only ending up with the condition I have now.

Addendum: 5 days after the garage door spring broke, plus a visit to the emergency room with a 100 dollar co-pay, plus 25 dollars for my handyman neighbor to replace the spring which took all of 2 minutes but with 2 people, I finally reclaimed my garage on Wednesday morning. Hurray!

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NEW TABLET ANDROID TOSHIBA FOLIO 100

Currently Android Toshiba Tablet Folio 100 became available in European markets like Britain, Spain, and Germany. knows when to go to Indonesia? cried too, if entered into our indoneisa so many options and would be able to compete with other tablets currently available in the market such as apple ipad Indonesia, samsung galaxy tablet tab and local android Handroid Pad CSL MI700.

Workouts in the Past Week (before the accident)

I ran in an unfamiliar part of a street (Long Beach Boulevard) last Tuesday afternoon. I usually head north up to Market Street then turn around. This time I went farther until I reached the intersection of the 91 Freeway. I was always hesitant to run in that area because it didn’t have a good reputation for safety, but I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t as bad as what you read in the newspapers sometimes. Of course it could be because you only read about it when something bad happens. Other than kids coming out of school on their way home, hardly anything impeded the run. Both my ankles were hurting afterwards but it was interesting to explore another part of my neighborhood.

After my ankles hurt badly from Tuesday’s run, I opted for the recumbent stationary bike on Wednesday and the elliptical machine on Thursday. For the first time ever, I completed an hour on the elliptical. No use beating my head against the wall and hurting myself further while running when I can do something else to heal first.

Then on Friday morning, I did an hour and forty minute walk and oh, my shoulders sure hurt! Say that again? Shoulders?! Not only that, but my lower back was hurting the next day too. Please allow me to explain. This walk consisted of carrying a backpack loaded with 15 pounds of weights (from my barbell/dumbbell collection). After about half an hour, my right calf started to tighten up so I thought I might have to turn around and head back home, but it worked itself out, so I was able to continue with my goal to walk for an hour and a half, plus an additional 10 minutes. Not used to carrying that type of load made my shoulders and back hurt, but I didn’t even feel any aerobic satisfaction from that workout.

I wasn’t planning on running Saturday morning specially after the backpack with weights walk the day before and because of the forecast of rain, but after my body warmed up from going to Home Depot and Fresh and Easy market, and nary a drop of water from the sky in my part of town, I went out and ran anyway. The short and sweet 45 minute slow run felt so much better than the longer walk the previous day. And then the accident happened … (A Trip To The Emergency Room or How I Almost Lost My Fingers).

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Confirmed Apple To Release iOS 4.2 Today

Apple has just confirmed the release date of iOS 4.2 to be launched today for all iOS users and will be available at approximately 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Here's the full press release below.

CUPERTINO, California—November 22, 2010—Apple® today announced that iOS 4.2, the latest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, is available today for download for iPad™, iPhone® and iPod touch®. iOS 4.2 brings over 100 new features from iOS 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 to iPad including Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay® and AirPrint.

“iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 will define the target that other tablets will aspire to, but very few, if any, will ever be able to hit.”

iPad users can now run their favorite apps and switch between them instantly, while preserving iPad’s legendary battery life. Users can organize their apps with drag-and-drop simplicity using Folders, and Mail now features a Unified Inbox, fast inbox switching and a threaded message view.

Game Center allows iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users to challenge and play friends or be matched automatically with new opponents, showcase their scores and achievements, and discover new games their friends are playing.

AirPlay is a new feature for streaming music, video and photos wirelessly from iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to Apple TV®, transforming Apple TV into a great accessory for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. iOS users also will be able to use AirPort Express® and AirPlay to stream wirelessly to any stereo or powered speakers, or directly to AirPlay-enabled speakers coming to market in the months ahead.

AirPrint is a next-generation Wi-Fi print architecture that dramatically simplifies printing by completely eliminating printer drivers. A selection of AirPrint enabled printers including the HP Photosmart, HP LaserJet Pro and HP Officejet will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices. iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users can simply tap to print their documents or photos wirelessly to any printer that supports AirPrint.

The Find My iPhone (or iPad or iPod touch) feature is now free to use without a MobileMe℠ subscription and helps you locate your missing device.* The Find My iPhone app is a free download on the App Store℠ and lets users easily locate a missing device on a map and have it display a message or play a sound. Users can even remotely lock or wipe data from a lost device to protect privacy.

Other new features that iOS 4.2 brings to the iPad include: the ability to rent TV episodes directly to iPad using the iTunes® App with a 30 day viewing window and a 48 hour session window once playback is started; the ability to easily find and highlight specific words and phrases on web pages in Safari®; enhanced enterprise support so businesses can take advantage of stronger security features, new device management capabilities and improved enterprise integration; industry-leading accessibility enhancements; and support for 25 additional languages, including Korean, Portuguese and Traditional Chinese.

The revolutionary iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. You can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, using the innovative Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPad weighs just 1.5 pounds, making it easy to carry and use anywhere.

Today, customers have downloaded more than seven billion apps from the groundbreaking App Store and more than 300,000 apps are available to consumers in 90 countries, with more than 40,000 native iPad apps. Over 125 million iOS users around the world can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel.

Availability
The iOS 4.2 update is available today to download to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch by syncing the device with iTunes 10.1. iOS 4.2 is compatible with iPad, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, second and third generation iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or 64GB) and new iPod touch. Some features may not be available on all products. For example, Multitasking requires iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, third generation iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or 64GB) or later.

*The free Find My iPhone feature is available for iPhone 4, iPad or new iPod touch (4th generation).

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

We'll be covering, stay tuned.

Siemens GreenTouchscreen® - Higher Education

The Siemens GreenTouchscreen® is an interactive kiosk that tracks energy usage in real time, and provides awareness of your school's "Green" and sustainability efforts. Students, faculty, staff and visitors to your facility use the GreenTouchscreen® interface, typically placed in a lobby or other public area, to view specific live data related to the building’s energy usage, visualize its carbon footprint, learn interesting facts about Green Buildings and much more.

Nokia World's first ice touchscreen virtually burns

IT BRINGS a whole new meaning to freeze frame. A team at Nokia in Finland has created one of the unlikeliest computer displays yet - the world's first ice touchscreen.

It is not a practical device, of course, but the screen is being seen as a step towards an era in which the surfaces around us gain computing capabilities (see "What is ubiqitous computing?").Nokia World's first ice touchscreen virtually burns

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite v11 MacOSX | 251.03 MB

Designed to the smallest details that make the most of what you do, CorelDRAW ® Graphics Suite 11 offers powerful software for creating graphics, page layout, photo editing and vector animation. Make the most of its interactivity, compatibility and wide range of options for print or digital output. It also reduces the number of steps needed to complete your projects. For example, with new tools Ellipse, Rectangle and Curve 3 points you can achieve the exact size and rotation in two clicks. And with the new Polyline tool you can draw straight lines and curves with a single stroke. And if this were not enough, imagine creating web animations in minutes. Your life is about to be simplified, Corel Graphics Suite 11 is designed to help you enjoy what you do.Package Contents:

• Corel DRAW 11
• Corel PHOTO PAINT 11
• Corel R.A.V.E. 2
• Corel TRACE 11

Apple to Offer Free MobileMe Service to Some iOS Users?

Earlier this month, we noted that the original golden master version of iOS 4.2 appeared to be preparing to allow users to sign in to MobileMe using their Apple IDs and even offer users the ability create a free Apple ID right from the MobileMe settings page in iOS. At the time, we cautioned about reading too much into the change but speculated that Apple could be looking at bringing some of the features of the paid MobileMe service to a new free offering tied to users' Apple IDs. At a minimum, it appeared that Apple was looking to create a consolidated login to allow MobileMe users to access features with their Apple IDs.

New evidence uncovered in recent iOS 4.2 builds and the iOS 4.2.1 golden master seed is suggesting, however, that Apple will be offering a free MobileMe tier to users. The evidence comes in the form of a new private framework known as AppleAccounts.framework that includes a series of device-specific error messages referring to free MobileMe accounts. In particular, the error messages include alerts regarding having reached "the maximum number of free accounts" for a given device and certain devices not being "qualified for free MobileMe service".

The framework has been localized for dozens of languages and countries, and is not present in the currently-shipping iOS 4.1. Meanwhile, an error message in another part of iOS suggests that free accounts may be used for features other than email, as an error message specifically restricts certain Apple IDs from being used with MobileMe Mail:

"This Apple ID cannot be used for MobileMe Mail, but you can use it for other MobileMe services."

Other MobileMe iPhone services include Find My iPhone, iDisk, Contact/Calendar/Safari/Notes over-the-air sync, and Photo Galleries.

Source: Macrumors

Capture High Quality Screenshots in Google Chrome [Extension]

At ZoOMwAP, we are huge fans of screenshots. We pride ourselves in taking high-quality screenshots, so naturally, we favor applications
that smoothen this process. Google Chrome has quite a few great applications that allow a user to take nice screenshots, annotate and modify them and then share with others. However, one feature where Awesome Screenshot takes the prize is the ability to blur areas within images. This handy little extension for Google Chrome can capture, annotate and edit and share/save the screenshots with ease.

When you click the extension’s icon in your browser’s navigation bar, you get the option to either capture the visible area of the screen, capture a selected area or grab the whole page. Selecting one of these options will take you to the edit mode, where you can modify your image to your liking.

The screenshot below shows Awesome Screenshot’s annotate and edit window, with effects added using this extension and toolbar showing the available functions.

Once you hit the ‘Done’ button, you can either download the image to your local machine, or upload it to get a shareable link for others. You can also revisit the image to do some more editing if you feel something was left amiss. Screenshots can be saved in lossless PNG format and supports shortcuts (can be changed from extension options).

Awesome Screenshot was tested on Google Chrome 7.0.517.44.

Install Awesome Screenshot

A Trip To The Emergency Room (or how I almost lost my fingers)

What a series of unfortunate events happening to me on Friday and Saturday. Friday afternoon, as I was closing my garage door, the left side spring supporting it snapped. This spring helps keep the door open when you raise the door up. Without it, you need a sturdy piece of lumber or a stepladder to prop it open. I immediately went to OSH Hardware Store to buy the spring but noticed that they were having a 15% off sale the next day. So I decided to wait. In the meantime I had to park my car on the street overnight which was a risk by itself because of the neighborhood I live in and it is a Honda Civic, the No. 1 most stolen car in the U.S. The next morning, I was relieved to see that my car was still there, then drove to Home Depot to see if they were selling the garage door spring for lesser. They did indeed beat OSH’s price by 50%.

Later in the day after my run and lunch, I took my tools and the new spring to the garage and proceeded to try to replace the broken spring (but not before I read the instructions on how to do it on the internet). I propped the garage door open with a piece of lumber, then I was able to attach the new spring but it was not as taut as needed because even though it was easier to raise the door, it would not stay up. So I tried using a wrench as a lever to stretch the spring so I can hook it into one more link on the chain. As I pulled on the wrench, the door rose slightly and the piece of lumber fell away, thus making the door close on top of me. Well, my left index and middle fingers were caught in the hinges of the garage door! I became horrified and scared because I couldn’t lift the garage door and the hinges were crushing my fingers. All I could do was cry out for help in an alley usually bereft of people. I don’t know how many seconds passed by but it felt like forever, when a teenage boy came and lifted up the garage door enabling me to free my fingers. There was no blood but my index finger looked like a mangled mess. It appeared as if the bone had been crushed to a pulp because of the deep indentation that the door hinges caused and that the skin was the only thing holding the finger together. I thanked the boy, showed him my fingers, told him I have to go to the emergency room quickly, and hurriedly closed and locked the garage door. I splinted the index and middle finger together before I left, then drove myself to the hospital. When I got there, the E.R. parking lot was full so I had to drive slightly farther to the parking structure then walk back to the E.R. Imagine to my surprise, there was only one other patient in the waiting room who was registering already, and in less than a minute, I was registering myself. After about 10 minutes, the triage nurse took me in to assess my condition. By that time, blood started to circulate back to the crushed finger. The pain wasn’t too bad, it was more of a numb feeling. When the nurse asked my pain level, I told her, probably 4 out of 10. I went back to the waiting area until a bed became available, which happened maybe 30 minutes later. While in the waiting room, I was finally able to wash the injured area with soap and water. When I was finally escorted to an empty bed, there were a few more minutes of waiting until a nurse checked on me, then another several minutes before a nurse practitioner came to assess my injury. By that time the index finger was perfusing well and with good capillary refill, meaning there was good circulation in the area. The nurse practitioner said there was probably no fracture but they were going to do some x-rays anyway. I told her that the finger looked much worse earlier. So x-rays were taken in 4 positions. It was a relief to learn later that the results were negative for fractures. The only treatment they gave me was soap and warm water wash and a band aid, then I was sent packing home. But not before I had to use my credit card to pay for my $100.00 insurance co-pay. Yikes! It would have been cheaper for me to hire a handyman to do the garage job! Nevertheless, I was so gratified and relieved that I haven’t maimed myself permanently. I could have lost at least one, if not two fingers if that angel of a teenager hadn’t shown up when he did. I didn’t even get his name. Whoever you are, thanks again from the bottom of my heart, buddy.

This incident effectively ends my attempts at do-it-yourself jobs that I know nothing about. Pay someone lesser now rather than pay the E.R. more later when things don’t work out (and still have to pay someone to complete the job because I couldn’t finish it). Oh, my!

Thoughts that came to mind when my fingers were being crushed by the weight of the garage door: my charge nurse who lost the phalange of his right index finger years ago because a patient slammed the door on it, and the movie 127 Hours where a hiker had to amputate his own arm to save himself. Believe me, I did not exaggerate about the fear I felt while I was trapped momentarily underneath that garage door then seeing my fingers afterwards thinking I had done permanent damage to myself. Surviving this experience is one thing that I can be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

This incident is enough to give me PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) symptoms for the next few weeks. Trip to the Emergency Room + 3 hours + 100 dollars = peace of mind that nothing was broken or needed to be amputated. I went to work afterwards thinking that there is indeed divine intervention.

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iPad 2 Prepare for Production in Q1 2011

As 9to5Mac notes, the production of Apple's 2nd generation iPad will go into full-force of Q1 2011. DigiTimes reports that suppliers are ready to start shipping parts for the iPad 2 next month with full production ready Q1 2011. The report claims that Apple has already secured three iPad 2 suppliers and will be adding more in February.

And as you may know, 2nd generation iPad will carry a front camera for FaceTime, mini-USB port, and faster chips. Anyway, we'll keep you informed whenever we hear something.

UnGreen Medical Records and Other Work Stuff

At work, we have to assemble admission packs consisting of papers that need to be in a patient’s chart. There are two packs that we make. The first one goes in a binder and the other goes in a folder. The patients have to sign the papers in the folder when they get admitted, and the staff has to witness their signatures. The rest of the papers in the binder are where the nurses, doctors, recreational therapists, and caseworkers do their documentation. After the patients sign the papers, they are filed in the aforementioned binder.

Here is the problem: in a world where people are attempting to be more “green” and try to conserve natural resources, the psych unit in our hospital has the most paperwork I’ve ever seen ever since I started working in the psych field (even after a couple of forms have been eliminated). Case in point: the first chart pack consists of 30 different forms (some with multiple pages), some are NCR (no carbon required) paper with 1 or 2 duplicates, and the others are single sheets. Out of those 30, 5 forms need to be doubled, meaning we have to put 2 of those forms in the chart, so that makes 35 altogether. The other pack consists of 18 different forms and most of them are NCR. That makes a total of 53 forms to make one chart! That’s before the face sheets, insurance info, emergency room documents, and whatnot are added. The charts are so heavy that you can use them for weight training, and if you are not careful, you can throw a joint out!

The hospital is planning on switching to electronic medical records but I haven’t heard of a target date on when that’s going to start. I hope it eliminates most of the 53 forms that we use now. So much for weight training. I might have to lift the computer monitor instead.

A brief anecdote about what happened last Tuesday morning in the frontlines. The phlebotomist came to draw blood from some of our patients. I asked one very anxious and agitated female who was admitted the previous day, if we can draw her blood. This was her response – “You’re not going to draw s… from my a..! That was so unexpected that staff and other patients in the immediate area erupted in laughter. Who says you can't find humor during a tense situation?!

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The Shape of Things

I am currently in terrible running shape because I couldn’t run as much as I want to or even just do maximum of three runs a week. When or if I can depends on how my ankles feel that day. I have to experiment wearing different orthotic and shoe combinations to find out what works best and more comfortably on any given running day. Since running nowadays has been a struggle, I’m out of breath faster and am unable to go far. You probably won’t believe how I can derive joy and pleasure in such small successes like the 45 minute slow treadmill run I did last week. It was enough to trigger the pleasure zones in my brain.
When my ankles won’t allow me to run, I have to rely on other, less satisfying workouts. Here is an example: My watch band broke last Sunday night so instead of running the next morning, I walked to Walmart to buy a replacement. It took 45 minutes to get there at about 16 minutes per mile (I didn’t use the GPS and I’m just guesstimating) so it would have been an hour and a half round trip, but I did an extra half hour. The last time I walked that long was about 4 months ago. Just as my chronograph hit two hours my mp3 player battery died. Perfect timing!

In a related topic, there’s this website called Healthyroads.com which I mentioned in a couple of posts before, where I log my workouts. When I logged Monday’s 2 hour walk at a pace of 4 MPH, the calorie calculator said I burned approximately 530 calories. For the previous days’ 1 hour bike ride at a pace of 16 MPH, the calorie expenditure was the same. I was more exhausted after the 1 hour ride than the 2 hour walk. I do what I can to stay in shape.

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Virgin Mobile launching $20/month 1GB MiFi plans tomorrow at Walmart

With the booming popularity of mobile devices like the iPad and netbooks, data carriers are trying to push sales of MiFi devices as much as they can. MiFi devices are small, mobile WiFi hotspots that turn a carriers 3G connection into a WiFi connection for nearby devices.

Tomorrow, Virgin Mobile will be launching a very affordable $20/month for 1GB data plan exclusive to MiFi devices sold at Walmart stores or Walmart.com. The plan for the Broadband2Go mobile broadband service works with the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 device or Ovation MC760 USB. Virgin Mobile’s plans are typically contract-free and are on a month-to-month basis.

1GB is a good amount of data for the average computer user. You can compare this to the 2GB plans for Apple’s iPad WiFi + 3G on AT&T which is claimed to be enough for 95% of users. The plans can be setup starting tomorrow on Virgin Mobile’s website with a credit card or one of the carrier’s Top-Up cards.

Broadband2Go mobile broadband service utilizes Sprint’s renowned 3G service that serves over 262 million people. Sprint’s 3G speeds are generally very speedy and according to Virgin Mobile’s website the service attains speeds between 600 and 1400 Kbps.

Google Docs Finally Comes to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Google has just announced the release of a new documents editor for Google Docs, which will allow users to edit documents on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The previous mobile version of Google Docs allowed users to view documents in read-only mode. So by offering Google Docs on the iDevice, Google will be able to compete with Apple’s popular iWorks suite of apps for the iPad and other third party apps such as Documents to Go and Quickoffice that have been offering this capability for quite sometime now.

Now, since Google Docs will be free, it could be on the top of these apps offering the same feature.

That means that...
You can work on that important memo...while on the bus or train to work.
If you’re behind on a group proposal, but really want to make it to the ball game tonight, your whole team can work on it from the bleacher seats.
You can take minute-by-minute notes at a concert so you’ll always remember the setlist. And your friends can jealously follow in real-time at home.
...and the list goes on!

If you’re a Google Docs users, you can check it out by pointing your iDevice’s Safari browser (iOS 3.0 or later) to docs.google.com and selecting the document that you want to edit.

So, will you give up other apps and be one of Google Docs users? Or you prefer using Apple’s iWork suite of apps or one of the other third party apps?

Visiting And Running Around The Old Neighborhood

I had a chance to visit and run around the City of Bellflower last Saturday when I stopped by a grocery store there. This city is where I had my first apartment in 1981, months after I arrived in the U.S. and ran on its streets for several years. Starting from Stater Brothers Store on Lakewood Boulevard and Artesia Blvd., I headed east then turned left on Clark Avenue. When I reached Alondra, I saw the recently burned down abandoned bowling alley which I read about in the news about two weeks prior. From there I proceeded east again and noticed a relatively new bike/jogging path where railroad tracks used to be. When I reached Woodruff Avenue, I turned right and down that street was the bike shop where I purchased my bike over the summer. Turning right on Flower Street, I saw the other end of the bike/jogging path, then city hall, the post office, and on the opposite side of the street, my former eye doctor’s clinic was still in the same location. A block further, there was the Circle K convenience store where a van crashed through a week back during a vehicular accident. The front of the building had already been repaired. Down the same street was the first apartment I lived in for a couple of years, so I ran through the parking lot trying to identify it. Unfortunately I don’t remember the unit number any more. By this time my breathing was getting labored and my legs were feeling heavy but I still have to get back to Stater Brothers a mile away. Near that street, I know of a previously famous chicken pie restaurant which closed a few years back called Moffett’s Chicken Pies. That also reminded me of the also gone hotdog and taco stand called the Pup and Taco, near the same location. Although the run only lasted 5 miles, it showed me some of the changes the city had undergone in the past 3 decades. One thing that hasn’t changed is that after all those years, I’m still running despite the pounding my body has taken, albeit at a much slower pace now. It was a nice experience nonetheless, being able to take a short jaunt around the old neighborhood. By the way, that Stater Brothers store used to be Lucky’s Grocery when I lived there.

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Hajj 2010 (34 HQ Pictures)

Yesterday marked the start of the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Press Agency said that a record number of Muslims were expected to make the Hajj this year - over 3.4 million anticipated over the five days of the pilgrimage. One of the pillars of Islamic faith, the Hajj must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by any Muslim who has the ability to do so. Pilgrims perform a series of rituals including walking around the Kaaba, standing vigil on Mount Arafat and a ritual Stoning of the Devil. At the end of the Hajj, on November 16th, the three day festival of Eid al-Adha begins around the world. (34 photos total)

Dell's Hybrid Tablet Coming Next Week [REPORT]

Dell Inspiron Duo, the hybrid tablet that flips open to become a netbook, is due for a launch next week, Cnet has learned from sources familiar with the matter.

The Duo is a Windows 7 machine with a dual core Intel Atom CPU, a 10-inch touchscreen, and a full QWERTY keyboard which is revealed when you flip the lid open. Close it, and you have a device that looks and operates pretty much like a regular tablet.

According to Cnet, the Inspiron Duo will be launched "early next week", possibly on November 23.

Check out a teaser trailer for Dell Inspiron Duo below.

Toshiba Libretto W100 Dual-Screen Laptop

The iPad's single screen simply not cutting it for you? Perhaps you'd rather pick up a Toshiba Libretto W100 Dual-Screen Laptop ($TBA). Looking like the child of some secret Windows-obsessed mad scientist, the Libretto sports two 7-inch multitouch screens crammed into a 1.5 lb. laptop-like form factor, complete with a multi-mode virtual keyboard, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11n wireless networking, an Intel Pentium processor (they still make those?), and a built-in webcam — take that, Apple.

Android 2.3 Gingerbread Features

Google's method of rapidly and regularly dishing out updates to their Android platform is a great way to get people more and more excited about their smartphone platform. But its negative effect is that existing owners of Android phones (other than the Nexus One) crib and cry about the delays till an update comes to their phone. For example, owners of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 have gotten their Android 2.1 update just now, something Google had put out to the world in the beginning of January 2010.

http://technovisione.blogspot.com/2010/10/more-details-on-nexus-two-surface.html

Google CEO Eric Schmidt At the Web 2.0 Summit held in San Francisco, Nexus S with Gingerbread Google CEO Eric Schmidt showed off an mysterious non-branded smartphone running Google Android OS. It didn't take much scratching to figure out that Schmidt actually showed off heavily anticipated Samsung Nexus S which we believed would be branded as Nexus S only. Also Schmidt announced that Android 2.3 Gingerbread update is just few weeks away. Seems like the top cat just peeked out of the coat. Nexus S with Gingerbread

It's unclear whether Verizon will ever get HTC's 7 Pro, but it's a lock that Big Red will eventually have some manner of Windows Phone 7 gear in its lineup -- and now we've got one in the flesh. Looks like HTC will be remixing the Trophy for use on CDMA networks, featuring a 3.8-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel cam, 16GB of storage, and 802.11n, and Verizon is circulating a brochure for Microsoft employees saying they'll be able to buy the Trophy in "early 2011" for $199.99 at launch when they renew their contracts now (they'll also get a leather case and a car charger for free, but hey, they're Microsofties). Oh, and that's not the best part: the Trophy is also identified as being a "quad band global phone," meaning you'll be able to roam on GSM networks when you leave the US behind -- a feature Verizon seems to be pushing pretty hard across its smartphone lineup now. Follow the break for a bigger version of the pamphlet.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]
[via engadget]

Samsung Galaxy Tab for AT&T Launching November 21st

I was wondering when it was coming, now I know the AT&T version of Samsung Galaxy Tab will launch on Sunday, November 21st at more than 2,200 AT&T company owned stores and online at www.att.com/galaxytab. The price will be $649.99. AT&T will offer two pay-as-you-go data plan options for the Galaxy Tab, a $14.99 pay-as-you-go plan for 30 days with up to 250 MB of usage and a $25 pay-as-you-go plan for 30 days with up to 2 GB of usage. For a limited time, AT&T customers will receive a $50 Media Hub Movie Rental credit with Galaxy Tab purchases.

Apple releases second iOS 4.2 gold master to developer community

Late Friday, Apple released a second gold master of iOS 4.2, its forthcoming software update, which may address Wi-Fi connectivity issues some have reported with the iPad.

Per AppleInsider, the new build, dubbed 8C134b, has replaced the previous gold master released to developers on November 1st. Typically a gold master issued to developers is identical to the version that eventually becomes the final release.

It is unknown what changes have been made in the second gold master, though it’s possible the latest version could be to address Wi-Fi issues that some users experienced with the pre-release build. Recent reports have claimed that Apple hoped to release iOS 4.2 sooner, but was forced to push back the launch to address issues with the software.

Regardless of whether the software has actually been “delayed” from Apple’s own internal launch goals, it has become increasingly apparent that there are issues with iOS 4.2. In addition to the Wi-Fi problems reported by testers of the first golden master, Apple has also cut features from AirPrint — specifically, the ability to print to a shared printer through a Mac or Windows machine.

Printer sharing was supposed to be a part of Mac OS X 10.6.5, but the software was released Wednesday without any official support for sharing a printer with iOS devices. The recently released iTunes 10.1 update was supposed to allow shared printers for Windows users, but the update arrived Friday also without mention of AirPrint.

Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Intel Corp. is confident enough in the stability of its moneymaking skills to raise its dividend by 15 percent, even as Wall Street braces for a bumpy ride for the technology industry.

The chip-maker's announcement Friday comes on the heels of a downcast description of the technology market by Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco dragged down stocks this week with a warning that government spending — especially at the state and local level — has suddenly turned sluggish. Many investors are worried that other technology companies are in line for a beating over the next several quarters and that the problems will spread to other industries.

Intel's dividend hike, the fourth since the Great Recession started in late 2007, is less a reflection of the company's optimism about the market than a reminder of its unique advantages in the computing industry. It also underscores the fact that many large companies have been sitting on piles of cash for the past three years and have been pouring some of the money back into their dividends to appease skittish shareholders.

According to Capital IQ Quantitative Research, nearly half of the companies in the S&P 500 have raised their dividend since the end of 2007, while only a fifth cut theirs.

Intel itself has warned recently about tough times in its business of selling microprocessors, the "brains" of personal computers and servers. But at the same time, it commands 80 percent of the market for those chips and is in the desirable position of owning its own factories, which means it can make better chips cheaper than its competitors.

Although the factories are expensive, requiring frequent multibillion-dollar upgrades, Intel has been able to put in technological advances — such as new techniques for shrinking the size of the circuitry on its chips — to help the company wring out more profit from its chips.

"I wouldn't necessarily say that Intel's bullish," said Patrick Wang, a semiconductor analyst with Wedbush Securities. Wang added that Intel will make investors feel better in returning cash to them, even though it isn't a reflection of Intel feeling exuberant about the market.

Intel shares rose 32 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $21.53. But the company's upbeat comments couldn't lift the broader market. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 90.52, or 0.8 percent, to 11,192.58 on news that China might try to slow its surging economy to combat inflation.

As a barometer for the tech sector, Intel has flashed some mixed signals over the past few months.

Back in August, the company cut its quarterly sales forecast, citing "weaker than expected demand for consumer PCs in mature markets," including the U.S. and Europe. Then last month it offered a more encouraging fourth-quarter forecast that met expectations.

The move to raise its dividend Friday provided a counterpoint to Cisco's weak projections.

On Wednesday, Cisco said that new orders during the most recent quarter fell short of the company's expectations. It forecast revenue growth for the quarter ending in January at just 3 percent to 5 percent over last year, less than half the growth rate analysts expected. Some analysts have noted that while Cisco's problems are an omen for much of the tech world, its networking equipment can be very expensive. Analysts say companies selling cheaper products might not experience as severe a slowdown in sales.

Cisco, which provides big companies, government agencies and service providers with the equipment that routes data over the Internet, has announced plans for a dividend, though the exact size isn't yet known and will depend on tax laws and market conditions. Cisco is sitting on $38.9 billion in cash and cash equivalents, much of it stuck abroad and not being used for investments in the U.S. as companies such as Cisco pressure the government to lower taxes on money made outside the U.S. and brought back stateside.

Oracle Corp., one of the world's biggest business software makers, began paying a dividend last year.

Since the recession started, Intel's quarterly dividend has grown to 15.75 cents per share, from 11.25 cents per share. On Friday, the company announced it was extending that further to 18 cents per share, a total increase of 60 percent over the past three years. CEO Paul Otellini said the company "remains on track to have our best year ever and we continue to generate strong cash flows."

Intel, whose stock is a component of the Dow Jones industrial average, has one of that group's highest-yielding dividends. Intel's annual yield currently stands at 3 percent of its stock price. Intel said the new dividend will take effect in the first quarter of next year. The company ended the latest quarter with nearly $15 billion in cash and short-term investments, nearly $3 billion more than it had the quarter before.

Intel is taking in far more than it's giving back through the dividend. At the new, higher rate, Intel will be paying about $1 billion a quarter in dividends, based on the latest share count. That's up from about $900 million per quarter at the lower rate.

Doug Freedman, an analyst with Gleacher & Co., said Intel's boost was higher than he expected. He noted that as the semiconductor and other tech industries have matured, and the supercharged growth of the dot-com days and earlier eras has slipped away, dividends have become more important as a way to reward investment.

"If you're investing in tech, you really need to start paying more attention to dividend yields as much as you want to pay attention to growth," Freedman said. "What Intel's doing with their dividend is more about their business model than optimism about the market or top-line numbers. With no growth, Intel can support that dividend yield."

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AP Business Writer Andrew Vanacore contributed to this story from New York.

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HP G62-220us Specifications, Drivers and User’s Manual Guide

Here are HP G62-220us notebook full specifications and features :

Operating system : Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Processor : Intel Pentium Processor T4500 (Dual Core)
Processor speed : 2.3GHz
Memory : 3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 DIMM)
Accessible memory slots : 2
Display : 15.6″ diagonal High-Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1366 x 768)
Video graphics : Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M (shared) with up to 1309MB total available graphics memory
Audio : Altec Lansing
Primary CD/DVD drive : LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
Hard drive : 320GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
Networking : Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless options : Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN & Bluetooth
PC card slot : N/A
I/O ports : 3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0; 1 Headphone out; 1 microphone-in; 1 HDMI; 1 VGA (15-pin); 1 RJ-11 (modem); 1 RJ -45 (LAN)
Finish
Textured HP Imprint finish with the prism design in silver; HP Webcam with integrated microphone
Software, security and support
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010 60-day Trial
Software, productivity : Microsoft Office 2007 Home & Student 60-day Trial; Microsoft Silverlight
Software, multimedia : Rhapsody Music Store; eBay; Windows Live Photo Gallery; Cyberlink Power DVD; Cyberlink YouCam; Cyberlink MediaShow; Cyberlink DVD; Adobe Reader; Adobe Flash; HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent; Roxio CinemaNow; Snapfish Picture Mover; HP Photo Creations
Software, internet solutions : ISP Partners (in HP Setup); Windows Live Movie Maker; Windows Live Messenger; Windows Live Mail; Windows Live Writer; Skype; MSN Toolbar; Microsoft Portal; Internet Explorer; Accellor: Broadband Aggregator in HP Setup
Warranty and support : 1-Year Limited Hardware Warranty with Toll Free Support (NA); 1-Year Free Hardware Technical Support; 30-Days Free Limited Software Support with 1-Year (from date of purchase); Free Limited Software Support with Product Registration.
Dimensions (unpackaged) : 14.72″ (W) x 9.70″ (D) x 1.25″ (min H)/1.44″ (max H)
Weight (unpackaged) : 5.50 lbs
Power : 65W AC Adapter; 6-Cell 47WHr Lithium-Ion Battery
EcoHighlights, ENERGY STAR Qualified : Yes
EcoHighlights, EPEAT Registered : N/A

For HP G62-220us laptop drivers, software and user’s manual guide can be downloaded here.

You Can Now Enable HD Video Recording on iPhone 3GS ! [Jailbreak Req.]

Here is a way to get the phone to record video (and playback on the iPhone) at 1080×800 @ 30fps at up to 20Mbps. (up from the original 640×480 @ 3Mbps) (I am using the non-standard 1080×800 in order to keep the video at the right aspect ratio)

For the truly impatient: download the pre-edited file HDVideo3GS.zip.
Jailbreak your device and install SSH
Copy N88AP.plist to /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/
Copy the 3 other plist files to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Celestial.framework/N88/
Reboot your iPhone 3GS

One quick look at the ARM Cortex processor that the 3GS uses [PDF Spec], it’s apparent that the chip is capable of handling 720p video encoding. So all we need to do is by-pass the artificial limitation Apple has imposed on the hardware.

Here is how:
I am assuming your iOS device is running firmware 4.1, I have not tested this with older versions of iOS
Jailbreak your 3G/3GS with limerain or greenpoison. Install OpenSSH via Cydia.
SSH into your phone using the root account
Open /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Celestial.framework/N88/AVCapture.plist with a Plist editor
Under the AVCaptureMode_AudioVideoRecording key, set the width and height for the capture key to 1080×800, respectively. This value controls the dimension of the video it is encoded at.
Set the width and height for the preview key to 440×320. This value controls the size of the on-screen preview. It does not have any effect on the final video.
Set the width and height for the sensor key to 1920×1080. This value controls the active region of the sensor, so basically, we want to use the entire sensor. This source will be automatically downscaled to the proper resolution at encoding time.
Increase the encoding average bitrate to 20Mbps (20000000bps), this records a much larger video file (~ 2MB for every second of video)
Increase the encoding bitrate cap to 40Mbps. Also, lower the minimum quantizer from 19 to 15 or something, just for the heck of it.
Set the H264 profile from 3_0 to 3_1 (because wikipedia says so)
Save and close this file.
To make the phone playback the recorded HD video. Simply edit CameraRollValidator.plist and MediaValidator.plist, they can be found in the same place as AVCapture.plist. (If you don’t do this, the file can only be played back on your computer)
Replace 768 with 1280
And replace
MaxLevel
30

with
MaxLevel
31
Save these two files.
Open /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/N88AP.plist with a Plist editor, and add the following under the capability node, this will enable HD recording from the camera app:
720p

hd-video-capture

If you are having a hard time figuring out where to make the changes, download the pre-edited file HDVideo3GS.zip Then simply copy the plist files to the correct location via SCP.
Reboot your iDevice.

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