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Iphone

Submission + - How to Shoot and Share Panoramas in iOS 6 (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: The iPhone 4s's 8MP camera already takes some pretty nice shots, but iOS 6 takes it to the next level with panoramic images. The best part? Mashable shows how you can share these stunning images with the world.
Robotics

Submission + - Roomba Celebrates 10 Years of Cleaning Up After You (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: Did you know that dogs, cats and babies have ridden iRobot's iconic home cleaning robot since it was introduced exactly a decade ago? It's been a wild ride for the world's best known home-cleaning bot. This is a quick look back.
Technology

Submission + - This is the Ultimate Remote Control for Dr. Who Fans (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: It's the sonic screwdriver that Dr. Who carries around! Or at least it looks exactly like it, but works totally different, serving only as a portal to better or different TV shows. Mashable has a hands on and...and!...a one-on-one with the guy who plays Dr. Who. Crazy!
Patents

Submission + - Apple v. Samsung: Why the Future of Ideas Is at Stake (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: Apple and Samsungâ(TM)s multi-billion legal battle over curves, colors and button placement is easily one of the most compelling and important patent cases in recent history. It could decide the future of Samsungâ(TM)s mobile business â" in the U.S., at least.

Submission + - iRobot's Robot Doc is Ready to Heal You (mashable.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: Some of us complain their doctors are too stiff, lack warmth and are too robotic. But calling such doctors “robots” may be a disservice to RP-Vita — the latest telepresence, healthcare bot from InTouch Health and iRobot.

RP-VITA (Remote Presence Virtual + Independent Telemedicine Assistant), unveiled this week at the Clinical Innovations Forum in Santa Barbara, is a remote-controlled telepresence robot that combines InTouch’s “telemedicine” technology and the autonomous navigation innovations introduced in iRobots’ AVA robot at CES in 2011.

Microsoft

Submission + - Antitrust Case Over, Microsoft ties IE 10 to Win 8 (crn.com)

deadeyefred writes: With the last vestiges of Microsoft's U.S. antitrust consent decree expiring earlier this year, the company is again tying its browser tightly to Windows. In pre-release versions of IE 10 and Windows 8, IE 10 cannot be uninstalled and is required to enable the new "Metro"-style apps.
Education

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Can Schools Convert VHS to DVD? 2

tspaghetti writes: I'm an IT Support tech at a school district in Maine, and we're running into a problem with old VHS tapes. As time goes on, more and more of them are deteriorating and ultimately failing. Many older educational VHS titles aren't available on DVD, so purchasing new digital copies is out of the question. Adding to the complexity is the fact that the individual teachers, not the schools, own many of the VHS tapes in question. Is there any way to legally preserve these tapes, either through conversion to DVD or some other way?
Space

Submission + - Airship flies to the Edge of Space (msn.com)

JP126 writes: "We did it! Saturday we flew Tandem airship to 95,085 feet.
We fired up the propellers and drover her around at the edge of space. Tandem was tracked with two independent GPS telemetry systems. The pilot in the mission control van watched through live video and the data stream while sending commands to the vehicle.
We carried three HD video cameras and got some amazing views of it all. They are posted on our blog at:
http://www.jpaerospace.com/blog

JP
We've put up pics and on board video"

Chrome

Submission + - Google Chrome OS Lives (pcmag.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: It looks like Google is not only still working on Google Chrome OS, it is firmly committed for the forseeable future. The OS has new features and the associated hardware has a new name "Chromebook." This, folks, is serious.

Submission + - Could You Survive a Digital Diet? (pcmag.com)

SkinnyGuy writes: If you're reading this post, then you love technology as much as I do. That's why even a glance at the headline makes me feel a little queasy. I cannot imagine giving up my iPhone, Android tablet, TweetDeck, Facebook, BlackBerry Bold or any other digi gear or technology for any length of time. But this guy is recommended it--if only to gain a little perspective. Things that make you go, "Hmmmm."

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