Confirmed: Apple TV can play 1080p content from iTunes, but still only outputs 720p

The header says it all folks. We just ran some tests on the AppleTV's playback limits by streaming 1080p movie trailers in iTunes and managed to verify murmurs saying the device can accept 1080p content. Unfortunately, output is a different story, since it downscales the image back to 720p on your display. Yes it's a little frustrating -- especially since it's predecessor was up to the challenge -- but it should at least comfort those with a massive library of 1080p videos who were worried about reconverting for their new black box. Considering the hardware gems discovered in the AppleTV teardown however, we're still holding out for the jailbreak community to let us play our 1080p files, and display them too. Oh, and if they could get to work on Super-Hi Vision support at some point, well, that'd be just dandy.

Confirmed: Apple TV can play 1080p content from iTunes, but still only outputs 720p originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IOS 4.2 Beta Adds Tethering to iPad

If you install the latest iOS 4.2 beta 2 on your iPad 3G and visit the “Cellular Data” section of the settings app, then you may be in for a rather nice surprise. Right there, underneath the familiar APN settings is a new option: to tether the iPad’s internet connection.
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New Chrome Extension Adds Your Evernotes To Google Search Results

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt told the audience that the next step for Google Search is to show more personalized results. It's unclear when Google will roll out a more personalized search experience, but startup Evernote, the ?memory enhancement? service that allows one to capture, organize, and find information across multiple devices and platforms, is hoping to bring this to you now. The startup is releasing a new Google Chrome Extension that includes Simultaneous Search, which lets you search both Google and your Evernote account at the same time. Here's how it works. When you beginning typing your Google search, your Evernote notes will also show as a result on top of your Google search result. Evernote will also show you the number of notes that match your query; and you can click on the result to see a list of all your notes that matched the search. Evernote says the extension also works on other Google search portals, including Google Images and Google Shopping. And the startup is planning to expand this functionality to other search engines and browsers.

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IOS 4.2 Beta Adds Tethering to iPad

If you install the latest iOS 4.2 beta 2 on your iPad 3G and visit the “Cellular Data” section of the settings app, then you may be in for a rather nice surprise. Right there, underneath the familiar APN settings is a new option: to tether the iPad’s internet connection.
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Less Spam, please for Firefox lets you easily create temporary inboxes

Filed under: E-mail, Mozilla, Browsers

So, you go to a new website, and you want to leave a comment. Maybe you want to open an account, but just to check the service out. Of course, they want your email, ... but should you give them your real email? Perhaps you should head over to Mailinator and take a moment to create a temporary inbox.

On the one hand, going to Mailinator will take you a moment, and you might want that inbox in the future. On the other hand, you don't know the site all that well, and perhaps giving them your real email address isn't such a great idea. Decisions, decisions!

Less Spam, please is a Firefox add-on that strives to make this decision far easier to make. Instead of going to an external site, you just right-click any text field and choose Insert a temporary mail address for this site. The text field immediately gets a valid, working email address in one of three services (YopMail, Humaility, or Mailinator). You can fill in the form, and then right-click again and choose Open the temporary mailbox for this site to go to the selected provider and check your email. It's simple, slick, and elegant!

Now, where's the Chrome add-on for this?

Less Spam, please for Firefox lets you easily create temporary inboxes originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Open Sources Liquid Galaxy! Build Your Own Or Buy One ? For $80,000!

I still think Google's coolest 20 percent project of all time is Liquid Galaxy, you know, the "eight 55-inch LCD screens showing Google Earth in a unified, surround view" thing that Google sets up around to different conferences they are a part of. It's sort of like the Star Trek Holodeck. It's awesome. And now you can build your own -- or buy one! Google has open-sourced the entire project, including the Ubuntu sysadmin scripts to the mechanical design of the custom frames. And they've released a new version of the public Google Earth that supports it.

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Draconian terms and conditions reveal Amazon's plans for Android app store

Filed under: Internet, web 2.0, Android

The terms and conditions for Amazon's upcoming Android store have been leaked to SlashGear, and boy do they look grim. Amazon reserves a lot of rights, including the ability to set the price at which you sell your apps!

Two days ago, the Amazon Android store was just a rumor, but these T&Cs would suggest that the store is real -- and that it's coming soon. Most of the terms are understandably draconian -- Amazon's just covering its ass -- but some are really quite neat. If you 'buy' a free app, for example, you then retain the rights in perpetuity. If you delete it from your phone, and the developer increases the price, you can still grab another copy for free from Amazon.

There's also some 'price matching' type stuff, where you must not sell your app for less on a 'Similar Service' (a term that covers any service that distributes apps online!). Developers must also keep their apps up-to-date on the Amazon store.

All in all, the Amazon Android store sounds like it will be great for the consumer, but hard work for the developer. Still, when you're as large and as important as Amazon, you get to make the rules.

Draconian terms and conditions reveal Amazon's plans for Android app store originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple TV teardown reveals 8GB flash storage, 256MB RAM, leftover iPad parts

"Of course the new Apple TV gets a teardown, silly," is what we would tell you should you have the audacity to question its inevitability. But alas, we're too busy analyzing every photo of iFixit's gallery to even dignify your raised eyebrow with an unprovoked response. The site gives it 8 out of 10 in its metric of repairability, opining it might be "the most eco-friendly set-top box of all time." With that said, here are the big takeaways we're seeing so far: 8GB of storage provided care of a Samsung K9LCG08U1M NAND Flash chip, and the same one found in the iPad. Speaking of which, there's also the exact same markings on its Apple A4 processor as the iPad and new iPod touch, K4X2G643GE (not the same as the iPhone 4, as it turns out), the exact same Broadcom BCM4329XKUBG 802.11n WiFi / Bluetooth / FM chip as the iPad, and at 256MB, the same amount of RAM. Also interesting and of note are the solder pads near the side of the logic board, which look to be a perfect fit for an Apple dock connector. At any rate, with all that's under the hood, we expect the jailbreak community to have an absolute field day.

Apple TV teardown reveals 8GB flash storage, 256MB RAM, leftover iPad parts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New Digg Button Just Went Live

We just got done interviewing Digg founder Kevin Rose here at TC Disrupt and got back to our seats to discover that a new "Digg This" button had just been launched both on our site and on Digg.com itself. Perhaps this "design refresh" is the first in a slew of features about to launch in the coming weeks? While prettier and faster, the button opens up a pop window where you have to "Digg" the story for a second time in order for the "Digg" to register which still seems like an uneccessary extra step.

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Scosche MotorMouth II brings handsfree calling to any aux input-equipped vehicle

Nah, it's not the second coming of the Jupiter Jack. In fact, it's not a lackluster FM transmitter at all. Instead of pumping yet another one of those, Scosche has decided to take the high road here with the MotorMouth II, a Bluetooth streaming device that's designed for use in any vehicle with a 3.5mm auxiliary input. The idea here is to pair your Bluetooth handset with the adapter, then plug the adapter into your head unit; once you start a handsfree conversation on your mobile, the caller's voice can be heard loud and clear over your car's stereo. Of course, you may want to avoid this critter if you're planning on taking to your part-time lover while your full-time partner in life is riding shotgun, but for the faithful ones out there, it's available now for $79.99.

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New 1.4 Gigapixel Asteroid Hunter Finds Object Headed For Earth [Asteroids]

The Pan-STARRS, a new 1.4 gigapixel telescope built to spot asteroids, has found a potentially dangerous asteroid headed for Earth. Luckily, we don't have to worry just yet. It won't hit us 'til 2098. More »

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Clearwire throttling at-home WiMAX users?

Ah, throttling. Can't ever seem to fully shake it, can we? Just weeks after hearing about a similar issue with the Epic 4G, scores of Clear at-home WiMAX users are now up in arms over apparent throttling on certain accounts. As the story goes, it seems as if the company is pulling back on upload and download speeds (from 10Mbps to around 0.25Mbps) for users who have consumed between 7GB and 10GB in a month, which is comically low even compared to Comcast's hated 250GB / month usage cap. Forum users are finding customer service lines to be no help whatsoever, and some digging has found that this may all be a part of a network traffic administration program that's ongoing within Clearwire. Have any of you seen similar issues? How much data are you sucking down per month? Does your usage clock still show up in your account profile? Let us know in comments below.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Clearwire throttling at-home WiMAX users? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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