Our friends at Engadget en Español have turned us on to some pico projecters that recently popped up on Philips’ Flickr account. We don’t have too much info, other than they are designated (in no particular order): PPX-1430, PPX-1230 and PPX-1030. And they’re really rather small.
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Philips unveils new PicoPix pico projectors
We’d already heard whispers that Apple had to yank Facebook Connect integration from its new Ping music network because the connection was being denied by Facebook, and now Kara Swisher at All Things D is confirming it — and she’s saying Facebook shut down access on purpose after Apple used the find-your-friends API without permission. Juicy! Here’s the deal: Facebook’s friend-finding API is generally open access, but anyone that wants to hit it an extreme number of times has to sign a deal agreeing to protect Facebook user data and limit network impact. Given the sheer size of the iTunes customer base, it’s no surprise that Facebook wanted such a deal, but apparently negotiations broke down — possibly over what Steve Jobs referred to as “onerous terms” — and Apple decided to just go ahead and use the API anyway.
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All Things D: Facebook blocked Apple’s Ping service for unauthorized use
Apple certainly took its sweet time releasing iTunes 10 yesterday , and we’re beginning to think it’s because the company was making a last-second change to its new Ping social-network-for-music : the removal of Facebook Connect for finding friends. Seriously — although an option to find friends via Facebook was conspicuously present during Steve’s keynote demos, it’s not there anymore
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Why did Apple take Facebook Connect out of Ping?
Barry’s back, kids! The CEO of Commodore USA just informed us that, in addition to slapping Commodore stickers on various all-in-one PCs, he has acquired the rights to the Amiga name (we only hope that the process went a little smoother this time around). The plan is to sell machines that fully support AROS — an open source variant of AmigaOS 3.1 that the kids seem to go crazy for.
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Commodore USA to relaunch Amiga brand with series of AROS desktops
Hey, do you hate reading? Well, finally Apple is feeling your pain.
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Apple to livestream its fall event
Well here’s an interesting wrinkle to the next-gen iOS-based Apple TV rumors in the leadup to tomorrow’s event : Bloomberg Businessweek says the new box will offer Netflix streaming, presumably in addition to whatever cheap TV content deals Apple’s planning to offer through iTunes. That would be a first of sorts for Apple; although Netflix has apps for the iPhone and iPad , Steve Jobs isn’t exactly in the habit of preloading services that compete with iTunes. That said, Netflix does have critical mass, and it makes a certain amount of sense for Apple to try and leverage that subscriber base to generate momentum for its own product — a lot of people might buy a $99 Apple TV just for Netflix and wind up hooked on Apple’s other offerings like apps, movie rentals, and purchased content.
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Businessweek says new Apple TV to include Netflix streaming, WSJ says 99-cent TV rentals from Fox and ABC
We imagine that LG’s security forces are combing Poland as we speak, because Android.com.pl has just provided us with yet another high-end handset leak. This LG C900 (last seen combing AT&T trenches ) reportedly joins LG’s E900 in housing a 1.3GHz QSD8650A Snapdragon chipset under its sliding-QWERTY hood.
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LG’s C900 Windows Phone 7 handset resurfaces with 1.3GHz Snapdragon, metal frame? (video)
It looks like the highways of Japan could soon get a bit brighter — at least if these new BeamAtic Premium head lights from Ichikoh Industries ever catch on. Developed by France’s Valeo SA, the headlights make use of an on-board camera and some image processing software that tracks oncoming vehicles, and some movable dousers attached to the headlights that are able to deflect the light so it doesn’t bother other drivers; the idea there being that you could simply leave your high beams on all the time without worrying about blinding anyone.
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BeamAtic Premium headlights let you keep you high beams on all night long
The RCA Studio II is already a pretty rare sight as is, but rarer still is a detailed look inside what’s been described as one of the worst game consoles of all time. Thankfully, the folks at iFixit have now come through once again, and followed up their dissection of the Magnavox Odyssey 100 with a teardown of the circa-1977 “Home TV Programmer.” In addition to an abundance of beige, the team also discovered a considerable amount of solder that’s characteristic of 70s electronics, and even a few surprises like some white chip packages that are rarely (if ever) used these days
Sometimes it takes a crafty, steel-nerved individual to leak an unreleased phone’s details ahead of time. And then sometimes all it takes is a negligently uploaded video. An official promo for the Milestone 2 has popped up on YouTube before quickly being yanked by Moto
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Motorola Milestone 2 makes official, albeit unintentional, debut
