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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Save your printed and emailed receipts with OneReceipt for iPhone
OneReceipt is an iPhone app that gives you a very organized way of keeping track of and saving receipts. It will automatically grab emailed receipts (from, say, Amazon or iTunes) from your Gmail account and add them to your OneReciept account or you can take a photo of a physical receipt.
15-inch Series 7 Chronos with Ivy Bridge surfaces on Samsung's Canadian site
When it rains it pours. Hot on the heels of announcing that 17-inch Series 7 Chronos laptop it teased back at CES, Samsung is doing the predictable sensible thing and refreshing the 15-inch version with an Ivy Bridge processor as well. So far, we see it listed on Samsung's Canadian site with a 1GB NVIDIA GT640M GPU and a quad-core Core i7-3615QM CPU (remember that Intel hasn't announced its dual-core variants yet). Curiously, though, we don't actually see it for sale online anywhere, it's unclear how much it costs and that Ivy Bridge configuration isn't even listed as an option on the company's US site. We've emailed Samsung for clarification, but in the meantime you may as well consider this a placeholder -- and will yourself to hold off a little longer before pulling the trigger on a mid-sized laptop.
[Thanks, Hugo]
15-inch Series 7 Chronos with Ivy Bridge surfaces on Samsung's Canadian site originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Propellerhead Balance
You could say the market for USB audio interfaces is pretty saturated. Many of the most-popular models have been around for years, with fewer significant product introductions as of late. That makes it even more bold for Propellerhead?traditionally a software vendor?to step into the hardware ring. Fortunately, its new Balance interface ($449 direct) is worthy of the cause, as it looks like no other recording system out there. It turns out the Balance's execution stands up as well, although it's a bit pricey for what you get.
Design, Connections, and Front Panel
The chunky Balance measures 2.76 by 5.12 by 7.56 inches (HWD) and weighs 1.25 pounds. ?Its design is one of the Balance's best attributes, with its rubberized housing, cantered front panel, and extra-large, easy-to-read controls. The back panel contains two XLR microphone inputs, each with switchable 48-volt phantom power. You can also bypass those and use one of the three quarter-inch TRS input jacks corresponding to each channel, for Line 1, Line 2, Guitar, and a pad switch for taming hot signals. There are no stereo RCA or 3.5mm inputs or outputs; this is purely a professional-level interface.
For monitoring, a pair of quarter-inch output jacks let you hook up the Balance to an amplifier or a set of active studio monitor speakers. A quarter-inch headphone jack sits on the right side of the unit, right near the front?two headphone jacks would have been welcome at this price. And despite the Balance's good compliment of analog connectivity, there are no digital inputs, and no MIDI in or out, either.
The front panel is dominated by two massive volume knobs?one for the main outs, and one for the single headphone jack. Above that is a direct monitoring switch, which lets you monitor incoming recordings from a mic, guitar, or other instrument with zero latency. Two smaller knobs handle input levels for the left and right inputs; oddly, they click to specific settings, which shouldn't pose a problem in most cases, but doesn't afford as much granular control as I would have expected. There's also a clip safe light, and a useful, built-in meter and tuner button which pops up an appropriate window in Reason Essentials (more about that later). Two sets of three LEDs indicate signal, clipping status, recording status, and whether 48V phantom power is switched on. All controls and buttons engage and move with a precision feel.
Across the right side of the panel are two extra rows of four buttons, used to select the input mode for the jacks on the rear. This is strange, because typically you don't get this option, with all inputs being live as needed,?or software is used to make these adjustments. Propellerhead's design means you can hook up several pieces of gear to all of those rear-mounted inputs, such as two microphones, a guitar, a bass guitar, and a couple of synthesizers, and then switch between them using the front panel buttons. But even so, this is purely a two-channel recording interface, which is what makes it bizarre. There's no way to record signal from more than any two of those inputs simultaneously. This makes the Balance a rather expensive proposition, and puts it within just $150 of the incredible sounding (if Mac-only) two-channel Apogee Duet 2, as well as in the same ballpark as numerous interfaces that record four or even eight simultaneous channels?enough to record an entire band at once.
Reason Essentials Setup and Virtual Synths
With the Balance, Propellerhead bundles Reason Essentials, a cut-down version of the company's flagship Reason recording software that still provides most of the program's best features. The package works on either Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (including 64-bit mode in Vista and 7), as well as on any multi-core Mac running OS X 10.6.3 or later. For this review, I tested the Balance and Reason Essentials on a 2.93GHz quad-core Mac Pro with 6GB RAM and OS X 10.7 (Lion).
Installation is fairly simple. I inserted the DVD, dragged the Reason Essentials folder onto the Mac, and then plugged the interface into a free USB port. When I fired up the Reason icon, it turns out it wasn't done yet, as it popped up a warning about installing Ignition Key software. It then began copying sound banks over from the DVD. While the full version of Reason now employs a USB dongle, Reason Essentials uses the Balance as the dongle?disconnect the interface, and you can no longer use the software.
If you're willing to get a little creative, Reason Essentials includes enough power to handle many recording needs. It still gives you unlimited audio and instrument tracks, the new ReGroove mixer, and 1.45GB (rather than 2.5GB) of sound bank content. You get Propellerhead's venerable Subtractor synth and NN-XT sampler, but not the Malstrom, Neptune, or Thor synthesizers. On top of those, you still get a live sampling editor and ID-8 songwriter's toolbox, the Matrix pattern sequencer, the Combinator, the MClass mastering suite and master bus compressor, and a variety of basic effects boxes, including a reverb, Line 6-powered guitar and bass amps, a chorus and flanger, a digital delay, and the Scream 4 distortion box.
The new arrange window is a little tough to work with. It's not as flexible as a digital audio workstation like Pro Tools, because it's still designed like a vertically scrolling equipment rack. In today's world of widescreen desktop monitors with fewer vertical pixels, the UI looks oddly stretched out, with little room to see the virtual gear once the arrange and mixer windows are in place.
Testing, Sound Quality, and Conclusions
In a series of recording and playback tests, I had problems with the Balance. The headphone jack sounded full, warm, and loud, and recordings came through reasonably clean using a Rode NT-1A large condenser microphone, with the Balance's 48-volt phantom power engaged. Using the default settings, I experienced 8ms latency on the way in, and 6ms on the way out, which was fine for playing drum tracks live using an M-Audio Keystation 49e keyboard. I was also able to flip on a reverb and record vocals while hearing it; in doing so, I heard some minor comb filtering, but it was easily usable?and this was without direct monitoring, which you can always engage for zero latency monitoring.
The default sound banks are versatile across the board, with plenty of synth pads, leads, multitimbral workstation-like sounds, and even dozens of sampled reverbs. If you keep in mind that many of these sound modules date back to the first version of Reason from more than 10 years ago, it's still a good sound set, and more than you'd ever get with, say, a workstation keyboard synthesizer from Korg or Roland 10 years ago.
Propellerhead is targeting a niche customer with the Balance: One who wants ultra-clean sound quality, plenty of connections, and tight integration with Reason, but that also doesn't need to record, say, more than one musician simultaneously most of the time. If that's you, it's tough to go wrong with the Balance. But if you want an interface with a lower price and a smaller footprint, the M-Audio Fast Track ($149.99, 4 stars) will get you most of the way there for less than half the cost, although you're giving up all of the extra connectivity and separate main and headphone volume knobs. Otherwise, a number of interfaces with eight microphone inputs, such as the 16-channel/4-out Tascam US-1800 ($399.99), give you more flexible recording power for the same or less money than the Balance.
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HTC One V coming to Canada on Bell, will reunite with One S
Canadians looking to hunt down the smallest addition to HTC's One series are in luck. According to a MobileSyrup tipster, it'll arrive on Bell next week, in all its aluminum unibody glory. While the One X looks to be confined to Rogers in the Land of the Maple Leaf, both the One S and One V are going to be offered by Bell Mobility. The mole also hinted at pricing below CND $300, matching those entry-level credentials we've explored just recently. Not a fan of Bell? Don't get disheartened -- the Android 4.0 minnow will also make an appearance on Telus, so 'chin' up.
HTC One V coming to Canada on Bell, will reunite with One S originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Bill and Giuliana Rancic Expecting First Child
The child is due in late summer via a gestational surrogate, meaning that the Rancics will be the genetic parents. They know the sex of the child, "but we're seeing how long we can keep it secret," Giuliana says.
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Opening Statements Begin in Jennifer Hudson Family Murder Trial
Prosecutors will say alleged murderer William Balfour was jealous of Julia Hudson's new boyfriend.
By Gil Kaufman
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More than three years after the horrific murders that stunned a nation, on Monday (April 23) the man accused of murdering three members of Oscar-winning singer Jennifer Hudson's family went on trial.
According to the Associated Press, in opening statements a prosecutor was expected to tell jurors that William Balfour was sent into a jealous rage when he saw a balloon bouquet arrive at Hudson's childhood home that he believed was from estranged wife Julia Hudson's new boyfriend.
Balfour is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the October, 24, 2008 killings, which took the lives of Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, 29-year-old brother, Jason Hudson and seven-year-old nephew, Julian King. Prosecutors were expected to tell the jury that Balfour believed the balloons were from Julia Hudson's new beau and that when she drove away from the home she saw Balfour in her rear view mirror still lingering outside.
According to prosecutors, Balfour went inside the house a short time later and used a .45-caliber handgun to kill Donerson in the living room, then shoot Jason Hudson twice in the head as he lay in his bed. After allegedly fleeing the scene in Jason Hudson's SUV with Julia's son, Julian, in the vehicle, Balfour allegedly shot the boy nicknamed Juice Box in the head; Julian's body was found in the abandoned vehicle several miles away after a three-day search.
The challenges faced by prosecutors in the case are that there were no eyewitnesses to the murders and it's not clear what physical evidence exists to link Balfour to the slaying. Prosecutors have said gunshot residue was found on the steering wheel of Balfour's car, but the defense has said the other evidence so far is circumstantial.
A gun that Balfour allegedly stole months earlier from Jason Hudson was recovered in a lot near where the SUV was found and will be offered up as the murder weapon. Details emerged earlier this year about the incidents leading up to the murders , including allegations that Balfour had previously threatened Julia because he thought she was having an affair with a co-worker.
The AP noted that while evidence is scarce, establishing a motive for the killing is not as difficult. High-school dropout and former Gangster Disciple Balfour had allegedly threatened to kill the Hudson family at least two dozen times, beginning in 2008 when he moved out of the house.
Lead prosecutor James McKay says that the day before the killings Balfour told Julia, "If you ever leave me, I'm going to kill you, but I'm going to kill your family first." Hudson said she didn't take him seriously because Balfour hadn't acted on numerous previous threats. If convicted of at least two of the murders, Balfour, 30, who was on parole at the time of the killings after serving a nearly seven-year stretch for attempted murder and carjacking, would face a mandatory life sentence.
Prosecutors have said that Balfour claims he was not near the Hudson home at the time of the killings, but are expected to offer up cellphone records that allegedly prove he was in the area when two teenage neighbors who live nearby heard gunshots.
Jennifer Hudson is expected to attend every day of the trial, which could last a month. She is also on a list of 300 potential witnesses, though it has not yet been confirmed that she will take the stand.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Jennifer Hudson Gives Emotional Testimony at Murder Trial
Jennifer Hudson bravely took the witness stand Monday to testify against William Balfour, the man charged with killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in 2008. Through tears, Hudson told the jury that she had never trusted Balfour, who used to be married to Jennifer's sister Julia.
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How Well Do the 'Real Housewives of NJ' Ladies Know Their Show? Find Out!
In our exclusive iVillage video, Caroline Manzo, Kathy Wakile and Melissa Gorga go hilariously head-to-head as we test them on trivia from their Bravo show
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iMore Picks of the Week for April 21, 2012
Every week the editors at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps, accessories, gadgets, and websites. This week’s selections include an iPad note taking app,
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
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ASUS Transformer Pad 300 specs
Today sees the launch of the ASUS Transformer Pad 300, ASUS' mainstream version of its Transformer Prime tablet. If you're wondering about specs, here's what you'll find under the hood --
- Operating System: Android™ 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)
- CPU: NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 T30L Quad-Core @1.2GHz
- GPU: GeForce® 12-core, 3D stereo (built-in)
- Memory/Storage: RAM:1GB / ROM:16GBNetworking Wifi/3G/4G LTE
- Data rate: 3G SKU: HSPA+ 21/5.76 Mbps, 4G LTE SKU: 100/50 Mbps
- Connectivity: 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v3.0
- Display: 10.1" WXGA (1280 × 800) LED Backlight 178° wide viewing angle IPS panel, 10 finger multi-touch
- Camera: 1.2MP ( front ) camera and 8MP auto-focus (rear) with large F/2.2 aperture
- Interface: 2-in-1 Audio Jack (head-out/MIC-in 2-in-1) , 1 × micro-D HDMI 1.4a port / 1 × microSD Card Reader / built-in microphone / High Quality Speakers
- Battery: 10 hours; 22Wh Li-polymer; 15 hours with mobile dock; Dock: 16.5Wh Li-polymer
- Keyboard: Mobile dock with full QWERTY Keyboard (Optional)
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Nokia gets nose bloodied in IPCom patent case, says it doesn't care anyway
Mannheim is gaining a reputation as the place where patent disputes go to die. The latest loser? Nokia, in a case against German firm IPCom. A saving grace for the Finnish firm, this time, seems to be that the patent in question was granted in February 2011 and all the handsets involved predate this, and are no longer on the market. That's according to the firm's spokesman at least, who also added that it would be seeking a ruling from a higher court to clarify whether current handsets are also affected by the ruling. Well, they do say things come in threes...
Nokia gets nose bloodied in IPCom patent case, says it doesn't care anyway originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Legal to Grow Weed in a Rental Unit? - Real Estate Law - Law and ...
You knew it was coming. We couldn't let April 20 pass without at least a few posts about marijuana and the law. And this time, we're going to discuss whether you have a legal right to grow weed in a rental unit.
Unfortunately for pot aficionados and medical marijuana patients, the answer isn't pleasant. Even if you are licensed by the state to grow, sell or use pot, chances are your landlord can prohibit you from growing on the property. And if you still choose to do it, he can kick you out.
Federal law is the main culprit here. It's standard for leases to prohibit tenants from engaging in illegal activity on the premises. Even if you can grow weed in a rental unit under state law, you can't under federal law. Marijuana is still an illegal substance, and landlords aren't obligated to make room for current lawbreakers.
This arguably applies to medical marijuana patients as well.
Most leases also have a clause that requires tenants to keep the property in good repair. Tenants are also generally not allowed to make alterations to the property, such as painting the walls or tearing out light fixtures.
Growing weed in a rental unit will likely violate both of these clauses. Because of the heat and water involved, grow rooms require a lot of ventilation. Without proper ventilation, the room will succumb to mold, which may destroy the room. You may also need to cut holes in the walls, install air conditioning units and hang fans and ductwork.
So if you want to grow weed in a rental unit, you should probably look very closely at your lease. Also consider what your landlord might do if he finds out. Chances are he'll try to evict you no matter what.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
PowerInbox Goes Plug-in Free With Email Client API; Adds Apps For Instagram & Pivotal Tracker
PowerInbox, the email platform that lets you run apps for Facebook, Twitter, Groupon and Google+ inside your inbox, is today launching its new "Connect API" which allows its service to be directly integrated into third-party mail clients without requiring users to install the PowerInbox software. To kick off the launch, PowerInbox has partnered with a few lesser-known email brands (sorry, no Gmail), including UnifiedInbox, SMAK, and Fuser. In addition, the service has expanded its lineup of email apps to now include Instagram, Pivotal Tracker, and a Boston-based restaurant called Boloco.hillary rosen boston bruins j.k. rowling j.k. rowling axl rose google earnings selena
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Deal of the Day ? 27? HP Omni 27 Core i5 Quad-core All-in-one PC
Tuesday’s LogicBUY Deal is the 27″ HP Omni 27 All-in-one PC powered by Intel 2nd Gen Core i5 “Sandy Bridge”, starting at $999.99.? Features:? full HD 1080p resolution, edge-to-edge glassy display, adjustable tilt, mimimal design, wall-mount capability, Beats Audio, and backed by 2-year warranty.? Free upgrade to 8GB RAM and FREE HDMI in Scalar card.? [...]
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