Submitted by: charlesley
Posted at: 2010-09-06 17:15:25
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But he needn't bother. We came across another application called the "Android-Notifier-Desktop" which offers a multi-platform desktop client for the above mobile app to the overlooked Linux and Windows users.

Below is the complete installation guide to using both of these apps on your computer. 

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According to the project homepage, hosted here on Google Code, the "Android-Notifier" mobile application is useful for people who wear noise-cancelling headphones, keep their cell phone in their bags or don't want to be interrupted to look at vibrating phone while in a meeting.

The mobile app sends notifications to the computer it's connected to, including things like new text messages (both SMS and MMS), the phone number of the incoming call, battery status notifications, new voicemails and more.

The desktop app connects to the phone over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or, in the future, USB. The Bluetooth method is only supported on Android 2.0, however, due to restrictions in older Android versions. (To determine what version of Android you use now, go to Settings -> About Phone -> Firmware version.)

How to Install and Use the Notifier App

To get started with this app, do the following:

Bluetooth Method

1. Install and run the Android app from the Android Market. (You can scan this barcode to find it).
2. Install and run the Desktop app for your OS from the Downloads section.
3. Ensure your Android device is paired with your desktop (Settings > Wifi and networks > Bluetooth settings on Android)
4. Enable the Bluetooth notification method on the Android app's settings (enabled by default)
5. Open Bluetooth options in the Android app's settings:
• Device pairing - select this to open Android's system bluetooth options, where you can pair your target device
• Target device - once your device is paired, select this option to send notifications to a specific device. If this is set to "Any device" (the default), the notifications will be sent to the first computer device found
• Auto-enable bluetooth - if enabled, notifications can be sent over bluetooth even if you keep it disabled - every time the app needs to send a notification, it enables it, sends the notification, then disables it again. The downside of this option is that it can take multiple seconds for the notification to actually be sent.
6. Enable the Bluetooth notification method on the desktop app's settings (enabled by default)
7. The desktop app will listen to and start displaying events from the Android app. 
8. You can now exit the Android app - the notifications service will be running in the background by default.

Wi-Fi Method

1. Install and run the Android app from the Android Market. (You can scan this barcode to find it).
2. Install and run the Desktop app for your OS from the Downloads section.
3. Ensure both the desktop and the device are on the same network.
4. If you have a firewall on your desktop, ensure it will allow incoming UDP packets on port 10600
5. Enable the Wi-Fi notification method on the Android app's settings (enabled by default)
6. Open the Wi-Fi options in the Android app's settings
• Target IP address - this is the IP address notifications will be sent to. While the default (global broadcast) is sufficient for most cases, you may want one of the following options instead:
  • Global broadcast - sends notifications to 255.255.255.255 (should work on most networks);
  • DHCP broadcast - detects the DHCP configuration of your current Wi-Fi network and uses its broadcast address for sending notifications. If no DHCP information is set (e.g. you're using a static IP), the notifications won't be sent;
  • Custom address - allows you to type in a specific IP address to send notifications to (doesn't need to be a broadcast address). This is useful if your network doesn't allow broadcast packets, or you want to prevent others in the network from receiving your notifications.
• Wi-Fi sleep policy - this is a system setting from Android which controls when the Wi-Fi will be turned off. By default, it's turned off whenever the screen is turned off - if you want to get notifications when the screen is off, you probably want to change this default to either "never when plugged" or "never" - these options will consume a little more battery, but will ensure notifications are always delivered
• Auto-enable Wi-Fi - if you do not wish to keep your Wi-Fi on all the time with the above option, and can tolerate notifications being delayed by a few seconds, then this option will make Wi-Fi be turned on whenever a notification needs to be sent, and then turned off again after it's been sent. The extra delay introduced is the time it takes for your phone to join a network.
7. Enable the Wi-Fi notification method on the desktop app's settings (enabled by default)
8. The desktop app will listen to and start displaying events from the Android app.
9. You can now exit the Android app - the notifications service will be running in the background by default.

Windows, Linux Users: Get This App Too

Because of the popularity of the original application, many users wanted Linux or Windows support. Unfortunately, the original project was not offering these options - it was Mac-only. Another developer released a second program that enables multi-platform support for not only Mac, but also Linux and Windows users (XP and up). It even has 32 and 64-bit options available for each of the supported operating systems.

To install this desktop app instead, head over to the downloads section and choose the appropriate version for your OS. Java 6 is also required.

Another Option for Windows Users

Another option for Windows users is a bit of hack. A third developer created a simple Windows application here that uses the Microsoft Winsock component. You just place this MSWINSCK.OCX file in your C:\Widnows\System 32 folder in order to use it. On your Android phone, you'll need to connect to your wireless network, choose a custom IP and key in the IP of the machine using the program. The program supports PING (testing connection packets), SMS and RING (calls) only.

Do you know of any other programs that do the same? Let us know in the comments.

Submitted by: toxicat
Posted at: 2010-09-07 21:07:16
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This edges right on a total mind mess. Bottle, can? What am I opening right now and with what. Totally confused.

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Submitted by: fireball
Posted at: 2010-09-07 01:07:01
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Just hours before Samsung introduced its new Orion processor powerhouse yesterday, LG announced that it will ship Android phones with dual-core CPUs in Q4 this year. LG has teamed up with NVIDIA and the upcoming devices will be part of LG’s Optimus series and feature the system-on-a-chip Tegra 2.

I have always had a soft-spot for NVIDIA’s Tegra processor, but so far it has had a hard time finding its way to the market – that will finally change this fall. The Tegra 2 sports a dual-core 1GHz CPU, a 1080p HD mobile video processor and an ultra low-power GeForce GPU. According to LG, we can expect up to 2 times faster web browsing and 5 times faster graphics performance over single core 1GHz processors. That’s roughly the same speed increase that Samsung claims the Orion will bring, and it will be a battle of the titans when these two state-of-the-art processors go head-to-head in a few months.

Both LG and NVIDIA say that the Tegra 2 will offer “console-quality gaming”, which definitely shouldn’t be an overstatement. Hopefully big-time game developers such as EA and id Software finally will realize the vast gaming potential of the Android platform once Tegra 2 and Orion powered devices start shipping. I personally can’t wait to see 3-D titles that take full advantage of these new chips.

Another Android device featuring the Tegra 2 that soon will be released is the tablet StreamTV Elocity A7, which should be available in October.

Via [AndroidandMe]

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Submitted by: chris
Posted at: 2010-09-07 00:53:40
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Submitted by: toxicat
Posted at: 2010-09-06 23:34:46
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Self-Referential Aptitude Test

by Jim Propp (propp@math.mit.edu)

A few years ago I wrote a "Self-Referential Aptitude Test" as part of a longer chain of puzzles. Since this puzzle seems to have taken on a life of its own and has been spreading around various parts of the 'net, I figure I might as well post it to silent-tristero before someone else does. Feel free to pass it on (with attribution).

The solution to the puzzle is unique, and in some cases the knowledge that the solution is unique can actually give you a short-cut to finding the answer to a particular question, but it's possible to find the unique solution even without making use of the fact that the solution is unique. (Thanks to Andy Latto for bringing this subtlety to my attention.)

I should mention that if you don't agree with me about the answer to #20, you will get a different solution to the puzzle than the one I had in mind. But I should also mention that if you don't agree with me about the answer to #20, you are just plain wrong. :-)

Jim Propp

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O Filminho é um festival de cinema que conta como principal característica o facto de decorrer em cima da fronteira nas vilas transfronteiriças de Cerveira (Portugal) e Tominho (Galiza), mais especificamente em Goián. O seu tema é o cinema português e galego e a pesquisa do Cinema Minhoto.

Self-Referential Aptitude Test

by Jim Propp (propp@math.mit.edu)

A few years ago I wrote a "Self-Referential Aptitude Test" as part of a longer chain of puzzles. Since this puzzle seems to have taken on a life of its own and has been spreading around various parts of the 'net, I figure I might as well post it to silent-tristero before someone else does. Feel free to pass it on (with attribution).

The solution to the puzzle is unique, and in some cases the knowledge that the solution is unique can actually give you a short-cut to finding the answer to a particular question, but it's possible to find the unique solution even without making use of the fact that the solution is unique. (Thanks to Andy Latto for bringing this subtlety to my attention.)

I should mention that if you don't agree with me about the answer to #20, you will get a different solution to the puzzle than the one I had in mind. But I should also mention that if you don't agree with me about the answer to #20, you are just plain wrong. :-)

Jim Propp

S.R.A.T.

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The Market page tells you much

Check the app permissions

 A Twitter client just needs a few permissions

 An automation app like Tasker needs more permissions

It is the truth

I wanted ours to say ‘Brad Pitt’ instead, but the office vote was for Angelina. Philistines.

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I could have saved myself years of chiropractic work if this was around sooner.

I like evil movie corporations, and for a long time I've wanted to do a case-study of their corporate imagery. The more I looked into it, the more it seemed as though these suckers make a fine match with some real-world evil corporations. I took my Adobe Fireworks, locked myself into bunker and reverse-engineered from scratch these six detailed lookalike-mashups of evil corporations.

This post by Mikko Vartio originally appeared at Vart.Io.

OCP meets Apple.

OCP is the nasty corporation from Robocop. My vision of OCP's site has some noticeable resemblance to Apple's, but that is purely a coincidence.

Rekall meets RyanAir.

Paul Verhoeven directed Robocop, but he also directed another masterpiece, called Total Recall. The evil company Rekall specializes in screwing up your brain with false memories and pseudo tourism — stuff like travelling to Mars. Here's a Rekall website modeled on travel company RyanAir's.

Weyland-Yutani meets Toyota.

Weyland-Yutani should ring a bell, from the Alien movies. Here's a Weyland-Yutani site in the style of Toyota's.

Skynet meets Bing.

Skynet has been sending robots from the future, since The Terminator. Everybody thinks that Google is the new real-life Skynet, but I'd argue the stealthy search engine Bing from Microsoft is the real evil A.I. (Plus doing a Skynet logo with Google-colors would be way too easy).

Cyberdyne meets Microsoft.

When there is Skynet, there is also Cyberdyne. So here's a Cyberdyne site in the style of Microsoft's home page.

Tyrell meets RealDoll.

Blade Runner is a classic movie, where Han Solo shoots robots. While the evil corporation Tyrell produces too-realistic Replicants, our real-world equivalent RealDoll (website is NSFW) does the same with evil sexdolls.

Shoppers eager to nab discounted furniture at cut-rate prices may soon be able to bypass Craigslist and head straight to the mother ship of cheap home furnishings: IKEA. A few days ago on August 28, the Swedish furniture company started selling second-hand Ikea products online in Sweden and they intend to extend this idea to other foreign outlets. Here is what Peter Agnefäll, CEO of IKEA Sweden told the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter about this innitiative : “It is about taking an environmental responsibility for how our products are used in the longer term and making it easier for our customers to do their part for their responsibility towards the environment.” We can say that this is a nice step toward sustainability, but in the same time we’re wondering about the quality of the pieces that will be sold. Finally would you buy second-hand furniture from IKEA ? And what do you think about this idea ? – Via - Time

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Neue Arbeiten von Alsacherie – und eine Ausstellung (7. September bis 2. Oktober) im Truc in Mulhouse. Via: Mail

The blood dripping from his mouth is from the last person who thought “aww, that’s cute.”

These days there are high-end hotels in Las Vegas that will sell you new versions of the luxurious sheets, pillows, and even toiletries that they stock their rooms with. But the casinos on their ground floors are a different story; no one wants to furnish their house with the gaudy trappings surrounding a roulette table.

To celebrate the back to school period, Tipp-Ex®, BIC Europe Group’s brand, leader on the European market of correcting products, goes on Youtube with an interactive campaign as funny as surprising. In this viral video, french agency Buzzman puts face to face a bear and a hunter, offering the viewers to choose what ending they want to see by changing the title of the vidéo directly on Youtube thanks to the Tipp-ex corrector! More than 50 different hilarious endings can thus be discovered. The campaign is logically signed: Tipp-Ex®, white and rewrite.

Advertising Agency: Buzzman, France
Creative Director: Georges Mohammed-Chérif
General Manager: Thomas Granger
Copywriter: Tristan Daltroff
Art Director: Louis Audard
Project Mnagers: Bastien Chanot, Antoine Ferrari
TV Producer: Elodie Jonquille
Digital Production Manager : Mélanie Rohat-Meheust
Community Managers: Xavier Le Boullenger, Nicolas Mirguet
Film Production: Eleganz
Producteur: Willy Morence
Réalisateur: Olivier Bennoun
Web Production: Grouek

You know…

It will not fly.

It’s a flop.

It’s just crap!

I am returning my iPad.

Well, the last handbook from the Magazine Publishers Association (MPA) has good news for us the tablet fans.

We are not a minority.

We are not crazy.

We are not alone.

We are not the exception.

We were right!

Almost 60% of the US consumers plan to buy a tablet within the next 3 years.

Not only iPads but just tablets.

The mobile media revolution is over us.

Another reason not to miss the INMA/NIEMAN/INNOVATION Harvard Tablet Summit.

Cambridge, December 2-3, 2010.

A Worldwide Summit to learn, master and share new ideas.

Be there!

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