An Anti-Catcalling App Is a Silly Way to Waste $20,000 of Government Money [Sexism]

Nobody likes sexism or the obnoxious jerks who jeer women walking down the street. But there's a pretty good chance that New York's new $20,000 "research" investment in an app to report offending males might not be the best way to do something about it. More »

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'Star Trek' TV Series Won't Go Forward Until After J.J. Abrams' Sequel

Though Bryan Fuller is busy prepping his Hannibal Lecter TV series, he definitely hasn't given up on his dream to return "Star Trek" to the small screen. The "Pushing Daisies" creator recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the long-planned project, and he confirmed that he and director/producer Bryan Singer have talked about the idea for [...]

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This talking Domino's Pizza scooter will make your day infinitely more awesome (video)

Dearest RIM, Microsoft, Intel and Sony:

Stop spending millions on mildly successful advertising campaigns. Just modify a delivery scooter to shout your brand name between gear shifts.

Respectfully,

A now-loyal Domino's Pizza customer.

This talking Domino's Pizza scooter will make your day infinitely more awesome (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Londoners mourn as teletext goes dark, a victim of the DTV transition

Despite the many advantages of digital broadcast television, the transition is separating Europeans from a reliable source of information known as teletext. Citizens of London are the latest to experience the loss, as analog signals in the region were switched off just yesterday. Ceefax, a service of the BBC, has provided millions of Britons with news, sports, weather, television listings, subtitles and games for the past 38 years, and is now accessible only in Kent, Sussex, north-east England and Northern Ireland. Soon, it may cease to exist altogether.

Seen as a precursor to the internet, teletext is a free service that's heavily rooted in analog PAL signals, where small packets of data are sent in the vertical blanking interval, which is otherwise unnoticed by viewers. Because the information is broadcast, users were never subject to network congestion, and only needed to wait a brief moment for their desired page to be transmitted -- more advanced televisions even cached this information locally. As part of the airwaves, the service is naturally free, and in that sense, it lacks a suitable replacement. As with all progress, however, there are casualties, and teletext was an unfortunate bystander. Those who cherished the service can take a moment to relive the memories in the links below.

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HTC One V kernel source released

HTC has released the kernel source for the Asian and European version of the One V, (see Alex's great review here) meeting their obligations under the GPL and teasing potential Android hackers all with one stroke. As it is every time we see source code get released, this won't mean much for the average Joe or Jane, but the good things that come from it certainly may. The kernel is the window to the hardware, and lots of cool things can happen when the right people tinker with it. 

We can't wait for these phones, and this code, to get in the right hands. You can grab the code here.

via @HTCdev

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Blackmagic Cinema Camera packs 'feature film' 2.5K quality, touchscreen for $2,995

While Canon, Sony and Red have already stolen the show with new camera announcements here at NAB 2012, Blackmagic Design is trying to carve out a niche for its new Cinema Camera. Priced at $2,995, where the company sees this as differing from the competition is its ability to capture film quality video on its 2.5K sensor and output it to CinemaDNG RAW, ProRes and DNxHD file formats. That camera housing can take Canon or Zeiss lenses on the front, contains a built-in SSD within and has a capacitive touchscreen display for control and metadata entry. Once you've captured the video, the included copy of DaVinci Resolve can take care of all color correction needs, while the video can be pulled from the SSD over a variety of high speed ports including BNC SDI and Thunderbolt. Check out a few in-person pics in our gallery below and more specs in the press release after the break.

Gallery: Blackmagic Cinema Camera

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Dolby Labs and Philips unveil Dolby 3D tech, want to deliver glasses-free 3D in HD

Dolby helped the 3D revolution happen in movie theaters years ago, and now it's teamed up with Philips to do the same for TVs, tablets, laptops and phones. The two companies have created a format and content delivery technology, dubbed Dolby 3D, to bring high definition 3D content to any and all devices with 3D displays, including those that don't require glasses. Its secret sauce automatically optimizes video for different screen sizes and also upgrades half-resolution 3D to full-res. The idea is to provide both broadcasters and OEMs with a way to deliver 3D HD content to customers buying Dolby 3D devices, while remaining compatible with existing 3D gadgets. All that's left is to actually build some hardware that'll let us see all those snazzy suits from Mad Men in high-def and the third dimension.

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Jenny McCarthy, Brian Urlacher HOT New Couple!

Jenny McCarthy and Brian Urlacher are a hot new couple! the two were spotted on a date at Mastro’s in Beverly Hills. Of course TMZ has the details, the two tried to sneak out the back door of the restaurant!   Here are my other TGIF LINKS!!!!     O.J Simpson Threatens His Daughter Arnelle – Gossip and Soaps. Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift Team Up for Duet – Have U Heard. Creepy First Poster for The Host! – I Need My Fix. A First Look at the NEW Munsters (Photo) – Celeb Dirty Laundry. Brad Pitt?s Rep Confirm?s He and Angelina Jolie are Engaged!- Celeb Baby Laundry. Michelle Obama responds to Beyonce?s letter – Diva Artist. We?ve Already Seen Anne Hathaway?s Costume – Amy Grindhouse. 10 Most Embarrassing Celeb Moments You?ve Got to Hear about ? - All Women Stalk.

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Daniel Craig Talks James Bond's Relationship With M In 'Skyfall'

Not much is known about the latest James Bond movie, "Skyfall," and we likely aren't going to find out any more plot details any time soon. MTV News recently visited the set of the film and chatted with Daniel Craig who maintained the ultra-secretive nature of the production by refusing to spill any new elements [...]

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Portuguese opposition party wants 'terabyte tax,' voters want a new opposition party

Portugal's opposition party, Partido Socialista, is pondering a tax on storage media under the flag of copyright protection. Under the proposal, consumers would pay €0.02 for every gigabyte of storage purchased, so a 1TB HDD would cost around €21 ($28) extra, plus an additional levy on devices over that size means a 2TB drive could cost an additional €103.2 ($135). It doesn't just stop at desktop platters: USB sticks, memory cards and even smartphones would also be charged, with any device packing 64GB of storage facing a surcharge of €32 ($42). A party member defended the idea, saying that the tax is aimed at professionals who use larger capacity drives -- but since most consumer HDDs come with a minimum size of 160GB and the legislation is also supposedly meant to tackle piracy, we're not entirely sure it adds up -- except maybe in government coffers.

Update: We're hearing that the bill titled PL118 has been withdrawn in the face of overwhelming common sense.

[Thanks, Ricardo]

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Wavii (for iPhone) (beta)

A new mobile app called Wavii scours content online based on interests you select and summarizes it into a news feed for you. But it's too focused on celebrities and company-specific news to really make a splash in the aggregation app space. It also isn't nearly as graceful or innovative as a couple of apps that do nearly the same thing only better. Chief among these is Flipboard (free, 4 stars), one of the most beautifully designed apps I've ever seen, and our Editors' Choice among apps for browsing curated content. StumbleUpon's iPhone app (4 stars, free) equally earned our Editors' Choice award and differs from Flipboard in that it's more about exploring new content from the depths of the Web, than browsing posts and articles from the blogs and media outlets you love (which is what Flipboard does best).

Wavii's app tries to nail a new concept by not just aggregating news, bus also summarizing it and removing duplicate (that is, very similar) items from your list, but it doesn't hit a real stride in this early attempt. Worse, it loads very slowly and doesn't make clear to users exactly how it works and how their actions influence the app's results.

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You have to log in with Facebook. There isn't an option to sign up using only an email address, which I sorely lament. I don't appreciate having to give Facebook more advertising data about me simply to use some other service, and it is the number one reason I'll delete the app and revoke the permission from Facebook the moment I'm done reviewing the product for PCMag.

Upon initial launch, Wavii suggested some topics for me to follow: Acquisitions, Apple, Justin Bieber, Facebook, European Union, Kim Kardashian, and a number of other celebrities, politicians, and companies. While a few general topics surfaced in this list?Acquisitions, EU, Travel Announcements, Arrests, Interviews?I wasn't fully satisfied with the celeb- and brand-heavy selection.

In the section called Main Feed, Wavii delivers headlines and summaries of news stories on the topics that you've selected. A tag at the top of each item indicates its classification if it isn't apparent in the headline. For example, a news item with Food and Drug Administration in the headline clearly came from me ticking my interest in Food and Drug Administration announcements, but Wavii helped me out by putting the "Movie Trailer" tag above a YouTube video named "LOL (2012 film)."

Some items contained a quote below the headline, which gave me a better idea of the story's content. If "Interview: Danny Bilson interviewed for Ripten" leaves you asking, "Who?" then the quote goes a long way to clarify: "THQ CEO Danny Bilson has related in an interview some of the thoughts ?"

Each item in the Main Feed also features a feedback icon. Press it, and five emoticons appear. Unfortunately, it's not clear what these icons do. What's the difference between the blue happy face and the gray one? What happens if I press the angry face? Some Wavii users will unfold the details of the app by using it, I'm sure, but I like to know what my actions mean, especially for an app that is connected to Facebook and thus capable of feeding all my actions into an advertising manager's spreadsheet. Furthermore, I also want to know how my actions will affect the app's decisions regarding what content it will feed me next. I still rue the day I gave five stars to Big Momma's House 2 in my Netflix account.

Other options in the app lets you "Discover" new recommended topics, although I found the selection here to be just as paltry as the first one I perused. The list consisted almost entirely of pharmaceutical companies.

You can diver further into any story by seeing other sources that reported on the same material?perhaps the most useful feature, but replicates more or less what Google News provides?as well as the original source. When you pick a story and see more details about it, Wavii also offers you the option of "following" the people, media outlets, companies, or topics related to that story. This feature seemed to work well for me, until I checked out my profile, where you can see the number of topics and people you're following. After selecting to "follow" both Richard Branson and Squawk Box, I noticed they turned up in my profile as "topics" I follow rather than people. My hunch is that Wavii needs to do more usability testing to see that not all its naming conventions and functionality make total sense to a new user.

Wave Farewell
The new news aggregating app Wavii has a long way to go before it can compete with the likes of Flipboard, Twitter, or even StumbleUpon. Twitter has an air of excitement. It's incredibly fast-paced, and you never know what might happen. Flipboard excels as the number one app for browsing news and media, curating high quality content for you and displaying it exceptionally well. And for exploring the Web, no app does it better than StumbleUpon. Wavii has yet to make its mark.

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The 5D Mark III's Light Leak Issue Is Confirmed By Canon [Video]

Ruh-roh. The new Canon 5D Mark III might be a fantastic camera and a real champ in low-light situations, but a recently discovered hardware flaw could pose problems for photographers shooting in the dark. More »

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