Adobe Cuts Off Linux's AIR - 'and Nothing of Value Was Lost'

Well it's been another scorching few days here in the Linux blogosphere, where summer appears to have set spring on fire and kicked it out the back door. It's no wonder tempers are running hot, but the latest news from the gang over at Adobe has done nothing to help. "We will no longer be releasing our own versions of Adobe AIR and the AIR SDK for desktop Linux," wrote Adobe blogger Mark Hopper last Tuesday.

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Chrome 11 beta adds new experimental APIs for proxies, Web navigation

Google Chrome 11 -- which just recently made the move to the browser's beta channel -- has received a minor update that gives developers access to two new APIs.

The first is a full-featured proxy API, which will, for example, allow users to set different proxy servers for normal browsing and Incognito mode. Proxy auto-config scripts are also supported by the API.

The second -- Web Navigation Extension -- is a bit more expansive. This API will allow devs to build everything from more powerful safe browsing extensions -- like Traffic Light -- to data analysis and reporting extensions.

Both APIs are currently experimental, so you'll need to enable them on the about:flags page to try out any relevant extensions. Apart from a proxy example built by Google and shipped with the Chromium source, we're not aware of any examples just yet, however. We'll let you know when we spot any slick, new extensions which do surface.Chrome 11 beta adds new experimental APIs for proxies, Web navigation originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

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OCTOVO Kindle 3rd gen Vintage Leather Book Cover Review

Are you looking for a stylish cover to protect your 3rd generation Kindle eReader? OCTOVO recently sent me their Vintage Leather Book Cover and it’s a keeper. Note: The images in this review can be clicked for a larger view. This cover is made from 100% natural vegetable tanned leather that has been distressed to [...]

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From iCloud to Dropbox: 5 Cloud Services Compared

"Cloud" services vary among companies so much that the buzzword can get awfully confusing. What exactly do you get? Is it just online storage? Or is it streaming media? Both? In this comprehensive chart, we give a side-by-side comparison of five major cloud services.

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Dress to iMpress with the iCufflinks

These cufflinks from Adafruit Industries are made of machined aluminum to look like the power button on an Apple computer. �Inside the cufflinks are tiny circuit boards and LEDs. �Insert a battery in each before wearing, and the power symbol will glow with a pulsing light for 24 hours. �The source code, circuit board files, [...]

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Orange Sound Charge T-shirt will juice up your phone while you listen to the bass go boom

Orange UK has a long-running tradition of coming up with quirky ways to recharge your phone while enjoying the Glastonbury Festival every year, and 2011 is proving no different. This time around, it's a T-shirt that generates an electric charge from the sound around it -- rendering it ideal for front-row crowd-surfing types -- though the provided tech details go no further than to tell us that piezoelectrics and the absorption of vibration are involved. We find ourselves overcome by the suspicion that you'll never be able to get much meaningful utility out of this rather unstylish garment, but then it does give you a plausible excuse for pushing your way nearer to the stage, and if anyone objects, you can consider it a great conversation starter. So whatever happens, you win, fashion loses.Orange Sound Charge T-shirt will juice up your phone while you listen to the bass go boom originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink Textually.org  |  Orange  | Email this | Comments

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Zoosh does mobile payments using ultrasound, no NFC chip required

Zoosh. That may or may not be what an ultrasonic payment sounds like to a dolphin, but it is definitely the name of a new mobile wallet technology developed by Silicon Valley start-up, Naratte. While Google and other major players have focused on traditional radio-based NFC, Naratte has been quietly testing its ultrasound system instead, motivated by the fact that it can work on ordinary handsets without the need for specialized NFC circuitry. Two phones can "zoosh" each other using nothing but their built-in microphones and speakers, so long as they're both running the necessary app. Moreover, Naratte claims that cash tills can be upgraded to hear the sweet jangle of ultrasonic cash for just $30 -- around a third of the cost of installing radio-based NFC hardware. So who knows? The last time you came this close to ultrasound was probably just before you were born, but one day you might find yourself using it to buy diapers. Scary.Zoosh does mobile payments using ultrasound, no NFC chip required originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink VentureBeat  |  Naratte  | Email this | Comments

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