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The days of being tied to a traditional TV to watch your favorite shows is becoming less and less of a dream — at least for Mediaroom 2.0 users, like those who subscribe to AT&T U-Verse. It hasn’t even been a full year since Xbox 360 owners were first able to launch a U-Verse blade to watch TV, but it has been about nine months when we first heard rumors of Mediaroom clients for Windows Media Center (aka Monaco), Silverlight (aka Taos) and Windows Phone (aka Rome) would see the light of day. A recent post on William Zhang’s blog, a Microsoft employee, confirms the rumored code names in addition to giving us reason to believe those using Mediaroom 2.0 software might still realize the three screen dream by the end of 2011 after all.

New Mediaroom clients to bring Microsoft’s TV platform everywhere this year originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jaybird’s been pretty quiet about its latest Bluetooth offering. In fact, the company actually sneaked a few of its JF3 Freedom sports headphones into some stores back in April, but they quickly ran out of stock — we imagine it was either a test run or the product needed some tweaking. Regardless, we’ve just been informed that the JF3 will finally be available to all starting next week, with Jaybird’s online store currently taking pre-orders for a pop (including free delivery), followed by wider availability at retail stores in late July. What’s more, these sweat-proof stereo buds are now enhanced with new blade-like silicon ear cushions — head past the break to watch Jaybird founder Judd Armstrong ecstatically shake his head to show off the secure fit.

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Apple uses multiple vendors in interchangeable ways to make a single product, but rarely if ever do performance specs change when this happens. Not so with the MacBook Air! The Toshiba bits that are inside my Air, from October, are actually slower than those in the latest batch, which house an SSD blade from Samsung. Grumble, grumble. [TUAW] More »

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Infinity Blade is among the Gizmodo staff’s favorite iOS games and it’s getting an update to coincide with the iPad 2 launch. More »

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Robert De Niro built it in Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver,’ but Erik Beck builds it for cheap! In this episode, Erik builds the infamous Quick-Draw Sleeve Gun that is most recognizable in the 1976 film ‘Taxi-Driver,’ but also appears in ‘Desperado’ and ‘Alien Ressurection.’ You could also use this to build the hidden blade from the video game Assassins Creed. Using the slider from a drawer and masterful welding, Erik creates his own version of this secret weapon. Don’t forget to check out the BFX ‘Original Short’ for this build, too.
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Things like spark plugs and starter motors would be compatible with an enormous range of automobiles, not so these days, there were even things like wipers being entirely identical across the whole range of cars. These days the acute consumer has an enormous range of wipers from which to make their selection also the competition between the various competing companies has driven value down to an all time low. Contemporary manufacturing technology has specialised on accommodating individualised components to each type of car, this will produce a more unique appearence to each car as things like instruments, wipers and dials have an individual look and feel to them. This is stark contrast to the seventies and eighties for example when a lot of cars shared these identical components across different makes of motor car, there is even an argument for specialising the engine parts in order to promote greater efficiency especially in this time of climate change. There are however many parts which would actually benefit from becoming standardised through the different models, the reason most car companies follow the route of specialisation is probably more ulterior, it is an great method by which to trap customers into buying only the companies branded parts. Also unlike in the windscreen wipers market where thriving competition keeps the prices low the company can charge as much as they want as essentially the people do not have a choice.

Things like the new flat replacement wiper blades and the even newer silicone replacement wiper blades are both excellent examples of what innovation from competition can produce and what’s even better is that the price is very competitive. Some people still make the mistake of buying their replacement wiper blades from a registered franchised dealer and paying a huge mark up, now is the time to buy your replacement wiper blades online for the primary prices possible.

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MANCHESTER, England & BEAVERTON, Ore.—-Virtensys™, Ltd, a leader in next-generation I/O solutions for data centers, today announced its participation in the Blade.org Technology Symposium 2010 “The Dynamic Data Center: Virtualization, Scalability, and Power Efficiency.”
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Now that all of the requirements are out of the way, it’s time to get onto the practical work. To start, you will need to carefully raise the Windscreen Wipers so that they stand up and are clear of the windscreen. On most vehicles this only requires you to simply lift the blade outwards, if you are finding it tricky, you can turn the ignition on, activate the wipers and then switch the ignition off, this will leave the wipers standing vertical and you may find it simpler to lift them.
Next you will want to look at the size of the Wiper Blades as some vehicles have one shorter than the other and will need to be fit the right way around. Now we need to take off the current Wiper Blades and this is normally done by pushing in a small tab before sliding the blade out. Sometimes you may need to lift a tab up or even remove a screw with a screwdriver. Once both blades have been removed, the new Wiper Blades will simply slide into the wiper arm and click into place, don’t forget to ensure the fitting is solid and if any screws were removed that they be put back.

With the new Wiper Blades connected it’s time to check to ensure they work. You will need to gently drop the Windscreen Wipers so that they lie flat on the windscreen again and once more give them a slight tug to make sure they are secure and won’t come flying off as you drive away. With the wipers back in place, start the ignition and give them a go.

So there we have it, those new Silicone Wiper Blades you just got needn’t have to just sit in their box anymore, get out there and get them fitted!

If you’re still relying on the kit lens that came with your DSLR I’m not going to say this is the perfect first lens for you, but if you’ve got the cash, or a reasonably priced rental house nearby, I guarantee you’ll have an enjoyable afternoon playing with Nikon’s new AF-S Nikkor 200-400mm ƒ4G ED VR II telephoto zoom lens. By ‘new’ I of course mean the lens is the successor to Nikon’s AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED lens, but the inclusion of Nikon’s VR II image stabilization system now allows handheld shooting at up to “4 shutter speeds slower” with sharper results. In addition to a host of other improvements.

You also get a maximum aperture of ƒ4 across the board, the ability to manually focus on objects as close as 6.4 feet away and a new rounded 9-blade diaphragm which more naturally renders out-of-focus areas. And of course a price tag that’s just a nickel shy of $7,000.

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