Deal of the Day – Pre-Black Friday sale on Dell XPS 8500 Core i7 “Ivy Bridge” desktop with Windows 8

Saturday’s LogicBUY Deal is the customizable Dell XPS 8500 Core i7 “Ivy Bridge” Desktop, starting at $699.99.  Base model features:

  • Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Quad-core CPU
  • 8GB RAM
  • 1GB Radeon HD 7570 graphics
  • 2TB SATA III hard drive
  • 19-in-one card reader
  • DVD burner
  • Bluetooth 4.0
  • Wireless-N
  • Windows 8 (64 bit)
  • 1-year Enhanced Support

$874.99 – $175 instant savings = $699.99 with free shipping

This deal expires November 20, 2012 or sooner. Check the above link for more details on this deal, and check the LogicBUY home page for other deals.

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Deal of the Day – Pre-Black Friday sale on Dell XPS 8500 Core i7 “Ivy Bridge” desktop with Windows 8 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 17, 2012 at 9:00 am.

Google bids $900 million for Nortel's patents to protect against litigation trolls

Nortel, once one of the biggest telecoms company in the world but now in the death throes of bankruptcy, has selected Google's $900 million bid for its patent portfolio as the stalking horse bid. This doesn't mean that Google will automatically win Nortel's massive array of telecoms patents, but it does mean that Google is the preferred buyer.

Google, which has a history of lobbying for patent law reform, has been the target of many patent litigation suits. Google's relative infancy means that it has a lot less patents in the vault than big-hitters like Microsoft, Oracle and IBM, and buying Nortel's portfolio of 6,000 patents could provide better protection against patent litigation in the future. It's worth noting that both Apple and RIM have showed interested in the portfolio, too.

Mashable speculates that the patents -- which are nearly all telecoms-related -- will be used to defend against Oracle's attacks on Android's use of Java. We reckon that Google is simply looking to cover its future endeavors in the world of networking. In the absence of patent law reform, and continued threats to net neutrality, owning a bunch of telecoms patents sounds like a very sensible move.

Google bids $900 million for Nortel's patents to protect against litigation trolls originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Stint for iPhone lets you track client time and manage invoices

Track client time and manage invoices with Stint for iPhone

Whether you're a developer, consultant, or do any type of work that involves selling clients blocks of time and invoicing for them, you probably need a way to track the time you spend on projects and have a way to invoice clients. Stint for iPhone aims to simplify the tracking and invoicing process to make it easier to keep track of what's already completed and what still needs to be done.

Upon launching Stint you'll be brought to the main menu which consists of all the clients you've got set up within Stint. You'll see the project name followed by the client name underneath it. To the right you've got a progress circle that shows you how much time you're already spent on the project.

To create a new project, just tap the plus sign in the upper right hand corner and fill in the information. Stint allows you to customize how many days you consider there to be in a week and how many hours you work in a day. After naming the project you can pair it with a client. You can either use Stint's native client management system or pull directly from the contacts on your iPhone. And lastly, you can set up a rate at which you're billing the client. Once you've done all this, the project will be created and will be added to your main screen.

After tapping on a project you've got a few options, you can archive it if you're done with it, view what you still need to invoice, view the project, and add a timed entry. When tapping into a project you'll see a progress bar at the top that will show you have long you have left until the due date as well as how much you've completed. Tapping on the progress bar will show you how much revenue you've already made based on the work you've done and how much you still have left to collect.

Plugging in entries is simple enough. Tap on the clock from by any project or from inside the main project view you can tap "list entries" in the bottom right. To add an entry, just choose the date and then flick your finger up or down on the time for start and finish in order to set it. Dragging your finger left to right over the start and end time will allow you to fine tune down to minutes. Underneath time you can add notes such as what that block of time was spent doing. While it's an interesting way to enter time, it did take me a few minutes to figure it out and I'm not sure how obvious it will be to users. I'd personally prefer a ticker that comes up and allows me to change the date.

Invoicing clients is also easy. Tap on the dollar sign by any project name and you'll be shown a list of entries that haven't yet been invoiced. You can select certain ones or invoice for all of them. A detailed invoice can also be selected. Once you've selected all the blocks of time you still need to invoice for, you can send a PDF invoice straight to your client within the app and you're done. You can customize invoice info such as your company name, address, and more straight from the settings portion of Stint.

The good

  • The interface is much better than most project tracking apps that are currently available
  • Adding entries is quick and can be accessed from multiple locations
  • PDF invoices are a great feature that ensures you don't forget to bill clients and that they'll be able to open them
  • For users that sell blocks of time, it's a great way to know how much time clients have remaining
  • Archive feature is easy to use and projects can easily be restored in just a few taps

The bad

  • Entry input is a little confusing and a ticker would allow for even faster input
  • Detailed info fields beyond notes would be a nice feature that I'd like to see in an update
  • A ticker for rates would be great since not all consultants will bill at one of the presets

The bottom line

Stint for iPhone handles projects and invoicing in a much different way than how most existing apps in the App Store do, and that's not a bad thing at all. I enjoy using Stint for both consulting clients we have on retainer as well as clients we bill as we complete work. For retained clients, it helps keep track of when it's time to bill for another block of time while regular clients can be billed as we work. That's what really sold me on Stint.

The developer of Stint is currently working on iCloud support and an iPad version which will just make the experience even better. While professionals with many clients and employees across multiple platforms may want to hold off until there is more cross-platform support, smaller businesses and self-employed individuals can benefit greatly from Stint. I'd highly recommend anyone who wants to manage projects and invoices directly from their iPhone to give Stint a closer look.

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Mazda Atenza launches with i-ELOOP regenerative braking

DNP Mazda 6 launches with iELOOP regenerative braking

Nearly a year after Mazda announced its i-ELOOP regenerative braking technology, the company has finally launched a car that implements it: the 2013 Mazda Atenza. Known as the 2014 Mazda 6 in the US, both sedan and wagon models are on sale today throughout Japan. The aforementioned i-ELOOP technology uses capacitors instead of batteries to power the car's electronic components, and will supposedly increase fuel efficiency by up to ten percent. Other technologies incorporated in the vehicle include i-stop, Mazda's idling stop system and i-ActiveSense, a collection of safety technologies utilizing cameras and millimeter-wave radars. Customers can opt for either diesel or gasoline SkyActiv engines in either manual or automatic transmission. Suggested retail price ranges from 2,500,000 yen ($30,797) to 3,400,000 ($41,884) including tax. US customers won't be able take a test drive until the sedan model shows up in US dealerships next year, though it's unclear if either diesel or wagon options will make it stateside.

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These New Spinning GIFs Are as Cool as the Original Ones

Rrrrrrrrroll, the site dedicated to the art of spinning GIF or whatever that is, continues to be one of the best parts of the internet. The author has recently aded a bunch more, so make sure to check them out. More »

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Jam with Chrome – Who needs air guitar?

Google’s Creative Labs has just released Jam with Chrome, an experimental Web app that makes use of all the latest Web tech and allows you to select and play 19 different instruments. Instruments include guitars, drums and keyboard, and you can switch between instruments whenever you want. Up to 3 other people can collabrate with you in your own little mini virtual jam session.

How many muso Gadgeteers are out there? I know there’s a few. Maybe we need to work on a Gadgeteer theme song. :)

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Jam with Chrome – Who needs air guitar? originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 20, 2012 at 8:00 am.

Peek Inside the ‘True Cars’ Behind Nokia’s 3-D Mapping

Peek Inside the ‘True Cars’ Behind Nokia’s 3-D Mapping
Google isn't the only company with tech-decked out cars dedicated to mapping out every single road. Nokia, too, has a fleet of cars that are dedicated to capturing the world in 3D. They are called the True Cars.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/nokia-true-cars/

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Samsung's $249 Chromebook lights up benchmarks with the latest Ubuntu build

Samsung's $249 Chromebook lights up benchmarks with the latest Ubuntu build

A Googler managed to load up Samsung's latest Chromebook with Ubuntu and spelled out the process for like-minded DIYers in October, and now some benchmarks of Mountain View's $249 machine running Raring Ringtail -- which is still in development -- have surfaced. With a 1.7GHz dual-core Exynos 5 Dual processor under the hood, the ARM-based machine can hang with -- and in some cases beat -- the likes of a 1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom D525 chip and a 1.4GHz quad-core Calxeda Highbank node in benchmarks using the Phoronix Test Suite. The rig also holds its own when pitted against a PandaBoard equipped with an OMAP4460 1.2GHz dual-core processor. Hit the source link to dig into pages of the test results for yourself.

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Leaked Android Music app images and hands-on review

Android Music player
This morning, an updated version of the stock Android Music app was leaked along with a new version of Android Market. The new Music app, which is labeled 'version 3', is similar to the leaked build from December, but it has received a ton of polish -- and indeed, it looks almost ready for prime time.

If you don't have Android 2.3 -- or don't want to root your phone to install the leaked Music app -- take a look through our gallery, and then read on for our initial hands-on impressions.

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Leaked Android Music app images and hands-on review originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Let it Slide is an engaging, difficult puzzle game

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I have a thing for physics games, and I've been known to post the occasional platformer or action game here and there. But Let it Slide is one of the brainiest games I've posted to date.

The idea is very simple, and far from original: You get a board with pieces arranged in a particular pattern; you have to slide those around until you get the special piece into its target location.

It's not even about finding out where the target location is - you can just hover over "dim tiles" and instantly see where you're supposed to bring the special piece. But getting it there is a whole different story.

There are five tutorial levels, which I strongly recommend you do. Then there are twenty "beginner" levels, but that's really a misnomer. If those are the beginner levels, I don't want to know what the intermediate and advanced levels look like!

Every time you finish a level you get a score based on how many clicks it took you - each level has a "par" (the minimum number of clicks it could be completed in), and your performance is compared to that gold standard. Because it's such a brainy game, getting it right is quite satisfying. I was downright proud of myself when I managed to finish a few levels. All in all, quite recommended, especially if you've got a few minutes of quiet. It might actually help you focus better later on.

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