Scrabble Helper helps you improve your Words With Friends gameplay

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If you play Scrabble (or a scrabble-like game) from time to time, you may want to check out Scrabble Helper. This simple website is a godsend when you're at a loss for words. Simply enter whatever letters you have, and the word you'd like to connect with. Scrabble helper comes up with a whole bunch of suggestions sorted by score.

The site lets you select one of five dictionaries - Scrabble International/US, Lexulous International/US, and Words With Friends. Some people might say this constitutes cheating -- I think if the other side knows you're doing it, it's definitely not cheating. And it doesn't take the challenge out of the game, because implementing Scrabble Helper's suggestions and deciding which words you'd like to connect with still takes a fair bit of thought.

Very handy, though perhaps not one for the Scrabble puritans in the crowd.

Scrabble Helper helps you improve your Words With Friends gameplay originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Windows 8 upgrade diary: a defiantly successful installation

Windows 8 upgrade diary: a defiantly successful installation

Nothing's nicer than a happy ending. Except maybe a happy beginning, which is precisely what you're looking at above -- Microsoft's new OS captured in all its glory within minutes of completing the installation. What's more, if you saw the first part of this upgrade diary, then you'll know I was aiming for a trickier-than-average setup, with Windows 8 Pro running on a brand new and untouched SSD, alongside Windows 7 Ultimate running in dual-boot mode on my old HDD. As it turned out, this configuration was a breeze -- so long as I totally ignored the Getting Started instructions that came in the box. Read on if you'd like to know more.

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Nexus 10: How Google’s New Tablet Stacks Up Against iPad, Surface

For the first time, Google has a big-tablet of its own in the Nexus 10. But can it dethrone Apple’s iPad? Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired

After years of 10-inch Android tablets that have failed to make a meaningful dent in Apple’s market-defining iPad sales, Google has taken matters into its own hands. With the new Nexus 10, the company behind the Android OS is finally pushing a large-sized tablet of its own, albeit one produced in collaboration with Samsung.

So now that the device has been unveiled, how will it stack up against the new fourth-gen iPad? And how about Microsoft’s Surface tablet, which seeks to add a bit of PC flavor to the tablet world? The competition won’t be easy, and Google knows that.

One major weakness for Android thus far has been a lack of tablet-optimized apps. To remedy this, Google is making a major push to get more of these apps from developers. But just how much the dev community is listening remains to be seen. Microsoft’s Windows 8 RT operating system has even fewer tablet-optimized apps. Future versions of the Surface tablet will be able to run traditional PC apps, but it’s unclear whether or not consumers want a keyboard-and-mouse desktop experience on a touch-friendly tablet. Regardless, for now, iOS still clearly dominates in terms of number of tablet-specific apps.

We got our hands on the Nexus 10 earlier today, and there is plenty of testing to be done before our full review. In the meantime, check out the main spec-sheet differences between the Nexus 10, the fourth-generation iPad and the Surface below to see how these tablets stack up against one another.

  • Google Nexus 10
  • Apple iPad (4th gen)
  • Microsoft Surface RT
  • Price and Storage
  • $400 16GB, $500 32GB
  • $500 16GB, $600 32GB, $700 64GB
  • $500 32GB, $600 32GB with touch cover, $700 64GB with touch cover
  • Availability
  • Nov. 13
  • Now
  • Now
  • Operating System
  • Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
  • iOS 6
  • Windows 8 RT
  • Dimensions and Weight
  • 10.4 x 6.9 x 0.35 inches, 1.33 lbs
  • 9.5 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches, 1.44 lbs
  • 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches, 1.5 lbs
  • Screen Size
  • 10.06 inches
  • 9.7 inches
  • 10.6 inches
  • Screen Resolution
  • 2560 x 1600 pixel, 330 ppi
  • 2048 x 1536 pixel, 264 ppi
  • 1366 x 768 pixel, 148 ppi
  • Speakers
  • Dual, Stereo
  • Single, Mono
  • Dual, Stereo
  • Average Battery Life
  • 10 hours
  • 10 hours
  • 10 hours
  • Processor
  • 1.7 Ghz Samsung Exynos dual core
  • 1.5 Ghz A6X dual core
  • 1.5 Ghz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad core
  • RAM
  • 2GB
  • 1GB
  • 2GB
  • Expandable Storage
  • None
  • None
  • MicroSDXC card slot
  • Cameras
  • Back: 5MP photo/1080p video, with LED flash; Front: 1.9MP photo/720p video
  • Back: 4MP photo/720p video; Front: 1.2MP photo/VGA video
  • Microsoft hasn’t yet said what the photo resolution of the Surface’s cameras are, but both shoot 720p video
  • NFC
  • Yes (front and back)
  • No
  • No

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The case for the 8GB Nexus 4

Storage on my Nexus

Why spend an extra $50 and still not have enough space on your smartphone when it comes with Google's cloud? 

When you visit Google's Nexus 4 page and click on the "Shop now" link, it takes you straight to the 8GB version. (Go straight from the Play Store and you get 16GB. Go figure.) There's a reason for this, they want you to see you can buy the smartphone with the best specs available for (a whole dollar) under $300. That puts the Nexus 4 squarely into the impulse buy realm, and serves as a notice to other people selling phones for a whole lot more. It's $400 dollars cheaper than the closest competitor, and that means something.

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This Gorgeous Carbon Fiber Sled Could Be Your Perfect Post-Frankenstorm Ride

If hurricane Sandy turns into a blizzard and dumps snow everywhere, the best way to get around Northeastern hills might be this lovely Snolo carbon fiber alpine sled. It's lightweight, it folds down for easy transport, and it looks like a Ferrari suited to six feet of snow. More »

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Ask DLS: What's your primary Web browser?

Competition is a good thing, and the browser arena has been a fierce arena for years now. There are at least four "major" browsers each vying for your attention, along with lots of smaller spin-offs (SRWare Iron or Flock, anyone?).

While the browser usage charts we share from time to time show overall browser usage amongst the Web at large, Download Squad readers are not exactly the average bunch in terms of browser use. So today we have one simple question for you:

What's your primary Web browser?

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Ask DLS: What's your primary Web browser? originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Facebook launches unified mobile site, announces 250 million mobile users

Facebook has announced that its two mobile sites -- m.facebook.com and touch.facebook.com -- have been unified, bringing a simpler mobile experience to Facebook users. And there are a lot of those -- a quarter billion, according to Facebook.

Smartphone users won't be losing any functionality because of the consolidation. If your phone supported the enhacned features offered by touch.facebook.com, the new site will automatically flip the switch when you visit.

Rolling the sites together helps simplify things for Facebook's developer team. Now changes can be pushed to a single site instead of two separate sites, which makes it easier to ensure that all mobile users receive a nearly identical experience regardless of the device they're using.

The new Facebook mobile can also check to see if your phone supports geolocation. If it doesn't, you won't be seeing much of Facebook Places -- which obviously relies heavily on geolocation. Images can also be optimized on the fly to keep page performance from suffering on less powerful devices. You can see the three different versions of the share button below, courtesy our friends at TechCrunch.

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Google Music comes to Europe November 13, brings Google Music match, too

Google Music comes to Europe November 13Folks may be more excited about the newest Nexus phones, tablets and their fresh flavor of Jelly Bean, but Mountain View also unveiled a little something for music lovers across the pond today. That's right, Google Music is coming to Europe beginning November 13th. Unfortunately, not everyone on the continent will gain access, but residents of the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain will have Google's musical cloud servies in just a couple weeks. Not only that, Big G is adding an iTunes Match-style feature to Google Music that'll scan your songs and add them to your cloud library, no uploading required. The feature will launch in Europe, with US residents enjoying the feature "soon after."

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