Engadget Podcast 276: CES Finale - 01.14.2012


Not every podcast ends in the boss's Air getting champagne sprayed on it, but we thought you all deserved it for sticking with us through all six days of CES podcasts this here in 2012. Thanks for joining us--we'll be back next year for more of the same Festivus-style atmosphere, and back next week for more regularly-scheduled podcasty goodness!

Hosts: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater
Guests: Many
Producer: Trent Wolbe

00:04:55 - Hands-on with NVIDIA-powered Audi Connect
00:08:55 - Sony Xperia ion coming to AT&T in Q2: offers 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 720p Reality display and dual HD cameras
00:10:30 - Acer Aspire S5 Ultrabook hands-on
00:10:45 - Spotted: the elusive 15-inch Samsung Series 9
00:11:45 - Intel shows off Nikiski prototype with sprawling touchscreen decking out the palm rest (video)
00:13:05 - Exclusive: Fujitsu's Arrows prototype, new quad-core Tegra 3 smartphone eyes-on (video)
00:13:28 - Synaptics shows conceptual trackpad interface with Windows 8, better make it a reality (video)
00:16:15 - Razer's Project Fiona hands-on (video)
00:19:20 - Monster and Beats Electronics discontinue partnership, audiophiles rejoice
00:20:20 - Parrot reveals Starck-designed Zik Bluetooth touch-activated headset, Zikmu Solo wireless tower speaker (hands-on)
00:27:15 - MakerBot goes big with Replicator 3D printer
00:32:00 - Sharp 8K Super Hi-Vision LCD, 4K TV and Freestyle wireless LCD HDTV hands-on
00:33:00 - Transformer Prime gets a fresh serving of Ice Cream Sandwich, we go hands-on
00:45:44 - LG Google TV and Magic Remote Qwerty hands-on
00:46:10 - Ceton previews multi-room DVR and Echo extender (hands-on)
00:48:22 - Sony fights the OLED future with new 'Crystal LED' prototype (Update: Hands-on!)
00:51:15 - Hands-on with NVIDIA-powered Audi Connect
00:53:20 - Toshiba Portege M930 prototype hands-on (video)
00:57:10 - Sony announces another in the Xperia line: the Xperia S
00:58:45 - NXP gesture smart card adds another layer of security to NFC data, we go hands-on (video)
00:59:25 - 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 gets Tegra-powered multi-function displays (video)
01:02:45 - Ainovo $79 Novo7 Paladin Ice Cream Sandwich tablet hands-on
01:06:45 - Two Sony MirrorLink car stereos coming in Q2, along with compatible Samsung smartphones (hands-on video)
01:08:38 - Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga convertible tablet runs Windows 8, is set to arrive later this year for 'around $1,000'


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Retrobit RetroDuo portable and RetroPort hands-on

Inspired, perhaps, by the fruits of Ben Heck's dual-console handheld dreams, Retrobit has retrofit their Retroduo NES / SNES hybrid game console to fit in your hand. The Retroduo Portable, a handheld SNES console shown for the first time at CES 2012, hopes to one-up Hyperkin's SupaBoy by adding support for classic NES games. We dropped by their booth to get a closer look.

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Ultrabook: The New Most Meaningless Word in Tech (Updated) [Laptops]

Although we weren't flooded by ultrabooks at CES to quite the extent we expected, the word itself was unavoidable. The skinny-sized laptops abounded, each alluring in its own way! That's when we realized that there's no such thing as an ultrabook. And we shouldn't pretend that there is. More »


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Google Chrome and Chromium add protection against malicious downloads

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Google Chrome already sports a number of security-minded features, from Incognito mode to a software sandbox which makes exploiting the browser a Herculean task. Now, Google has announced additional protection for Chromium and Chrome users.

Built upon the Safe Browsing API, the new feature introduces protection against malicious downloads. If a download link appears in the Safe Browsing blacklist, Chrome and Chromium will warn users against downloading -- a save button is still presented, of course, in case you're convinced a file is perfectly safe to download.

We'd like to see something a bit more eye-catching than the red warning icon -- like perhaps painting the entire bar red. Many of the people a feature like this aims to protect probably won't notice the icon or change in wording as they'll be focused on clicking the save button.

Google is initially making download protection available to Chrome dev channel users, and you'll likely see it in Canary and Chromium snapshot builds as well. After thorough testing, beta and stable users will be next in line.

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Android Central Editors' app picks for Jan 14, 2012

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Guess who's back?! Sorry about last week folks, we know you want your apps and all but we were busy getting ourselves ramped up for CES 2012. Either way we are back in action this week so let's hit the break together and check some out!

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White House responds to SOPA petition as hearing is delayed, DNS blocking on the outs

It's turned out to be a big weekend for those concerned about the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act. Yesterday came word that a key House hearing originally scheduled for Wednesday will be delayed until there is a "consensus" on the bill, and today the White House has issued an official statement on SOPA (and the Protect IP Act, its counterpart in the Senate) in response to a petition that drew thousands of signatures. While it doesn't go quite as far as to issue a firm veto threat from the President, it does lay out the administration's position in the clearest terms yet, including the condition that any proposed law "must not tamper with the technical architecture of the Internet through manipulation of the Domain Name System." That follows word late last week that Representative Lamar Smith and Senator Patrick Leahy would indeed pull the DNS provisions from SOPA and PIPA. The White House statement is less specific in other respects, but it broadly states that the administration will "not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet."

In related news, the planned blackouts to protest SOPA and PIPA only seem to be increasing, with the popular xda-developers forum recently announcing that it will go dark at 8AM on January 18th, and return either at 8PM or as soon as it's able to get 50,000 people to sign a pledge to contact their local Senator or Representative.

White House responds to SOPA petition as hearing is delayed, DNS blocking on the outs originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mozilla publishes name and shame list of slow Firefox add-ons, cracks down on tardy devs

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Mozilla, continuing its year-long crusade to speed up Firefox startup and shutdown times, has published a name and shame list of the Firefox's slowest add-ons.

The list is just one part of Mozilla's new efforts to highlight slow add-ons, and to help developers make their add-ons more efficient. Over the next two weeks, 'slow performance warnings' will be introduced in the add-on gallery so that users can see, before installation, which add-ons will slow down their browser. If that isn't enough to spur developers into cleaning up their add-ons, Mozilla has also begun reaching out to developers of slow add-ons with tips on how to improve add-on performance. Finally, add-on developers will soon have the ability to perform 'on-demand performance testing,' so that they can test their add-on before it's deployed publicly.

Mozilla reports that the average Firefox add-on slows down Firefox's start-up time by 10% -- which means, if you install 10 add-ons, you will double your start-up time. On fast desktop PCs that kind of slowdown might be negligible, but on older computers, laptops and smartphones, it could be the difference between a 5 and 10 second startup. Mozilla has obviously realized that while massive performance gains might've been made with Firefox 4, the addition of third-party add-ons can destroy any user-perceived improvements.

In other news, Mozilla says that a future build of Firefox will block the installation of add-ons (such as toolbars) by third-party software. Add-ons and toolbars that are bundled in this way will require explicit approval when you next open up Firefox. Hooray!

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