How Angry Birds Is Becoming the Next Super Mario

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You can’t go a day without hearing someone mention Angry Birds.
Fans on Twitter share pictures of cakes they decorated with the Angry Birds characters. On YouTube, parents [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/app-stars-angry-birds/

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Tiny Document Scanner Banishes Paper Forever

You hate paper, but you hate scanners even more. After all, a bill, invoice or business card can at least be stuffed in a box, out of sight, and remain lost until you brave the dust years later as you desperately try to find that one essential receipt. Scanners, on the other hand, take [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/tiny-document-scanner-banishes-paper-forever/

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A Blind Man Drove a Car at Daytona International Speedway [Cars]

Mark Riccobono is legally blind. But that doesn't stop him from trying to enjoy life. Today, thanks to tactile technology, he became the first blind man to drive around the track at Daytona International Speedway. More »

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Minimize all inactive windows in Windows 7 with a quick keyboard shortcut

This week, we're running a series of keyboard tips and tricks that help you make the most of Windows 7. To see the previous tips, check our Tips index.

Sometimes you may find yourself in the middle of a working day with your desktop cluttered by a zillion open windows. This can be distracting and make it difficult to focus on what you're doing right now. If you like using your mouse, you could use Aero Shake; just click the title bar of the window you're trying to focus on, and "shake" it around (move it from side to side quickly). All other windows would minimize, and you'd be left with just the window you want to see. But since this series is about the keyboard, here's how you do it without touching the mouse: hit Win+Home and every inactive window instantly minimizes. Presto! [Hitting Win+Home again un-minimizes every window! -Ed]

Come back tomorrow for the next keyboard tip, or, if you'd like to read a whole bunch at once, check out Sebastian's epic list.

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Minimize all inactive windows in Windows 7 with a quick keyboard shortcut originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How Can 3D Artworks Made Only From Painted Glass Creep Me Out So Much? [Art]

You can keep your overpriced, eyeball-hurting 3DTVs, Sony, LG and Samsung—I'm investing in a couple of David Spriggs' 3D artworks instead. The British-Canadian artist paints using acrylic, layering sheets of glass like Dexter's box of blood slides. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Lc7KjIu5ifA/how-can-3d-artworks-made-from-only-painted-glass-creep-me-out-so-much

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HP's webOS Products Will Be Here Sooner Than We Thought [WebOS]

In a recent BBC interview, HP CEO Leo Apotheker said that we won't have long to wait after the company's big Feb. 9th webOS announcement before we can actually buy the products. The HP-branded devices are expected "within weeks" of the event. And if those tablets are as awesome as they look, well, the sooner the better, Leo. [BBC via Engadget] More »

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It's How Big? 12 Comparisons of Large Objects [Oobject]

Because just telling you that the Independence of the Seas is 19 meters taller than the Chrysler Building isn't nearly as effective. This collection of infographics from our friends at Oobject sizes up some exceptionally large items. More »

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Nikon patents DSLR camera / projector, high-end photographers may get to join the projection party

Nikon's done the projector-in-a-camera thing before, but the S1100pj was aimed at the compact digital camera crowd. In what appears to be an effort to take its game to the next level, the company has obtained a Japanese patent for a way to give a DSLR those same mythical projector capabilities. Though the patent's english detailed description states that images are "projected on the screen of the photographing instrument exterior via the eyepiece of an electronic view finder," something may have been lost in translation -- the drawings show the projection coming out of the camera's lens, and our hopes and dreams won't let us see anything else. Regardless of how the thing works, we hope that Nikon puts it into production soon, as we -- proud members of the "serious" photo-snapping crowd -- would like to share our pics at parties, too. Hit up the source link for the translated patent documents, but be aware that the link won't work in Chrome (IE or Firefox only) and you'll need to put in "A" for the Kind code and "2011-10098" in the Number field to get them. What, you thought surfing the world wide web was easy?

Nikon patents DSLR camera / projector, high-end photographers may get to join the projection party originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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