Visa brings contactless payments to Euro iPhones, dongle required for now

Thank you for using rssforward.com! This service has been made possible by all our customers. In order to provide a sustainable, best of the breed RSS to Email experience, we've chosen to keep this as a paid subscription service. If you are satisfied with your free trial, please sign-up today. Subscriptions without a plan would soon be removed. Thank you!

We're still some time away from iPhoners being able to tap cellies onto payment pads and walk off with purchases, though rumors and analysts and job postings all say that won't be for long. The lack of an NFC-equipped iPhone isn't stopping Visa from launching its Visa Mobile application for trials in Europe, which for now requires an external attachment, the (somewhat aged) iCarte accessory from Wireless Dynamics. With the app and the dongle users can start trying out phoney payments at various NFC-enabled terminals in Europe, presumably ahead of the release of a proper NFC-supporting iPhone sometime in the coming months. For now, though, is adding an extra inch to your handset more convenient than fumbling for a credit card? We'll let our European readers make that call.

Continue reading Visa brings contactless payments to Euro iPhones, dongle required for now

Visa brings contactless payments to Euro iPhones, dongle required for now originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Computerworld  |   | Email this | Comments

Tim Stevens 01 Feb, 2011

--
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/visa-brings-contactless-payments-to-euro-iphones-dongle-require/
~
Manage subscription | Powered by rssforward.com

Modder adds FPS-style ammo counter to automatic weapon

Thank you for using rssforward.com! This service has been made possible by all our customers. In order to provide a sustainable, best of the breed RSS to Email experience, we've chosen to keep this as a paid subscription service. If you are satisfied with your free trial, please sign-up today. Subscriptions without a plan would soon be removed. Thank you!

It may not be the first time than an actual weapon has been equipped with an FPS-style ammo counter (or Aliens pulse rifle-style, if you prefer), but this add-on device built by the DIY-minded Michael Ciuffo is certainly still plenty impressive enough to garner some attention on its own. It simply uses an accelerometer to detect the recoil from the gun, and it can apparently be adjusted for use on a variety of different weapons. What's more, Michael says that he's already gotten so many requests for one that he's planning on putting it into production. Head on past the break to check it out in action.

Continue reading Modder adds FPS-style ammo counter to automatic weapon

Modder adds FPS-style ammo counter to automatic weapon originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink SlashGear  |  MichaelCiuffo (YouTube)  | Email this | Comments

Donald Melanson 01 Feb, 2011

--
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/modder-adds-fps-style-ammo-counter-to-automatic-weapon/
~
Manage subscription | Powered by rssforward.com

InvisibleHand Alerts You When It Finds Cheaper Airfare [Downloads]

Thank you for using rssforward.com! This service has been made possible by all our customers. In order to provide a sustainable, best of the breed RSS to Email experience, we've chosen to keep this as a paid subscription service. If you are satisfied with your free trial, please sign-up today. Subscriptions without a plan would soon be removed. Thank you!

Browser extension InvisibleHand has long been great at subtly showing you the best prices for product searches, but now it can suggest cheaper alternatives when searching for airfare as well. More »

Brian Barrett 01 Feb, 2011

--
Source: http://lifehacker.com/5747965/invisiblehand-now-alerts-you-when-it-finds-cheaper-airfare
~
Manage subscription | Powered by rssforward.com

Google's Art Project: Tour the World's Finest Paintings In Eye-Blasting Resolution [Video]

Thank you for using rssforward.com! This service has been made possible by all our customers. In order to provide a sustainable, best of the breed RSS to Email experience, we've chosen to keep this as a paid subscription service. If you are satisfied with your free trial, please sign-up today. Subscriptions without a plan would soon be removed. Thank you!

Google has taken its street view cameras inside some of the world's most famous museums. The result? A stunningly high-resolution trove of paintings that would otherwise be an ocean away. And here's how they did it. More »

Brian Barrett 01 Feb, 2011

--
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5748665/googles-art-project-tour-the-worlds-finest-paintings-in-eye+blasting-resolution
~
Manage subscription | Powered by rssforward.com

Motorola's Atrix 4G HD Multimedia Dock spotted online next to a $60 price tag

Thank you for using rssforward.com! This service has been made possible by all our customers. In order to provide a sustainable, best of the breed RSS to Email experience, we've chosen to keep this as a paid subscription service. If you are satisfied with your free trial, please sign-up today. Subscriptions without a plan would soon be removed. Thank you!

We can't say we make a habit of checking out Fommy.com or Mobile City Online's digital shelves when searching for our mobile gear, but these obscure retailers look to be the first to come out with pricing for the Atrix 4G's HD Multimedia Dock. Fommy lists it as a straight up $59.95 charge, whereas its direct competitor is already discounting the cradle down to $49.99. Both are offering pre-orders only at this point, with no known dates of arrival, but at least we've got a ballpark figure to play with.

Motorola's Atrix 4G HD Multimedia Dock spotted online next to a $60 price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink MobileCrunch, Phone Arena  |  Fommy, Mobile City Online  | Email this | Comments

Vlad Savov 01 Feb, 2011

--
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/motorolas-atrix-4g-hd-multimedia-dock-spotted-online-next-to-a/
~
Manage subscription | Powered by rssforward.com

It's a Shame Kids Will Never Be Able to Afford Their Own Sesame Street iPad Cases [Ipad Cases]

Thank you for using rssforward.com! This service has been made possible by all our customers. In order to provide a sustainable, best of the breed RSS to Email experience, we've chosen to keep this as a paid subscription service. If you are satisfied with your free trial, please sign-up today. Subscriptions without a plan would soon be removed. Thank you!

Parents, don't heed the call of Elecom, Griffin and countless other purveyors of simple black cases. Now that Sesame Street has iPad and iPhone cases starting at $15, your kiddywinks won't accept anything less. [DreamGear via ChipChick via Technabob] More »

Kat Hannaford 01 Feb, 2011

--
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5748640/its-a-shame-kids-will-never-be-able-to-afford-their-own-sesame-street-ipad-cases
~
Manage subscription | Powered by rssforward.com

Another firmware update grants Roku owners USB channel, MKV containers come along

Thank you for using rssforward.com! This service has been made possible by all our customers. In order to provide a sustainable, best of the breed RSS to Email experience, we've chosen to keep this as a paid subscription service. If you are satisfied with your free trial, please sign-up today. Subscriptions without a plan would soon be removed. Thank you!

If you have a Roku player with a USB port, like the XDS above, you've been able to play media directly from USB storage for some time now using third-party channels. For whatever reason it's taken Roku this long to get an official USB playback channel on there, allowed in the latest firmware (2.9 build 1529) and finally available for download in the Channel Store. We're told that MKV playback has also been added, which might make watching those downloaded Top Gear episodes a little easier.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Another firmware update grants Roku owners USB channel, MKV containers come along originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  Roku Forums  | Email this | Comments

Tim Stevens 01 Feb, 2011

--
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/another-firmware-update-grants-roku-owners-usb-channel-mkv-cont/
~
Manage subscription | Powered by rssforward.com