Looking for that last minute Halloween prop to make your entrance complete? How about this head in a jar?
All you need is a large jar, and a dead body. If the body isn’t available you might try a printer and Google.
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Original post by Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women
Filed under: Announcements
You′ve already heard our impassioned plea; we won’t go over that again. You know all the details of the challenge; we’re not going to rehash them here. This is just a quick heads up that today is your last chance to contribute to the Engadget Energizes Education charity drive on DonorsChoose.org, as well as a gentle reminder that we’re still far from our goal. Forty-nine generous souls have banded together to donate almost $6,800 as of this writing, funding a variety of projects that will impact over one thousand disadvantaged public school children. But our goal is $25,000, meaning that as it stands, thousands of additional students will go without the critical technology they need to start life on an even playing field. Please, do whatever you can to help this worthy cause reach as many young lives as possible. Thanks for your time, and your selflessness.
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Original post by Evan Blass
BaCa writes with a link indicating that a survey of white collar US workers shows that something like a third of all employees break IT policies. Of those, almost a sixth actually used P2P technologies from their work PCs. Overall, the survey indicates workers aren′t overly concerned about any kind of security: “The telephone survey found that 65% of white-collar professionals are either not very concerned or not concerned at all about their privacy when using a workplace computer. A surprising 63% are not very concerned or are not concerned at all about the security of their information while at work. Additionally, most employees have the misconception that these behaviors pose little to no risk to their companies.”
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Original post by Zonk
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Those waiting in tense anticipation for any of HP’s iPAQs could be twiddling their thumbs even longer. Amidst the recent delays (and subsequent clarifications) of the 110 and 210 comes news that a whole slew of the devices will not be shipping on time. Reportedly, HP Austria has confirmed to TamsPPC that the 110 won′t arrive until early next month, while the 200 series won′t land until January of next year. It gets worse — the 614 / 614c Business Navigator is purportedly delayed until next February, and the 914 / 914c isn’t set to arrive until the cows come home May of 2008. As for the 314, you can still expect it by the end of next month. Granted, we can’t confirm that Austria-based delays will necessarily affect America and the rest of the globe, but it certainly isn’t confidence instilling news, regardless.
 
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Original post by Darren Murph
Global IP Solutions (GIPS), today announced the release of its new VoIP softphone called REX. REX features multi-party instant messaging, advanced presence capabilities, voicemail and a comprehensible user-interface.
GIPS is well-known as one of the leading codecs that is licensed by third-party softphones, including Google Talk - and I might add Skype formerly utilized the GIPS codec. So it’s interesting that GIPS is now building their own softphone client. At first glance it would seem GIPS’ REX product would be competing against their softphone partners. However, REX can be rebranded and re-skinned to reflect the customers’ existing offerings. I guess it might be useful for companies that haven’t built their own softphone client, but I certainly don’t see Google Talk for instance throwing out all their existing software code to switch to REX.
I just noticed that their release also stated, "Current customers will be able to upgrade their existing softphone to this latest version." Huh? Is this saying that GIPS already offered a softphone called REX? I guess I didn’t know about it. I googled for GIPS REX and only see the news announcement for today and nothing previous. Will have to look into this further.
In any event, GIPS positioned REX as follows: “REX is a greatly enhanced communication tool that enables users the capability to communicate more efficiently and with higher security and quality than other softphones can offer. These capabilities are especially important for enterprise users who need to be able to connect to their corporate phone systems from anywhere there is an internet connection,” said Wendy Toth, Global IP Solutions Marketing Director. “The latest version of REX on PC also offers the ability to speak without the aid of a headset due to GIPS superior patented technology. Users with REX on Smartphone or PDAs can turn their device into a VoIP phone enabling cost-effective business communication over the Internet to talk worldwide with GIPS renowned voice-quality.”
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Original post by Eric
I was so excited to test out the I-Fly Vamp for Halloween. No, it’s not a robotic vampire (although that would be super cool). Rather, it’s an indoor/outdoor radio-controlled flying bat with flipping wings, glowing red LED eyes, and a remote controller. It’s made by the company Interactive Toy, and will ship in the US in November for $40 to $50.
Before its first flight, I loaded the remote controller with six AA batteries and charged the bat for about 20 minutes. Powering on the bat (there’s a switch on its underside), its eyes began to glow. I turned off the lights in my condo, grabbed the controller, pressed power, and was ready to freak out my boyfriend. I pressed the up button on the controller, and to my dismay, Vamp couldn’t fly. That’s every bats′ worst nightmare! I tried again and again to get the bat to fly, and still it just grazed the carpet, flapping its wings but never ascending into the air. Suddenly, it hit the wall with such great force that its tail broke off.
It’s tragic, really. It’s only made of styrofoam, and even though it comes with an extra set of wings, it’s no use once the tail has broken off; it was beyond repair. So this Halloween, I’m mourning the death of my R/C bat. I’ll miss you little guy.
Original post by Jen the Weird Hunter
An anonymous reader writes “Intel’s Skulltrail dual-socket enthusiast platform has been making the rounds on the web for half a year or so, but we haven’t seen many details yet. TG Daily got a close look at an almost complete prototype, which surely sounds almost like a production ready version, judging from the article. Everything that TG Daily describes sounds like Skulltrail PCs will be very limited in availability and insanely expensive. Intel also has said it has developed ’special’ Xeon processors with desktop processor attributes just for Skulltrail. These chips are currently running at a stable 5 GHz.”
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Original post by Zonk
Pulver Media’s Fall VON is the obese simian of voice-over-IP trade shows–at least in the US. Since Boston’s only an extended Amtrak nap away, I decided to hop up here today and sniff around. First clear trend:
First, VoIP vendors loooove SMBs and are ramping up a bunch of bundles and appliances to woo all you small biz readers. The shot above is an example of an ultra-appliance from Sutus.
Not only is the BC200 an Asterisk-based IP PBX with a For Dummies GUI built-in so you never have to deal with the command line; it’s also a:
* File server with two 250GB hard disks (mirrored and expandable, tho not hot-swap):
* Email server (based on Postfix):
* DHCP server:
* Stateful inspection firewall:
* VPN gateway:
* 10/100 Internet router & 8-port 10/100 PoE Ethernet switch:
* 802.11b/g access point (no 11n and no WPA2…yet)
Yeah, pretty much an office in a box–as long as your office is arond 25 users. You don’t buy this direct, but rather through one of Sutus’ resellers who not only do configuration, they can customize the mini-Web server and do remote management for you, too. Base cost for this box is under $7000, though you’ll need to buy your Polycom phone handsets (that’s the only brand currently recommended) and that plain-old-telephone-system (POTS) gateway (pictured on top of the B𐚀) separately. And tho the B𐚀 is the only box available now, Sutus said it was working on a smaller SOHO version for next year.
But appliances aren’t the only way VoIP vendors are batting their eyes at SMBs. End-to-end bundles are another. Networking companies like 3Com, Linksys and Netgear are teaming up with phone makers like Avaya, Polycom and…Linksys, to offer SMB buyers an all-in-one bundle covering the Internet gateway, PoE switches, IP PBX, phone handsets and sometimes even the phone service. It’s a brave new world Verizon.
Look for a review on the Sutus BC200 late next month. ‘Cause I just don’t have enough stuff on my bench. But we’ll need to do those bundles as a buyers’ guide or something. I need to get an intern.–Posted by Oliver Rist
Original post by Oliver Rist
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Been looking for a PMP that really snaps out of the mold and lightly dances into the realm of the truly daring… and your heart? Feast your eyes on the Shenzhen Shibang New Age Technology S1808 (no kidding), a brand new player that comes across like some retro-future, steampunk-meets-Gundam sidearm from the year 4000. The PMP is housed in a leather-esque casing with an ornate, shielded speaker — which certainly wins it a few points for originality. In reality, the player is nothing special, featuring a 1.8-inch, 160 x 120 screen, storage capacities ranging from 128MB to 2GB, an optional FM radio, and playback of a few of your favorite formats, like WAV, ASF, MP3, and WMA. Oh, yeah — it also has a place to attach a lanyard. No word on price or availability, or what kind of alien robot it transforms into.
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Original post by Joshua Topolsky
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Two and a half years of waiting, and two million plus copies later, Leopard has made its way into many a Mac — but are all its users completely satisfied? Probably not, but there’s still a lot to love. Apple really did a spot-cleaning on OS X this time, and virtually every nook and cranny of the system has been tweaked, tuned, modified — and in almost all cases improved. You don’t need a lengthy review from the likes of us: if you’re an Engadget reader and a Mac user, Leopard is a must-have. If you haven’t already snagged it (or just wanted to read over some of the news you may have missed) check out our coverage roundup below.
Leopard: impressions, features, hardware, questions, and the BSOD icon
All about Leopard: gallery, apps, impressions
Leopard vs. Vista: feature chart showdown
Mini How-To: Remove the Windows BSOD icon in Leopard, make OS X a little less smug
We’ve got Leopard, what do you want to know?
Leopard on an 8 year old G4 Power Mac — can it be done?
Sad Mac
RIP, Classic Mac OS: 1984 - 2007
Getting Leopard’s BSOD? Try uninstalling APE.
Apple halts Boot Camp downloads ahead of Leopard′s release
Everything else
Apple: 2 million copies of Leopard sold
Leopard reviews coming in, usual suspects agree: it’s all gravy
Leopard hacked for Intel PC consumption
Leopard: final features and further upgrade details
Poll: How do you want us to cover Leopard?
Rumble on
Poll: OS war, 2007
Nostalgia
Post-Tiger wishlist from way back in 2005 — we actually got some of the things we wanted!
Tiger Direct sues Apple over Tiger (and then calls it off)
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Original post by Ryan Block
Craig Maloney writes “Over the long history of Linux, there have been many different distributions. One of the most famous distributions, love it or hate it, is the Ubuntu distribution. Ubuntu has come quickly from being the new kid on the block with the Warty Warthog release (4.10) to the most recent release Gutsy Gibbon (7.10). In that three year span, Ubuntu has grown from a handful of enthusiasts and developers to a thriving worldwide community. The Official Ubuntu Book is the official book from Canonical, which describes not only the Ubuntu distributions, but also the community from which Ubuntu is derived.” Read below for the rest of Craig′s review.
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Original post by samzenpus
Since the “Kiss” group costume has been done to death we thought we′d share this original group costume idea:
It’s actually a a traveling exhibition of modern art.
Group costume idea - Link.
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Get a start on Hallween 2008 with our DIY HALLOWEEN 2007 edition from the editors of MAKE and CRAFT brings you 40-plus DIY projects for the holiday that’s made for makers. From the craftiest costumes to amazing animated props and the latest in computer-controlled haunted house effects - Link.
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Original post by Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We realize what day it is, but we’re pretty certain the FCC isn′t messing around on this one. Right on cue, regulators have “approved a rule that would ban exclusive agreements that cable television operators have with apartment buildings, opening up competition for other video providers that could eventually lead to lower prices.” The move was apparently “unanimously approved,” and Chairman Kevin Martin went on to say that there was simply “no reason that consumers living in apartment buildings should be locked into one service provider.” Not surprisingly, a spokeswoman for Comcast proclaimed that “many consumers were likely to wind up paying more for services if the FCC’s interference in the competitive marketplace stands,” but it’s fairly safe to assume Verizon and AT&T see things very differently.
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Original post by Darren Murph
Technical Writing Geek writes with a Reuters story about a collection of privacy groups looking to set up a ‘Do Not Track’ list online, similar to the ‘Do Not Call’ list meant to dissuade telemarketing. “Computer users should be notified when their Web surfing is tracked by online advertisers and Web publishers, argue the Consumer Federation of America, the World Privacy Forum and the Center for Democracy and Technology, among other groups in a coalition promoting the idea. Rather than burying privacy policies in fine print, companies should also disclose them more fully and provide easier ways to opt out, the groups said. The organizations submitted the proposals to the Federal Trade Commission, ahead of the consumer watchdog agency’s workshop on Nov. 1-2 to study the increasing use of tracking technology to target online ads.
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Original post by Zonk
Filed under: GPS
Man, it must feel mighty fantastic to be Tele Atlas right about now. Not even a month after TomTom finalized a whopping $2.5 billion offer to take the map maker over, Garmin — which currently relies on NAVTEQ maps — has come out swinging with a staggering $3.3 billion bid of its own. As expected, Tele Atlas is now taking a good hard look at both offers and examining its options, and some analysts are even suggesting that a bidding war could take the figure even higher. ‘Course, such a conjecture is easy to make when TomTom has already proclaimed that it would reply in some way “in the near future.” Bust out the blank checks — this one could get ugly (or very pretty, if you’re a Tele Atlas shareholder).
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Original post by Darren Murph
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