| Archos MW13 'FamilyPad' opens up to the FCC, bares its 13-inch soul Aug 15th 2012, 13:46  Archos has already been targeting kids with its Child Pad slate, and now it looks like it's going after mom and pop, too. A recent FCC filing of a slate emblazoned with "Family Pad" shows a large tablet (13.3-inches according to the manual) that will apparently come in other -- hopefully smaller -- sizes. Likewise, there appears to be 8- and 16GB variants, 802.11n wireless, and an Allwinner A10 processor. The Android tablet also has a memory card slot for adding up to another 32GB, as well as a pair of USB ports, HDMI, and front- and rear-facing cameras. This choice of processor suggests it'll be reasonably gentle on the pocket whenever it comes out, which considering it's at the FCC, could be soon. Filed under: Tablet PCs Archos MW13 'FamilyPad' opens up to the FCC, bares its 13-inch soul originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  FCC | Email this | Comments | | Plex brings extra hustle to Android, remote control to Google TV, Ouya support, ponies for everyone Aug 15th 2012, 13:24  Media server all-rounder Plex has just rolled out a raft of goodies for Android and Google TV in its latest release, version 2.2.1.2. If you notice more pep in its step, the maker said on its blog that "yep, this is a performance and stability release," adding that image and page load times in particular have been boosted. The other major upgrade is the addition of Plex iOS or Android remote control support for Plex on Google TV, letting you couch surf with smartphone in hand. It was also revealed recently by Ouya that Plex would be supported on its Android gaming console as soon as it's released. Feel free to hit the source to find the new version, then the sofa -- but forget about the pony, you can't have everything. Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Tablet PCs, Networking Plex brings extra hustle to Android, remote control to Google TV, Ouya support, ponies for everyone originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Plex Blog | Email this | Comments | | Canonical launches Ubuntu One referrals program, lets you earn cloud storage one friend at a time Aug 15th 2012, 13:00  If you're rich in buddies, but poor in cloud storage space, Canonical will let you turn those relations into megabytes with its new Ubuntu One referrals program. If you didn't want to pay before, you could get up to 5GB of storage, with an upgrade to 20GB available for $30 per year. Now, you can use the new link on the service's web dash to tell your contacts all about it via Twitter, Facebook or email. For each one that signs up, you'll get an extra 500MB, gratis, as will your newly clouded pal. However, if you're thinking you can leverage that fat Twitter list into terrabytes of offsite storage joy, think again -- the limit is 40 invites, or 20GB. Still, that's that's not bad compared to the competition and other referral programs, so check the source to see how to start. Filed under: Internet, Software Canonical launches Ubuntu One referrals program, lets you earn cloud storage one friend at a time originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Canonical Blog | Email this | Comments | | HTC CEO issues rallying call to staff, tells them to 'kill bureaucracy' Aug 15th 2012, 12:39  HTC's Peter Chou is having his own "burning platform" moment after sending a company-wide email, leaked to Bloomberg, entitled "We are coming back." The CEO, shocked at recent sales dips has talked of a company lacking "decision, strategic direction or [a] sense of urgency" and requested that employees should "kill bureaucracy." He praised the success of the well-lauded One X, but said that the company's own "processes, rules and norms" could be stumbling blocks, instead urging employees to "follow rules and criteria, but don't let small things kill the major goals." The missive has already been confirmed as real by an HTC spokesperson, who probably promptly burned a stack of TPS reports to demonstrate their commitment. Continue reading HTC CEO issues rallying call to staff, tells them to 'kill bureaucracy' Filed under: Cellphones HTC CEO issues rallying call to staff, tells them to 'kill bureaucracy' originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  ZDNet | Bloomberg | Email this | Comments | | Curiosity survives brain transplant, prepares for first drive Aug 15th 2012, 12:18  If you thought your OTA update took too long, how about four days? That's how long the Curiosity "brain transplant" took, and is now finally complete. This now means that the main computers have switched over from landing mode, to surface mode -- and thus we hope -- meaning the rover's good to go. That said, it's still a painfully slow process, with Curiosity's wheels likely remaining steadfastly motionless for at least another week -- and even then we're looking at a trip of just a few meters. When it comes to interplanetary travel, though, slow and steady definitely wins the race -- in the meantime, you can soak up the view. Filed under: Science Curiosity survives brain transplant, prepares for first drive originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Space.com | Email this | Comments | |
