Prototype Google Glasses spotted in the wild
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is photographed at a charity event sporting a pair of the augmented-reality specs.
Sergey wouldn't let me wear the Google Glasses but I could see they were flashing info to him. I so want one of these!
Google finally acknowledged yesterday that it was working on eyeglasses that could stream data to the wearer's eyes in real time. Google posted a video on YouTube showing someone wearing the glasses as he made his way around variety of Manhattan venues, receiving up-to-the-minute updates as information streamed into his glasses.
The video showed an Oakley-like metallic glasses frame curves around a person's forehead and is held up with nose pads. On the right of the frame was a thin device, presumably a small computer, and translucent screen just above and to the right of the right eye.
Word of the special glasses -- being touted by the company as Project Glass -- has apparently been a bit of an open secret for months on the Web giant's Mountain View, Calif., campus. Rumors began to spread last December that Google was working on high-tech glasses with a wearable head-up display that could tap into cloud-based location services and detail users' surroundings.
Disable Theater Mode On Facebook & Get The Old Photo Viewer [Firefox]
Some Facebook users are not really happy with the new Theatre Mode for viewing photos. This feature displays photos with a black background, similar to a slide show. So, if you don’t like it and want to browse photos the old way, then FB PhotoTheater Killer, a Firefox add-on powered by a Greasemonkey user script, disables the theatre effect of Facebook photos and albums. This handy add-on prevents opening of photos in the theatre mode and takes you back to the old style.
The Theatre Mode makes the page blur and photos are displayed in a slide show style, with comments to the right hand-side of the photo. While we find it aesthetically rather pleasing, a lot of users have had complaints with it.

After you’ve installed the add-on, you will notice that the photos are displayed with the old viewer. With it, you can browse Facebook just the way you used to.

FB PhotoTheater Killer is a handy add-on for people who don’t like the new photo viewer and would like to go back to old style. Install the add-on from the link below, give it a try and let us know what you think!
Best 5 digital cameras

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Nikon D7000 (body only)
Best prosumer dSLR
An excellent dSLR for experienced shooters or Nikon professionals looking for a relatively cheap option, the Nikon D7000 delivers on almost all counts, including the company's best shooting design to date.
Price: $1,196.95 - $1,459.95 (check prices)
4 starsExcellent
Canon EOS Rebel T3i (with 18-55mm IS II lens)
Best dSLR under $1000
For the money, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i is a great choice for dSLR videographers, and it's a solid choice for creative still shooters.
Price: $709.00 - $904.80 (check prices)
4 starsVery good
Canon PowerShot S95
Best prosumer compact
Though we'd like it to perform better, dSLR shooters looking for a sidekick camera will find the Canon PowerShot S95's top-flight photos and a full manual feature set worth the tradeoff of its compact size.
Price: $329.00 - $399.99 (check prices)
4 starsExcellent
Olympus PEN E-PL3 (Black, with 17mm lens)
Best interchangeable-lens compact
While it's not the best in any particular aspect, and you probably don't want to use it for video, the Olympus PEN E-PL3 offers an excellent balance of size, features, performance, and photo quality for the money.
Price: $637.98 - $699.99 (check prices)
4 starsExcellent
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V (Black)
Best consumer compact
Feature junkies in search of a compact megazoom should get the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V.
Price: $328.00 - $385.00 (check prices)
4 starsExcellent
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Next-gen iPhone, iPad could deliver 20 times the graphics power
(Credit: Apple)Such a leap in power would come courtesy of new graphics processing units developed by U.K.-based Imagination Technologies, which builds the GPUs for Apple's mobile products.
Announced at CES on Tuesday, Imagination's new PowerVR Series6 GPU core chip family is touted as providing 20 times or more of the performance of the current generation.
As a result, "it enables Imagination's partners to deliver amazing user experiences in devices from innovative 'natural' user interfaces to ultra-realistic gaming, as well as enabling new applications never before thought of from advanced content creation and image processing to sophisticated augmented reality and environment-aware solutions," Imagination said in press release.
With Apple as one of those partners, Imagination has created the GPUs built into the central processing units that drive the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Apple TV, notes AppleInsider. Those CPUs include the A5 chip found in the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, and the A4 chip in the iPhone 4 and the original iPad.
A test of the iPad 2's graphics performance found a huge leap in speed over that of the original iPad, offering a healthy boost for games and other graphics-heavy applications.
Apple even owns a chunk of Imagination Technologies, so it's a sure bet the new PowerVR Series6 will find their way into upcoming iPhones and iPads. The question is when.
The next-generation A6 chip that will reportedly power the iPad 3 could include the Series 6 GPUs, speculates AppleInsider. Imagination CEO Hossein Yassaie seems to be eyeing an aggressive rollout for the new graphics processor line, saying that "we have a very clear technology advantage and an exceptional roadmap for the PowerVR Series6 family which our partners can depend on."
But with the next iPad rumored to start shipping in March, the timing will be very tight if Apple wants to take advantage of Imagination's latest technology.
The latest buzz suggests that Apple supplier and iPad maker Pegatron Technologies has already started filling orders for the new tablet.
Sources in China have also reportedly told Japanese blog Macotakara that Foxconn Technology and Pegatron have both begun assembling the new iPad. But the sources said that Foxconn is taking on 85 percent of the load with Pegatron responsible for only the remaining 15 percent.
Another batch of rumors claims that Apple has chosen LG and Samsung to make the display panels for the iPad 3, thereby giving the bum's rush to Sharp, which reportedly failed to meet Apple's specifications.
With the iPad 3 likely to ship sometime in the first quarter, we can safely predict that the rumor mill will be heating up as we come closer to an expected launch.
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