Martha Stewart Living Magazine for iPad

Martha Stewart Living magazine app is now available for iPad.� The app is free, and you can download a free special edition of the Martha Stewart Living magazine.� Monthly issues are available for in-app purchase for $3.99 an issue.� Right now, there is no subscription option.� I downloaded the free issue last night, and the [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/01/29/martha-stewart-living-magazine-for-ipad/

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Insidia is a dark-yet-forgiving platformer -- Time Waster

So you're an alien, tooling around in free space in your little spaceship... when suddenly, disaster strikes! Your craft is hit by a meteor, and you're forced to crash-land on an unfamiliar, dark planet.

That's where Insidia starts off. Now that you're on the planet, you have to navigate its complex maze of rooms and corridors in search of repair kits for your craft. Once you find all ten repair kits, you'd be able to leave the planet (and win the game).

Unlike many other platformers, Insidia is not linear. As you progress through the game, you reveal more and more passages and rooms, but you also go through some places more than once. When you hit M you get a nice map that shows everywhere you've been so far and gives you a sense of how much is still to be explored.

As you walk around, you find items that improve your abilities (a double-jump power-up, for example). And when something kills you, you just respawn at the last "save point", with all of your items and abilities intact. I love that, because it means dying is not a big deal - it's just a part of the game, and it doesn't make you feel like you're failing.

All in all, this is a platformer I could certainly spend some time with.

Insidia is a dark-yet-forgiving platformer -- Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AV-Test year-end report shows exponential growth of malware

Now, we don't need fancy graphs to tell us that malware is all over the place -- but it's certainly eye-opening to see just how bad the problem has gotten. Unique samples gathered by AV-Test Labs this year nearly doubled in 2010 -- to almost 20 million, up from 12 million in 2009. That's no doubt due to the ever-morphing horde of rogue applications, which now include bogus system tune-up software in addition to the traditional fake antivirus programs we have come to despise.

Thankfully, security vendors have really stepped up their game in the last two years. Clearly they're going to need to keep churning out smarter, more adaptive, and just plain better apps to keep users protected.

Those of you who want to read the full report can download the Excel sheet, courtesy Sunbelt Software.

AV-Test year-end report shows exponential growth of malware originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AppSumo Supercharge OS X bundle giveaway

Hopefully you read our review of the AppSumo Supercharge OS X bundle over the weekend. Sam has now been playing with the bundle for a few days -- in fact, the only sound emanating from his padded room in the Download Squad bunker is the gentle, rhythmic chanting of sumo, sumo, sumo -- and at the bargain price of $14, he really can't see a reason to not buy the bundle.

Unless, of course, you win our giveaway! We have 10 copies of the excellent AppSumo Supercharge OS X bundle to give away. You can enter the giveaway by simply leaving a comment. Full terms and conditions follow after the break.

Bear in mind, if you really want the bundle, you only have 36 hours left to buy it. You can still enter the giveaway -- and if you win, you can give your license keys to friends and family!

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AppSumo Supercharge OS X bundle giveaway originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Stalk Gizmodo and Its Staff on Twitter, Avoid Restraining Orders [Promotion]

Wondering what particularly excites and entertains us? Find out by following Gizmodo and its staff on Twitter! You'll see all the goofy thoughts and photos you might not find on the site. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/pSbt6APomGE/stalk-gizmodo-and-its-staff-on-twitter-avoid-restraining-orders

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CrunchGear Week in Review: Space Escape Edition

Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear: Minimalist Turntable Plays Your Records Minimally Pure Black Knife Set Is Evil-Looking, Tasteful Concept USB Drive/Battery Is At Least Clever Video: Kinect-Controlled Mini Humanoid Build Your Own Heli-Rocket For $5

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/24/week-in-review-space-escape/

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AnyLeaf Aggregates And Delivers Personalized Grocery Store Deals

For decades, my mother and grandmother have both religiously scanned the weekly coupon books and circulars that arrive in the weekend newspaper. While clipping coupons can be tedious, grocery stores' weekly deals can often take out a significant chunk of change of the weekly food bill. Of course, as print couponing becomes obsolete, many consumers are looking to the web for deals at their local grocery stores. Today, Y Combinator-backed AnyLeaf is launching its intelligent grocery deal aggregator to the public. AnyLeaf scours local grocery store sites in the San Francisco Bay area and aggregates all the deals from these stores, including CVS, Lucky, Nob Hill, Raley's, Safeway, Target, and Walgreens. You simply enter your zipcode and email address, and AnyLeaf will send you a weekly email with deals from the local grocery stores near you.

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Ask a VC: John O?Farrell Gives Tips on Deal Making, Advice to Would-Be VCs (TCTV)

This week's Ask a VC has a different twist, since we had a different kind of VC on the show, John O'Farrell Andressen Horowitz's guru on business development and deal-making. The questions you asked O'Farrell are below. As usual, feel free to watch the whole show or use the links to skip ahead to your question. "Have you ever invested in a single employee startup? Would this be a situation in which you guys would make a deal?"

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How to change the screen time-out on Android

This week's tips series was all about Android, highlighting some the operating system's built-in utilities, and better ways of getting stuff done. For other technology tips, check our Tips index.

Earlier today, I was helping my brother set up his new Motorola Defy. While the phone itself was quite nice (and tough), the screen kept turning off after just a few seconds of idle time. It was starting to drive us crazy, but after quickly poking through the settings we fixed it. Here's how:

1) Go to Settings > Display

2) Tap Screen timeout

3) Tap the timeout value you wish to use

Of course there's a trade-off between convenience and battery life - having the screen time out after two whole minutes can be nice, but your battery may not last very long. And while you're here, you can also easily adjust your display's brightness.

This tip wraps up this week's Tips series. What would you like to see next week? Let me know in the comments!

How to change the screen time-out on Android originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mark Zuckerberg meets the fake Mark Zuckerbergs on Saturday Night Live (video)

Mark Zuckerberg, the man who invented poking and the subject of a major motion picture in 2010 just met his nemeses on the set of Saturday Night Live. No, not the Winklevoss twins, we're talking Jesse Eisenberg, the man nominated for an Academy Award after playing Zuckerberg in The Social Network. Toss in Andy Samberg and we've got a comically uncomfortable situation from Web 2.0's very personification of awkward. All hail the Zuck Bergs!

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Mark Zuckerberg meets the fake Mark Zuckerbergs on Saturday Night Live (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/30/mark-zuckerberg-meets-the-fake-mark-zuckerbergs-on-saturday-nigh/

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Microsoft readying official Kinect SDK for Windows

Microsoft, according to (you guessed it!) sources familiar with its plans, is preparing to release the official Kinect SDK for Windows. This follows the release of the official Windows drivers last month from Microsoft Kinect's manufacturer, PrimeSense.

The release of an official SDK doesn't have immediate repercussions, but it does strongly hint at a gesture-controlled future for Windows 8. With over 8 million Kinects sold in just 60 days, and with Windows' almost complete penetration of the consumer market, there's a big potential market for Windows software that can utilize Kinect -- and, who knows, by the time Windows 8 rolls around in 2012 or 2013, maybe every household will already have a Kinect just waiting to be plugged in.

If you haven't seen it yet, take a look at the Kinect-powered Minority Reportesque user interface. With this SDK, it could be just a matter of weeks before similar software appears for Windows, in the form of an easy-to-install MSI.

Microsoft readying official Kinect SDK for Windows originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/01/17/microsoft-readying-official-kinect-sdk-for-windows/

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Facebook temporarily removes developer access to your home address and mobile number

Facebook, after a quiet announcement of the new home address and mobile phone access permissions, has made a quick about-turn. Citing some "useful feedback," Facebook has decided to to make changes "to help ensure you only share this information when you intend to do so."

The feature, which will be re-enabled in a few weeks, will allow Facebook app developers to request both your home address and mobile phone number. The changes being made will hopefully involve a bold, explicit warning in the Request for Permission boxes -- the boxes that you click through to use a new app -- but hopefully there are some better solutions on the table, too.

Ideally, Facebook would give us the option of securing your details permanently, from your Privacy Settings page. There should be a check box that simply says "never give my home address out" -- but that might be a little too hopeful.

Facebook temporarily removes developer access to your home address and mobile number originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/01/18/facebook-temporarily-removes-developer-access-to-your-home-addre/

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Runkeeper Pro fitness app now free for life

When Runkeeper Pro was made free for a limited time earlier this month, downloads of the app went through the roof. If you were worried that you missed your opportunity to grab one of the most popular mobile fitness apps ever at no charge, we've got good news. Yes, Runkeeper Pro is going to remain a free download.

According to the official announcement, there are other big things coming in 2011 which will "benefit all of you." Well, all of you who enjoy (or at least tolerate) running, that is.

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Runkeeper Pro fitness app now free for life originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How?d Sequoia Let Yuri Milner Grab this Sweetheart Y Combinator Deal?

Earlier tonight, Mike posted a bombshell that must have made super angels shudder. Not content with the grenade he threw into the late-stage investing world with aggressive investments in Facebook, Groupon and Zynga, tonight Yuri Milner announced a new partnership with Ron Conway that offers similar you'd-be-crazy-not-to-take-this-deal terms for every Y Combinator company. But you know who might be even more bummed by the news than the super angels? Sequoia Capital. The top Valley firm led Y Combinator's last funding, less than one year ago. At $8.5 million, this was a big step up for Y Combinator, dramatically allowing it to expand how many startups it could let into its incubator. And it should have been a big advantage for Sequoia too: A way to see a crop of new deals early in an increasingly competitive investing landscape, where most VCs are being shut out of early rounds by super angels. It seems Milner stole the opportunity right out from under Sequoia.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/j9HkSJyxaQE/

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Case with Bluetooth Keyboard

Many people love the convenience of their tablet devices, but they don’t love using the virtual keyboards for typing long emails or documents.� You can always pair up your tablet with one of the many Bluetooth keyboards available, but where’s the fun in that?� Brando has a case with an integrated Bluetooth keyboard for Samsung [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/01/26/samsung-galaxy-tab-case-with-bluetooth-keyboard/

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Stalk Gizmodo and Its Staff on Twitter, Avoid Restraining Orders [Promotion]

Wondering what particularly excites and entertains us? Find out by following Gizmodo and its staff on Twitter! You'll see all the goofy thoughts and photos you might not find on the site. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/pSbt6APomGE/stalk-gizmodo-and-its-staff-on-twitter-avoid-restraining-orders

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Kongregate Arcade pulled from the Android Market for violating terms

While it might be packed with casual gaming fun, Kongregate Arcade for Android also violates Google's terms and conditions for distributing apps in the Android Market. Our brothers at Joystiq got word that Arcade was pulled because an app isn't allowed to distribute other apps. Sure, the game devs could repackage their Flash games and post them to the Market individually, but Kongregate's one-stop solution just didn't pass muster with Google.

You can still download Kongregate Arcade from the source. You'll need to flip the Unknown sources switch on your Android device under Settings > Applications, then download the .APK.

Kongregate Arcade pulled from the Android Market for violating terms originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Silhouetter Turns Your Photos into iPod Ads

Oddly, the Silhouetter app for the iPad and iPhone doesn’t mention its “inspiration” anywhere in its description. But then, it doesn’t really need to, so obvious is the “homage” to the iconic iPod ads.
That said, the app is actually pretty cool in a single-serve kind of way. You choose a photo from your camera-roll, pinch [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/silhouetter-turns-your-photos-into-ipod-ads/

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The Video Game Controllers You Might Not Want... Until You Use Them [Power A]

The people who make unusual game products like a Wii Remote that can be customized with LEGO blocks—one of their more successful video game controllers—can sometimes make a controller better than Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft, I've learned. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/KkXc3e_s7Uc/the-video-game-controllers-you-might-not-want-until-you-use-them

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Berzerk Ball is a nerd-flinging Time Waster

What you see in the screenshot above is a geek hurtling through the edge of space, so fast and so high that it looks as though he's re-entering the atmosphere on his way back to earth. That shot, by the way, ended up being around the 30,000' mark.

And yes, that's what you do on Berzerk Ball. The protagonist is a very pretty lady with a very large bat, and her job is to fling geeks as high and far into space as humanly possible.

And when I say "geeks" I mean "a geek", really, because it appears to be the same one over and over again - once he lands, he just starts walking back, muttering inane comments culled from actual blogs along the way.

Basic controls are elementary: You just click the mouse twice - once for controlling the angle, and again for controlling the power of the shot. Once the geek is airborne, you can exert a bit of influence over his trajectory using the left and right arrow keys. That may come in handy, because there are power-ups you can collect along the way, and robots you can land on (who then toss you ever farther on your merry way).

As you get better you can level up and buy different bats and power-ups to fling your geek ever farther. I'm not sure how long this game can stay interesting, but it might keep you amused during a phone call with a particularly irritating nerd.

Berzerk Ball is a nerd-flinging Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fantastic Plastic, Part 1: Polymers in Computing

Not all polymers are plastics, but all plastics are polymers. And organic polymer plastics, known mostly for being insulators, in some cases make excellent conductors and semiconductors. The term "all-polymer semiconductor" sounds almost like an oxymoron. Plastic is generally considered a poor medium for conducting electricity and an excellent material to resist the flow of electric current and magnetism.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71727.html

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Daily Crunch: Concept Edition

CrunchGear Drives GM?s Autonomous EN-V Concept Vehicle Hands-on With the Orbitix Sphero Best In Show: The Reese?s Peanut Butter Cup Minis CES WTF: The TV Hat Windoro: The Magnetic Window-Washing Robot

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/08/daily-crunch-concept/

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Outlet Eject Buttons: For the Sake of Old People Everywhere [Concepts]

Does your old person have trouble unplugging power cords from their sockets? Fear not! This award winning student design can see to it that, with a simple eject button, your grandma's osteoporotic fingers need not suffer unplugging her computer again. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/1RZlnq__rO8/outlet-eject-buttons-for-the-sake-of-old-people-everywhere

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