Dropbox beta updates to 1.0.9.3

If you are a Dropbox for Android user, and enjoy checking out the latest and greatest in all Android applications, you will be happy to know that the application has been updated. They have announced version 1.0.9.3, which added additional language support, along with Honeycomb support, and a number of additional fixes that are to be found publicly in version 1.1. Some of these fixes include:

• Lock Code now protects your Dropbox from prying eyes.
• Better checking for file modifications before uploading
• Displays error message when SD card is full
• Removed permission to read phone state and identity, since it's no longer needed.
• Added permission to prevent phone from sleeping, so uploads & downloads finish when your screen turns off.
• Mobile Tour gives an overview of Dropbox features on first login.

For full details, and download links be sure to head over to the Dropbox forums. [Dropbox]

Dropbox beta updates to 1.0.9.3 posted originally by Android Central

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Color vulnerable to simple GPS hack, lets you spy on anyone, anywhere

Color, the $41-million-in-funding location-oriented photo sharing startup, is susceptible to simple GPS spoofing. With nothing more than a jailbroken iPad or iPhone, you can use FakeLocation to trick Color into thinking you're somewhere else. Within seconds you can be browsing photos that were snapped thousands of miles away. With a little digging, you can pore through photos not intended for your eyes.

Of course, such a hack isn't illegal as such -- every photo you take with Color is public. With FakeLocation you are simply circumventing Color's very limited location-oriented security mechanism. It does undermine Color's usefulness (and uniqueness), though -- if nefarious types can sit in their bedroom or basement and eavesdrop on classy dinner parties and wild night club soirees, people might be less inclined to share personal photos with those around them.

Fortunately, both for Color and its users, this is an easy security hole to plug -- at least in the short term. The app (or server-side) code simply checks to see if the user has 'teleported' an impossibly large distance, without any intermediate steps in between. In the long term, though, Color's users must be aware that its social graph is completely public. Color's users must realize that every photo they upload is visible by anyone, from any place.

After the break, just to elucidate a little on Color's actual business model and ultimate intention, we have two amazing quotes from Bill Nguyen, Color's founder.

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Water Leak Alarms Will Make Your Neighbors Hate You Even More

You have a smoke alarm, right? And maybe even a burglar alarm. But do you have a water alarm? Probably not.
The Water Leak Alarm is ready to join the bevvy of paranoia-salving gadgets in your home. Place one next to a washing machine, in the basement or anywhere else that water is likely to leak, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/water-leak-alarms-will-make-your-neighbors-hate-you-even-more/

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AT&T Offering Complete 'Mobile Protection'...Apple Products Notwithstanding [Blip]

If you're an AT&T customer and don't own an iPhone/iPad, you can pay $10 a month and AT&T will help you out if your phone is lost/stolen/damaged, if you could use tech support, or if your missing phone needs locating. [BGR] More »

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HeLauncher for Android offers 10 different home screen styles including HTC Sense, Motorola Blur

Picking an Android launcher is tricky business. Most of them have so many features and config options that it takes a matter of weeks to learn all of their intricacies -- and you can't possibly know which one suits your needs without trying out a few!

HeLauncher, by offering no less than 10 different home screen styles, gives you a simpler way of finding a home screen that suits your style. This isn't to say that HeLauncher emulates the features of Android launchers like ADW or LauncherPro; rather, it makes your phone look like it's running HTC Sense or Motorola Blur (MOTOBLUR).

In terms of actual features, HeLauncher doesn't do much. It offers resizable widgets, which are fairly cool, and drop-icons-on-trash-can-to-uninstall, but that's about it.

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Daily Crunch: Rocket Ski Edition

For Your Friday: Skiing With A Jetpack On Use A Body Cap And Some Foil To Make Your DSLR A Pinhole Camera Double Rainbow, In Your Room NES Classic River City Ransom Finally Getting A Real Sequel Nursery Rhymes Storytime Reminds You Of The Blasted, Lunar Hellscape That Is Your Life

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/19/daily-crunch-rocket-ski/

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Gadget Lab Notes: 8-Bit Camera App Snaps Game Boy Camera-Style Photos

8-Bit Pocket Camera App Wastes Your Smartphone?s Megapixels for Fun Photos
5-megapixel cameras, 8-megapixel cameras? Totally unnecessary?at least that?s what the makers of the 8-Bit Pocket Camera app want you to think. This $1 iOS app lets you take 200 x 200 tiffs reminiscent of the pictures (and quality) that the Game Boy Camera used to [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/notes-8-bit-camera-app/

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QR Codes: Goodbye and Good Riddance [Rip]

With the great NFC race looming, Google is axing support for QR Codes in their Places service. QR codes made a noble play for the hearts and minds of nerds, but honestly, I hope this is the first step towards their complete and utter annihilation. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/5If2UHPwemw/qr-codes-goodbye-and-good-riddance

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Chrome 11 goes beta, adds hardware-accelerated 3D CSS and HTML5 speech input

Google Chrome 11 has arrived on the beta channel, and while there's not a lot reported in Google's official release post there have been a few important additions. As we've come to expect from Chrome version bumps, both the Webkit core and V8 JavaScript engine have been updated and tweaked for better performance. GPU-accelerated 3D CSS transforms and compositing are now enabled as well, allowing for richer, smoother Web visuals.

Chrome 11 adds HTML5 Speech Recognition, improving accessibility, and no doubt leading to Web apps which mimic certain mobile apps like Google Voice Search. Chrome 11's Speech Recognition worked quite well in our testing, and you can give it a go yourself by visiting this demo page.

Mac users will also find that Tab Overview has been enabled by default, Chrome 11 also includes improved support for the newer MacBooks' accelerometer. Finally, there's an experimental New Tab Page designed for touchscreens which you can enable on about:flags.

If you're on the beta channel already, you should be upgraded to Chrome 11 automatically. Want to install manually? Grab the Google Chrome 11 beta from this page.

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How to edit your comments on Facebook

Facebook recently rolled out an update to its commenting system. Now, instead of pressing Comment, you simply press the Enter key to save a comment. More excitingly, however, Facebook silently rolled out another new feature at the same time: you can now edit comments!

If you comment on a friend's status update, link or photo, you can now press the 'X' in the top right corner to edit it. Your comment instantly turns into a text box where you can alter what you've written; then just press Enter to save it again.

There are some caveats, though! First, if someone comments after you, your comment is locked; you can still delete it, but you can't edit. Second, there seems to be some kind of time limit on editing. The editing window might be as short as 60 seconds. Still, for those of you that have 'accidentally' submitted comments by pressing Enter, the ability to edit is a godsend.

It's also worth noting that everyone still gets email (and SMS!) notifications when you comment, and when you edit comments.

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This iPad 2 Is a Plasticine Dream [Video]

My expected iPad 2 delivery date is sometime in late April. Torture! In the meantime, I might just have to make myself one of these adorable stop-motion Plasticine models. After all, they come with Maps, Cut the Rope, Garage Band—pretty much everything you need for a full iOS experience. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/8uOXzK8TDQY/this-ipad-2-is-a-plasticine-dream

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A Kid Turned His Jeans Into a Pair of Drums [Drums]

This kid is genius! Aseem Mishra, a 17-year-old Brit, designed a pair of jeans that could be used as a drum kit. So when he wears his jeans and starts drumming his lap, well, it sounds like the drums. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/DoRvHq9ve_E/a-kid-turned-his-jeans-into-a-pair-of-drums

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