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Open Question: Can anyone remember this commodore 64 game?

Can anyone tell me the name of this c64 game.... I used to play this back in 1992...... A dizzy style puzzle game where you can pick up, use and drop items. The main character is a dragon that can jump and breathe flame. There is a part of the game where you can travel over water as long as you have a life-ring and you need to collect a coin to pay a guard so you can cross a bridge. If you died you floated to the top of the screen wearing a halo! I can't remember the name of this game! Can anyone help? Thanks guys, but it's definately not Spyro. I played this game back in 1992, but think it was released before that, maybe as early as 1990, sure that Spyro was around way after that...... this was a basic puzzle style game, like the dizzy games made my codemasters. Also, the dragon was green but he couldn't fly, only breathe flame and jump. There were straw huts and coconut trees, I think you could knock the coconuts off the palm trees and then collect them.... That's every I can remember! Someone must know the title of this game! Please Help! I'm going crazy :-S

July 25, 2010 at 2:12 pm | click here to view more

Stop-motion movies and racing on water: iPhone apps of the week

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It's probably not a good sign that the first thing people ask me when they notice I'm holding an iPhone 4 is always something about how I deal with the reception issues. I've said here before that I have yet to experience dropped calls or any other issues related to "Antennagate" (yeesh, will we--as a society--ever receive over the whole "Whatevergate" meme?), but that's probably largely just luck; maybe I'm fortunate that where I go in my daily life is covered pretty well by AT&T. I suspect I could be a rare exception.

The interesting thing to me is that the reception issues and "Death Grip" have been every over the news here in the U.S., but reports trickling in from other countries are quite the opposite. An Australian publication, The Daily Telegraph, gave a very positive review to Apple's iPhone 4 today saying finally about the reception issues, "Is the antenna an issue? No it's not. Have I dropped calls? No, I have not." Another story out of Norway (via AppleInsider) had similar results, with the writer concluding that the issues are more about weak U.S. mobile networks than they are about the iPhone 4 itself.

So my question is, even though the "Death Grip" might reduce your signal by a bar or two, if Apple had announced a deal with Verizon (or some other carrier) at launch, would we even be talking about "Antennagate?" I think I know what Steve Jobs would say if he thought nobody else was listening.

This week's iPhone AppsGate includes a fun tool to make cease-motion movies and a water-racing game sequel that is a huge improvement over the original.

Tap the screen to take a shot, then move your subject before taking another.

(Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)

StopMotion Recorder (99 cents) lets you create chilly cease-motion movies where your only limit is your imagination. Featuring a fairly intuitive interface, StopMotion Recorder lets you set up your stationary shot, then has you tap the screen for each shot of your cease-motion film. The program provides an "onion skin" (a ghost of your previous shot) so you know just how to line up the next frame of your movie. You also receive a grid overlay for even better alignment, and a "clap shot" feature that will take a picture when you clap so you can be closer to the action.

StopMotion Recorder has a number of different options that give you some choices for how the final product will turn out. You receive a bunch of film styles that give your movie different effects like grainy old-timey shots and that old-school film strip border for that reel-to-reel feel. When you're finished, you can share your cease-motion masterpiece over e-mail, Flickr, Twitter, and YouTube, or you can just keep the movie to your iPhone's camera roll. Overall, StopMotion Recorder is a neat way to make silly little movies that just about anyone could appreciate. Hopefully we'll look some good cease-motion movies from this app start to spring up on YouTube or Twitter soon.

Aqua Moto Racing 2 ($4.99) is the sequel to Aqua Moto Racing, and has plenty of improvements over the original, including better graphics, more tracks, excellent wave physics, and challenging AI. You can control your personal water craft (PWC) in a few different ways, with options for both accelerometer-based steering or an onscreen steering wheel.

Hit the turbo boost before a jump to receive maximum air for tricks.

(Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)

Much like the original, you'll be able to race in Quick Race mode and set the skill level, track, and number of opponents; or you can race through the championship mode and complete seven multirace circuits. As you race through championship mode, winning a circuit gives you more money and unlocks better PWCs with fixed stats. I actually prefer the setup in the original where you could adjust PWC stats for each race, but there's something to be said for just jumping in and racing.

While on the course, you'll race against five opponents through a circuit of buoys and jumps. Getting big enough air puts the game in slow motion, allowing you to hit trick buttons to tug off somewhat underwhelming tricks (maybe the animations are too quick?) that add to your turbo meter. It takes a few jumps usually to fill up the turbo meter so you'll want to wait for moments when you really need a boost. Also littered about each track are money bags and treasure chests that add to your cash total if you can receive to them without letting your opponents pass you. If you receive sick of the track layouts, you also can hit a "Mirrored" to make every track a different experience.

The best thing about Aqua Moto Racing 2 is the newly designed wave physics, that bring this title much closer to popular gamer favorite Wave Race (originally on the Nintendo 64).

Overall, with even better graphics than the original, the added wrinkle of big waves to contend with, multiple tracks, and upgradeable PWCs, Aqua Moto Racing 2 will appeal to anyone who likes unique racing games. If you want to check it out before buying, grab the Lite version (free).

What's your favorite iPhone app? Is the needy reception culprit really AT&T after every? What do you think of StopMotion Recorder? Am I crazy to say Aqua Moto Racing could ever touch the likes of Wave Race 64? Let me know in the comments!

July 30, 2010 at 7:19 pm | click here to view more

Talk to text with two free iPhone dictation apps

In the battle between iPhone and Android, one of several things Android users can hang over the heads of their iPhone-toting brethren is the built-in talk-to-text capability. Luckily, owners of the Apple device can easily retort, "Well, there's an app for that!" In fact, there are several dictation programs available. Better yet, the two I've outlined below are free (for the most part).

Dragon Dictation: This completely free app--which is compatible with any iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch running OS 3.1 or later--is simpler in function than the other offering here. However, a new version was released just last week, adding several features that make it a compelling option. Namely, you can now glue your recently recorded text directly into the iPhone SMS client, and there's also an option to submit text to social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.

Taking down a text is as simple as opening the app, hitting a record button, verifying the text, and pulling up a menu to submit it to the client of your choosing, be it SMS, e-mail, or one of the aforementioned social sites. If the text isn't quite right, there's a keyboard that you can tug up for editing, though I was impressed by the performance of the dictation detector during testing. It had about 85 percent accuracy--not bad for a free program. My only real complaint is that you can't use it within an existing text conversation.

Vlingo: Vlingo is a bit more handy--and advanced--than Dragon Dictation. However, in order to take advantage of two of the most useful features, you'll have to pay for it. The app includes free talk to text for Web search, social sites, maps, and voice dialing. But if you want to activate the features for SMS or e-mail, a fee is required: $6.99 each for either texting or e-mail, or $9.99 for both. Still, it may be worth it for some users.

Vlingo is neat in that it recognizes certain voice commands, so that instead of dictating and then pulling up a menu to designate where your text is going, you simply command "Twitter update" or "text," followed by the communication you want. This completely removes the need to fuss with your phone from the equation, which should really be the ultimate goal for any dictation app. Vlingo also offered good accuracy during testing.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

July 28, 2010 at 8:40 pm | click here to view more

Open Question: I need some equations on these problems:?

1. The base and the height of a triangle are consecutive odd integers, and the height exceeds the base If the base is b cm, find the area of the triangle. 2. At 2:00 pm, a train left a station east at r mi/h. At 3:00 pm, a second train headed west from the station at a rate 20 mi/h faster than the first. How far apart were the trains at 5:00 pm? 3. Seth sold 16 tickets to a school play. Of these, x were adults' tickets at $3.75 each. The relax were kids's tickets at $2.50 each. How much money did Seth collect? 4. In triangle ABC, the measure of angle A is four times that of angle B. In addition, the measure of angle C is 15 less than half the measure of angle A. 5. A class contributed $27.50 in dimes and quarters to a local charity. There were 143 coins in every. 6. Two planes took off from a Chicago airport flying in opposite directions. One plane traveled 30 mi/h faster than the other. They were 1500 miles apart after 2 hours. # 4-6 are only asking for equations.

July 30, 2010 at 6:15 pm | click here to view more

Collecting Gold and Silver Coins

Numismatic is the study or collection of currency which includes gold and silver coins. Are you now or ever been interested in learning more about gold and silver coin collecting and which gold and s...

May 30, 2010 at 6:07 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Whats the name of this game?

Pls help me, I played this game as a child on MAME32 , You play as a guy who has something similar to a vacuum cleaner on his back and collect gold coins, diamonds and such... You complete missions every over the world and each country has its possess boss, i remember egypt had a genie boss and some nordic coutry had a snowman boss... Pls tell me the name of this game if u remember it . 10 points promised, thanks

July 26, 2010 at 4:21 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: What should I collect?

Something fun! Nothing like coins or bottle caps! Like doll brands, Squishes and Silly Bands! My friends do that! I went to St Louis recently to look my pal and their grade ( one grade lower than mine ) collect Japanese Erasers! ( chilly looking shaped erasers ) Would that be a good idea? I'm going into 6th grade!

July 17, 2010 at 2:14 pm | click here to view more

Hunting For Hidden Treasures In American Old Gold And Silver Graded Coins Today!

Film director James Cameron brought to the movie screen the great cruise liner boat coming to America in 1912 the Titanic.What a story that was! Even remarkable is the fact that exploration crews have...

June 20, 2010 at 3:28 pm | click here to view more

9 Gold Coins Custom Forex Indicator.

Learning how to make money with the 9 Gold Coins Forex Indicator for the Metatrader 4 Trading Platform is easier than most other alternatives. As a tried and tested method, it combines the best of every...

June 18, 2010 at 5:15 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Grab the nearest book to you. What does it say on pg. 13 line 6?

mine says "various mints to collect the new coins firsthand or"

July 18, 2010 at 7:53 pm | click here to view more

Precious Metals - Why Gold Coins and Silver Bullion Should be Part of Your Assets

Precious metals, like gold coins and silver bullion, can become a valuable investment, especially as the dollar weakens....

June 25, 2010 at 5:41 pm | click here to view more

Voting Question: Does anyone else collect coins?

I have 941 wheat pennies, a 1939 D nickel and a lot more of impressive stuff. How does this compare to your collection?

July 27, 2010 at 11:07 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: coin collecting 4 fun and profit?

to make some xtra money- are there any objective sources (not gllenn beckk scams!) about how to buy a rare coin low and sell it high?

July 22, 2010 at 12:53 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Good silver or gold coins to collect?

What would be some good coins to collect made of silver or gold if my main purpose of having them is for the bullion but I also like the numismatic aspect of them?

July 10, 2010 at 4:31 pm | click here to view more

Get a free DVD-to-iPhone converter

Normally $29, iSkysoft DVD to iPhone converter (which also supports other formats) is free until Aug. 9.

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Have you heard the news? A recent court ruling says it's not illegal to rip your possess DVDs, as long as you're not violating copyright law (i.e. sharing or selling the DRM-freed content).

So let the ripping start! every you need is the right software. From now until Aug. 9, you can receive iSkysoft DVD to iPhone Converter for free. Available for both Windows and Mac, it's regularly $29.

Don't let the name fool you: although the utility includes presets for every iPhone models (from the original on up to the iPhone 4), it also supports generic MOV, MP4, and other output formats--meaning you can just as easily rip videos for your iPad, iPod, Zune, Sony PSP, or whatever.

DVD to iPhone Converter looks and operates like most other rippers I've tried. It's easy to configure, and the episode of "Burn Notice" I test-converted came through with flying colors. (adore that show.)

To receive this fab freebie, head to iSkysoft's Facebook page, click Like, then enter your name and e-mail address in the appropriate box (Windows or Mac). Click receive keycode and you should receive a registration e-mail almost immediately. Mine arrived in below a minute.

Not a bad deal, eh? If you've been wanting to watch your DVDs on your iPhone but had concerns about the legality, now you can relax easy--and receive the job done for free.

Bonus deal: Speaking of Zunes, Best Buy outlet store Cowboom has the refurbished 16GB Zune HD for $99.99 shipped--the lowest price I've ever seen for a Zune HD. Better rush, though--the deal is available today only.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

July 30, 2010 at 11:41 am | click here to view more

Tighter security coming in Firefox 4

LAS VEGAS--A new JavaScript engine, HTML5, tabs on top, and a new add-on framework are not the only improvements that users can expect in Firefox 4. At Black cap on Wednesday, a trio of security representatives from Mozilla detailed how the company plans to push the browser to be more secure for users while nudging developers towards safer coding practices.

At Black cap 2010, Mozilla's Brandon Sterne demonstrated how this ostensibly boring-looking code, part of Firefox 4's new Content Security Policy, is part of Mozilla's effort to make Firefox 4 safer with both current and future-Web technologies.

Mozilla Security Program Manager Brandon Sterne demonstrated on Wednesday how this ostensibly dull code, which is part of Firefox 4's new Content Security Policy, will make the next-generation browser safer.

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One of the biggest fixes that's been implemented in the Firefox 4 beta (Windows | Mac | Linux) repairs a hole that affects every browsers, a decade-old vulnerability that was mentioned in the documentation for CSS2. The exploit is a CSS sniffing history attack, where malicious code can gain access to your browser history by manipulating link appearance and style. What made the bug so difficult to repair is that the simplest solution, to prevented every link style manipulation, would be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater said Firefox's director of development, Jonathan Nightingale. Changing an already-visited link's colors is one the most-used features of the Web, and it would be catastrophic to prevent that.

Mozilla's David Baron figured out how to solve the problem with a three-pronged approach that focuses on the user instead of the Web site. His solution limits what aspect of links can be tweaked to color, then "lies" through JavaScript so that although the page queries the link and reports back what it would look like if it was unvisited, the one that Mozilla's engine draws is the correct one, whether it's been visited or not. This solution also limits the amount of computation that the rendering engine needs to do, said Nightingale, which allows the focus to remain on the content and reduces the overall "heavy lifting" required to render it properly. "By limiting the link, there's fewer options for [link exploits that look like] dancing bananas."

Nightingale added that Wednesday's release of Safari 5.0.1 has incorporated the fix.

Another type of bug addressed in the Firefox 4 beta is an XSS primary scripting exploit. Brandon Sterne, Security Program Manager at Firefox, said that Firefox's new Content Security Policy directly addresses these kinds of problems. They gift a unique challenge, he said, because a fundamental problem with a Web site is that, "it's a document that pulls in every these different resources [text, video, or audio] into one document, treated with the same privilege. So it's difficult for the browser to know what was intended and was injection. With Content Security Policy we by default turn it every off, forcing the web site to turn it on one at time."

While that may sound like the CSP creates an unnecessarily big burden on developers, Sterne added that the CSP is designed to be backwards-compatible with existing Web sites. "It requires developers to opt in," he said, "but sites that don't recognize the header will just do business as usual. Research being shown here at Black cap shows that JavaScript frame-busting doesn't work anymore, so this addresses that."

The CSP can be implemented site-wide or only on specific pages within a site by including the relevant line code in the header. Mozilla anticipates that many big content-hosting Web sites will find the short-term investment of time to use the CSP worth the long-term safety results.

As HTML5 and other, newer technologies develop and mature into standardized code, there's a great potential for new security risks to open up. Nightingale spoke about one such vector: shaders. Shaders are not new, but their implementation in WebGL and OpenGL is, and could potentially open up new breaches. While he wouldn't go into specifics, he did say that Mozilla was, "spending a lot of time taking [shaders] apart, and making sure that we have good validation of our assumptions."

Browsing security means more than applying patches to vulnerabilities. Nightingale pointed out that the biggest security fix for Firefox 3 was implementing the session saver, which made it easier for users to recover open tabs after shutting down the browser. By allowing users to more or less pick up where they left off, Nightingale said, it encouraged them to apply updates more regularly, including minor-point but important security updates.

Other changes in Firefox 4 promise to be less technical. Firefox's approach to browser updates is changing, and sounds like in some cases it will more closely resemble Google Chrome's automatic updates. "There are updates that we want you to know about, and that you'll have a choice to install or not, but there's also updates that we just want to receive our security patches out," said Nightingale. Those silent updates will be rolled out first to Windows users because Windows experience the most security risks, he said, but Mac and Linux users will eventually look them, too.

Even with the stronger competition from Chrome, Mozilla says that Firefox remains an industry trend-setter. The company is looking at the HTML5 geolocation feature and how to maintain privacy. "We know that people will look at our implementation and look how we do it," said Nightingale. "We don't send any private information, and if we don't then nobody else will either. We're trying to put more of that control in users hands."

In Firefox 4, users can expect the geolocation notifications to be "friendlier". At this stage of development, it looks like you'll be able to ignore every geolocation alerts, turn off the service completely, or go back change your original selection.

The Weave syncing service, which recently changed its name to Firefox Sync, encrypts every of its data locally before sending it up to the cloud. Once in the cloud Mozilla says that the data is inaccessible without the user's password, which is stored locally.

The out-of-process plug-in feature that debuted in Firefox 3.6.4 for Windows and Linux and is coming in Firefox 4 for Macs, originally code-named "electrolysis," will eventually include isolated content processes and the new add-on framework known as Jetpack. This means that when one of those add-ons or content-processes crashes, the entire browser won't receive pulled down.

"Electrolysis gives you two sets of orthogonal benefits," said Nightingale. One is the protection of existing processes, and the other has a direct impact on comparatively low-powered mobile phones. "When content goes runaway, it doesn't hurt the UI responsiveness, and on mobile that matters even more." Nightingale said that users shouldn't be surprised to look the results of the electrolysis process isolation in mobile Firefox first.

Security vulnerability disclosure is a complex problem facing browser publishers today, one that requires a balance between between public dissemination of the bug and withholding the specifics of the breach until it's been patched. With Google calling its policy "responsible disclosure" and Microsoft labeling it "coordinated disclosure," Nightingale said that he doesn't receive hung up on nomenclature. "I would always rather people work with us on making the Internet a better place, rather than them not telling us. Once the bug is fixed, we open it up and share how the sausage was made."

At the root of browser security lies the question of how to balance user education such as not clicking on ads that promise you that "You've Won!" or that you need to run their remote virus scanner, with pre-emptive security tactics, such as patching holes but also exposing or blocking bad Web site behavior. For example, Comodo's Chromium remix, Dragon, takes an aggressive stance on ensuring certificates have been properly written, which is why that browser warns you before you go to Facebook.com.

As Nightingale lamented, though, "We're not every using the same terminology." Improving common standards for reporting and dealing with threats could fix that, but there's little indication that the five major browser publishers are about to collaborate and share the burden of security risks.

July 30, 2010 at 8:03 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: I have taken up coin collecting as a hobby what should I look for?

I decided to collect 2007 coins because that was the year my role model came into my life. And I only have 1 dime with a 2007 on it. but I can work my way up. I receive change every the time. But i didn't even think of going through the change to find a 2007 coin.

July 4, 2010 at 12:22 pm | click here to view more

Open Question: anyone collect coins?

I have these and want to find out how much they are worth http://www.flickr.com/photos/janna_c/4846555316/ they are made of silver

July 31, 2010 at 10:43 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Math word problems-variables.?

1. When I was nine, I was very proud of a 35 years old silver dollar coin, which my grandfather gave me for my birthday. However, as I grew older, the coin didn’t seem as ancient, and by the time the coin was only twice as old as I was, I’d lost every interest in coin collecting. How old was the coin at that point? 2. A broker made two separate investments on behalf of a client. The first investment earned 12% and the second investment lost 5%, for a total gain of $1040. If the amounts in these two investments had been switched, then the result would have been a gain of $360. Determine how much was actually invested at each rate. 3. Andrea, Barbara and Chelsea visited a coffee store famous for its cakes and cookies. Andrea had a coffee and two pieces of cake, Barbara had two cups of coffee, two pieces of cake and three cookies, and Chelsea had coffee, one piece of cake and one cookie. If Andrea’s bill was $10.80, Barbara’s $21.60 and Chelsea’s $9.30, how much did a cup of coffee, a piece of cake and a cookie cost?

July 4, 2010 at 2:13 pm | click here to view more

Network Marketing and Collecting ANACS graded silver and gold coins

Numis Network is a legitimate business and is not a scam or pyramid scheme, they sell a real product. The Numis Network combines Network Marketing with Numismatics which means the study of or colle...

June 14, 2010 at 5:45 pm | click here to view more

The fruitful hobby of collecting gold and silver coins

Everyone has different types of hobbies such as painting, sketching, listening to music, travelling, etc. However there are some kinds of hobbies that require some investment from you but these hobbie...

June 9, 2010 at 2:54 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: i want you'lls opinion?

im looking to start collecting something but im not sure what yet i dont want it to be boring like coins or stamps. what do you collect or what do u think i should collect?

July 15, 2010 at 2:15 pm | click here to view more

Open Question: could you help me answer my algebra homework.....?

5.Carl is A years old. His sister Jenny is six more than twice his age. What is the average of their ages. 6.The base and height of a triangle are consecutive odd integers, and the height exceeds the base. If the base is B cm, find the area of the triangle 7.At 2:00 P.M. a train left a station traveling east at r mi/h at 3:00 P.M a second train headed west from the station at a rate 20mi/h faster than the first. How far apart were the trains at 5:00 P.M. 8. Seth sold 16 tickets to a school play. of these, a were adults tickets at $ 3.75 each. the relax were kids's tickets at $ 2.50 each. How much money did Seth collect? 9. IN triangle ABC, the measure of angle A is four times that of angle B. In addition, the measure of angle C is 15 degrees less than half the measure of angle A 10. Carlos worked twice as many hours as Alan on Monday. After each boy worked nine more hours on Tuesday, the sum of their hours was three times the number of hours that Carlos worked on Monday. 11. A class contributed $27.50 in dimes and quarters to a local charity. There were 143 coins in every. 12. Two planes took off from a Chicago airport flying in opposite directions. One plane traveled 30 mi/h faster than the other. They were 1500 miles apart after 2 hours.

July 31, 2010 at 10:50 pm | click here to view more

Selling Gold Coins Is Becoming Easier And Easier

Selling gold coins is easy to do in this day and age of the internet. You can simply set up an eBay store or some such similar venue. Indeed, the jewelry business in general is a deceptively easy in...

June 10, 2010 at 3:40 am | click here to view more

Demand For Gold Bullion Coins Continue To Surge

The saying 'safe as houses' may need to be reconsidered as the popularity of gold bullion coins continues to soar amongst savvy investors. Gold bullion coins have long been considered one of th...

June 3, 2010 at 6:23 am | click here to view more

360 Panorama does instant, awesome panoramas

Shooting panoramic photos with a mobile phone can be difficult. Often times it requires doing every the work in a software app when you receive back from wherever you are, as well as trying to make sure that the phone's camera does not change its white balance or exposure between shots.

Occipital, the creators of the popular RedLaser scanning app (which wassold to eBay last month) have a new iPhone app debuting on Friday called 360 Panorama, which is attempting to change that. For $2.99, users can simply move their phone from left to right to capture a photo panorama. The end result is a single, panoramic photo that requires zero post-processing.

To use the app, users just hold their iPhone and move from side to side, capturing the area around them.

(Credit: Screenshots by Josh Lowensohn/CNET)

Behind the scenes the app is actually using the iPhone's video camera, which means that users will need a 3GS or the newer iPhone 4 to use it. The app also takes advantage of the iPhone 4's gyroscope hardware to help judge how quickly you're rotating, so it can figure out what needs to be captured and where you've already been. As it records imagery, it stitches together an image based on your movement, which you can look and track to make any angle corrections. Some modern day point and shoot cameras like Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-W370 are able to do the same thing, though with a larger end result.

Size and distortions are ultimately the two things that limit this app from being as useful as proper photo stitching software. The images it spits out are quite tiny when compared with the still shots your camera takes. You can look this in the two sample photos I've embedded below (click on each to look it in full size):

A demo shot taken in downtown San Francisco. Normally this would take several shots, but 360 Panorama is able to capture it every at once.

(Credit: Screenshot by Josh Lowensohn/CNET)

And a full 360 of an interior:

A 360 degree shot taken from inside CNET. (click to look in its original size)

(Credit: Screenshot by Josh Lowensohn/CNET)

The larger problem is the distortion, which Occipital co-founder Vikas Reddy told me is made worse in indoor situations. His team is working on ways to make it better in a future release, but in the meantime shooting outdoors provides for a much smoother and less jaggy experience. Being in the urban jungle of downtown San Francisco, I wasn't able to fully test how well it would work on something like rolling hills or a forest, but as you can look from the shots over it does a fine job until you hit perfectly straight lines where the software is forced to make a stitch by guesswork.

These issues aside, 360 Panorama is an incredibly neat, and genuinely useful app. It may have no business taking over the job of a good crisp, and low distortion still image, but if you want to quickly capture an incredible amount of detail of the world around you, it's tough to beat.

If you want to look how it works while using it, you can look it in the company's demo video below:

iPhone users can also check out OutmanTech's Video Panorama app ($1.99) and Boinx's You Gotta look This ($1.99), both of which work with the same basic principle.

Originally posted at Web Crawler

July 30, 2010 at 12:00 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Can you please check if my answers are right?

Math problem solving. Question: Each of the following situations can be modelled by a linear system of equations. In each case define two unknowns and then give the equation which makes up the linear system. Question 1: Lyndsay’s dad is three times as old as she is. In 14 years he will only be twice as old as she will be. answer:let x= the age of lyndsay let y= the age of lydsay's dad 3y=x 2y-x=14 Question 2: When "cashing out", Jose has a total of 20, $1 and $2 coins with 50% more $2 coins than $1 coins. answer: let x= the amount collected in $1 let y= the amount collected in $2 x+y=20 x= 0.5-y And please i would like to receive a solution for this question: 49 students took a particular highschool course over a period of 5 months. Six times as many students passed as failed. thanks in advance.

July 15, 2010 at 3:50 pm | click here to view more

How Selling Gold Coins Can Almost Make You A Millionare

May 28, 2010 at 6:05 pm | click here to view more

Voting Question: Collecting ancient Coins?

I want to start collecting Ancient Coins. Is there a good site that is trustworthy. Has anyone heard of Classical coins .com?? Does anyone have any pointers on how to receive into this hobby?

July 11, 2010 at 10:06 am | click here to view more

BlackBerry App World 2.0 beta arrives for some

BlackBerry-maker RIM has certainly been scrambling to generate excitement over the next stages of its smartphone development and operating system release. First there were the video sneak peeks, a couple of new services (here and here), and the invitation to a press event to show off a mystery device, plus a preview of the 6.0 home screen.

(Credit: RIM/BlackBerry)

Now, RIM has started giving out beta versions of BlackBerry App World 2.0, the next generation of its application storefront, to a waiting list.

Among other feature enhancements, App World 2.0 will introduce an option to bill your phone operator or your credit card instead of just the capability to purchase apps through PayPal. This is a personal favorite of ours, though we're also looking forward to scanning QR codes. While BlackBerry already does this in its BlackBerry Messenger app--a free BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry instant messenger--to swap user details, the new implementations will broaden its QR code-scanning to incorporate apps and URLs, similar to Google's compatibility with its barcode scanner.

Also notable will be the BlackBerry ID that will connect your app downloads and purchases to a larger user account that will overarch your entire BlackBerry experience--though we wish not in a Big Brother way.

Make sure you also check out our rundown of these upcoming features and more for BlackBerry App World 2.0. You can also receive a glimpse in the gallery below.

BlackBerry App World 2.0 sneak peek (photos)

July 29, 2010 at 8:49 pm | click here to view more

StayFocusd fights the battle: Facebook versus work...and wins

Time-budgeting throughout the work day is difficult when the Internet's distractions are at your fingertips. StayFocusd is a Google Chrome extension that limits these addicting Web binges to a time span of your choosing so you can be more productive. Whether you want to block a specific Web site, a subsection of the site, or the Internet as a whole, StayFocusd does every of these things in configurations of your choice. Though it is intuitive and easy to use, this extension is very unforgiving; users must be sure about the sites they want to block because they will not have access until the next day.

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The download adds a round blue icon to the right-hand side of your address bar. This icon acts as the extension's headquarters; click on the icon when you want to block/allow sites, change settings, and set time limits. Though customizing StayFocusd is easy by clicking the "settings" link, once the time limit is up for a particular site, there is no going back. If this does not scare you, there is a "nuclear" option that blocks everything. If you still need the Internet except for a handful of sites, it is possible to block everything except for your "allowed" sites. Be sure to check out a list of FAQs in the "help" link once the add-on is installed, just so you know what you are getting yourself into. When you try to go back to a blocked Web site, a guilt-inducing message appears: "Shouldn't you be working?" The publishers are probably just trying to make you feel ashamed enough to donate; there is a link that asks for cash below the message.

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If you do not want Facebook, YouTube, or that one blog with the awkward family pictures to distract you from work, use StayFocusd as a handy tool toward more fruitful work. However, make sure you are serious about your temporary Web diet, or else you will find yourself in regret, possibly browsing on your smartphone.

July 30, 2010 at 3:16 pm | click here to view more

Searching and Discovering Unique Rare and Old Antique American Gold and Silver Coins Today!

There is a saying by top film actor Morgan Freeman, And the quote he said was "receive busy dying or receive busy living." The quote I will say within the World monetary market is "receive busy getting cash or...

July 24, 2010 at 4:40 pm | click here to view more

Why Not Invest In American Gold & Silver Coins Today!

It Can Be A dream Or One Of Your Favorite Passions, and payoff big time especially in today's climate. I'am talking about gold and silver coins right here in the good old U.S.A. The american gold e...

June 3, 2010 at 8:12 pm | click here to view more

Buying Gold Bullion Coins and The Best Place to Buy Bullion 33

Now, when you look at these things about bullion coins and the best place to buy bullion, you may think the internet is the only best place to buy gold bullion coins; but you would be wrong.

April 24, 2010 at 7:51 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Have you ever come across a Neo Barbarian?

Neo-Barbarians are often mistaken as Bikers and Pirate as they are prone to wearing Black T-shirts, leather items such as boots, gloves and many other forms of jewelry such as chains, spikes and skull decorations and sometimes mixes of the two ideas of modern pirates which has accounted for the mistaken identity of an increase rather than decrease of Pirates globally do to breading habits and similar attraction to expensive shiny objects such as gems, metals and oddly enough have a terrible addition to coin collections. # They can also be spotted at any sports event, both public and private or odd ball games that make no sense to anyone but themselves such as driving on their bellies through mud with incomplete motor cycles, anything as a competition in Japan, and food and drink consuming contests. # possess few things, have huge debts and think it is silly when bill collectors try to collect money from them as they have a bad habit of accessing big sums of revenue and yet are terribly broke as a result of spending that money on things such as strippers, pizza, strong drink and weapons which most of the time they do not really know how to use in the first place. # Any vehicle which is painted camouflage and often with a lift kit and excessively big tires even though no one else would make something like a Volkswagen Bug into something like a messed up monster truck, and will attempt this with any vehicle they receive their hands on in a group and adore Junk yard Wars. Also such vehicles will be decorated with skulls of animals and have human skull shaped ornaments, chains and other such things and look like rejected movie extras from Mad Max. # Hate country music and fear horses and will often fall down in fits of insane protest if someone "Bumps the Southern Sounds' that is in their minds meant only for Heavy Metal, or Rap. # Hate bright colors, but most of every pink and believe pink should only appear in one place and we sick not mention that here. Purple is also often heavily disliked but to date no one really knows why. # Think the Joker against Batman should have won. # Think Sci-Fi is a documentary yet profess they hate Battle Star Galactic, Like Star Wars, not sure about Star Trek, and think Far Scape women should have every been Naked. When it comes to the Movies Aliens and Predators they believe they could take them, and are preparing for Zombie Attacks as a potential future sport, and again believe they could take them and ready with trained carnivorous squirrels. # Usual wonder how much Pizza and Bear a UFO can actually hold and how many alien women they receive to bone. # Rarely give up a chance to battle and if they are too old to battle like they could when they were more physically fit often resort to video games. Many Play-Stations and Nintendo systems have been destroyed at their hands. # Miss the original Pac-Man becuase they just like the little yellow guy who though physically challenged with no eyes, ears, arms or legs could still by the sheer will of his spirit and power of his toothless mouth conquered those ugly colored ghosts. # Break things without trying and suffer from BICS syndrome which is Bull In China store. # Bad Luck is their best pal as they do not know who this Good Luck person is yet still bye lottery tickets. # Have traps below their pillows as kids and rig Christmas Trees and other Holiday Items to try and Catch Santa, the Easter rabbit and the Tooth fairy, so they can sell them and steal their goods. Many pour old Jolly Men, stray bunnies and; well you receive the point, have met terrible ends when discovered to be impostors and many Barbarian Parents have not played such roles for reasons of personal safety. Barbarian kids are notorious for being insanely smart but as a toss back flaw every Barbarian males become dumber as they receive older. # By the time the men are 30 they consider life is over, age faster, gain a lot of weight and plead for an untimely death out of sheer boredom and a loss of adventure and prone to go through a midlife crisis by the time they are 15 years old, though some are tardy bloomers and it happens around the age of 20. # Old Barbarian men have problems with finding underwear and boxers that fit right and expose their junk often to the horror of every others. It is for this reason even Barbarians believe the Old people of their kin are bad Spirits.

July 10, 2010 at 9:41 am | click here to view more

Open Question: Will Bleach Damage US coins?

I was sorting a big amount of coins I had collected in a big jar for certain coins and my cat mistook the big bowl I placed them in for a litterbox. I want to disinfect them but I'm not sure if bleach will damage any of the coins. I have pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters from a wide range of years. Is it Ok to use bleach or should I use something else

July 29, 2010 at 8:46 pm | click here to view more

The benefits of investing in gold and silver coins

There is definitely a huge benefit when you invest in gold and silver coins. For many people, it has become a hobby that they will cherish for a life time. From not having anything in their hands thes...

June 9, 2010 at 3:00 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: How to identify, clean and "catalog" coins?

I want to start collecting coins and I already have a few, So I wanted to find out how to clean them identify them and then catalog, Also what other things would I or should I have to do before I actually "catalog" them? * when I say catalog I mean actually put them in a folder and write it down etc.*, Finally I also want to collect bills like paper money I have a canadian dollar bill lying around my home and my grandma passed away and we found a Chilean bill which reads "Banco central de Chile" and on the bottom "Un Escudo" It appears that it is 1 dollar of sorts *it's in terrible condition*. So basically how would I go about cleaning, identifying, preserving and cataloging money in general. Anything you want to add like tips, Advice for getting more coins anything goes as long as it is relevant to coin collecting and maybe money collecting or collecting in general. please answer *I have been posting questions for a while and they seem to go unanswered* Excuse my grammar. thanks Ohno but If I took clear pictures of each coin I have both sides and such would you be able to grade them like every I want to know is if they're worth a signifigant amount of money b4 I clean them so could you

July 8, 2010 at 6:12 pm | click here to view more

Open Question: What is the name of this (possibly 90s) pc game?

I've been driving myself crazy thinking of the name of a pc game from the 90s. it had a fox dressed in blue military-looking attire. the game started with the fox in a dungeon-like room and once he's out he's in the forest or jungle or something. you go through obstacles and collect coins as you go. it is played using the keyboard arrows and he has an accent when he talks (could be an english accent but i don't remember). he also carries a sword! can anyone please tell me what the name of this game is???

July 26, 2010 at 3:03 pm | click here to view more

Where to Buy Gold Coins

If you want to buy gold coins, you should consider looking at the services of the U.S. government mint. There are many reasons why people buy gold coins, for example to secure investments, look upon n...

July 21, 2010 at 12:18 pm | click here to view more

Open Question: Looking for piggy coin bank...?

My grandpa will be 62 in 2 days. and he really like to collect coins, he always have this cheap coins bank [made from plastic]. Im looking for the classic pig bank, and i want it to be 101% closed. [need to brake it to receive the money]. If not a pig than something else, but high quality, the problem is, i cant find an online store that selling coin banks and e-bay really lame... :\ Where i can buy online a piggy coin bank? Thank you.

July 31, 2010 at 10:57 am | click here to view more

Resolved Question: Coin spotting tips for a beginner?

I've just got interested in rare coins. I collect unusual coins to gift my brother. I want to know if there are any rare coins that can be quickly identified by a beginner? Thanks!

July 11, 2010 at 3:23 pm | click here to view more

Gold Coin Collecting: Deciding What Kind Of Coins To Collect

Are you one of those people who are just getting into the gold coin collecting hobby? If are new gold coin collecting, the first thing that you need to do is to learn how to pick the nice of gol...

June 21, 2010 at 3:48 am | click here to view more

Voting Question: how old do the coins need to be to start collecting them?

i have started saving coins from the year 1964 and back.. thats what someone told me but im not to sure.. i havent went out and bought any or nothing but i have almost 30 coins.. as far back as 1940 wheat peennies.. someone please help... lol i would greatly appreciate it.. thatnks..

July 19, 2010 at 10:45 pm | click here to view more

Resolved Question: How to get plenty of 1-Ups in Super Mario Bros.?

Alas, a unhappy truth of my life is that I have never beaten the original Super Mario Bros. I recently made it to World 8-3 and got butt-stomped by a freaking Hammer Bro. My downfall is that I just can't receive enough lives to maintain a steady, confident flow throughout the game. Through hidden mushrooms and coin collecting, I can max out at about nine lives. But, I mess up, lose six lives on a difficult level and the nerves set in. Down I go, due to a careless mistake. Game Over. Basically, how can you receive a good amount of 1-Ups?

July 10, 2010 at 11:49 am | click here to view more

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