The magic moment may have passed already in your timezone, but for many of us 05:06:07 08/09/10 is still a few hours away. I don't think anything amazing will happen during that moment, but someone should pay attention to a clock—just in case. More »

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Speaking about one possible future of Google integration, company fellow Amit Singhal outlined a frankly terrifying vision—where Google scans our to-do lists, automatically searches for outstanding tasks and tells us when and how to complete them... More »

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Too lazy to cancel your $99 MobileMe automatic subscription renewal and make the jump to one of the many free alternatives? Don't worry, your lethargy has paid off this morning as Apple introduces its new MobileMe iDisk 1.2 app and a beta version of its new MobileMe Calendar. iDisk is pretty much the same app you know and ignore only now it's optimized for the bigger iPad screen, tweaked to support iOS 4 multitasking, and offers the option to open iDisk documents in compatible apps -- like using iBooks for PDFs for example. The faster loading MobileMe Calendar beta (login to MobileMe to request an invite) features redesigned day, week, and month views; calendar sharing amongst friends, family, and predators (if you like); the ability to publish a calendar to a team or group; and event invitations to anyone holding an email address (me.com or not) with RSVP support and automatic change notifications. Best of all, the Calendar beta uses the CalDAV standard, you know, just like that free Calendar from the company that rhymes with frugal.Apple's MobileMe iDisk App updated for iPad, redesigned Calendar goes beta originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  MobileMe (Calendar), MobileMe (iDisk)  | Email this | Comments

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Unless they're incredibly quiet or potentially explosive, you won't find us waxing poetic (or even prosaic) about leaf blowers. But if a company that produced leaf blowers made a motorized calendar that tore off its own pages? We'd tell you about that in a heartbeat -- even if the wonderfully wasteful contraption turned out to be a viral ad by agency Euro RSCG rather than an actual household organizer, and even if its pages aren't nearly as saucy as Stihl's usual NSFW fare. Believe it or not, there's no blade inside that brushed aluminum shell; the process works by ripping out the bookbinding thread along the calendar's spine using a motorized reel. Join us in celebrating the wonder of pressed dead wood floating to earth all by its lonesome with a short video after the break.Continue reading Stihl's autumn calendar automatically rips through to tomorrowStihl's autumn calendar automatically rips through to tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  DirectDaily  | Email this | Comments

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Want to hang out with stormtroopers from the 501st, sword fighters from the medieval and Renaissance eras, MC Frontalot, and innocent bystanders attending the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas? Then come to our party! SEE the clashing of swords! HEAR the nerdcore stylings of MC Frontalot! DRINK free booze! Time Bender starts at 8 PM on March 13 and is 21+. No exceptions. You won't want to miss the brief sword fighting demonstration at 9 PM, featuring fighters from the awe-inspiring High Fantasy Society, and Association for Renaissance Martial Arts. And you definitely won't want to miss MC Frontalot at 10 PM. We'll be located at the lovely Pure Volume House, 504 Trinity St., Austin TX, and will be guarded by members of the local Texas garrison of the 501st Legion (of stormtroopers!). You must RSVP - that's Texas law when there's an open bar. You can RSVP via Facebook, or by mailing sxsw@io9.com. The event is free and open to the public. Space will be limited so don't blame us if you get there late and there's a giant line.

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