Mitoza is a fun, freaky Web toy with an artistic look

While not a game per se, I found Mitoza intriguing enough to spend quite some time with it. You start off with a seed, and are then presented with two choices: you can either click a flower pot, or click a cute little birdie.

If you click the flower pot, a flower pot appears and the seed is planted inside. You're then presented with two further choices -- a water can or a bottle of fertilizer. Each choice you make causes your creation to morph, and presents you with two other choices.

There's no winning or losing, really. Each "game" usually lasts around four or five choices, at which point the plant/animal dies in some creative (but not too gruesome) way. At this point you instantly start over with a new seed.

The graphics are captivating; the whole thing has a cinematic feel to it, with a bit of artificial camera shake added for style.

All in all, it's a fun, peaceful way to spend a few minutes, and it might even make you think a little bit while you're at it.

Mitoza is a fun, freaky Web toy with an artistic look originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/28/mitoza-is-a-fun-freaky-web-toy-with-an-artistic-look/

AMKOR TECHNOLOGY AMPHENOL ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL APPLE COMPUTER APPLIED MATERIALS ARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT

America's First Legal, Real-Cash Poker Site Is Here

Back in February, Nevada officials rushed through a bill which made interstate online poker legal. Unsurprisingly, people have started taking advantage of the law change?and today sees the launch of Ultimate Poker, America's first legal, real cash poker site.

Owned by casino moguls Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, the site will initially only accept bets from players in Nevada, but it shouldn't be too long before that changes. It looks set to be joined soon by other sites, too, including Gibraltar-based 888, which was actually the first online casino to get a US gambling license after Nevada made online gambling legal. Clearly, it's just a little slow out of the blocks.

While internet poker's never really been fully legal in the US, it was completely outlawed in 2011?on the so-called Black Friday?when the Department of Justice closed down the services offered by the largest offshore gambling sites serving America. Now, state-by-state, that seems to be changing, and the launch of Ultimate Poker looks set to be the first in a string of pieces of good news for gamblers across the country. [Ultimate Poker via The Republic via Verge]

Image by Ross Elliot under Creative Commons license

�

Source: http://gizmodo.com/americas-first-legal-real-cash-poker-site-is-here-485730399

FIRST SOLAR FINISAR FEI COMPANY FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL FAIR ISAAC FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS

Daily Crunch: Dolly

Here are some recent posts on TechCrunch Gadgets: Pico Dolly: A Diminutive Dolly System For Smaller Cameras Review: The Syma S107 R/C Helicopter Is The Coolest Thing $20 Can Buy Pogoplug Debuts New Hardware For Streaming To Mobile Devices NINOKUNI: Sony Japan Announces Limited Edition (And Pretty) PS3 i3board: Sharp Shows 70-Inch Electronic, Touch-Sensitive Whiteboard

Source: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/02/daily-crunch-dolly/

SPSS SPANSION SONUS NETWORKS SONIC AUTOMOTIVE SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS SILICON LABORATORIES

A Scientifically Accurate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Is So Gross

Cowabunga dude. Everything the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did was so freaking cool: hang out, eat pizza, crack jokes and fight bad guys. They're just like us! Or at least, who we wanted to be when we were kids. But after seeing this scientifically accurate ninja turtles, well, maybe not. Turtles can get gross.

The animation was made by Animation Domination High Def who also created the hilarious scientifically accurate Spider-Man. A scientifically accurate ninja turtle isn't the worst thing in the world (big dick and all) but living down in the sewer with a rat teacher? Yeah, not a good look. It's okay, I'd watch the hell out of a scientifically accurate superhero series. [ADHD]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/a-scientifically-accurate-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-i-485001733

NANYA TECHNOLOGY NII HOLDINGS NIKON NINTENDO NOKIA NVIDIA

Daily Crunch: On Off

Here are some of yesterday’s Gadgets stories: The HTC Puccini Tab Nears Release, But Is There Room For Yet Another Honeycomb Tab? After Price Drop: Nintendo Japan Sells 215K 3DS Units In 7 Days The CKIE Duet Has 8GB Of Storage Built-In DIY Device Mutes Your TV When Someone You Don?t Like Is Mentioned The Problem With Partners: Fake VisualHub Update Aims To Make Bank On Unsupported Software

Source: http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/17/daily-crunch-on-off/

VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY VIRGIN MEDIA VIEWSONIC VERISIGN VERIFONE HOLDINGS VEECO INSTRUMENTS

Reeder for iPhone updated with Feedbin and local RSS support

In March Google announced that they would be shutting down the popular Reader service come July, and soon after a number of services and apps announced that they would be stepping in to fill the void, or that they were already available to do such. One of our favorite iOS apps for Google Reader, the aptly named Reeder, was one of those apps, pledging to expand the available services from two to more than two.

While Reeder for iPhone has supported Google Reader and Fever for a while, an update to version 3.1 has added two new options: Feedbin and local RSS. For the unfamiliar, Feedbin is a $2/month (or $20/year) service that essentially duplicates the features of Google Reader, though its web interface is far better. Feeds fed into Reeder from Feedbin look and act exactly as they do from Google Reader, so if you're looking to make the switch there won't be much of a learning curve on your iPhone.

Reeder for iPhone 3.1 also now offers the ability to dive directly into RSS feeds. Essentially, RSS in Reeder is handled like another account, down to the ability to add individual feeds just as you would with Google Reader in Reeder. There's just one hitch in the RSS wagon: there's no syncing support right now. It is, as the app describes, "still a work in progress". Apart from the feed source updates, Reeder for iPhone 3.1 also adds support for pull-to-refresh.

Reeder for iPhone is still $2.99, while the 2.0 versions of Reeder for Mac and iPad are available for free until they get similar updates to enable non-Google account syncing.

$2.99 - Download Now

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/yAL-qE2X0Jw/story01.htm

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS SILICON LABORATORIES SI INTERNATIONAL SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFIC GAMES SANDISK

Sony Xperia Tablet Z now up for pre-order, scheduled to ship May 24th (video)

If you've been waiting for the least burdensome tablet you could find, Sony's 17.5 ounce, 6.9mm thick Xperia Tablet Z is now up for pre-order in the US. On top of being the lightest, slimmest 10-inch slate on the market, it's not exactly slumming spec-wise either: there's a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, 2GB RAM, an 8.1-megapixel Exmor R camera, NFC, LTE, S-Force virtual surround sound, 32GB storage and a 10.1-inch 1,920 x 1,200 display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 tech. To round it off, the tab is dust- and water-resistant, and Sony's pre-loaded its TV SideView app, which uses the built-in IR to let you change your TV's channel and get scheduling, recommendations, voice search and IMDB-like info. The downside? We noted that the ambitiously thin design made the device a bit bendy and creaky, and then there's the $600 price tag -- frugal shoppers need not apply. You can pre-order at the source, or check the video after the break to see how a three-legged dog might use the slate while taking a bath. No, you didn't just misread that.

Filed under: Tablets, Sony

Comments

Source: Sony Store

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/pFiYQDk0-64/

VIEWSONIC VERISIGN VERIFONE HOLDINGS VEECO INSTRUMENTS VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES UNITED ONLINE

Finally A Cute Robot That Doesn't Have The Crazy Eyes

Wall-E has adorable droopy eyes and is totally compelling, but I have to remind everyone that he isn't real. If you need a minute to let that sink in take as much time as you need. We're gonna talk about Romibo and you can catch up later. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/WPKzkby3M_c/finally-a-cute-robot-that-doesnt-have-the-crazy-eyes

FIRST SOLAR FINISAR FEI COMPANY FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL FAIR ISAAC FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS

Inhabitat's Week in Green: flying electric car, 3D-printed livers and a two-story-tall bike

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.

The Northern Hemisphere is finally beginning to wake up from a long, cold winter, and green vehicles are taking to the skies. This week Korean automaker Hyundai unveiled a multi-rotor flying electric car for congested cities and SolarWorld and PC-Aero announced plans to launch two new solar-powered electric airplanes at an air show in Germany. Speaking of sun-powered planes, the Solar Impulse just made its final test flight around the San Francisco Bay Area before embarking on a cross-country voyage next week. Even cycling is reaching new heights -- bike hacker Richie Trimble recently built a two-story-tall bike that soars above car traffic.

Filed under: Science

Comments

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/28/flying-electric-car-3d-printed-liver-two-story-bike/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget

VERIFONE HOLDINGS VEECO INSTRUMENTS VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES UNITED ONLINE UNISYS TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR

HP Slate 7 now available online for $170

You could spend $170 on a HP Slate 7, but you shouldn't

You can officially not buy the HP Slate 7 today, as the tablet nobody would ever want is now available at HP's website. Your $170 does get you a nice design and quality materials (and Beats audio!), but the lackluster internals and low resolution 1024 x 600 display means you should give this one a pass. For $30 more you can get a Nexus 7 from Google or your local brick and mortar retailer.

But, if you insist, click the link below to order. 

Source: HP; via: Engadget

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/7XZYCcECmrs/story01.htm

ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL APPLE COMPUTER APPLIED MATERIALS ARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ARROW ELECTRONICS ASML HOLDING

Just Mobile Gum Max Duo review

A new entrant into the crowded field of portable power supplies has recently arrived from a trusted mobile vendor – Just Mobile. �It�sports some unique features without missing any of the standard items. The Gum Max Duo (GMD) is Just Mobile’s �top-of-the-line USB charger, and it packs quite a wallop: 11.2 Amp/hours of power! Let’s [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/04/25/just-mobile-gum-max-duo-review/

ACCENTURE ACER ADOBE SYSTEMS ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS ALLTEL

Google: If you distribute your app through Google Play, you'll update it through Google Play

Facebook had been confusing users with unsolicited 'beta' updates outside the app store

Google recently changed its Google Play Developer Program Policies to prevent applications from using Google's app store and then going off the reservation for updates. 

The change likely is in direct response to Facebook doing that very thing under the guise of a "beta" program. While there might be any malicious intent there, it is a bit specious, and confusing to consumers.

The new policy language reads thusly:

An app downloaded from Google Play may not modify, replace or update its own APK binary code using any method other than Google Play's update mechanism.

That should still leave room for applications that are distributed through Google Play to simultaneously have beta tracks outside of Google's app store, so long as those trains stay on their proper tracks. 

Source: Google Play Developer Content Policy; via The Verge

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/Sip0FgWrnOs/story01.htm

AMKOR TECHNOLOGY AMPHENOL ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL APPLE COMPUTER APPLIED MATERIALS ARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT