Valve confirm no current Linux Steam plans

Valve has ended speculation over a Linux port of their Steam games system, with marketing VP�Doug Lombardi telling GamesIndustry that the company is not working on a version for the open-source platform. �Rumors of the Linux build began in earnest back in May 2010, when several unreleased Steam Linux binaries were discovered; these appeared to be undergoing active development by Valve themselves.


“There?s no�Linux�version that we?re working on right now.” Doug Lombardi, Valve Corporation
At the time, despite the public identification of the binaries, Valve made no move to hide or remove them. �The company subsequently released Steam for OS X, bringing the service to Mac users, but has made no official comment until now about potential development of a Linux version.
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Sad Steve is a minimalistic, easy-to-use MP3 search engine

Filed under: Utilities, Productivity, web 2.0
Sad Steve is a single-purpose search engine with a fairly familiar mascot. It is completely devoid of advertising, and it makes no money at the moment (according to the informatively-titled What? page).
It's run by a guy named Joe Huttner, and it does just what it says on the tin. You feed it with the name of a band or a song that you like and it comes up with an MP3 of said song (usually, a bunch of MP3s). Then, you can listen to the song or download it.
Sad Steve also features some indie-looking bands, and it even has profile pages for them (check out Halo Stereo). It's no Muxtape or Bandcamp, but for some bands I suppose the format works. If you have an account on Sad Steve, you can pledge money for bands that are listed on the site (I suspect that "pledging" is probably not the same as actually paying, but I'm not sure).
All in all, I've seen more polished efforts in the online music/search/indie band page space, but Sad Steve combined all three functions and it's been around for a while. It's certainly handy as an occasional search engine, but if you don't have a problem with Flash, I would go for an app like Grooveshark.Sad Steve is a minimalistic, easy-to-use MP3 search engine originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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EC Media launches Wink e-reader in India

While the world holds its collective breath for India to actually mass produce that $35 tablet it's been trumpeting here lately, the country's own EC Media International is taking the wraps off of a sparkling new e-reader: the Wink. This cutely titled device doesn't look much different than older generation Kindles, but it'll reportedly support 15 languages and will offer 200,000+ book titles right out of the gate. The company has managed to garner the support of publishers like Penguin, Roli, Oxford University, Harper Collins and Permanent Black, and as expected, it'll also be pushed as a substitute for traditional newspapers and magazines. As for pricing? Mum's the word on that, but we are told that the EC Media has landed Croma as a retail partner and Redington as its primary distribution partner. Oh, and we guess you'd probably be interested in the specs -- there's a 6-inch (800 x 600) e-paper display, 2GB of inbuilt storage, 802.11b/g WiFi, GPRS wireless connectivity, a battery good for 10,000 page turns (or 10 hours of music playback), 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB 2.0 socket and support for a wide variety of text and audio formats. If that's not tickling your fancy, it looks as if the outfit has three more options listed as "upcoming," so hang tight. Short hands-on video after the break.

Update: Digit TV has a hands-on video!

[Thanks, Anish and Siddarth]Continue reading EC Media launches Wink e-reader in IndiaEC Media launches Wink e-reader in India originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Wink  | Email this | Comments

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How would you change the HP TouchSmart tm2t?

If you're looking for the quintessential tablet experience, but aren't so fond of giving up the small luxuries that come with owning a laptop, HP's TouchSmart tm2t was probably high on your list once it was introduced earlier in the year. Boasting a 12.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, a swivel option for converting it into a tablet and plenty of power for the Average Joe / Jane, it looks -- on paper, at least -- that this guy is the definition of 'striking a balance.' For those that plopped down the coin to bring one home, we're interested to hear how it has or has not lived up to your expectations. Is the note-taking experience up to snuff? How's that touch response? Would you want to have resistive instead? Bumped up the CPU a notch or two? Don't be shy down in comments below -- we need more oddballs like this in the world, and we need 'em to be done right.How would you change the HP TouchSmart tm2t? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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Doodle Jump gets a Retina Display update

Doodle Jump has released a free update, available now, that not only brings out that underwater content that Igor Pusenjak promised us in that interview a little while back, but also updates the graphics on the app to take full advantage of the iPhone 4's Retina Display, so you can see the little doodle jumping up those platforms clearer and sharper than ever. Only three stages have been updated with Retina Display graphics so far, but Pusenjak says that "the rest of the Retina Display graphics is almost done and we'll be releasing it soon!" The update is of course free for the game's owners, or you can pick up the "Insanely Addictive" title for just 99 cents.

Pusenjak also told us that after the water-related content was done and out, the iPad version of the app would be next up for development, so we'll keep an eye out for news on that soon. Good to see that just because this little game is so popular, its developers aren't taking success lying down.TUAWDoodle Jump gets a Retina Display update originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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WordPress for Android is the smoothest and most functional smartphone app I've ever used

Filed under: Blogging, AndroidI had actually intended to try out TweetDeck for Android today, but it turns out it only works on smartphones sporting Android 2.0 or newer. Thus, with my weak, little Android 1.6 phone I've been left out in the cold, tweetless and lonely. But hey, it ain't all bad: I've been playing with the official WordPress app instead, and damn it's good!

First things first, though: you'd have to be an utter buffoon to compose a proper, longer-than-140-character blog post using your mobile phone. That's not to say that the WordPress app doesn't feature a great New Post editor, but I can only recommend you use it if you're a masochist with tungsten carbide fingertips and precision-engineered reinforced tendons.

Fortunately the WordPress app offers a lot more than just the New Post editor. You can moderate and reply to comments, check your stats and even upload photos and videos straight from your camera!

In short, if you use use self-hosted WordPress.org installation, or a free blog available from WordPress.com, and you have an Android phone, you want this app.

If you still need convincing, read on!
After installing, the first thing you need to do is add a WordPress blog that you want to manage. Both the free WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress.org blogs can be added -- just type in your name and password. You can add more than one blog, too.

Each blog has a Preferences page, as you can see above. Actually, rather counter-intuitively, each blog has two separate pages; I have no idea why. The one you see above configures comment notifications, and the other lets your configure the size of your image uploads. Sadly I am Little Timmy No-Friends and no one left a comment on my blog today, so I couldn't test Notifications, but I'm sure they work!



Once you're added a blog, you can look at Comments, your Posts and Pages, and even the blog's Stats! Comments can be moderated, edited and replied to -- you can even 'mass moderate' using checkboxes (check the screenshot). To make a new post you click the '+' in the bottom left corner of the Posts tab. I don't know why it doesn't say 'New Post'... were the app developers trying to be cool? You can also edit and create static Pages, though you're probably not going to do that while on the move.


Finally we have the Stats tab! It looks just like the Web-based stats that you will have already seen many times on both WordPress.com and your self-hosted blog. Again, I can't see why you'd want to look at your stats while on the move -- to show at job interviews, perhaps? Incidentally, that high point on the graph was just after I joined Download Squad...

All in all, the Android WordPress app is excellent! The only issue I had was uploading photos directly from my phone's camera. It simply caused the app to crash -- and of course I lost my torturously-typed blog post in the process! Perhaps the photos were too big, or maybe it's a known bug. I'm sure it'll be fixed in due course.

WordPress for Android Tech Specs

Installed Size -- 1.3MB, but that could grow if you add more blogs
Speed/Responsiveness -- The app itself is very responsive. Posts, comments and pages take a while to download the first time you view them -- but they're a lot faster after that (Android 1.6 @ 600 MHz, LG GT 540 Swift)
User Interface -- The interface is probably the best I've ever had the pleasure of using, at least on smartphone. Bravo!
Configurability & Extensibility -- The app doesn't actually do a whole lot, so there isn't much to configure. I can't see any way in which the app can be extended, either
License -- Free and open-source, just like the blogging platform itself -- coders, get involved with the next version of the app!
WordPress for Android is the smoothest and most functional smartphone app I've ever used originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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