Lockitron allows doors to be unlocked via iPhone

Apigy has introduced the Lockitron, a combination hardware and app kit that replaces the lock on your door with an internet-ready version that allows users to lock and unlock their doors using their iPhone (and eventually other smartphones), even remotely. While utilizing a traditional key and keyfob system for backup, the system also offers an option where users can text or email a "virtual key" code to others who need to enter the house, enabling them to use the system as well. A near-field communication (NFC) version is also in the works....

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MacOSXHints Contest May Featured Hint Category

The featured category for May are Adobe applications, including the Acrobat family, Photoshop (and the rest of the Creative Suite). Even Flash might be considered.

Please refer to the original post about the MacOSXHints Monthly Hint contest for further details.

I'm a little behind, so we will be getting both the March and April winners picked and announced shortly. My apologies for the delay, it's entirely my fault.

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Apple offering free repairs to quake-damaged Macs

Apple is continuing to offer free repairs for Mac and other Apple equipment damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged large parts of eastern Japan. A page on the company's Japanese web site offers "special servicing" for Macs, iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads that were damaged in the quake free of charge until June 30th, though a disclaimer warns that the offer could be withdrawn at any time....

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iPad 2 Is the ?Holy Grail? of Computing

Computerworld reviewer Michael deAgonia writes, ?Despite the arrival of other tablets, the iPad 2 remains the best available.? He praises its ?beautifully sleek unibody design,? speed (?everything feels faster?), long battery life, and ?silky smooth? iOS 4.3. Having used iPad for a year, deAgonia calls it ?the Holy Grail of computing? and argues that it ?may really be the closest thing to a perfect computer.? He concludes: ?If you need or want a tablet, get an iPad 2.?

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Forum roundup: are refurb. iPads a good deal?

Yesterday in the MacNN forums a thread was started by jeff k, a Mac Enthusiast asks, "can the laptop be plugged in too much?" join in on the conversation here. The conversation continues about the pros and cons of buying refurbished iPads in the thread titled "Refurb iPad" click here to read more....

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Samsung announces 2560 x 1600 display, could pave the way for iPad 3

Samsung will demonstrate an all-new 10.1-inch display at the SID Display Week 2011 International Symposium next week. Samsung's new display will have a 2560 x 1600 resolution, far in excess of anything on the tablet market today. At 300 dpi, the display also compares favorably with the Retina Display resolution of Apple's iPhone 4; meanwhile, Samsung claims the PenTile technology used in the display allows it to operate while drawing 40 percent less power.

It's unlikely for a number of reasons that Apple will employ this exact display in the iPad 3. The 10.1-inch form factor exceeds the 9.7-inch size of the current iPad's design, and the display resolution is also in excess of the pixel-doubled resolution of the iPad's current 1024 x 768 display. The PenTile technology that's made its way into displays for smartphones like Google's Nexus One is also something Apple has shied away from thus far, preferring to stick with tech like in-plane switching (IPS) for its iPhones and iPads.

That having been said, Samsung's new display does prove that high-res, tablet-sized displays are indeed possible without giving up power efficiency, which makes it all the more likely that we'll see a Retina Display quality touchscreen in the iPad 3. It's previously been rumored that Apple wanted to include such technology in the iPad 2, but was unable to do so because of high costs and manufacturing constraints. Although it's looking less likely that rumors of a fall introduction of the iPad 3 will pan out, Samsung's newest display does raise the chances of us seeing a vastly improved iPad display in 2012.

There's no indication yet when this new display will find its way into Samsung's Galaxy tablets; the company just announced the new display and won't be demonstrating it until next week. However, if Samsung can find a way to mass-produce these displays and shoehorn them into the Galaxy Tab before Apple includes similar technology in the iPad, Samsung will finally have a major hardware advantage that it can hold over Apple's more popular tablet line.

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Dell teases XPS 15Z with heavy MacBook Pro cues

Dell in a new Facebook teaser on Friday gave clues to its new ultrathin notebook and raised serious concerns about its originality. Without giving clues as to features, it showed the XPS 15Z, a 'thin, powerful, intuitive' shape which borrowed very heavily from Apple's unibody MacBook Pro. The design shares the same all-silver frame and black bezel, patterned speaker grills on either side of a chiclet keyboard, and even a five-dot, button-activated battery indicator....

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