Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom hands-on: 10x telephoto, 100x intrigue (video)

It's easy enough to describe the Galaxy S4 Zoom, since it's essentially a Galaxy S4 Mini with a 10x zoom lens stuck on the back. But that sort of summary doesn't do it justice. When you hold the phone-slash-camera and when you look at the optically stabilized image captured by its 16-megapixel, point-and-shoot grade sensor, you begin to realize that -- at least for those who do a lot of snapping and sending -- this combo of components holds some serious power.

Just like the first Galaxy Camera, it's all about fun and immediacy: the ability to edit, organize and share decent-quality images using Android apps and cellular data connectivity. The key advantages are that the GS4 Zoom can work as a regular phone for voice calls, and that it's just about portable enough to be used that way, whereas the Galaxy Camera was a lot bulkier. With these gains, the smaller zoom (10x instead of 21x) and lower-res screen (qHD instead of 720p) don't overly faze us, so long as the final selling price takes it all into account. Ultimately, our only hesitation is the impending arrival of the so-called Nokia EOS, likely due on July 11th, which takes a totally upside-down approach to smartphone photography and is likely to be much more pocketable as a result. Those are two devices we can't wait to put head to head, especially in terms of image quality, but our hands-on gallery (and impending video) might help to tide you over in the meantime.

Update: Hands-on video added.

Gallery: Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom hands-on

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Britain rejects involvement of pope in Falklands dispute

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain and a representative of the Falkland Islands on Thursday rejected the idea of Pope Francis intervening in the long-running dispute with Argentina over the islands, which Buenos Aires claims are Argentine territory.

In 1982 Britain sent its armed forces to the Falklands to repel an Argentine invasion of the contested South Atlantic archipelago, which Argentina calls Las Malvinas.

Just over 30 years later, memories of the conflict remain and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has mounted a campaign to renegotiate the islands' sovereignty, lobbying Pope Francis on the issue and rejecting a March referendum in which Falkland residents voted to remain a British Overseas Territory.

"I think the last thing we need is religion inserted into this," said Mike Summers, a member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly.

Mark Lyall Grant, Britain's U.N. ambassador, echoed his remarks, saying: "I certainly share the view that religion is not likely to solve anything."

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, said in 2012 when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires that Britain had "usurped" the disputed islands from Argentina. In 2011, he said the islands were "ours," a view most Argentineans share.

Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman told reporters that London should engage in direct talks with Buenos Aires on the dispute. Lyall Grant said Britain was open to dialogue with Argentina, but only if the Falklanders are involved, a position Timerman dismissed.

"I am the foreign minister of Argentina," Timerman said. "I want to talk with the foreign minister of the United Kingdom."

Timerman and Summers were in New York for an annual meeting of the U.N. Decolonization Committee on the Falklands-Malvinas dispute.

Earlier on Thursday, the committee adopted a non-binding resolution sponsored by a number of Latin American states that was similar to ones adopted in previous years. It calls on Argentina and Britain to enter into negotiations on the islands.

The Falklands are among the scattered remnants of the once mighty British Empire, which towered over 19th century history but faded into decline after World War Two.

Argentina argues it is absurd for Britain to have control of land so far from its own shores, accusing London of maintaining "colonial enclaves."

(Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Stacey Joyce)

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Opera for Android available for download from Google Play

Attention Android users ? Opera is finally ready for prime time on your phone.

The WebKit-based Opera for Android Web browser on Tuesday finally graduated from beta, and became available for download from the Google Play store. This is the first browser Opera has released since announcing a transition in February from its own Presto rendering engine to the open-source WebKit engine that powers Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari browsers.

Opera promised its new browser will give Android users the easiest and fastest way to explore content on their phone. The company has redesigned the Opera interface, giving it a lighter colour scheme and making it more intuitive to use.

The browser boasts a feature called Discover, which Opera calls "the best thing to happen to a browser since the back button." With Discover, you can select your interests from categories like arts, news, and technology and find relevant articles with a simple swipe to the right from the home screen.

"Most people just see a fraction of what the Web has to offer," Rikard Gillemyr, executive VP of consumer products at Opera Software, said in a statement. "We check out the same sites every day, and you can get through with the latest news after just a short bus ride. We wanted to give people a relaxed way of discovering interesting articles and checking them out without any extra effort."

There's also a feature called Off-Road, which promises to help speed up browsing on "even the most sluggish of sluggishy networks, all over the world," Gillemyr said. The feature uses data compression to reduce the amount of data traffic while browsing on your phone. This should save you time and frustration when browsing on a bad connection and money when roaming while travelling.

Other features include Speed Dial for quickly calling up bookmarked pages and text reflow, which lets you view Web text at any zoom level without having to scroll sideways. You can also see a visual overview of all the pages you have open, and switch between them with the swipe of a finger.

Opera for Android is available for free from Google Play for any phone running Android 2.3 or above.

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WOODLAND HILLS JOB FAIR! Monday, June 17 - 11am-2pm - 100's of Jobs!

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Woodland Hills Career Fair
Monday, June 17, 2013
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3.) Rehearse a personal introduction that allows you to sell your skills and make a good impression in a short period of time.
4.) Plan your visit to the Career Fair. Give yourself plenty of time to meet with the companies that are present. Allow yourself time for a busy event and possible on the spot interviews.
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EA announces EA Sports Ignite, a next generation game engine

Thought Frostbite 3 was EA's only big next-gen games engine? Think again: the publisher just announced EA Sports Ignite at Xbox One's reveal event, a new game engine designed specifically for high-end sports titles. "EA Sports Ignite is designed specifically to help us blur the line between the real and the virtual." Andrew Wilson said as he took the stage, listing off a quartet of new games powered by the engine: FIFA, Madden NFL, NBA Live and UFC. Wilson says the engine will allow EA developers to soak its next-gen sports titles in an unprecedented amount of detail, promising to hurdle the animation limitations of current sports games by a factor of ten. The engine's computational claims are even more impressive, offering as much as "four times more calculations per second," according to Wilson, who says it will allow EA to create "human-like intelligence." I guess developers are sick of bad computer AI too.

Check out our Xbox One reveal liveblog right here.

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Motorola Maxar - Computers, Math, Science, and Technology

I'll post this here on the slim chance that another WP member might have some data.

I recently obtained an old Motorola Maxar transceiver. It's a single-channel, crystal controlled unit than is set up to operate with a central repeater. The transmit frequency is 468.25 MHz, and it receives at 5 MHz lower. The PLT is 110.9 Hz ("2Z"). Deviation is +/- 5kHz. Power is about 25W. It may have once been used by an Emergency Medical Service before they all went to 800 MHz trunking.

Okay, so I've Googled all over Teh Interwebz, and have found the pinout to J601 and a few other minor details, but no schematic.

Before I start hassling with eBay or Motorola, does anyone here know where I can obtain a FREE schematic for this unit?

Thank you.

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