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Samsung Galaxy Tab can be made to run all apps in full screen, here's how (video)
You might have noticed in our Galaxy Tab review that a number of pretty significant Android apps failed to scale to fully utilize its real estate, leaving an unpleasant black border surrounding their content. Well, you can now take that issue off your list of cons for this otherwise delectable tablet as our buddy JKK has figured out a way to overcome the scaling problemo. Using Spare Parts, a free app available in the Android Market, and a couple of reboots, he was able to convince the Engadget app to run in full screen on the Tab. He's right in guessing that we'd be happy about that, though we imagine owners of Samsung's slate will be the ones with the biggest grins on their faces right now. See the how-to video after the break. [Thanks, Mani]
Spare parts for iPhone next-gen show up in Hong Kong
Even though the new iPhone is still hypothetical, imaginary phones need spare parts too. German site iphone-ticker.de reports that one of their readers contacted Hong Kong firm China Ontrade seeking replacement items for his iPhone 3G, and much to his surprise they told him "This is great honor for China Ontrade (HK) chinaontrade.com to be the 1st started to supply iphone 3gen 2009 parts directly from factory." Indeed, the photos sent along with the offer of parts for a yet-unannounced phone seem to show a black front bezel instead of chrome, a tapered bottom of the case (vs. the rounded end of the current model) and a revised headphone jack. We'll keep an eye out for more photos of bits of the iPhone-in-waiting and pass them along when they appear. Thanks to Ben and Nicholas for sending this in, and Heidi for translation assistance.
New fabrication technique promises "human spare parts" on the cheap
Despite appearances to the contrary, there are in fact technologies other than inkjet printers that are being put to use to create or repair various human body parts, as evidenced by this latest bit of kit developed by Finland's VTT Technical Research Centre. Apparently, the contraption you see above makes use of a visible light, ultra short pulse laser to get the job done, which has the benefit of being considerably cheaper than other similar systems that rely on pricey "femtosecond titanium-sapphire pulse lasers." Despite that relative cheapness, the setup can pump out biomaterial structures as small as 700 nanometers, which can then be applied to tissue engineering scaffolds. According to the team behind it, the technology's already in the process of being commercialized, although we're guessing that it's still a ways off from coming in a home version.[Via Gizmag]
