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• Where to Download Movies for Free on the Internet

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  Droidsid

  20 Jan 2012 | 8:50 am

  Watching a movie is something one would do, if the person is sitting idle or bored or taking a break from whatever. It’s a very good way to pass time and kill boredom. People normally rent movies or watch them at a theater, but as the days go by, the cost of living increase. Thus, a [...]Where to Download Movies for Free on the Internet is a post from: CallingAllGeeks Join CallingAllGeeks on Facebook || Join CallingAllgeeks on Twitter Related posts: FreeMoviesTheatre: Watch Movies Online For Free 5 Free Websites to Watch Hollywood Movies Online Create Free Animated Movies with…

• USB Lobster Mouse

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  Craziest Gadgets Jeff

  26 Jan 2012 | 1:28 pm

  There’s nothing fishy about the USB Lobster Mouse (well besides the fact that the product description says it has a crocodile shape). Unfortunately for our “lobster roll” pun, this mouse is an optical one so it doesn’t have a trackball. It does have a retractable USB cord, so you can reel it in. Comes in silver, black, and red (no bisque?) for the seafood lover in you. $10 from Brando.USB Lobster Mouse

• Expand Your iPad with a Flash Drive

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  Philip Baxter

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:17 pm

  I have always been under the impression that with this thing called the internet which is full of those fluffy clouds there is little reason for large amounts of local storage on an iPad. Mine is only 16GB and I … Continue reading »

• HP Touchsmart 520 All-in-One PC Review

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  23 Jan 2012 | 5:12 am

  Considering how close HP came to selling off or severing its world leading PC division, it's products like the new TouchSmart 520-1070 all-in-one (AIO) that make us glad somebody switched out the company's water supply. Actually, it's HP's old CEO, Leo Apotheker, who was responsible for the OEM's temporary insanity, and not some tainted H2O,...

• Get A Ballista Kit For Some Mayhem At The Office

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  David Ponce

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:32 am

  By David Ponce Office warfare just got a little medieval looking with the Ballista Kit. What’s cool is that you can annoy your co-workers in style with this little contraption and not break the budget doing so. It’s $22 but you have to assemble it yourself. [ Product Page ] VIA [ The Fancy ]

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• Google tells Android devs to kick the menu button to the curb, seriously you guys

  Terrence O'Brien

  28 Jan 2012 | 4:28 am

  If you've seen Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus in action, then it should be clear that the menu button has no future in the Android ecosystem. In order to drive that point home, Google has posted over at the Android Developer blog urging app creators to "say goodbye to the menu button." With the until now standard key getting the boot, big G wants devs to start designing interfaces that focus on the ActionBar introduced with Honeycomb. Of course, there's only so much room on the screen, and that's where the "action overflow" button comes in handy. Those vertical elipsis hide useful,…

• Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisble, but only in the microwave region of the spectrum

  Daniel Cooper

  28 Jan 2012 | 2:39 am

  Okay, so we're not up to USS Pegasus levels yet, but for the first time researchers have been able to cloak a three dimensional object. Don't start planning your first trip to the Hogwarts library restricted section just yet though, the breakthrough is only in the microwave region of the EM spectrum. Using a shell of plasmonic materials, it's possible to create a "photo negative" of the object being cloaked in order to make it disappear. The technique is different to the use of metamaterials, which try to bounce light around the object. Instead, plasmonics try to deceive the light as to…

• Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the Micro Four Thirds bash

  Edgar Alvarez

  28 Jan 2012 | 12:27 am

  The fresh trend of Micro Four Thirds shooters is on the rise, thus it shouldn't come as a surprise that more glass-makers are jumping on the MFT bandwagon. Joining the likes of Panasonic, Olympus and Kodak as part of the Micro Four Thirds Group, is a trifecta of third-party lens manufacturers: Tamron, Kenko Tokina and ASTRODESIGN. Following closely behind rival Sigma, the newcomers are looking to make a dent in the four-thirds universe. Better late than never, right? There's still no sign of these optics being available for you to stack in your camera bag, but the news just came in, so it…

• IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice

  Michael Gorman

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:34 pm

  It's not the smallest transistor out there, but the boffins at IBM have constructed the tiniest carbon nanotube transistor to date. It's nine nanometers in size, making it one nanometer smaller than the presumed physical limit of silicon transistors. Plus, it consumes less power and is able to carry more current than present-day technology. The researchers accomplished the trick by laying a nanotube on a thin layer of insulation, and using a two-step process -- involving some sort of black magic, no doubt -- to add the electrical gates inside. The catch? (There's always a catch) Manufacturing…

• Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades

  Richard Lawler

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:47 pm

  All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins' fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company's board in a couple of weeks, but he's already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters (update: and Bloomberg). First item on the agenda? Getting current users upgraded to the latest and greatest BlackBerry hardware. Citing internal statistics that indicate 80- to 90- percent of the company's customer base aren't running BlackBerry 7 hardware yet, it will work closely with US carriers to promote upgrades until the new BB10 devices hit later this year. There's no…

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• Wii U name might be rebranded

  Edwin Kee

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:27 am

  The Bard once said, a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet – and while I agree with that statement in a general manner, surely a console name like the Nintendo Wii U would affect a small minority out there that would only purchase a console based on the coolness level of its name? Word on the street from a Nintendo insider has it that the Japanese company is considering a rebadging of their upcoming Wii U console, and might just call it something else. Right now, we will just have to make do with the Wii U as a frame of reference, and the Japanese gaming company certainly…

• Reprogrammable magnetic fluids lets you feel virtual keyboard physically

  Edwin Kee

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:27 am

  A virtual keyboard is just that – technically speaking, you are not supposed to be able to feel the keys when your fingers glide all over them as you type in the necessary characters to form that long Word document, right? Not so if Apple has their way, perhaps some time down the road. It seems that Apple did apply for a patent which details a system that employs coded magnets and ferrofluids, resulting in haptic feedback on a touchscreen or virtual keyboard. For example, a coded magnet could be activated when a proximity sensor detects a finger approaching a touchpad or other surface…

• Apple drops a gear, overtakes Samsung as largest smartphone vendor in the world

  Edwin Kee

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:24 am

  Strategy Analytics’ latest report shows that Apple has taken the coveted top spot by overtaking Samsung of South Korea, effectively transforming Cupertino to become the world’s largest smartphone vendor in terms of volume. In fact, Apple managed to touch 23.9% of the global smartphone market share in Q4 last year, just edging past Samsung’s 23.5% share. Apart from that, Apple managed to ship 37 million units in Q4, which is neck to neck with the figure that Samsung bandied around – 36.5 million units. According to Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics,…

• US blogger given life sentence in Ethiopian prison

  Edwin Kee

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:24 am

  The Federal High Court in Ethiopia has dropped a life sentence on expatriate journalist and blogger Elias Kifle. Kifle’s occupation is the editor of the Washington D.C.-based blog, Ethiopian Review, where he was sentenced without being present at the courtroom. While there were whispers going around earlier that he could very well be handed down the death penalty which is the maximum for his alleged crime of “political terrorism” in Ethiopia, I am quite sure that he and his family heaved a collective sigh of relief with the new sentence. Kifle is not the only person to be…

• BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9531 is CDMA version of P9981 BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9531 is CDMA version of P9981

  Edwin Kee

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:17 am

  There is a leaked roadmap somewhere out there that holds information concerning a CDMA version of the P9981, where it goes around with the moniker BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9531. This unique device will feature a 1.2GHz processor as well as an 8GB internal memory that can be further expanded to 32GB, making this exactly the same as that of the Porsche Design P’9981′s innards. Needless to say, those who own a Porsche in the garage and ride with Verizon and/or Sprint will be able to smile, knowing that there is yet another avenue for you to blow a couple of thousand dollars…

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• Travelon Toiletry Sheets Give You Some Hygiene In A TSA World: Just Add Water

  David Ponce

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:39 am

  By David Ponce The best way to travel is light. No checked baggage means less time to get on your plane and less time leaving the airport at your destination. The only drawback is the TSA’s no fluids regulations that make it impossible to bring things like shampoo or shaving cream with you. You can always hope the hotel you’ll stay at has these, but you usually end up having to visit a convenience store and stock up. It’s stupid. But these travel sheets from Travelon might offer an alternative. They’re dry and packed with different kinds of products that become usable…

• MoneyMaker Camera Strap Lets You Tote 3 SLRs

  David Ponce

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:32 am

  By David Ponce Looking like it should be holstering pistols, the The MoneyMaker Multi-Camera harness lets you pack a different kind of heat. Photographic heat. (Lord, that’s the worst joke of the week, someone shoot me.) The two shoulder straps let you carry a camera on each side while a D-ring on each allows you to string yet another thinner strap to your front. So you end up with a camera on each side and one in front. I’m assuming that professional photographers would like something like this, what with them spending an entire day shooting a wedding, getting tired and things…

• Film Both Sides Of The Action With This Simple Wooden Box

  David Ponce

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:24 am

  By David Ponce There may be occasions where you want to see what’s going on on both sides of the iPhone 4/4S’s camera. Say you’re filming a dialogue. One way you can accomplish this is with a simple device like the one you see above. Some plywood, strategic grooves, and a mirror and suddenly you have “the world’s first handmade video mixer.” This is about as low-tech a solution as you can get, though the result is elegant if not professional looking. Sadly, the asking price is $90 for something that really looks like it could have been made in shop class.

• Deal Of The Day: $700 On Viewsonic 27 Inch LED Monitor

  David Ponce

  26 Jan 2012 | 11:40 pm

  By David Ponce 27 inches for a monitor gives you quite a bit of viewing real estate. Viewsonic’s VX2753MH is a full HD affair and it usually retails for $359, which is down today by $70 at $289. So for less than $300 you have “an LED-backlight display, speaker, adjustable display angle, 2x HDMI inputs, 1ms GTG response time, 30,000,000:1 MEGA dynamic contrast ratio, and more.” As most of these deals, shipping is included and the offer expires on February 1st. [ $700 On Viewsonic 27 Inch LED Monitor ] VIA [ LogicBuy ]

• Get A Ballista Kit For Some Mayhem At The Office

  David Ponce

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:32 am

  By David Ponce Office warfare just got a little medieval looking with the Ballista Kit. What’s cool is that you can annoy your co-workers in style with this little contraption and not break the budget doing so. It’s $22 but you have to assemble it yourself. [ Product Page ] VIA [ The Fancy ]

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• Where in the cosmos? All over the place!

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:22 pm

  Our "Where in the Cosmos" riddle features a large-scale, 3-D map of the universe that's being used to figure out how galaxies have clumped together over the course of billions of years.

• Deep-sea fish recordings reveal grunts and quacks

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:58 pm

  Ecologists may have captured the first deep-sea fish sounds, hidden among the sounds of dolphins and humpback, fin and pilot whales, they report in a new study.

• Twitter censorship policy leads to boycott

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:47 pm

  Anger over Twitter's new policy to censor messages on a country-by-country basis is resulting in protests by some Twitter users who say they will refuse to tweet on Saturday.

• Robotic Russian supply ship docks at space station

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:32 pm

  A robotic Russian cargo ship pulled up to the International Space Station Friday (Jan. 27), delivering tons of fresh fruit, clothing and other vital supplies for the orbiting lab's six-man crew.

• Teens send 'Lego Man' above the clouds

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:46 pm

  Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: It's very cool that two Canadian teens have become celebrities for sending a flag-toting toy into the stratosphere – just don't say they put a "Lego Man in Space."

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• Viral Infographic: Apple's Cash Pile Explained (All of Greece and Canada Get iPads!)

  Kara Swisher

  28 Jan 2012 | 1:02 am

  Apple has a boatload of dough and is worth a ton. Oh, just look here, via this cool infographic from MBAOnline:

• Watch: Twitter's Cheeky Infomercial to Recruit Job Applicants

  Liz Gannes

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:14 pm

  In an industry full of earnest nerds, Twitter hopes workplace humor is a selling point. The company (which is earnest and nerdy too, of course) released a tongue-in-cheek recruiting video tonight. “At Twitter, The Future is You!” is described as an internal Hackweek project to “make the best/worst recruiting video of all time.” It does indeed manage to be both laugh-worthy and cringe-worthy. (Bonus: Watch Twitter CEO Dick Costolo try to keep a straight face.) By the way, this isn’t Twitter’s first witty recruiting video, though one from two years ago was…

• Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard

  Kara Swisher

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:40 pm

  Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future Mark Zuckerbergs and Bill Gates can stay on campus and innovate without having to head West. The irony of the pair of legendary entrepreneurs dropping out — decades apart — of the even more legendary university to start two of tech most significant companies, Facebook and Microsoft. No longer, apparently. The early-stage incubator, which will award funding to four to six start-ups in amounts from $250,000 to $500,000. It will focus on seed ventures in the…

• Nintendo to Bring Online Game Network, NFC to New Wii

  Lauren Goode

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:19 pm

  Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told investors today that the Wii U, the company’s long-awaited successor to the Wii gaming console, will come equipped with NFC capabilities that will be used to transfer gaming data and will open the potential for micropayments through the gaming system. Satoru also said the company was readying an online game network for the Wii U system, citing lessons learned from the tepid launch of the 3DS.

• Ah, So That's What You're Supposed to Do With Foursquare!

  Peter Kafka

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:04 pm

  “Web company has a video.” I know. But this one, posted this week by Foursquare, is worth thinking about for a second. It’s directed at new users, but anyone who visits the homepage and isn’t logged in will see it. “Save money and unlock rewards” based on stuff you and your friends like. Now that sounds like a pretty interesting service. And one that makes a whole lot more sense than “You’re supposed to ‘check in’ when you go some place. And also you might get a ‘badge’ or something,” which is where Fourquare has…

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• SOPA and PIPA Defeat: People Power or Corporate Clout?

  larrymagid

  26 Jan 2012 | 11:47 pm

  This post appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on January 26, 2012 by Larry Magid Many people are celebrating the “people’s victory” that derailed, at least temporarily, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate. These controversial bills would require websites to refrain from linking to any sites “dedicated to the theft of U.S. property.” The bills would also prevent companies from placing ads on the sites, and would block payment companies like Visa, MasterCard and PayPal from transmitting funds to the sites.

• Musician Will Magid on KPFA — Talks and plays cuts from his new CD

  larrymagid

  26 Jan 2012 | 1:13 am

  Will Magid OK I’m biased, but my son Will Magid is an awesome musician and he’s about to come out with an album from the new Will Magid Trio. He’s also on the verge of a major concert, Will Magid’s World Wide Dance Party at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco this Saturday night, starting at 8:30 PM. Take a listen to the KPFA segment and check out his website for more music.

• Violinist works a cell phone ring into his act

  larrymagid

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:49 pm

  As my fellow CNET News blogger Chris Matyszczyk pointed out in a recent post,  Slovokian violinist Lukas Kmit found a way to acknowledge an annoying cell phone that rang during a concert, without missing a beat. The sound you hear in this video is that of a Nokia phone but, undaunted, Kmit just mimicked the ring tone as if it were part of his performance.    

• 2012 is a pivotal year for Internet media

  larrymagid

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:18 am

  This post appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on January 23, 2012 by Larry Magid Streaming Web video and audio have been around for years, but 2012 seems to be shaping up as a pivotal year for Internet media. Last week Forbes.com reported that AOL’s Huffington Post Media Group plans to launch its own cable-style live TV channel to compete with the likes of CNN. Reportedly, it will feature live reports from the blog’s 320-person editorial staff and will even broadcast editorial meetings to give viewers a glimpse of the news-gathering process. That strikes me as one way to get…

• Facebook Adds 60 Apps to Share on Your Timeline

  larrymagid

  19 Jan 2012 | 4:28 pm

  by Larry Magid At its F8 developer’s conference in September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that users would be able to display data from apps on their Facebook Timeline. Partners immediately launched a handful of apps, including one that tells your friends what you’re reading on the Washington Post, but for the most part users were left to wonder what else would be forthcoming. The wait is over. At a small press event in San Francisco (the first Facebook presser I’ve attended that didn’t feature Zuckerberg), the company unveiled the 60 new apps that are now…

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• The Facebook IPO: Does it matter to you?

  Molly McHugh

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:25 pm

  The Facebook IPO draws nearer, and we break down why it should matter (or not) to you.

• Twitter blackout: A protest born of ignorance — but questions remain

  Andrew Couts

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:25 pm

  Twitter users plan to abandon the service on Saturday, in protest of the company's new censorship policies. But an educated look at the details shows the anti-Twitter sentiments are — at this point — misguided.

• New scratch-n-sniff jeans make it fashionable to smell

  Amir Iliaifar

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:40 pm

  One of the more bizarre pieces of fashion we have seen comes by way of Canadian clothing company Naked & Famous Denim with its scratch-n-sniff raspberry scented jeans.

• Real life X-Man? Chinese boy allegedly has cat-like night vision

  Amir Iliaifar

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  It appears that a young Chinese boy may exhibit some super-human abilities with his advanced cat-like night vision.

• Snoball turns charitable giving social

  Kelly Montgomery

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm

  This smart start-up site offers users a way to give to 1.7 million different nonprofits and share it socially in the hopes of creating a snowball effect.

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• Angouleme International Comics Festival

  Andru Edwards

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:01 pm

  I've never been to the Angouleme International Comics Festival, aka Festival International de la Bande Dessinée. But I've always wanted to go. It's been going on every year since 1974 and it's the largest comics festival in Europe, taking place in Angouleme, France. The latest one is going on right now, through the 29th and it's an all-out event that involves the whole town. The Forbidden Planet blog has more. Here's a history of the festival which makes it sound even more appealing, and includes a quote that the show draws 200,000 people each year. That's a…

• Bleeding Edge TV 416: Victorinox Swiss Army 1 Terabyte SSD

  Andru Edwards

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:04 pm

  We chat with Victorinox Swiss Army at CES 2012 about its upcoming monster 1 TB SSD drive that will be available soon. Meant for the data road warriors out there, this 1 terabyte SSD fits into the size of a flash drive in your pocket, and will retail for $2999 when it goes on sale. It also has a small display integrated into its side, which can give you information about the drive and the data held on the drive. Big thank you to MozyPro and JackThreads for sponsoring the show - be sure to check them out! MozyPro provides simple, automatic, and secure data backup. As for JackThreads,…

• Unboxing Live 080: YurBuds Inspire earbuds

  Andru Edwards

  26 Jan 2012 | 6:43 pm

  We open up the YurBuds Inspite headphones in this episode. The Yurbuds earbuds brand guarantees that the headphones will stay in your ear, no matter what type of physical activity you're doing. They also say that the YurBuds will remain comfortable while you wear them as well. Check out the video for a look at the product! This video is shot at CES 2012. You can pick up a pair of YurBuds on Amazon. Big thank you to MozyPro and JackThreads for sponsoring the show - be sure to check them out! MozyPro provides simple, automatic, and secure data backup. As for JackThreads,…

• Get a 12-month Xbox Live subscription for $35 (40% off!)

  Andru Edwards

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:41 pm

  Looking to pick up a 12-month Xbox Live Gold subscription on the cheap? Head on over to Amazon right now to grab one for 40% off. Seriously, you'll pay $35 instead of the typical $60, and you get access to stuff like Netflix, Hulu Plus, ESPN, and much more on your Xbox 360. Even if you're in the middle of  a subscription, you can just get one and extend whatever time you have left by another year. Don’t forget, if you’re looking for other deals, be sure to check out our Newegg Promo Code thread. Oh, and if you're on Twitter, be sure to follow @TechPromos for the…

• Video: Phil Knight on Tim Cook’s reaction to Steve Jobs passing

  Andru Edwards

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:10 pm

  As part of his Joe Paterno eulogy, Phil Knight recounts a discussion he had with Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding the death of Steve Jobs. It's a candid glimpse into the friendship shared by Cook and Jobs. [Thanks, Jason!] Tags: apple, joe paterno, joe paterno eulogy, phil knight, steve jobs, steve jobs death, steve jobs eulogy, tim cook, tim cook eulogy, videos, youtube, Video: Phil Knight on Tim Cook’s reaction to Steve Jobs passing originally appeared on Gear Live on Thu, January 26, 2012 - 2:10:48

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• Samsung Rises to Record as Smartphones Help Keep Pace With Apple

  28 Jan 2012 | 2:25 am

  Samsung Electronics Co. jumped to a record in Seoul trading after surging smartphone sales boosted profit and helped Asia’s largest consumer-electrics company keep pace with Apple Inc.

• RIM’s Heins ‘Here to Fight’ for BlackBerry Revival Against Apple

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:23 pm

  Research In Motion Ltd.’s Thorsten Heins, five days into his job as chief executive officer, pledged to regain lost ground in the U.S. smartphone market and said he held talks with rivals eager to license its software.

• Facebook Said to Plan Its IPO Filing for as Early as Next Week

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:23 pm

  Facebook Inc., the world’s largest social-networking service, is aiming to file for its initial public offering as early as next week, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

• China Is Good Bet for E-Commerce Growth, Billionaire Milner Says

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:57 pm

  Russian billionaire and Groupon Inc. investor Yuri Milner says China will be an attractive location for fledgling e-commerce companies looking to grow.

• Twitter Can Now Censor Messages by Nation

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:41 pm

  The microblogging service has added the ability to screen tweets on a country-by-country basis in order to comply with local strictures

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• DMCA exemption on rooting will expire soon, EFF requests action

  Aaron Orquia

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:22 pm

  Although there are many gadget users know what rooting and jailbreaking are, only a few are likely aware of the legal implications of the act. Up until 2010, unlocking your device in any way was technically a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, and could carry stiff penalties if you were convicted. Fortunately, in 2010 an exemption to the law was added that made unlocking the devices that you own completely legal. However, that exemption is set to expire in the near future, which would mean that rooting would go back to being a crime. Even though I'm sure users don't…

• ZTE V66 Verizon Android tablet passes through FCC

  Calob Horton

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:23 pm

  If ZTE's Sprint-capable Optik tablet didn't hit your technological sweet tooth for whatever reason, the company has an alternative. It's called the V66 (probably a codename); while we've seen its overall shape before, we now have a colorful picture to show what the front will look like thanks to a Bluetooth filing. If you need a refresher on this device's specs, here they are: it will come with a 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, Android 3.2, a 7-inch capacitive 1280 x 800 display, and a 4000mAh battery.  Since it's a Verizon tablet, it will be able to connect to Verizon's network. It's also a…

• RIM's new CEO thinks all Android phones are "the same," won't sell to Samsung or anyone else

  Aaron Orquia

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:22 pm

  Well, this isn't something you hear every day. According to RIM's brand new CEO, "there is just no room for differentiation because all [Android Phones] are the same. This quote came in response to a question about the company potentially switching to Android, which Thorsten Heins clearly doesn't think is a good idea.  This is especially interesting in light of a recent rumor that Samsung would buy RIM. While Samsung quickly denied the claim, there were still rumors that RIM was up for sale. Now, it appears that is no longer the case. Thanks to the direction of a new CEO, RIM will continue…

• Idolian IdolPad is just $100, boasts 7-inch screen and decent specs

  Calob Horton

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:07 pm

  Most of the $100 Android tablets that we cover usually have dismal specs and, quite honestly, aren't even worth the small price tag. Luckily for us, there are a few devices that you can get for just one Benjamin Franklin that are worth it. I introduce you to the Idolian IdolPad, which happens to be one of those devices. This tablet is actually pretty loaded for the price for which it's offered: it includes a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, and Gingerbread (including Google's official Android Market). Those specs aren't bad at all; granted, the processor is…

• T-Mobile wants to gain spectrum, stop AT&T and Verizon

  Aaron Orquia

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:28 pm

  We found out just this Tuesday that T-Mobile will soon be getting a chunk of AT&T wireless spectrum to bulk up its network, but apparently that still isn't enough bandwidth for the outmatched magenta carrier. They are currently looking to aggressively  buy more spectrum at upcoming government auctions, and are concerned about being outbid by much larger (and richer) carriers. This is due to some new legislation in Congress that would prevent the FCC from excluding AT&T and Verizon from the auctions based on the amount of spectrum they already have. In response to the perceived…

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• The Sony Xperia S pays a visit to the FCC, AT&T arrival impending

  Natesh Sood

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:56 pm

  The Sony Xperia S smartphone was first introduced at CES 2012 with plans for a European and American launch in the Spring of 2012.  Before a launch with AT&T can occur, the Xperia S needs to gain approval from the FCC, and today we learned that it recently visited the FCC and everything looks to be in order.In addition, the Sony Xperia S is said to be coated with “anti-stain shell,” which will help keep your device fresh and clean.  The coating is expected to be similar to what is found on the DROID RAZR.  Lastly, it will employ a new battery technology that aims for rapid…

• Wi-Fi only XYBOARD tablets now available and shipping from Motorola

  Natesh Sood

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:45 pm

  At a basic level, tablets are available in two varieties.  Either the tablet comes with cellular connectivity in the form of 3G or 4G (LTE), or the tablet is WiFI only.  Some customers prefer tablets with cellular connectivity so it can be used pretty much anywhere (especially on the go).  However, there is a certain sizable market for those interested in tablets with WiFi radios only.Starting today, Motorola will begin shipping the XYBOARD tablets with WiFi only.  The XYBOARD series is available in two different screen sizes with different hard drive capacities.  The cheapest model is…

• CyanogenMod 9 (Android 4.0) now available for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet

  Robert Nelson

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pm

  Those with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet may be interested in knowing that a build of CyanogenMod 9 has come available. This version of CM9 is available for the Wi-Fi only version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and is built-on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Speaking in terms of this build, the news is coming by way of RootzWiki and it is noted as being “a completely unofficial kana of CyanogenMod 9.” In other words, this one is a download and flash at your own risk type of deal.That being said, the RootzWiki post includes a link to both the ROM and also version 4.0.3 or the Gapps…

• Spotify now has more than 3 million paying subscribers

  Robert Nelson

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:23 pm

  The last we heard from Spotify in terms of paying subscriber count came back in late-November when they reached the 2.5 million user mark. And well, it looks like Spotify has since reached that next milestone — 3 million. The details are coming by way of a Financial Times article where they are reporting that more than 20 percent of the active Spotify user base is paying on a monthly basis. Bottom line, it looks like users are willing to part with their money to get the music they want in an ad-free manner. Otherwise, according to the folks at Spotify, they feel they have…

• Samsung Series 5 ultrabooks now available for pre-order from Amazon

  Robert Nelson

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:12 pm

  The Samsung Series 5 ultrabooks came available for pre-order earlier in the month with J&R and as of today — it looks like another option is available. The latest is still a pre-order, however it comes by way of Amazon. Of course, as the pricing is the same with both Amazon and J&R this will probably come down to which retailer you prefer. Anyway, just to clarify, Amazon has the 13.3 inch (NP530U3B-A01US) Series 5 for $899.99 and the 14 inch (NP530U4B-A01US) Series 5 for $949.99.Both the 13.3 inch and 14 inch models bring a display resolution of 1366 x 768. The remaining specs…

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  Gizmodo

• US Government Nixes Three of Rambus' Most Prized Patents [Lawsuits]

  Andrew Tarantola

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:40 pm

• Trade Whatever You've Got for Whatever You Want with the Swap-O-Matic [Video]

  Andrew Tarantola

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:40 pm

  Vending machines would be a lot more user friendly if they didn't always demand money. Maybe I don't have $1.25 for that can of soda. Maybe I've got a seventy-five cents and four cigarettes. That seems like like a fair trade, right? Well, with the Swap-O-Matic, I can now find out. More »

• Who Knew Sesame Street Was the Place to See Such Smut? [Image Cache]

  Andrew Tarantola

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:20 pm

• Tomorrow's Spies Will Drop F-BOMBS Everywhere [Spying]

  Andrew Tarantola

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:40 pm

• This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: Mitt Romney, Pickup Artist [Video]

  Splitsider

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 pm

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  Wired: Gadgets

• Apple's New iBooks Won't School College Bookstores Any Time Soon

  Tim Carmody

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:10 pm

  On its face, matching iPad textbooks with college students seems almost perfect. But Apple's plans for its new iBookstore, from the way it's structured book purchases to its development strategy for multimedia e-books, doesn't seem like it's well suited for the college textbook market at all ? if it even has that target in mind.

• Hands-On With the Everything-Proof Pelican iPad Case

  Charlie Sorrel

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:43 am

• Bendy Bike Rack Made From Rubber Hose and Cable

  Charlie Sorrel

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:53 am

• Parenthood Brings Songs of Guilt & Revenge From the Backpeddlers

  Curtis Silver

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:30 am

• Magnus iPad Stand Marries Minimalism With Magnets

  Charlie Sorrel

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:25 am

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  International CES News

• CEA Hails Congressional Decision to Pull Votes on SOPA and PIPA

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:32 am

  Association urges passage of OPEN Act to curtail online infringement.

• CEA Website Goes Dark Today

  18 Jan 2012 | 10:17 am

  The following statement is attributable to Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA in light of activities surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the proposed OPEN Act:

• Stars of CES Revealed from What HiFi? Sound and Vision

  18 Jan 2012 | 4:53 am

  The 2012 International CES saw the launch of Stars of CES – a new Awards scheme from the world's leading home entertainment buyer's guide, showcasing the music- and movie-boosting heroes of the world's greatest tech show.

• Walt Zerbe Receives 2012 TechHome Leadership Award

  17 Jan 2012 | 12:13 am

  At the 2012 CES, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) awarded Walt Zerbe the 2012 TechHome Leadership Award for his 25-year involvement with the custom and commercial audio/video, automation, recording and pro-sound industries.

• The Guild Wins Best Comedy Series in Inaugural IAWTV Awards at 2012 CES

  16 Jan 2012 | 10:24 am

  From studio content producers to YouTube celebrities, those successfully creating entertainment for digital platforms are celebrated via 33 categories honoring web series and online talent, in front of the camera and behind the scenes.

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  HotHardware.com Article Rss Feed

• NZXT Switch 810 Case Review

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Options, folks. That’s what NZXT is shooting for with its new full-tower Switch 810 case, which can be configured in a number of different ways to optimize airflow or sound reduction and is equally friendly for air- or water-cooling setups. Available in black or white, the NZXT Switch 810 takes a while to get to know intimately. NZXT...

• AMD A8-3870K Unlocked Llano Quad-Core APU Review

  24 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am

  When AMD initially released their Llano-based A-Series APUs, the company targeted cost-conscious consumers looking for highly-integrated, easy to assemble solutions for an entry-level or mid-range PCs. At the time of launch, the flagship model in the A-Series line-up was the A8-3850, which featured quad CPU cores paired to a DirectX-11 Radeon...

• HP Touchsmart 520 All-in-One PC Review

  23 Jan 2012 | 5:12 am

  Considering how close HP came to selling off or severing its world leading PC division, it's products like the new TouchSmart 520-1070 all-in-one (AIO) that make us glad somebody switched out the company's water supply. Actually, it's HP's old CEO, Leo Apotheker, who was responsible for the OEM's temporary insanity, and not some tainted H2O,...

• Asus Transformer Prime Ice Cream Sandwich Update

  20 Jan 2012 | 4:36 am

  When we first received the new NVIDIA Tegra 3-powered Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime for testing, we had solid communication from both Asus and NVIDIA that this tablet was one of Google's test vehicles for their upcoming Android 4.0 operating system, also referred to as Ice Cream Sandwich. Besides the fact that the folks at Google have a bit...

• CES 2012 Roll-Up: HH Features From CES

  18 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  As is always the case, CES 2012 was a complete blur of big product announcements, bleeding-edge technology and a mass of humanity clamoring to see it all. Our coverage of the event and the various product announcements came so fast and furious that, unless you were checking the page every few minutes (not a bad idea actually), you probably...

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  HotHardware.com News Rss Feed

• OWC's Aura Pro Express 6G 480GB SSD Seriously Amps Up Your MacBook Air

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:47 pm

  There's nothing quite like an SSD to really hammer home the "high performance" feeling in a new notebook. Apple's been cramming SSDs into MacBook Air machines for some time now, but Other World Computing believes in pushing the envelope. The company's Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G 480GB SSD offers up to 3x faster performance and 8x more storage...

• Sony Announces U.S. PlayStation Vita Packages And Pricing

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:50 pm

  Wouldn't it be nice if that free data that Verizon includes with Samsung's Chromebooks were something that other carriers would utilize? Maybe it's a trend that's taking off. Sony's PlayStation Vita is nearly ready to launch in America, and as you may have heard, there's a 3G version on tap. There's under 30 days left for it to launch, and...

• HotHardware and Gigabyte New Year's Giveaway

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm

  Now that the holidays and CES craziness are over, we thought it would be a good time to launch our latest giveaway! This time around, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Gigabyte to give away a few of pieces of HOT hardware. Up for grabs, we have a Z68 series, Z68XP-UD3P motherboard, GeForce GTX 560 N56GOC-IGI graphics card, and...

• Toshiba Launches 7-inch Color E-reader in Japan

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am

  Move over, 7-inch color e-readers, there’s a new guy in town--if you live in Japan, anyway. Toshiba announced a full color 7-inch (1024x600) dedicated e-reader called the BookPlace DB50, which will launch in Japan on February 10th. Word on the street is that it may make its way to U.S. shores at some point, too. Specifications include...

• Apple CEO Calls NYT Report on Worker Conditions "Patently False and Offensive"

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:15 am

  A couple of recent articles in The New York Times painted a less than rosy picture of Apple and its role in allegedly urging its suppliers in China to take shortcuts despite concerns to worker safety. It's a hot topic considering the multiple reports of poor working conditions at Foxconn, a top supplier of Apple's iDevices along with many...

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  Pogue's Posts

• Look, Ma, No Hands! Operating a Laptop With Eyes Only

  By DAVID POGUE

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:43 pm

  Tobii, a Swedish company, is demonstrating eye-tracking software that really rocked my world. Imagine reading a Web page or Word document on the screen and the page scrolls automatically, gracefully and effortlessly as you proceed through the article. The system knows where your eyes are and how fast you're going.

• A New G-Shock Watch Awaits a New Bluetooth

  By DAVID POGUE

  24 Jan 2012 | 7:57 am

  Casio's G-Shock GB6900 watch uses a new, low-power Bluetooth chip called Bluetooth Smart (or Bluetooth 4.0) to do amazing things with a PC or smartphone. Butt the watch doesn't work unless your phone also has Bluetooth 4.0 - and right now, only a couple of them do.

• Put Down the Pitchforks on SOPA

  By DAVID POGUE

  19 Jan 2012 | 11:50 am

  Not enough people have acknowledged that the opposition was arguing two totally different different points - the "you're going about it the wrong way" group and the "we want our illegal movies!" group. In the new world of Internet versus government, the system worked; the people spoke, government listened, and that's good. But let's do it responsibly, people. Both sides have an obligation to do the right thing.

• A Gadget Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

  By DAVID POGUE

  5 Jan 2012 | 2:36 pm

  If you think Amazon's real cost to make that Kindle Fire is $201, then by all means go to China and cobble one together yourself. The components are only part of the cost of any gadget.

• The New Improved Heckling of Movies

  By DAVID POGUE

  4 Jan 2012 | 9:54 am

  If you're willing to watch a movie DVD on your computer (instead of your TV), then you can use the new Rifftrax Player app to simultaneously play the DVD and the usually hilarious Rifftrax audio, which is like sitting in an audience of hecklers.

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  Gear Diary

• January 27th – 29nd Weekend Round-Up of PC Download Game Deals

  Michael Anderson

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 pm

  Welcome back to another weekend of game deals for you to enjoy! You might notice that this week is a bit slower than previous weeks ... but there are still some great deals! As a reminder, I have refocused on only those sites I feel bring great deals AND great customer experience to the table, including Amazon, Beamdog, Desura, DotEmu, GamersGate, Mac App Store and Steam. Also, I am more tightly focusing on deals of 75% off or more, with occasional 50% sales, but in addition will also be trimming back to fewer than 25 deals per site to keep the list under control. I am continuing my 'top…

• iGrill + Omaha Steaks’ “Steak Time” App = Meat Magic

  Chris Chamberlain

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm

  Now far be it from me to tell a man (or a woman for that matter) how to use their bbq grill. Like politics and religion, grilling is a topic where advice is rarely appreciated or even more rarely followed. I'm sure you're great at cooking a steak over charcoal or gas, and I wouldn't tell you to your face if I thought otherwise. A. because you're feeding me and B. because you probably have fire and sharp bbq tools within arm's reach. Maybe you're one of those people who can judge a steak's doneness by comparing the surface of the meat to the firmness of the fleshy part of your thumb pad. Good…

• Swingline Stack and Shred 80X Handsfree Cross-Cut Shredder Review

  Dan Cohen

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm

  Who in the world would get excited about a shredder? ME, that's who. So when Judie posted a review of the SwingLine Cross-Cut Shredder last year I took note. You see, as bad as Judie and Kevin's stack of "waiting to be shredded documents" was, Elana's and mine is worse. How much worse? Let me put it this way. In Judie's review she began with the following, This is my husband's and my pile of things that needed to be shredded. It started in a drawer, was moved to a shelf, and eventually ended up in a bag under our bed. What's in it? Everything from those "convenience" checks that credit card…

• Incipio M&M’s feather Case for iPhone 4S Review and Giveaway

  Dan Cohen

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm

  Aren't these just the cutest iPhone 4S cases EVER!?!?! These are the Incipio M&M's feather cases and they are more than just a tasty-looking way to protect your iPhone. The cases are based on Incipio's popular feather line of cases. The feather is "Incipio's answer for a low-profile protective cover. Measuring approximately 1mm in thickness, the feather is our slimmest case, offering sleek protection without the added bulk of traditional cases." Read on for a closer look and a chance to win one! Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

• Spirit of Wandering – the Legend, HD iPad Game Review

  Michael Anderson

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pm

  I was still warm in the afterglow of the awesome iOS game 'Letters from Nowhere' from G5 Games when I started another hidden object game from G5 Games called Spirit of Wandering. Given the innovative style of the former game, I really didn't expect Spirit of Wandering - a stock standard hidden object adventure - to live up. Let's see how it did! The Hype: Sail the seas with a pirate captain in search of her missing love in this adventurous, hidden-object quest! After an attack by the Flying Dutchman, the crew of the Spirit of Wandering and captain’s companion, Jack, were imprisoned in the…

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  Lifehacker: Gadgets

• Wrapsol Non-Slip Grip Pad Keeps Your Gadgets In Place for Easy Reading

  Whitson Gordon

  20 Jan 2012 | 6:30 pm

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• You Don’t Need All Those Chargers: How to Consolidate Your Extra Bricks and Still Power Your Gadgets

  Alan Henry

  20 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am

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• You're Holding It Wrong: Here's How to Hold Your Touch Screen Gadgets Correctly

  Whitson Gordon & Adam Dachis

  17 Jan 2012 | 7:00 pm

  We've talked about how to ergonomically optimize your desk, but if you're rocking a smartphone or tablet, you may find that it's hard to follow the same rules. Weblog InfoWorld shares some tips on avoiding RSI when using your mobile devices. More »

• How to Properly Clean All Your Gadgets Without Ruining Them

  Whitson Gordon

  12 Jan 2012 | 6:30 pm

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• How Often Should I Charge My Gadget's Battery to Prolong Its Lifespan?

  Whitson Gordon

  11 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm

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  Craziest Gadgets

• Napper: The Alarm Clock Designed for Napping

  Craziest Gadgets Jeff

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pm

  Who doesn’t love a good nap? But a nap can turn from a quick rest to sleeping through something important really quickly. That’s why there’s The Napper, the nap friendly alarm clock. It works just like a regular old alarm clock with one major difference: quick nap buttons. If you want to take a nap, just press one of the big nap buttons on top and you’re all set. 15 minutes, 30 minutes or 60 minutes, your choice- a timer on the right next to the time tells you how much time you have left to nap. There’s no more need to reprogram your alarm or set up your phone,…

• Recipe Rock

  Craziest Gadgets Jeff

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:08 am

  Hey good lookin’, whatcha got cookin’? The Architec Recipe Rock is designed to hold clipped or printed out recipes upright while you’re cooking but it can be also be used at your desk to stylishly hold any type of paper you need to look at. It works with a simple magnetic base and ball to hold up to 8 pages at once, while it’s slightly curved base keeps full sheets from flopping over. When not holding paper it looks great and takes up minimal space.Recipe Rock

• USB Lobster Mouse

  Craziest Gadgets Jeff

  26 Jan 2012 | 1:28 pm

  There’s nothing fishy about the USB Lobster Mouse (well besides the fact that the product description says it has a crocodile shape). Unfortunately for our “lobster roll” pun, this mouse is an optical one so it doesn’t have a trackball. It does have a retractable USB cord, so you can reel it in. Comes in silver, black, and red (no bisque?) for the seafood lover in you. $10 from Brando.USB Lobster Mouse

• Posture Suspenders Jolt You Into Sitting Up Straight

  Craziest Gadgets Jeff

  26 Jan 2012 | 1:10 pm

  You really have to want to get your posture correct if you’re willing to subject yourself to a pair of electronic Posture Suspenders. It’s not the annoying buzzing sound or vibration every time you slouch that’s the torturous part- it’s the fact that you have to actually wear a pair of suspenders in public. Oooh the horrors. Designed by Tobias Sonne, a student at Carnegie Mellon University, the Posture Suspenders use stretchy conductive fabric. Unlike competing suspenders on the market (there’s competing posture correcting suspenders?!) that use a more expensive…

• Charging Charlie, the Cord Holding Firefighter

  Craziest Gadgets Jeff

  26 Jan 2012 | 11:03 am

  Craziest Gadgets salutes everyday heroes like police officers, EMT’s, firefighters, Batman, and of course the meatball parm hero. With that salute to heroes aside, we salute another hero: Charging Charlie. He’s a hero because he holds your cords up off your desk in style. Also he fights fires (although probably not particularly effectively since he’s using a cell phone charging cord instead of a firehose but we salute the effort). For this Charging Charlie is our second favorite fireman of all time after this guy… smoooking.Charging Charlie, the Cord Holding…

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  Gadizmo.com

• Tick Tock, Here’s the Gorgeous Manifold Clock

  Kris

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  Figuring out the time has come a long way since the days of waiting for the clouds to part to read a sundial. It seems that a new Kickstarter project might have taken inspiration from that age-old device as a gorgeous new way to tell the time. Meet the Manifold Clock. Created by a team in Tel Aviv, Israel, this gadget aims to encapsulate the ever-changing concept of time. The silent hands, powered by a single AA battery, are connected to a clock by a piece of Tyvek fabric. As they tick, they cause the fabric to twist and bend in space, changing the clock’s appearance every 60 seconds…

• Gift the Time Traveling Coffee Mug with a Disappearing Dr. Who Tardis

  R.J. Huneke

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:23 am

  Watch the police box disappear from earth and journey through the time continuum of space with the Disappearing Tardis Mug! Whether you’re a fan of Dr. Who, or not (and you all should enjoy the time traveling Brit, as his comedy and courage are unparalleled), this coffee mug is the gift that keeps giving. With every pouring of a liquid hot brew, the Tardis sitting on a typical English street begins to smoke and disappear . . . This particular English police box is not a place for citizens to run for cover to phone Scotland Yard, but rather the age-old vessel of the Time Lord Dr. Who and is…

• Awesome Found Kinetic Sculptures

  Jasmine

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:15 pm

  One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. This statement is the basis of Nemo Gould‘s various kinetic sculptures. He is able to create amazing sculptures and scenery by collecting found materials. The sculptures bring together tossed items that most of us might not glance at twice and creates something entirely new and entertaining. While much of Gould’s sculptures don’t move, there are some that incorporate the use of motors to create a very cool diorama. It’s interesting to see the combination of technology and art together in such a seamless way that…

• Best in Show CES 2012’s Nokia Lumia 900 Phone Arrives in March

  R.J. Huneke

  24 Jan 2012 | 5:09 pm

  It has been confirmed by Nokia: the smartphone with the most buzz at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show will be heading to retailers in March. The Nokia Lumia 900 is a great example of an exciting new version of a phone almost up to the current Apple and Droid standards, so let’s take a close look at it. Nokia is still hush-hush on the price tag of this sexy phone for AT&T customers – it looks and feels like the previous generation iPod Nano, with its sleek polycarbonate shell and shape. Their previous model, the Lumia 710, has gone down to less than fifty bucks, or free in some…

• Skiers Weather Winter like BANE with Subzero Mask

  R.J. Huneke

  21 Jan 2012 | 7:08 pm

  Don a light and warm fleece, and not only breathe clean air that is substantially warmer and more humid, but look weird… er… badass doing it! The Subzero Warm Breath Mask might look as though it’s from Mortal Kombat and not Hammacher Schlemmer, but it is truly a remarkable medical-grade breathing mask crafted to spare the throat and lungs from the same freezing air that bitterly dominates the outside during the cold season. Anyone who does not hibernate or migrate to the tropics during the earth’s harsh winter could use a Subzero Warm Breath Mask. This beauty covers the…

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  Tech - Baig

• Dyson Hot heats a room nicely, but price burns

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:46 pm

  Key features of the pricey Dyson Hot can be found on cheaper but less stylish competitors.

• Bloggie Live flips the script on pocket camcorders

  18 Jan 2012 | 6:50 pm

  New Sony device offers "live streaming" over Wi-Fi — the ability to broadcast activities in real time.

• Getting to know the Lytro 'focus later' camera

  13 Jan 2012 | 8:26 pm

  In a walk around CES with Lytro, using the quirky new camera was a lot of fun.

• 'Smart' TVs and other products proliferate at CES

  12 Jan 2012 | 9:42 am

  How much consumers will buy into the "smart" products trend is still a question mark for many companies.

• CES will be the kickoff for 2012's hot tech trends

  4 Jan 2012 | 7:17 pm

  Windows 8, cloud-based services, voice controls and gesture-driven interfaces are expected to be hot topics.

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  Geek.com

• Droid Razr Maxx proves that LTE phones can have good battery life

  Will Shanklin

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:37 pm

  When LTE was introduced to the US last March (with Verizon’s launch of the HTC Thunderbolt), geeks everywhere salivated at the prospect of wireless data that was (in many cases) faster than their home internet connection. Then they actually used the Thunderbolt… then they used the Droid Bionic… and then they used the Droid Razr. [...]

• 3D printed record sort of plays “Still Alive”

  Sal Cangeloso

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pm

  We all know the wonderful thing that can be done — and will be able to be done — with 3D printers. You can make yourself a great coat hanger, a killer companion cube, or even the parts for another 3D printer. That said, today there are still limitations on what one can do with [...]

• Jailbreaking your iPhone could become a crime

  Will Shanklin

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:20 pm

  Is jailbreaking your iPhone a crime? Right now it isn’t, but that could soon change. In yet another example of legislators not quite knowing how to adapt law to the digital realm, jailbreaking has gained only a temporary legal status. Its fate will once again be determined in 2012. Some manufacturers (including Apple) have claimed [...]

• Facebook filing papers to go public next week

  Will Shanklin

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pm

  Facebook will reportedly be part of one of the biggest Wall Street IPOs in history, as the company is reportedly filing paperwork as early as next Wednesday to go public. Facebook will reportedly be valued somewhere between $75 billion to $100 billion. The IPO is expected to raise $10 billion. The company is reportedly close [...]

• Update to Google Earth makes view of the planet seamless

  Ray Walters

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm

  While looking at the planet using Google Earth was already a stunning experience, Mountain View has released an update to the application that improves upon the visual performance. With version 6.2, the planet no longer looks like a patchwork quilt that some celestial being has sewn together but rather appears as a smooth, seamless image. [...]

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  Boing Boing » Gadgets

• The human cost of technology

  Rob Beschizza

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:41 pm

  The New York Times on the human cost of industrial accidents at Apple's foreign suppliers: Troubling, the groups say, is some suppliers’ disregard for workers’ health. Two years ago, 137 workers at an Apple supplier in eastern China were injured after they were ordered to use a poisonous chemical to clean iPhone screens. Within seven months last year, two explosions at iPad factories, including in Chengdu, killed four people and injured 77. Before those blasts, Apple had been alerted to hazardous conditions inside the Chengdu plant, according to a Chinese group that published that…

• Wi-Fi deadzones more effective at engaging student attention than pole-dancing to Toto's Take My Hand from Dune: the official soundtrack

  Rob Beschizza

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:50 am

  Yale professor Alexander Nemerov found a great way to get students to pay attention: lecturing in a Wi-Fi dead zone. Glenn Fleishman, writing for The Economist: The good professor is no Luddite. He realises that a request to turn off the hall's Wi-Fi routers during a class may meddle with other nearby needs. (And it would in any case be useless in blocking mobile 3G and 4G signals.) Some students, he concedes, clearly use the internet to enhance his lectures, looking up artwork he discusses to get a closer or different view, or taking notes. But some engage in less pertinent online…

• Mutant game controllers

  Rob Beschizza

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:27 am

  Roger Ibars takes photographs of game controllers hooked up to inappropriate interfaces: "a research interest in how objects would be losing interest in interacting with the users ... where things take control of their functions and therefore use themselves." [via GamOvr]

• HOWTO make a boombox out of a toolbox

  Cory Doctorow

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:03 pm

  Chicago's Floyd Davis demonstrates how to make a boombox out of any case, including a Craftsman toolbox. Boombox in a Toolbox

• Violist improvs response to ringing Nokia phone

  Cory Doctorow

  24 Jan 2012 | 12:56 pm

  In this 2011 YouTube upload, violist Lukáš Kmiť shows what to do when your playing is interrupted by a ringing phone, as happened to him during a beautiful performance at an orthodox synagogue in Presov, Slovakia. Kmiť broke off playing for an instant, regrouped, and then improvised a lovely aria based on the Nokia ringtone. Nokia ringtone during concert of classical music (via Making Light)

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  Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome

• Are We Having Fun Yet?: Star Wars Slot Car Tracks

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  Because a little Star Wars licensing goes a long way for selling products *eying novelty Darth Vader head shaped mouse pad*, here are two new slot-car tracks being released by slot-car manufacturer Scalextric. Ever wanted to recreate the Battle of Endor or Death Star Attack in the f***ing saddest way possible? You're in luck! Hit the jump for an x-wing/TIE fighter set and box photos.

• Cartoon Couture: Disney Fashion Princesses

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm

  Man I am LOOPY. This is a set of fashion Disney princesses (sans Anastasia!) by deviantARTist viria13. Now a lot of people have absolutely nothing better to do have taken the time to write and ask what the hell's up with my obsession with Disney princesses. Well I'll tell you. You know how your parents had two sons but your mom was really hoping for a girl so she dressed the younger one up in dresses and taught him how to act like a sassy little lady? That's me. I am that sassy little lady. Hit the jump for another set.

• Boba On Board: Star Wars Family Car Decals

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:30 pm

  So I'm sick as all hell and the only reason there's anything on the site is because I managed to write the previous two articles last night knowing I was going to the doctor this morning. A shot (and finger) in the ass (he was very thorough) and two different kind of pills later here I am talking to my monitor. I'm gonna try today folks, but we'll see what happens. This is a set of Star Wars themed family car decals. There are 13 different dads, 9 moms, 11 children and 2 pets to choose from. Prices range from $2.75 (pets) and $4.75 (parents) and they were sent to me by tipster SharaSue, who…

• Homemade Wooden USS Enterprise Coffee Table

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am

  Etsy seller BarryShields (aka Barry Shields) went and built this USS Enterprise coffee table. And now he's selling it for a paltry $3,100. Damn, I can't believe he's even willing to part with the blueprints for that cheap, let alone THE ACTUAL TABLE. What is this, my lucky day? SPOILER: No. I spent $60 on $10 lotto scratchers this morning and lost on every single one. Then I stepped in a puddle. OF URINE. I swear if it wasn't Friday I probably would've thrown myself down a storm sewer and called the ninja turtles a bunch of pussies. Hit the jump for several more from different angles.

• Make Every Day A Casual Friday: Sweat Dress Pants

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  You know what sucks about dress pants? Everything. They're poorly shaped, rigid, uncomfortable, don't breathe, and cause a dutch-oven effect that make your balls sweat and stick to your boxers. Ugh, my penis is shivering just thinking about it. Kidding, I'm swinging him around in circles because I'm wearing athletic shorts and no underwear. Enter Betabrand's $90 Dress Pant Sweatpants, they're SURPRISE!: sweatpants that look like dress pants. *slapping ass* GO GET YOUR COMFY ON, SON *coughing* and some f***ing deodorant! Hit the jump for a bunch more pictures of the casual Monday-Friday.

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  Cool Tools

• SureFlap Microchip Cat Flap

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:43 am

  This is a battery operated cat door that unlocks (going inside) by reading the cat's microchip. Our cat was chipped at our shelter for around $10, but commercial vets are also able to do it for a bit more. No need to worry about lost collar keys, or magnets. Keeps out unprogrammed animals. The door also has the standard four-setting mechanical overide locking feature of: in-out, in only, out only, locked. If your cat is not chipped, you can also use an RFID collar key (not included). We previously had a magnetically keyed cat door, but you then have the choice of using a safety collar and…

• Material Libraries

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:39 pm

  There are thousands of types of materials to make things from. The first impulse for most of us is to use known materials like wood, steel, concrete, and glass. But each of those have hundreds of varieties, each with their own properties. How about metallic ceramics? And every year brand new materials are invented. How can one find out what materials are available? One way to become familiar with the vast possibilities of materials is to visit a materials library. That's what professional designers and architectures do when embarking on a project. Maybe what they design can be made of some…

• Flexible LED Strip Lights

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:32 pm

  We installed flexible LED light strips in our kitchen for under cabinet and within cabinet lighting. These are very low energy consumption, cool to the touch, and rated to last for 50,000 hours. The strips are about 1 cm wide and 2 mm thick. The strips come on a spool with a sticky tape side. You press the sticky side to the bottom of the cabinet (or the sides inside) and the strip gives a very diffuse effective and efficient light. They are so thin, you can't really see the light strip itself, only the glow. The strip is a circuit of LEDs in a row. They have marked segments about every 2-3…

• Carpenter Pencil and Keson Sharpener

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:28 am

  I have been a carpenter for thirty years or so. I started out as a framer on single family homes, where I used the flat carpenter's pencil. Its sturdy lead stood up to marking rough lumber but was a little tricky to sharpen. You want a flat chisel point not a conical point. This is accomplished quickly and easily with an inexpensive Keson pencil sharpener. My framing days are long gone, thankfully. I have worked in many aspects of the field, from general carpentry to boatbuilding to cabinetmaking and am currently installing interior doors and high-end trim. Through it all I have held on to…

• Smart Light Switch

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:35 am

  We just had a new light switch installed in our bathroom, the Lutron Maestro Occupancy Sensor. It is smart and cool, but it needs a user manual! Yes, a manual for a light switch! Because of new building codes, bathroom gear needs to conserve energy by keeping electricity use to a minimum. One way of low use is via LED lights; the other is via a smart switch that has a motion detector built in, which will fade the lights after X minutes if no one moving inside. And it will turn them on when you enter. It also remembers what level the light was last when you turn it on. The downside is that you…

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• Yahoo kills a bunch of mobile apps you’ve never used

  Ryan Lawler

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:25 pm

  Yahoo is cleaning house on the mobile product side, announcing Friday that it is “decommissioning” a long list of mobile apps. Apps that will no longer be supported include winners like Yahoo! Meme and Yahoo Mim (say what?), as well as some more general mobile apps like Yahoo Answers for Android and Yahoo Deals for iPhone. Unfortunately, Yahoo! Sketch-a-search, which I didn’t even know was a thing before today, is also getting the axe. (You can see the full list on the official announcement.) Somewhat paradoxically, Yahoo is pitching its non-support of these apps as part of…

• Google Videos eating up GBs? Here’s how to fix it

  Kevin C. Tofel

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:40 pm

  A key advantage to owning an Android phone with a 720p display is that you can watch content in true high-definition. The 1280 x 720 screen on my Galaxy Nexus is what I call “an HDTV in my pocket.” I’ve been renting high-def videos from the Android Market, simply because they’re stunning to look at. But there’s a huge problem: After watching the rentals, the massive media files aren’t disappearing from my phone. The Problem I noticed this after my CES travels earlier this month. During that trip, I downloaded some HD content to the Galaxy Nexus so I could…

• With webOS put out to pasture, Jon Rubinstein exits HP

  Ryan Kim

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pm

  Jon Rubinstein, the man who helped oversee Palm’s move to a new webOS operating system and later sold the company to Hewlett-Packard, has quietly exited the company. It’s an unsurprising move, but one that further signals the end of the Palm era at HP. The departure, first reported by AllThingsD, was expected, considering HP’s decision to open source webOS and get out of the mobile hardware market. The writing was already on the wall when Rubinstein in July was moved into a product innovation role within the Personal Systems Group at HP. HP bought Palm in 2010 for $1.2…

• Forget e-books; are you ready for virtual books?

  Kevin C. Tofel

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:43 am

  Updated. As an avid e-book reader and lover of gadgets, I love the concept of this “virtual” book. Siglio Press is offering 250 signed and numbered copies of a limited edition print book that requires a webcam and computing device to actually be read. Why? The print pages — a back-and-forth series of letters between two lovers — only have glyph-like symbols on the page. The book contents appear in virtual reality images on screen when the book is held in front of the webcam. Here’s how it works: Is this project the most practical way to read a $24.95…

• Siri isn’t a bandwidth hog & users aren’t the problem

  Stacey Higginbotham

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:01 am

  The sky is falling again in cellular land, and this time Siri is to blame. At least, that’s the assessment from an opinion article in the Washington Post  Friday morning claiming Siri not only unleashed a huge new pattern of data consumption on mobiles, but that in return, her piggy ways destroy the experience for the rest of us because of the shared nature of cellular networks. From the article: And building new capacity isn’t cheap. Everyone — not just the first-class passengers — ends up paying for it. So prepare for higher cellphone bills. And in the meantime? Prepare to sit…

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  Automated Home

• New Mains Sockets with Built-in Powerline Technology

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:50 am

  Powerline adapters have been around for a while. They provide a great way to add an Ethernet socket to locations where running a network cable would be impractical. Now UK tech start-up company, Power Ethernet, has launched the ‘PE Socket, the first product to integrate Powerline networking technology directly into an electrical outlet. Check out the video after the jump...

• Cytech Release C-Bus To KNX Translator

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:23 am

  Cytech have release a new C-Bus To KNX / EIB bridge module to translate from one protocol to the other...

• Fibaro Home Center 2 - Z-Wave Home Automation Controller

  24 Jan 2012 | 2:33 am

  If you're serious about home automation then you'll probably want a powerful controller at the heart of your system. Polish smart home specialist, Fibaro have launched just such a device, and the new Home Center 2 is a handsome aluminum clad Z-Wave system which the makers say redefines Z-Wave based home automation and introduces the real Home Intelligence ...

• Home Hacks: Arduino Mail Waiting Alert

  19 Jan 2012 | 1:18 am

  We love a good hardware hack and here's a great one from Automated Home reader Martin Howell. A Velleman IR kit plus a makeup mirror and some Arduino jiggery-pokery allows Martin's home to let him know when there's something in his mail box on the gatepost...

• Marmitek Digital TV Anywhere Beams Telly Wirelessly Round the Home

  18 Jan 2012 | 1:09 am

  The new Marmitek Digital TV Anywhere set comprises a transmitter and a receiver pair. Connect the transmitter to the SCART output on your Freeview / Sky / Other set-top box, then connect the receiver to a TV somewhere else in the house. Then the picture, sound and IR commands from your remote control are sent wirelessly between the two. The £149 system is available now, check out the video after the jump...

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  Great Demo!

• “Before I demo to you, why don’t you demo to me…?”

  22 Jan 2012 | 11:34 am

  “Before I demo to you, why don’t you demo to me what you arecurrently using?”  If a customer has anexisting software system, this can be a wonderful way to understand the strengths,weaknesses and gaps in their current system – particularly from the customer’s point of view.  They’ll tell you what they like, what theyhate, what’s missing and a range of other delightful Discovery information.Additionally, this also inverts the traditional process of thevendor presenting to the customer, to one of the customer presenting to the vendor – an experience often rememberedby…

• Practice Your Mouse Movements… All The Time!

  16 Jan 2012 | 2:03 pm

  For some people presenting demonstrations, moving the mouse smoothlyand deliberately occurs naturally.  Forothers, it can be a real challenge!  Here’sa quick tip:  practice moving your mouseas if you are delivering a demo allof the time.  The “muscle memory”associated with constant practice will reward you when you are in the heat of atough demo – and can’t invest time to think about how best to move yourmouse.   When we are mousing for ourselves, our mouse movements tendto follow the motion of our eyes.  So, ifwe are hunting for a specific…

• A Novel Thought About Screening Candidates For Presales Positions

  4 Jan 2012 | 9:50 am

  How do we assess theskills and competence of candidates for presales positions?  I look carefully at resumes, but there is awonderful expression that “you are perfect twice in your life:  once when you are born and the second time onyour resume…”  References are important,of course, as are typical interview questions.  However, I like to ask candidates for three additional opportunities toevaluate them:1.      Ask them to do apresentation on a subject near and dear to their hearts to evaluate theirability to “tell” (many hiring…

• Early January Is Demo Skills Assessment Time!

  2 Jan 2012 | 1:43 pm

  The start of the New Year… what a terrific time to perform anassessment of your own or your team’s demo skills!  Doing an assessment now establishes abaseline for measuring change and improvement during the course of the year –and it only takes about 10 minutes per assessment.For Yourself:  Do anassessment of yourself.  Have yourmanager do an assessment of you.  Haveyour peers do assessments of their perceptions of your skills.  Then compare…For Your Team:  Do thesame process, essentially – have each team member do an assessment of their ownskills; do…

• ‘Twas the Night Before The Big Demo

  21 Dec 2011 | 6:03 pm

  ‘Twas the Night Before The Big Demo(with apologies toClement Clarke Moore) ‘Twas the night ‘fore the demo and all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, ‘cept my SC and his mouse;I’d proposed a big licensing deal with great careIn hopes a big order soon would be there;Management was restless and not in their bedsAs visions of bonuses danced in their heads;And my VP with his forecast and me with my own,Had just started a long EOQ roam,When out from my mobile there came a great ring-tone,I sprang from my chair to answer my phone,What could it be?  Wasit good news or…

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• Stickman games that shine on iOS

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:25 pm

  (Credit: CNET) Sometimes the bare essentials are all it takes to make a great video game. In this collection, our hero is the stickman. Everyone knows that in today's hottest games (for any platform), high-quality graphics are at a premium. Whether it's a first-person shooter, an MMORPG, or even a console golf game, realism and fancy graphics seem to be key to getting people to buy the product. But if you've played games for a while, you know that graphics aren't everything. A whole slew of games in the iTunes App Store have enjoyed a ton of success by completely ignoring fancy graphics and…

• Take a tour of BMW's new Mog online music system

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:59 pm

  BMW is the first automaker to integrate an online music selection service into a production car. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) My iPhone, with 8GB of memory, can hold about 1,700 tracks. A BMW's internal hard drive has room for almost 3,000 tracks. Now, BMW's new Mog integration puts 14 million tracks at a driver's fingertips. I sat in the driver's seat of a 2012 BMW 650i, with Robert Passaro, the head of BMW's App Center, in the passenger seat. But we weren't going anywhere. Our entire focus was on the stereo. Passaro slotted an iPhone 4S into the BMW's cradle, nestled in the console…

• What's a PS Vita game cost? Ask again tomorrow

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:51 pm

  Hanging out with Nathan Drake sure is expensive. (Credit: Sony Computer Entertainment) Several PlayStation Vita games are seeing preorder price cuts (and one disappointing price increase) before the launch of the next-generation handheld gaming device planned of February 22. Little Deviants, Wipeout 2048, Modnation Racers: Road Trip, Reality Fighters, and Hot Shots Golf: World Invitation, which cost $39.99 previously, are currently available for $29.99 (via Amazon, GameStop and others). Sadly, it seems that the highly anticipated Uncharted: Golden Abyss for Vita rose in price from $39.99 to…

• D-Link HD Media 2000 DIR-827 router review: So many firsts

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:49 pm

  The Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 DIR-827 from D-Link. (Credit: Dong Ngo/CNET) The $145 D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 DIR-827 is the third I've reviewed in D-Link's Amplifi family of wireless routers, but it comes with lot of firsts. This is the first true dual-band router from D-Link that I'm aware of that comes with internal antennas, making it much more compact than previous true dual-band routers, such as the DIR-855. It's the first on the market to come with a USB 3.0 port, instead of USB 2.0. And finally, it's the first I've seen to come with an SD card slot, in case you want to…

• Apple eyeing move to 'programmable magnets'?

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:30 pm

  (Credit: Patently Apple) Apple's MagSafe magnetic connector system is one of those nifty little design touches that's cool but not necessarily earth-shaking. Or is it? According to an Apple patent application discovered by Patently Apple, the company could have big plans to expand its use of magnets in its future products. The relatively complex patent was filed in July 2011 and describes the use of coded magnets that are able to transfer data between devices and lay a foundation for tons of potential uses. So imagine that MagSafe connector not only holds itself in place thanks to its…

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  eHomeUpgrade

• Is This the Future of TV Remotes?

  Staff

  24 Jan 2012 | 6:03 pm

  A lot of attention has been paid to the interfaces of the Smart Tvs and the media software that runs on them but very little has been said about the TV remote. From humble beginnings the average remote now has more buttons than the space shuttle and requires similar training to operate it. As we [...]

• Frequent TV Upgrades Planned by Google

  Staff

  19 Jan 2012 | 5:53 pm

  Google has stated that its most recent television version will be receiving yearly software updates, in addition to voice search and customized suggestions. Google said that it is intending to update its Google TV software by the end of 2012, incorporating new content as well as more customized recommendations and keeping its yearly software upgrade [...]

• D-Link High-End Home Networking Earns Honor at CES

  Staff

  17 Jan 2012 | 5:57 pm

  An announcement has been made by D-Link stating that it has been named as an International CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for its amplifi™ HD Media Router 3000 (DIR-857) with SharePort™ Mobile app.  Items that are entered into this exclusive program are evaluated by a leading panel of independent commercial designers, members [...]

• Momentum Increase for Home Automation Technology

  Staff

  16 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm

  As a number of the country’s biggest telecommunications and cable organizations keep making their drive into the home security industry, the usage of home automation technology has increased substantially.  On Monday one of the companies that is seeing the advantages of this trend, iControl Networks, made an announcement that its OpenHome software program is going [...]

• Home Networks Make the Move to Cloud

  Staff

  12 Jan 2012 | 5:51 pm

  It isn’t just businesses that are making the move to cloud computing.  At CES, leaders in home networking Netgear and D-Link are exhibiting a variety of products that utilise cloud services to provide customers with more access to and more management of home networks – and network content – from mobile devices.   Cloud features [...]

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  Phones Review

• News on Hyundai A7 Tablet

  Maddy

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:23 am

  As you may have noticed there is quite a lot of talk about tablet devices recently, what with our recent report on Sony’s new Crystal and a new tablet designed just for kids. With the features and ease of use that these slates offer no surprise that so many manufacturers are jumping on the tablet...

• News on BlackBerry Curve 9320

  James

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:07 am

  It seems that old Research In Motion has a couple of new BlackBerry Curve smartphones on the way, but unfortunately they are basically nothing to get too exited about as the specifications for the RIM handsets are nothing to shout home about, but no doubt there are some of the BlackBerry faithful out there that...

• News on Motorola Droid RAZR

  James

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:43 am

  For those eager beavers out there that simply can’t wait to get some official Android Ice Cream Sandwich love on their Motorola Droid RAZR and don’t mind tinkering with their beloved Android handset you might like to know that there’s an almost finished ICS 4.0 ROM now available to slp on your device. According to...

• News on Samsung Galaxy S2

  James

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:24 am

  We know just how much everyone loves their smartphone and wants to keep it protected from everyday rigors that could leave you with a scratched and scruffy looking device, that’s why there are smartphone cases out there, and we have one for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 for your consideration today. The case for the...

• News on Acer Iconia Tab A510

  James

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:03 am

  Word is the Acer Iconia Tab A510 has now finally been officially announced over in Germany and we even have a little information on just what the Tegra 3 Android slate will hit your pocket for once it becomes available sometime in April although just when in April remains unknown for now. According to the...

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  Uncrate

• Jeep Grand Cherokee Stealth

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:47 pm

  With a name like that, you might expect this SUV to be all black. And though that's not really the name — in fact, it doesn't even have a name...Visit Uncrate for the full post.

• Kinect Star Wars

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:34 pm

  Waving your limbs around wildly while virtually dancing to Justin Bieber: Embarrassing. Doing the same thing while virtually hacking away at a Sith Lord: Pretty damn cool. Such is the...Visit Uncrate for the full post.

• BRD RedShift MX

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:04 pm

  It might look like a rendering — in fact, it probably is — but given the founders' bike-racing backgrounds, we have no doubt it will become reality soon enough. The...Visit Uncrate for the full post.

• Wrecking Ball Coffee Subscription

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:46 am

  If the best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup, consider spoiling yourself with a Wrecking Ball Coffee Subscription ($115). This high-end, six-month subscription provides you with a...Visit Uncrate for the full post.

• DeWalt 5-In-1 Hacksaw

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:20 pm

  Guess who started making hand tools? The DeWalt 5-In-1 Hacksaw ($25) is part of the legendary brand's new line of hand tools, bringing the same toughness as their battery-powered brethren....Visit Uncrate for the full post.

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• Go Retro with Iphone

  Steven Teo

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:37 am

  Popgadget: At the annual gifting lounge extravaganza (this one sponsored by Live Loyal PR in celebration of the Golden Globes awards) we spotted the “MoFone,”a retro handset with an insert for an iPhone. (There’s no Bluetooth or even corded functionality here – it’s just a holder.) Designed by LA artist Morrisa Maltz as a piece of art, a buyer for Urban Outfitters happened to see them and now they’re selling out. Are they ridiculous? Yes, but that’s the idea. Many of the retro designs are over-sized and whimsical. All the phones are made by a community of…

• BiKN Helps You Keep Track of Your Life

  Marcel Sim

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 am

  If you’re one of those people that frequently misplaces their keys, wallet, or even remote, the BiKN iPhone app and attachment can help you keep track of all these items at all times. In fact, it will let you keep track of up to 8 items – including people. To keep track of the items you are most prone to losing, all you have to do is attach one of the 8 tags to the items in question and download the app on your iPhone. The tags easily attach to key rings, which is incredibly convenient if you constantly lose yours or are wondering the whereabouts of your kids of driving age. When you…

• Wallee Headrest

  Steven Teo

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:24 am

  SwissMiss: Wallee Headrest Mount for the car made me look. Our iPad usually saves long car rides but I oftentimes end up holding it awkwardly between me and my husband on the armrest. Well, Wallee might save the day. Has anyone of you tried it? Kiddo approved? The Wallee Car Headrest [SwissMiss]

• The Bike Valet

  Steven Teo

  24 Jan 2012 | 10:13 am

  Shoebox Dwelling: This exciting bike storage idea belongs to Sacramento based design duo Steven Tiller and Stephanie Birch of Reclamation Art + Furniture studio. The project was born out of necessity - the couple lives in a small downtown apartment. ‘We bring our bikes inside, – says Steven. – Given our storage issues, this makes navigating the entry hall difficult. I personally have tripped over or snagged a pair of dress pants on an awkwardly placed bicycle more than once. The solution? The Bike Valet.’ The product is made from 1/8? cold steel, its elegant shape is cut…

• Touchscreen Waiter

  Marcel Sim

  24 Jan 2012 | 7:36 am

  TrendCentral: Getting a waiter’s or bartender’s attention during a busy weekend rush can pose a real, and often irritating, challenge. The Draqie has arrived to potentially alleviate such frustration. Part dinner table and part waiter, it’s an interactive table that provides restaurant patrons with the ability to view and order from a touch-sensitive, digitized menu. The glass surface reacts only to finger touches, meaning an accidental swipe of cutlery or dishes won’t unintentionally beckon a server. Furthermore, participating establishments can include photos and descriptions of…

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  Coolest Gadgets

• The Smartphone ECG- You Knew it was Coming

  Julie

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:08 am

  Okay, so it used to be that smartphone healthcare applications were simply novelty items that were fun to play around with but served no place in mainstream medicine, but didn’t we suspect that someday your phone or tablet might actually help physicians to save lives and reduce the cost of care?  Welcome Everist Genomics, a relatively new, but fast growing medical technologies company, that has just successfully integrated smartphone and tablet computer technology with truly innovative and finally, medically valuable diagnostics in the areas of cardiovascular disease, metabolic…

• The Nabi – Not your Daddy’s Tablet

  Julie

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:56 am

  I guess everybody expects that I’m a gadget geek. It would come as no surprise that I have a multitude of electronic devices in every corner of my home. I have smart-phones and laptops, desktops, movie players, movie streamers, recorders, set top boxes, iPods, iPads, Android stuff galore… and an 8 year old child that we affectionately call “the crusher” So it is certainly my pleasure to introduce you to “the Nabi” . Finally, a 200 dollar kid-friendly android tablet that has a responsive touchscreen, large size app buttons, access to a huge variety of kid…

• Scrubbing Windshield Wiper Blade

  Edwin

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:30 am

  Most of us would think that the ordinary wiper blade is good enough to get the job done – that is, ensuring the windshield is clean of debris whenever it rains, or if a pigeon or two decide to poop on your car. Well, the $16.95 Scrubbing Windshield Wiper Blade goes the extra mile in a sense that this patented wiper blade is capable of scrubbing through windshield debris when the situation calls for it, leaving a clear, streak-free view of the road so that your vision will not be betrayed by something as simple as some bird poop that strategically landed right in front of your eyes.

• The Octopus Chair

  Edwin

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am

  “Release the Kraken!” Now that is definitely coming out from my mouth, should my bank balance and accountant agree to be enlightened by as much as £35,000 for The Octopus Chair. Yes sir, you read that right – this uniquely shaped piece of home furniture is perfect to set the proper tone at your next dinner party, as you hold a Pirates of the Caribbean theme, while you comfortably park your rear end on this giant octopus. Exquisitely detailed to the extent that you might even think it moved a wee bit (this tends to happen when you get a little tipsy from all the merry making…

• Mobileye driver safety solution

  Edwin

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:30 am

  The recently concluded CES saw thousands of gadgets, gizmos and even services offered to the masses, and it is virtually impossible to cover all grounds, even if you have a staff count like Engadget. The Mobileye driver safety solution is one nifty gadget that was paraded on the CES showfloor, where this unique solution intends to help drivers avoid and mitigate collisions, while enhancing the overall driver experience. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) claims that majority of accidents occur because of driver inattention in a matter of three seconds right before a…

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  Gizmos for Geeks

• Review: Geek pens: Tombow AirPress and Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto 5 Color Multi Pen

  Khalid Hosein

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:55 pm

  Specialty online store JetPens sent me a couple of their products to check out. Yes, pens, but they import many of their products from Japan and Germany, so you’ll be hard-pressed to find most of these stateside. And yes, even when it comes to something as mundane as writing, the Japanese and Europeans have some different ideas than we do. I received 2 products, the Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto 5 Color Multi Pen and the Tombow AirPress. The Tombow AirPress First, let me hit the Tombow AirPress. The geek factor in this one is that it injects air pressure into the ink cartridge every time you…

• Crowd-sourced blog PhutureNews imagines the future’s news stories

  Khalid Hosein

  26 Jan 2012 | 11:15 am

  Sci-Fi meets extrapolation meets imagination meets entertainment meets crowd-sourced blog is how I like to view PhutureNews. This site/blog is all about predicting the future but not in the boring “in the future, we think…” style, but rather as headlines and stories with future date stamps. Although they just launched, they have some rather interesting ‘stories’ like “Steve Jobs rising out of the iCryo”, “China wins the 2046 World Cup”, and or the more realistic “Self driving cars mandatory in California”. Two suggestions for…

• 3 Ways to Use Your Smartphone’s Camera When Traveling

  Guest Author

  24 Jan 2012 | 10:55 pm

  Many people leave their gorgeous smartphones at home when heading to other countries and/or take cheap phones so that they don’t risk losing them. But have you thought about how your smartphone, especially its camera, could help you out when you travel? Here’s how and when your phone’s camera (especially if it’s a good 8 Megapixel camera say on one of the latest Samsung phones or the new iPhone 4S) can be useful to you. 1. Use your smartphone’s camera to take a photo of your bags especially if you’re going to travel by air. If your bag is lost in the airport, you can show the…

• Infographic on SOPA & PIPA

  Khalid Hosein

  20 Jan 2012 | 10:55 am

  I’m sure you’ve heard about SOPA and PIPA by now, not to mention seeing the online protests in the form of blacked out websites, the most notable being Wikipedia. Here’s a cool infographic explaining what the bills are about and what their (unintended?) consequences are: Brought to you by Lumin Interactive and Condor Consulting This article was written and published by Gizmos for Geeks.Original Link: Infographic on SOPA & PIPA.Keep updated by subscribing to our RSS feed, our e-mail newsletter, our Facebook fan page and/or our Twitter feed.

• The iPad as a Gaming Console

  Guest Author

  18 Jan 2012 | 9:55 pm

  The impossibility of technology can often be well…seemingly impossible. There has been some talk about OnLive. I say some because many have deemed what OnLive claims to be able to do impossible. Many gaming sites such as EuroGamer don’t believe it is possible, but with the testing of an avid gamer on Popular Science, Dan Nosowitz says that it is. OnLive now offers the same abilities it once claimed to be available on the iPad, Honeycomb tables—like the Motorola Xoom—the Kindle Fire and Android smartphones. So what does that mean? It means gamers can play full-complete games on…

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  MuzGadgets

• Getting geekier - upskill with these online learning sites

  Peter Murray

  15 Jan 2012 | 10:34 am

  Looking to improve your geek skills this year? Here are some online tech education resources that look interesting: Kahn Academy - brush up on your math, physics and chemistry skills with lots and lots of video tutorials and exercises Some Stanford Courses: Computer Science 101 Human-Computer Interfaces Software Engineering for Software as a Service TeamTreehouse - Web design, Web development, iOS apps CodeAcademy - Learn to code View this post and more in full at http://muzgadgets.blogspot.com

• Get any gadgets for Christmas?

  Peter Murray

  15 Jan 2012 | 10:32 am

  Greetings of the season! While I didn't get any gadget loot this year, I am thankful for my loved ones who gave me: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things My son got a solar robotics kit and a Logiblocs Super Inventor Kit. We got our daughter a mineral exploration kit and we had fun digging semi-precious stones out of a block of plaster. She also got The Lego Ideas Book. View this post and more in full at http://muzgadgets.blogspot.com

• Amazing build of a model V-12 engine

  Peter Murray

  21 Nov 2011 | 3:20 pm

  Perhaps the world's smallest motor of its type, this hand crafted V-12 air injection engine is constructed from stainless steel, aluminium and bronze. It has 12 cc displacement with a cylinder bore of 11.3mm and piston stroke of 10mm. Created by Patelo from Spain, it is dedicated to his four oldest grandchildren and not for sale. View this post and more in full at http://muzgadgets.blogspot.com

• Cotton Candy (prototype) - a sweet little computer

  Peter Murray

  19 Nov 2011 | 10:13 am

  This USB memory stick sized device contains a dual-core computer with a pre-loaded Android Operating System (and Ubuntu and embedded virtualization client for Windows, Linux, Mac). Named Cotton Candy after its 21g weight, the device is powered from the USB port, outputs to screens via  HDMI, has Wifi and Bluetooth for connecting to networks and devices and uses the internal 1GB memory or up to 64GB on a microSD card for storage. Designed for "Any Screen Ccomputing", it turns a TV, monitor, laptop, tablet or phone into a dumb-terminal device capable of browsing the web, running apps and…

• Two incredible nanotechology advances

  Peter Murray

  17 Nov 2011 | 2:48 pm

  Watch liquids just pour off this superhydrophobic coating: The world's lightest metal has been developed by a team of researchers from Univeristy of California,  Irvine HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology. The material is about 100 times lighter than styrofoam and could be useful for battery electrodes and acoustic or vibration absorption. "so light that it can sit atop dandelion fluff without damaging it" Photo by Dan Little, HRL Laboratories LLC Read more at http://today.uci.edu/news/2011/11/nr_lightmetal_111117.php View this post and more in full at…

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  Digital Tech News - Digital Technology & Consumer Electronics

• Akai MPC Fly for iPad 2 Music Production Controller

  Tony E

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:56 am

  Akai has come up with a cool way to use your Apple iPad 2 as an MPC music production controller with this new Akai MPC Fly for iPad 2. The unit comprises a 16-pad controller that comes in a laptop-like...

• Sharp announces 2012 Large-Screen LED TV Line-up

  Tony E

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:43 am

  Sharp recently announced its 2012 large-screen LED TV line-up with some 20 large screen 60-inch plus class AQUOS LED TVs featuring new technologies like SmartCentral, AQUOS Advantage LIVE, Quad Pixel Plus II, and full-array LED backlighting with local dimming. Sharp...

• AT&T releases Pantech Element Tablet and Pantech Burst Smartphone deal

  Tony E

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:09 am

  AT&T has announced a new deal for customers which bundles two new Android devices, the Pantech Element tablet and the Pantech Burst 4G LTE smartphone. AT&T’s customers can now buy the Pantech Element for $249.99 and recieve the Burst phone...

• Acer Aspire A0722 11.6-inch 4G Netbook now on sale at AT&T

  Tony E

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:13 am

  AT&T is now selling the Acer Aspire A0722 11.6 inch Netbook online to enterprise users and consumers. The netbook will run on AT&T's HSPA+ network, their version of 4G, which offers up to 4x faster data transmission. The Aspire AO722...

• Sony Micro Vault MACH SuperSpeed USB 3.0

  Tony E

  22 Jan 2012 | 11:53 pm

  Sony has announced the new Micro Vault MACH USB 3.0 flash memory drive with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology, which will be available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB sizes. The Micro Vault MACH offers data speeds up to 120 MB/s...

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  CyberNet News

• Create a Real-Time Photo Stream with LiveShare

  Ryan

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:21 am

  There are all kinds of photo sharing websites out there, but the concept behind LiveShare is really interesting. It all starts with a photo stream that is created by you or a friend, and then gets shared out among anyone you want. These streams can be private so that only the people you invite can view/post to the stream, or they can be public so that anyone can view/post to the stream. In order to post photos, however, you’ll still need a LiveShare account.Any photos that get added are instantly pushed out to everyone viewing the stream on the web or with one of the mobile apps. The…

• Distraction Free Writing with FocusWriter

  Ryan

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:37 am

  Windows; Mac; Linux Being able to focus on writing can be a tough task, but there are apps that try to help draw your attention to the task at hand. One such free program is FocusWriter that, despite it’s simplistic interface, has a wealth of features and settings available to help you hit your writing goals.Out-of-the-box FocusWriter will appear as though it’s no more advance than Notepad, but that’s because they tuck away the toolbars into the upper and lower portions of the screen. Just hover your mouse towards the top or bottom of FocusWriter to reveal formatting…

• Quickly Manipulate Text in Any Windows App

  Ryan

  25 Jan 2012 | 5:48 am

  Windows only Programs like Notepad++ have features that let you quickly manipulate bodies of text, which is something that can be really useful. Unfortunately these features are always restricted to the app you’re using making them only marginally useful compared to what they could be.Dolphin Text Editor Menu is a great app that bridges the gap by providing a lot of text manipulation features in any program or website where you can type text. After you launch the app you’ll probably want to jump over to the System Tray icon where you can pull up the settings to configure the…

• Create HDR Photos with Picturenaut

  Ryan

  24 Jan 2012 | 5:24 am

  Windows only HDR is the process of combining multiple photos with the hope that the resulting image is clear in both the light and dark areas. Getting good free HDR software that is capable of merging the photos together can be a little tricky since there are a lot of things it has to take into account, such as perfectly aligning each image.Picturenaut is a free HDR app for Windows that has done a wonderful job with my photos. The program has been in the works for over 4 years, and you can tell that a lot of sweat has been put into making it. Merging your images will generally take just a few…

• WrapUp: Screenshot an Entire Webpage with Skitch, iPhone 4S Jailbreak, and More

  Ryan

  23 Jan 2012 | 1:58 am

  Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.–News–Megaupload Shutdown, Anonymous RetaliatesMegaupload was shutdown last week by the FBI, and as a result the group Anonymous initiated a DOS attack that brought down sites for both the Department of Justice and Universal Music.Apple’s New iBooks for iPad…

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  Gadgets Page

• CES 2012: Fujitsu Waterproof Phones and Tablets

  Laura Moncur

  26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am

  The day before the official start of CES this year, I dropped my phone in a cup of coffee. The width of the phone just barely cleared the size of the cup and it was a one in a million shot. It only dropped in for a second, but it was long enough to short out my poor phone. You can understand why I was obsessed with waterproofed phones and other gadgets because my entire life had just been short circuited by a simple cup of coffee. That’s why Fujitsu’s booth at CES this year was so appealing to me. The first thing we saw as we walked past the booth was a huge aquarium with a…

• Earbud Knitting Kit

  Laura Moncur

  19 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am

  There is a design flaw in this Earbud Knitting Kit from UncommonGoods. A truly awesome earbud organizer would not only roll up into a untangled mess in a little package, but also be a cross body bag to hold your iPod or iPhone. These earbuds aren’t connected to the case, so they are just something that makes your earbuds more bulky, but less tangled.

• This Website Blocked by the Authority of the Protect IP Act

  Laura Moncur

  18 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am

  Don’t worry, The Gadgets Page hasn’t been blocked, but it could be under the proposed legislation, SOPA and PIPA. This isn’t the first time the government has tried to squash innovation. As an example, let’s look at the Wireless Telephone. A mobile phone from 1922? Not quite. – Paleofuture I recently came across a short, silent film from 1922 called Eve’s Wireless. Distributed by the British Pathe company, the film supposedly shows two women using a wireless phone. Apparently this video has been making the rounds for the past few years. Could it be an early…

• CES 2012: Powertech Ultra Slim USB Charger

  Laura Moncur

  9 Jan 2012 | 7:15 pm

  Last night at CES Unveiled, my favorite new gadget was the Powertech Ultra Slim USB Charger. The foldaway plug shrinks in size to create a flat charger that easily stores in your laptop bag. It wasn’t connected to power, so I couldn’t check to make sure the USB ports were strong enough to power an iPad, but they will definitely work on your iPhone, Kindle or other USB charging device. In addition to the two USB ports, there were two electrical plugs as well. You can see a video of it here: I have been using Powertech’s EZ GO Travel Outlet for the last few months and it has…

• Low Light Photography with a DSLR

  Matthew Strebe

  26 Dec 2011 | 11:00 am

  I’ve always hated flashes. I don’t like them flashing in my eyes, I don’t like the washed out look they give to photos, the unnatural light, or the sight of dozens of them flashing at events. I came to photography as a hobby through Astronomy—Star gazing with telescopes. Astrophotography, the art of taking pictures of planets and nebula using telescopes as camera lenses, is the ultimate form of low-light photography. In this extreme form of low-light photography, cameras are modified to remove on-chip infrared filters, they’re cooled with exotic chillers to reduce thermal noise…

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  Darren Herman

• Reading It Later – Content Consumption

  Darren

  23 Jan 2012 | 7:40 am

  Just over a year ago, I wrote a post talking about how I was optimizing my content consumption.  I spoke about both Knowabout.it and Summify, both of which I continue to use.  Summify was just acquired by Twitter, which I think is a good move for them, however I hope Summify still exists to help users consume beyond Twitter content under their new management. I’ve started using Read It Later which allows me to save any article on the web and read it at a later time on my iPad or iPhone, amongst other devices.  This is particularly useful when an article is sent to me and I…

• Stores in an Information Society

  Darren

  21 Jan 2012 | 1:29 pm

  I live in the suburbs of Manhattan and within an 8 minute drive from my home, I’m surrounded with retail stores… and there are a lot of them:  standalone, strip malls, and large malls.  Many of these stores were built when we lived in the industrial revolution society as that’s when urban planning was done for this area. The industrial revolution is over.  Long ago. We’re now in the information revolution.  Many things should change in this new chapter of life but the one area I’d like to highlight is the retail experience. I’ve had many poor…

• Marketing Wednesdays: Display Impressions

  Darren

  18 Jan 2012 | 8:28 am

  One sentence exec summary:  New measurement of advertising impressions are helping drive performance for marketers. When we purchase media, one of the major components of the buy is around how many impressions we will achieve with a campaign.  The common thought here is that the optimal amount of impressions against a target audience will yield positive advertising results.  This is fairly common thinking around Madison Avenue and has led us to using the Nielsen metrics as currency for TV, circulation metrics for print, and unique visitors as being important for digital media.  The higher…

• One Buying Platform for All Media

  Darren

  17 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  Back in June 2011, I wrote a post titled, The 87.5% Category According to Luma – Lots of Acquisitions.  The purpose of the article was to highlight that ad serving systems for online/digital media had a high propensity to be acquired or realize a significant exit.  87.5% of all ad servers on the chart had gone through an exit.  Not bad. Over the last week of December, I spent some time at home and caught up on my favorite blogs and online content in between playing with my two kids.  In doing this, I spent time reading a December 20th post on AdExchanger by Google’s VP of…

• The Connected14 Strategy

  Darren

  12 Jan 2012 | 7:53 am

  One of my friends runs an engagement agency in Irvine, CA called The Buddy Group.  One of the services he sells clients is a “Connected14” strategy which intrigued me since the day he mentioned it.  Essentially, the Connected14 is an engagement strategy (and execution) across your 1 foot experience (tablet, mobile phone), 3 foot (desktop/laptop), and 10 foot (Smart TV).  There is a nice video that explains it here. CES has had no groundbreaking product announcements this year, but the common thread that linked the whole show together for me was connectivity (I was there).

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  Geek News Central

• IOGear Introduces HDMI Switch with 2D to 3D Conversion

  Alan Buckingham

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:37 am

  According to IOGear about 70% of the people currently looking to buy new TV’s are leaning towards 3D, but are scared off by the lack of available programming.  That’s why they have decided to produce what is the worlds first conversion box for making 2D content available as 3D, that also has upscaling features and an HDMI switch built-in. This new HDMI switch has 4 ports and it does a lot more than simple conversion.  This as-yet-unnamed IOGear box allows the user to make adjustments to get the 3D picture looking right for their individual tastes.  Since it has four HDMI inputs…

• LG Styler Overview

  KL Tech Muse

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:34 am

  If you are a businessman or women you know how important it is to have your cloths wrinkle free and smelling fresh. You also know how expensive dry cleaning can get. LG may have an answer for you, the LG Styler. The LG Styler is about the size of a storage wardrobe. The cloths hang from a rack and steam is used to gently remove wrinkles and odors. There are no harsh chemicals involved. It takes about thirty-nine minutes to steam and dry a shirt. Right now the LG Styler is only available in S. Korea and Japan, but they hope to have it available in the U.S for around $2,000 by the end of the…

• LG Pentouch For a PC and TV

  Alan Buckingham

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:31 am

  The new LG Pentouch technology connects to your TV and a computer to bring touch-screen technology to your flat screen TV.  The Pentouch consists of the box for connecting a Windows PC to the Plasma TV, which comes along in the package.  It all works on WiFi so there won’t be any messy cables either.  It’s geared more towards a business than home user as it essentially turns the TV into a whiteboard, but there are a lot more features than just that.  You can also edit Office documents and there are two pens included so that two people can work on the screen at the same time.

• Trikke A Fun (Electric) Ride

  KL Tech Muse

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:29 am

  If you live in the city or suburbs and are looking for a vehicle that you could ride to work and have fun doing it, then you may want to take a look at the Trikke. As the word indicates the Trikke is a three-wheeled electric vehicle.  Because it has three wheels it is very stable and easy to ride. You simply turn the throttle and go. You can lean into the curves and the wheels never leave the ground. It folds up so you can easily fit it in the back of a car or carry it into the office. A Trikke weights between 35 and 48 pounds (with battery) depending on the model, so you are probably not…

• The Mighty Dwarf BlueII Bluetooth Speaker

  Alan Buckingham

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am

  Today most of us travel with portable music devices, and in a lot cases that’s now our smartphone or tablet.  Those device don’t always have very good external speakers, but most them do have Bluetooth capability.  That same Bluetooth technology is now built into external speakers, which really helps to bring these new portable devices to life. The new BlueII Bluetooth speaker from Mighty Dwarf brings surface induction to the external speaker world.  By using the surface the speaker is sitting on to amplify the sound Mighty Dwarf has added a whole new dimension to this external…

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  Gizmodo UK

• The Beatles: Here Comes The Sun! With a Guitar Solo You’ve Never Heard Before

  Mario Aguilar

  28 Jan 2012 | 5:30 am

  "Here Comes the Sun" is probably my favorite song George Harrison wrote for the Beatles, probably because it reminds me vividly of the day he died. This new guitar solo is finally bringing the song back to life for me. Continue reading »

• Macworld Is Weird Now

  Mat Honan

  28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  I love Macworld Expo. I've gone more years than I haven't out of the last dozen. But for most of those years, Apple was presenting. That's changed. Continue reading »

• Why Is There a Hyperlink In a Newspaper?

  Roberto Baldwin

  28 Jan 2012 | 4:30 am

  A lot has been said about how newspapers need to embrace the Internet and tablets in order to survive. Apparently, this newspaper has already figured out how to embed interactive features in paper. Bravo! Continue reading »

• Daily Desired: You Can Tell This Beautiful Braun Alarm Clock to Shut Up on the Weekend

  Mario Aguilar

  28 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Alarm clocks—or alarm phones, if you wish—are a necessity, but that doesn't make me hate them less. During the week, I live and die by a buzzer, but on the weekend, I don't have to listen to no clock. Continue reading »

• Oh Great: Chunks of Fukushima’s Corroded Radioactive Uranium Could Survive in the Ocean for Years

  Kristen Philipkoski

  28 Jan 2012 | 3:30 am

  Last march when the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant was disastrously damaged by a tsunami, plant technicians used seawater to cool the meltdown situation. At the time, that was probably the best way to avoid an even worse situation. Continue reading »

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  The Bleeding Edge

• Bleeding Edge TV 416: Victorinox Swiss Army 1 Terabyte SSD

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:04 pm

  Here's how to get the show: Subscribe: iTunes iPod / H.264 | iTunes MPEG-4 | RSS H.264 Feed | RSS MPEG-4 Feed |Download| - iPod-formatted H.264|Download| - Apple TV High Resolution|Download| - MPEG-4Tags: 1 tb, 1 tb ssd, ces, ces 2012, consumer electronics show, data storage, flash drive, solid state drive, ssd, storage, swiss army, swiss army knife, thumb drive, victorinox, victorinox swiss army

• Unboxing Live 080: YurBuds Inspire earbuds

  26 Jan 2012 | 6:43 pm

  Here's how to get the show: Subscribe: iTunes iPod / H.264 | iTunes MPEG-4 | RSS H.264 Feed | RSS MPEG-4 Feed |Download| - iPod-formatted H.264|Download| - Apple TV High Resolution|Download| - MPEG-4Tags: ces, ces 2012, comfortable earbuds, headphones, sports, sports earbuds, sports headphones, unboxing, yurbuds, yurbuds inspire

• Bleeding Edge TV 415: Mophie Juice Pack accessories at CES 2012

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:48 pm

  Here's how to get the show: Subscribe: iTunes iPod / H.264 | iTunes MPEG-4 | RSS H.264 Feed | RSS MPEG-4 Feed |Download| - iPod-formatted H.264|Download| - Apple TV High Resolution|Download| - MPEG-4Tags: apple, battery case, ces, ces 2012, charger case, consumer electronics show, iphone, iphone battery, juice pack, juice pack air, juice pack plus, mophie, mophie boost, mophie juice pack, mophie powerstation, mophie reserve, ross howe

• Unboxing Live 079: FitBit Ultra fitness tracker

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:02 pm

  Here's how to get the show: Subscribe: iTunes iPod / H.264 | iTunes MPEG-4 | RSS H.264 Feed | RSS MPEG-4 Feed |Download| - iPod-formatted H.264|Download| - Apple TV High Resolution|Download| - MPEG-4Tags: altimeter, ces, ces 2012, exercise, fitbit, fitbit aria, fitbit review, fitbit ultra, fitbit ultra review, fitness, fitness gadgets, health, pedometer, physical fitness, sleep tracker, sleeptracker, unboxing, weight loss

• Bleeding Edge TV 414: Nest Learning Thermostat

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:27 pm

  Here's how to get the show: Subscribe: iTunes iPod / H.264 | iTunes MPEG-4 | RSS H.264 Feed | RSS MPEG-4 Feed |Download| - iPod-formatted H.264|Download| - Apple TV High Resolution|Download| - MPEG-4Tags: ces, ces 2012, energy conservation, home, home automation, iphone, ipod, learning thermostat, matt rogers, nest, nest labs, nest thermostat, sidefeatured, thermostat, wi-fi, wifi

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  Unboxing

• Unboxing Live 080: YurBuds Inspire earbuds

  andru@hex.gearlive.com

  26 Jan 2012 | 6:43 pm

  We open up the YurBuds Inspite headphones in this episode. The Yurbuds earbuds brand guarantees that the headphones will stay in your ear, no matter what type of physical activity you're doing. They also say that the YurBuds will remain comfortable while you wear them as well. Check out the video for a look at the product! This video is shot at CES 2012. You can pick up a pair of YurBuds on Amazon. Big thank you to MozyPro and JackThreads for sponsoring the show - be sure to check them out! MozyPro provides simple, automatic, and secure data backup. As for JackThreads,…

• Unboxing Live 079: FitBit Ultra fitness tracker

  andru@hex.gearlive.com

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:02 pm

  In this episode we open up the FitBit Ultra. The FitBit Ultra is a tiny gadget that you wear on your belt, hip, or wrist that monitors how many steps you take, how many flights of stairs you climb, and how many calories you've burned during a day. It even monitors your sleep patterns, giving you information on how well you actually sleep during the night. The device is one of those fitness gadgets that are currently all the rage, helping you to keep better track of your activities, diet, and overall fitness. We open up the FitBit Ultra while at CES 2012. You can pick one up for $99. Big…

• Unboxing Live 078: Samsung Galaxy Nexus

  andru@hex.gearlive.com

  19 Jan 2012 | 6:18 pm

  In this edition of Unboxing Live, we open up the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone to be released that runs Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. This smartphone supports Verizon Wireless 4G LTE, allowing for super-fast mobile broadband, and has a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED display. Get a look at it here in the unboxing, and then when you're ready, be sure to check out our full Galaxy Nexus review, as well as our Galaxy Nexus unboxing gallery. Big thank you to MozyPro and JackThreads for sponsoring the show - be sure to check them out! MozyPro provides simple,…

• Unboxing Live 077: Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M

  andru@hex.gearlive.com

  6 Jan 2012 | 3:15 pm

  In this episode we open up the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M. The ScanSnap S1500M is a digital document scanner that can scan up to 20 pages per minute, and helps you go paperless. The documents get scanned and archived as searchable PDFs or images, and can be saved to any local or network location, as well as directly to a bunch of different cloud services like Evernote and Google Docs. We open it up and give you a look in this episode! Afterwards, be sure to watch our full ScanSnap S1500M review, where I challenge myself to clear off the paper clutter from my desk in 24 hours! Big thank you to…

• Unboxing Live 076: Beats Pro by Dr. Dre unboxing

  andru@hex.gearlive.com

  3 Jan 2012 | 5:05 pm

  In this episode we give you a look at the Beats Pro headphones, from the Beats by Dr. Dre line of audio gear. The Beats Pro are high-performance headphones that come in both black and white, with comfortable ear cushions that also offer great passive sound isolation. They're tuned for use in recording studios, clubs, and performance venues, and have a unique feature that allows you to flip up the ear cups for easy monitoring of the outside environment. You can pick them up for $399. Big thank you to MozyPro and JackThreads for sponsoring the show - be sure to check them out! MozyPro…

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  GigaOM

• 15 things successful CEOs want you to know

  Peter Corbett, iStrategyLabs

  28 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am

  As a young CEO of a growing company, I find that the most valuable insight I’m gaining these days has been from other CEOs. Certainly this realization isn’t revolutionary – YPO, EO, Mindshare and a host of other organizations are set up just for this kind of knowledge exchange. But who has time for that? This is a social media world. We’re live in 140-character sound bites. So I decided to ping my favorite CEOs via Twitter to see what kind of wisdom they could drop on me. Here’s the great advice they shared. Daniel Ek, CEO, Spotify Figure out what the top five most important…

• 7 stories to read this weekend

  Om Malik

  28 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am

  There is a lot of talk about data, 3D printing, innovation, design and user interaction and curation. So this week’s theme is a collection of writing that questions conventional wisdom about these aforementioned themes. Most of them are long — so better get a cup of tea now. Data trumps opinion, especially when it comes to design, argues Adapative Path’s Brandon Schauer. He outlines four examples in his post. The myth of the new brand new innovation myth: Is that headline giving you a headache? If you look beyond it, the article is a great treatise on innovation, the…

• Causecast takes corporate philanthropy beyond the Fortune 500

  Colleen Taylor

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:16 pm

  For big companies like Google, Salesforce and Microsoft, being active in charitable causes is practically a must-do. Companies of this size often have entire teams of employees focused on philanthropic initiatives and organizing company-wide volunteering events. But at smaller companies that don’t have the same infrastructure in place, employees often don’t have the same opportunities to give back, on-the-job. Screenshot of Causecast for Employees (click to enlarge) That’s where a new software platform built by Los Angeles-based startup Causecastcomes in. This week Causecast…

• Gaiman: SOPA and PIPA are on the wrong side of history

  Mathew Ingram

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm

  Author Neil Gaiman The twin anti-piracy threats that were being considered by Congress — the SOPA bill in the House and the PIPA legislation in the Senate — have been put aside due to the storm of controversy and criticism they sparked. But the media and entertainment industries are unlikely to give up their battle so easily, author Neil Gaiman said in an interview this week, even though what they’re trying to do amounts to “trying to put genies back in bottles.” Gaiman, who recently signed an open letter protesting SOPA with over a dozen other prominent artists,…

• Would you cut Facebook a privacy pass if it paid you?

  Derrick Harris

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:40 pm

  Rightly or wrongly, Facebook catches a lot of flak for impeding on privacy by selling user information to advertisers and generally enabling too much sharing. But would users care so much if Facebook gave them a cut of the profits it generates by selling their data? Think about it like Plink’s new loyalty program that rewards consumers with Facebook Credits for eating at certain restaurants, only in reverse. I suggested this Thursday as a possibility for empowering users across the web, generally, but Facebook (and maybe Google) actually seems like the perfect company to pull it off.

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  Geeky-Gadgets

• MasterCard To Test New Mobile Payment System

  Glenn Santos

  28 Jan 2012 | 1:49 am

  MasterCard’s QkR mobile payment system, which will start its trial run in Australia, will make it easier to purchase for potential buyers, so if you’re the impulsive kind, you may want to proceed with caution.(...)Original Story MasterCard To Test New Mobile Payment System© Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012

• New York Cop Arrests Robber Using Find My iPhone

  Glenn Santos

  28 Jan 2012 | 1:11 am

  Sometimes it does pay to read the manual, or brush up on the new features of your gadgets. This was proven true when a cop in the US managed to apprehend a thief who stole an iPhone 4.(...)Original Story New York Cop Arrests Robber Using Find My iPhone© Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012

• RIM Boss Admits Need To Win Back US Market

  Glenn Santos

  28 Jan 2012 | 12:45 am

  RIM’s new chief executive officer has a lot of work cut out for him, which is why he’s wasted no time in making known what he intends to do for the company to turn around its fortunes and reclaim its space in the smartphone arena and also make a significant gain in the tablet war.(...)Original Story RIM Boss Admits Need To Win Back US Market© Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012

• Droid Xyboard’s WiFi-Only Model Starts Roll Out

  Glenn Santos

  28 Jan 2012 | 12:22 am

  Motorola’s much-awaited Droid Xboard tablet has started reaching its early buyers,  at least for the Wi-Fi only version. The units for those who pre-ordered are now being shipped out and Verizon’s website also indicated that the tablet is now ready for purchase.(...)Original Story Droid Xyboard’s WiFi-Only Model Starts Roll Out© Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012

• Get Instant Massage With uPixie

  Glenn Santos

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:44 pm

  Spending long hours in front of your computer could be tiring and may lead to neck and other body pains. Fortunately, there’s a new usb device that could ease the pain away called the uPixie made by OSIM.(...)Original Story Get Instant Massage With uPixie© Geeky Gadgets, 2012. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2012

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  Product Reviews:

• Doom 4

  Gary Johnson

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:56 pm

  Earlier this month we reported to you the news that Xbox Live users again had access the original Doom title, which was down to those responsible for Skyrim, Bethesda. Today we have some news of Doom 4 that hints of… Read the full article on Product-Reviews.net

• GAME

  Gary Johnson

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:02 pm

  Sony’s new handheld gaming console has been out for a few weeks now over in Japan, and hasn’t really managed to sell any big amounts so far. But we are getting much closer now to the device hitting other markets,… Read the full article on Product-Reviews.net

• Diablo 3 release date

  Gary Johnson

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:15 am

  Gaming fans are a lucky bunch really with a huge number of great games coming out each year, and something new always to look forward to. This does come at a price though with new games not being cheap when… Read the full article on Product-Reviews.net

• Tiger Woods 13 DLC

  Chris Maugham

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:47 am

  As if Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 needed help shifting copies, already being one of the most anticipated games of 2012. Blockbuster has just announced something that is likely to aid them to do just that, as those who intend… Read the full article on Product-Reviews.net

• BBC News app

  Chris Maugham

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:45 am

  Here is some exciting news for those Android tablet owners who felt they were being left out when it came to finding out all the latest news and goings on in the world, as a new BBC News app has… Read the full article on Product-Reviews.net

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  Gadgets and gizmos

• Microsoft to launch Xbox Live on Android and iOS

  Julius

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:58 pm

  Microsoft is planning to build on the success of its Xbox 360 console by launching its popular Xbox Live gaming platform to iOS and Android devices.Selling more than 66 million units of Xbox 360 consoles and around 18 million units of its Kinect peripheral since its launch, Microsoft is looking to generate more revenue when it releases Xbox Live to other platforms. Xbox Live are only available to Windows Phone at this time.“While the Xbox Live experiences and games always work best on the Windows platform, we understand that some Xbox fans may be using other types of devices,” a…

• Apple topples HP’s PC sales with its iPad sales

  Robert

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:33 am

  Apple Inc. has reported record fiscal fourth quarter 2011 and first quarter 2012 earnings today. For the last quarter, the company has posted revenue of $46.33 billion and net profit of $13.06 billion, compared to the revenue of $26.7 billion (net profit of $6 billion) in the year-ago period. The company’s gross margin last quarter was 44.7 percent, compared to 38.5 percent of the same period last year.For the first time ever, Apple has surpassed Hewlett Packard (HP) in both revenue and computer unit sales. It has been revealed that Apple sold more iPad tablets than the worldwide PC…

• Facebook to roll out Timeline to all users

  Julius

  25 Jan 2012 | 5:47 pm

  Social networking site Facebook will be rolling out its Timeline feature to all users in the next few weeks. This means that those who don’t want to change the look of their profile pages to the new feature will have to settle for it as it will become mandatory.Facebook said on a blog post on Tuesday that it will launch the new feature to all users “over the next few weeks.”While the feature is loved by many users, some don’t think it is a good idea as info that have already disappeared from their accounts will be easily traceable.“When you upgrade to timeline,…

• Anonymous denies links to MegaUpload clone

  Julius

  25 Jan 2012 | 5:40 pm

  With MegaUpload.com now out of the picture, people claiming to be connected to the hacktivist group Anonymous are claiming that they will launch an online locker site of their own called AnonyUpload.com.The news came just after file sharing site Filesonic has disabled its function and MegaUpload was taken down. The website, which is not fully-functional at this time, only has Paypal and social networking buttons working. When you visit the site, you will be greeted with a landing page that requests for funding. The site’s builders posted a statement, saying that they are hoping it to be…

• Wave Labs announces its Auria DAW for the iPad

  Thomas Sharp

  19 Jan 2012 | 8:14 am

  Music recording apps for the iPad are becoming more and more popular these days as developers and manufacturers release new software and hardware on a regular basis. Now Wave Machine Labs are announcing their latest Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for the iPad, the Auria.Music making apps for the iPad are currently seen as more useful alongside musicians’ main recording rig rather than instead of them. This perception, however, may be changed with this new app. Wave Machine Labs’ Auria is a a 48-track iPad music production app that allows users to record up to 24 tracks…

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• Squire Mini Pickguard

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:55 pm

  This a eps design file for a Fender Squier 3/4 Size Guitar Pickguard.

• Portalclaw

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:25 pm

  Design file for the three claws at the end of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. Based up on the design and tutorial at: http://www.instructables.com/id/Hey-an-introduction/ Includes claw tip (2x inner, 2x outer)

• Bracelet Morocco

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:50 am

  Leather bracelet Morocco Ancient Morrocan pattern design. US$25 (approx. € 19 ) With a press button to fasten it Size: 21cm long and 5,5cm wide

• Elastomatik cut in Germany

  26 Jan 2012 | 10:33 am

  A 6 shot, semi-auto, Rubber Band Gun. All in Laser-Cut Plate, add a rubber band box, and you're set! Even the spring is a rubber band.

• Elastomatik cut in New Zealand and mailed

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:51 am

  A 6 shot, semi-auto, Rubber Band Gun. All in Laser-Cut Plate, add a rubber band box, and you're set! Even the spring is a rubber band.

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  Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks

• Over-eager YouTube filter outlined as Megaupload denied look

  28 Jan 2012 | 1:10 am

  YouTube's anti-piracy screening has both come under fire and gotten some relief on Friday. The system is now known from an anecdote at Vice to generate false positives if enough of a song is improperly attributed to the wrong group. When Universal-backed group Yelawolf took a sample from an After the Smoke track and had its adaptation leaked, the Universal takedown claim not only brought down the Yelawolf leak but the original track the sample came from....

• RIM: only 20% use modern BlackBerrys, LTE PlayBook in spring

  28 Jan 2012 | 12:30 am

  RIM's new leader Thorsten Heins in further interviews has outlined how he plans to take on competition in the short term. He revealed to Reuters that just 20 percent of BlackBerry owners are using a modern version of the OS, in some cases using BlackBerry 5 or even older. Much of the company's focus would be on getting them to upgrade to new phones, including special carrier deals that could bundle devices together or give carriers phones with bundled apps....

• Hands on: Schneider iPro 2x lens for the iPhone 4

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:30 pm

  Schneider Optics was one of many companies at the Macworld iWorld expo showing off its latest accessories. Electronista stopped by the lens maker's booth to check out their latest addition to the iPro interchangeable lens system for the iPhone 4 and 4S. A 2X telephoto lens now complements the company's wide angle and fisheye lenses....

• Hands on: LandingZone dock for MacBook Air

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:45 pm

  Several successful Kickstarter projects are currently on hand at the Macworld iWorld expo for potential customers to try out, including LandingZone's docking station for the MacBook Air. Electronista initially wrote about the device before it had gathered enough funding to pass through the Kickstarter program, so we were excited to get a chance to see it in person....

• Israel plans fiber-based national broadband network

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:50 pm

  Israel has followed Australian footsteps in planning its own national broadband network. The country's Israel Electric Corporation plans a purely fiber-based network that will supply many of the country's homes with at least 100Mbps speeds. They picked fiber with the intention to scale and could theoretically hit 1Gbps in time....

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  ThinkGeek - What's New

• T-Shirts & Apparel : Anatomical Brain Pendant

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:25 pm

  Let us pick your brain for a minute. It'd be awesome if you could put this brain pendant around your neck, and it'd suddenly imbue you with extra processing power. That's not what it does. But it'd be awesome if it did, wouldn't it? Yeah. We can dream. Until then, hey. Nice pendant. $39.99

• T-Shirts & Apparel : Zombie Friendship Necklace Set

  26 Jan 2012 | 12:25 pm

  Chaaaaaaaiiiinnnsssss. It's a zombie necklace set. Comes with two pendants. And two chains. Oh crap. Did we mention the chains? Chaaaaaaaiiiinnnsssss. $29.99

• Geek Toys : Deluxe Starcraft Figures

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:40 pm

  Highly detailed figures of Jim Raynor and Zeratul Jim Raynor, Mar Sara law enforcement officer, stands about 7.5" inches tall and is ready to dole out some justice. If you prefer your figures more dark, get your monkey paws on Dark Templar member Zeratul, who stands 10" atop his base. $29.99

• T-Shirts & Apparel : Star Wars Cufflinks

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:40 pm

  The perfect groomsmen gift or monkey suit accessory These rhodium plated cufflinks feature a bullet back closure and come in two colors: black for the Imperial Empire and red for the Rebel Alliance. Perfect groomsmen gifts for the geeky wedding or an accessory for your monkey suit. $59.99

• T-Shirts & Apparel : LoveCraft Ladies' Shirt

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:55 am

  Crafty like an octopus. You think a hot glue gun burn is bad on a hand? Imagine it on a tentacle. Daaaang. Don't ask us where it plugs in, cause we don't know. It's one of the mysteries best left to the depths of the ocean. $19.99

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  Trends in Japan - Marketing and Innovation from Tokyo

• Hi-Tech Toys And Creative Genius: World. Words. Lights.

  Darrell Nelson

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:22 pm

  We have been talking about the Japanese “super creative” firm Party a lot recently and the team seem to be a non-stop creative machine. One of their newest projects takes on the world of music videos and spins it off into a commercial venture. Party created the promotional video for the latest song from Japanese band Androp titled“World. Words. Lights.” involving flying mirror balls, dancing rocking robot cubes, light video towers and a host of other toys. Product placement in videos is pretty rife in pop music nowadays however Androp and Party have put a new twist on…

• Play The Tote Commercial Turns Bag Into Orchestra

  Darrell Nelson

  24 Jan 2012 | 12:53 am

  Japanese design company Super Planning celebrate the 10th anniversary of their ROOTOTE bag brand this year and will air an amusingly musical commercial to celebrate. Highlighting the amount of different sizes and “something for everyone” designs of the award winning brand the commercial features a ROOTOTE orchestra comprised of 53 different Tote bags. Rootote has been a strong brand in Japan having won Good Design awards and partnering on collaborations with designers and companies such as Nendo and more recently and internationally with MONOCLE magazine. The company has become…

• Hey Asian People: Save Janet’s Life

  Michael Keferl

  23 Jan 2012 | 3:44 am

  I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to assume that a lot of people of Asian descent read this site. Out of 10k+ per day there’s gotta be at least one that will match Janet Liang and save her life: Check out Reddit for more. Bone marrow donation is actually a lot easier than I originally thought, but it’s still a choice to make. There is a serious lack of Asian doners though, so the impact of trying is even greater. UPDATE: Also, in a reversal of fate, there’s a European father of two in Japan name Aidan O’Connor who is having trouble finding a match…

• New Site Lets Kids Collaborate To Create The Future

  Darrell Nelson

  22 Jan 2012 | 8:00 pm

  A new kids web community has been launched that aims to provide a place that encourages global communication between Japanese and international children in order learn about the environment and each others cultures. Miracle Miracle is a collaboration project from non-profit organization Japan For Sustainability (JFS) and NIPPONKOA Insurance company described as “A Place for Global Kids to Create the Future”. The site is a nice initiative from the two groups attempting to foster more international communication from Japanese children at a young age with those around the world,…

• Hidden Tokyo: Papabubble Caramel Artesans

  Darrell Nelson

  19 Jan 2012 | 2:59 am

  Somewhere down a small twisting street of Shibuya a world away from the hustle and bustle and barrage of noise and neon, lies a small unassuming sweet shop. Stepping through the doors the first thing you notice is the unbelievably warm sweet smell wafting though the premises. Glancing to the side you then notice three highly energetic smiling staff members tugging, rolling, pulling and generally non stop manipulating huge rolls of what will soon become the bright electric colored candy that lines the other side of the store. Welcome to the world of Papabubble in Tokyo, a candy sanctuary where…

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  Bornrich

• Magellan’s new ‘Magelluna’ Moon watch brings the moon to your wrist

  Wrik Sen

  28 Jan 2012 | 4:35 am

  Wrik Sen: Following the trends in the horological world since a considerable time, a study of the recent past shows that luxury watch makers have been creating watches, with the underlying theme of the moon. Though the celestial entity has long been a centre of fascination for many, it seems to have caught up pace in the haute horology sphere with creations like the Romaine Jerome moon watch and the Chaykin Lunokhod timepiece. The latest entrant to that sphere is Magellan watch’s Magulluna timepiece which virtually puts the celestial entity on the wrist of the wearers, in what could be a…

• Luxury condo in Calgary sells for record $8.3 million

  Wrik Sen

  28 Jan 2012 | 4:01 am

  Wrik Sen: The City of Calgary seems like the next hot spot where luxury lifestyle could be the next big thing. After being host to the 100th edition of the Calgary Stampede, which saw the most expensive horse saddle in display last year, the city is on the brink of having a real estate boom. Ledcor Properties in the process of developing the River side project, which shall be a tower of luxury apartments, where its 12th floor condominium has already been sold for $8.3 million. Even with much of the construction still to take place, the 12th floor condominium has already been sold to a buyer,…

• World's most expensive hot dog soaked with $2,000 cognac

  Wrik Sen

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:32 pm

  Wrik Sen: The history of a hot dog is difficult to trace, but origins take us back to the 13th century, when it was served mainly as a sausage during royal coronations. Considering those yesterday years, it certainly has come a long way as one of the most popular mid-day meals/snacks consumed worldwide. Like most other food items, this too landed in the hands of luxury food chefs, who prepared special editions like the Serendipity 3 hotdog, pegged last year as the most expensive hotdog. To beat that record, DougieDog has created one, only to infuse with a $2000 cognac, which is 100 years old…

• Ultrasone Signature PRO headphones brings handcrafted audio experience for $1,299

  Wrik Sen

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:48 am

  Wrik Sen: When it comes to sophistication of accessories like headphones, it gets marginally any better than what Ultrasone can do with these things. After master strokes like the Edition 8 Palladium and special Edition 9 headphones, they have yet another creation in the form of the Signature PRO headphones, which will bring handcraftsmanship as another element of the company’s forte. Targeted at professional users, this headphone set shall better on the element of comfort, housed together with the company patented S-Plus technology, which is known for adding 3-dimensional sound effects to…

• Letto Sound bed by Daniela Dipadova has a built-in iPod dock too

  Wrik Sen

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:36 am

  Wrik Sen: We had earlier seen told you about the Hollandia iCon multimedia bed where you could dock your iPad, and walking the similar road is the Letto Sound bed by Daniela Dipadova, which has space for your iPhone, other than letting you sleep in style. Minimalistic in design otherwise, the embedded technology adds to the utility, than just being another designer bed on the market. Sound bed Gone are the days when the bed was selected as it is for its primary purpose. With the Letto Sound bed, one can dock in any model of the iPhone, apart from using its USB slot, SD card (memory card), and…

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  TechJaws.com

• Microsoft Fix It Utility CAN Mislead

  Bob J

  26 Jan 2012 | 11:32 am

  This is NOT the typical Microsoft bashing rant, nor is it intended to be.  Indeed, the 500 pound gorilla from Redmond, for all its faults and flaws, was instrumental in developing the tech revolution during the 70′s, 80′s, and early 90′s. That history has helped to give Microsoft the stellar rep that it currently enjoys with novices.  And that’s the problem I saw recently when a friend called me and said one of his add-ons was missing (it was WOT, a link trustworthiness checker.) So I fired up my team viewer RA and took a look at his problem. Come to find out the…

• Booking Your Next Cruise?

  Frank Jovine

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:34 pm

  It’s the perfect time of year to book a cruise because many are deeply discounted during the winter and early spring. Unfortunately, scammers know this as well and they’re sending out spam in an attempt to lure victims into believing that they’re getting a great deal. If you receive an email like the one pictured below, it is a scam out to steal personal identifiable information to be used for unlawful activity. The email is purporting to be from valid travel agencies, claiming to save you money on your next cruise. Actual Email If you’re looking to book a cruise, it’s best to go to…

• Ameritech Phishing Scam Alert

  Frank Jovine

  18 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pm

  There’s an email purporting to be from Ameritech, claiming that due to congestion, all ameritech.net users that don’t verify their accounts will be removed from the system. This is a phishing scam out to steal user account information to be used for unlawful activity. If you receive such an email like the one below, ignore it and delete it immediately. Ameritech will never ask users to submit personal account credentials via email. Actual Email From: Ameritech © Mail Center <accjc@pacbell.net> Date: January 17, 2012 2:48:17 PM CST To: undisclosed recipients: Subject: Account…

• Police Vehicles Equipped with iPad Technology to Video Crime

  Guest Post

  12 Jan 2012 | 11:42 am

  4G Wireless, short for “fourth-generation wireless,” refers to increased Internet connection speeds and is a technological innovation in mobile communications. Wireless Internet has made 4G (and even 3G) possible because of its mobility: now, any individual can carry his or her Internet on the go. You can have Internet everywhere you go, instead of just at home. The iPhone and iPad have popularized the idea of portable Internet access. However, innovations in video surveillance are on the rise; and when it comes to iPad technology, the increased video surveillance streaming is a nice…

• European Bank Phishing Attempts

  Guest Post

  11 Jan 2012 | 11:30 am

  In Europe, we are faced with many fake emails purporting to be from legitimate banks that want you to believe that they’re coming from your bank. At my company, we’ve received several phishing emails notifying the recipients to confirm/update their personal information. The text looks rather official and it’s supposedly coming from ING bank or ABN – Amro bank. ING is a global financial institution located in many other countries in Europe and across the big Atlantic pond. This is a SCAM with the intention to phish your personal identifiable information! The email notifies you that…

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  The Mobile Gadgeteer Blog RSS | ZDNet

• Android tablet market share up 10%, iPad down 10% through 2011

  Matthew Miller

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:57 am

  It’s been said before there is no tablet market, just an iPad market. However, 2011 started showing that wasn’t true and Android is making gains in the tablet space.

• Download media to your iPhone straight from the web with iDownloader

  Joel Evans

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:59 am

  iDownloader is an app that lets you download videos, music, photos, documents, and more, and store them and view them directly on your iPhone.

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  27 Jan 2012 | 10:59 am

• Is your phone faster than a Windows Phone?

  Joel Evans

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:23 am

  Microsoft issued a challenge at CES to see if your phone could smoke a Windows Phone

• Fitbit Ultra or Jawbone UP: Which one meets your lifestyle tracking needs?

  Matthew Miller

  24 Jan 2012 | 6:45 am

  I am trying to lose some weight and get into shape for sports and fundraising events this spring so I tried out a couple of new lifestyle tracking devices. The Jawbone UP and Fitbit Ultra have been meeting my needs so far.

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  Liliputing

• Deals of the Day (1-27-2012)

  Brad Linder

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm

  Lenovo is offering the IdeaPad A1 tablet for under $200 again, Newegg has a few good deals on refurbished Andorid tablets, and J&R is knocking $70 off the base price of a 13.3 inch Asus ultrabook (although it's still pretty expensive). Here's a roundup of some the day's best deals on mobile devices. Lenovo IdeaPad A1 7" Android 2.3 tablet... Read more » Deals of the Day (1-27-2012) is a post from: Liliputing

• Root a NOOK Tablet with just an SD card

  Brad Linder

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:10 pm

  Barnes & Noble has been playing a bit of cat and mouse game with NOOK Tablet hackers. When the company released the 7 inch Android tablet in November, it didn't take long for hackers to figure out how to sideload apps, root the tablet, and even install the Android Market. Then Barnes & Noble pushed out a software update which... Read more » Root a NOOK Tablet with just an SD card is a post from: Liliputing

• Meet the IdolPad, a $100 Android tablet that doesn’t look altogether awful

  Brad Linder

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pm

  It's tough to find a high quality tablet for less than $100 now that HP has cleared its inventory of discontinued TouchPad tablets. But there are a growing number of not-entirely-awful tablets that can be yours for less than a hundred bucks. One of the latest additions to that category is the IdolPad form Idolian. It's a 7 inch tablet... Read more » Meet the IdolPad, a $100 Android tablet that doesn’t look altogether awful is a post from: Liliputing

• Microsoft bringing Kinect motion sensing to Windows 8 laptops

  Brad Linder

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:43 am

  Microsoft's Kinect system adds motion-sensing technology to the Xbox 360 game console, allowing you to use your entire body as a game controller. The software company will start shipping a Kinect for Windows system in February for $249, allowing new forms of input for Windows-based software. Now Microsoft is also reportedly working to develop a Kinect system that works with... Read more » Microsoft bringing Kinect motion sensing to Windows 8 laptops is a post from: Liliputing

• Amazon and B&N tablets could account for 40 percent of Android tablet sales

  Brad Linder

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:25 am

  Research firm Strategy Analytics estimate that about 10.5 million Android tablets were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2011. That's more than a 300 percent jump from a year earlier, and the increase in Android tablet shipments means that Android devices now make up about 39 percent of overall tablet sales. But one thing that wasn't in Strategy Analytics original... Read more » Amazon and B&N tablets could account for 40 percent of Android tablet sales is a post from: Liliputing

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  SlashGear

• Sony’s MLB 12 The Show will have cloud support on PS3, Vita

  Mark Raby

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:40 pm

  Whenever there’s a new MLB The Show game, PS3-toting baseball fans are excited. They can’t wait to get their hands on the latest roster, the always-improved graphics and control system, and the surprisingly fluid voice-over commentary. But this year, there’s another reason to be interested in the new entry, and it has to do with the fact that the game is due out on two systems. Aaron Luke, a designer on the game, has confirmed that users will be able to save their games to the cloud. This includes Franchise, Road to the Show, and Season modes. This means users can pick up…

• Apple iPhone robbery thwarted by tech-savvy cop

  Mark Raby

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:50 pm

  How do you solve a crime in 30 minutes or less? All you need is a cop who knows his tech. Police Officer Robert Garland was able to successfully track down an iPhone thief and return the device to its rightful owner thanks to his quick thinking and his knowledge of the app “Find My iPhone.” It all went down yesterday in New York City. It happened at around 7:00 PM. A cashier at luxury clothing and accessories store Tuci Italia was taking a break when a man walked into the store and pointed a gun at her. Presumably hoping to make as quick a getaway as possible, he demanded she hand…

• Activision says PS3 Call of Duty Elite confusion is not its fault

  Mark Raby

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:29 pm

  If you thought that signing up for the premium Call of Duty Elite service on your PS3 would get you access to DLC the same time as your Xbox 360 counterparts, well, Activision has no sympathy for you. The publisher says it never made any claims to that effect, and says anyone who thought that was the case “convinced themselves that it would happen because they wanted it to happen.” Activision has a very well-known, iron-clad contract with Microsoft that guarantees Call of Duty add-on content will be released first on the Xbox 360, and then trickle down to other platforms later.

• Urology journal finds robotic prostate surgery not meeting expectations

  Mark Raby

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:16 pm

  It was perhaps one of the biggest hopes in the advancement of robot-assisted medical surgery, but expectations have been too high, according to a new report from the research journal Urology. We’re talking about surgery for prostate removal, for those afflicted with prostate cancer. The study shows outcomes of the robotic procedure are not that different than those done by human hands. It’s a fascinating thing to think about. Every day, doctors get in the operating room and instead of sitting at the patient’s side, he is at a computer console, operating the controls of…

• Motorola Wi-Fi-only Droid Xyboard is now available

  Mark Raby

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:57 pm

  The cheaper, Wi-Fi-only version of Motorola’s latest and greatest Xyboard tablet has begun shipping. Pre-orders for the units are now being fulfilled, and the product pages on Verizon’s website now show them as being available to purchase. The new products, which were originally scheduled for a January 18 launch, are geared at consumers who want a high-end tablet but don’t care about being able to take it online any time they want.   What could have potentially been one of the best moves for the Xyboard is that its official name is the Droid Xyboard. Unfortunately, most…

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  bookofjoe

• Stone Drink Dispenser

  bookofjoe

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:01 pm

  From the website: ........................... Handmade in New Hampshire from natural stones found along the coast of New England and fixed with a stainless steel spigot with a stone lever. Due to the found nature of the stones, each is one-of-a-kind....

• Where not to go: Danger Zones

  bookofjoe

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:01 pm

  Wrote Donna Leinwand Leger in yesterday's USA Today: "Each year, U.S. citizens are abducted abroad. The State Department repeatedly warns Americans about kidnap threats in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mexico, Colombia, the Philippines and many African countries." See also yesterday's post on...

• Front Yard Flip-Flops — "Garden-to-Go"

  bookofjoe

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:01 pm

  That's different. From Dornob: ..................... The concept has been floating around for a while, but carrying a chunk of sod around on your feet is just a wee bit short of practical. And really, what a nice way to keep...

• What happens after the lights go out?

  bookofjoe

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:01 pm

  Lately I've been trying to remember as soon as I wake up in the morning what happened after I turned out my reading lamp and before I fell asleep — but I cannot recall a single thing. I can't believe...

• Plant Hardiness Zone Map — Updated after 22 years

  bookofjoe

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:01 am

  Welcome news for gardeners: the changes you've noted over the past two decades are now official. From the U.S. Department of Agriculture website: The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine...

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  SolSie.com

• Facebook Timeline is Coming To Your Profile Whether You Want or Not

  SolSie

  25 Jan 2012 | 11:09 pm

  Last year Facebook introduced a new format for user profile, called Timeline. The new format highlights user statuses, photos, etc.. in 2 column format, along with a photo cover on top of the page. Timeline comes with strong emphasis on chronological order of your life with ease of navigation by month or even year.. Until now, the giant social network lets users opt in to try Timeline format, but that opt-in period will be soon over. All Facebook members will be forced to use the new format. Users will receive a notification 7 days before the switch over takes place. Since the Timeline format…

• Expand Your iPhone Photo Beyond Its Edges with AntiCrop App

  SolSie

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:56 pm

  A new photo editing technology just arrived with AntiCrop, an iOS app that offers the ability to expand the photos on your iOS devices. The app is using a technology similar to content-aware filling features you find in Adobe Photoshop Elements. Meaning if you take a photo in a middle of a field, you essentially can stretch the edges to make larger frame and the app will fill in the additional space with similar texture, color, etc..   The $.99 app lets you open an existing photo or new, you then optionally can pick an output size or leave to the original size; Cropping handles…

• Reasons why Microsoft Overtook Yahoo In US Search Engine Traffic

  SolSie

  24 Jan 2012 | 11:48 pm

  It’s big news because this time its Microsoft and Yahoo in the US search engine traffic, where Microsoft has surpassed the US search engine market share of Yahoo. As per the figures released by the Comscore, Yahoo has been overtaken by Microsoft’s Bing search engine with a good 15.1 percent of US web search. On the other hand, Yahoo has experienced a 0.6 percent of the drop in the search market share and this change was noticeable between November and December of the year 2011. Microsoft has overtaken Yahoo in the US search Engine traffic and shall be looking forward to dominate with much…

• Meet Evi The New Intelligent Artificial Voice Assistant for iOS and Android

  SolSie

  23 Jan 2012 | 11:14 pm

  While Siri is excellent for iPhone 4S and US users, many Android and older iPhone users are left in the cold. Meet Evi, the new Artificial Intelligent assistant app from True Knowledge, a company that provides computerized search & answer algorithm to many other online services. Similarly to Siri, Evi is using Nuance for speech engine. The app is available on both iPhone and Android. Evi can not yet set up a calendar appointment nor reminder but she can answer questions on cooking and calories, local information and shopping, time and measurement questions, as well as helping you to…

• Happy Lunar New Year

  SolSie

  22 Jan 2012 | 12:31 pm

  The Lunar New Year occurs in the early months of our calendar year, typically January or February and this year falls on January 23rd. Asians are celebrating the start of the Year of the Dragon. In Asian tradition, each year is dedicated to a specific animal. The Dragon, Horse, Monkey, Rat, Boar, Cat, Dog, Rooster, Ox, Tiger, Snake, and Ram are the twelve animals that are part of this tradition. In 2012, the Dragon is welcomed back after the 2011 year of the Cat Each of these animals are thought to bestow their characteristics to the people born in their year. It has been known the Year of…

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  Popular Science - Gadgets

• Setting Up a House-Shaking, Multi-Room Stereo System

  Tim Gideon

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:15 am

  Altec Lansing MN5000 Claire BenoistHi-fi for the Wi-Fi crowd Wiring up a home audio system is the past. Why bother, when there are so many great wireless options out there? Here's a quick guide to the kinds of unplugged music gear that can transform every room in your house into a neat, powerful listening chamber. SPEAKER The 100-watt MN5000 serves as both the amplifier and central speaker in a multi-room sound system. Over Wi-Fi, it combines songs on a user's hard drive with music from Pandora and other services into one mega-library. With a phone app, listeners can browse the catalog,…

• Amazon's Kindle Fire Is Blazingly Fast for a Mobile Device

  Stewart Wolpin

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pm

  Burning Up the Web Alison SeifferAnd everyone else better catch up After last year's flood of largely indistinguishable Android tablets, it's natural to glance at Amazon's wildly different Kindle Fire and think "iPad killer." But although the seven-inch tablet's $200 price tag will do plenty to draw attention (and sales), the Fire, at its core, is little more than a video-ready e-reader. Even if it won't lay waste to the iPad, it could have an equally profound influence: The Fire sets a new ultrafast standard for how future mobile-and perhaps desktop-devices surf the Web. Today's typical…

• The Goods: January 2012's Hottest Gadgets

  Kaitlin Miller, Steve Morgenstern

  23 Jan 2012 | 9:08 am

  Gibson Firebird X Claire BenoistA 3-D scanner, cellphone LoJack, an ultra high-tech guitar, and much more Every month we search far and wide to bring you a dozen of the best new ideas in gear. These gadgets are the first, the best and the latest. Check out the gallery below to get the first look at what consumer technology has brought us this month. Click to launch our guide to this January's best gadgets.

• Artificially Intelligent Thermostat Automatically Creates a Climate Schedule for You

  Corinne Iozzio

  20 Jan 2012 | 1:36 pm

  Nest Learning Thermostat Claire BenoistAnd it looks great. Greater than we'd ever expect a thermostat to look, at least Programmable thermostats help save money by resetting the temperature when homeowners are asleep or away. But setting them up can be painstaking, and 89 percent of users never get them out of manual mode. The Nest thermostat requires almost no setup and teaches itself when to adjust the temperature. It starts by building a schedule. For the first week, users change the temperature normally. The Nest notes their preferred at-home temperature, say 72°F, and also determines…

• Gallery: Interactive Gym Equipment to Make You Sweat Smarter

  Brett Zarda

  20 Jan 2012 | 11:57 am

  ProForm Tour de France Claire Benoist Working out can be boring, and sometimes the easiest way to get moving is to be entertained. But new interactive gym equipment brings real-world workouts to your basement, making your home training more fun and more effective. See the gallery.

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  Mr.Gadget

• Happy Australia Day!

  Mr.Gadget

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:21 pm

  The more I travel around the world the more appreciate Australia: the blue skies, rugged mountains, never ending coastlines, diversity of people, Four ‘n’ Twenty meat pie on a cold winter’s day… To all my fellow Australians out there, Happy Australia Day! Here’s a little bit about Australia Day from Wikipedia: Australia Day (previously known as Anniversary Day, Foundation Day, and ANA Day)[1] is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, the date commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788 and the…

• iPad 3 Rumor Roundup (January 2012)

  Mr.Gadget

  25 Jan 2012 | 11:14 am

  What kind of gadget site would this be without a blog post on the upcoming iPad 3? To make it easy for our readers, we thought we’d scour the web for all the latest rumors and put them all here for one quick easy reference. As mentioned this is a list of rumors – with Apple being Apple, the cat doesn’t really get let out of the bag until announcement day or when they “accidentally” leave test iPhones in bars where news-hungry tech bloggers happen to congregate… Seriously, I’m keeping an eye on the iPad 3 for personal reasons. The powers that be (aka…

• Motorola RAZR Review [Video]

  Mr.Gadget

  23 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am

  Still deciding on whether or not the new Motorola RAZR is for you? As mentioned in my Motorola RAZR launch post a couple of weeks ago, I think it’s a fantastic Android smartphone. Don’t  just take my word for it though, our friends at @slashgear have a nine minute video review of the Motorola RAZR – even comparing it against some of its rivals : iPhone 4/4S and Samsung Galaxy S 2, to name a few. Here are the specs for the Motorola RAZR to refresh your memory of what this device is made of: Features of the Motorola RAZR Dual-core 1.2GHz 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Advanced display…

• Happy Chinese New Year! So Starts Year Of The Dragon

  Mr.Gadget

  23 Jan 2012 | 9:41 am

  It doesn’t take long for one living in Hong Kong to become immersed in Chinese culture and their calendar. Today is bigger than Christmas and the western calendar’s January 1st countdown – it is the start of the Chinese Lunar Year. According to the Chinese zodiac, this year is particularly special year – the Year of the Dragon. I don’t believe in your destiny being attribute to the year you were born in, but I do find it interesting to read what the Chinese believe the personality types for people born in Dragon years: Dragon Personality Occupying the 5th…

• Dell Announces XPS 13 Laptop – Delivers Superb Craftsmanship, Durability and Mobility

  Mr.Gadget

  12 Jan 2012 | 9:33 am

  In a simultaneous launch at the CES in Las Vagas and the Opera House, Sydney, Dell has unveiled it’s new Ultrabook: the Dell XPS 13. Weighing in at under 3lbs (1.35 kg) with a carbon fibre base and only 6mm at its thickest, this new addition to the XPS range is aimed squarely at the prosumer market – targeted at professionals but sold through consumer channels. While it’s not the thinnest laptop on the market (Acer’s Aspire S5 is 1mm thinner) nor does it have the new NFC tech of HP’s Envy 14, it does have 2 USB ports (USB 2.0 & 3.0) and a 128gb SSD. In true…

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  Popwuping

• 2012 GM Advanced Tech Window

  Popwuping

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:47 pm

  On the heels of Samsung's touchscreen windows is this concept demonstrator from the GM Advanced Technical Center. The Windows of Opportunity (WOO) Project was inspired by psychological studies indicating car passengers often feel disconnected from their environment, GM asked the Bezalel students to turn car windows into interactive displays capable of stimulating awareness, nurturing curiosity and encouraging a stronger connection with the world outside the vehicle. One more step towards never talking to each other but through a screen.

• The Evolution of Music Online

  Popwuping

  25 Jan 2012 | 4:58 pm

  PBS Off Book discusses the massive changes in music distribution and how music blogs and websites have arisen as the new arbiters of quality. As the 90s came to a close, the business of music began to change profoundly. New technology allowed artists to record and produce their own music and music videos, and the internet became a free-for-all distribution platform for musicians to promote themselves to audiences across the world. The result was an influx of artists onto the cultural scene, and audiences were left wondering how to sort through them all.

• SIWA cushioned case

  Popwuping

  25 Jan 2012 | 8:11 am

  I saw a small collection of SIWA bags in the Fine Arts Museum in Taipei recently and I loved the feel of the paper-like material, it felt soft and flexible. It looks just as you see above, like crumpled paper. Over time, depending on how you handle it, the look of the material will change with use. Designed by Naoto Fukasawa, this SIWA large cushioned case is a perfect for carrying a 13" laptop and it's provides padding for minor scrapes and bumps. Zipper opening and highly water resilient. SIWA cushioned case

• Bring back the stylus!(?)

  Popwuping

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:17 am

  Farhad Manjoo writing for Slate states his case for "bringing back' or using a stylus with an iOS devices. For certain uses, the stylus is way better than fingers--it's more precise, easier to control, and more capable. A stylus lets you type just as fast (and maybe faster) than you can with your finger on a touchscreen and it allows for fine-motor skills like drawing and photo editing. Jobs wondered who wants a stylus. I do! And if tablet and app makers took some time to optimize their product for styluses, you will, too. Today, people use styluses on iPads for specialized, pen-specific…

• Tablet and E-book ownership nearly double over the holidays

  Popwuping

  24 Jan 2012 | 5:43 am

  Pew Internet: The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January and the same surge in growth also applied to e-book readers, which also jumped from 10% to 19% over the same time period. The number of Americans owning at least one of these digital reading devices jumped from 18% in December to 29% in January. It's not entirely clear which devices account for this increase, the survey strongly suggests that the Kindle Fire and Nook pricing played a role but doesn't produce data to support the assumption. But a…

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• Sled Handmade Wood and Leather iPhone Backs

  Cory O'Brien

  9 Jan 2012 | 11:09 am

  Sled is a company out of Boston, Massachusetts and Brooklyn, New York that crafts handmade leather and wood products into classic and distinctive accessories using natural materials. Their flagship product, the Runner, is a cowhide and birch wood back housing bezel that completely replaces the glass back of the iPhone 4 and 4S. It works with both Verizon/CDMA and AT&T/GSM, and adds an unmistakable warmth and unique character to your phone. [Sled]

• Ferrari Gets A Tattoo

  Cory O'Brien

  21 Dec 2011 | 11:21 am

  What you see here is a Ferrari F430 that has been covered in cowhide and then tattooed by French artist Phillipe Pasqua. It sounds ridiculous, but the end result is rather impressive, so I’m sure this isn’t the last time we see a leather covered supercar prowling the streets. [Via: Jalopnik]

• Pogo Stick Tricks

  Cory O'Brien

  19 Dec 2011 | 10:48 am

  I had no idea that pogo stick tricks were even possible, but as this video shows, they’re not only possible, they’re actually pretty legit:

• Miguel Endara Draws His Dad With Dots

  Cory O'Brien

  6 Dec 2011 | 11:22 am

  Miguel Endara made a drawing of his dad, called “Hero”, out of 3.2 million dots of ink, and documented the process so you can see what it looks like:

• Mary Ellen Croteau Makes Bottle Cap Art

  Cory O'Brien

  2 Dec 2011 | 10:40 am

  Artist Mary Ellen Croteau proves that recycling can be beautiful with her work, titled Close, made entirely of bottle caps. According to Mary: Plastic bottle caps – like bags, a plastic product that can’t be/isn’t recycled. I conceived of an “endless column” of these caps, after Constantin Brancussi’s iconic modernist sculpture. One became two, and two became many. While making these columns, I noticed the smaller caps tended to nest inside one another, and the color combinations reminded me of Chuck Close’s painted portraits. So I got sidetracked and started on a large…

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  Digital Home Thoughts.com

• Corel's Re-introduces Bibble as AfterShot Pro

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am

  http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/...ac-and-windows/"The crew in Ottawa is now taking square aim at Aperture, Lightroom and other similarly situated products with its new product called AfterShot Pro. Available for Linux, Macintosh and Windows, the software retails for $99 and promises to deliver a complete workflow for RAW files, including file management, batch processing and non-destructive editing capabilities."Remember Bibble? One of the earliest after-market RAW software, Bibble has been around for a long time, and was bought by Corel a year or so back. Now the software is back as…

• Pentax Announces Optio VS20 with Vertical Controls

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/0...ntax_Optio_VS20Pentax, recently acquired by Ricoh, is now trying to be a little crazier than the competition by offering this travel zoom camera with vertical shooting controls, along with a tripod socket for mounting the camera vertically on a tripod. Almost like a SLR with a vertical grip. I am not sure how well it will handle in portrait orientation, but I certainly can see that it probably is not the most pressing concern for most buyers of such digital cameras. The specifications are not much to shout about as well. The most interesting thing is…

• Adobe's Lightroom 4 Beta Previewed

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  http://www.dpreview.com/articles/74...-beta-whats-new"The Lightroom 4 beta introduces quite a list of features, including a completely new book-creation module, expanded support for video, soft proofing capability, and geo-tagging of still and video images via a Google Maps-powered module. Image editing tools have also been significantly updated, with a new process version (PV2012) that includes a reworking of the Basic panel controls and new localized editing options."Adobe has announced a beta for Lightroom 4, and DPReview takes a look at the changes. While they look interesting, I am…

• Home Mod Operation Produces Keyboard With Handy USB Ports

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:30 pm

  http://mtkaalund.blogspot.com/"But anyway I wanted a keyboard with a USB hub built in, not that it would make my life easier but because then I would have one less thing on my table."You have to admire people who have a a good idea and just say "let's do it". Such was the case with "A Geek and his cat" who made this mod to a Logitech keyboard. It's a fun read to see how he did it. There's no reason you couldn't do it too, is there?

• The Best Way to Keep Your Toys Juiced

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am

  http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2...the-extra-cost/"If you have kids, you probably know this already, but lots of stuff needs batteries. Remote control toys, Wii remotes, laser pointers (well, that is for me), flash lights, even Nerf guns. For me, I have found the best place to pick up batteries is at one of these “dollar” stores. Sure the batteries are cheaper, but are they any good? Who knows. Let’s find out."Like any person that likes electronics, I tend to go through a lot of batteries. From remote controls, to cordless mice and keyboards to cameras. While many of…

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• 10 Apps to Help Reaffirm Your New Year's Resolutions

  jessica

  28 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Thinning crowds at the gym paired with advertising pushes from Weight Watchers can only mean one thing: well-intentioned New Year's resolutions are rapidly falling by the wayside. Whether you've been led astray by an impending sense of doom due to Mayan-calendar conspiracies or simply haven't had the time to follow through, there's lots of opportunity to get back on course. Getting any job done properly requires the right tools, so why wouldn't the same apply to bettering yourself? It's very possible your resolution resolve is waining because you're not equipped with the necessary resources.

• BestStuff Giveaway: Win SOUL by Ludacris SL100 Headphones

  jessica

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:29 pm

  Today is Friday - what better way to start off the weekend than with a brand new giveaway? Up for grabs is the SOUL by Ludacris SL100 high-definition headphones. What makes these on-ear headphones special? Besides the fact that they were created in collaboration with Grammy award-winning artist Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, these professional sounding headphones deliver true studio level sound quality AND feature a stylish urban look – a combination hard to find in personal audio options available today. The SOUL by Ludacris SL100 headphones are lightweight, yet packed with an advanced driver…

• Enter to Win SOUL by Ludacris SL100 Headphones!

  jessica

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:21 pm

  Welcome to BestStuff.com's giveaway! Enter below for your chance to win the SOUL by Ludacris SL100 headphones! The giveaway starts January 27 and ends February 9, 2012 at midnight. To enter, simply fill out the entry form below. Don't worry...we won't share your info with anyone - it is for shipping purposes only. One winner will be chosen at random and notified via email on or around February 9, 2012. You must reside in the United States to win. Good luck! First and Last Name: Email: Address line 1: Address line 2: City: State: Zip code: Phone number:

• Sony "Springs it Up" with New VAIOs

  David Novak

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:09 am

  After CES, Sony is still coming out with new announcements. The latest is a spring refresh for its line of VAIO laptops. The Z Series now sports a Carbon Fiber Silver option, and have LTE 4G radios as customizable options. The laptops also now feature the latest Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, and RAID solid state drives. Prices start at $1949.99 for the new Z Series. The S series have been upgraded to the latest Intel Core processors, while the 13" and 15" models can be upgraded to a Core i7 processor. The S Series also includes Hybrid Graphics with an AMD Radeon HD 6470M (512MB VRAM) or…

• iharmonix Q-i-sound Wireless Bluetooth Speakers Arrive in April 2012

  jessica

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Over 20,000 new products were announced at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES), making it impossible to cover each and every product the week of the show. One little gem we wished we would have experienced hands-on is the iharmonix Q-i-sound Bluetooth speakers by Qmadix. Not your typical boxy design, these ultra-portable wireless speakers deliver stereo sound for a better music listening experience and also feature microphones for hands-free calling. Great for use with laptops, tablets, smartphones, or any other Bluetooth-enabled device, the speakers – once paired with the device –…

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  Spot Cool Stuff: Tech

• The Samsung Galaxy Note: Phone or Tablet?

  Spot Cool Tech Stuff

  25 Jan 2012 | 6:02 am

  Is it a tablet? Or is it a phone? That’s the tagline on billboards advertising the new Samsung Galaxy Note. When the company selling a product expresses uncertainly about what exactly their product is, you know you are dealing with something different. Indeed, the Samsung Note seems like a new hybrid product that’s both an oversized phone and an undersized tablet. The phonelet weighs 6.3 ounces (178 grams) and has a 5.3-inch display—more than the largest smartphone and less than the smallest tablet. The Android operating system powered by 1.4GHz dual-core processor is capable of…

• Waterproof Your Smartphone—Without a Case

  Spot Cool Tech Stuff

  20 Jan 2012 | 6:39 am

  Since returning from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show the question we’ve been asked most is: What was the coolest thing you saw? After some contemplation, we’ve settled on our answer: Liquipel. It’s a nanotechnology service that waterproofs electronic gadgets without adding any weight to a device or any altering it in any discernible way. Futurists have long recognized the potential of nanotechnology—the study of manipulating matter on an atomic or molecular level—to revolutionize products we use in our daily lives. Spot Cool Stuff believes that one day it will. But…

• Stream Music Wirelessly To Old Wired Speakers

  Spot Cool Tech Stuff

  16 Jan 2012 | 11:58 am

  The Griffin Twenty audio amplifier for the Airport Express is named such because it is offers a speaker output of twenty watts per channel. But it could be named that because the Griffin Twenty can bring new life to your twenty-year-old speakers. You know the sort of unpowered speakers we’re talking about—the kind with copper analog wires that clamp awkwardly into round sockets on the back of stereo amplifiers. Spot Cool Stuff has a pair of these up in our attic that we bought in high school. They are still good speakers. But they’ve been rendered obsolete in today’s…

• The Refridgerator That Will Cool a Beer In Under 5 Minutes

  Spot Cool Tech Stuff

  12 Jan 2012 | 2:44 pm

  Where was this when we were in college? A refrigerator that can chill a can of beer from room temperature to ice cold in about four-and-a-half minutes. The ‘fridge is the Ultra-Capacity French Door Refrigerator from LG. Its fast cooling drawer is called the “Blast Chiller.” And the refrigerator can not only quickly chill liquids in aluminum cans. The Blast Chiller will also turn a warm one liter glass bottle of liquid cold in about eight minutes. The fast chilling is accomplished through a combination of two methods. First, the refrigerator quickly cycles very cold air from…

• Justin Bieber and the Vietnamese Entertainment Robot

  Spot Cool Tech Stuff

  11 Jan 2012 | 5:24 pm

  The most surreal moment at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show—and the competition for that honor is stiff—is surely Justin Bieber introducing the mRobo, a toy robot from the Vietnam based company Tosy. So what does the teen pop idol have to do with Vietnamese robots? Very little, so far as we are aware. Yet that didn’t stop tongs of proud geeks and self-confessed nerds from descending upon Tosy’s tiny corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center and jostling for the best position to get a glimpse of the star. Not that most of the crowd could recognize him. “Which one is…

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  DVICE

• Russian Soyuz grounded again, SpaceX Dragon may be next to ISS

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:57 pm

  Well, this is no good: testing has revealed cracks in the Soyuz landing capsule that Russia was supposed to launch to the ISS, rendering it decidedly un-spaceworthy. The launch date has been rescheduled until April or May, meaning that SpaceX's Dragon capsule might be the next arrival at the ISS.

• Solar power cheaper than fossil fuels for 1.3 billion people

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:33 pm

  Here in the U.S., we're used to thinking about solar power as one of those happy eco-friendly things that we'd all totally be using except for the fact that it's so much more expensive than fossil fuels. In the developing world, though, it's exactly the opposite: solar power is gaining ground with 1.3 billion people simply because it's the cheapest way to go.

• Ultimate Battlefield 3 PC mod serves drinks, fires on command

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:44 pm

  Hands down, this is the best Battlefield 3 PC case mod I've ever seen. Created by Brian "Bodakker" Carter, the mod has two things PC gamers would fawn over: a mini fridge for a cold soda or beer and a rotating mini chain gun. Um, the totally heavy-duty military-looking case and flip switches are cool, too.

• Giant solar flares are a great way to clean up space junk

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:59 pm

  The latest issue of NASA's Orbital Debris Quarterly News (I kid you not) is hot off the presses, and it includes a fascinating article on how increased solar activity can help to sweep Earth's orbit clean of space junk.

• Asus prototyping laptops with built-in Kinect sensors

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:46 pm

  With a sea of Ultrabooks coming out soon and Windows 8 on track for a release by the end of the year, it's time PC makers start differentiating themselves. Tobii's eye-tracking tech is really cool, and word on the block is that Asus is working to integrate Kinect sensors directly into laptops.

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  Coolest Gadget Reviews

• Facebook IPO Valuation Estimated At $100 Billion

  Mike

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:41 pm

  For quite some time, there have been rumors that Facebook was going to go public and that an IPO would take place. These rumors started getting strong late last year with the expectation that 2012 would see Facebook become a public company. (...)Read the rest of Facebook IPO Valuation Estimated At $100 Billion © Coolest Gadget Reviews, 2012. Coated brings you the coolest gadgets and best geek toys. Facebook IPO Valuation Estimated At $100 Billion | Uncategorized | Post tags: facebook

• Blame Kindle Fire, iPad’s Market Share Now 58%

  Mike

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:43 pm

  Apple’s iPad may be the gold standard towards which all other tablets are compared but even it isn’t immune to the changing market forces. Last year, Apple faced some rather stiff competition from Amazon who came out with their Kindle Fire. (...)Read the rest of Blame Kindle Fire, iPad’s Market Share Now 58% © Coolest Gadget Reviews, 2012. Coated brings you the coolest gadgets and best geek toys. Blame Kindle Fire, iPad’s Market Share Now 58% | Apple News | Post tags: Apple

• Apple Touchscreen TV Remote Revealed In Patent

  Mike

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:25 pm

  In September of last year, Apple filed a patent that provided some potential insight as to what they are planning for their upcoming Apple TV line up of products. According to the patent filing, it would seem that Apple has intentions of creating their own touchscreen TV remote. (...)Read the rest of Apple Touchscreen TV Remote Revealed In Patent © Coolest Gadget Reviews, 2012. Coated brings you the coolest gadgets and best geek toys. Apple Touchscreen TV Remote Revealed In Patent | Apple News | Post tags: Apple

• Foxconn Employee Indicates iPhone 5 Summer Launch

  Mike

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:29 am

  This year, we should see the next version of the iPhone but in terms of when the new device will launch is really anyone’s guess. We’ve heard several different rumors on this subject and today, a Foxconn insider has his on take on this subject. (...)Read the rest of Foxconn Employee Indicates iPhone 5 Summer Launch © Coolest Gadget Reviews, 2012. Coated brings you the coolest gadgets and best geek toys. Foxconn Employee Indicates iPhone 5 Summer Launch | Apple News | Post tags: Apple

• Next Generation Xbox Arrives In 2013

  Mike

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:35 pm

  It’s not uncommon to hear about a console maker announcing a refresh of one of their products. In 2011, it was Nintendo that garnered the majority of the headlines with rumors about a potentially new console coming from them. (...)Read the rest of Next Generation Xbox Arrives In 2013 © Coolest Gadget Reviews, 2012. Coated brings you the coolest gadgets and best geek toys. Next Generation Xbox Arrives In 2013 | Online Gaming | Post tags: microsoft

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  TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide

• XDModo Solar Window Charger

  Johan

  28 Jan 2012 | 2:07 am

  The XDModo Solar Charger uses the solar energy to charge up your gadgets. The gadget collects the solar energy and stores the power in its 1400mAh rechargeable lithium battery. The XDModo solar window charger also provide a regular and a micro USB output. If you are interested, you can purchase the XDModo solar window charger retails for €49.95 ($66). [Product Page]

• Uzone F0 GPS Navigator

  Isaiah

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:31 pm

  Check out this budget-friendly GPS navigator from Uzone, the F0. Powered by an 800MHz RK2818 processor, the device packs a 7.0-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen display, a 256MB RAM, an 8GB of storage, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), GPS navigation map with genuine U.S. Bank pre-installed, dual-screen navigation technology, 720p HD video playback support, WiFi, 3G module support, a 2500mAh battery and runs on Android 2.2 OS. The F0 can be yours for just 499 Yuan (about $79). [Uzone]

• Giada MI-D2700G mini-ITX Motherboard

  Isaiah

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:18 pm

  Giada has recently unveiled their newest mini-ITX motherboard called the MI-D2700G. Based on Intel NM10 Express chipset, the board is equipped with a 2.13GHz Intel Atom D2700 processor, a NVIDIA GF119 512MB GPU, two DDR3-1066 SO-DIMM slots, two Mini-PCIe slots (1x Mini-PCIe, 1x mSATA) and an active cooler. In terms of connectivity ports, it offers two SATA 3.0 Gbps, Gigabit Ethernet, six USB 2.0, D-Sub and HDMI. Pricing and release date are still unknown at the moment. [Giada]

• Plextor PX-B950SA Internal Blu-ray Writer

  Isaiah

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:11 pm

  Plextor hits back with a new internal Blu-ray writer, the PX-B950SA. Coming in a 5.25-inch form factor, the drive features an 8MB of cache memory, a SATA connection interface and provides write speeds of 12x for BD-R, 8x for BD-R DL, 2x for BD-RE (DL), 16x for DVD-R/+R, 6x for DVD+RW, 12x for DVD-RW and 48x for CD-R. The PX-B950SA retails for 11,980 Yen (about $154) and comes bundled with the CyberLink BD Suite and PowerDVD. [Press Release]

• Novak NV-HW351U External HDD Enclosure

  Isaiah

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:03 pm

  Novak is set to drop their newest external HDD enclosure into the market, the NV-HW351U. This compact enclosure is equipped with a USB 2.0 connection interface, a 25mm cooling fan mounted on the back and can house one 3.5-inch SATA/IDE HDD with a total of 3TB of storage capacity. The NV-HW351U will start shipping from February 2nd for 2,980 Yen (about $38). [Product Page]

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  The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

• BOXX electric bike measures just 1 meter in length

  Scott

  28 Jan 2012 | 1:09 am

  When you want to get around the city, you have a few options. Cars are expensive, not only to buy, but to drive as well. Bikes are cheap, but you might not feel like putting [...] 191 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

• What if your wireless mouse didn’t need a battery?

  Scott

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:47 am

  When wireless mice first went mainstream, people were overjoyed to finally be rid of that annoying cable. While the appeal was there, they weren’t exactly the greatest of devices. Early receivers still had a cord, [...] 174 words | permalink | One comment | digg this

• Vocalyze reads your daily news to you [Daily Freeware]

  Scott

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:45 am

  I’m the type of person who loves reading books, and enjoys pouring over articles full of information. In school they described this as being a visual learner. Of course, there are plenty of people that [...] 255 words | permalink | One comment | digg this

• USB Cufflinks provide extra storage and a WiFi connection

  Scott

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:43 am

  I can’t remember the last time I had to wear a suit, as I rarely attend such fancy gatherings. However, if you’re the sort that rubs elbows with the elite, you probably own a pair [...] 147 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

• 120 Day Self Watering Planter is great for the forgetful flower lover

  Scott

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:41 am

  There’s a reason that I don’t have a lot of plants in or around my house. I have a bad habit of killing them. It’s not malicious, mind you. I just either forget to water [...] 161 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

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• APP OF THE DAY: The Master Tactician review (iPad / Android)

  Paul Lamkin

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm

  Be Ron Manager It's another FA Cup weekend and, as such, another excuse to take a closer look at one of the multifarious football apps that sit in the App Store. But today's App of The Day isn't a game based on flicking goals, or managing a team of virtual players to hollow glory. It's the real deal.... The Master Tactician PlatformiPad / AndroidPrice?2.49WhereiTunes / Android Market Developed by Education in Sport in partnership with Aldershot manager, and former Premier League striker, Dean Holdsworth, The Master Tactician is also an app used by West Ham boss Sam Allardyce. In short, it's a…

• Epson Moverio BT-100 video glasses pictures and hands-on

  Ian Morris

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:44 am

  Google on goggles We all like the idea of seeing a massive TV image while we stare up at the celing, or at a boring old wall. Well, the good news is that Epson wants to help your dream become a reality, with its Moverio BT-100. In simple terms, a pair of goggles that allow you to watch video, while still being able to see where you’re going. In more complicated terms, this offers an image the size of a 320-inch screen projected 20 meters away. It’s powered by a little box of tricks that runs Android 2.2. You can watch MPEG4 and H.264 video and there’s even the option to…

• Bossa Nova Mechatars pictures and hands-on

  Rik Henderson

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:48 am

  TOY FAIR 2012: Robot wars We've already come across Bossa Nova Robotics' remote controlled Mechatars before, at last year's Toy Fair in fact, but now they're ready for public consumption and Pocket-lint got the chance to see the online role playing game aspect of the new USB connected toys. Demonstrated to us at Toy Fair 2012 in London, Mechatars is a range of interactive battling robots that, when coupled to a PC, can be used within the Mechaverse, an online, in-browser fighting game that rewards power-ups, extra purchases and continued play. Each Mechatar - there will be three main ones on…

• Snake '97 pictures, video and hands-on

  Stuart Miles

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:57 am

  Retro time Remember back to your first phone, the Nokia that you no doubt owned, and the game that you used to play over and over again? Yep that's right, for Windows Phone 7 users Nokia Snake from 1997 is back. Simply called Snake '97 the 79p app in the Windows Phone Marketplace will let you relive some nostalgia of those halcyon days when mobile phones were just that. "By carefully analysing the classic gameplay, timing and controls, this Snake '97 remake is one of the most accurate available," says Willem Middelkoop, the developer. The beauty here is that instead of trying to jazz the game…

• Kinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way

  Paul Lamkin

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:36 am

  Asus prototypes being tested How would you like to get your hands on (or rather keep them off) a laptop sporting a built-in Kinect sensor? It's more than just a hollow dream - Kinect packing laptops made by Asus, and Microsoft backed, are already in existence. The Daily has seen a pair of the hybrid devices and has received word from Microsoft that they are indeed official prototypes of laptops featuring a Kinect sensor. Built by Asus, the laptops are running Windows 8 and feature a number of sensors above the screen and some LED lights below it. Earlier this month Microsoft confirmed that it…

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  OnlyGizmos

• Nokia Hits Back, Leads Sales of Dual SIM Devices in India

  Shaun Tassavur

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:10 am

  Stats from a research project of Cyber Media Research Ltd reveals that out of the 166 million handsets sold in India in the first 11 months of 2011, a massive 54% were dual SIM handsets. [...]

• Nokia Lumia 710 – The Dark Horse

  Annkur P Agarwal

  24 Jan 2012 | 1:46 am

   “Nokia has given more than 4000 ad spots to the Lumia 800 on TV” – complained the promoter of a rival brand. “If only our products were equally promoted ….”While the jury is out, I [...]

• Review: Nokia Lumia 800

  Shaun Tassavur

  23 Jan 2012 | 11:26 pm

  Nokia has long lost the lead when it comes to sales revenue to Samsung towards the end of last year, though they have managed to hold on to the largest manufacturer tag by the skin [...]

• RIM’s Co-CEO’s Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis Step Down, Thorsten Heins Appointed New CEO

  Shaun Tassavur

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:15 am

  There have been numerous calls from the investors and stakeholders for the founders to step down. And Jaguar Financial Corp. has been at their throat for a long time since the Blackberry makers were unable [...]

• 162 Million people witnessed Blackout: Wikipedia

  Rahul Srinivas

  18 Jan 2012 | 11:52 pm

  The 24 hour long blackout that left frequent Wikipedia users without the site for an entire day has ended. Wikipedia claims that the move was a grand success and that an estimated 162 million users [...]

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  Internet Siao

• Inflatable Salad Bar Keeps Your Party Desserts and Drinks Chilled

  Dennis Yeo

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:18 am

  Need to chill a large amount of food at a party? Here’s one way of doing it easily by using an inflatable salad bar. This inflatable contraption lets you place ice or ice packs at the bottom while keeping cool the stuff that’s supposed to stay chill. The inflatable salad bar acts like a giant [...]Read more: Inflatable Salad Bar Keeps Your Party Desserts and Drinks Chilled, originally written and published on Internet Siao - Creative Gifts, Gadgets and More! Love this item? Tell your friends about it using the buttons below: • Facebook • Twitter • Tumblr • Reddit…

• Re-Warming Wand is a Convenient and Portable Coffee Reheating Stick Concept

  Dennis Yeo

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:01 am

  Need to drink a few more sips of your coffee but discovered that it has gone cold? Without needing to fetch a fresh new cup or to heat the entire cup of coffee back to the right temperature using the microwave, this portable coffee reheating wand will do it quickly. This coffee heating gadget concept [...]Read more: Re-Warming Wand is a Convenient and Portable Coffee Reheating Stick Concept, originally written and published on Internet Siao - Creative Gifts, Gadgets and More! Love this item? Tell your friends about it using the buttons below: • Facebook • Twitter • Tumblr…

• LED Color Changing Ice Bucket

  Dennis Yeo

  25 Jan 2012 | 6:34 am

  Sometimes you need an ice bucket for cooling beverages on the table during a nice party meal but somehow a plain stainless steel ice bucket just doesn’t make the cut. Here’s an LED color changing ice bucket that’ll surely brighten up the atmosphere either indoors or outdoors as it keeps your beverages chilled at the [...]Read more: LED Color Changing Ice Bucket, originally written and published on Internet Siao - Creative Gifts, Gadgets and More! Love this item? Tell your friends about it using the buttons below: • Facebook • Twitter • Tumblr • Reddit •…

• Charging Charlie Cute Charging Cable Holder Keeps Your Cables Organized

  Dennis Yeo

  23 Jan 2012 | 9:41 am

  Dressed like a fireman, this cute and interesting looking gadget called ‘Charging Charlie’ will hold your smartphone’s charging cable in place so that you’ll be able to find it easily whenever you need to charge your mobile phone. While he looks more like a petrol kiosk attendant than a fireman as he doesn’t really put [...]Read more: Charging Charlie Cute Charging Cable Holder Keeps Your Cables Organized, originally written and published on Internet Siao - Creative Gifts, Gadgets and More! Love this item? Tell your friends about it using the buttons below: • Facebook •…

• Link Fire #75

  Dennis Yeo

  21 Jan 2012 | 7:46 am

    Minecraft Creeper MacBook Air Skin – The infamous creeper from Minecraft invades the MacBook Air in the form of a customized skin.   Whale Pail – An interesting looking wooden desktop stationery organizer and gadget holder made to look like a whale.   Magnet Smartphone Stand – A magnet that be used like a [...]Read more: Link Fire #75, originally written and published on Internet Siao - Creative Gifts, Gadgets and More! Love this item? Tell your friends about it using the buttons below: • Facebook • Twitter • Tumblr • Reddit • StumbleUpon •…

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  GadgetyNews.com

• Official Samsung Website Lists Galaxy S III – S3 Ready for Release?

  Jay Garrett

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:59 am

  Samsung has officially unmasked their Samsung Galaxy S III on the company’s website. The release date of the next edition of the flagship Galaxy smartphone appears to be in the air after initial rumours pointed to an unveiling at MWC 2012. We have seen it in a hands-on video though. The quad-core containing Galaxy S... Related posts: Samsung Galaxy S III Release Date Leaked Ahead of MWC 2012 Unveiling [S3] Samsung Galaxy S III Specifications Leaked [ S3 ] Samsung Galaxy S III [S3] Lands in February with Quad Core 3D Smarts and 720p Screen

• Acer Iconia Tab A700 HD Tablet UK Price Revealed

  Jay Garrett

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:09 pm

  The Acer Iconia Tab A700 is a 10-inch, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, quad-core HD tablet. We already know quite a bit about it except the price. Now we know that too! We have all seen the very impressive spec sheet as well as the lovely pictures – that’s all very well but how much... Related posts: Acer Aspire S5 is thinnest Ultrabook and Iconia A700 is first Quad-core Tablet at CES 2012 Acer Iconia A700 Quad Core Tablet Pictures Leaked – Better than HD screen Acer Iconia Tab UK Pricing and Launch Date Revealed

• BBC News Arrives for Android Tablets – You Have to Have More than Seven Inches Though!

  Jay Garrett

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:40 pm

  The BBC has been loved on both Apple phones and tablets but, until now, if you were rocking an Android then you could only keep up with world events on your phone. Now, however, the BBC News app will play nice with Android tablets that are 7.2-inches and above You could enjoy getting the world... Related posts: Archos G9 Android Tablets set to Win on Price, Speed and Memory BBC iPlayer TV now Streams to iPhone Anywhere via 3G Sky TV Streaming App Heading to Android in a Few Weeks – Sky Go

• iPhone 5 Spy Shot Shows Larger Screen and Thinner Bezel

  Jay Garrett

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:43 am

  The iPhone 5 looks like it will have a much larger screen than the iPhone 4S according to this leaked picture. The bezel on display here was spotted on a Chinese part reseller’s website. You must agree that it does indeed look like an Apple iPhone part and it is definitely flaunting a slimmer bezel... No related posts.

• Think You’ve Hidden Your XXX Videos? Think Again – Porn Detection Stick 2012 is on the Hunt!

  Jay Garrett

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:12 pm

  Now, I know that you readers of GadgetyNews enjoy the finer, gentler and more refined things in life. There are those others out there, however, that like to do some left-handed surfing; you know, look at ‘adult sites’ – NSFW things. PORN! The thing is, if you decide to save some of that material on... Related posts: Web Porn Being Banned in the UK – Government Seeking Control Blaze Arcade Stick Released in UK – Just The Thing For Street Fighter PQI Cool Drive – USB Stick That Will Also Cojoin Your Computers

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  Premium USB Blog

• Premium USB Doubles Collegiate USB Flash Drive Selection!

  Jill Beissel

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:23 am

  Just three months ago, Premium USB introduced customers to our line of collegiate USB flash drives, which are designed to combine the higher education needs of users with the school loyalty of fans.  It’s been a process of design refinements and licensing approvals, but now the momentum for this custom USB drive series has [...]

• Premium USB’s CES 2012 Wrap Up

  Jill Beissel

  19 Jan 2012 | 4:28 am

  Now that the Vegas desert’s dust has settled from the stampede of 140,000 CES attendees, we’ll take this moment to reflect on the trends that we saw in terms of flash drive technology as well as consumer electronics as a whole. Flash drives are not only bigger and faster, but they are ready [...]

• CES 2012: Exclusive Interview with Super Talent’s Peter Carcione

  Jill Beissel

  13 Jan 2012 | 9:18 pm

  Premium USB had a blast at CES 2012 this year and we saw no shortage of exciting flash drive and USB developments.  One of our favorite interviews was with Peter Carcione of Super Talent, who showed us the company’s vast selection of the latest SSD 3.0 drives and USB 3.0 flash drives. Super Talent is [...]

• CES 2012: Exclusive Interview with Victorinox

  Jill Beissel

  13 Jan 2012 | 5:12 pm

  Blame it on the fact that they can transform anything into a Swiss Army knife, but every year at CES, we get excited to see the new ways that Victorinox uses USB flash drives.  This year, the leader in Swiss Army knives is going BIG in terms of storage–big as in 1TB.  To give you [...]

• Premium USB’s CES 2012 Preview!

  Jill Beissel

  6 Jan 2012 | 1:31 am

  This year’s annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) is just days away from descending on the desert city of Las Vegas.  With 1.6 million square feet of exhibit space and more than 140,000 attendees, it’s expected to be a melting pot of sheer geekery, booth babes and eye-opening trends.  And Premium USB would know.  [...]

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  Retro Thing

• IKEA Helps Store Your Records In Style

  bohus

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:32 pm

  I've joked many times that collecting records qualifies as a "lifestyle choice". Once you're bitten by the vinyl bug, you'll find yourself scouring the bins at collector shops, scanning the tables at flea markets, and sorting through boxes at the thrift to find your next treasure. It doesn't take long for the records to start stacking up and needing a home of their own. When LPs were more of a mainstay, there were plenty of storage choices out there, but these days its often specialized and very expensive.That's what makes IKEA's Expedit shelving system a godsend for those of us who have too…

• 35mm Slide Show In Your Pocket

  bohus

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:57 pm

  So your friends are wise to you - they won't come over to your house anymore in fear of a slideshow breaking out. You can't just keep those Kodachrome slides of your trip to the canyon and your gall bladder surgery to yourself. You're a natural showman! IF you forgot to bring your Minolta pocket sized 35mm slide projector, you can always whip out your Arrow-View pocket viewer.With a heart made of two C batteries and a flashlight bulb, there's not a lot of tech going on here, but you've still got just about everything you need for a slide show - one slide at a time, of course. Just drop the…

• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Beaming To Earth In HD

  bohus

  20 Jan 2012 | 1:46 pm

  This year will mark the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Not only was it the keystone of many, many years of new Trek (and renewed interest in TV sci-fi in general) on television, the series and its success in many ways re-defined our expectations of TV. When the series premiered in 1987, few believed that a costly non-network show could be popular. Each episode cost upwards of a million dollars, and you could see it on the screen with the many dazzling special effects that brought the future to life every week. One way they cut costs was to shoot on 35mm film, but do their…

• Pioneering Video Genius Ernie Kovacs - DVD Box Set

  bohus

  13 Jan 2012 | 1:20 pm

  Long time readers of Retro Thing may have noticed that I'm a huge fan of Ernie Kovacs, one of television's earliest geniuses. You hear the word "genius" flung around a lot, but I use the word deliberately as we're still living in a TV world molded by his many innovations. Watching the long overdue 6 DVD Ernie Kovacs Collection box set, you'll be amazed at how many times you see Kovacs echoed in the offbeat TV comedy of a David Letterman (who names Kovacs as a hero, even hiring Kovacs' old announcer Bill Wendell for his NBC show), or a Conan O'Brien. Kovacs was first to lift the veil on the…

• Playskool Rockin' Robot - The Grinning Cassette Recorder

  bohus

  12 Jan 2012 | 2:36 am

  If there's a theme we encounter time and time again here on Retro Thing, it's the irrational emotional bond people form with retro tech... but this 80's (or 90's? This particular one is labeled 1991) tape recorder makes me a little uneasy. Is it just me, or is it almost like this kiddie cassette player is looking and grinning at us?There have been lots of tape recorders (fewer these days, I suppose) made expressly for children. Usually these were just chunkier versions of regular adult tape recorders with giant colorful buttons. Playskool took kid-friendly design that extra step to create a…

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  netbooknews.com

• Jon Rubenstein Has Left HP, Effective Today

  Cheryl Lindo Jones

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:13 pm

  News has been bubbling today about Jon Rubenstein’s departure from HP. While we’re sure there will be all sorts of speculation surrounding his leaving, it seems that he has just decided to take some much-deserved time off after spending almost …

• HP TouchPad (Refurbished) On Sale at Woot! for $219.99

  Cheryl Lindo Jones

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:27 pm

  It’s not $99 or $149 as in the famous HP firesale, but Woot! has refurbished 32 GB HP TouchPads for sale right now. It’s kind of strange that Woot! has the TouchPads on sale today, since it has been reported …

• Tizen Mobile Operating System First Look Using an Emulator (SDK)

  Nicole Scott

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am

  Tizen has been getting a bit of press this month over a possible merger with Samsung’s Bada Operating system. If you’re not familiar with Bada, it’s not actually an operating system, it’s actually middleware. Bada is an application framework that …

• German Court Sides with Apple in Samsung Patent Suit

  Nicole Scott

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:41 am

  Samsung and Apple have been busy going at each other in patent suits and Friday a German court has ruled that Apple hasn’t violated one of Samsung’s technical patents as part of a broader patent dispute. “We are disappointed that …

• ASUS Eee Pad Trasformer Gets Featured in Hilarious Parody Commerical

  Nicole Scott

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:30 am

  If you love the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime you’re going to love this commercial…well this parody of a Transformer Prime Commercial. You know this is a popular device when someone takes the time to shoot an entire commerical ripping …

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  The UberReview

• Chainsaw Bayonet Will Make You Wish For Real Zombies [Get Some]

  C. S. Magor

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:57 pm

  Worried about zombies? Then you sir, or ma’am might want to consider the Doublestar Zombie X Chainsaw Rail Attachment – it lets you mount a battery-powered chainsaw on the assault rifle of your choice and cut through zombie flesh like a hot knife through butter (until the battery dies and you have no way of recharging it because everyone at the power company has been infected). This also includes an EOTech Zombie Stopper XPS2-Z Holographic site, which lets you line up your target through a holographic biohazard sign. If you get tired of waiting for the zombie plague then you could…

• The Stealthiest Wi-Fi Repeater You Will See All Day

  C. S. Magor

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:57 pm

  A guy called Bradley recently had a situation at his work. The company was forced to install an open wireless access point, but designed it to be as inaccessible as possible to prevent employee use. Bradley’s solution: create a Wi-Fi repeater that can hide in plain sight. In his own words: Recently, my work was forced to install a wireless access point. It’s intended to be used with a wireless bar code scanner in the parts department. Due to a wonderful policy (a town ordinance), this access point had to be open and free for anyone to connect. Department level management felt, if…

• Link Your Cuffs With Your Preferred Side of the Force [Star Wars Cufflinks]

  C. S. Magor

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:40 pm

  If you love Star Wars and need to get dressed up from time to time, then you probably want to take a look at these exquisite Star Wars cufflinks. They come in Empire black and Rebel Alliance red… both have their benefits, but don’t underestimate the power of the dark side of the force. Seriously, you get to force choke people and shoot lightning out of your hands as well as all the other stuff that the good guys get to do. It is a no-brainer if you ask me. Price: $59.99

• Xbox 720 May Be a Different Kind of Animal

  C. S. Magor

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:28 pm

  Rumor has it that we are going to get our first glimpse of the Xbox 720 at E3 this summer (according to Boy Genius Report anyway). But what are we going to see? The word is that that the 720 GPU is going to be based on ATI’s Radeon HD 6670 GPU – which is a solid, affordable, DirectX 11-capable, mid-range card – that will give the new Box roughly six times the power of the last one. It will almost certainly be 3D, may support multiple displays and, based on a Microsoft patent application, may have DVR functionality. Throw in the Kinect 2 and it will be a kickass console, but…

• Is This the First Shot of a Canon 5D Mark III? [Rumors]

  C. S. Magor

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:24 pm

  If you are in the market for a Canon 5D Mark II, you might want to consider holding off for a few months. The image that you see above shows a new Canon being used on safari in Africa. The smart money is on it being the new 5D Mark III. It is built like a tank and doesn’t have a pop-up flash – it doesn’t take a big leap to arrive at the logical conclusion that this is the new 5D. The buttons have been rearranged a little, the screen has a wider aspect ratio (presumably for folks who are serious about their video) and that is pretty much all we can see. The thing is that the…

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  Netbook Reviews

• ASUS B23E 12.5-Inch Business Notebook

  Matt

  24 Jan 2012 | 7:39 pm

  Asus was very busy at this years CES announcing a few new netbooks, and a whole lot of ultrabooks / laptops. But they did hold one back. The Asus B23E is a 12.5-inch notebook which is aimed towards business users. While it’s not an ultrabook by true classification, it does has a Magnesium-Aluminum Alloy case [...] Lenovo X120e – 11.6-Inch Notebook HP Mini 1103 | Affordable Business Netbook HP Mini 5103 Business Netbook

• Asus 2012 Netbooks Announced: 1025C / CE,1225B and X101CH

  Matt

  11 Jan 2012 | 7:46 am

  Asus has been a longtime supporter of Netbook, and while other companies are pulling away from them and investing their time on hopes in the new Ultrabook market, Asus are staying true to their netbook line and have just announced three new netbooks at CES 2012 for 2012. I feel that just as netbooks are [...] Asus 1225B – 11.6-inch Announced Asus 1025CE, 1025C Announced ASUS Eee PC Sirocco Announced

• Asus 1225B – 11.6-inch Announced

  Matt

  11 Jan 2012 | 3:41 am

  Asus have just announced the brand new Asus Eee PC 1225B 11.6-inch netbook to the market. We can already tell a lot just from the name, the bump in digits indicate that it’s an updated version of the 1215, and the B at the end tells us that it makes use of AMD hardware. The [...] Asus 2012 Netbooks Announced: 1025C / CE,1225B and X101CH Asus U24E 11.6-inch Laptop Announced Asus 1025CE, 1025C Announced

• Acer A200 Tablet Available January 15th

  Matt

  6 Jan 2012 | 2:19 pm

  Acer have just pushed out a press release ahead of CES 2012, announcing that their Tegra 2 tablet computer, the Acer Iconia Tab A200 will go on sale in the U.S from January 15th from the very attractive price of $329. The 10-inch Acer Tab A200 has a 1280 x 800 pixel display and is [...] Acer Iconia Tab A200 FCC Asus Tegra 3 Quad-Core Tablet In the Works Acer Iconica Tab A700 At CES 2012

• MSI U180 10.1-Inch Netbook

  Matt

  6 Jan 2012 | 2:02 pm

  While Lenovo seem moving away from the “Netbook” tag with their S110 mini notebook, MSI are still fully supporting the netbook scene, and have just announced a new 10.1-inch netbook based on the new Intel Atom N2800 Cedar Trail processor. This is the very first netbook we have seen to make use of the latest [...] MSI U230 Light | 11.6-Inch Asus Eee PC 1015T – 10-inch AMD Netbook MSI Wind U123

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  PicoProjector-Info

• Video interview with Syndiant's VP sales and marketing, Keith Lewis

  pico

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am

  Here's a nice interview with Syndiant's VP sales & marketing - Keith Lewis. The interview is from the "Grow Your Business" channel - by Microsoft ERP, so most of the talk is about Syndiant's supply chain and how they manage it, but it is still interesting:

• QD laser shows a new frequency-doubled 532 nm green laser diode

  pico

  24 Jan 2012 | 9:10 am

  QD Laser is showing a new frequency-doubled 532 nm compact green laser diode. The device is housed in a module of approximately 0.5 cm3 total volume. The prototype module developed green light output of more than 100 mW under continuous wave conditions and high-speed modulation of above 100 Mhz. The linewidth of the output was less than 0.01 nm, and the 100 mW output power was obtained with power dissipation of about 900 mW, equating to a wall-plug efficiency of more than 10 percent. QD Laser also revealed that they already started shipping samples of a 5 mW version of this module, and will…

• PMA - the pico projector market will reach 58 million units in 2015

  pico

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:13 am

  Pacific Media Associates released the findings from their annual manufacturers survey. The manufacturers expect that progress will continue through 2015 - with improved efficiency and larger batteries. This will result in shipments of 58 million pico projectors in 2015 - up from about 3 million in 2011. PMA says that in 2011 about 36% of stand-alone pico projectors offered 30 lumens or more. This will grow to 62% by 2015, and 16% of the projectors will offer 150 or more lumens. It's more difficult to offer that kind of brightness in embedded projectors, and only 18% of embedded projectors…

• Way-Go flashlight - prototype flashlight and pico projector device

  pico

  18 Jan 2012 | 12:40 am

  The Way-Go flashlight is a prototype device by Sriranjan Rasakatla that combines a laser pico projector, a GPS and altitude and heading reference system. Way-Go can be a simple flashlight - but the idea is that it can also show you which way to go (you have to input your destination location of course), and also display information about your local area while you walk with it. Rasakatla says this can be used for search and rescue parties, trekking and tour guides. read more

• Oregon Scientific shows a hinged DLP WiFi pico projector

  pico

  17 Jan 2012 | 4:10 am

  Oregon Scientific unveiled a new hinged pico projector prototype that features a DLP chipset (854x480), 80 lumens and 1,000:1 contrast. The projector has a hinged design - like WowWee's Cinemin Swivel projector.The projector can be powered via a USB projector, but the brightness is limited to 50 lumens in that case. OS plans to launch the final product in the second half of 2012 for around $640 - which is very expensive for a pico projector. FAVI's A3 Wi-Fi for example costs just $399. read more

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  E-Reader-Info

• JWF eReaderPRO

  ereader

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:15 am

  Display type:  6" E Ink (800x600) The JWF eReaderPRO is a 6" E Ink (800x600) e-reader that is planned to be very simple to use. It weights just 180 grams and supports PDF and ePub formats. It has 128MB of built in memory and also includes an SD card slot. It also has quite a lot of physical buttons (4-way D-pad, 5 function buttons and 11 vertical buttons).The eReaderPRO will be released on February 25 in the UK, we do not know the price yet.

• Amazon releases a software update to the Kindle Touch

  ereader

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:55 am

  Amazon released a software update for the Kindle Touch (V5.0.3). Amazon says it includes "general software improvements" - no new features, and probably some bug fixes. You can just wait for it to download over Wi-Fi over the next few weeks, or you can do it yourself via USB (here's how).

• Survey: US e-reader ownership jumped from 10% to 19% over the holiday period

  ereader

  24 Jan 2012 | 4:13 am

  According to a new survey by PewInternet, the share of adults in the US who own an e-reader nearly doubled from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January. This comes after a period (from mid-2011 till the autumn) in which there was not much change in e-reader ownership.Read more (and download the full survey results) here

• Hanvon C18

  ereader

  10 Jan 2012 | 1:50 pm

  Display type:  5.7" Mirasol (1024x768) Hanvon's C18 is an Android based Mirasol e-reader. It has a 5.7" 1024x768 color Mirasol display, a 1Ghz Snapdragon S2 CPU, Wi-Fi and is running Android v2.3.The C18 is aimed for the Chinese market, we do not have a release date or pricing details yet.

• Hanvon shows a Mirasol e-reader bound for China

  ereader

  10 Jan 2012 | 1:33 pm

  Update: the new e-reader is called the C18, we have full details hereQualcomm is showing a new Hanvon-made e-reader that uses a Mirasol display. We do not have a lot of information, beside the fact that the upcoming e-reader will launch in China and will have over 150,000 e-books and over 100 newspapers on launch. read more

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  E-Ink-Info

• E Ink on every smart surface

  eink

  16 Jan 2012 | 1:26 am

  Here's a great 17-minutes interview with E Ink's Sriram Peruvembra showing the latest E Ink devices and discussing's their "E Ink on every smart surface" vision:

• Etón Rukus Solar

  eink

  10 Jan 2012 | 7:43 am

  E Ink display info:  Segmented (SURF) The Eton Rukus Solar is a portable Bluetooth sound system with solar panels and a SURF (segmented) E Ink display. This is an outdoor sound system - hence the Solar and E Ink display...The Rukus Solar is expected to ship in Q2 2012 for $150.

• E Ink is giving away a 1000 E Ink "mico capsules"

  eink

  8 Jan 2012 | 3:17 am

  A while back E Ink made these cool large "MicroCapsules" - these are little snow globes showing how E Ink works (they actually sent me several, I'll post about these one day). Anyway if you're attending CES, you'd be happy to know that E Ink will be giving away a thousand of these little capsules... here's more info.

• Coop Denmark to launch ZBD's Bistable LCD e-paper shelf labels

  eink

  5 Jan 2012 | 6:41 am

  Coop Denmark, Denmark's leading consumer goods retailer plans to start using e-paper shelf labels in their stores. The first phase will rollout the labels in 77 stores (in a $9.2 million investment), and is already under way.They are using ZBD's bistable LCD e-paper labels. read more

• The best of 2011 - top E Ink stories

  eink

  22 Dec 2011 | 1:20 pm

  In the holidays and end-of-the-year spirit, here are the top 10 stories posted on E-Ink-Info in 2011, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story): Bookeen shows smooth video playback on an E Ink display (Feb 14)Bookeen shows real time web page scrolling on E Ink panel (May 20)Sony shows a 13.3" OTFT-driven bendable E Ink prototype (May 23)AUO's Sipix e-paper is now fast enough for video (6fps) (Jun 19)Cool E Ink Pearl display roll photos... (Oct 17)First color E Ink e-reader to launch in the UK in December? (Aug 20)Delta Electronics to make flexible color displays in 2014 (Jun…

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  Netbook Crunch

• 10 Cool Netbook Messenger Bags

  Netbook Guy

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:17 am

  So you want to take your netbook with you on the go without actually have to carry it in your hands? Maybe you want to take a few accessories with you as well just in case. In that case, messenger bags are decent accessories to pick up that can give you more flexibility on the go and protect your netbook as well. Not all messenger bags for netbooks are created the same, but the majority of them give you enough space to take your laptop and its accessories with you on the go.If you are looking for a messenger bag for your mini laptop, here are 10 products worth considering:Mobile Edge Ultra…

• Pandora Open-Source Netbook Coming Soon

  Netbook Guy

  26 Jan 2012 | 6:53 am

  The netbook era may be over. But there is still value in playing with Linux-based, open source netbooks like the one Pandora is planning to bring to the market. The netbook ships with a 600 MHz ARM-based TI OMAP3 SoC and plays Quake 3 and Mario 64. This netbook does have a Nintendo DS look and feel to it. Here are the specifications for this device:600 MHz TI OMAP3530 SoC256 MB of DDR-333 memory512 MB storagedual SDHC card slots43-button QWERTY keyboardThe device will be available for $485 for international customers. The fact that this is open source is a plus. But the price is too high.

• 178m Ultrabook shipments by 2016

  Netbook Guy

  25 Jan 2012 | 6:55 am

  While netbooks are falling, ultrabooks are rising. They are expected to be the future of laptops in the next few years. How big this market is going to get? According to Juniper Research’s forecasts, 178m ultrabooks could be sold per year by 2016. That would still not top tablet sales, which could reach 253m units. There is no question that ultrabook prices are a bit too much for consumers at this point.While Intel’s control of the brand ensures that Ultrabooks stand out from traditional notebooks, vendors face a balancing act in terms of product strategy… Meeting Intel’s…

• HP Mini 1104 Launched

  Netbook Guy

  24 Jan 2012 | 6:51 am

  HP is not in the business of releasing new netbook models as often as it used to. But it does bring new models to the market once in a while. The HP Mini 1104 netbook is designed for professional and educational users. It has an ATOM N2600 processor inside with 2 GB RAM. Just like most netbooks, this device will have a 10.1 inch display at a resolution of 1024 x 600. The HP Mini 1104 netbook has Intel GMA3600 inside with optional HSPA+ support. At $399, we don’t expect HP to sell a ton of these netbooks. Readers who read this page, also viewed:4 Cool Netbooks Below $2503 Best 7…

• Microsoft Ready for Post-Netbook Era?

  Netbook Guy

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:53 am

  It is no secret that netbooks have been declining with the rise of tablets. These were highly portable laptops at great prices that rose to amazing heights a couple of years ago. With the rise of affordable, premium tablets, netbooks have lost a lot of marketshare. Take Microsoft for instance. Netbooks were responsible for 8% of the company’s sales a year ago (now only 2%). As Patrick Moorhead, principal at Moor Insights, explains, netbooks just lost out to better alternatives:In the end, and I have been very clear on this since day one, is that netbooks are just inexpensive notebooks…

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• EaseUS Partition Master : Extend and Merge Hard Disk Partitions

  Sagar Nargolkar

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:58 am

  As we install Applications and Games into our Windows system the space gets occupied and one day you may find that your disk partition is almost full and its time to extend the disk partition. I had a similar issue with my system, the C drive was almost full on which Windows was installed and [...]EaseUS Partition Master : Extend and Merge Hard Disk Partitions is a post from: CallingAllGeeks Join CallingAllGeeks on Facebook || Join CallingAllgeeks on Twitter Related posts: Western Digital Launches Massive Dual Disk 6TB External Hard Drive How to Resize Partitions for free without loosing any…

• Why You Need iPhone Monitoring Software Even if You Think You Don’t

  janeandrew01

  23 Jan 2012 | 8:23 am

  With the growth of technology, it’s been badly misused. Specially, from parenting point of view, smart phones are widely used by Kids for Sexting and for watching porn. Though, parents need to have some kind of iPhone monitoring software for kids with an iPhone. These monitoring apps, will help you to keep a track of your [...]Why You Need iPhone Monitoring Software Even if You Think You Don’t is a post from: CallingAllGeeks Join CallingAllGeeks on Facebook || Join CallingAllgeeks on Twitter Related posts: Microsoft Fixed the Glitch in Samsung Windows 7 Software Update Apple Releases…

• Best PowerPoint to PDF Converter

  lisabritne

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:54 am

  There are many software’s and online web tool in the market which convert Powerpoint files to PDF file. Here I have compiled a list of Powerpoint to pdf converter, which are professional and used by majority. Every tool mentioned here offers various different features and I have highlighted some of the best one. PowerPoint files [...]Best PowerPoint to PDF Converter is a post from: CallingAllGeeks Join CallingAllGeeks on Facebook || Join CallingAllgeeks on Twitter Related posts: 3 Tools to Convert PDF to ePub Online HTML to PDF converter: Pdfcrowd iWeb2Print: Easily Convert Web Pages…

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  Droidsid

  20 Jan 2012 | 8:50 am

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• Freemake Video Converter : Easily Convert All Video Formats

  Hammad

  18 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm

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• Unique USBs: Rhinestone Grapes Flash Drive Necklace

  SarangAnnyeo

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm

  Today’s unique USB features a Rhinestone Grapes Flash Drive Necklace! It adds a bit of sparkle to a plain cluster of grapes, and is purple. (more…)

• Spotify hits 3 million paying subscribers

  ndhaa

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm

  Spotify has recently managed to hit three million paying subscribers after hitting 2 million subscribers two months ago. The three million is reportedly 20 per cent of its active user base in total. This means that the Swedish based digital music service has managed to improve its conversion rate while gaining more users. (more…)

• Verizon cuts DROID Incredible 2 to $10

  Syndicator

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:50 pm

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• Research shows that US Android users prefer Samsung

  Syndicator

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:50 pm

  From Htcyou: Research shows that US Android users prefer Samsung phones. More »

• Japanese carrier KDDI pushes ads on Android notification bar

  Syndicator

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:50 pm

  From Htcyou: Japan’s second largest cellphone carrier KDDI is now displaying advertisements on Android notification bar. The ads come from ‘au one Market,’ an official app by KDDI that is an alternative to Google’s Android Market. After updating the app, user will be notified that au one Market remains resident even when they do not use the app and the notification bar will be used for information about good deals. More »

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• Production of the EUR4000 fold-up pedal-electric Voltitude set to begin

  28 Jan 2012 | 3:47 am

  The Voltitude fold-up electric scooter has an ingenious EasyFold system. Once folded, a special button on the handlebar enables you to "walk" it alongside you indoors, so you never raise a sweat in reaching a power outlet, which will fully replenish the battery inside four hours. The 25 kph (15.5 mph) electric assist Voltitude begins volume production in July with an on-line price expected in the vicinity of EUR4000... Continue Reading Production of the EUR4000 fold-up pedal-electric Voltitude set to beginSection: Urban TransportTags: Personal Powered Transport, Voltitude Related Articles:…

• MINI adds a roadster to the range

  28 Jan 2012 | 3:21 am

  The MINI continued its remarkable evolution overnight with the news there will be a sixth derivative of the breed, this one likely to set the hearts of enthusiasts beating with anticipation - the first open-top two-seater in its history. For a car already voted the second most significant model in the century of the automobile, the MINI is having a stellar year, having just won the Dakar Rally. .. Continue Reading MINI adds a roadster to the rangeSection: AutomotiveTags: MINI, Roadster Related Articles: MINI shows production-ready two-seat Coupe 2012 MINI Roadster unveiled Engine variants…

• Next-generation Vehicle Protection Jammer protects against IEDs

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:54 pm

  Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, are one of the largest sources of coalition casualties in Iraq. Many of these IEDs take the form of roadside bombs, which are hidden on or alongside a road, then detonated when a moving vehicle passes near them. While there is more than one way of causing these bombs to detonate, they are often set off by a hidden human observer, using a radio-control device. Forces using the new Vehicle Protection Jammer from EADS subsidiary Cassidian, however, should find themselves at a greatly-reduced risk of such attacks... Continue Reading Next-generation Vehicle…

• Crazy Car Project converts iconic 2000GT into solar-electric sportster

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:49 pm

  There are those who have said it's an unforgivable and monstrous way to treat an iconic sports car. For solar transport enthusiasts looking for a beautiful alternative to the three-wheeled flat top designs though, it's just what the doctor ordered. The object at the center of this controversy is a classic Toyota 2000GT that's undergone a complete solar conversion at the hands of Japan's Crazy Car Project. .. Continue Reading Crazy Car Project converts iconic 2000GT into solar-electric sportsterSection: AutomotiveTags: Electric Vehicles, Panasonic, Solar, Sports Cars, Toyota Related Articles:…

• Recon Instruments brings action camera viewing into your goggles

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:18 pm

  Recon Instruments and Contour have announced a new app that will let skiers and snowboarders look through the lens of their action cam right inside their goggles. The Contour Camera Connectivity App establishes a Bluetooth connection between Recon's MOD Live goggle display and the camera. .. Continue Reading Recon Instruments brings action camera viewing into your gogglesSection: OutdoorsTags: Actioncam, Bluetooth, goggles, Skiing, Snowboard, Video Camera Related Articles: Recon reveals next gen sporting goggles technology World first GPS goggles with head mounted display Simplified…

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• The Octopus Chair

  Gadgets China

  28 Jan 2012 | 2:15 am

  “Release the Kraken!” Now that is definitely coming out from my mouth, should my bank balance and accountant agree to be enlightened by as much as £35,000 for The Octopus Chair. Yes sir, you read that right — this uniquely shaped piece of home furniture is perfect to set the proper tone at your next dinner party, as you hold a Pirates of the Caribbean theme, while you comfortably park your rear end on this giant octopus. Exquisitely detailed to the extent that you might even think it moved a wee bit (this tends to happen when you get a little tipsy from all the merry making…

• Latest Premium Waterproof Flexible Multi-Color LED Light Strip

  Gadgets China

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:36 pm

  This 5M LED strip light is the latest technology 5050 RGB strip light, which will make you have a more colorful LED display choice. It is more beautiful than the common 5050 RGB LED strip. the common one you only have 3 diplay choice. but this one you will have 9 display choice. , it is 54 LED lights/ Meter, and has 10 control line for controlling the color which is different from the 4 line LED strip light. For more information,please visit: cgi.ebay.co.uk Powered by www.ugadgetsbuy.com Online shopping cool gadgets at right price just on www.ugadgetsbuy.com ugadgetsbuy.com provides free…

• Scrubbing Windshield Wiper Blade

  Gadgets China

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:15 pm

  Most of us would think that the ordinary wiper blade is good enough to get the job done — that is, ensuring the windshield is clean of debris whenever it rains, or if a pigeon or two decide to poop on your car. Well, the $ 16.95 Scrubbing Windshield Wiper Blade goes the extra mile in a sense that this patented wiper blade is capable of scrubbing through windshield debris when the situation calls for it, leaving a clear, streak-free view of the road so that your vision will not be betrayed by something as simple as some bird poop that strategically landed right in front of your eyes.

• The Nabi – Not your Daddy’s Tablet

  Gadgets China

  27 Jan 2012 | 4:15 pm

  I guess everybody expects that I’m a gadget geek. It would come as no surprise that I have a multitude of electronic devices in every corner of my home. I have smart-phones and laptops, desktops, movie players, movie streamers, recorders, set top boxes, iPods, iPads, Android stuff galore… and an 8 year old child that we affectionately call “the crusher” So it is certainly my pleasure to introduce you to “the Nabi” . Finally, a 200 dollar kid-friendly android tablet that has a responsive touchscreen, large size app buttons, access to a huge variety of kid…

• The Smartphone ECG- You Knew it was Coming

  Gadgets China

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:15 am

  Okay, so it used to be that smartphone healthcare applications were simply novelty items that were fun to play around with but served no place in mainstream medicine, but didn’t we suspect that someday your phone or tablet might actually help physicians to save lives and reduce the cost of care?  Welcome Everist Genomics, a relatively new, but fast growing medical technologies company, that has just successfully integrated smartphone and tablet computer technology with truly innovative and finally, medically valuable diagnostics in the areas of cardiovascular disease, metabolic…

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  Skatter Tech

• Online Communities Influence The Anti-Piracy Act

  Dominic Raad

  2 Jan 2012 | 6:24 pm

  It is well-known that a bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) could ultimately lead to online censorship as dictated by government protocol. Erik Martin, general manager of Reddit, put it best, explaining that, “SOPA would kill Reddit” and other community-driven forums of its nature. Not everyone agrees with Martin and several companies chose to stand behind the anti-piracy act, only to face an immediate revolt among online communities. Following this reaction, the faces of some industries have pulled back from their alliance in the bill, while others may be a little more…

• Go Daddy Draws Heat for Supporting S.O.P.A.

  Sanketh Katta

  23 Dec 2011 | 12:01 am

  The Stop Online Piracy Act (aka. S.O.P.A) has been making headlines around the web in recent weeks. The bill introduced by the U.S. House of Representatives aims to cut down illegal file sharing. However its critics say the bill will do more harm than good. Big tech companies such as Google and Facebook have come out in strong opposition, pointing out that if passed, the government would have the power to shut down websites and order search engines to modify search results to combat piracy. Opponents say that this infringes on basic online freedoms and will not actually solve the issue at…

• 3M Mobile Projector Giveaway – $299 Value

  Sahas Katta

  24 Oct 2011 | 10:00 pm

  Looking to get your hands on a mobile projector? You are in the right place. Though this technology is relatively new, 3M already has a few years of experience in the field. For those not keeping tabs, we published reviews of the MPro120 last year and the Shoot ‘n Share eearlier this year. The latest MP225a runs for 2 hours on a single charge, packs 32 lumens inside, has a built-in stand, plugs into laptops with VGA, and works with the iPad too. The suggested retail price is $299, but we have up to three to giveaway for free.How To EnterStep 1: ‘Like’ Skatter Tech and…

• Ford Focus 2012: SYNC With MyFord Touch (Review)

  Sahas Katta

  4 Oct 2011 | 8:00 am

  About a week ago, our friends at Ford lent Skatter Tech a brand new 5-door Focus 2012 Hatchback Titanium for an opportunity to check out the latest in-car tech. For those not familiar, the Microsoft-powered SYNC platform first made a debut at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show. Ford has since built on this platform introducing MyFord Touch at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show for a touch-screen experience with powerful voice commands, better smart phone integration, more entertainment options, internet connectivity, navigation with traffic alerts, and many other perks.SYNC with MyFord TouchThe…

• TwoSides Simplifying Online Social Debate

  Justin Leung

  2 Oct 2011 | 12:31 am

  What does it mean to be an informed voter? To me it means to throughly research and understand all the different choices that I have as a voter. My research process involves reading articles from multiple news sources, listening to pundits on the radio, and watching talking heads on television. And each time my girlfriend asks what my view on a certain topic is I’m still lost, because I don’t keep track of everything I’ve researched and the argument quickly degrades to “where did you read that?” and “according to who?” Let those days be gone. Jono…

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• Victorinox SSD Knife

  admin

  12 Jan 2012 | 3:32 am

  We have brought you the Giant Swiss Army knife by Wenger, here comes the next crazy knife: the Victorinox SSD. Victorinox has been a high quality pocket and camping knife producer from Switzerland for many years. You might say knifes are time less. That’s not the case with the Victorinox SSD. Presented at the 2012 CES the Victorinox SSD is different. Instead of a magnifying glass or toothpick or any other “useful” gadget attached to the knife the Victorinox SSD has an awesome 21 century gadget, a USB Flash drive integrated into the handle of the knife.   Although the combination of…

• Hand Pen Holder

  admin

  21 Dec 2011 | 4:44 pm

  This one of a kind gadget will enlighten you day at the office. In our “made from hands” series we have already brought you the hand shaped cell phone holder. Now comes something similar but also totaly different. The hand pen holder organizes your pens and other office supplies like cissors, markers or rulers. On one side the hand pen holder also is magnetic so you can attach small obkect like paper clips so they do not get lost.  It is a pimped pen jar that will give you a helping hand everytime you need. It is truly a unique piece of office accessoires. Besides its great looks…

• Metal Melting Wall Clock

  admin

  18 Dec 2011 | 2:11 pm

  We have had the backwards clock, the math clock and the random clock. But this tops it all. This metal melting wall clock is truly one of a kind. If you own the melting wall clock you will truly have a unique piece in you house. It is not possible to describe this clock (that is why we included a picture of the metal melting wall clock, like allways). Basically it is just a normal metal clock that looks a s if has been xxx to a lot of heat and thus lost ist round shape. Now the melting wall clock has has dents an bobbles and looks like it will float down your living room wall any minute. The…

• Splat Stan Cup Holder

  admin

  14 Dec 2011 | 4:57 pm

  With the splat stan cup holder you will get a crazy cup holder. In our “Stan and others” series we have already brought you the hanging harry light pull or the splash stan bookmark. This is the next episode in the ironical and humours kill stan series. The splat stan cup holder basically is a half squashed figure (Stan), lying under your morning coffee cup at the office. Other than looking pretty funny the splat stan cup holder also gives your coffee mug a designated place on your desk and also gives it enhanced stability. I wish I had the splat stan cup holder earlier. Just last week I…

• Wham-O Snowball Blaster

  admin

  12 Dec 2011 | 4:36 pm

  The snowball blaster is a machine that is looking for something equal. Now, we have brought you the snowball maker, but the wham-o snowball blaster is much more advanced. But those two gadgets are something that work very well together. Make a bunch of snowballs with the snowball maker and then fire them away with the wham-o snowball blaster. But the wham-o snowball blaster also makes snowballs by itself. Simply stuff a bunch of snow into the top and the wham-o snowball blaster will make three perfect snowballs and launch them.  The wham-o snowball  maker will make you invincible in any…

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• Next Generation 3D Holographic Displays

  john

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm

  The Hollywood film industry went to a whole new level after 3-D movies like James Cameron’s “Avatar” to the latest “Underworld Awakening”. The perspective of watching movies through a whole new dimension is believed to have brought movie fans closer to reality. But, people often complain about headaches and other eye problems after watching a movie continuously for 2 to 3 hours.   But, due to the awesome movie effects, most companies are ignoring this problem and are introducing more and more 3D enabled gadgets like 3D televisions and smart phones. Smart phones like LG Optimus 3D…

• Choppers – A general introduction

  Arun

  25 Jan 2012 | 5:11 am

  Choppers  A chopper is basically a dc to dc converter whose main function/usage is to create adjustable dc voltage from fixed dc voltage sources through the use of semiconductors. Types of choppers There are two types of choppers – AC and DC. AC Link Chopper In the case of an ac link chopper, first dc is converted to ac with the help of an inverter. After that, AC is stepped-up or stepped-down by a transformer, which is then converted back to dc by a diode rectifier. Ac link chopper is costly, bulky and less efficient as the conversion is done...

• PIC16F84A – Instruction Set

  Anish

  24 Jan 2012 | 1:59 pm

  The instruction set of PIC16F84A has 35 instructions [The controller "understands" 35 words].These instructions are otherwise called Mnemonics. While introducing about the PIC16F84A till the hello world program,  7 instructions are introduced to you which were, BSF – bit set f BCF- bit clear f MOVLW – move literal value to W-register MOVWF – move contents of W-register to file [specified] GOTO – go to the address [the label indicated] BTFSS –  Bit test f, skip if set DECFSZ –  Decrement f, skip if zero. Now, only 28 instruction to go! Before dealing with…

• MOS – Controlled Thyristor (MCT)

  john

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:01 am

  Out of many semiconductor controlled devices, MCT is considered to be the latest. The device is basically a thyristor with two MOSFET’s built into the gate structure. A MOSFET is used for turning ON the MCT and another one is used for turning it OFF. The device is mostly used for switching applications and has other characteristics like high frequency, high power, and low conduction drop and so on. An MCT combines the feature of both conventional four layer thyristor having regenerative action and MOS- gate structure. In this device, all the gate signals are applied with respect to…

• World’s Smallest Magnetic Data Storage

  john

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am

  Smallest Data Storage Device There will be a time when all the major technologies in the world will be in nanoscale. Recent developments have been undergone in daily used electronic gadgets like mobiles, computers, laptops and so on. As a part of this, a group of researchers from IBM and CFEL (Centre for free-electron Laser Science) have been successful in developing the world’s smallest magnetic data storage unit. The newly invented unit needs only 12 atoms for storing one bit. That is, 96 atoms for storing one byte. In a conventional memory storage unit a byte consists of half a...

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• [Deals] Get Verizon’s Droid RAZR MAXX For Just $199.99 At Amazon Wireless

  Apsar

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:52 am

  We may have already featured the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX handset’s discounted price tag, but that deal is offering the handset for $299.99  on contract. However, internet giant retailer Amazon Wireless has a great deal going right now where you can grab this 4G LTE capable handset with maximum battery for just $99.99. That’s $100 off Verizon’s original price tag of $299.99. The deal is valid for the new customers only. Amazon is charging $229.99 from the current Verizon subscribers, which is equivalent to Wirefly’s price tag. Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX is dual-core beast, featuring 4G…

• Motorola Xyboard 8.2/10.1 Wi-Fi Up For Sale Online Now

  Apsar

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:09 am

  Earlier this month, Motorola has started accepting pre-orders for the Wi-Fi only versions of its Motorola XYBOARD tablets. Now, the manufacturer has officially announced that both the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 and Xyboard 8.2 tablets are now up for purchase over at Motorola website with free two-day shipping and Motorola has also confirmed that tablets have been shipped to the consumers who pre-ordered the devices. For the rest of the U.S., both these tablets are also known as Motorola Xoom 2 and Motorola Xoom 2 Media Editions. The Wi-Fi only variant of the Motorola XYBOARD 10.1 is available with…

• [Deals] Samsung Galaxy Nexus $99 With New Contract At Amazon Wireless

  Apsar

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:15 am

  Great news for those who are looking to signup with Verizon service as new customers. Now would be a great time to go ahead. If you’re in the market for a great phone with top-notch specs, Galaxy Nexus is the handset to go for as it is available for discounted prices online. Amazon has it for an incredible affordable price tag now, who is charging just $99.99 for the Samsung-made 4G LTE capable Google Galaxy Nexus with pure Android OS spilled on it. Verizon is currently charging $299.99 on contract for GNex handset, that means you can save 200 bucks. You won’t find a cheaper price…

• [Download] HTC Rezound Update 2.01.605.11 is Rolling Out Now

  Apsar

  26 Jan 2012 | 11:32 pm

  There is an update available for the Beats Audio equipped HTC Rezound handset. According to the reports, Verizon is now pushing out a new software update for the Rezound handsets. The update will bring a new build number 2.01.605.11 with a new baseband of 0.95.00.10118r to the HTC Rezound handset. According to the Verizon supports pages, it seems it is a major update, carrying an improved audio calls, improved stability and other changes to the system. Here is the full changelog of the 2.01.605.11 for Rezound:   Updated signal strength meter to 5 bar Received Signal Strength Indication…

• [Deals] Droid RAZR MAXX is Now Just $229.99 At Wirefly

  Apsar

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:16 am

  Today, the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX handset joined the original Droid RAZR handset on Verizon network. The carrier is currently charging a whopping price tag of $299.99. But if $299 price tag is too rich for you,is expensive, you can look out for any deal, offering by the third party retailers. Wirefly is an incredible bargain for consumers looking to pick up the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX from Verizon for a notable discounted price tag. Wirefly is now offering the RAZR MAXX for just $229.99. That’s a discount of $70 if you sign up for a new two-year agreement. The deal is applicable for both…

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  LaurineBlint

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:03 am

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  13 Jan 2012 | 12:44 am

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• msi GUS II – desktop graphics through Thunderbolt

  Miguel Barroso

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm

  Image: courtesy of sweclockers.com Computer parts manufacturer msi has unveiled a Thunderbolt connected cabinet that houses desktop class graphic cards, the GUS II. Sacrificing portability for power is maybe a thing of the past when msi fires up their cabinet connected to a MacBook Pro at CES. The GUS II cabinet ships with the fairly potent Radeon HD 6770. However, you can plug in any 150 W TDP graphics card according to msi. There are also plans on shipping the Radeon HD 6850. Thunderbolt is a high bandwidth data transfer interface, made by Intel and is currently up against the non…

• Awesome personal 3D printer revealed at CES

  Miguel Barroso

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:51 pm

  MakerBot Industries, presented their latest open source 3D printer at CES. MakerBot lets you create almost anything! The MakerBot Replicator™ is a personal 3D printer, and by its compact size  it has no problem sitting on your desktop. Though the limit of printed products is drawn at the size of a loaf of bread, there are designs that lets you combine modules to form bigger things. The printer uses ABS (what Lego® is made of) or PLA (a biodegradable material made from corn), and prints usually in one color, but there’s a two-nozzle option allowing you to print with multiple colors…

• Future of cloud services threatened

  Miguel Barroso

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pm

  Even though SOPA & PIPA was postponed by congress, file sharing site Megaupload was shut down and their owners arrested, risking a whopping 55 years in jail. Numerous other file sharing sites, most notably Filesonic and Fileserve have begun restricting access to files of other users, limiting the spread of content. There are even reports of mass deletion of user files on these sites and banning of US IP addresses as means of escaping prosecution. YouTube, Dropbox and Facebook among others have technologies in common with these file sharing sites. The step to closing down all sites where…

• ASUS releases 12.5-inch B23E business laptop

  Jason Yip

  22 Jan 2012 | 5:51 pm

  At CES, ASUS showed us plenty of new products, but it seems like they had more up their sleeve, like this 12.5-inch B23E business laptop. This device houses a Core i5 or i7 processor, up to 8GB of RAM and a maximum 750GB hard drive in its magnesium-aluminum alloy shell. Furthermore, there’s a fingerprint reader, spill-proof keyboard and an anti-shock mounted hard drive, along with a 3-cell 4,400 mAh battery and a 1366 x 768 display. However, it does weigh a bit heavier to our liking, at 3.4-pounds exactly. Want more info? Check out the source link for its product page.

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  Jason Yip

  21 Jan 2012 | 12:22 am

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• M Ward To Release New CD, A Wasteland Companion On April 10

  Larry Fire

  28 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  In the three years since M Ward released his last solo album, Hold Time, he’s toured the globe, released two albums as one half of Grammy-nominated duo She & Him as well as one with the talented group of friends collectively known as Monsters Of Folk. A Wasteland Companion, Ward’s sixth solo album, will be released in the US & Canada on April 10 via Merge Records, April 9 in the UK on Bella Union and April 6th in Australia & New Zealand through Spunk Records. Inspired by his increasingly itinerant lifestyle Ward set forth to create something of a musical travelogue. He…

• Sony To Hold Sneak Peek Events For The Amazing Spider-Man In Multiple Cities On Monday, February 6th

  Larry Fire

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:39 pm

  Sony Pictures will be hold sneak peek events for The Amazing Spider-Man in multiple cities on Monday, February 6th. Displays promoting the events are going up tonight in London, Rio, New York and Los Angeles. The London URL to sign up for the event is at TheUntoldStoryBegins.co.uk and the U.S. one will be available soon at TheUntoldStoryBegins.com.

• Celebrate Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace As It Returns to Theaters In 3D With Exclusive Activities and Giveaways

  Larry Fire

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:49 pm

  Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace opens in 3-D on Feb. 10 and some theaters are offering special giveaways on opening weekend. - At all RealD theaters, Darth Maul glasses will be handed out (while supplies last) to fans who buy tickets on the movie’s opening day. - At all AMC Theaters, fans will get the all-new Hasbro “Star Wars” Fighter Pod with the purchase of each RealD 3-D ticket for “Episode I,” all weekend long, Feb. 10-12.  The limit is one per ticket and the offer is good only while supplies last. - At 10 select AMC theaters in the U.S., starting at 11…

• Angry Birds Is Coming To Facebook On February 14th

  Larry Fire

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  Everyone’s favorite furious fowl, Angry Birds, is coming to Facebook on February 14! Join in on the fun and mark this date on your calendar. Help make this the biggest Facebook event ever!

• Life’s Too Short: Ricky Gervais, Warwick Davis HBO Comedy Releases Official Poster

  Larry Fire

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  Ricky Gervais is returning to HBO in the faux documentary “Life’s Too Short,” starring “Star Wars” actor Warwick Davis and guest starring Gervais and a few of his famous friends. “Life’s Too Short,” from Gervais and Stephen Merchant, is a fictional documentary about Davis’ life as a little person who’s down on his luck, struggling to get back into the spotlight. Davis plays a fictionalized version of himself and runs a talent agency for little people in show business, called “Dwarves for Hire,” though he often takes the…

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• Apple Thunderbolt Display Review

  PATRICK FRANCIS

  13 Jan 2012 | 1:32 pm

  If you are curious as to what an Apple Thuderbolt Display is, this Apple Thunderbolt Display review should help to clear up some of your confusion and help you to decide if this is the right choice for you. But first of course it helps to understand just what the Apple Thunderbolt Display is and … Continue reading

• Samsung Touch Screen Monitors

  PATRICK FRANCIS

  9 May 2011 | 12:06 am

  The following reviews should help you to compare popular Samsung touch screen monitors with other available models. What is a Touchscreen Monitor? A touch screen monitor is a television or computer monitor that can detect the pressure of a touch (either by a finger, or by a stylus) within a specified display area. While more … Continue reading

• 3D Computer Monitor Reviews

  PATRICK FRANCIS

  8 May 2011 | 11:29 pm

  Our 3D monitor review shows you what you are missing out on. What are 3D Monitors? 3D Monitors are display devices that are equipped to present the viewer with a stereoscopic perception of 3D depth to the one viewing the device.  With the recent trend of movies being released in 3D technology at the theaters, … Continue reading

• Reviews of Samsung LED Monitors

  PATRICK FRANCIS

  8 May 2011 | 11:23 pm

  Samsung LED monitors tend to lead the market when it comes to providing the best in quality. What is an LED Monitor? An LED monitor is, at its most basic, a new and improved version of the LCD monitors; the key difference being that LED monitors use LED’s (a light-emitting diode) to illuminate the display.  … Continue reading

• Samsung LCD Monitors Comparison

  PATRICK FRANCIS

  8 May 2011 | 5:35 am

  This Samsung LCD Monitors comparison should enable you to weigh the pros and cons in LCD monitor features. What is an LCD Monitor An LCD Monitor is a display device that makes use of a thin film of liquid crystal display to improve display quality and to enhance image sharpness. Lightweight and thin in comparison … Continue reading

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• Two ports are better than one with the Monaco USB 3.1 amp Car Adapter

  OneMoreGadget

  18 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm

  Here’s a great device that’s twice as good as the competition, literally. It’s a Monaco 3.1 AMP Extreme Charge Car Power Adapter. It can easily charge two USB devices in your car at the same time and does it nice and quick to boot! The first port is a 2.1 AMP charger that features a hi-speed charge and the ability to charge up an iPad or a Tablet. The second USB port delivers 1 AMP for your smartphones, iPod and iPhones for a safe and rapid recharge. This is definitely the best solution for people on the go that have more than one device in the car. As always, the Monaco…

• Lasso Wine Bottle Holder Optical Illusion

  OneMoreGadget

  5 Jan 2012 | 10:16 am

  This gadget boggles my mind. I’ve seen it and I still don’t believe it. Okay, okay, you got me. It’s just an optical illusion. Each Lasso Wine Bottle Holder is made from chromed iron and covered with the rope to make it appear like it’s just rope. The swinging bit at the end adds to the effect. So don’t worry, your wine bottle is as sturdy and safe as can be. Possibly the best thing about this gadget is that if you ever find yourself out of wine, you have lasso to go grab yourself another bottle with. Yeehaw!   Get your wine bottle holder and lasso one up…

• Waterproof Notebook gets wet and keeps your words dry

  OneMoreGadget

  3 Jan 2012 | 10:16 am

    Do all your best ideas come in the shower? Have you ever want to write something down while standing in the rain? Do you work in an aquarium? Are you a scuba diver? Do you live in a pineapple under the sea? Or maybe you just drool. A lot. Well have we got a product for you. This Waterproof Notebook lets you write in the rain, or even under water, yup, it’s so cool it’ll make yah drool. Sponge Bob Square Pants is so jealous right now. This Waterproof Notebook comes with a 100% graphite pencil so you can write on it in water, under water, near water, or just sitting by a pond…

• What do you get when you combine Russian Dolls and Cups? Kelsey from the-anthology of course!

  OneMoreGadget

  28 Dec 2011 | 7:30 pm

  Thought I was going to say Babushkups, didn’t you? Nope! We have a super awesome celebrity blogger, Kelsey from The Anthology, letting us take a bit of a vacation on this one. These nesting glasses from FindMeAGift are a great gadget and a wonderfully creative idea for almost anyone. Kelsey might be a fashion expert but her creativity when it comes to cool gadgets has no boundaries! She has a few suggestions on who you could buy them for in the video below: Take it away Kelsey! Thanks Kelsey! Heelarious. Looks like you have as much fun reviewing gadgets as I do! You’re welcome…

• LIGHTSPEED Phone Controlled i-Helicopter, yup, there’s an app for that

  OneMoreGadget

  21 Dec 2011 | 10:53 pm

  A gadget that is sure to be under the tree for many kids this Christmas is this super cool R/C copter. Or should I say P/C copter? That’s right, it’s a PHONE controlled helicopter, practically making those old-fashioned remotes a thing of the past. Using a free downloadable app, this i-helicopter turns your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Android phone into a remote. The remote app has several awesome functions, including a button that turns off all the LED lights on the helicopter (increasing it’s flight time by a few more minutes.) Wanna win one? We are giving one away! Check…

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• Port Siri to iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch, iPad 1 Legally with Spire

  J. Miller, Ph.D.

  1 Jan 2012 | 10:47 pm

  Spire enables Siri to be legally ported to the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 4G/3G and the iPad 1.  It was developed by chpwn and requires the device to be jailbroken on iOS 5 first.  Spire is... This is a teaser only. Visit http://2-soft.com for the full story

• Jailbreak 5.0.1 Untethered With Redsnow On iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad And iPod Touch

  J. Miller, Ph.D.

  27 Dec 2011 | 6:02 pm

  The latest version of Redsnow brings an untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak to the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPad Touch 4G, and the iPod Touch 3G. The release leverages the talents of pod2g who... This is a teaser only. Visit http://2-soft.com for the full story

• Google extends free voice calls via Google Voice through 2012

  J. Miller, Ph.D.

  27 Dec 2011 | 6:22 am

  Google has graced us with more wonderful news. If you are anything like me you have several Google Voice number already. We sometimes forget about the free nature of this service, but we need to keep... This is a teaser only. Visit http://2-soft.com for the full story

• Cyanogen drops support for Samsung Vibrant

  J. Miller, Ph.D.

  15 Dec 2011 | 11:05 am

  Abhisek Devkota which is a member of the Hacksung team, sent a message letting everyone know the team is giving up with their attempts to build new ROMs for the Samsung Vibrant. For public safety... This is a teaser only. Visit http://2-soft.com for the full story

• BlackBerry PlayBook jailbreak fix already cracked

  J. Miller, Ph.D.

  14 Dec 2011 | 11:00 am

  We are all aware that devices can be hacked. It looks like the BlackBerry PlayBook is caught up in that cycle of being hacked, the manufacturer pushes an update which will fix the hack and then the... This is a teaser only. Visit http://2-soft.com for the full story

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• Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Tankbots

  dennis

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:11 pm

  With smartphones getting more popular, more and more people are trying to find other uses for it. No longer are they just used to call, send messages or go online anywhere. People have also been using smartphones to get entertained in so many different ways. This unique Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Tankbots will provide an ideal example. The Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Tankbots allow smartphones users the mean... Read More » 

• ION HD Camera Goggles

  dennis

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:51 pm

  More and more people would want to get into some of those extreme sports action. Not only that, some would want to capture the experience right and try to relive it years after. With technology, it now seems more possible. For those who like to go into extreme snow action, they would want to bring along the ION HD Camera Goggles for the ride. The ION HD Camera Goggles from Zeal Optics is not just something that wil... Read More » 

• Report: Microsoft to Add Kinect Sensors to Laptops

  kristoffer

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:36 pm

  The Daily posts a preview that Microsoft is testing its Kinect system on various prototype Windows 8 laptops. Kinect’s cameras will be placed above the laptop’s screen, where a small webcam is usually located, while rows of LED will line up at the bottom part of the screen. Apart from being tempted to play Dance Central 2 in front of a laptop, adding Kinect sensors into laptops can also be used to navi... Read More » 

• Toshiba BookPlace DB50 Comes Colored and Android-Powered

  kristoffer

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:43 pm

  Apart from Android phones, the Japanese market loves putting its hands on color e-book readers. Toshiba announces its newest, Android-based reader. The BookPlace DB50 is a 7-inch device that provides access to Toshiba’s BookPlace store, which offers over 43,000 Japanese e-book titles and magazines. The company plans on expanding the library to 100,000 titles by March this year. The device runs on modified ... Read More » 

• Report: Nintendo May Change Wii U’s Name

  kristoffer

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:12 pm

  Gaming blog Computer and Video Games, citing a Nintendo insider, reports that the company is considering giving the next-gen Wii console a new name. The 100-year-old company is said to be worried whether the name “Wii U” would be a hit and their analyses gear toward the negative. Customers might get a false impression that the Nintendo Wii U would just be an add-on to the current Wii and not a complet... Read More » 

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• Sony Xperia S Review And Full Phone Specifications

  reviewsongadgets

  25 Jan 2012 | 2:56 pm

  Sony Xperia S is 12 Mega Pixel camera smartphone with large 4.3 inches HD touch display. It is  powered with powerful 1.5 GHz Dual core processor CPU with Android v2.3... Read more »

• HTC Primo Review And Full Phone Specifications

  reviewsongadgets

  24 Jan 2012 | 2:56 pm

  HTC Primo is the Android Ice Cream Sandwich based smartphone by HTC Cell Phones. It is a mid  range phone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Beats Audio, Dual core... Read more »

• HTC Titan II Review And Full Phone Specifications

  reviewsongadgets

  21 Jan 2012 | 1:48 pm

  AT&T announced HTC Titan II the first HTC cell phone comes with huge 16 Mega Pixel camera which also supports 4G LTE. It is the first device by HTC Cell... Read more »

• LG Optimus Pad LTE Review And Full Tablet Specifications

  reviewsongadgets

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:22 am

  LG officially unveiled their first 4G LTE supporting Tablet called as LG Optimus Pad LTE. It will have Google powered v3.2 Honeycomb Android Operating System with Dual-core 1.5 GHz processor.... Read more »

• Samsung Star 3 Duos S5222 Review And Full Phone Specifications

  reviewsongadgets

  19 Jan 2012 | 6:31 am

  Samsung Star 3 Duos S5222 is the new GSM cell phone announced by Samsung; it is also called as Samsung Star 3 DS. The Samsung Cell phone comes with Wi-Fi,... Read more »

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• Leaked RIM 2012 Roadmap Reveals New Budget Curves Coming

  Caroline

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:33 am

  RIM’s plans for the coming months as well as upcoming products for this year, have been revealed via the company’s leaked 2012 roadmap. Detailing what you can expect this year from the BlackBerry maker, the roadmap includes new entry-level handsets as well as a couple of new smartphones coming in white, a 3G version of [...]

• Q4: Galaxy S2 Boosts Samsung’s Profits, Motorola Reports Loss

  Caroline

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:48 am

  Samsung has acknowledged that “strong sales of Galaxy S II” smartphone has contributed to its big boost in net profit during the last financial quarter. In the Q4 announcement, the company revealed it had achieved a 17% increase in net profit compared to the last quarter, hitting $3.6billion (£2.3billion). Smartphone sales, and especially the Galaxy [...]

• Nokia Reports Q4 Losses But Strong Windows Phone Lumia Sales

  Caroline

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am

  Nokia has announced Q4 losses and a decline in mobile phone sales – but also reported strong sales of the Windows Phone-based Lumia range. During the last financial quarter, Nokia made a post-tax loss of €1.08billion (£905million). Phone sales were down 29% compared to Q4 2010. In total, 113.5million devices were shifted by the company [...]

• iPhone 5 Ready For A Summer Launch

  Caroline

  26 Jan 2012 | 7:42 am

  The rumour mill has kicked into gear once more, after word from a Foxconn employee indicates a summer launch for the next-generation iPhone is likely. The upcoming Apple smartphone is apparently all set for production, and it could be released during the summer months. This newest iPhone 5 rumour comes from the guys over at [...]

• Apple Sells Record Breaking 37M iPhones and 15M iPads in Q1

  Caroline

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:25 pm

  Apple has published impressive sales figures for the last financial quarter, confirming record sales for both its iPhone and iPad. In the 14-week period up to 31 December 2011, Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones. This represents a 128% increase in sales from Q1 2011 and a 117% increase on the previous quarter. With the latest [...]

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• Accessories Deal from Amazon: Microsoft Wireless “Year of the Dragon” Mouse

  Denise

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:06 am

  Whether you celebrate Chinese New Year or not, I’m quite sure you might have use for these cool “Year of the Dragon” Microsoft Wireless Mouse (unless 1) you do not use a mouse, and 2) you have a Mac). Anyway, I was looking for pretty accessories when I came across these on Amazon. It comes in gold and red for $34.95 $25.55. It comes wth a Nano Transceiver that you can leave connected to your device or stow away in the mouse, and ships with an AA alkaline battery that could last you for as long as 8 months. It can also be used by both left- and right-handed user.

• Amazon’s Top Rated Tablets : January 26, 2012

  Denise

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:38 am

  * Based on Amazon customer reviews. 1. Apple iPad 2 Tablet (16GB, Wifi) List Price: $419.99 Item Model Number: MC979LL/A Specs: 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology; 1 GHz dual-core Apple A5 custom-designed processor; Forward facing and rear facing cameras; Apple’s iOS 4 and access to Apple’s app store 2. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 16GB (Dual Core, Universal Remote, WiFi) List Price: $399.99 $340.81 Item Model Number: GT-P6210MAYXAR Specs: 7-inch widescreen display with 1,024-by-600 resolution; Dual-core 1.2 GHz processor;…

• Amazon’s Top Rated Netbooks : January 26, 2012

  Denise

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:03 am

  * Based on Amazon customer reviews. 1. Acer Aspire One AO722-0473 11.6-Inch HD Netbook (Espresso Black) List Price: $399.99 Item Model Number: AO722-0473 Specs: AMD Dual-Core Processor C-60; HD resolution and ATI Radeon HD 6290 Graphics with 256MB of dedicated system memory; integrated 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED network connection and fast Ethernet LAN; Windows 7 Home Premium 2. Acer Aspire One AO722-0667 11.6-Inch HD Netbook (Aquamarine) List Price: $349.99 Item Model Number: AO722-0667 Specs: 11.6″ HD Widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit Display: (1366 x 768) resolution, 16:9 aspect…

• Amazon’s Top Ten Bestselling Tablets : January 24, 2012

  Denise

  24 Jan 2012 | 2:46 am

  1. Kindle Fire List Price: $199.00 Specs: 7″ multi-touch display with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and anti-reflective treatment, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution; 8GB internal; 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n; USB 2.0; 8 hours continuous reading or 7.5 hours video playback 2. Coby Kyros 7-Inch Android 2.3 4 GB Internet Touchscreen Tablet – MID7012-4G (Black) List Price: $129.99 $89.99 Item Model Number: MID7012-4G Specs: 1GHz processor; 7 inch 800 x 480 LCD intuitive touchscreen; 256 MB DDR2 SDRAM; 4GB Serial ATA; Google Android OS 2.3 3. MID 7 ePad Tablet PC List Price: $90.00…

• Waterproof Pantech Element Google Android Tablet Available from AT&T

  Denise

  24 Jan 2012 | 12:40 am

  The Pantech Element “waterproof” Android tablet is now available from AT&T for $299.99 with a 2-year contract. Contract-free, it costs $449.99. The tablet has the following tech specs: 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor 1024 x 768 pixel capacitive multitouch display 1GB of RAM 16GB of storage 3G, WiFi, and Bluetooth 5MP rear camera, a 2MP front-facing camera Google Andorid 3.2 Honeycomb It’s not so much as waterproof but more splash-proof as AT&T says the tablet is waterproof “against incidental exposure to water” which means no, you can’t…

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• Inflatable Tentacle Arm

  Gadget Guy

  19 Jan 2012 | 3:30 pm

  Some say the human body is a model of perfection. I say no. Can we grasp objects like a frakin’ octopus? No? Then there’s room for improvement. Until bio-aquatic sea life engineers perfect cephalopod to human limb transfers, we’ll have to make do with the Inflatable Tentacle Arm, mankind’s greatest triumph in inflatable engineering since the inflatable guitar was invented to rock out weddings, sweet 16′s, bar mitzvahs, and quinceaneras. You might ask why do I need this? To which we counter, why don’t you need this? Exactly.

• Strong Arm Hooks

  Gadget Guy

  13 Jan 2012 | 1:06 pm

  These hooks are guaranteed to have the muscle to hold up whatever you are hanging. Strong Arm Hooks give you a bicep curl of hooking power. Double suction cups keep the hook attached to most any flat surface. The gun show is over, folks.

• Whoopee Cushion Keychain

  Gadget Guy

  4 Jan 2012 | 10:36 am

  Take your whoopee cushion pranking on the go with a Whoopee Cushion Keychain. Eliminates all that awkward blowing up the cushion and trying to slip it under someone’s rear without looking like you’re trying to goose them by pocket-sizing it. Press the button to hear one of three different fart sounds. Pull my finger to hear a fourth.

• Star Trek Mr. Potatoheads

  Gadget Guy

  23 Nov 2011 | 10:10 am

  When you think Star Trek, you have to be thinking potatoes too, right? Well you will now with Star Trek Potatoheads, available in Kirk and Spock (what, no Bones or Scotty? Are you out of your Vulcan mind? Weaksauce!) Rearrange your favorite Trek characters like they just got scrambled trying to get beamed up or just had a rough night with Uhura. Boldly go where no potato has gone before.

• Hitch Critters

  Gadget Guy

  16 Nov 2011 | 7:37 am

  Forget that suction cup Garfield in your car window, there’s a new animal car accessory in town and it’s Hitch Critters. These animals hitch a ride on your vehicle’s trailer hitch, giving it personality to what is otherwise just a boring nub (that’s what she said). But these animals do more than just sit there, they plug in and do little tricks when you brake. The Bad Dog shakes when you brake, the Wheelie Hog does a wheelie, the Black Widow lights up and moves it’s legs and ever popular Don’t Stop Deer raises his hands in surrender while a red target…

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  27 Jan 2012 | 11:52 am

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• Sony Ericsson ST25i Kumquat Review Specification

  16 Jan 2012 | 9:07 am

  Sony Ericsson ST25i Kumquat Phone Review, Specification Handphone Sony Ericsson ST25i Kumquat Mobile Phone: General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 -... More Detail http://Phone-Notebook.blogspot.com

• Sony Ericsson LT22i Nypon Review Specification

  16 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am

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• Samsung Galaxy Nexus Telus Review Specification

  16 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

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• Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G Review Specification

  16 Jan 2012 | 8:42 am

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• Pantech Burst Review Specification

  16 Jan 2012 | 8:39 am

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• Acer Aspire Z5771 – A Decent All-In-One Touchscreen Desktop

  pravakar

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:22 am

  Acer Aspire Z5771 is an All-In-One 23-inch touchscreen desktop PC, which offers a set of strong feature and decent performance for its price, including out jacks, input jacks and HDMI inputs. The major fault of this desktop is unimaginative touch software and cumbersome design. Though the Acer Aspire Z5771 is not most polished all in one but capable to balance of performance and feature for the budget, it gives an adequate amount of value for enticing anyone desiring for a standard desktop with basic home entertainment versatility. The selling price of the Aspire Z5771 is $899 and come with…

• Samsung Announces Its Own 55-Inch OLED TV

  pravakar

  17 Jan 2012 | 8:15 am

  Samsung has announced to sell world largest commercialized 55-inch OLED television in USA market in 2012 years and able to support both 3D and 2D content. Company yet hide the price of this OLED television but declares that it will be sold around $7999. This outstanding performance Samsung television is slim, around 0.3 inch deep. The Samsung 55inch Super OLED TV designed with in built camera and having features Smart Hub of Samsung, Samsung TV app store, web browser. If you are using OLED 11-inch pipsqueak Sony XEL-1 television, you will not find any absolute black. Inside the Samsung’s…

• HP Pavilion DV6-6116TX Laptop Specifications

  pravakar

  15 Jan 2012 | 7:25 am

  HP Pavilion DV6 Series DV6 is an ultra-stylish entertainment laptop for those who are searching for their business as well as entertainment. This smart laptop is completely powered by Intel 2nd Generation Core i3 processor and pre-loaded with 64-bit windows 7 Home Basic Operating system. With help of HP CoolSense technology users can capable of notice cooler and many more user-friendly apps. This technology assists you to track automatically your working environment and giving warning signal when your laptop come to the overheating stage so that you can step to prevent overheating.  …

• Use mobiles to Place the Order for Buying an Air Conditioning System

  pravakar

  9 Jan 2012 | 5:48 am

  Can you think of surviving without an air conditioning system? Well, for me it is quite impossible to think of a life where there are no air conditioners available. I am sure that you too will agree the same that in this climatic chaos, where scorching heat, sneezing cold and sticky weather has became a non-omitting part, surviving freely without an air conditioner system is just next to impossible. So, when you are going for buying air conditioners, do you know that you can order it using your mobiles also? Well, when the whole world is enjoying the facility of shopping through mobiles, why…

• Pantech Link II – Better Call Quality and Accessible Design

  pravakar

  5 Jan 2012 | 9:46 pm

  Pantech Link II is a slime candybar cell phone that great call quality, four rows QWERTY keyboard, nice design, user-friendly web browser and stylish look. Compared to its predecessor, it is a good deal for messaging friends or those who hesitate to pay monthly fees. Those who want to constant touch with close friends, relatives or important people in your life circle; by using this smart messaging phone your world becomes easy and your life’s becomes smooth. With large keyboard and perceptive messaging tool, the only matter is that how fast you can type text. The ultra skinny and stylish…

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• Use Lingual with Siri To Translate 35 Languages [Jailbreak Tweak]

  James Cushing

  26 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am

  The latest jailbreak for iPhone 4S has opened up a lot of new opportunities for developers to create tweaks for Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri, finally adding some of the functionality that users have been craving. Hopefully, Apple is taking some of these to heart and will release features like this in the next big update to [...] Related posts: Tweet, Launch Apps, and Toggle Settings With new Siri Jailbreak Tweaks Siri Port for iPhone 4 Released: Jailbreak Required HomeScreen Settings (Must-Have Jailbreak Tweak)

• How To Opt Out of Personalize Google Ads

  James Cushing

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:53 pm

  Google is a company that’s built on data. Since its founding over a decade ago,it’s become one of the largest and most powerful tech companies in the world, and much of its success is due to the overwhelming amount of data it accumulates on just about everything. Google knows an awful lot about you. It [...] Related posts: Google Announcement About Senate Hearings Google is Going to Unveil Goggles for the iPhone Google Fail!

• Jailbreaking May Become Illegal if You Don’t Voice Your Opinion

  James Cushing

  25 Jan 2012 | 1:20 pm

  Nothing would make Apple happier than to stop jailbreak altogether. If they have to use the force of law, they’re perfectly fine with that. We’ve all seen Apple on a legal rampage over the last year, with patent dispute after copyright lawsuit. However, it’s not Apple going after jailbreakers with the force of law behind [...] Related posts: Pwn2Own is there in iOS 4.3.1 but it doesn’t help in Jailbreaking or Unlocking! What are iPad 2 Jailbreaking Possibilities? Greenpois0n iOS 4.1 Jailbreaking Tool Delayed; Smart Move by Hackers!

• Blizzard Cancels Blizzcon 2012

  James Cushing

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pm

  One of the biggest, most respected gaming companies in the world, Blizzard Entertainment, holds an annual convention to show off the latest and greatest of their epic gaming series. The makers of the Warcraft franchise, Starcraft, and Diablo, have a huge year ahead of them. They most recently launched Starcraft II to a huge audience [...] Related posts: Apple iPhone 5 to be Released With 4G LTE in 2012 Super Bowl 2012 Lucas Oil Stadium Tech Tour Apple to Release iPad 2S, iPad 3 in 2012 (Rumor)

• Bill Gates Shares His Last Meeting with Steve Jobs

  James Cushing

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:20 pm

  The lives of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have been intertwined for decades. As the heads of competing companies at the beginning of the PC era, both men have been at the forefront of personal computing development. Often times they worked together, but more often they were rivals for the future of computing. But the [...] Related posts: Test Apple’s Pre-Release Software without a developer account with AppleSeed Video: Performance Test of iOS 4.2 on iPhone 3G T-Mobile Speed Test Could Net You $1000

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• Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 Untethered

  harshmehta

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:42 am

  Categories: iJailbreakIts been a hell lot of time since I last updated my website. I know, I know, Where was I? Actually, I had my exams and more stuff going on with me these days. But, here I am back, to keep you updated with the latest stuff again. Let’s start the year with the iOS5.0.1 [...](Read more)

• Semi-Tethered Jailbreak For iOS 5 Is Here!

  Jay Mehta

  24 Oct 2011 | 6:09 am

  Categories: Gadgets, iDevice, iJailbreakApple’s iOS 5 is such a hit. Every Apple FanBoy’s dream is iOS 5, isn’t it? Yes, it is. But, people like you and me, who like doing something out of the box are direly waiting for an untethered jailbreak. BigBoss, one of the official Cydia repositories has developed an App after which you wont [...](Read more)

• iRis : Siri For Android Is Here!

  harshmehta

  23 Oct 2011 | 12:08 pm

  Categories: Andro1d, GadgetsTags: AndroidYes, you heard it right! iPhone 4S’ best new Artificial Intelligence ‘Siri’ was developed by Android Dev’s Dexetra within 8 hours of the official SIRI launch. And to give it a great irony, the named it iRis which is Siri if spelled backwards. While Android boss Andy Rubin told an AsiaD audience that smartphone users should [...](Read more)

• Siri Ported To iDevices running iOS 5!

  harshmehta

  19 Oct 2011 | 8:17 am

  Categories: Gadgets, iDeviceIf you’re regularly following this blog, you may know we posted an article about Siri being ported to iPhone 4. Yes, it wasn’t connected to the Apple servers then but the Siri interface was loaded to it. But, through twitter we got to know, an iOS developer [JackoPlane] has successfully connected Siri port to the [...](Read more)

• Siri Ported To iPhone 4 Already!

  harshmehta

  15 Oct 2011 | 11:54 am

  Categories: Gadgets, iDeviceTags: Apple, iPhoneAfter the launch of iPhone 4S, there wouldn’t be a single person on the earth that wouldn’t want to witness the feature and boy, talk about iPhone 4 users. Being left out of the Siri feature, iPhone 4 users were pissed. But, the jailbreaking community, now has found a port of Siri from iPhone 4S [...](Read more)

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• Bayan 7 iPod dock: A natural soundstage for your music

  Amanda McGahan

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  A speaker dock is almost a necessity these days. They provide a nice charging station and music on demand in case a party spontaneously breaks out in your living room. There is now a new brand on the market, Bayan Audio, set to compete in a saturated market. How is it going to do that? By offering a unique and natural sound and I will go into all the technical details soon. Their premium dock is the newly launched Bayan 7. The Bayan 7 design is a contemporary look with a 12mm wood casing. It feels solid and well made. It is on the large side so be prepared to clear some shelf space. It has…

• Hammacher Schlemer’s Virtual Keyboard for iPhone and iPad: A spookily clever device!

  Gabrielle Pickard

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  How would you feel sat at your desk typing away on a projected laser-generated ‘virtual’ keyboard, pretty surreal I bet? Surreal and futuristic visions of typing away on what fundamentally equates to ‘thin air’ are beginning to surface as a reality, with the long-serving provider of ‘unique’ products, Hammacher Schlemer, introducing The Virtual Keyboard. This Bluetooth Class II laser device projects a cybernetic keyboard onto any flat and opaque surface, thus giving iPhone, iPad or Android users instant access to a keyboard. And far from being tiny, fiddly and awkward – does the…

• Stilo 2.1 speakers review: OTone! OTony! OToni!

  Shem Pennant

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  It’s highly unlikely you will have heard of Otone as they are a bright new face in the world of home audio, looking to make a splash in the UK. However in a crowded market and with built in speakers getting better and better all the time, should you care? Well Otone have a three-pronged strategy to winning both your affections and a place in your living room: great sound, innovative design and low low pricing. We had a look at their 2.1 speaker set – the Stilo 2.1 Pro speaker + amp setup to see how it stacked up. The Stilo Pros sound pretty good. I should mention it contains…

• Vuzix Tac-Eye LT: Full on Terminator eyewear

  Dominic Smith

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  Vuzix Corporation recently announced that its Tac-Eye Monocular Display System is now available for purchase across Europe. The Tac-Eye LT is a lightweight, low profile, high-resolution monocular eyewear piece designed for use in the field where rugged hands-free video displays are needed. Part of Vuzix’s handy (and award-winning) technology, the Tac-Eye LT unit enables users to view the real world alongside relevant computer generated information, graphics and alerts (full-on ‘Terminator’-type stuff, innit). Designed with the mobile user in mind, its high-contrast SVGA…

• What caught our eye at CES 2012 – Part 3

  Geoff Bowen

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:38 pm

  In our third (part 1, part 2) and final round-up of CES 2012, here are some of the other exhibitors and products that caught our eye while clocking up the miles of exhibition halls! The ‘Dot’ from Kogeto The ‘Dot’, from New York based Kogeto, is billed as ‘the World’s smallest panoramic video thingy for the iPhone 4 and 4S’. As you can see from the picture above, the Dot is certainly an eye catching ‘thingy’ and instantly made us curious when we stumbled across it at this year’s ShowStoppers event. In a nutshell, it clips on to the…

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  Stuff Middle East

• Will Samsung announce its NX20 in February?

  Stuff Staff

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:41 am

  Another day, another camera rumour. The latest chatter suggests that Samsung is going to reveal an NX20 next month – an advanced [...]

• Nokia Lumia 910 heading to the UAE in May?

  Stuff Staff

  26 Jan 2012 | 5:34 am

  We were quick to shove Nokia’s Lumia 800 to one side in order to fondle the 4G-toting Lumia 900 at this year’s [...]

• Rumour Roundup: best MWC 2012 phone rumours

  Stuff Staff

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:53 am

  Say hello to your next smartphone – it's just four weeks until the future phone party that is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and we've got the juiciest rumours [...]

• Mechatars is an online/offline robot war game

  Stuff Staff

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:26 am

  If proof were needed that we’re about to get confused about what’s real and what’s not, Mechatars present a strong case. The [...]

• Sony Tablet S, Tablet P and Xperia phones getting Ice Cream Sandwich this spring

  Stuff Staff

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:22 am

  Android updates are a law unto themselves, but if this nugget of wisdom is anything to go by, Sony Tablet S and [...]

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  GadgetReview

• JHAudio JH|5 Custom Fit Earbuds (yes, those are earbuds)

  Christen Costa

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:32 pm

  Custom fit headphones, as in ones that are molded to your ears, usually cost well north of $500.  Not any more.  JHAudio now offers a pair of custom molded headphones for a hair under $400 ($399 to be exact).  When you consider the price and customization it’s actually is a bit of a steal, especially for any of those of you in the market for superior ambient sound isolation and don’t wanna hassle with active noise cancellation, which often means changing batteries and a bullky setup. JHAudio says that their JH|5 PRO headphones deliver “unsurpassed quality and sound…

• Eclipse Super Yacht is the Worlds Largest at 538′, Includes 6-foot Screens in Every Room

  Christen Costa

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:14 pm

  In our time we’ve seen some grandiose boats. And by boats we mean yachts, otherwise known as “stink pots” – the name is presumably derived from the grotesque amount of fuel they burn.  But nothing, at least to date, compares to the M/Y Eclipse.  This beast measures 538-feet long and was built for Roman Abramovich. The shear size of this boat isn’t the only aspect of this floating home that makes it notable.  All 24 of the guest cabins include their very own 6-foot movie screen.  Say what?!?  In addition to the guest cabin amenities, which better have…

• Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock

  Christen Costa

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:37 pm

  These days, having a laptop and a desktop computer is overkill.  Why so?  The laptops of today, especially the Macbook Pros, are powerful enough that there really isn’t a feat it can’t perform; video editing, number crunching and graphics rendering.  That said, a larger screen never hurts or does a variety of perphiral to complement your laptop, such as a printer, hard drive and so forth.  But seriously, who wants to plug in all those devices one at a time when you return to your home base? Belkin is targeting the latest generation of Macbook owners with an autumn release of…

• iPhone 4S vs. Playstation Vita (comparison)

  James Pikover

  27 Jan 2012 | 2:30 pm

  It shouldn’t come as a surprise that comparisons between the iPhone and Playstation Vita were abound, even though they are very different devices. The iPhone, obviously a phone, and the Vita, obviously not a phone, still carry a lot of the same characteristics. And for better or worse, even game consoles like the Nintendo 3DS, DS, and PSP have had a run for their maker’s money because of products like the iPhone. Then again, considering how the two devices are so vastly different, this comparison won’t be a direct head-to-head. Instead, we’ll compare both based on…

• Plantronics Marque M155 Review

  James Pikover

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am

  I hate Bluetooth headsets. They all have two problems: they’re uncomfortable and battery life sucks. Considering that making phone calls more comfortable is the whole point of a wireless headset, Bluetooth sets are generally garbage. But recently I’ve seen a positive change, thanks mostly to two recent headsets. One of those is the Plantronics Marque M155. Unsurprisingly, the Marque is sleek and small, measuring at 2” long and a quarter inch wide and thick. It has one “home” button on the outside, an on/off switch on the bottom, and a volume rocker on the top. A microUSB connector…

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• Galaxy Note as USB Flash Storage (Mac, PC)

  Kamal DS

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:29 am

  I bought the Samsung Galaxy Note last week and it took a while to find out the USB flash drive mode. I read some of the postings on Internet and most of them said it is not possible to mount the Galaxy Note as USB flash disk. Today, I found that Samsung has put those [...]

• Fujitsu M532

  Kita June

  18 Jan 2012 | 1:45 pm

  Japanese electronic giant, Fujitsu has released a 10 inch tablet that runs Android operating system. The company is calling it Stylistic M532 and will be show casing it at the CeBIT 2012. Targeted at both consumers and enterprise users, it features multi touch capacitive display, Nvidia Tegra 3 processor (also being used in Medion Lifetab [...]

• Lenovo A2

  Kita June

  13 Jan 2012 | 1:15 am

  Lenovo has unveiled a new 9 inch Android tablet called Ideapad A2. This is an improved version of their budget tablet, Ideapad A1 that they released last year. Ideapad A2 vs A1: The new model, A2, features a roll cage design for enhanced durability. It also has a bigger screen (9 inch vs 7 inch) [...]

• Ubuntu on Galaxy Note

  Kita June

  8 Jan 2012 | 11:51 pm

  Samsung Galaxy Note has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels which gives the user a lot of pixels to work with. An xda user has been able to get the Ubuntu 10.10 Linux operating system working on this super phone. Here are the instructions on how to get it running: First, you need to [...]

• AMD C60 Benchmark

  Kita June

  8 Jan 2012 | 10:17 pm

  AMD C60 is an excellent dual core processor for netbooks and entry level notebooks. It has a very capable ATi Radeon HD 6290 graphics processing unit. The CPU has 1MB L2 cache and runs at 1GHz clock speed. C60 offers some significant performance gains over its predecessor, the AMD C50 APU (accelerated processing unit). There [...]

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  DeviceKnit: Latest Knits

• Connect your Xoom 2 to your TV to mirror the screen via HDMI

  19 Jan 2012 | 3:10 pm

  Let's face it, sometimes even a 10" tablet screen isn't big enough. For those times it's better to mirror your device's screen on your HDTV. This can be great when you want to share pictures, videos, and slideshows with friends and family. This can be done pretty simply with your Xoom 2 if you follow these instructions. You can get the HDMI cable you need here. Step By Step Step 1: Connect the larger end of the HDMI cable into your TV. Step 2: Connect the smaller end of the HDMI cable into your Motorola Xoom ...

• Stream music wirelessly to your PC from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iTunes

  18 Jan 2012 | 11:28 am

  This really useful knit will show you how you can stream music wirelessly from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iTunes to your PC. This is great for parties, home audio, or just pure convenience. Check out the steps below to get started. Step By Step Step 1. On your Windows PC, download the Shairport4w client from here. Once downloaded, unzip and run the .exe file. Step 2. Once the program is installed on your PC it will run in the background. You can change the name of the AirPlay emulator, which is what will show up on your iPhone ...

• Connect your Captivate Glide to your TV to mirror the screen via MHL

  17 Jan 2012 | 12:49 pm

  The Samsung Captivate Glide is one of the latest smartphones on the market to feature HDMI mirroring. This is extremely useful when you need to share a big presentation, pictures, or videos. Check out the steps below to get started. Step By Step Step 1: Connect the MHL adaptor to the bottom of your Captivate Glide. Step 2: Aside from the MHL adaptor you may want to connect your phone to the charger to save battery. The MHL adaptor adds a charging port for this purpose. Step 3: Connect your micro HDMI end into the MHL adaptor. Step 4: Connect ...

• Watch your EyeTV recordings as well as live TV on your Roku

  16 Jan 2012 | 1:25 pm

  This awesome knit will show you how you can use your Roku as a DVR or to watch live TV. This is convenient when you are using the Roku on an older TV or would like to save money monthly by removing your DVR feature from your cable plan. Follow the steps below to get started. Step By Step Step 1. In order to use this channel, you must have EyeTV installed and running on a computer on your local network. This requires the EyeTV Hybrid adaptor and the accompanying software, eyetv 3 Full, which can be downloaded here. The ...

• Connect your Xperia Arc to your TV to mirror the screen via HDMI

  13 Jan 2012 | 1:56 pm

  The awesome Xperia Arc comes packed with features. One of the more useful of those would be the ability to fully mirror the screen via HDMI to an HDTV. This knit will show you how to do just that. Follow the steps below to get started. Step By Step Step 1. Connect the small end of the HDMI cable into your Xperia Arc. Step 2. Connect the large end of the HDMI cable into your HDTV. Make sure to change the source over to HDMI in order to see your phone's screen displayed. Step 3. Your phone will automatically ...

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  ManGlaze INK.

• For Relaxing Times, Make it SANTORUM Time.

  16 Jan 2012 | 2:29 am

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• Ape Paint - The Next Thing on My Plate is Nawsome Sauce

  20 Dec 2011 | 8:20 pm

  For a short time before ManGlaze was actually released, I considered calling the brand "Ape Paint" instead. But I'm glad we circled back around to name that originally inspired us to actually make the shit happen. We've got a little tweaking to do to get our matte green into its proper condiment indulging skin. It feels like it needs a darker tone overall. Here's a before — hopefully we'll see the final version real soon. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Auxiliary Magazine Says Stuff His Stocking With ManGlaze Mayonnaise

  20 Dec 2011 | 7:22 pm

  I always get a kick out of it when we make it into a real magazine! In this month's issue of Auxiiary Magazine (read it online free), Vanity Kills picks our Mayonnaise matte white nail polish as glam-errific stocking stuffer. Of course Ziggy is not much fun without his Stardust, so top the shit with some Hot Mess. AUXILIARY MAGAZINE DECEMBER / JANUARY ISSUE OUT NOWThe December/January 2011/2012 issue of Auxiliary Magazine is out now!  It is available to read for free online, as a free pdf edition download, and in a print edition.  Free online editions and information on ordering…

• SoCal Guitar Hero Ronny North

  17 Dec 2011 | 9:52 am

  Guitar Overlord Ronny North with the only nail polish that's tough enough to shred! Photo by Karen Barrezueta.Ok, I still suck at Guitar Hero. But at least some REAL guitar heroes have made ManGlaze their polish of choice! Surf Dog recording artist/guitarist Gary Hoey and Saliva shredder, Jon Montoya have put ManGlaze to the test. Now Ronny North, long time Southern California guitar overfiend makes the switch to ManGlaze! And even though our nail polish kicks ass, we are so "Not Worthy!!!" Quite simply, Ronny fucking shreds, and we're honored…

• ManGlaze Rocks the Ink

  17 Dec 2011 | 9:50 am

  Sevendust, Saliva, Killswitch Engage, Rehab, Bret Michaels & Godsmack attend Rebel Spirit Backstage Artist Lounge at Rock The InkInside the Backstage Artist Lounge presented by Rebel Spirit Clothing, Sevendust, Saliva, Killswitch Engage, Rehab, Bret Michaels and Godsmack hung out to receive gifts from partner-companies ManGlaze Ink, Rebel Spirit Clothing, Wear Your Music, Rock The Vote, McInnis Tattoos, Motor City Legends, Caffeine Culture, Low Brow Art, Black Market Art, DCVR, Christy’s Crown Series, Iron Fist, Travesty,…

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• Best Photo Scanner

  trteknoloji

  28 Jan 2012 | 1:04 am

  by aplumb Best Photo Scanner I bought the Epson V350, and I wanted to convert some old slides from 1960 in digital format. The slides were rescued from a house pretty cold and had developed mold growth. I feared the worst, but in the search of the Internet, I discovered that the Epson V350 could [...]

• Lastest Portable Book Readers auctions

  trteknoloji

  27 Jan 2012 | 8:03 pm

  Portable Book Readers on eBay:

• The Sharper Image Literati Wireless Reader, White

  trteknoloji

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:03 pm

• Nice Online Book Readers photos

  trteknoloji

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:03 am

  Some cool online book readers images: What’s in my bag May 1st, 2011 Image by Beorn Ours That’s my first shot of my bag since I succumbed to the charm of Timbuk2. The fact is that I initially did not want a Timbuk2, but Crumpler, which was my initial choice didn’t have bags that small. [...]

• Lastest Electronic Books Readers News

  trteknoloji

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:05 am

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  GADGET Geek

• IBOOK 2: Apple’s new offering!

  19 Jan 2012 | 11:05 am

  First I thought talking about SOPA but it seems to be so stale with every site and newspaper talking about it, so I found why not talk about something creative and inventive; Why not talk about IBOOK 2. Don’t get confused guys; it is not an Apple notebook but a very wonderful offering by Apple’s software market. IBOOK2 is a software program which can be accessed by the course makers to upload their courses into it in a very rich format. All these courses and various books will be accessible to the IPAD users who want to do much more with their tablets; who want to make their tablet a…

• 5 Unique IPHONE 4 Cases: Get Amazed PART 2

  18 Jan 2012 | 10:53 am

  Unique IPHONE cases; is a continuation to my previous post Top 10 IPHONE 4 cases. Hope this series will continue with many more spellbinding IPHONE cases. Apple keeps on improving its products and the accessory makers keep on aligning themselves with the genius of them. This post is just a summary of some amazing cases I came through in past few days. ZEROCHROMA TEATRO This wonderful piece comes at a cheap $39 and is designed with thin and hard plastic with a foldable and rotatable stand. The only reason why I said cheap was the great usability it provides to the IPHONE because of the stand…

• The Must to have Samsung Android Apps: Set 1

  17 Jan 2012 | 11:28 am

  This is for all the Samsung phone users who are addicted to Samsung’s indigenous platform provided to the path breaking android mobile OS. If you are a Samsung android user, you must be aware of the apps which are available for free in the android market store. Let us discuss the top Samsung apps. Advanced Task Killer In the times when your smart phone works more like a computer than a phone, you need an application which can make it work faster. Apart from the anti-malware software, there is a great need of an application which can help to manage the applications which are running in the…

• Acer Iconia Tab A100: The Review

  17 Jan 2012 | 11:28 am

   Acer never rules but it also never quits trying to rule! That’s the best you can have to survive in an environment where you have newborns jumping in and out every single day. Tablet pc market is stiff and the android tablet market is stiffer. Every player wants to introduce something which can make a difference; some do create a dent and some lose the spot without leaving back any trace. Acer Iconica Tab A100 was here to create a dent but still remains unnoticed. Not to forget, every good thing takes some time to happen. Hope the same for Acer in the tablet market with its A500 and…

• ARCHOS 101 G9: The Review

  17 Jan 2012 | 10:49 am

  With Archos 101 G9 android 3.2 tablet, Archos has raised its standards in tablet making. Archos 70 revealed the genius in the tablet makers and G9 makes them a compatible runner in the race of tablet pc making. Android 3.2, honeycomb is the best suited OS for the tablets and G9 well equips it with all the functionalities android has to offer. Archos answered the simple question; what should be done to do something new! And they ended up making a gadget which concentrates more on its media capabilities. Archos 101 G9 runs on a 1 GHz quad dual core processor and promises to get upgraded to a…

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• Expand Your iPad with a Flash Drive

  Philip Baxter

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:17 pm

  I have always been under the impression that with this thing called the internet which is full of those fluffy clouds there is little reason for large amounts of local storage on an iPad. Mine is only 16GB and I … Continue reading »

• Expand Your iPhone into a Home/Office Phone

  Philip Baxter

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:58 pm

  This clever gadget is basically an iPhone charging dock with a bluetooth handset which enables immense expansion of an already powerful product. The dock makes VoIP services like Skype and Google Talk seem natural and its futuristic design is simplistic … Continue reading »

• The Future of MP3 Players

  Philip Baxter

  27 Jan 2012 | 1:44 pm

  This is a future design concept by Brazilian designer Dinard da Mata. I hope Creative actually has the musical balls to make this! What are your thoughts? Via: Keol.net - Read More - Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Email … Continue reading »

• Charge Your Phone Anywhere Anytime

  Philip Baxter

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:17 am

  This all-in-one portable device charging solution features a 2200mAh internal battery and a solar pannel to ensure you have precious juice wherever you find yourself. Features Everything you need to charge from an AC outlet, your car, your computer, or … Continue reading »

• iPhone Accessory For the Aspiring Electrician

  Philip Baxter

  26 Jan 2012 | 4:19 pm

  This is a must have for any electronic technician! The digital voltage meter wirelessly connects to your iOS device with a touch interface at your fingertips and stores data for future retrieval. Features Pair with your Apple iPhone, iPad, or … Continue reading »

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• Best Acer Laptops 2012

  Mihai Mateescu

  27 Jan 2012 | 5:09 pm

  New rated notebooks Up until now we’ve talked about the best Toshiba laptops and the best rated Samsung laptops. But what about the best Acer laptops in 2012 ? After all, the company is a name many consumers know and respect for the abundant quality that’s behind its product. For precisely these people we did [...]

• Best Samsung Laptops 2012

  Mihai Mateescu

  27 Jan 2012 | 9:52 am

  The most rated notebooks If you are prepared to invest in a Samsung laptop because you heard they’re among the best companies to produce such devices, but you are clueless of what model is meant for you, we drafted a list and put on it what we found to be the most well-received and best [...]

• Best PC Gaming Headsets 2012

  Catalin Nichita

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm

  Gadgets for gamers Some would argue that using a headset while you’re immersed in your beloved game is not a good thing, while others can’t conceive playing games without such a device. We’ll try to provide the latter category with what are, in our opinion, some of best PC gaming headsets of 2012. So sit [...]

• Best Wireless Speakers 2012

  Mihai Mateescu

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:06 pm

  Sound with WiFi connectivity So far we’ve touched upon the subjects of best speakers and PC speakers in 2012. We find it’s now the appropriate time to talk about the best wireless speakers and, in order to do that, we chose three of them that we added on this page for our readers to browse [...]

• Best Speakers 2012

  Mihai Mateescu

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am

  The most powerful sound systems Speakers come in different shapes and sizes and they are made with different purposes in mind. Their prices also vary depending on a multitude of factors like performance, exterior and so on. Below we’ll give some examples of what we see as the best speakers of 2012, with some of [...]