Microsoft abandons Family Guy Windows 7 promo
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Microsoft in a sudden reversal today exited its sponsorship of a Family Guy episode due to air in just under two weeks.
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FCC head warns of “spectrum gap” made by iPhone
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FCC chairman Julius Genachowski in a talk published today warned that mobile data is facing a “spectrum gap” that could significantly damage Internet access on cellphones.
Acer S243HLbmii Slim White-LED Backlit Display
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Acer Japan has launched its new Acer S243HLbmii Slim LCD Display with White LED backlight. The 24-inch LCD display features a 1920×1080p Full HD resolution with other specs which includes a 1000:1 contrast ratio, 2ms response time, 160/170-degree viewing angle and a 250cd/m2 brightness.
Bike-Carrying Flight Case Advertises Its Contents
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Traveling with a bicycle is always a scary proposition. You can either do your best to pack your bike safely in a cardboard box or a bike bag and pay over-the-top surcharges for sports equipment, or you can pack the bike safely in a hard case, paying the same rip-off handling charges.
Newly Reformatted Computer? You’ll Want to Use Ninite
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Last January, I asked you what your list of first installs on a computer was. We all have our own suite of applications and utilities that enjoy first dibs on a new/reformatted PC, and easily hours are spent locating the apps’ homepages and clicking on their respective download links.
PhotoTrackr Mini DLP900 geotagging solution debuts
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I like technology, but one thing that I have never really understood is wanting to geotag photos that I take. I’m not sure I really need to know the exact location where the photo was shot, I am pretty sure I can recall where I was from the image.
Pentax unveils limited edition (and very colorful) Korejanai K-x DSLR camera
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Pentax pulled the wraps off its new entry-level K-x DSLR camera back in September and for the money the little cam offered up a nice feature set.
Halloween costume for a chair
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Hongtao Zhou, maker of frozen furniture (blogged earlier this year), continues his seasonal exploration with From dumpster to Halloween and Christmas. A weird title for a weird (and great) project.
Droid Passed FCC
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We’ve mentioned Droid a lot over the last 10 days and information hasn’t stopped flowing just yet either.
Verizon ships Storm2 Oct. 28, OS 5.0 today
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After waiting nearly two weeks past the original launch, Verizon today unveiled its own version of the BlackBerry Storm2. Its version adds CDMA and EVDO Revision A for its own phone and 3G networks; quad-band GSM/EDGE and single-band 2,100MHz HSPA 3G give it roaming in most other areas.
Netflix Netflix Movie Streaming service lands on the Playstation 3
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Sony and Netflix today announced that they are joining forces to make thousands of movies and TV episodes from Netflix available to be streamed instantly to TVs via the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system.
LG to power Volkswagen’s car audio sytem
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LG Electronics today announced that it has reached an agreement with the Volkswagen Group of Wolfsburg, Germany to become one of the leading suppliers of car audio systems for three of Volkswagen’s automobile brands starting in 2012.
Motorcycle Grip Bottle Opener
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If you into motorcycles and like a cool beer now and again then this gadget is for you. This motorcycle grip bottle opener not only opens your favourite brew it also revs up every time.
Free NASA iPhone app brings the space to your hand
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Apple’s got just everything to the iPhone in form of applications. All have something to strike a conversation and that’s what we, and they love. Now, this latest application done by Nasa is truly out of the world.
Albatron 42-inch Optical Touch Multitouch LCD Monitor
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Albatron introduces its new 42-inch Optical Touch Monitor (OTM), it is a multitouch LCD display which has built-in Windows 7 support.
Mamiya DM digital backs in 22, 28, 33 and 56 Megapixels
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Mamiya has announced four new DM digital backs which comes in the resolution of 22, 28, 33 and 56 Megapixels. The Mamiya DM digital back series features 16 bit/channel image capture and recording, both in tethered and untethered modes, as well as the open-standard HDR-type Mosaic file format.
Polk Audio unveils HitMaster speaker for Rock Band and Guitar Hero
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I am a fan of music games like Guitar Hero and especially Rock Band. I have spent many a night making fun of my friends off key singing while playing Rock Band. I even have my share of aftermarket guitar controllers for the game.
Onkyo E705A7B All-In-One PC
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Onkyo is back with its new all-in-one PC for the Japanese market called the E705A7B. The machine is equipped with a 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD LCD display, an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 CPU, a NVIDIA ION GeForce 9400 graphics card, a 4GB RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, a DVD...
NYT remarks, SIM tray leak point to Apple tablet?
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Apple's plans to launch a tablet in coming months may have gained credence today through a pair of possible leaks.
In-Car Computers from Rave
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Rave computes has just released two rugged mini PC’s that would be perfect for in-car pc’s. The MIL-SPEC-810F is fanless and powered by an Intel 1.6 GHz Atom N270 processor which consumes less power, making it suitable for nearly all vehicles.
New 256GB SSD Drive
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PureSilicon have just added a new 256GB drive to its Renegade R2 SSD range. The drive meets MIL-STD-810F standards while offering 255 MB/s read performance and 180 MB/s write performance.
Personal Virtual Reality Cocoon
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Developed by the students at Iwata-Yano Laboratory at the University of Tsukuba this ‘Media Vehicle’ is designed to be a the personal virtual reality cocoon.
Hands on with the Digital Hour Clock Phosphor e-ink watch
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Time is changing with a pace, and so are timepieces. Now, only after we’ve suffered for years, owing to the similar-looking mundane watches, so much that mobile phones have actually eliminated these watches from our wrists, we have an unfamiliar display technology combined with an elevating...
Kindle For PC Could Trigger E-Book Piracy
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Barely one year and 11 months after the launch of the Kindle e-book and Amazon is set to allow to to read the books you have bought on your computer. Like Kindle for iPhone, Kindle for PC will let you download and enjoy your DRM’ed Kindle titles when you don’t have the Kindle with you.
Digital Contents Expo Tokyo: Augmented tabletop video game with pinching gesture recognition (video)
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The Koike Laboratory from the University of Electro Communications in Tokyo was responsible for one of the most spectacular booths at the Digital Contents Expo that ended in Tokyo yesterday. They developed an “augmented tabletop video game with pinching gesture recognition”.
The BlackBerry Storm2 to hit Verizon this October 28
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Verizon Wireless and RIM today announced that the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications stores, online at www.verizonwireless.com, and through business sales channels beginning Oct. 28.
