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6rounds bringing video chat to Google Wave

September 30th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Section: Web, Web Apps, Websites, GoogleFor most of us, today was a day of extreme disappointment as we found out that we didn’t receive one of the 100,000 Google Wave invites that were sent out.  That’s no reason to not learn as much as possible about Wave before we get a chance...

Live And Learn

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15 years ago
Famous last words: “It’s just the handle, I can fix the toilet.” Four hours later the emergency plumber has time to come to the house, two hours after that he finally leaves, and I’m stuck with a bill the size of Nebraska. Seriously.

Now, even your bathroom scale has Wi-Fi

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Section: Gadgets / Other, Household, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous If you’re trying to lose weight or stay healthy and enjoy metrics and graphs, then you should check out the Withings WiFi Body Scale.  The scale’s built-in Wi-Fi automatically transmits your weight, lean and fat mass,…

This year’s hot holiday tech trend: cheap gadgets

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15 years ago
Section: Video, DVD/DVR/Blu-ray, Computers, Netbooks, Gadgets / Other, Gaming With the economy still on a downturn, tech retailers are preparing for the upcoming holiday season by offering a variety of cheap gadgets.  With no hot new must have gadget this year and consumers not as willing to…

Toshiba Qosmio X500, 18.4″ Laptop

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Toshiba announcing a new Qosmio series laptop dubbed Qosmio X500. Comes with a large 18.4 inch display, Qosmio X500 packs a GeForce GTS 250MNV video card with 1GB VRAM to deliver full HD resolution to its screen. Yes, you got it, X500 has a 6x BD-RE drive too.

Reddit Alien Soap

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15 years ago
Reddit has worked with soapier to make the Reddit Alien Soap($9). It comes in two different fragranc..(more...

BlackBerry Atlas to be an upgrade to the Curve 8900?

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A new BlackBerry handset has shown up in photos on the web recently, thanks to Salomondrin. The screen indicates the model is called an Atlas, but it bears a striking resemblance to the current BlackBerry Curve 8900, including its keyboard, but the back of this new handset has Bold stamped on its...

Need a new friend? How about the WowWee Robover or Joebot?

September 30th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Man alive, there’s only a few topics I write about with any regularity here: e-books, World of Warcraft, sports, and robots. I’m not even a fan of robots, and yet I always get assigned the robot stories! Like today, I wake up and see this assigned to me: new WowWee robots. What?

HP to merge printers and PC to bolster both

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HP’s printer division, long a cash cow, is being folded into its PC division after sales of printers and ink fell this year.

Thanko rolls out non-crappy portable multimedia player with built-in camera

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Japan’s No. 1 crap gadget maker Thanko surprisingly announced a new device today that doesn’t look too crappy: The DIGITAL MP4 AudioPlayer AV [JP], a portable media player that houses a digital camera.

Toshiba Satellite T135 and Satellite T115 Notebooks

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Toshiba announces its Satellite T-Series Laptops. These new Laptops engineered to feature the comfort and convenience of a standard laptop yet in an ultra-thin package, measuring a mere 1-inch thin and weight starting at 3.49 pounds.

Motorola Tao (aka Sholes) caught in wild: “super slim” and all metal

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15 years ago
You probably can’t tell from this photo, but you’re supposedly looking at a pre-release Motorola Tao – aka the Motorola Sholes – that’s fallen into the hands of someone over at HowardForums.

SanDisk adds memory cards for PSP Go, DSi

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SanDisk on Wednesday announced it has released memory cards meant specifically for portable gaming systems such as Sony's PSP Go and PSP as well as the Nintendo DSi.

iHome ships dual-iPhone clock radio

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15 years ago
Catering to couples or multi-device owners, iHome this morning said it has started shipping the iP88. The clock radio is the company's first to have two Dock Connectors and can take audio from two iPhones or iPods (one at a time) in addition to charging both.

Safety: Obama Administration now looking to eliminate texting while driving

September 30th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Looks like the Obama Administration, which really ought to be focused on getting Americans like me affordable health care (unless doctors now accept World of Warcraft Gold as payment, lol!), has set its sights on eliminating the scourge of distracted driving once and for all.

MetroPCS expands nationwide unlimited service area

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15 years ago
We talk every now and again about new handsets that are added to prepaid networks like the one that MetroPCS offers. Those handsets are typically not the fanciest, but work well for most prepaid users. MetroPCS announced today that it was expanding its national area for unlimited prepaid calls.

Pioneer delivers first 12x Blu-Ray Writer

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Pioneer today announces its new BDR-205 Blu-ray Disc Computer Writer, the industry’s first and fastest model to feature up to 12x write speed for single and dual-layer Blu-ray Disc (BD) media*.

Rumor Roundup: iMac and Mac Mini due to refresh before October 9th?

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15 years ago
Filed under: Desktops, Hardware, Rumors, iMac, Mac miniWe have received countless tips about the availability of iMacs and Mac Minis - or lack thereof. AppleInsider posted earlier that Apple notified retailers that their Mac mini orders will not be filled at the moment -- but soon.

OnLive secures more venture funding for cloud gaming service

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We have talked about the slick sounding OnLive cloud-based gaming service before. The service allows users to play the same games as console and PC gamers without a console and without having to purchase any game software.

Android Powered Handheld – ODROID

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ODROID is an Android OS based gaming device that has a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen. The Android OS running is version 1.5. Powering the ODROID is an 833MHz CPU and 512MB of RAM is available.

Killer Snares turned into artful message

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I’ve been meaning to write this post for some time to recognize the amazing work being done by Dipesh Pabari at the Kenya Coast. When he told me he was turning snares set to kill wildlife into art I didn’t imagine it would look quite like this.

Apple talking to print for tablet books?

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A second and potentially more significant rumor today claims that Apple has been courting publications with the aim of putting text on iTunes for the sake of its upcoming tablet.

No invite for Google Wave?  Check out all-in-one Threadsy

September 30th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Section: Communications, Email / IM, Web, Web 2.0 / Social Networking, Web Apps, Websites A TechCrunch 50 finalist, Threadsy is a compelling way to consolidate communication.  I’ve been using Threadsy for the past week instead of GMail and the results have been impressive.  Here is...

Swordfish Net 102 Dual Processor Netbook

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15 years ago
A company called Haleron Technologies is releasing a netbook which features dual Intel Atom processors, the Swordfish Net 102 netbook.

Borders and Verizon team up for free Wi-Fi

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15 years ago
Everyone knows that the way to lure avid readers into your bookstore is to offer overpriced coffee and free Wi-Fi. This is the tact that Barnes & Noble took with AT&T to get customers into its stores to buy digital books. Borders has now teamed with Verizon to offer a similar Wi-Fi service.

Force Snow Leopard’s Dictionary.app to reuse definition window

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15 years ago
Filed under: Tips and tricksThe Dictionary.app in Snow Leopard has been driving me nuts. If you use LaunchBar or Spotlight (or probably any other method of sending a word to Dictionary.app), it opens a new window. And then another. And then another.

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