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Photographing bats looks really damn hard

September 18th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
What a great bat shot! I captured bats in flight by accident when I was in India, but to actually set the focus, composition, and so on, and do it on purpose? No. I prefer flowers — they don’t fly away or get in your hair or bite your ears or make that bat noise.

Dell Latitude Z may have wireless charging

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15 years ago
A recent soft Forbes article on Dell reveals that the PC maker will soon release a high-end notebook PC, the Latitude Z, that may have wireless charging capabilities.

Smells Like Horology! Watch Brand Nooka Introducing Frangrances!

September 18th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Ok, now I've seen it all. All except maybe Rolex Jock Itch Cream or Swatch Breath Spray. Give it time...Nooka eau de parfum communicates a universal language that transcends opposites.

Blizzard reveals some technical data about World of Warcraft

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15 years ago
Blizzard released some interesting information about the inner workings of World of Warcraft recently at GDC Austin. During their keynote speech, they talked about the history of the Warcraft games, and what exactly made their game so successful where others have failed.

T-Mobile switches on 21Mbps 3G in Philadelphia

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T-Mobile on Friday said it has started rolling out the first 3G network in the US to support HSPA+. Currently active through about 20 cell sites in Philadelphia, the new network gives T-Mobile the fastest mobile Internet in the country with peak downloads of 21Mbps and uploads as high as 5.76Mbps.

Best Buy ad says the Wii will be $199 too

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15 years ago
Once again, the Wii will be $199 very soon. [via Kotaku]

Griffin unveils MyPhones – volume-limiting headphones for kids

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15 years ago
Griffin today announced MyPhonesTM volume limiting headphones for kids. These premium over-the-ear headphones are safe, comfortable and customizable for children aged 3 to 12, and unlike anything else on the market.

TUAW Tip: Option-clicking the green button

September 18th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Filed under: OS, Software, TUAW Tips, Mac 101 When iTunes 9 changed the behavior of the green "maximize" button to shrink the player to the mini player, I adapted quickly. Option-clicking is pretty easy to do since the option key (unlike control) is on both sides of my laptops' keyboards.

Hands On With The Fujifilm W1 3-D Digital Camera

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15 years ago
Some gadgets just hit the "awesome" button in the deep, lizard part of your brain. At an NVIDIA meeting today, my "awesome" button got smacked hard by the Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W1, the world's first point-and-shoot, consumer 3-D digital camera.

Autodesk launches SketchBook Mobile for the iPhone

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15 years ago
Autodesk today announced that Autodesk SketchBook Mobile is available on the App Store. Autodesk SketchBook Mobile is a new professional-grade paint and drawing app that offers a full set of sketching tools in a streamlined and intuitive user interface designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod...

Nikon Coolpix S1000pj: A Point-and-Shoot With a Projector

September 18th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
You might suspect that executives at tech companies spend a lot of time sitting around, trying to figure out what two pieces of consumer electronics they can cram into a single device. Case in point: the newest iPod nano, which was magically transformed into a pocket camcorder.

Sprint WiMax service to go live in Chicago on Oct. 6

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Sprint will sell its 4G WiMAX mobile broadband service to Chicago residents starting on October 6th, when it will officially be announced during a press event.

The PS3’s yellow light of death: Big deal, or sorta ‘meh’?

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The BBC is running a piece about “the yellow light of death,” the PS3’s equivalent of the Xbox 360’s “red ring of death.”

HTC Leo shots, video back capacitive multi-touch

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15 years ago
A new demo on Friday supported notions that the HTC Leo will have the first-ever capacitive touchscreen and multi-touch input on a Windows Mobile device.

Facebook addiction taken to a whole new level of stupidity

September 18th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Section: Gadgets / Other, Miscellaneous, WebThe lure of Facebook has once again proven to get the better of someone.  That said, I do want to point out that you could really switch “Facebook” for any other big name site and this deals more with the stupidity of the person involved,...

Watch Your Black – Sarpaneva Watches Introduces Moonphase iPhone Application

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15 years ago
Sarpaneva Black Moon iPhone ApplicationExtending the award-winning communication design concept, Sarpaneva Watches announces the Sarpaneva Black Moon application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch mobile devices, available now for free download at iTunes App Store.Sarpaneva Korona K3 Black Moon is...

Lego Baseplate Shirt

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15 years ago
The Lego Baseplate Shirt($18) is a Brick Construction Shirt with the black baseplate on the front, s..(more...

ASUS UL30A

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15 years ago
Boy, this new notebook from ASUS, UL30A, take my breath away. It is slim, nice designed and outstanding battery life. Over 11 hours battery life? Man, I love it!

Apple, eBay, other online vendors face encryption lawsuit

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15 years ago
Apple and eBay are among many online retailers named in a new patent infringement lawsuit, reports say.

Teclast shows off 1080p capable PMP

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15 years ago
An upcoming portable multimedia player from Teclast has been spotted along with its specifications. The T56 uses a 5-inch color display with an 800x480 resolution, but it should support up to 1080p and display it at native size thanks to its HDMI output.

Rumor: Nikon D3s to have 14fps and 1080p and unicorns

September 18th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Nikon rumors are always so fun. Idle speculation always runs wild, while sometimes they get it, most the time they don’t. This rumor keeps feeding on itself however, and we’re seeing more and more sites talking about this.

Hands-on Video With the Motorola Cliq and HTC Hero

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Android may have finally made it. It took a year, but we're finally starting to see some cool new handsets for Google's open-source mobile OS. Last night at the Pepcom press event, the new HTC Hero and Motorola Cliq were on display.

New Gyration Air Mouse Elite and Keyboard now available

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15 years ago
Movea unveiled its new and most elegant in-air mouse — the Gyration Air Mouse Elite. Responding to natural hand movements, the Air Mouse Elite frees presenters and PC users from the desktop, offering them an unprecedented level of interaction with presentation content, digital media, casual...

Take a stroll down memory lane

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15 years ago
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Cult of Mac, AppleMost Mac users know the ads that Apple produces are really good and very effective at getting a message across. It's pretty much been that way from the start. Don't believe me?

Roomba Art

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15 years ago
A Flickr group, they make long-exposure photographs of their iRobot Rhoomba robot vacuum cleaners zi..(more...

Review: Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox 360)

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15 years ago
After finally adding some drummy goodness with Guitar Hero World Tour and then issuing the video game equivalent of a greatest hits album, the newest installment of Activision’s wildly popular Guitar Hero series has hit the market.

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