Umbrella Shoulder Holder
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This Japan's Umbrella Shoulder Holder that let's you keep your both hands free in the rain to carry ..(more...
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Mystery Mid looks like iTablet of 2007
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Check out this Android MID, from an unidentified source. It's remarkable because it's basically the iTablet of every crap mockup you ever saw: a reminder that the real thing, when it comes, is likely to have something unexpected and new to show for its years of development.
Microsoft Xbox 360 Sees Some Staggering Failure Rates
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Whether or not you’ve had an Xbox 360 or not, doesn’t really matter when it comes to hearing about the dreaded Red Ring of Death (RRoD) situation, and for many people, it looks like it may be the bane of their life. At least when it comes to gaming.
Best Buy Offers Free BlackBerry Curve, LG Smartphones
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Don't want to dish out several hundred dollars just so you can have a phone to surf the Web and check your e-mail on? Best Buy is offering three free smartphones when you sign up for a new wireless account.
Popular Mechanics ruggedize a notebook, a camera and a cell phone
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Remember making that science experiment where you have to drop a contraptions that houses an egg? Oh yeah. It’s a classic. Well, the geeks at Popular Mechanics did a similar thing expect with a Dell notebook, a Nikon camera, and a Nokia cell phone. Results?
Verbatim InSight HDD with permanent status display
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Verbatim have announced a new external hard-drive, though you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for a set of kitchen scales.
Preview: Snow Leopard (10A432)
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We’re a few weeks away from the official release of Snow Leopard and I’m here to tell you things are really heating up in the realm of Exchange Support, OpenCL, and being able to click on an icon to make all of its windows appear. Sorry. I’m just a crank.
New battery material could boost efficiency of electric cars by a factor of ten
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Electric cars have one major problem: Especially in the case of long drives, owners have to make too many stops to charge the battery. Now a group of researchers from Toyota and Tohuku University (in Northern Japan) announced progress on their work to do away with this inconvenience.
Chrome OS Makes Another Appearance
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While everyone else was enjoying their weekend, it looks like somebody was hard at work leaking some pretty important stuff. Well, it’s important if you like Google, Google’s Chrome browser, and anything new.
Dell say Mini 3i is just “proof of concept”; no news but China Mobile collaboration
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Looks like Dell aren’t quite ready to confess to launching the Mini 3i yet; the company has described the touchscreen smartphone as “a proof of concept“, and dismissed any idea that they are confirming specifications or even names of upcoming devices.
Verbatim InSight Portable USB Hard Drive
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Verbatim today announced its new portable storage media in the form of the Verbatim InSight. The device comes with a durable enclosure that is enhanced with a premium piano black finish that will appeal to professional as well as home users.
Mark Wentzel’s Fat Eames Chairs
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Mark Wentzel, an Atlanta-based sculptor, has modified the classic Eames lounge, "super-sizing" its cushions with foam and automotive upholstery, "alluding to topics of global obesity and consumption, and the potential cooperation among artists, designers, scientists and manufacturers to address...
Expensive GPS App TomTom Arrives for iPhone
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TomTom, a highly anticipated turn-by-turn navigation app for iPhone, has landed in the App Store. It ain’t cheap, though. For a hefty $100, TomTom delivers 3D GPS navigation accompanied with spoken turn-by-turn directions.
Let’s say: The music industry gets its way and throws everyone in jail. Then what?
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And now, the 900th note on Internet piracy written in the past week. It would appear that the UK is inching closer to a law that would require ISPs to disconnect people who download music, movies, etc. illegally.
ChromeOS spotted with dock and other blurry UI elements
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A blurry snapshot of ChromeOS has surfaced showing a new, Mac-like dock and some battery and wireless notifiers in the bottom corner. This OS looks so stripped down compared to other OSes we’ve used that we’re loathe to call it anything more than a shell.
Mac 201: Preparing your Mac for Snow Leopard
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Filed under: OS, Software, How-tos, Universal Binary, Snow LeopardWith Snow Leopard, the next version of Mac OS X, expected rumored to ship out any week day now, it's worth looking at one thing that can make upgrading to 10.6 a lot easier (at least on an Intel Mac-as most PowerPC Mac users should...
Logitech G27 Racing Wheel: the Closest Thing to Real Racing
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Racing game enthusiasts, you'll be glad to hear that Logitech today announced the G27 Racing Wheel (which replaces the G25).
Mysterious Android MID appears
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What is it? Is it a phone? It’s safe to say that it’s at least 3 inches deep and roughly 4 inches wide based on shots taken atop the Sony Vaio P. Other than that, nothing else is known about this mysterious Android MID. At least we know it has an SD card slot, but little else.
I Hate Monday
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Normally, I have nothing at all against Mondays…in fact, when I’m not laid off they’re usually my only day off in a week. However, now I’m in the same boat with most of you. Monday is not my friend.
iPhone Soap
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The iPhone Soap by Etsy saler twoeggplants. It is roughly the same size as the actual iPhone, "with ..(more...
SanDisk Cruzer Micro 16 GB USB Flash Drive
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I actually have lower capacities of this drive. Flash drives are pretty ubiquitous these days, but still extremely helpful. What makes the SanDisk Cruzer Micro 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive nice is the little features it comes with.
Palm Cares About Gaming on the Pre
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Right now, Palm’s Pre isn’t quite a gaming powerhouse. Actually, it’s not at all, and for a lot of people, that’s something they wish would be alleviated, and soon.
Apple tablet sounding more interesting by the day: An external monitor you can take with you (and more)
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What is the Apple tablet actually supposed to do? Previously we didn't have a very clear picture, but now we're starting to get a sense of the device's position in the current product landscape: The latest rumors from Gizmodo point to it essentially being an external monitor you could take with...
ioSafe Solo External Rugged Hard Drive – Review
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We recently received an ioSafe Solo external hard drive in the post, so I thought it was about time to check it out and see what it was like.
NY indie coffee shops probably driving customers to Starbucks
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In what I think is a bad move by these independent coffee shops in NYC, they’re shooing their laptop-wielding customers who camp out and buy very little in the way of coffee.
The Most spoiled teenager in the world?!
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This was too good of a story not to post, especially for the jealousy that it will generate among … well, everyone! Mom, Patti Deni, gave her teenage son a huge gift in his new bedroom of their newly built home, and we do mean huge - a 98″ video projection screen TV.
