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iCam brings video from home to the iPhone

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Filed under: Accessories, Software, Internet Tools, iPhoneI was intrigued by Lauren's post the other day where she briefly talked about using the iCam phone app [App Store] to do some baby monitoring.

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OSX X bugfix release 10.5.8 weighs in at a hefty 274MB

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What’s the story with OS X updates? Seriously, it’s beyond comprehension. This one (10.5.8) only resolves around a dozen bugs and security issues (this or that not displayed right, general stability improvements in specific programs) yet tips the scales at a mammoth 274MB.

Marine Corps bans social networking sites

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Section: Web, Web 2.0, WebsitesThe U.S. Marine Corps have officially banned social networking from military networks. This means no Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace, among others. The ban has actually been in place for sometime, but has only just now become official. Marines who want...

Hands-on the Moxi HD DVR summer update: So close, but yet so far

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Digeo just pushed the summer Moxi HD DVR update and I had to check it out. I had a few issues with the DVR after the last release that was supposed to be resolved. One, I hate the vertical channel guide bar thing and the summer update added a traditional grid guide.

Mouse Blisters: Adhesive motorcycle grips for your mouse (not blisters)

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Please observe the unfortunately-named Mouse Blisters, an idea that may actually work to relieve strain in your oft-used mousing hand. And if it doesn’t work, you’re only out nine bucks. What is it?

Logitech Introduces 2 Wireless Presenters

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Hey Logitech, you're supposed to take August off. What's with the slate of new products? Yesterday, the company introduced the Unifying Receiver, which lets you wirelessly pair your notebook with multiple mice and keyboards.

DIY Form Fitting Camera Lense Holder

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We have all been in the situation when you have some expensive electronics that you need to pack in a bag to take it on the road. Often there are not enough padded separations available to allow you to place one item in each section.

Hands-On With the Zune HD

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The upcoming Zune HD was the talk of the GDGT launch event in San Francisco last night, and we got a look at the device. First impressions: It’s compact, lightweight, good-looking and has a very slick interface.

Dominic Hargreaves’s bike Can be Folded Into Its Own Wheel

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How Cool this bike(the above)! This bike which can be folded completely into the space of the wheel'..(more...

Looks like Call of Duty 4 will be on the Nintendo Wii this year

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Help me parse the following sentence: “The record-setting and award-winning Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is coming to Nintendo. Activision Publishing, Inc. will release Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Wii on November 10 in conjunction with the launch of Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2.”

Toaster, Toilet Lead Appliance Invasion of Twitter

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Pimpy3wash just finished doing a round of laundry. Hacklab.toilet just flushed and mattsoffice tweeted that the temperature is 83.3° F. It might seem like just another day in the Twitterverse, where prosaic, personal updates stream throughout the day.

Xbox 360 Pro, you will be missed (maybe)

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Take a close look at the box on the right. It’s an Xbox 360 Arcade, but one that only mentions the Arcade and Elite models. The implication, of course, is that Microsoft is phasing out the Pro model. See how the box on the left mentions the Pro, Arcade, and Elite model?

Garmin nuvi 1690 Portable navigation device

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Garmin nuvi 1690 navigation device was visiting FCC to get their approval and succeed. Support GSM, GPRS and EDGE network, Garmin nuvi 1690 also packs Bluetooth support.

Garmin Nuvifone coming in Q4, just in time for people to still not care

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In January of 2008, Garmin announced the Nuvifone. They were a bit light on details at the time (Who would offer it? How much would it cost?) but promised that it would be on the shelves by the third quarter of the same year. Well, that quarter passed. Then the next one.

Today on the CrunchGear Live Podcast

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Here are some of the topics from today’s podcast… Radio Shack changing to “The Shack”IT grad sues her college for $70,000 in tuition because she can’t find a jobApple tries to silence a man after his iPod touch explodedMicrosoft admits that it feels threatened by...

Google Chrome add some Bing

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Section: Web, Web Browsers, Google Google released a new beta of their Chrome browser today posting a claimed 30% gain in speed as well as some new feature improvements. One of the big additions is themes allowing the browser to more like Microsoft’s Bing search engine that has been...

Astronaut’s Tool Bag Vaporizes in Earth’s Atmosphere

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After months of circling the planet and getting ever closer, a lost tool bag that belonged to one of NASA's astronauts vaporized in a fiery burst as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up Monday, according to Space.com.Last November, the astronaut accidentally lost the tool bag during a...

iPhone 3GS video vs. Flip Mino HD

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Filed under: Multimedia, Odds and ends, iPhoneIt was an inevitable face off. The iPhone 3GS and the Flip Mino HD. One of our readers, Adrienne, did just such a test at the Dayton airshow July 18-19, and held the two cameras together to see how they compared.

CrunchDeals: Logitech Harmony 1000 remote for only $147

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There isn’t anything that impresses more than a touchscreen remote. Sure, the form factor is a little awkward at first, but damn are they sexy. When the Harmony 1000 remote debuted a few years ago, it carried an MSRP of $500.

Case Study: Freescale Netbook Design at SCAD, by Dave Malouf

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Final design by Mason Pfau UI Touchscreen design for a netbook aimed at tweens I'm a professor at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), where I've taught Interaction Design (IxD) in the Industrial Design department for two quarters now.

Aakash Nihalani

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The urban street art by Aakash Nihalani."My work is created in a reaction to what we readily encount..(more...

RIM readying combo resistive-capacitive touchscreen?

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The capacitive vs. resistive touchscreen dispute has been more or less settled with the popularity of the iPhone and other lozenge-shaped touchscreen devices, but that doesn’t mean the loser has to just bow out.

App Store rejections tied to third party rights infringements

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Filed under: Apple Corporate, Software, Developer, App Store, App ReviewApple recently invited a great deal of criticism after it rejected Google's Google Voice application from App Store.

Casio Hitachi C741 Misterious Handset

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FCC has just approved a new handset from Casio called Casio Brigade C741 but Casio filed the handset as Casio Hitachi C741. No details available at this time unless a sketchy image from FCC and an info that Casio Hitachi C741 support CDMA/EV-DO connectivity as well as Bluetooth.

Steering wheel for iPhone — yes, iPhone

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In what may be considered an enormous oversight on Apple’s part, tilt-to-steer racing games require weak technology lovers to hold their arms up in the air for tens of minutes. Tens! No iPhone owner possibly has that kind of upper body strength.

Hurry up and wait: StarCraft II delayed till early 2010

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Bad news, guys: Blizzard just “delayed” StarCraft II. (Did it ever have an official release date to begin with?) I just received the devastating electronic mail.

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