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Garmin Introduces Oregon Series GPS For The Outdoors
[12 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

If you’re an outdoors type, you’ve got to check out the new Garmin Oregon Series GPS. I swear by my current Garmin, and this new Oregon series looks to be even better. We’ll follow up with another review, once we get our hands on one.
The Garmin Oregon series of handheld GPS devices for outdoor, marine and fitness enthusiasts, combines an intuitive touchscreen interface, rugged, resilient design and a variety of preloaded mapping options.

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Etch A Sketch iPhone App Available From Freeze Tag
[12 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

Everyone is blogging about the launch of the new iPhone with 3G capability so you may have missed this announcement from the folks at Freeze Tag.
One of my all-time, absolutely favorite games is now available as an iPhone app.
Introducing, (drum roll please…) The all new Etch A Sketch for iPhone!

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Seagate Barracuda 7200 1.5TB Hard Drive
[12 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

Running out of storage space on your 1 terabyte hard drive?  Seagate has a solution.
Seagate on Thursday unveiled 1.5TB desktop and half-terabyte notebook hard drives, claiming industry firsts for both.
The Barracuda 7200 1.5TB drive is aimed at the desktop market and the half-a-terabyte jump in capacity from 1TB marks “the single largest capacity hard drive jump in the more than half-century history of hard drives”, according to the company. Both drives use perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology.
Seagate also announced a new pair of 500GB hard drives for notebooks. The 2.5-inch …

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Yahoo To Offer Ad Supported Games
[12 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

Yahoo! Games has announced it will offer its users over 400 ad-supported game titles by the end of 2008, working with Double Fusion and NeoEdge to provide pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll advertisements into thier games catalogue.
Yahoo Games contains a mix of editorial and entertainment content. In addition to reviews and articles, it hosts Web-based games in several categories  from Flash-based to social to skill-based to strategy-based both ad-supported and paid. Yahoo believes embracing downloadable games will let it provide a richer user experience.
“In game advertising is a win-win for Yahoo! …

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Instructables Book Contest
[11 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

One of my FAVORITE websites, Instructables.com, is running an Instructables book contest and they want you to be in it!
O’Reilly’s Maker Media team (the folks behind MAKE Magazine) is going to publish The Best of Instructables Volume I this fall and over 100 Instructables will be in it.
Since there are now over 14,000 Instructables (yow!) on the site they are asking for your help to choose some of the Instructables that will be included in the book. To do this they are opening up The Instructables Book Contest to every …

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President Bush To Sign FISA Bill
[9 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

President George W. Bush said he will quickly sign into law a new spy Bill approved by the Senate, after a fierce standoff over the measure expanding legal authority for electronic wiretaps.
President Bush hailed the revised Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) passed by Congress today as a “vital intelligence Bill that will allow our national security professionals to quickly and effectively monitor the plans of terrorists outside the United States, while respecting the liberties of the American people”.
The Bush administration had threatened a veto the bill unless the legislation included …

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Flipswap - Cash In On Your Old Cell Phone
[9 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

Flipswap offers you a fast, free and “green” way to give your cell phone a second life.
Flipswap gives you the opportunity too turn your old cell phone for a new one, get cash, or make a donation to your favorite charity. How cool is that?
With hundreds of thousands of people already using the service they’ve had a lot of experience how to do phone swaps and do it right.
Below are just a few of the reasons from the Flipswap website that demonstrate why people are using the service.
Flipswap is Free
Whether …

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The H2O-powered Corgi H2GO RC Car
[12 Jun 2008 | No Comment | ]

We’ve seen water-powered cars before, but the Corgi H2GO is a world first because you can actually steer it. Previous models didn’t prove too exciting as they just went in a straight line, which is about as much use as a Play-Doh hammer.

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700 Cameras Flash Over The Brooklyn Bridge
[30 May 2008 | One Comment | ]

ImprovEverywhere recently published pictures from ‘The Camera Flash Experiment’ they organized. The event took place to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge, and 700 people were present, each one with their own camera.

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REMY - The Blanket That Wakes You Up
[27 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

There are many days when you wake up tired (if you allow me to say this) because you couldn’t sleep very well. Now, thanks to REMY, the biometric blanket, you can review your sleep as a camera records all the movements of your body in your sleep. REMY was designed by Dasha Anokhina and it can wake you up as it starts to light up and simulates dawn when it’s near your chosen alarm time. You will get to work on time as now you have another annoying thing to …

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Apple Planning To Integrate Solar Cells On Portable Devices
[26 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

While we were waiting for Apple to announce the 3G iPhone, we found out that they are looking to add “Solar cells on portable devices” as their patent is called. The application, dated 24th April 2008, shows that Apple is planning to fit in solar cells on iPhones, iPods and MacBooks.

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Illuminated Confusion From Nike
[20 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

Nike Dunk High Custom features a neon green light on the sides that will either glow or blink. Each shoe is powered by one AAA battery and if worn carefully, the only thing you’ll replace at them is the batteries.

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The Smoke-Free Fireplace
[18 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

Planika Fires announced they have found your way to put a small fireplace in almost any piece of furniture you can imagine. Aside that, you won’t have to bother about the smoke or smell, because they are using a new kind of fuel, called fanola.

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It’s Official! Now You Download HBO Content From iTunes
[13 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

The deal between HBO and Apple is finally official and from now on you can download HBO’s content from iTunes. This agreement was expected for a while, but better later than never therefore you can start downloading, The Wire, Rome, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, and Deadwood.
Rome, Sopranos and Deadwood is available for $2.99, and the Wire, Sex and the City can be downloaded for $1.99. Also, I should mention the Flight of the Conchords that is available for $1.99. We can’t wait to see the next additions and …

Misc., Mobile Phones »

3G iPhone Closer - The Latest Beta Release Of Firmware 2.0 Shows That
[11 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

Here is another sign which shows that 3G iPhone is on the way - the latest beta release of Firmware 2.0 specially made for the iPhone includes the “Enable 3G” mode which can be disabled and the iPhone will go back to GPRS/EDGE in order to save some battery, because 3G which is a faster service “decreases battery life”. You can check this out for yourself, just go to Applications/Preferences.app/Network.plist in the beta release. I can’t wait to 3G iPhone to be released and I hope that Apple will not …

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