Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesAsus to launch desktop Eee PC
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Asus is expanding its low-budget Eee PC range with three new models. The first machine to be launched by the Taiwanese manufacturer will be the E-DT, a desktop PC.Set to be released later this spring, it will initially run on Intel’s Celeron processors, but will move to Intel’s new Shelton platform towards the end of [...]
Making money with Online gaming
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Electronic Arts have announced that they will give away a free version of their popular title called Battlefield!
The whole idea behind this is that they will make money via advertising and also from gamers buying weapons and other virtual items. The idea of giving away free games seems to be quite new, but the [...]
IOGEAR’s Pen Digital Scribe in Action
Monday, January 21st, 2008HP Touch technology demonstrated at CES 2008.
The demo didn’t go fully as planned, but you can see the potential of the technology!
Very cool!
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Forget Ringtones, Horntones are here!
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Groovy Gadgets for Gearheads
Source: http://canadafreepress.com
By Jim Bray
Horntones. I don’t know if it’s the greatest gadget for the car since the turbocharger – or the worst example of a company chasing profits at the expense of public good. One thing I do know is that it made me laugh so hard when I [...]
Sony’s TransferJet or Wireless USB? What is your pick?
Friday, January 18th, 2008Well, Sony has decided to throw a spanner in the works with the news of their new TransferJet technology which allows you to transfer data wirelessly across devices. But wait a second… isnt that the same thing that Wireless USB is supposed to do?
And what is the point of bringing out a completely new [...]
Criminals to be Microchipped
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Injected chip plan to track offenders
Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz
Britain is planning to implant “machine-readable” microchips – like those used on pets – under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of electronic tagging.
Because of concerns about the security of existing tagging systems and prison overcrowding, the British Ministry of Justice is investigating the [...]
USB Pole Dancer for your desktop!
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Well now I have seen it all!
A USB Pole Dancer!! Come check out some really bizarre but very cool little gadgets.
Take a look at the USB pole dance in action on youtube
Come have a look at some more weird gift ideas here.
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Bring back the Iomega Zip Drive?
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Well apparently Iomega are bringing back their Zip drives that were only mildly popular in the 90’s. Well I know I for one was no big fan of them, as the hardware was bulky, and expensive compared to CD and later DVD technology.
Iomega has decided to drop the name Zip, and call it the [...]
EEE PC Touch Screen
Thursday, January 10th, 2008We have seen some really neat stuff in terms of Hacks and Mods to the EEE PC, but I think this by far has to be one of the coolest!
The Touch Screen Hack seems quite easy to implement, and also very cheap! (Approximately $60 from Ebay). Here is an Ebay Auction for a 7″ Touch [...]
Comcast Wideband is coming
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Wow this is exciting news!!
I just heard the launch of Wideband (or at least the announcement about it), by Comcast’s CEO Brian Roberts. What is it and what does it mean?
Well basically, Robert’s did a demo by downloading a 300MB file using a standard cable modem, which he downloaded in 17 seconds!! How cool [...]