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Tech NewsMicrosoftWhat Your Console Tells Your Date Besides the Fact You’re a Geek
At MSN Match, a crack group of armchair psychologists (plus one real one) use a dude’s choice of gaming machine to reveal the inner reaches of their very soul to potential dates. We take it a step further, reading in between the lines they’ve already read between. Ladies, a Wii owner is selfish about his … Continued
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Motorola Releases Motopure H12 Bluetooth Headset
Motorola announced a new Bluetooth headset today dubbed the Motopure H12. Along with the charging base and carrying case, the Motopure features Motorola’s crystal talk technology (previously exclusive to their handsets) which uses two microphones for noise reduction purposes. Boy Genius Report got a hands-on with it and called it one of the most comfortable … Continued
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Retractable Wii Sensor Bar Brings Gaming to Grandma’s
The problem with taking your Wii to your relatives’ place for Thanksgiving is that the sensor bar, much like ourselves, is both fragile and awkward to travel with. This retractable sensor bar helps eliminate breakage by shrinking up into a small and convenient package when not in use. Sure, it’s probably not as good as … Continued
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Two Possible Mac Data Loss Issues Still Unadressed by Apple
Although no official word has been released by Apple, there appears to be two serious data loss issues that could affect MacBook owners and users of Mac OS X Leopard. According to blogger Tom Karpik, Leopard’s Finder has a bug in its directory-moving code that can result in massive data loss when transferring large files—regardless … Continued
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How to Comment: Team Fortress 2
After winning Halo 3 last month, the Giz crew’s decided to move on to Team Fortress 2. Any readers interested in playing with/against us on Xbox Live? If so, leave your gamertag in the comments and we’ll get something going. You can even get some reader on reader matches going to fight it out for … Continued
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Wind Shade Roof Keeps You Cool, Friendly With Al Gore
The Wind Shade Roof is basically a large roof (surprise) decked out with an arsenal of wind turbines that perform the combo power of providing shade and electricity to whatever’s below or around it. Michael Jantzen’s rendering of his concept shows it employed over a pool in the middle of the desert—where it’s powering all … Continued
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Bookeen Cybook V3 Puts a Soundtrack to Your eBooks
The last time we talked about the Bookeen Cybook was in 2004, so we’re keen on seeing what new features made it into their Gen3 device. In short, now their eReader can handle 8,000 page turns in a single charge (that’s more than all the Harry Potters combined), an SD slot, RSS reading, and MP3 … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
Keyboard Made With Hundreds of Postage Stamps
Stamp collecting or “philately” (as nerds in the know insist on calling it) has never really been all that interesting to me. In fact, I always considered it to be extremely boring. But one look at this beautiful stamp keyboard has changed my mind. There are actually 10 of these keyboards in existence, with each … Continued
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AT&T Cuts U-Verse Fiber Optic Rollout Schedule Estimates
After cutting U-verse rollout schedule estimates in May for the end of 2008 from availability in 19 million homes to 18 million, AT&T’s at it again, now chopping it to 17 million. Apparently the rollout in former BellSouth territory (the Southeast) is causing the snag, as well as forcing AT&T to pump more cash into … Continued
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Sony Ericsson K660 Candybar Allows Landscape Web Surfing
Sony Ericsson just announced its new K660 web-optimized candybar. Sporting HSDPA connectivity, it lets you surf the web using the 2-inch screen horizontally and has custom web shortcut buttons. It also comes loaded with Google Maps for Mobile, although you’ll be typing in your location manually as there’s no GPS on board. It also has … Continued
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Sony Ericsson MD300 USB 3G Modem Supports Windows, Mac
The MD300 USB 3G modem doesn’t just look slick with its silver or black finish, it supports HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE or GPRS connectivity to keep you connected while you’re getting skin cancer outdoors. The device supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Mac OS X, something most people don’t usually do right out of the gate. … Continued
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Sony Ericsson Updates Walkman Phone Line With W890 and W380
The two latest Walkman phones from Sony Ericsson, the W890 and W380, continues their music-focused approach by loading up Walkman Player 3.0, the newest release of their player software. The W890 has features we’ve seen before, such as FM radio, 3G HSDPA, SensMe tempo and mood detector, Stereo Bluetooth, a 3.2-megapixel camera and quad-band GSM. … Continued
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Video: Rip-a-Way 1000 Wedgie Proof Underwear
Fox News got an interview with the two 8-year twin old geniuses who invented wedgie proof underwear, dubbed the Rip-a-way 1000. The rigged a pair of boxers with fasteners at the seams, so these aren’t so different from the pull away warm up pants (AKA, hiphop tuxedo). But like most of the best inventions, the … Continued
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Is the HTC Omni the Google Android ‘Dream’ Phone?
The possible gPhone prototype we pointed out yesterday named the “Dream” might just be this HTC Omni communicator. The first reason is that HTC’s actually seen and commented on the internal Google prototype, even going so far as to consider developing a real version of the reference design. Unwired View matches up the description of … Continued
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OLPC Starts Mass Production in China
The $200 OLPC XO laptop has finally hit mass production (a full two years after it was announced), and is now being churned out at a plant two hours northwest of Shanghai. Quanta, the Taiwanese company contracted to make the laptops (which are $200 in case you didn’t see see that in the previous sentence) … Continued
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Dell Teases Us with One A2010 PC, Forgetting We Have Pictures of It Already
Dell’s gone and posted a teaser site for its upcoming One all-in-one PC, complete with cryptic trailer only showing parts of the machine. The suspense is killing me! Or at least it would be if we hadn’t discovered all sorts of pictures of the thing on the FCC website a couple weeks ago. https://gizmodo.com/dell-xps-one-a2010-leaked-by-the-fcc-reveals-optional-314362 Dell’s … Continued
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Outrageous Rube Goldberg-Style Animation Brings Online Catalog to Life
Is this a shopping site or a Rube Goldberg machine? It’s both. Ride along with the rambunctious kitchen items in this brilliant example of Flash programming on a promo site from Dutch retailer Hema. The site loads slowly because there are probably thousands of readers just like you trying to view its hilarious animation, but … Continued
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H2O Audio H3 Earphones Good for Water Lovers and Landlubbers
If you’ve got some serious underwater basket weaving to do, these H2O Audio H3 earbuds might be just what you need to keep you entertained. The company says it’s improved the sound of these earphones over their predecessors, boosting the bass response as well as increasing their overall output by 10dB. The H3s are made … Continued