Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Some cool gadgets for the gangster look

Take a look at some cool gadgets such as a laptop lowrider, universal firearm remote, and the bling ringer. Also forms excellent gifts.

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Microsoft Gadgets

Very nice Microsoft blog for a new category of mini applications.

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007 Gadgets

A really cool site listing and explaining many of James Bonds famous gadgets-with pictures!

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Windows Gadgets - CAN THEY GET ANY UGLIER!!?

The Wow started NEVER with these things. This link takes you to the "Top Rated". The highest rating is 3 of 5 stars, none of them even deserve that much. One of my 'favorites' is "Gold and Silver", which as expected "Displays the current price of precious metals gold and silver expressed in US Dollars (USD) updated every 10 minutes". One word: WOW.

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Education 2.0: The Essential Student Gear Guide from the cool kids at Wired

Ah, college. The unabashed freedom, the midterm exams, the epic parties … the crippling poverty. But don't worry. Just because you're shipping off to sleep-away school, it doesn't mean you have to give up your gadget addiction. It just means you have to pick and choose your tech more carefully than you did when you were raiding Mom's purse for a

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The REAL Camera Behind Cloverfield

For those who've seen the unique monster movie Cloverfield, you know that the story is supposed to be shot by the aptly-named character "Hud" from a cheapo handheld consumer camera. Convincing the audience of that point was one of the movie's most successful angles.

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Current Blu-ray Players Won't Correctly Play Future Discs

Regarding current Blu-ray player owners, Blu-ray developers stated, "They knew what they were getting into." Representatives at the Blu-ray booth at CES said that the PlayStation 3 is currently the only player they would recommend, due to upcoming changes to the platform.

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Alltel Feature Turns Voicemail to Text

Cellphone service provider Alltel unveiled a new feature that uses voice-recognition software to allow wireless phone customers to read their voicemail messages as text messages instead of dialing in and listening to them. Fees for the service start at $4.99 for 20 voicemail conversions a month and go up to $19.99 monthly for 100 conversions.

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The Greener Gadgets Conference!

On February 1, 2008 industry leaders, entrepreneurs, journalists, and product designers will gather in New York Cty to discuss the growing need to green the consumer electronics industry.

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NEC has their own 2880x900 curved gaming display

We feel sorry for poor NEC. While everyone at CES is busy buzzing about Alienware's gorgeous curved DLP display (including us), NEC is quietly showing off its CRVD-42DWX+ display that's more or less identical: a 2880x900 (double WXGA+) panel with a contrast ratio of 10000:1.

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Mitsubishi's Laser TV Looks Stunning

Mitsubishi put together quite a spectacle to introduce its Laser TV last night at the Moon Nightclub at The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, unveiling a 65-inch rear-projection set that uses a unique laser backlight. The result is some of the most vivid color we've ever seen on any TV

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Innovative Designs and Devices

This article presents innovative, futuristic gadgets, devices, designs and concepts. Unless explicitly specified, none of these cut-edge design concepts is currently being manufactured. None of them is available for end-users which is why neither the price nor links to the stores are mentioned.

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Video: Casio EX-F1 shoots in Super Slo-Mo

Ever wished you could reproduce those super-slow-motion shots taken by the pros? Now you can. Casio's new EX-F1 can record full motion video at 1200fps. That's enough frames to catch water droplets fall in unbelievably detailed flight.

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LG's Watch Phone

Amazing new watch phone/computer. Can anyone say production please?

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Casio's EXILIM Pro: Still Pics at 60 FPS, Video at 1,200 FPS

Casio's new EXILIM Pro EX-F1 is a new shooter than can take up to 60 full-resolution still photos in one second, ensuring that at least one comes out well. We saw this as a prototype, but the real deal is even better than we anticipated.

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Jalopnik Guide To Cell Phone Usage Laws

Jalopnik's got an extensive guide to the ins and outs of talking while driving. From the basics (which stated you can and cannot do it), to legalese on earpiece and city rules are explained on full

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Meet the Disintegrator: 24 barrels of rubber band minigun!

The 24-barrel, tripod-mountable monster you see above, lovingly known as the Disintegrator, was rather amazingly hand-carved and assembled by Anthony Smith of the UK, who spent four months on the ambitious build. Unlike your dinky little six-shooter, this model boasts a 288-band capacity and 40-round-per-second firing capability.

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