Archive for May, 2013
Wacky
Nintento Revolution World Wide Launch
Nintendo is planning a simultaneous world wide launch of its newest gaming console, the Nintendo Revolution. No other company has attempted this type of launch before, but if anyone can do it, Nintendo can. Nintendo President, ...
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Listen to Tunes When You’re on the Can
Only the Japanese… The product would be great if it was compatbile with popular music players, but then again what stops you from just taking your DAP into the bathroom. The device plays music via an SD card. Perhaps it h...
Cell Phones
Nokia N90 Review
Cooltechzone.com has a review of the ‘yet to officially hit US shores’ Nokia N90 (brethren of the Nokia N91). They weren’t impressed with the N90′s bulky size and hefty price tag (around $900). The phone...
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Google Base Confirmed
Google, by ways of Clickz, has confirmed their newest tool: Google Base. As mentioned yesterday, Google Base will be a Craigslist/eBay. Google’s spokesperson, Eileen Rodriguez wrote in an email: We are testing a new way for con...
MP3
iPod Jacket by Kenpo
Los Angeles clothing design firm, Kenpo, has released an iPod jacket. The jacket, designed to work with iPod and iPod minis (huh – minis are phasing out, right?), is tech meets style. The jacket is machine washable and requires...
Cell Phones
TMobile to Launch MDA Vario – Windows Mobile 5.0
Sometime later this year (in Germany, not sure on US launch) Tmobile will be replacing its MDA III (we never saw) with the MDA Vario. The phone is actually pretty neat looking as it offers a QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, GPRS, and EDG...
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Google to Offer a Craigslist/eBay for Free
We don’t know how Gearlive got their hands on Google’s newest tool, but they did. Google purportedly plans to launch a Craigslist like service called Base (see URL string in pic). Gearlive has theorized that the lis...
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RFID Chips to Appear in Passports
Holy privacy out the window Batman! Apparently, the US government has passed a mandate that will make RFID tags (primarily used in the tracking of goods, etc) mandatory in US passports. The RFID tags will transmit name, nationa...
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Professional Video Gaming
How would you like to earn $40-60k a year sitting on your ass? Well now you can. Just pick up the controller and start practicing on a highly competitive video game. The Washington Post has an ‘expose’ on the life o...
Photography
Canon Introduces WiFi Digital Camera
Canon will release a version of its compact Ixy digital camera with built in WiFi sometime this December, in Japan (Nikon recently released a version of their own). This is Canon’s first WiFi built in camera. The WiFi functiona...
Photography
Casio Announces Exilim Card EX-S600 Camera
Casio has announced an updated version of its Exilim Card EX series. The new Casio EX series gains not only an extra megapixel on its CCD – making it a 6 megapixel camera – but a brighter screen, and image stabiliza...
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Interesting Fact: 500k Lose Power A Day
Apparently 500,000 people lose power every day in the US. I had no idea, but last night my lights flickered a few times so it got me wondering. Course I live in a major metropolitan city, so chances are far slimmer then the mid...
