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SD Cards Will Soon Be Embedded 2008-09-11 18:05:00 A standard has been developed for embedded Secure Digital memory cards that address mobile issues like power consumption, and boot functionality. Read more:Cards
TC50(DemoPit): watchMEmelt, A Video-Centric Weightloss Community 2008-09-11 18:00:07 Obesity rates have reached epidemic levels in many countries, with an estimated 32% of American adults considered obese. Every year, many of them try countless new dieting fads, exercise regimens, and questionable dietary supplements, but their motivation often sputters out as they see slow results.
CookieMonster Can Steal HTTPS Cookies 2008-09-11 17:50:00 The Python-based tool actively gathers insecure SSL information and records that as well as normal HTTP cookies to Firefox-compatible cookie files. Read more:Cookies
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Without Wi-Fi, Mini-Computers Not As Magical 2008-09-11 16:47:54 The latest netbook in this genre is Dell's Inspiron Mini 9, a 2-pound machine with a 9-inch screen and wireless Internet card. Read more:Magical
Best Use of an LED Yet (Eating Children) [Halloween] 2008-09-29 20:00:00 Is it still called a Halloween
costume if you wear it all year long? Regardless, this anglerfish mask utilizes an LED to entertain friends, distracting them before it opens wide and engulfs their head a la mutant symbiote. OK, we might have presented that explanation without complete factual accuracy Read more:Children
Hubble Telescope Communication Breaks Down, Plot Thickens [Space] 2008-09-29 19:55:00 The complicated Hubble
repair and upgrade mission scheduled for October 14th just got even more complicated: Last Saturday, the Hubble's command and data-handling system broke down, rendering it unable to capture and transmit images to Earth. Read more:Space
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Carl Zeiss’ powerdomeVELVET planetarium projector: 2,500,000:1 contrast ratio 2008-09-29 19:41:00 Filed under: Displays , HDTV , Home Entertainment We've seen dynamic contrast
ratios on HDTVs climb as high as 2,000,000:1 , but an in-house design from the famed Zeiss
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blows that right out of the water. The powerdomeVELVET planetarium projector was obviously not designed with home cinema in mind, though the specifications are no less impressive.
NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse Lightning Review [Lightning Review] 2008-09-29 19:30:00 The Gadget Avatar
is the first-ever gaming mouse from NZXT, who's better known for its Battlestar Galactica-worthy PC cases . It's got the usual gaming mice features—a ridiculous DPI count with on-the-fly-switching, a crapload of customizable buttons, and bright, shiny lights. The Price : $70 . Read more:Gaming
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Netgear Polishes Wireless-N with WNR2000 and DGN2000 Routers [Wireless-N] 2008-09-29 19:00:00 Slowly but surely we're seeing Wireless
-N Wi-Fi become more established in the marketplace, and it's a good sign to see Netgear refreshing their line. Their new WNR2000 ($89) is a standard N router and the DGN2000 ($119) is the same router with a built-in DSL modem. Both systems feature Netgear's password-less Push 'N' Connect service along with more expensive kit bundle options that include USB W Read more:Routers
Sanyo’s 4LCD PLC-XP200L projector gets reviewed 2008-09-29 18:29:00 Filed under: Displays , Home Entertainment You're probably wondering if adding in a fourth panel to an LCD projector is really worthwhile. Read more:Sanyo
A Peek At Brightkite For the iPhone 2008-10-16 21:32:34 Brightkite , a geo-aware social network from the TechStars class of 2007, has given us a peek at the site’s upcoming iPhone
application, due to appear in the App Store in the next few weeks (pending Apple’s approval process). Brightkite’s featureset will be familiar to users of similar applications like Loopt . The app allows users to syndicate their current location to their fri
Handango beating Android Market to the paid app punch 2008-10-16 20:40:00 Filed under: Cellphones , Handhelds Handango is certainly no stranger to the business of hawking mobile apps for cash, and it's using its expertise constructively to beat Google's own AndroidMarket
out of the gate this time around. They're getting pretty snazzy with the payment terms, too, allowing developers to offer apps for free (though why anyone would do this instead of just using the on-dev Read more:beating
Eee PC turns one year old, slides under the $300 barrier to celebrate 2008-10-16 19:58:00 Filed under: Laptops You wouldn't know it by the vast array of spin-offs and iterations , but the Eee PC has only just now turned one year old and, whether by coincidence or design, it's also now finally dropped under the ever-elusive $300 mark. That doesn't come in the form of that rumored new sub-$300 model , however, but rather an existing Eee PC 900A that's now available from Best Buy for $299 Read more:turns
Amex Digital does what Steve won’t, intros portable Blu-ray burner for Macs 2008-10-16 19:10:00 Filed under: HDTV , Laptops , Peripherals A " bag of hurt ," huh Steve
? How do you like these Apples? Amex Digital
has stepped in to give prospective MacBook / MacBook Pro owners (and anyone with a fresh USB-equipped Mac, really) the ability to watch and burn Blu-ray Discs..
Adult Startup Zivity Cuts 1/3 Of Staff 2008-10-16 18:51:59 Zivity , the adult social network and media site that describes itself as a “community-powered showcase of female beauty”, has laid off 1/3 of its staff, cutting back from 22 employees to 14. (Again, 1/3 seems to be the magic number - Jive and Seesmic have both laid off about a third of their staff in the last week). Zivity is in a unique position as one of the only venture capital bac Read more:Adult
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Elmo Live! gets stripped of his dignity, red fur 2008-10-16 18:09:00 Filed under: Robots Heads-up: this post contains graphics unsuitable for viewing by not-yet-hardened 6 year olds. Now that you've read that (and hopefully shielded your youngin's innocent eyes from the image above), we're here to tell you that the unspeakable (though inevitable) has occurred. Read more:dignity
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