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Profit up at Verizon on strong wireless sales 2008-10-27 22:55:06 Verizon Communications' stock price jumped 10.1 percent Monday on news that profit increased 31 percent for the third quarter, buoyed by surprising gains in the number of new wireless customers. Verizon Wireless, which is a joint venture of Verizon and Vodafone Group, added 2.1 million customers in the quarter — to total 70.8 million.Verizon is the No. 2 wireless carrier behind AT&T, which has 7 Read more:Verizon
Network Access Of USB Devices 2008-10-27 22:52:33 In some respects, the technology of USB, and the devices that utilize it, has been a major step in the continuously changing world of computers. It is probably the first widely accepted plug-and-play system to work since the concept was introduced. But, as with most things, when users grow comfortable with something that was once new, they start seeing and feeling its shortcomings, and looking to Read more:Access
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Samsung rolls out HDTVs 2008-10-27 22:50:03 FOLLOWING the release of the company’s entry level and mid-range models many moons ago, Samsung
has rounded out the company’s range of HDTVs with the high-end models, namely the Series 7, 8 and 9. With the higher-end models, the main attraction (other than better picture quality) is that all three series have network (and Internet) connectivity. This connectivity comes with a number of service
ITech Fitness Taps Metzger for National Active Gaming Campaign 2008-10-27 22:48:31 iTech Fitness has chosen integrated strategic Icommunications firm Metzger Associates to help build the company's leadership position in active gaming, the rising new trend that combines exercise and fitness with electronic gaming technology. "From the early years of the Information Age, to mass-market adoption of technology solutions, Metzger Associates built its reputation handling communication Read more:Active
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The best way to download photos from your digital camera to computer 2008-10-27 22:46:20 With multiple generations of digital cameras in use in my household, memory card readers are our method of choice for downloading photos
. I find it much easier to pop the memory card out of a camera and into a card reader than keeping track of all those camera cables. Plus, a card reader makes it easy to drag and drop photos off the memory card and onto any of our computers, Mac or PC.
Sleazy Devs' "Free" Android Apps Actually Bait-and-Switch Schemes 2008-10-27 22:45:02 Well, this is asinine. Since the Android
Market won't support paid apps until next year, asshat developers are disguising links to paid apps as free ones. When you click on the "free" applications, it takes you to the devs' site, where you get to pay a lovely fee for it. Mobihand's Fast Food Calorie Calculator is one example of this scumsuckery. Look, it's cool to charge for apps, as long as you'r Read more:Actually
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Santa USB Hub 2008-10-27 22:43:30 Your desktop is surrounded by loads of usb gadgets? If you're looking for a hub to re-organize your messy working desk then have a look at the Santa
Hub. At first glance it looks like a normal Santa toy, but check the bottom part and you'll find 4 usb ports! What's more, as soon as you connect it to a computer it starts glowing in different colors ranging from blue, green, purple, red, yellow to w
The Firstlauncher Starter Kit for self defense 2008-10-27 22:39:16 For those that are a little worried about self defense, you probably have carried pepper spray before. My problem with pepper spray is I worry about having the time to dig it out of my purse or just flat out not having it on me. Well this cool Flashlauncher has a slight edge in that department at least at night. It also has a built-in flashlight. Which means it’s already in your hand, so all Read more:Starter
China Goes With Lenovo For Its Own Google Phone 2008-10-27 22:36:59 China will be getting its own version of an Android device in the first quarter of 2009, but rather than going with HTC's G1 handset, China Mobile is opting for a Lenovo
Mobile version of the Google
phone instead. Details on the Lenovo Android are scarce, but considering the G1's already available through less-than-legal channels in the country, it'll be interesting to see how it fares. Read more:China
Terry the Turtle Throws Curses At Passerby! 2008-10-27 22:35:54 I must say I have never seen a gizmo which throws really bad curses at passerby!!! If you want to have some fun with your visitors then buy this Terry
the Turtle. The battery-powered gizmo can be placed near your desktop so that you can have some really good time at your friends' expense. Terry the Turtle comes with a dual-operation setting: the not-that-rude mode and the "freedom to curse" one. Read more:Curses
Smule Sonic Vox 2008-10-27 22:34:22 We have covered iPhone applications from Smule before, like the Sonic
Lighter, which gives you a flame for your portable touchscreen. While there might not be a practical use for a virtual flame, Smule has released the Sonic Vox, something that will bring even more fun.Sonic Vox has no flame to play with, but you can have some fun playing with your voice. This isn’t some application where you re
Black and Decker Lights out AutoSwitch - Motion sensing light switch timer and controller 2008-10-27 22:33:20 One of the biggest energy problems we face daily is the realization or just the guilt of not knowing if we have turned the light
s off in our home as we leave for work. Sure there are Hi-Tech controls that let you remotely control your home lighting with a click of a mouse from anywhere on the globe, but what if you don't have that solution in your home. We are all not living in Bill Gate's Mansion Read more:Black
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Coming, robots to the classroom 2008-11-16 23:31:47 CHENNAI: To introduce the concept of robotic education in the city, a Chennai-based training academy that specialises in robotics training organised the Robot Fair ’08 here on Sunday. Rahul Gupta, manager of Business Development of Techtronics, a Delhi-based company which acts as an interface between the school curriculum and LEGO’s Activity Based Learning and Robotic products, said very soon Read more:robots
Veoh Makes Web Video More Portable 2008-11-16 23:25:58 NEW YORK Veoh has partnered with SanDisk, a company that produces memory cards and Flash drives for devices like PCs and digital cameras, to make online video more portable. Consumers who purchase a SanDisk Cruzer USB Flash drive can now download video content from Veoh's vast library, which includes a mix of long-form, professionally produced fare and user-generated clips, via a specially designe Read more:Portable
Vizio SV470XVT 47-Inch HDTV 2008-11-16 23:12:06 The Vizio SV470XVT produces good (albeit at times dark) images, but it lacks some of the design conveniences of certain other HDTV
s in its category, such as the Samsung LN46A650, the Samsung LN46A550, and the Panasonic TH-46PZ800U. Surprisingly, the SV470XVT occasionally struggled to keep moving objects clear. Two jurors noted slight vibrations in the Vatican wall's bricks in our Mission: Impossib
Technology Website Provides All-In-One Digital Camera 2008-11-16 23:11:09 The site, founded by Harold Morgan, was launched in May 2008. Carrying a variety of digital cameras and digital camera accessories, the site features cameras for every age with varying levels of features. "Our site provides a high quality product that is more cost-effective in the end," said Morgan. "After all the money people spend developing film, digital cameras can save you a lot of money in t Read more:Camera
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Woman Stabs Rapist in the Neck with an iPod Charger 2008-11-16 23:06:34 An alleged (and formerly convicted and released) rapist was picked up in Staten Island, New York after being selected from a lineup by the victim. Sources said the woman struck back during the attack by stabbing the perpetrator in the neck with a nearby iPod
charger, and the man picked out of the lineup bore the twin bruises of an AC adapter on his neck. He fled the scene before police arrived, bu Read more:Charger
Verizon BlackBerry Storm Comparison Page Creates Smart Phone Civil War 2008-11-16 23:02:02 Verizon, understandably, is going all out to promote the upcoming BlackBerryStorm
. Comparisons to the iPhone are rampant, especially from we tech journalists, but the biggest salvo yet in this arena could have been fired yesterday. In this latest comparison, Verizon said to hell with the iPhone, and went straight to the Blackberry on BlackBerry comparisons. In the world of smart phones, it's offi Read more:Civil
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Flip Mino jumps on the High Definition bandwagon 2008-11-16 22:58:42 Despite the current economic slump, there is no turning back to Standard Definition
these days when it comes to audio visual entertainment. Everyone is moving towards the High Definition standard - even TV channels are starting to broadcast certain shows in HD glory to take advantage of the fast growing HDTV market in the US these days. With that, other peripherals such as digital cameras and camc Read more:jumps
Nokia working on haptic technology touchscreens 2008-11-16 22:57:27 The touchscreen model of interacting with a mobile phone may appear to be attractive to some but there are many consumers who swear by the tactile feel of a good responsive button. Nokia
seems to be working
on its very own Haptic feedback mechanism for its new line of touch-enabled phones. The details of this technology are sketchy but there is talk of a new phone from the Nokia stable codenamed
More Noel Cases Make Your iPhone a Kitschy Holiday Bauble 2008-11-16 22:54:22 If you love your iPhone
so much you think it would look great hanging on the Christmas tree, you probably already have these $30 bauble-like cases from More. And while these cases will make your phone as slippery as a bar of soap in the shower, the mirrored screen protector and form-fitting plastic casing do serve a function, and will more than likely protect it when disaster strikes on an icy sid Read more:Holiday
Ancient Egypt Series usb flash drive 2008-11-16 22:50:01 Looking for a nice usb drive
? If you're a fan of history, especially ancient Egypt
history then you'll surely love these usb flash drives. Basically, its for people like me who're fan of ancient civilization. Another interesting thing is their design. Both of them sports a metallic housing so that they can handle daily abuse. The drives come in two designs and offer 2GB storage space. They're all Read more:Ancient
IGala wireless digital picture frame 2008-11-16 22:46:18 Digital photo frames are dime a dozen, but some of them do come with added functionality such as Wi-Fi connectivity these days. The iGala wireless digital photo frame is one such device, allowing you to not only display your favorite digital memories across its 8″ touchscreen display in 800 x 600 resolution, you will also be able to use it to read your latest Gmail, check out the most recent new
Sony reveals the IMX060PQ 12 MP camera for mobile phones 2008-11-16 22:43:24 Designed to meet the increasing need for advanced image quality within mobile phone enabled cameras, Sony
has announced it has developed a new CMOS image sensor for use in cameraphones that offers the industry's highest ever pixel count at 12.25 effective megapixels. The sensor measures just 7.5mm, so will not add bulk to cameraphones, which Sony says are getting smaller and slimmer due to custome