August 2009
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A TV remote that tweets and blogs about your couch... →
Earlier this week we saw the Beer Tap that Tweets, now, IBM of all companies, is patenting a TV Remote that tweets too.
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But wait it gets better, said remote “system” could not only tweet the show you are watching but send a snap shot of the screen.
It would not only work with Twitter the fragile platform that everyone is basing their emerging...
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Sony Reader fights back at Kindle & Kindle DX with... →
Sony the makers of the significantly more ascetically pleasing, yet less useful Sony Reader have finally announced their come back to the Amazon Kindle and Kindle DX.
Sony announced today their Fall lineup of e- readers. Starting with the $199 “pocket edition” which is basically their classic e-reader with new colors including navy blue, silver and rose. Available today. ...
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Xbox 360 Pro and Elite price cuts confirmed →
First the Xbox 360 Elite drops to $299, now the Xbox 360 Pro drops it’s price to $249…
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Oh and Target is tossing in an free second controller ($50 Value) for free to boot.
Will this mean a $149 price point for the Xbox 360 Arcade, or will it hold it’s $199 price point?
Either way that’s a heck of a cheap very powerful entertainment...
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Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard Earlier than... →
The fall release of Apple’s next iteration of it’s OS X operating system, is going to be delivered Friday August 28th.
OS X 10.6 aka Snow Leopard is mostly behind the scenes upgrades, unlike 10.5 which had large GUI and usability enhancements. But speed and stability enhancements like what’s expected in 10.6 are what I look for in an OS. So I am very excited for this...
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RIM buys Torch Mobile, WebKit finally coming to... →
Finally!
Apple paved the way with the iPhone and mobile Safari. Now it’s just become a fact, webkit based browser rule the mobile web.
Finally RIM has seen the light too as they have just purchased Torch Mobile the makers of the Iris mobile browers that is, you guessed it, webkit based.
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So now we will have Apple (iPhone), RIM (Blackberry), Palm...
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Another reason to hold out for the PS3 Slim, it's... →
Looks like there is an upgraded version of the Cell Triple Core processor going into the new slimmer console.
Developed jointly by IBM, Toshiba, & Sony, the cell procesor was originally touted as a selling point of Sony’s flagship entertainment console, but a lack of titles, a consistantly high price, and a user interface that has lagged behind the Xbox 360, has kept the unit from...
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WatchLiveLeak.com - Man Almost Killed Trying To Save His Notebook PC From Robbers
Wow, either this guy has his priorities out of whack or… there is some very important shit on that lappy.
Nice move dodging the bullet though, literally.
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amazon.com: 2.4GHz Wireless Security Camera / Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) / Babysitter Surveillance System / Children Watch / With Sound Microphone...
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Sony Confirms PS3 Slim, Priced at $300 →
Competitively priced, and a unit that could fit in an entertainment center instead of standing out like some sort of gauche art piece???
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Be still my heart…. oh yeah it’s still a Sony. phew.
For a minute there I though I might have to run out and get this, but in the end it’s still just the third console in the market, with a bad user...
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Xbox 360 Failure Rate is 54.2 Percent →
A Game Informer survey reveals that almost 55% of Xbox 360 owners have had it fail on them.
Oh My… but really is it that suprising?
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I know my main man @rebrob and I have had 2 our of 3 go bad for each of us. That’s a 66% failure rate informally between us.
But what is even more astonishing is that like us, this obscene amount of failures...
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Palm accepting developer applications for it's App... →
Finally! If you are a developer and you waqnt to sell your Palm Pre Applications, you can now apply to Palm to be in it’s webOS app catalog.
Just like the Google and Apple versions the Palm Pre App catalog will be a 70/30 split of the price (70% to the developers of course) and they expect to have a mid september launch of this e-commerce program that will (unlike blackberry) accesp...
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Microsoft LifeCam Cinema The High Def WebCam →
At first blush this looks very cool. A web cam that can broadcast stunning 720p video at 30fps from your desktop. Pretty cool, right? Well lets think about this…
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Unless you are one of the lucky few with faster than a 500k upload you are probably not going to be able to stream this to anyone or at least stream this to anyone and do anything else at...
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TomTom’s iPhone GPS Car Kit will work with iPod... →
When we saw the demo of the iPhone 3.0 software and the iPhone 3GS phone we also saw that TomTom was on board building a Turn by Turn GPS solution for the iPhone. Well that solution is finally out and with it comes a few surprises.
The TomTom package is more than just an iPhone app. It’s a hardware package that includes a windshield mount, a charging cradle and a built in GPS...
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Wii goes Whoopie!!!....as in cushion
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CNet is reporting about a requested patent by Nintendo for the Wii.
What’s so strange about that? Joe Nintendo (I like to think of console companies as cigar chomping CEO’s rather than conglomerates) is of late near the forefront of innovation, so the fact that they’re looking to patent a new accessory doesn’t strike me as odd.
Until I saw the accessory…
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Xbox 360 summer dashboard update now available... →
Hurry run home and get it kiddies, it should update just by connecting to Xbox Live and voila the new Xbox Dashboard complete with all the cool announcements from E3, right? errr no.
It’s the new dashboard with the new improved Netflix integration but that’s about it.
Twitter integration, Facebook, Last.Fm? uhh no, those are coming “later this year” Boooo!
So I...
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Facebook Acquires FriendFeed →
Wow, I didn’t see this one coming. In fact I had no idea that FriendFeed was even on the market, but then again I suppose anyone is for the right price.
These are two services I use daily, Facebook I use begrudgingly because really everyobody is on it, so if you want your friends (ex friends, past girlfriends, parents, cousins, etc.) to know what your doing then you pretty much have to...
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Don't pick out your next HDTV in the store... →
HD Guru has an outstanding article on how many retailers are using lighting to confuse the customer, leading to purchase the TV that they want to sell you. Click through on the link in the title for this article to see their write up.
And this is not just for high end sets, no, many low priced units actually have higher profit margins for the store, so the may use really bright lights to...
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"The Russians" did it! Security exports believe... →
Updating our previous story, the speculation across the interwebs is that it was “The Russians” that started the giant DDoS attack that took down Twitter and caused problems for Facebook, You Tube, and Live Journal as well.
Really? That’s the best you can do you so called security “experts”?
Rumor is that Russian “hackers” were out to silence...
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My Tether turns your Palm Pre into a MiFi →
While myself and others continue to refute the pre as an iPhone competitor due to the lack of apps. The Palm Pre home brew applications are getting stronger and stronger.
Case and Point, an app called MyTether allows you to use your Sprint EVDO access from your computer, or… any other type of internet enabled device.
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The MyTether App will let you...
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Twitter Under Attack →
The insanely popular social networking site Twitter is currently under attack.
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The site has been experiencing a denial of service attack and been up and down since about 9AM EST today.
We have very little communication from the people at Twitter as they are undoubably trying to combat this attack and secure more bandwidth to do so.
But their status blog...
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Google Exec Quits Apple’s Board →
It’s not uncommon for major companies to have CEO’s and people of note from other non-competing companies or fields on their board of directors. It’s generally a good idea to be able to tap into views and ideas of people who aren’t drinking your companies own Kool-Aid all day every day.
Case and point was Eric Schmidt’s position on the Apple board of directors...