October 17, 2007 by Lauren
A couple of years and several updates later, Apple has released a
new dock to accompany the family of new iPods.
It's the same basic concept with a few new features and minor changes, just as you might expect. The universal dock now comes with five adapters and one infrared sensor on the front of its body, which has been trimmed down from a fat circle to a slim oval (I did say
minor changes).
[Read the rest of this post]October 17, 2007 by Lauren
This Topple bookshelf is a crazy new concept to add to the list of abstract bookshelves. At least those other wacky bookshelves aren't likely to fall over and crush me.
The Topple bookshelf's bottom is equipped with a
5-degree tilt, allowing it to rock. Julian Appelius proposed this idea, assuring us all that the bookshelf will hold your books level as long as you have enough of them to fill up a row.
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October 17, 2007 by Vincent
The GlowBrick from ThinkGeek is a nifty little light that works a little bit differently than your average night light would. The GlowBrick is actually a small lightbulb filled with glow in the dark pigment, encased in a small acrylic cube. The glow in the dark pigment charges when exposed to sunlight and will then glow when ever it is dark. Coming in two colors of green and blue these would make a nice little decoration around the house, of course you would have to make sure they were close to a light source so that they'll glow once the lights are out.
[Read the rest of this post]October 16, 2007 by Vincent
HTC had lauched the Touch as a iPhone equivilent for Windows Mobile, the phone didn't really boom, although it did do well. Presonally one of my complaints about both devices is that I really prefer to have a hardware keyboard, well HTC has just addressed that with the HTC Touch Dual, the Touch Dual features an almost identical design to the original Touch but also incorporates a slide out hardware keyboard, now the keyboard is not a standard full qwerty, rather it's a suretype keyboard with 2 letters per key, much like some blackberrys.
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October 16, 2007 by Vincent
Now as you may have read here I'm currently on a Mac since my laptop got smashed, well I must admit this thing is starting to grow on me a bit, although it's still no gaming computer. On that note while OS X 10.4 aka Tiger has been a great OS and had taken some great leaps over it's predeccesor, well the long awaited upgrade from Tiger has finally gotten an official release date after being pushed back numerous times.
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Now personally I'm a coffee kind of guy, and I drink my fair share throughout the day and to be honest I'm not terribly picky by most standards. Though I sometimes like to relish in a well prepared cup to help me through my day. With the Kenwood Response boiling water for your coffee or tea has become a little bit more intuitive than listening for the whistle to sing out.
[Read the rest of this post]October 15, 2007 by Vincent
In recent years it seems that we've watched a major push for open access and open software and devices from pretty much everyone, as it should be. When paying so much for a device, I want to be able to use it as I choose and with the service provider of my choice, although most of the time that isn't possible without some major programming work....*cough*iPhone*cough*. Well for al those of you that have a bit of insight into programming and like the freedom of open source technology, welcome the openmoko project.
[Read the rest of this post]October 15, 2007 by Vincent
Well folks before I introduce this modern mobile giant, I'd like to se the mood here so maybe.... just maybe you can get as excited as I am. I'm a college student and recently on my way home from an exam my car was hit and essentially crushed, along with my car being crushed my laptop and basically everything I did went with it. I don't know about everyone else but I'm basically dependant on my computer, so I've been a bit of a lost soul as of late until I recently talked my brother into lending me his macbook, not really my cup of tea but it's getting the job done.
October 15, 2007 by Lauren
Not that I condone the purchase of Zunes-- I don't -- but it's worth a mention that the Zune is actually putting up a fight and holding its own in one field in comparison to the iPod. Even more surprising, it's a field that does matter; the ever-important area of
battery life.
For the specs on the new Zunes, you'll get 30 hours of audio and 4 hours of video with the Zune 30.
[Read the rest of this post]October 15, 2007 by Lauren
Though its name is slightly misleading, the
iPod Classic boasts some handy features not to be found in past iPod generations. While the hardware of these models isn't exactly the same, it is similar, and it is entirely possible to run the newer features on the iPod 5 and 5.5. Still, Apple hasn't taken such action, nor do they plan to. So boys and girls, where do we look when Apple won't throw us a bone? Hackers, of course!
It's true, Apple and hackers really do go hand in hand.
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