Archive for August, 2010 - Page 20

Surfboards are not what most people think about when they think of gadgets, but when you bring a pair of EEE PCs together with a crew from the University of California-San Diego, you get a shot at the greatest surfboard ever designed by man.

For those of you who tossed your $99 dollars down the rathole of the waiting list for Nissan’s electric Leaf vehicle (a name, by the way, I hate for its grammatical boondoggle; is the plural Leafs or Leaves? I note most publications are avoiding the issue entirely.), you may now [...]

So, guess what, Android citizens? The Motorola Droid 2 has been rooted, but given the similarities between the original Droid and its successor, we’re neither impressed nor surprised. Not to mention that since jailbreaking, rooting and unlocking have become legal, at least in the USA, we’re always going to expect [...]

For those of you who don’t have your pulse on the beat of the music industry – the radio broadcasters and music labels have been having a disagreement over the music royalties. The music labels insist that radio is getting a ‘free ride’ by broadcasting music without paying a per-play royalty. Now, [...]

Admittedly, there’s been a bit of a lag since the announcement of the new Asus N-series laptops and their actual arrival (okay, so it’s been six months). But the good news is–at least for the British–is that the laptops have arrived and they’re bringing some serious spec sheets along with [...]

It didn’t take Google long to realize that people actually like VoIP calls since they’re almost free, considering that someone is still paying for that Internet monthly bill, and unlimited, so why not offer it to their customers straight from Gmail?

Microsoft surprised a bit of everybody when they publicly listed Halo: Reach on the Xbox Live Marketplace early for an impossibly high price. The purpose of that was to allow media outlets easy access to the game for review purposes. Some pirates somehow got access to the game without the [...]

There must be no reasonable limit to the number of things that Colorware will allow you to pay them to paint for you. We’ve seen everything from Flip camcorders to iPhones get the color treatment, so it may not surprise anyone to hear about their newest target, the Magic Trackpad.

A new app made for aiding the learning process of children is now available at Apple’s iOS store with the Chirpy Dolch Sight Words Series App from 22Moo. The said app is made for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad.

The Samsung Epic 4G can now be pre-ordered over at Wirefly.com. This was all made possible after Wirefly announced the hosting of a pre-sale for the highly anticipated Samsung Epic 4G which is actually part of Samsung’s Galaxy S lineup.