Archive for August, 2010 - Page 27

ioSafe's SoloPRO Hard Drives Get New Connections, Same Old Toughness

Fireproof, Waterproof and Packing USB 3.0 and eSATA, The ioSafe SoloPRO Is Ready To Go
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

Sometimes you need a hard drive that can take just about anything. And considering the last time we saw ioSafe was handing out free hard drives to disaster victims, it’s pretty safe to say their stuff knows how to take a punch. And the ioSafe SoloPRO looks like it’s ready [...]

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Magic Trackpad Becomes USB Device With Simple Hack

No More Worrying About Running Out of Juice On The Magic Trackpad With USB Hack
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

Sure, the wireless Magic Trackpad is awesome…but buying batteries for it is a pain of an epic scale. For Mark Bog, though, it was such a pain that he decided he wasn’t having it any more and thus hacked his Trackpad to get it to run on USB power.

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Willow Garage Sponsors PR2 Video Contest

The Winning Entry In The Huge Field Featured The Willow Garage PR2 Sorting Socks
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

It’s hard not to love the Willow Garage PR2. This crazy robot has shot pool and fetched beer while we all watched, laughed, and longed wistfully for the days when we could tell a robot to fetch beer and shoot pool. But before the commercial availability of these guys, Willow [...]

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Cleveland Set To Shell Out $2.5 Million on RFID-Equipped Trash Cans

RFID Trash Cans in Cleveland Monitor Quantity of Recyclable Waste, Issue Fines If Over Certain Amount
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

We’ve heard people telling government to get out of their bodies, their bedrooms, their houses and everything in between, but the city of Cleveland looks to take a bold step by being the first government everyone there wants out of their garbage.

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Scammers Use PayPal to Cost Customers Thousands of Dollars

iTunes Accounts Get Hacked and Get Charged with Thousands of Dollars in Purchases
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

Hackers or scammers, whatever you may want to call them, have exploited a loophole using actual iTune accounts. The problem has cost subscribers thousands of dollars in receipts using PayPal and their bank accounts.

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Kodak Outs the Kodak EasyShare M590 Camera and Kodak PULSE WiFi Digital Frame

Kodak Outs Thin Digital Camera and a WiFi Digital Picture Frame
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

Kodak seems to have a lot of products set for release as of late, two more in the form of what is perhaps the thinnest digital camera in the world and a WiFi enabled digital picture frame which should make photo sharing a whole lot easier.

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Samsung's BD-PX600 Gets Firmware Upgrade, Stops Playing Warner Brothers Movies

Following the Upgrade, the Samsung Refused Both Warner and Universal Titles
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

Blu-ray player firmware upgrades can be a pain, no mistake, but it’s bad enough to have to deal with constant updates. It’s worse–much worse–when they suddenly reduce the functionality of your hardware. And that’s what happened to Samsung users who discovered they couldn’t play Warner Brothers or Universal movies after [...]

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Archos Set To Unveil Five New Android Devices During IFA 2010

Tabletmania Is Upon Us & Archos Is Expected To Join The Party With Five New Devices At IFA 2010 In Berlin
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

Like a little kid waiting to see what will be under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning. That is how I can described myself after reading just a few of the items that are expected to be unveiled during the IFA 2010 tradeshow that is going to kick off shortly [...]

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Nokia N9 Specs & Features Leaked?

Nokia N9 to Feature 4-Inch OLED Touchscreen Display, 1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM & MeeGo?
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

Remember that Nokia N8 that was supposed to be already available in various markets, but isn’t, and instead is available for pre-order only in some of them? Well, forget all about that Symbian^3 smartphone as a better choice might be just around the corner, the recently leaked N9.

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Kodak Releases New EasyShare D1026 Digital Photo Frame

Kodak Unveils a New Digital Picture Frame with the Kodak EasyShare D1026
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

Kodak has released a new digital picture frame in the market with the Kodak EasyShare D1026 digital photo frame. This new addition to their family of digital picture frame should make it easier for users to add and share images of their priceless photos.

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