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OSX Hacked Onto OQO

April 29th, 2008

Though tfr has only gotten Leopard to work at a fixed 800×480 resolution and hasn’t tried to get WWAN networking working, Mac OS X running at all on the VIA-based hardware is interesting nonetheless. Another curiosity is that OQO was founded by ex-Apple employees who left the company when their idea for an OQO-like device [...]

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The Espresso Book Machine is the Anti-Kindle

April 27th, 2008

A company called On Demand Books (appr. name) has developed a machine they call the Espresso Book Machine (EBM) which is a fully integrated patented book making machine which can automatically print, bind and trim on demand at point of sale perfect bound library quality books with 4-color covers (indistinguishable from the factory made [...]

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Wind & Sun Power In The Palm Of Your Hand

April 23rd, 2008

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Going green has never been cooler these days and why not, just look at what amazing gizmos and gadgets that are being created all while saving the planet!
The HYmini is a palm sized wind turbine that only cost $50. Built-in to [...]

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No Touch Shadow Tracking Surface Computing

April 9th, 2008

The title says it all!

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Quake 3 Multiplayer on iPod Touch

April 7th, 2008

Canadian game developers HermitWorks, creators of the rather cool Space Trader, have just posted a short blog entry showing a ridiculously impressive video of Quake III Arena running on two iPod Touch units. Yes, I said two. Network play, baby! The game appears to run at a very impressive frame rate, and it uses the [...]

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iPhone Redesign

April 4th, 2008

The rumors are out and they have re-styled one of the worlds most popular personal technologies, the Apple iPhone. The iPodObserver has released the above image claiming it to be the new 3G iPhone in all its high-gloss glory.
Some are saying that this new plastic back would be a logical step towards fixing the 1st [...]

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Surface Computing To Show Up In AT&T Stores

April 1st, 2008

Microsoft’s Surface computer will make its commercial debut April 17 in AT&T stores in New York City, Atlanta, San Antonio and San Francisco.Microsoft first unveiled the Surface back in May 2007; the coffee-table like computer allows touch screen interaction with various surfaces, can recognize objects places on it and even interact with things like mobile [...]

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Multi-Monitor Display Comes to Consumer Macs

April 1st, 2008

Until now, if you wanted to run more than two monitors on a Mac, you had to pony up for a Mac Pro. No other Apple hardware supports more than one graphics card. DisplayLink has now released a Mac beta for their USB-based graphics driver, and with the right hardware, you can now [...]

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Asus EEE Desktop PC

March 31st, 2008

Asus has announce the E-DT, E-Monitor, and the E-TV products to their EEE product catalog and now
- E-DT: Desktop PC, No Monitor, Launching April or May. Will use Celeron and will cost between $200-300.
- E-Monitor: 19-21″ screen all in one desktop computer. Based on Intel Shelton, Launching in September. $499.
- E-TV: 42″ Plasma, will feature [...]

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New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning It’s Spooky

March 18th, 2008

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Boston Dynamics keeps working on their BigDog quadruped robot, which will probably grow to be the future AT-AT of the Pentagon.
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