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The perfect purchase for the little hacker in your life, or for those wishing for a more accurate voodoo doll, Modern Seed Draw-it-On dolls allow you to completely create your own vision. You see, the dolls really are a mere canvas, allowing you to draw and color facial features, clothing patterns, and just about everything else. The pockets of the dolls hold 5 pens, and the clothing is removable, allowing you to create multiple styles for your Mini-Me’s. You have your pick of a boy or girl for $40 USD.
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| Modern Seed via MAKE
Logitech has yet another new product coming down the pipeline in the form of an update to their QuickCam line. The QuickCam Fusion is a funky-looking USB 2.0 webcam that features 1.3 megapixel resolution for snapping images (nice!) along with improvements for low-light conditions and audio quality. The camera also boasts a wide-angle 78 degree lens, providing a nice field of vision for those on the other end. This one hits retail at $99.99 USD, which includes a monitor clip, headset, and Video Effects software that allows you to create 3D avatars which will replicate your facial expressions. Freaky.
Read More | Logitech Press Release
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iTunes Coming to Google?
Posted by Alex Grahmann Categories: Corporate News, Internet, Portable Audio / Video,
Citing “market chatter,” TheStreet.com is reporting that a deal is in the works between Google and Apple to provide the iTunes Music Store through Google’s webpage. However, the details of how this might change the way users access the iTunes Music Store – which has traditionally been a standalone piece of software - have yet to be announced. Guesses ranging from a complete web-based overhaul of the iTunes system to a simple, yet prominent, link to Apple’s iTunes download site on Google.com have been circulated, but with no official announcement coming from either company at this point, we’ll all just have to wait and see what happens. Check back for more details as they emerge.
Read More | TheStreet
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Texting While Driving Brings Huge Fines in South Wales
Posted by Alex Grahmann Categories: Smartphones,
In what will probably come as a horrific turn of events for 17-year-old Welsh girls, police in South Wales have implemented a monumental raise in the fine associated with text messaging while operating a motor vehicle. The new ticket will cost £1000 ($1815 USD) rather than £30 ($55 USD). Additionally, six demerit points will be added to the offending driver’s record, which will take a noticeable toll on insurance rates. With gas running over $5 a gallon in the UK, driving the high-tech lifestyle may just have gotten too expensive in South Wales.
Read More | TheNewspaper.com
Apple Unlikely to Start Subscription Music Service
Posted by Alex Grahmann Categories: Corporate News, Music, Portable Audio / Video,
For everyone holding their breath for a Rhapsody-type subscription service from Apple: stop before you pass out. According to information from two music executives received by BusinessWeek Online, Apple has no plans to enter the subscription-based service arena any time soon. The major factor in Apple sticking to its by-the-song download system in iTunes is its market dominance – iTunes is making huge profits from its 500 million+ song downloads, comparatively crushing the 2 or 3 million subscribers to Real’s Rhapsody or Napster’s services. The only thing that looks like it could change Apple’s mind would be true financial competition from one of these services, a factor that is still far off.
Read More | BusinessWeek Online
Tom Bihn Brain Bag Review
Posted by Sparky Categories: Accessories, Wearables, Features, Product Reviews,
Recently we had the opportunity to review the Tom Bihn Monolith and Brain Bag. Today we are proud to present our thorough review and impressions of the Brain Bag - Tom Bihn’s carry all rough and tumble backpack. When you need to haul your your stuff in style, the Brain Bag is your friend. Check out after the jump for the full review.
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iRiver U10 to Support Landscape and Portrait Use
Posted by Sparky Categories: Portable Audio / Video,
The funky touch driven iRiver U10 keeps throwing cool features our way. It looks like the diminutive Korean player will support both landscape and portrait use - which makes sense given it’s unusual interface. The U10 is controlled by pushing the screen edges in the direction that the menu interface indicates for a desired action, and a UI like that is easy to rotate. The U10 features a 2.2” 320x240 screen, FM radio, and support for MPEG4 video including DivX and Xvid. With a 20 hour battery life - presumably for audio, video would of course drain the batteries quicker - this little device looks like it might be a solid competitor to the iPod mini. The U10 will feature support for Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1, thus enabling a wide variety of games and other entertainment to be ported to the U10 - an attractive feature for developers. While a 1 GB and 2 GB unit have been announced, it’s only a matter of time before the microdrive gets upgraded and we see an 8 GB version methinks. I’m expecting that this will be a popular gadget when it hits American shores - Gear Live will be certain to snap one up for a review.
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With a lot of people wondering when PIM software for the PSP will be available, one creative guy by the name of Matan just might have a solution for you: Windows 95. He has successfully ported the Bochs emulator over to the PSP and has been able to run Windows 95 from a large Memory Stick Duo. While this emulation is slow, taking nearly 10 minutes to boot, it does provide full Windows 95 functionality. The directional pad and keys act as a mouse and you can use an on screen keyboard. The folks over at PSPLinux are shooting for native support so that should be faster, but they don’t have a working version yet. For all your PSP computing needs in the meanwhile, it looks like ghetto tech like Windows 95 is your friend.
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Tom Bihn Monolith Review
Posted by Sparky Categories: Accessories, Features, PC / Laptop, Product Reviews,
Gear Live has reviewed bags made by the Washington State based Tom Bihn, and we have been quite impressed by them. We recently had the opportunity got to check out two more of their bags - the Monolith and the Brain Bag. The review is being done as a two part series and this first part is focusing on the laptop toting Monolith - a great solution for todays widescreen laptops. For a through review of the Monolith and our impressions over the last two weeks, read on.
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Gotta love the oldie-but-goodies. Check out the Powerpizza. Simply put, it’s a pizza box which has a couple of layers of foam in it, making it ideal to use as a laptop carrier. Obviously, not as good as a high-quality solution of course, but still - I am sure there are a lot more laptop bag thefts than pizza box thefts going on in the world. Well, maybe. Score yours for about $16 USD.
(Thanks Darcy!)
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