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I know we all run into the problem of not being able to serve beer fast enough, so a company called Laminar Technologies has kindly provided us with a solution: The Turbo Tap. Turbo Tap works by changing the way the beer is pressurized and forced into the glass or pitcher. This means a perfect pour with a narrow collar of foam on each glass in less than two seconds. The website promises to make a bar more money by reducing spillage and helping to speed up busy beer bars. Whichever reader ends up buying one for their house - make sure to invite the Gear Live editors over so we can “review” it with you.
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| Turbo Tap via Gizmodo via Rammer Jammer
I just got turned on to one of the coolest iTunes Dashboard widgets yet - Symphonic by Mindquirk software. Are you ever sitting there at your computer and suddenly have a specific song that you want to hear from iTunes - now it is literally at your fingertips. Bring up the dashboard and type the song title, artist, or any other unique piece of information about the song and it immediately starts playing in iTunes - no need to bring iTunes up or wade through a massive library. Symphonic them displays the full data for the track - artist, album and track name - before reverting to its initial state awaiting your next musical whim.
Read More | Symphonic via TUAW
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Adisasta has jumped on the bittorrent bandwagon by developing a Windows Mobile/Pocket PC bittorrent client. While I do think this is a nifty innovation and surely serves a purpose for someone, I am at a loss as to what most people would use it for. Bittorrent is highly bandwidth intensive and most people are using a PocketPC over a weak WiFi antenna or chained to a mobile phone over Bluetooth. Do they honestly expect people to need to access large bittorent files while on the go? Since bittorrent is usually used for very large files I’m also wondering if they plan to have the users carry around an array of SD cards to store their content on. I read a while back that bittorrent made up 30% or more of internet traffic - will the same be true of tomorrow’s 3G cellular networks now? The one faint glimmer of hope for this technology is for Podcasting - it does seem conceivable to me that II might want to grab the latest podcast on the go and that is a small enough file to perhaps make this practical. Well if you do have the need to bittorrent from your PDA then head on over to Adisasta and give them $20 and they will hook you right up!
Read More | WinMobile Torrent via PC Magazine
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You may have heard that having a web community is a great way to increase sales, customer loyalty and word of mouth for your web business. In fact a web community itself, if large enough and targeting an affluent demographic (or one that advertisers like to target), has the potential to bring in revenue. Commonly people use a web forum as the centre point for a web community. However building a popular forum is no easy task and requires patience and dedication.
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Zelda Gets A Guestimated Release Date
Posted by Alex Grahmann Categories: Adventure, Nintendo Gamecube,
Amazon.com has posted a release date for the hotly-anticipated Gamecube release of “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.” The date, November 14, 2005, fits what we’ve heard about Nintendo’s intentions, but remains a probable guestimate by Amazon. Until Nintendo comes out and says something themselves, the biggest benefit of this announcement is the ability to preorder. Even then, though, it’s probably wiser to wait and see if Nintendo decides to package in any free gifts with a preorder as we get closer to the holidays.
Read More | Amazon
It’s the never ending battle between good and evil in this week’s release of Constantine on DVD. Staring Keanu Reeves as Constantine, this movie places you in middle of an ongoing battle between heaven and hell. If you’re looking for a movie full of action and don’t mind the religious links in the movie, then this is the movie you want for this weekend and in your current growing library. If Constantine is not your cup of tea then Man of the House is for you. Staring Tommy Lee Jones, this comedy will surely keep you entertain and keep a smile on your face – either because of the beauties in this movie or because of the comical nature of the movie. As always, there’s a bunch of TV on DVD to fill up your library with your favorite hits of yesterday. Don’t forget the popcorn!
Constantine ~ Keanu Reeves
Man of the House ~ Tommy Lee Jones
Dead Like Me - The Complete Second Season ~ Ellen Muth
Baby Einstein - Baby Wordsworth - First Words - Around the House ~ Marlee Matlin
Laguna Beach - The Complete First Season ~ Lauren Conrad
Lost in Space - Season 3, Vol. 2 ~ Guy Williams
Earth 2 - The Complete Series ~ Debrah Farentino
Sliders - Third Season ~ Jerry O’Connell
Ice Princess (Widescreen Edition) ~ Kim Cattrall
Space Station (IMAX) ~ Tom Cruise
All Creatures Great & Small - The Complete Series 5 Collection ~ Christopher Timothy
BBC History of World War II
Andromeda - Season 4 Collection ~ Gene Roddenberry
Saved By the Bell - Season Five ~ Mark Paul Gosselaar
Cleopatra 2525 - Complete Series ~ Jennifer Sky
Dora the Explorer - Super Babies
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Vol. 1 ~ Bob Goe
Michael Palin - Himalaya ~ Michael Palin
Gear Live Podcast: Optimus OLED Keyboard, Xbox 360 Launch, MP3, And More - Repost
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Podcasts,
Due to the enclosure tag being messed up in the original post, resulting in subscribers receiving last week’s show instead of this weeks, we are reposting this to get this cleared up:
The Gear Live Editors are back to share the hottest stories of the past week on Gear Live. This week we cover:
- Optimus OLED Customizable Keyboard
- Xbox 360 November 4 Launch
- MP3 Turns 10 Years Old
- RK Launcher For Windows
- The Death of Analog TV
Click here to download the MP3, or you can just subscribe to the Gear Live Podcast feed. Conversely, you can now subscribe to us directly from iTunes.
Voices: Andru Edwards, Edwin Soto, Sparky, Oscar Cantu
Length: 41:57, 19.3 MB
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MP3 Capabilities Expand on Palm Devices Via Pocket Tunes
Posted by Alex Grahmann Categories: Handhelds, Music, Portable Audio / Video,
With the release of Pocket Tunes 3.1, Palm OS users now have the ability to play MP3s that use the Janus DRM standard for Windows Media 10. This unlocks the possibility of using Palm devices with popular MP3 services such as Rhapsody To Go, Napster To Go, and Yahoo! Music Unlimited. While most Palms inherently lack the memory capacity needed to take full advantage of such services (the 4GB LifeDrive being a possible exception), smaller-scale usage is still a plus. After all, with millions of songs available through these services, a few at a time is often enough.
Read More | Pocket Tunes
Although not available until the end of the month, Target is now taking preorders for their own logo-branded iPod case. The design, called “Cosmic Flowers,” features the Target logo in the midst of a black and white floral pattern. Made of heat-sealed PVC, the case also includes screen protection, a Target-red wrist strap, and a lobster clamp. This should be great news for all of us who have been dying for a chance to offer free advertising to Target while keeping our iPod scratch-free.
Read More | Target
All signs are pointing to Apple releasing an updated iBook in the very near future - possibly even today. This is good news, as the iBook has not seen any significant change since October of 2004. Many have been looking forward to the release of a widescreen iBook, which I wouldn’t mind, but there are many other things Apple could do to make the line more attractive without stepping on their PowerBook product. Heck, at least upgrade the hard drive and give us a bit more processing power if anything.
Read More | ThinkSecret
