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DataViz Selected to Showcase Documents To Go 3.0 for Android at Google I/O 2010
Posted by on May 19, 2010 · 0 Comment
DataViz®, Inc. will participate at Google I/O™ Developer Conference in San Francisco this week. At Google™’s largest developer event of the year, DataViz will be showcasing the upcoming Documents To Go® version 3.0. Documents To Go is currently the #1 selling mobile Office suite in Android Market and a Top 10 paid app overall. New features being demonstrated in the Developer Sandbox on May [...]
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Yoomi -Self-heating Baby Bottle
Posted by on May 19, 2010 · 0 Comment
The Yoomi, a baby’s feed bottle that brings milk to the temperature of breast milk by simply pressing a button, heats it in one minute. The bottle contains a sealed warmer unit that is contained within the bottle and beneath the “sucker”. When the orange button on the side of the bottle is pressed, non-toxic solution contained within the warmer turns from solid to liquid and starts [...]
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HP Labs GLOE -geo-tagging Experiment
Posted by on May 19, 2010 · 0 Comment
With web surfing on mobile devices climbing at an alarming rate, there is a need for a quick, easy way to sort locally relevant content from the mountain of online data. To address this need HP is dipping its toes in the geo-tagging waters with Gloe – a concept service that allows users to find, recommend and contribute locally relevant web content on mobile devices. Developed by HP Labs, Gloe is [...]
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BeamBox Evolution R-2 pico-projector packs 40 lumens brightness
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
BeamBox have announced their latest pico-projector, and while we’re still waiting for the company’s MiLi Evolution iPhone-case-cum-projector to arrive, the Evolution R-2 should tide us over. Based around a 40 lumen LCoS chip, making it one of the brighter picos we’ve seen, the R-2 has an integrated media player for photos, audio and video (like the Evolution R-1 we reviewed last year) together [...]
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Apple iPhone OS 4 Beta 4 Goes Live and Brings Plenty of New Options
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
The Betas for Apple’s iPhone OS 4 have been coming out at a steady pace, but so far none of them have been all that ground breaking, when it comes to feature lists. Sure, Beta 3 released Folders onto unsuspecting people and developers, but still, it wasn’t earth shaking. This time around, though, along with a few small pieces of a larger puzzle, we’ve got something big in the release. iPhone [...]
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Kapten Talking Pocket GPS From Kapsys
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
Kapsys has come out with the first ever ultra compact 100 voice interactive GPS. Unlike other GPS systems, the tiny Kapten Talking Pocket GPS Navigational System has no screen. The palm sized unit uses voice recognition technology that allows it to accept verbal input. You make navigation requests by talking to the Kapten and are in turn given spoken directions. For the sighted user this means [...]
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Verizon plans to sell Android Tablets Running on new LTE Network
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
Verizon Wireless is planning to offer Android tablet computers and phones that could run on its new LTE high-speed wireless network by May 2011, Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said Friday. At the Reuters Global Technology Summit, Lowell announced device makers whose tablets will contend for Verizon store shelves: Motorola, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. Motorola, HTC, LG and Research In Motion [...]
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Movie Coming out that Shines Dark Light on FACEBOOK’s CEO Zuckerberg
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is to be portrayed in a Hollywood film as a ruthless and untrustworthy sex maniac. The website and its 400 million users have received notice of privacy issue changes. Zuckerberg, 26 now, is spending the week in California seeking ways to calm many of Facebook’s users who fear that website changes mean he is going to sell details of their on-line lives to [...]
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SuperSmile Series II LS 45-degree Toothbrush- Superior Cleaning
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 1 Comment
I’ve been on a mission over the last decade to find the perfect toothbrush, and to do so, I obviously had to choose electric as a minimum requirement because the electric toothbrushes out on the market today are designed to oscillate much faster than a human hand could ever do. I’ve evaluated OralB, SoniCare, Crest Spin, etc, and they all do a pretty decent job, particularly the SonicCare [...]
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Digital Foci Ships Digital Photo Book in Elegant Pearl White for Weddings
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
Digital Foci, Inc. announced today that it’s shipping the new Pearl White “Wedding” Version of its popular Photo Book, a portable digital photo album with an 8-inch 800×600 color digital LCD screen and 4GB of internal memory. Available May 21st (with pre-orders starting now), Photo Book in Pearl White is the perfect digital wedding album, with a sleek design encased in a soft leather-like [...]
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Lego keyboard stickers for Mac makes you keyboard geeky and comfortable
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
If you read SlashGear you know we are, suckers for stuff made from Lego building blocks. One of my favorite Lego gadgets was the robot that could solve the Rubik’s Cube using a Motorola Droid. I have also seen some geeks take Lego blocks and use them for keys on their keyboard, but that would be uncomfortable. A decal set has turned up over on Etsy from a vendor called openandclose. The sticker [...]
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Seagate 3TB Hard Drive Confirmed for a Release Later This Year
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
After a couple of weeks of rumors, Seagate apparently wanted to clear the air. And so, Seagate’s Senior Product Manager Barbara Craig has finally confirmed that Seagat is, indeed, working on releasing a 3TB hard drive later this year. But, it’s not all going as smoothly as Seagate planned, as they’ve run into a few obstacles. And, sadly,if you’re running Windows XP still, you can’t even get [...]
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Second Season of SYFY’s WCG Ultimate Gamer Returns to TV in August
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
Syfy, in partnership with World Cyber Games and Samsung, announced that WCG Ultimate Gamer will return for a second season of eight episodes beginning in August. WCG Ultimate Gamer pits the top video game players in the US against each other to test their skills in a range of video game and real-life challenges while seeing if they can survive living together as housemates. Only one gamer will emerge [...]
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UFC® Fights Live on ROKU Starting with UFC 114: RAMPAGE vs EVANS
Posted by on May 18, 2010 · 0 Comment
ROKU has announced their newest partner, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The new UFC Channel is available in the Roku Channel Store for customers to add to their Roku experience and take advantage of live PPV events streaming in HD, as well as a full library of Vault and free content. The announcement adds to the variety of sports content to choose from on the Roku platform including MLB.TV, NBA [...]
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New Social Network Diaspora Wants to Shove Security in Facebook’s FACE
Posted by on May 17, 2010 · 0 Comment
Four students from NYU’s Courant Institute are looking to take on Facebook with their security-focused version called Disapora – a distributed, open source social network. They aim to address the privacy concerns that has put Facebook under fire by giving users complete control of their details and content and who they share it with. Through the use of a personal web server called a Diaspora “seed”, [...]
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LG’s First 3D Blu-ray Player, The BX580
Posted by on May 17, 2010 · 0 Comment
3D HDTVs are trickling into stores, and 3D capable Blu-ray players are coming right with them. LG’s first entry into the fold, the BX580, is now available for pre-order at Amazon. According to the site, it’s expected to ship within the next two months. Specs for the device include HDMI 1.4 support, DLNA, internet connectivity for web content, and support for 3D 1080p, of course. The BX580 is on [...]
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Nintendo & AHA Will Announce Wii Vitality Sensor May 17th
Posted by on May 17, 2010 · 0 Comment
Nintendo and the American Heart Association will co-host a press event in New York City this Monday, May 17. The brief press release for the event does not offer any indication as to what the announcement will be, but Nintendo’s upcoming Vitality Sensor, designed to measure a player’s pulse, seems the likely focus of the event — and the sort of thing the American Heart Association [...]
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Microsoft Office 2010 is Cloud-Savvy
Posted by on May 17, 2010 · 0 Comment
Microsoft has announced the world-wide release of its new productivity suite, Office 2010. With a smorgasboard of new features, the company has also backboned the software with cloud computing including browser-based versions of Word and Excel. Since releasing Office 2007, a new era of professional productivity software and users have emerged, where man and machine are no longer tied to one working [...]
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Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11 Now Shipping
Posted by on May 17, 2010 · 0 Comment
Zotac’s new ZBOX HD-ID11 has taken the media box and upgraded it to full computing power. And did I mention that this thing is tiny. The new ZBOX is slim, shiny, and is a born partner matched up next to a flatscreen TV. And the HD-ID11 is available now and ships out for a measly $250. This will get you a dual-core Atom D510 with Ion 2 and 1 GB of RAM, plus b/g/n WiFi, HDMI and VGA. The Zotac [...]
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Kiwi Choice U-Powered Solar & USB Charger
Posted by on May 17, 2010 · 0 Comment
Kiwi Choice’s new u-Powered and revolutionary solar and USB portable charger with built-in flashlight and magnetic feet is a multi-tool for those with plenty of mobile devices to tote. It charges any mobile device while on the go, and includes 11 connector tips for nearly every type of AC/DC fitting. You can charge it using the sun, wall or car charger, and/or even a USB port. Kiwi Choice [...]
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Walmart to carry iPad by Christmas
Posted by on May 17, 2010 · 0 Comment
It’s no secret that iPads are in great demand, and in some areas of the country, there is shortage. So when the news that Walmart will soon carry them, I suspect Apple sees a short honeymoon for premium pricing on these suckers, as they already have plans to mass market the first generation model through the U.S.’s largest retail giant. I’m sure teasers for an upgraded edition [...]
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GP Imports ‘On the Go’ SMS iPhone App Allows Safer Texting
Posted by on May 17, 2010 · 0 Comment
The new ‘On the Go SMS’ app from GP Imports makes texting safer on the move as it allows you to see through the iPhone’s camera. Allowing you to see the floor or whats straight in front of you when walking and texting. Other features on the app include allowing you to send one SMS to multiple recipients at the same time saving you money, and the ability to store ready made sentences for quicker [...]
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AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider Set for June
Posted by on May 15, 2010 · 0 Comment
RIM sources have leaked that the BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider will start being offered through AT&T in June. It was confirmed that AT&T has placed a large order of the new handset, easily exceeding 1,000,000 units. AT&T will have an exclusive on the device, and it will obviously launch with the BlackBerry 6 operating system. If you are a CDMA user, look for Sprint to get the device in [...]
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LUXA2 H4 360° Adjustable iPad Dock
Posted by on May 15, 2010 · 0 Comment
LUXA2 (a division of Taiwanese company Thermaltake) has created one of the more clever iPad holders that have flooded the market. The LUXA2 H4 is a 360-degree adjustable dock that takes advantage of the iPad’s screen reorientation function. While in the dock, you can conveniently rotate your iPad to portrait or landscape mode. If you’re sitting at a table with someone sitting opposite [...]
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Notorious Gadgets Intros Phatty and Slimmy Computers
Posted by on May 15, 2010 · 0 Comment
Notorious Gadgets has introduced a range of new desktop computer solutions in three distinct flavors and two different models- the Phatty and the Slimmy. Among the impressive features of these 2 models include low-power-draw technology, robust multimedia functionality, small form factors and affordability. The 8.4 x 8.6 x 3.1 inch Phatty models stand a little higher than their 2.1 inch high Slimmy, [...]
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Roland OCTAPAD SPD-30 Digital Drum Kit
Posted by on May 15, 2010 · 0 Comment
The OCTAPAD SPD-30 digital percussion pad from Roland puts hundreds of instrument sounds from around the globe and 50 different kits at the tip of your drumsticks. The portable unit features eight isolated trigger pads, multi-effects, and external trigger inputs for onward connectivity to such things as digital hi-hat and kick controllers. Also featured is the ability to overdub on recorded loops in [...]
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Wii 2 HD
Posted by on May 15, 2010 · 0 Comment
Speculation has been mounting about what features Wii 2 will have and when we’ll see the successor to Nintendo’s flagship gaming device. Details are all over the board, but a concensus that the next-gen Wii will be HD is a pretty safe bet. Even upon the original Wii’s release, there were rumors that a HD upgrade would be possible with a firmware update. The rumor mill has been spilling [...]
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Gateway Updates NV59C09u Notebook
Posted by on May 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Gateway is getting around to updating the NV series of notebooks. The first machine in the line to get updated is the NV59C09u. That rig won’t be the only one getting updates when all is said and done, both the 15.6-inch NV line and the larger 17.3-inch line will eventually see updates. The NV59C09u is a 15.6-inch machine with a HD Ultrabright LCD, Blu-ray, and it runs an Intel Core i3 CPU. The [...]
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Acer Could Bring Chrome OS Device to Computex 2010
Posted by on May 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
Looks like Acer’s goals of being the first netbook on the market with Chrome OS installed are closer to becoming a reality. According to a report coming out of VentureBeat, it looks like the company is all ready, willing and able to get the Google Operating System out of the gate, and they want to do it as soon as humanly possible. What does that mean for the rest of us? Just a few short weeks. June [...]
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LucasFilm LTD., TomTom & VOICESKINS.COM to launch official STAR WARS™ GPS Voices
Posted by on May 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
VoiceSkins.com, in association with Lucasfilm Ltd. and TomTom, announces the launch of the official Star Wars voices for GPS. Darth Vader’s VoiceSkin is the first Star Wars GPS voice to be made available for download by users of TomTom GPS navigation systems. The voices of Yoda, Han-Solo and C-3PO will be launched over the summer of 2010. “The TomTom brand is synonymous with high quality navigation. [...]
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