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Coway Megasonic SWV-08AM dish cleaner looks fashionable

James Allan Brady, Apr 16th 2008 Discuss [0]

I am not entirely sure how this thing works, but apparently the gist of it is soap-less dish washing. Somehow it uses sonic waves of water to remove even the deepest particles of dirt without the slightest amount of soap necessary. Read The Full Story

DIY Electric off-road skateboard

James Allan Brady, Apr 16th 2008 Discuss [1]

Some guy put together and instructable on how to make an electric mountain board or whatever those off-road versions of skateboards are called. It’s pretty ingenious too taking most of his parts from electric scooters. Read The Full Story

Parrot PARTY Black Edition first commercialized speaker system to use Near Field Communications

James Allan Brady, Apr 16th 2008 Discuss [1]

I saw some of these speakers at the Parrot booth at CES and they were pretty amazing and managed to overpower the hundreds of people that were crowded into what was a fairly small room. However the ones I saw didn’t use NFC to negotiate the Bluetooth connection between your device and the speakers, they did it the old fashioned way. Read The Full Story

ViewSonic pushing out two new monitors and a new projector – me wants

James Allan Brady, Apr 16th 2008 Discuss [1]

Starting with the projector, it has a 2000:1 contrast ration and 2220 lumens, which means it can be used just about anywhere. Add to that the 720p and 1080i support with its native 800x600 resolution and you’ve got yourself a nice projector. For those with more of an eco friendly mind it also has an ECO mode that saves power, lowers noise pollution, and extends the lamp life, the cost will save some paper too at a meager $499. Read The Full Story

Aigo MID – looks good and performs well

James Allan Brady, Apr 16th 2008 Discuss [0]

It’s a basic mobile Internet device. It has a rubberized bottoms, touchscreen, and slide out full keyboard, a very simple user interface, and a stylus. On the back is the battery and a 3MP camera for taking photos. Read The Full Story

JavaBot at the Roasting Plant

James Allan Brady, Apr 16th 2008 Discuss [0]

The JavaBot is, as you guessed, a robot that makes you coffee. The thing is, it’s not your usual fare of inserting pre-ground coffee that sucks and then it brewing and pouring it, this robot does it all short of picking the beans itself. Read The Full Story

Asus Eee 8.9″ 900 model details announced – impressive storage capacities

James Allan Brady, Apr 16th 2008 Discuss [0]

So Asus has apparently sold over a million Eee’s sold in 5 months, since its launch date, and in celebration Asus decided to let us all in on the details of its next concoction. Obviously it will have an 8.9-inch LCD screen, a 1.3MP camera, 12 or 20GB of flash storage depending on OS, and something called FingerGlide. Read The Full Story

Why Apple Shouldn’t License OS X to other hardware vendors

James Allan Brady, Apr 15th 2008 Discuss [28]

Psystar has brought into the public light an issue that has long plagued the tech industry. Why does Apple keep their software closed to only Apple’s hardware? Several projects have sprouted, some even growing wings, that are efforts to bring OS X, and all its updates, to custom built X86 machines, including OSX86, and most recently Psystar. So, now you are likely wondering, why I think Apple should work as hard as they do to keep the supply of OS X-base computers to just Apple hardware. Read The Full Story

Microsoft and HCL teams up to rollout cheapest Windows-based notebook

James Allan Brady, Apr 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

The notebook will be rolled out as part of HCL’s MiLeap brand of HCL Leaptops. It will be running Windows XP Home, weigh less than 1kg, and have a 7-inch TFT LCD touch-screen. Read The Full Story

Psystar Back Up! Mac clone now called Open Computer instead of OpenMac

James Allan Brady, Apr 15th 2008 Discuss [1]

A simple name change has Psystar back on their feet selling their cheap desktop computers that are configurable with OS X on them. They’ve also added a new computer to their lineup, the OpenPRO which is available with a lot better case, comes standard with an 8000 series GeForce card and a 10k RPM HDD as well as a couple gigs of RAM. Read The Full Story

Apple Japan and Sony settle lawsuit regarding Battery Fire

James Allan Brady, Apr 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

Just when I was beginning to think we were out of the woods with this whole battery fire mess a gentleman’s Apple notebook catches fire in Japan and he sues over it. Apple Japan and Sony have agreed to pay the 1.3 million Yen, or about $13k. Read The Full Story

Apple IIGS laptop from Ben Heck looks oddly modern

James Allan Brady, Apr 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

For a computer as old as the IIGS this computer looks only modern. Maybe it’s the acrylic keys or the 15-inch color LCD screen. The old ass mouse brings it all back to its roots though. Read The Full Story