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Eye-fi gets Twitter

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Oct 10th 2008 No Comments

eyeficards Eye-fi is already a well known product. Their SD card already has an added geotracking function that makes it so you can automatically associate any pictures taken and then put on the card with the location they were taken in.

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NASA turns 50 today

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Oct 1st 2008 No Comments

Can you believe it, folks? NASA started up for business 50 years ago today on October 1, 1958 when the first employees sat down to a day’s work. And even better yet, NASA is still doing what they do best: giving us permission to look to the sky in wonder with a tangible hope of knowing what lies beyond our world.

NASA has done many an impressive thing over the past 50 years. There were the moon landings, the space stations, satellite launches and more. And of course, they have been associated with a few tragedies as well including the Challenger, Columbia and a launchpad fire.

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Targus announced new Mac accessories

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Oct 1st 2008 No Comments

If you need extra things to spruce of your MacBook or MacBook Pro, Targus has just announced a new line of peripherals that will work right alongside your Apple device.

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Sprint XOHM WiMax Baltimore Speed Tests

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Oct 1st 2008 No Comments

xohmcard Baltimore was the first city to get Sprint’s XOHM WiMax service, so of course, people are giving it a tryout. And it seems the system provides for fairly fast download speeds, though signal strength is apparently the most important thing when it comes to having a good experience or a decidedly so-so one.

Those from Laptop Mag got pretty speedy results, which most likely has to do with the locations chosen for the tests. Web browsing speed was impressive, with CNN.com loading in 14 seconds, and downloading a 233.3MB video from iTunes in 6:10. It faired much better than Verizon’s EV-DO service.

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Samsonite Checkmate Laptop Bag makes flying easier

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Sep 26th 2008 No Comments

samsonite checkmate One problem many people have when flying is getting their laptops through the security checkpoints. But with the Checkmate Laptop Bag by Samsonite, getting through those checkpoints should be a breeze.

Measuring in at 16.5 x 13.0 x 4.7 inches, you can store up to a 15.4-inch laptop and you don’t even have to remove it during security checks. All you have to do is unzip the bag, unfold it and lay it flat, then send it through the x-ray machine.

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Belkin Laptop Sleeves are a stylish way to protect your gear

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Sep 18th 2008 No Comments

Belkin has come out with a few new laptop sleeves to protect your portable and they are actually pretty nice to look at. Dare I say it: fashionable? One in neoprene, the other quilted, you have plenty of options for storing your laptop on the go.

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Scientists work to develop human-friendly robot tech

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Sep 12th 2008 No Comments

robofriendsm While we are years away from the sort of sentient AI depicted in the movies, that isn’t stopping scientists from working on getting some of the mechanics down now. Of particular concern is somehow preventing robots in all their metallic goodness from hurting people.

Scientists at the University of Pisa’s Faculty of Engineering are currently focusing on fool proofing robot arms. What sounds like a straightforward operation is actually quite complicated in that it must account for malfunction, software bugs and glitches, problems with sensors and more. Even human error must be taken into consideration to completely make robot arms safe.

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StellarWindows turns your PC into a portal for viewing space

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Sep 5th 2008 No Comments

Japanese company, Fairy Devices, have developed a new toy called StellarWindows that works with your PC to let you take a look at outer space. The toy includes CD software and a USB dongle and is intended for use on either a tablet or notebook PC.

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Yamaha BD-S2900 is latest high-end Blu-ray offering

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Aug 26th 2008 2 Comments

The Yamaha BD-S2900 was announced today and if you’re in the market for a super high-end Blu-ray player, this may very well be the one for you. This player has HD Audio Bitstream output and several other features that set it apart from the norm.

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Plasma TVs can last 42 years

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Aug 15th 2008 2 Comments

One concern many people have about plasma TVs is their relatively short lifespan. And until recently, it was commonly thought that you’d only get a few years out of your plasma screen before it was destined for the junk bin. But now it seems you could hang onto that flat-panel a good while longer.

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