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Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 finally officially released

By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Mar 18th 2008 6 Comments

It has 23 security updates, 550 hotfixes, and is packed into a 434.5MB package or 726.5MB for the 64-bit version. That’s a fat service pack if I do say so myself.

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Art.Lebedev not ending the Optimus line with its current production keyboard

By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Mar 18th 2008 1 Comment

ArtemyLebedev Today Artemy himself said on his LiveJournal that they are moving forward with the idea behind the Optimus keyboard. But for seemingly sheer cost related issues they are passing on the 100+ OLED screens.

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Apple patents suggest possible flip phone model coming to iPhone lineup

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Mar 17th 2008 No Comments

This patent is more for a new type of screen than for any one actual device. The patent describes a touch-screen type of interface that is transparent and can work from both sides of the screen.

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USB Engagement Rings – so you can implement your own geeky proposition

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Mar 17th 2008 No Comments

Swarovski have partnered with someone to offer up this USB engagement ring. There even appears to be two different models, but this ring would allow you to carry around a certain amount of data in your engagement ring.

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Samsung YP-S3 gets video preview – it has bright shiny things on it

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Mar 17th 2008 No Comments

I am easily distracted by bright shiny things, and this player’s entire interface is invisible underneath the shiny why exterior until the buttons light up. Its not a new tactic for Samsung, but this is a new player for Samsung, and it hasn’t even been released to the public yet, I don’t think.

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Siftables from MIT – domino sized computers to take over world

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Mar 17th 2008 No Comments

siftables 250 This little half-domino shaped/sized squares are actually individual really tiny computers. You build them together to add functionality to whatever pieces you already have.

They each have a bunch of component in them starting with a 20MHz AVR processor and full color OLED screen on the top. Then they have tactile/haptic drivers, a 3-axis accelerometer, built in flash memory, and rechargeable Lithium-Polymer batteries.

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USB Memory Bomb – “They Set Us up The Bomb!”

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Mar 14th 2008 No Comments

Sure, there aren’t actually any bombs shaped like this, but it’s a homage back to the good old days of the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Road Runner. Wil E. Coyote should be on the package and “A.C.M.E.” printed on the side just for effect.

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Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire + USB 2.0 1TB drives from OWC

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Mar 14th 2008 No Comments

These drives are great for Mac computers. They have two FireWire 400 ports on them which means you can daisy chain them, they have an Oxford chipset so they are Plug N Play compatible with Macs, and they are designed similar to the Mac Pro.

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Cylons are coming to life – get yours now

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 13th 2008 No Comments

No, its not really functioning or alive, but it is really seven feet tall and made from fiberglass. Its painted, shaped, and all that jazz just like a real cylon.

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Digital/Analog clock blurs the line between the two

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 13th 2008 No Comments

This clock is digital in the way that it uses the 7-segment digit design to tell time, but its analog in the way that those segments are presented. The clock is made from Corian and wood and when it changes the time, it raises and lowers pieces of the digit to make it 3D.