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CES 2012 Preview: handfulls of leaks

Chris Burns, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [1]

It’s less than a week before we’re diving face-first into the most gigantic gadget show of the whole year the Consumer Electronics Show 2012: and it’s time to take a look at everything that’s been teased and leaked thus far. There’s official previews, invites, unofficial photos and bits let loose by people whose goal in life it is to bring you in on the good stuff before its masters reveal in ernest, and a real schedule so you can see where we’ll be the whole time. Our team will be spread out like the fingers of a hand, and when we bring them together we will CRUSH the news each day for you!

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MSN Direct service ends, SPOT watches go dark

Shane McGlaun, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [1]

If you are a geek who has been around for a wheel, you might remember the SPOT watches that Microsoft rolled out way back in 2004. These big and geeky looking watches could connect the wearer to data using an FM signal. That data could give you all sorts of details like the score from your favorite games and more. Read The Full Story

Columns

Snoop Dogg on The Price is Right and Celebritarianism in Tech Reporting

Chris Burns, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

When its time for a celebrity appearance on any manner of show or ad spot that can be construed as cool, you can expect that Snoop Dogg wont be far behind. Last time we spoke about Snoop Dogg specifically, it was about a set of viral videos made for MetroPCS in which he re-named himself Snoop DoGGGG, a contestant on the G-Connection with Warren G. Here in the gadget and technology reporting world, there’s something to be said about having your favorite hero reporter or, more likely, your favorite hero blog report the news you want to hear.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 52 2011

Chris Burns, Jan 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to the last week of the year, and here at SlashGear an odd week since last week we did not have a wrap-up as such. What we're doing this week is checking out our last reviews, our last featured posts, columns, top posts, and the like. Note furthermore that this review is one part of a set of reviews of the whole year of 2011, pieces that we choose and that you choose in kind! The last posts of the year were an odd bunch, let me tell you, and at no point should you expect that a holiday season would be bland - in fact it was utterly wild when it came down to it - enjoy! Read The Full Story

Featured

Happy New Year’s from SlashGear!

Chris Burns, Jan 1st 2012 Discuss [6]

It’s the first of the year here in the western world, and we’re gearing up for another tech-filled 365 days of magic! What we’re getting ready at the moment is no less than another action packed year of gadgets galore, including but not limited to the two biggest events of the year right out of the gate: CES 2012 and MWC 2012! Join us the whole year but especially these first two months as we hang out in two of the most fabulous places for events on earth: Las Vegas, Nevada, and Barcelona, Spain!

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Japanese adult diaper slurps away urine

Shane McGlaun, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

Life starts in diapers for us all and for those that live to an advanced age life often takes you back to diapers. Once people lose the ability to control urine or get up and go to the bathroom themselves, an adult diaper is the only thing standing between the wearer and a big mess. The catch is that if no one is around to help change the diaper things can be nearly as messy as having no diaper at all. Read The Full Story

Featured

Happy Holidays from SlashGear

Chris Burns, Dec 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

Today and tomorrow you’ll hear just a little bit less from the team here at SlashGear than you normally would because we’re out having a fabulous time celebrating Christmas (or something like it) at each of our various family abodes. What you will find is a couple of guides on what to do with your gifts, specifically if they come from the Apple or Android families, and some surprise posts as well. We’re hoping you find this holiday set of days as relaxing as we are, taking a break from everything, including news about the ever-expanding future of gadgetry.

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Reviews

Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Review

Chris Davies, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [3]

You have to be a pretty special electric toothbrush to make the frontpage of SlashGear, but Philips reckons its Sonicare DiamondClean HX9332 has what it takes. $300/£250 worth of sonically-cleaning electric mouth pleasure is on offer, complete with a USB traveling case and a magical inductive charger-glass for your bathroom counter. Is this the ideal holiday treat for your teeth, or merely an overpriced vibrating gobthrill? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Conflict Materials in my smartphone? Hope for Congo says yes

Chris Burns, Dec 7th 2011 Discuss [5]

It’s a risky business you enter in when you purchase a product, and not just when you’re rolling with NIKE with their child labor-made shoes or that lovely diamond you’ve got around your neck mined by an enslaved people in Africa – what we’re now to understand is that its possible, though not confirmed, that the vast majority of the top-name manufacturers your gadgets come from are involved in, in one way or another, the “conflict materials” trade. You may know this term from the movie Blood Diamond, released a few years ago starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Djimon Hounsou, or Kanye West’s song “Diamonds” from right around the same time as the release of that movie – the absolutely evil conditions you saw or heard in those bits of media are very likely continuing through to the bits that make up your favorite MP3 player, speakers, and tablets you’re using right this second.

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Little Printer prints digital stuff for you to read

Shane McGlaun, Nov 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Little Printer is a strange item that seems to be aimed a the person who both likes and loathes digital media. This Little Printer allows you to enter your subscriptions for social networking sites and other places and then each morning it will print that content out for you. Granted that isn’t green, but if you want a printed page to take with you this might be the ticket. Read The Full Story

Awesome EXOdesk has interactive 40-inch touchscreen embedded

Shane McGlaun, Nov 28th 2011 Discuss [3]

You can put a 40-inch touchscreen on top of your desk if you are so inclined, but the cool EXOdesk is the first piece of furniture I have seen with a big 40-inch touchscreen inside the desk surface. The geeks over at TheLongClimb have a bunch of photos of the EXOdesk along with some of the interactive screens that the big touch panel in the surface can show. Read The Full Story