I absolutely hate it when a blog I read goes quiet for a while, and then the author writes some lame post about why he’s been absent for so long. Usually, I think to myself that I could care less about his excuses and explanations, and how I really only want more good [...]
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Posted in Gadgets, Lifestyle on Oct 24th, 2007 No Comments »
On October 15th, Singapore Airlines became the first to accept delivery of the Airbus A380, the largest airliner in the world. In its most cramped configuration, carriers have the option of packing 555 people into the A380. But Singapore Airlines is taking a different tack. Beginning with their first flight, scheduled [...]
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Posted in Business, Gadgets on Oct 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
It seems that both Sony and Microsoft are trying to take a piece of the “casual gaming” pie from Nintendo, by positioning themselves as close as they can to the Wii’s $250 price tag. The Wii’s accessibility and low-price have propelled it to the top of the sales charts thus far.
In response, Sony has [...]
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Posted in Business, Gadgets on Oct 15th, 2007 4 Comments »
In an interesting analysis, Gadget blog Crave asks the seemingly unlikely question, is the Nintendo Wii just a fad? It’s hard to imagine, given that it’s been the best-selling console worldwide this generation, and it’s still difficult to find one in stores almost a year after its release. However, according to an article [...]
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Posted in Gadgets, Steampunk on Oct 8th, 2007 No Comments »
In a world where most gadgets, like the iPhone, are moving towards buttonless, minimalist designs, the Aaron Adding Machine collection is a breath of fresh air. Each apparatus is refreshingly furnished with an assortment of brass buttons, dials, knife-switches, cranks, and keys.
Sure, there may be more powerful calculators, and there are certainly cheaper calculators, [...]
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Posted in Deals, Gadgets on Oct 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Amazon has a great price on TiVo’s newest HD DVR. The TiVo HD stores 20 hours of HD and 180 hours of SD content out of the box, but if your daring, you can crack her open and upgrade the hard drive.
You can pick up the TiVo HD for $253.48, with free shipping.
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Posted in Deals, Gadgets, Reviews on Sep 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Editor’s Note: Akaemi will be bringing us her views on technology from the geek girl’s perspective. Her first contribution is a review of the Logitech Harmony series of universal remotes. Akaemi, like a lot of other people, started out wondering why someone would spend upwards of $100 on a remote control. She [...]
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Posted in Gadgets, Video on Sep 20th, 2007 No Comments »
The new Infinity EX35 crossover has got some pretty remarkable features. Infinity was the first car company to bring us rear-view back up cameras, and their innovating again by being the first company to offer 360 degrees of camera vision. A total of four cameras, one on each side of the car, [...]
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Posted in Gadgets on Sep 4th, 2007 4 Comments »
I recently wrote about an exciting new breed of super cheap, ultra-portable notebooks that are slowly making there way to the market. I profiled the Asus Eee PC 701 and the Palm Foleo, with the Asus taking the lead both in terms of price and features.
Well, it seems Palm has finally decided to examine [...]
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Posted in Deals, Gadgets on Aug 30th, 2007 2 Comments »
The last deal we had on one of these was for a lowly refurb, and even that only lasted a day. Now, Amazon.com is offering brand new Logitech Harmony 880 remotes for the low-low price of $125.88. Get in on one of these for half their normal price. They won’t be around [...]
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