Archive for July, 2009

There just might be a way to keep people from completely moving over to eBook readers. The Book-Sensitive Reading Lamp, created by French Designers, Jun Yasumoto, Alban Le Henry, Olivier Pigasse, and Vincent Vandenbrouck is an unusually shaped book lamp that holds your book and illuminates when its time to read. More »


Refrigerators are underappreciated, its the main thing in everyone’s kitchen and people use it without realizing how much easier it makes their life. They have also advanced far more than expected. Who could have ever imagined refrigerators automatically dispensing and have screens on them? Thanks to the Amana Jot from Whirlpool, its about to get much better. More »


The Pentagon is working with a Maryland Company, Robotic Technology Inc., to develop a robot that feeds on organic material on the battlefield. The robot, also know as Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR) will consume anything organic from grass, wood, and even dead bodies to power itself. Yeah, the good old human flesh. More »


Ah Nintendo, you teaser. You gave us folks in the States, hope that one day your amazing, ninja looking all black Nintendo Wii would grace the store shelves all across the country. Now you’ve crushed that dream with one line from one of your reps to GameDaily. More »


Coupons have always annoyed me. I love to save money as much as the next person, but not at the expense of carrying around massive amounts of clutter. I’m reminded of the episode from the last season of Seinfeld where George finds a coupon on the street, puts it in his wallet, and his wallet flies apart under the strain of too many coupons. Well, coupons are now poised to enter the digital age. More »


Are your eyes ready to implode when you look at your Macbook or iMac? Well, good thing Apple is considering switching from glossy displays to an anti-glare screens on most of the Macs in their Macbook and iMac family. More »


Pandora, the internet music streaming service, is now joining forces with record labels to force regular radio to pay royalty fees as well. Pandora was once thought to be closing its doors after royalty fees increased but they’re back with a new deal with record companies and a business model that will keep them afloat. More »


Last night when I least expected it, I received my Google Voice invite. I was excited and started to set it up. In the process I forgot to take some screen shots (Dohhh!). I realized by the 3rd Step, so that’s where it all starts. I just have to say, playing with it has been great. I hope you enjoy the screen shots and short review (longer one coming soon). More »


People often wonder why many NY’ers seem grumpy, well one of the reasons maybe because the “City That Never Sleeps” still makes their Police Officers use typewriters. Typewriters folks, you know those things you look at in amazement when you see them at a garage sell and wonder how anyone ever used such a thing. More »


Guess what Apple, you’ll be getting some new neighbors this fall, Microsoft is planning to open retail stores right next to you. Apple’s highly successful and profitable retail shops are prompting Microsoft to do the same, which will bring a new kind of war, one that could end up in the streets between consumer, we’re hoping. More »


City folks often complain about not having barbecue that’s just right or having the option of making it themselves. Well, with this compact barbecue, it seems that they they can cook up their favorite meat right in the comfort of their own apartment. More »


Since we’re all about gadgets on this site and absolutely love movies, we decided to fuse the two together to bring you “7 Gadgets From Movies Every Human Alive Wants”. Trust me, you’ll definitely want some of these gadgets. More »


There is nothing more that screams back in the day more than a wax seal. This USB is sealed in wax and opens up in the middle so that the USB is revealed. This looks very classy and original, so much that most wouldn’t even know that it’s a USB. More »


Google is planning to release a Google Voice app for both the Android and Blackberry today . The news was released by Google’s Vincent Paquet who said that the application will not only allow Google voice users to place calls on their devices and have recipients calls display the Google Voice number but it will also make it possible to view voicemail transcripts within the application instead of using the mobile web. More »


The iPhone is capable of doing many things, great multimedia phone, amazing apps but the one thing it cannot do is turn into a server farm or can it? (More details on the server farm and video after the break). More »


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