Archive for August, 2010

If you love watching action movies/series I’m sure you have seen a lot scenes where the protagonist shoots on a padlock to forcibly open it. In the next video courtesy of Popular Mechanics, four different types of padlocks were tested to see how well they could protect your properties. More »


Maybe not the type of cuties you were expecting - but you can’t deny how adorable these two are for dressing up as R2-D2 and C-3P0 at Celebration V.This year’s Star Wars convention was held in Orlando, Florida in celebration of 30 years of Empire Strikes Back. More »


The Keyport Slide is perfect for those that constantly have to carry around between 4 to 6 keys and get annoyed by the jingly-jangleness of said keys. It puts your keys into a single casing and you slide and retract the needed key much in the same manner as a USB. More »


The Seabreacher has done it again! After the release of their Seabreacher J which looks like a dolphin, here comes the Seabreacher X that comes in a more aggressive shark-style body. More »


There’s no doubt that the Internet is one of history’s greatest inventions yet. It is a daily need for people of the world today and provides us with information at the tip of our fingers with just a few simple clicks. Where would we be without the Internet? For a confessed addict like me, that doesn’t bear thinking about. From J.C. R. Licklider’s “intergalatic network” to the first spam mail to Wikipedia’s launch, let’s reminisce the development of this impressive creation over an infograph created by Jason Powers. More »


Due to some possible miscommunication of reviews to release, Cnet Asia provides us with the sneak peek at Canon’s PowerShot G12. One particular feature that stands out is the inclusion of “HD-quality” video recording. More »


We probably all wondered at one point or another just how secure those voting machines were, you know, the ones we use every four years to elect a President? Turns out the answer is not-so-much as you watch this citizen playing Pac-Man on one of these spiffy patriotic machines. I love waking up to a good cup of irony, and the YouTube video below just takes the cake. More »


In a recent Wall Street Journal article, LG’s Marketing VP made quite a big pow when he said that “our tablet will be better than the iPad.” Oh no you didn’t. However, putting LG’s tablet side by side with the iPad would be an unfair comparison, seeing as LG’s target consumer sphere differs greatly from that of the iPad’s. More »


We recently came with the news that some leaked pictures of Microsoft’s Arc Touch Mouse were floating around the internet. More pictures have now been revealed, this time with the mouse placed in a business-esque environment. Whether or not Microsoft is aware of these pics is still up for debate, but I must say that scenery really changes the mouse’s image. So hi-tech, so sleek, so… More »


This fall, you’ll be able to pick up a very affordable $100 Sylvania netbook and $179 LookBook e-reader at your local CVS.The netbook runs Windows CE and promises that it is able to stream video / YouTube. It sounds pretty good for only $100. More »


From Htcyou: Android seems to be having a sweet tooth for codenames, and that sweet tooth is only getting sweeter. As a recap, I’m sure we all remember these wonderful past released versions that are reminiscent of a kindergarten book, right after the jump. More »


LG Electronics, the South-Korean-based consumer electronics producer, has announced its plan to release its very own Android -powered tablet named Optimus by the end of the year, as well as no less than TEN Optimus Anroid-based smartphones. More »


Currently, Sony is developing “single wire interface technology,” which enables them to replace the (approximately) 22 cables currently used in phones for activities such as audio with an isolated copper cable. This will affect those of of you who are concerned about the outer appearance of your mobile phone and those of you who are interested about the inside components that make up the mobile too. More »


Recently Notcot found a tiny typo on US Visa and Border Crossing Card. They used a microscope to look at the tiny strips with all of US presidents and all of the state flags. It was all good until they couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw ‘John Quincy Adames.’ More »


Looks like there’s a mole inside Nokia’s Headquarters as their latest smartphones gets leaked here then and everywhere, the next victim is a prototype model of Nokia’s N9, it features a very neat and stylish slide out keyboard and it is said to be running on a MeeGo OS. More »


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