Archive for May, 2011

We have all heard the numerous stories about how exposure to power lines, cell phones, and other gadgets can be detrimental to our health, causing cancer, as well as birth defects. More »


Today’s unique USB features The Wedisk Flash Drive! Basically, it is a USB modeled after the famous Wii Remote controller. More »


Smoking smells and the ashes … smell too. So there is a candle that also acts as an ashtray. The candle wick is at the side of the indent, your ashes are in the indent, and as it melts, the ashes melt too which hopefully will mask the smell of the smoke and make the place … not stink of smoke! Genius right? More »


During negotiations for cloud music rights, large sums of money were thrown by Google, according to a published report. BusinessWeek magazine claimed that Google offered the labels $100 million to obtain licences for a cloud music service. More »


You’d expect the newest and latest Nikon to be one of the most expensive cameras released. However, would you ever expect one of the oldest and ancient cameras to be that expensive as well? More »


An escopetarra is a guitar made from an old decommissioned gun, first invented by César López from Colombia. The peace activist designed the music instrument to use it as a peace symbol. The word ‘escopetarra’ itself comes from the Spanish words ‘escopeta’ (shotgun) and ‘guitarra’ (guitar), though all escopetarras are made out of rifles instead of shotguns. More »


A new operating system designed for tablets is set to be unveiled by Microsoft, Bloomberg claims. They reported that Microsoft will be discussing its plans for tablets at some point in the next week, which is rather unsurprising/ More »


Smartphone addiction is starting to be a serious problem. Many people admit to waking up at regular intervals to check their email and some even say that they can’t go to sleep without a phone close to them. 40 percent of people who responded to a survey say that they will interrupt a meeting to take a call, and because of smartphones, employers are starting to prefer speed to quality. More »


Recently, Mark Zuckerberg has explained that he makes sure that he eats an animal who’s life he has personally ended. It is a little, he writes, like learning Chinese, which was last year’s personal challenge for himself that he made. More »


-Always thought that Lego blocks were only for playing right? Well this kid inserted a Leg-brick USB into a slot found in the helmet, that helps anyone who wears it follow along with comics, games and puzzles!

-We’ve heard about Google working on a new Nexus device, but it looks like a photo was leaked and we can take a quick glimpse of it right now. More »


A new feature is being rolled out by Twitter that lets you click on someone’s following page and see the latest tweets from folks that they are following. It’s a major departure from the former functionality, and we’ll all know that. More »


Altec Lansing has began shipping the MIX iMT810 digital boombox. This boombox is able to support Apple’s iPods and iPhones (including the iPhone 4). The MIX iMT810 will sport aluminum accents and grips, encasing a 5.25″ subwoofer in addition to a 5.25″ passive radiator pump. More »


After a lot of upsets where people have accidently deleted their Flickr user’s account, Yahoo’s photo sharing site has added an option to reverse an account termination. This will come, much to the delight of unlucky users. More »


From Htcyou:

The Philips GoGear Connect 7 Android tablet is rumored to be launching in June. However, surprisingly, this tablet will be featuring Gingerbread, instead of Honeycomb. More »


A spacewalking astronaut just recently got soap in his eye, nearly urgently requiring treatment into the safety of the International Space Station on Wednesday. It stung “like crazy”, according to Andrew Feustel. More »


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