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DirecTV gives up on Windows integration

I am pretty sure there were plenty of people here that were waiting for the DirecTV PC Tuner to hit the market. But by the looks of it, they might not even get a DirecTV PC Tuner. DirecTV announced today that they have officially canceled their attempts to bring the HDPC-20 tuner to the market. [...]

“Virtual Keyboard” the future at the palm of your hands

It is now almost the year 2009 and what we expected of the future back then in the late 80’s, i.e. flying cars and humanistic androids, isn’t what we have now. Although our depiction of life would be somewhat virtual reality like the movie “Tron”, that isn’t always the case. Here is something to bring [...]

Pentagon reveals top priority during declining economy

It is quite funny to see where our priority lies as a society. We spend hundred of billions of dollars in weaponry, yet our government refuses to invest in its own citizens and invest in solutions to our problems at home. According to a report, the Pentagon is planning to spend $22 million on research [...]

Visa Credit Card that battles online credit card fraud

In a attempt to battle online credit card fraud, Visa Europe has introduced a new Visa credit card that comes with a keypad and digital number display. How the new Visa credit card works is that when you want to make a purchase online, you type your PIN number on the keypad. Then the Visa [...]

American Airlines joins cellphone boarding pass trend

Earlier this year, Continental Airlines was the first to utilize paperless boarding passes option by offering their customers to download their boarding pass onto their cellphone. Now American Airlines is joining the trend by offering consumers to use their iPhone, Blackberry, G1, etc as their boarding pass. Currently, both Continental Airlines and American Airlines only [...]

Heineken beer keg that plays music

If you love drinking, then you will love this little gadget. Its a Heineken mini keg that is actually an  amp. This nifty gadget will cost you about $119, but it will be worth the fun. You can connect anything such as an electric guitar or an MP3 player. If you’re the one who brings [...]

Automatic Book Scanner…A MUST HAVE!!!!!

I found this video of ScanRobot, a automatic book scanner. This video shows how it can scan a whole book while you are out studying other books. Obviously this is a must-have with all college students. They can just scan books instead of buying them (not that I am implying that you do that, but [...]

Di-Cycle is the Jesus of all bikes

I don’t know about you, but this bicyle, err, di-cycle looks awesome. Although it is not yet available for the public because it is still in its design phase, but this contraption has the ability to ride both on land AND on water. Now that sounds aweome to me. Tell us what you think.
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Microsoft introduces SideWinder X8 gaming mouse

Yesterday, Microsoft introduced their new line of BlueTrack computer mice (or is it mouses). Well today Microsoft introduced a new computer mouse, the SideWinder X8 gaming mouse. This new gaming mouse boasts the same BlueTrack technology of the new BlueTrack mouse, but it comes in a more gaming-friendly package. It includes the following new features
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Sony gets ‘Sporty Spice’ with new Bluetooth headphones

Sony’s line of bluetooth headphones were kind of bland. So how did Sony fix this little problem? They went sporty with the new DR-BT160AS. These new bluetooth headphones boast a built-in mic and volume/track controls as well as controls for phone calls. They should be available in October. A price tag has yet to be [...]