July 2008

Orbit Professional Outdoor Mist Cooling System

Do you love to entertain friends and family often? If you are like me, you probably feel like you are going to melt outside during the hot summer evenings. Unfortunately, for a lot of people out there with the same aversion to heat like me, it just doesn’t seem like much fun to get out [...]

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mStation Stereo Orb

Someone sent me a link to this cool little gadget. It is basically an awesome docking station for any iPod. For example, are you wanting to turn on some awesome music for a romantic dinner? Or, are you just wanting to have some awesome dancing music going on during a big party? This little thing [...]

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Cookin’ With Google

Gizmos for Cooks reports on a new beta feature called Cookin’ With Google: How many times have you said, “There’s nothing to eat in this house,” only to find yourself standing in front of a pantry that’s chock full of possible ingredients? Same goes for the fridge. What if you could pop a few of [...]

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Screaming Meanie 220 Alarm Clock

I can remember when I used to live at home with my parents in high school. I was blessed to be one of those people who could fall asleep easily. Unfortunately, I was cursed when it came to waking up. My mother would hear the alarm clock going off, but a lot of the time, [...]

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Xbox 360 console now $300

Microsoft has decided to drop the price on the Xbox 360 console by $50. You can now pick up a console bundle at a Target store for $299.99. • Bundle Includes HD A/V Cable • Includes Headset, Ethernet Cable, Wireless Controller, Xbox 360 Console • Features Xbox Live for the Ultimate Broadband Gaming Experience, High-Definition [...]

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New free Webmail service – GMX.com

There’s a new kid on the Webmail block – GMX.com. GMX Internet Services, Inc. claims to have over 10 million Internet mail accounts, and has attracted 100,000 users in the beta testing of their new webmail service. Built with a lot of AJAX features, the GMX interface resembles Outlook and Hotmail more than Gmail or [...]

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New Gmail feature: sign out your other sessions

There’s a new Gmail feature that Google just rolled out that apparently has taken years of testing. It’s the ability to track and sign out other Gmail sessions that you have open in other browsers/computers. All you need to do is head down to the bottom of your Gmail screen and click the Details link [...]

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kwiry adds new features: Facebook app, e-mail, photos, more

Remember kwiry, the text-to-webpage service that we blogged about late last year? Well, they’ve been hard at work building and rolling out new extensions to their basic service. For starters, the kwiry Facebook application lets you change the privacy of your kwirys and manage your kwirys without leaving FB. Now you can send photos to [...]

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Boston Dynamics’ ‘Big Dog’ robot stays upright on all types of surfaces

There really isn’t much to say that this video doesn’t convey visually. Futurists and filmmakers need to instantly revise how they envision robots in the future. R2-D2 almost seems silly when you consider Big Dog, a prototype from Boston Dynamics which is being funded by DARPA. This is scary in how amazing it is.

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Get your GfG swag with Free Shipping

Only until July 20, you can get your GfG gear, like the cool Golf Shirt in the pic with free shipping. Or perhaps you’d prefer a hoodie, or a baseball t-shirt, a coffee mug, or perhaps a sweet license plate holder. Anyway, head over to CafePress and enter in a coupon code of “FREESUMMER” when [...]

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