April 2009

Mt. Everest getting cell phone reception

Some people simply have nothing good to complain about. The latest brouhaha is over Nepal Telecom’s decision to install cell phone towers/antennas to provide coverage on Mt. Everest. The complaint? That there’s nowhere left in the world where you can so-call ‘escape’. Whatever. Want to escape. Turn off your cell phone, or don’t take it [...]

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D-Link Print Server – only $20

Rarely do we find a bargain in this day and age, but that seems exactly what GetUSB.info have done; they’ve spotted a very nice D-Link print server for just $20 on Buy.com, with free shipping and no sneaky discounts – just an honest price – even D-Link are selling it direct for $40! If you’ve [...]

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Have DVRs succeeded?

Have DVRs not brought the revolution they promised 10 years ago? So argues the Economist, saying that they have not undermined television, but instead done the opposite. I disagree. While television advertising hasn’t collapsed as many experts thought it would in the face of TiVos and other DVRs, being able to easily pause, rewind & [...]

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Article Recap for the Week Ending Apr 24, 2009

Here are some of our notable articles for the past week. First we pondered whether Twitter’s popularity would last. Google News now has a Timeline of Events – nice feature. We noticed that YouTube were looking to accept full length and legal content, while Fuijitsu have developed some secure new memory sticks. Adobe announced their [...]

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Skype needs to run as administrator or with administrative privileges

After pulling my hair out for a while, I discovered that the Skype client needs to be run as a user with administrative privileges (I’m using version 4.x). I don’t see why this is necessary, but oh well, I’ll live. I’m not happy with Skype as I’d rather not have to run my applications with [...]

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Video demos of eCoupled wireless charging tech

Back at 2008′s CES, we featured some new wireless charging technology from Fulton called eCoupled. This year, Fulton produced some videos demonstrating this. Definitely gets the point across better than mere words! In case you’re thinking this doesn’t look that remarkable – just ask yourself where are the power cords?

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Panasonic’s Electronics Recycling program expands – covers all 50 states

Wow, that was fast. Launched in Nov 08, Panasonic’s nationwide consumer electronics recycling program already has over 300 locations in 50 states. Well done Panasonic. For a list of drop-off sites, see www.MRMrecycling.com.

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Oracle to buy Sun Microsystems

In what seems to be a rather bizarre marriage, Oracle will snap up Sun for approximately $7 billion after IBM declined to up their bid. Oracle is primarily a software company and this will be a huge foray into hardware for them, although they will get Sun’s operating systems, Java and other software assets. Unfortunately, [...]

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ReQall – Give Yourself A Brain Extension

ReQall is a very nice piece of to-do software; it allows you to make a to-do with reminders via a wide range of media. When setting yourself a to-do note, you can call their toll free number and dictate the note (using voice recognition software), text the note, instant message (IM) the note, send via [...]

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Digeo rolls out a slew of new features for its Moxi HD DVR

Digeo has rolled out a slew of new features for its Moxi HD DVR. If you have a Moxi DVR, then you can get these new services via a software firmware upgrade for free. If you don’t have a Moxi, then you’ll want to consider getting one, as here are some of the new features:

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