June 2009

Microsoft Zune HD – coming this Fall

While style is usually an Apple trait and is typically last on Microsoft’s mind, they seem to have got it right on this one – the Zune HD. This is the latest in the line of Zune players and is beautifully angular to fit in with the modern world. This new 3.3-inch OLED touchscreen Zune [...]

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GfG’s Article Recap for Week Ending June 12, 2009

First up in the ‘what the … ?!’ category from the ever-inventive Japaneses were the  Fuwarinka Candy, which changes your body odor by eating a piece of candy or chewing a piece of gum.  Apple had their WWDC conference and rolled out new MacBooks and a new iPhone. Internet traffic could reach 2/3 of a [...]

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Bang & Olufsen 103-inch Plasma HDTV

Bang & Olufsen have launched their new very top-of-the-line plasma HDTV coming in with a screen size of 103-inches, making it one of the biggest on the market today and with Bang & Olufsen you know you’re getting quality… and that you’re going to have to pay through the nose for it. The BeoVision 4, [...]

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Review: Oral-B Triumph vs Sonicare Elite Electric Toothbrushes – Power vs Sonic

The Oral-B Triumph line is a popular line of power electric toothbrushes that we have featured before, and we thought we’d bring you up to date with the latest news and provide you with an Oral-B-Sonicare comparison; this is mainly a Triumph vs Elite showdown. We had previously reviewed the Triumph 9400 power toothbrush and [...]

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Microsoft close to releasing free Anti-Virus product

Once Microsoft saw that their OneCare Live security product flopped, they decided back in November 08 to produce a scaled down version that would be free. The new application, codenamed Morro, is basic anti-virus that combats viruses, spyware and trojans. While MS says this is not intended to compete with likes of Symantec and McAfee, [...]

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Motorlight Wall/Floor Lighting System – improves your mood

The Motorlight lighting system is a high end state-of-the-art lighting system designed by Jake Dyson – son of the legendary multi-billionaire UK inventor, and founder of Dyson, Sir James Dyson. So it seems the creativity has been passed down from father to son. His innovation is far from just vacuum cleaners and hand dryers. This [...]

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Red Hat releases Fedora 11 Linux

Fedora 11, codenamed Leonidas, was released by Red Hat on Tues. Fedora 11, which is free from Red Hat, unlike its Enterprise cousin has a number of new features such as a piece of middleware called OpenChange that gives universal access to MS Exchange from any client. But perhaps the most significant change is the [...]

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USB 802.11n/g WiFi Adapters

Most modern laptops today have their WiFi adapters built in, but if you have an older laptop and would rather not shell out just to get WiFi, here are some USB WiFi adpaters models that will help you get online without wires. The fast… If it’s speed you’re after, the Belkin Wireless N+ 802.11n USB [...]

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Amazon.com’s Kindle DX

Amazon’s latest Kindle model, the Kindle DX, ships today for a flat price of $489. The biggest differences between the DX and the Kindle 2 are the larger 9.7″ diagonal screen, a native PDF reader, and the larger 3.3GB storage (roughly 3500 books). Another new feature is auto-rotate which is pretty nice for formats like [...]

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Snag your own Facebook username Fri night

Starting at 12:01AM Eastern Time (9:01PM for us West Coasters), Facebook is opening up the floodgates to let people choose their own usernames. First come, first get. So now you can get straight to your FB page with a URL of http://www.facebook.com/johnsmith for example. If you’ve got an accent in your name (or want one), [...]

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