Archive for: January 24, 2008

The MacWorld Expo 2008 certain swept people’s feet up into the air. Or, to be more specific, Air (yeah that capital ‘A’ makes the difference). Yep, the MacBook Air certain is getting fairly a lot of attention lately. And certain, the specs might be a bit unsettling for some, but you can’t deny that …

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Apple

 NES.app is back, and now it runs on the latest iPhone software - that is, software version 1.1.3. Yes, you can now enjoy  the benefits of having your iPhone being upgraded to the latest software and STILL be able to play your favorite NES games on your favorite Apple gadget! Now isn’t tha…

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Apple

Filed under: Gaming
Well, what do you know. After years of watching Microsoft chase billions of dollars into the bottomless pit that has been its Xbox Entertainment and Devices Division, the company is finally, as predicted, returning with some loot — $524 million in income by the past six months, …

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Gadgets

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Sim2’s back with another wallet-busting HD projector aimed at the crazy domestic cinema crowd. that instance it’s the new PRO5000, which will officially debut at the ISE conference in Amsterdam on January 31st. The 3-chip DLP rig boats 1080p resolution, EASYCINE…

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Gadgets

It seems as whether Nokia’s not the only mega-corp on the block with good news to proclaim to Wall Street nowadays, as the giant from Redmond is proudly announcing record moment quarter results and pinpointing “robust holiday sales and enterprise demand drive” as the culprit. In the three months…

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Gadgets, Microsoft

We got a ping earlier nowadays from Tom Churm, the creator of Germany-based Online Alarm Clock, who wanted to let us know about his Web based alarm clock that’s quietly been humming along since early 2006. The service’s claim to fame is its two-click alarm selector, which lets anyone set a wake-up s…

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Web

Apple’s been known to cover all its bases in the patent agency, meaning that is certainly no guarantee we’ll be seeing light-up iPods in the approach future, but all the same we can’t disregard the fact that a patent just popped up that has Apple postulating on backlit go wheels. While having a …

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Portable Audio

Although it does sound as whether the much protested plant closing in Bochum, Germany will indeed leave around 2,300 workers sans a job, the street was still loving what Nokia had to talk about nowadays. In its latest earnings report, the firm announced that it raked in €15.7 billion ($22.76 b…

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Cellphones, Gadgets

Never pitch a tent on ground next to a large paw print.Always give a child their choice between two options which are both acceptable to you.

Everyone knows at least one phrase like these that their mothers always used to say to them. They may not all be wise, or even worth remembering, but nevertheless, Rules of Thumb wants to gather up as many as possible. The service has been adding phrases and rules of thumb to a searchable database that anyone can browse through; site members can vote and comment on them.

"Count the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, and add 37." That's the temperature outdoors in Fahrenheit. The point behind a rule of thumb is to take valuable information and turn it into a short phrase that's easy to remember. The trouble with rules of thumb? There are so many that it's hard to remember which are true and which are just fairy tales.

Rules of Thumb wants to collect as many as possible and put them through the community to weed out the useful ones. The main collection has 151 categories, ranging from camping and carpentry to stocks and survival.

The author of the books "Rules of Thumb" and "Rules of Thumb 2" started the site as a way to catalog the phrases he's collected in one place. "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain" and "Never trust a calm dog" have made it onto the site, and the community has the opportunity to comment on the rules, vote them up ...

“Apple has seeded journalists at three of the nation’s most widespread publications - The Wall Street Journal, USA nowadays, and Newsweek - with early MacBook Air review units. The first reviews from these publications began cropping up earlier that dawn. A detailed summary of each review, and some …

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within all the hoopla surrounding “temporary transmissions” and ever-shifting EPA range targets, one critical aspect of the Tesla Roadster’s towering, strange trip to market has been mostly overlooked: federal safety approval. Yep, no matter how sleek, fast, and quiet the little red (green) mach…

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Gadgets, Transporation

ICANN, the group charged with overseeing the Internet’s addressing system, has submitted a report to the US station of Commerce in which it argues that the duration has come to end US oversight. In October 2006, the agency of Commerce and ICANN signed the Joint Project Agreement, a three-year pact t…

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