Archive for: February 20, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Just like the Navy told us, they shot that nasty satellite out of the sky with the kind of laser-like precision they’ve been claiming they’re capable of for years. At right around 10:30 that evening, expensive missiles were fired from the deck of the USS Erie, traveling in…

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Filed under: Household
With each passing moment we grow ever closer to reaching the year 2193, thus, having some sort of futuristic pod / chair hybrid in your domestic is likely more acceptable nowadays than yesterday. Nevertheless, we can’t recommend the Armchair Paradise to anyone with any level o…

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Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Portable Audio
Back in our day we had to use these things called “laptops” to produce music, but now it seems like any kid off the street can rock out with a jailbroken iPhone and some Red Bull. Put two of these ADD-addled youngsters together with a DS Phat-toting fr…

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perhaps it’s just us, but the integration of Bluetooth into a CB radio is lengthy, distant overdue. Thankfully, Cobra is stepping up to the plate and introducing the 29 LTD BT, which will go down as its first ever CB radio to include integrated BT technology. Essentially, it allows users to acce…

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Monopoly is launching a Here & Now World Edition and wants your input on which cities to include on the boardwalk. The top 22 cities will earn a coveted spot on the game board and it's up to you to get your favorite cities in on the game. Just go to monopolyworld.com and choose your top ten cities from the list or write in your own. You can vote once a day, and you've got until the end of the month--that's one extra day since it's a leap year. Right now, Istanbul is in the lead, New York is number eight, and Toronto is number 20. Make your city a contender--Mr. Monopoly demands it!

We got a chance to check out the first functioning games for Zune and were able to reply a few — but not many — questions about how that thing’s bound to play out.

For starters, first-gen Zunes don’t seem to be ruled out by any means, but it’s going to be dependent on the game controls. Za…

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that is frankly brilliant. A hands-free umbrella is perfect for walking to work while yapping on your phone with one hand and cradling a cup of coffee with the other. Unfortunately it’s just never going to construct it past the “my friends will laugh at me” stage, considering they will. They wil…

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There’s no denying the coolness of the Novint Falcon haptic gaming controller, but it looks like realness factor is getting upped a notch — the company just announced the separate availability of that pistol grip it’s been demoing for a while, as well as a black version, pictured above. The pis…

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Take heart, Yahoo! employees. If Microsoft buys your company and fires you all without good reason, you'll be entitled to at least four months severance pay!

Yahoo! responded to reports of a Microsoft proxy fight Tuesday by filing paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that details how much money its employees will get in the event of a "change of control" at the company.

It's nothing too groundbreaking. If Microsoft (or AOL, News Corp., Facebook, or Hannah Montana) purchases Yahoo! and systematically axes employees without cause or good reason, those employees will be entitled to receive their current salaries for four to 24 months, depending on seniority.

Fired workers will also be eligible for reimbursements between $3,000 and $15,000 for outplacement services (or job transition service), also depending on seniority. I'm guessing Yahoo!-sponsored shopping sprees and copious trips to the bar are not covered under job transition services.

Employees will also continue to receive health insurance for the duration of their severance and receive accelerated vesting of stock options.

None of this will be of much concern, however, if Microsoft keeps the Yahoo! employees around. Microsoft executives have expressed an interest in working with Yahoo! engineers, but no word on how a combined Microsoft-Yahoo! might affect those lower on the pay scale.

It appears that Microsoft's woes with Vista aren't quite over yet. According to the company's official Windows Vista blog, a bug in the SP1 update is the latest in a mounting load of blunders.

A number of users reported problems resulting from the service pack prerequisite KB937287. After receiving reports of the error, Nick White, Microsoft's Product Manager, quickly responded by notifying customers that a decision has been made to "temporarily suspend automatic distribution of the update to avoid further customer impact while we investigate possible causes." Microsoft says that only a small number of users has been effected and that the company is presently working to crack the problem and put the update back online as soon as possible.

If uou are experiencing this issue, use system restore to correct it or contact 1-866-PC-Safety for help with troubleshooting. Additional guidance will be available via Microsoft's free Update Support Center shortly.

Alter-G looks to have been boasting about its G-Trainer “anti-gravity” treadmill for some day now, but it seems that it’s now a whole lot closer to finding itself under your feet someday, as it has now been approved as an actual medical device by the FDA. In case it didn’t pop up on your radar…

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It wasn’t all Zune gaming at Microsoft’s GDC keynote that dawn — a lot of date was spent discussing Community Games, the new official name for XNA-based games. Amateur devs will get “creator identities” along with their gamertags, and habitable members can rate, grade, and discuss your effo…

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