Archive for: May 5, 2008

Filed under: Desktops
Do you absolutely love Gateway desktops? whether you said yes, prepare to be seriously stoked. The company is releasing a slew of new systems that week, ranging from cheapos starter to pretty heavily equipped gaming / multimedia models. We’ve got all the info that’s fit to prin…

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Gadgets

Today, life can be pretty hectic, and it’s thanks to technology that we get around to doing at least half of our daily routines without falling by in exhaustion. And in that gadget news update involving the Apple iPhone, it seems that you can now finally tend to your garden while being on the move, …

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Apple

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Archer Quinn promised the world a working demonstration of his homemade free energy device called the “Sword of God” by June 20th, but it looks like we’re getting a sneak peek a little early: Quinn’s detailing the build on his blog, and it’s just about at pigs-in-trousers …

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Gadgets

We’ve already seen some rudimentary Wii homebrew channel support, but that latest video released by homebrew developer Bushing steps things up considerably, with it turning what was once a curiosity into something that fairly a few non-homebrew dabbling folks will likely be keen to get their hands…

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Gaming

We’ve heard your cries for USB-to-DVI adapters that don’t cost two arms and a good portion of your left leg, and apparently so has EVGA. Announced nowadays with DisplayLink, the company is serving up two new USB graphics adapters (UGAs) in the UV Plus+ family of wares, both of which are hitting …

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Peripherals

whether you like your news straight up, just the facts, gray lady style, skip that story. MSNBC is launching some new toys for its news service that let you scan headlines in creative (and goofy) ways, and even play games with them. They’re all part of the MSNBC NewsWare service.

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Web

If your Mom’s not comfortable with computers, consider computer training as a Mother’s Day gift that year, suggests Troy Wolverton (mercurynews.com). Apple offers “a program it calls One to One. For $99, the service provides a year’s worth of once-a-week, hourlong training sessions for Mac u…

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Apple

The Associated Press nowadays launched a new service for iPhone. Called Mobile News Network, the service — now with more than 100 participating newspapers — delivers local news, sports, news video, news photos, and other substance directly to your iPhone via a customizable web application. Origi…

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Apple

It looks like Verizon isn’t taking those 700MHz spectrum open access rules very seriously, and a undoubtful competing bidder isn’t real happy. In a petition filed with the FCC by Google, the company alleges that Verizon is willfully ignoring the “plain meaning of the [open access] rule” by sugge…

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Wireless

certain, there are already a handful of options out there for extending the life of your iPhone / iPod battery, but since when have we been ones to gripe about a little competition? Kensington has just introduced a standard and miniature version of its Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone / iPod,…

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Cellphones, Gadgets, Peripherals

On May 1st, angry eBay users began another round of boycotts, this time with no end in sight unless eBay reverses the fee and policy changes that enraged so many sellers in the first place. Even if eBay did reverse course, a number of eBay buyers and sellers may never return to the service.

We've already discussed some eBay alternatives that will help you clean out the attic and make some money, but Fididel is a new online auction site unveiled today that promises to stand out from the crowd by keeping sellers in mind and offering buyers new tools to negotiate pricing dynamically with sellers.

Fididel just opened its doors this morning, so the site's listings can be somewhat scarce depending on the category that you choose. For example, there are only two items in the Computers and Network category, but there are dozens in the DVDs and Movies category. There's a good amount to shop if you're interested, and some buying tools that are truly unique to the service. For example, Fididel is the first online auction site to offer what the service calls Real Time Negotiations, which allow buyers and sellers to negotiate on pricing right down to the moment when the deal is sealed.

When you click to "fididel" an item, you're instantly connected to the site's real-time negotiation system, with which you can negotiate. You can haggle with the system instantly to try to lower the seller's asking price, ask the seller for more than one ...

Guess what, America: You're for sale. Well, your domain name is, and what's a superpower without a solid top-level domain? A Switzerland-based company will be auctioning off America.com, the "most beautiful domain name on the Internet."

The baseball-loving, bald-eagle, apple pie of a site will be auctioned off through GreatDomains.com and Sedo.com between May 22nd and 29th. The domain's value is estimated between $3.5 to 7.3 million. So if you really love your country, start saving up those Benjamins.