As we told you early this morning in our graphic timeline, today the amazing LEGO brick has turned 50 and the company is commemorating it with the Town Plan, a $149.99 special edition of the classic set, with a 1950s gas station, town hall and cinema. And on top of that, three unique 2 x 2 golden bricks. See if you can identify the young Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen in the original Town Plan box shot. [LEGO] galleryPost(’lego50set’, 6, ‘LEGO 50th Anniversary Set’); Tags: speaker, gear, mobile devices, video (Read the full post about ‘LEGO Town Plan 50th Anniversary Set Includes Three Golden Bricks [Lego]’…)
Supa has a new GPS navigation system in town - the S1200G. This device can be hooked up to a special cradle that comes with its own SIM card as well as a separate rechargeable battery. The S1200G is powered by a Freescale MX21 266Mhz processor and Microsoft’s Windows CE 5.0 operating system, bringing together a 4.3? touch screen display, the fabled SiRFStar III receiver, a 1300mAh Li-Polymer battery, and an SD memory card slot. No idea what the GSM cradle is meant for, but a missing microphone shows that the S1200G was not meant to make phone calls. There is also no word on whether Supa’s S1200G will hit the US market - only time will be able to tell. (Read the full post about ‘Supa S1200G GPS system’…)
In early December, OLPC offered up some details on when you would be able to expect your XO Laptop. Those who placed their order early, which was on or before November 15, 2007 should have received their XO before 2007 was over, but for many that date came and went without a delivery. This time the delay, or lack of delivery was due to an issue with PayPal. It seems that when the orders were placed the shipping address did not always make it over to OLPC. This one can easily be blamed on PayPal, however its something that the folks over at OLPC should have noticed was missing. If you were someone who took advantage of the G1G1 program and your delivery date has come and gone, you may want to make sure your shipping address is on file with customer service over at OLPC. (Read the full post about ‘PayPal error causes delay with XO Laptop shipments’…)
Posted Jan 28th 2008 10:48AM by Sean CooperFiled under: Cellphones The Skyfire browser is set to finally bring PC-like browsing to your Windows Mobile device with crazy speeds and support for all manner of embedded content. Sure, there are ways to get Youtube and other mobile video content through proxy sites that convert on the go or with other 3rd-party applications, but this puppy does it all in one sweet and free package. Facebook and Myspace pages load up in no time, video plays in the browser, and all of this is accomplished with some server side magic on the part of the Skyfire server but is completely transparent to the user. (Read the full post about ‘Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile is game changing, does Flash’…)
Posted Jan 28th 2008 9:48AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio iPod surround bars are nothing new, but iLive’s hoping to catch a few eyes that normally gloss over these type things by blessing its iT188B with an oh-so-attractive $99 price tag. This iteration sports “dual built-in subwoofers,” an AM / FM radio, obligatory iPod dock and an on board clock to boot. It also comes bundled with a remote control and an auxiliary input to complement the twin video inputs, video output and subwoofer out for connecting an external thumper. As you’d expect, this one’s built for use underneath a flat-panel HDTV, but it shouldn’t have any problems perched up on a countertop, either. (Read the full post about ‘iLive cranks out iT188B iPod speaker bar’…)
Forest Pearson is a 10-year-old who saved $500 to build a snow-making machine from scratch. Forest Pearson is also our hero, who will probably grow to build a 100-person Jacuzzi on top of Everest. This real-world Calvin put together the machine using a 30-gallon air compressor and a pressure washer, with spray noozles that throw perfect snow powder. The machine may look simple in the following the image, but the results are stunning Update: now with video: newVideoPlayer(”snowkid_giz.flv”, 463, 387,”"); His mom said: “He’s watching a molecular process happening here, he’s creating a climatic event. (Read the full post about ‘Real-World Calvin Builds Snow Machine, Creates Backyard Mountain Overnight [Gadgets]’…)
The guys at Gizmodo took their Apple-loaned MacBook Air and stripped it down, just to see how easy it would be. Result? Very. Ten screws secure the bottom cover, and after removal, the cover lifts off to reveal an equally easy to remove battery.
Apparently, Apple wasn’t very pleased at having the review machine opened up, so Giz took down the video and pictures.
[DEMO 08] Eyealike is launching Eyealike Copyright, an application that helps video producers flag copyright infringed content across User Generated (UGC) Websites. This patent-pending technology is able to analyze and process hundreds of images and video clips per minute by image, motion and face to automatically recognize and flag any video content published illegally online. (Photo) This solution is very interesting, knowing the huge amount of money that copyright infringement could cost both in lawsuit (Viacom $1B lawsuit against YouTube) and profit loss. Eyealike Copyright is available immediately. The pricing is based on an annual licensing fee and varies depending on CPU, storage size, modules purchased and frequency of utilization. (Read the full post about ‘EYEALIKE: Visual-based Search to Prevent Online Video Copyright Infringement’…)
The V5 from Winbase Electronics seem to fulfil every criteria a PMP should have as show below. Support for AVI, MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, APE, JPEG, and BMP QVGA LCD display USB 2.0 connectivity E-book reader FM Radio with recording capability Voice RecorderThe V5 will come in 2GB and 4GB capacities. Too bad there isn’t some sort of memory expansion slot incorporated. Tags: game, computers, TV, pvp (Read the full post about ‘winV5 Does It All’…)
We all know that getting a band together is an exciting project, but Harmonix’s Rock Band aims to take the solo route by eventually offering the game’s instruments on an a la carte basis. Publisher MTV Games has confirmed that from February 12, 2008 onwards, gamers will be able to pick up individual drum kits and guitars for $79.99 and $59.99 a pop respectively in the US. There is no word on a Rock Band microphone, though you can currently use any USB microphone with the game. Looks like with this move happening a couple of days before Valentine’s, lovers who love rocking it out with each other can hold drum-vs-drum contests in the game’s versus mode. Tags: dvr, electronic toys, pvp, dap (Read the full post about ‘Rock Band Instruments To Go Solo’…)
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