2 Feb, 2008
Posted Feb 2nd 2008 12:51PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoAccording to Zune user Joel Geddis, way back in 2006 his first gen player spontaneously reset and blasted an ear-shattering noise through the earbuds, resulting in permanent “fluid leakage from [his] ear canal, impaired hearing, and incessant ringing and discomfort.” Sound like the stuff of a lawsuit? That’d be correct. Like many others, Joel is beating the war drum in an attempt to raise some awareness of his pending product liability and personal injury suit against Toshiba (who made the first Zune’s hardware) and Microsoft. (Read the full post about ‘Zune user files suit against Microsoft over alleged ear damage’…)
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2 Feb, 2008
I’m clumsy as hell, generally disorganized, and socially awkward, but I have awesome hair - strawberry blond to red, easy-to-cut, body and bounce all the time. My stylists have always loved playing and experimenting with it. A favorite product line of mine is produced by Jonathan Antin Product (you might remember Jonathan Antin - stylist to the stars - seen on Bravo’s show Blow Out). In addition to the wonderful shampoos, conditioners, oil sprays, and finishing products, comes the Beauty Water Shower Purification System. With all his years of experience, Jonathan took to experimenting with pure, filtered spring water when working with brittle, damaged hair and dry skin, and has a portfolio packed with a-listing results. (Read the full post about ‘Beauty Water Shower Purification System’…)
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2 Feb, 2008
In Japan, where having central heating means breaking bank every month, something like this is of the essence. But the Japanese won’t take the mundane-looking, run-of-the-mill heaters — definitely not! This digital space heater doesn’t only save your life during frigid winters, it can pretend it’s a real fireplace too. Complete with a screen which shows off burning embers, this heater with a monitor measures 79.5 × 23.5 with a depth of 62 cm. Weighing 14.3 kg, and made of ABS resin, aluminium, and glass; this digital space heater goes for £121. Check out the product page (Japanese). (Read the full post about ‘Digital Space Heater Thinks It’s a Real Fireplace’…)
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2 Feb, 2008
With the AppleTV “take 2” still not available, Vudu seems to be willing to put up a strong fight to remain in the market. It was just last week that Vudu lowered their price by 25% and have now added more HD content. A new update, that will bring the software to version 1.2 will add about 80 more movies and also adds an on-screen broadband instant-HD indicator. The movies are priced starting at $4 each, which is comparable to the AppleTV pricing. The indicator will help the instant start movies by giving users an alert as to whether or not their current broadband speed will be able to handle the movie without any delays in watching. (Read the full post about ‘Vudu software update offers users more HD content’…)
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2 Feb, 2008
Posted Feb 2nd 2008 3:27PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: Robots, Wearables Apparently somewhere along the way Dean Kamen’s robo-prosthestesis came to be called the Luke arm (care to guess why?), and according to the IEEE Spectrum blog, it’s gearing up to undergo Food and Drug Administration trials pending DARPA’s final thumbs-up, which would put the project in motion. Be sure to check out the rest of the profile of the arm’s development, which is well worth the read.Tags: computers, electronic toys, digital, PDA (Read the full post about ‘Dean Kamen’s robo-arm awaits clinical trials’…)
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2 Feb, 2008
Oops! Bottle Opener And Coaster The beauty of the Oops! Bottle Opener and Coaster is its clever integrated design, offering two gadgets for the price of one. See price Tags: home theater, digital, computers, robots (Read the full post about ‘Oops! Bottle Opener And Coaster’…)
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2 Feb, 2008
Hulu has plans to stream what some consider the best part of the Super Bowl, the commercials. They will be available on the Hulu website and also the Hulu Blog immediately after the game ends. For anyone who currently has gotten an invitation they can watch the commercials through the regular Hulu site. For those still waiting for your invite, you can watch the commercials on their blog. A nice way to enjoy the commercials without having to record the whole game on your DVR and fast-forward though the game. Read [Wired] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘Hulu will stream Super Bowl commercials following the game’…)
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2 Feb, 2008
It has been a while since we first heard about states requiring eBay sellers to get an auctioneers license. In this case Pennsylvania was one of them and it seems they were very serious, they are in fact now suing a woman who decided to sell on eBay. Mary Jo Pletz originally decided to use eBay as a way to earn an income and also be able to stay home with her daughter who had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Mary Jo cooperated and immediately closed shop when she was notified in December 2006 that was she was doing was illegal. She went back to an out-of-the house job that required her daughter to go to day care. The state however is not backing down on the prosecution. (Read the full post about ‘State of Pennsylvania sues woman for selling on eBay without a license’…)
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2 Feb, 2008
Posted Feb 2nd 2008 5:51AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Household Frankly, we’re not totally sure we actually long to “create a physical link between our virtual and real identities” — you know, we like to keep that stuff pushed far, far away from the forefront of our minds — but if we ever have a change of heart, it seems the Wable will be right there waiting. This unique “table,” as it were, sports four bars that raise and lower automatically based on the activity from web applications such as Plazes, Flickr and Last.fm. (Read the full post about ‘Wable graphically represents web activity, ain’t much of a table’…)
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2 Feb, 2008
Now that your shiny new ultracompact digicam can capture HD video that 1GB card is going to fill up after about only 15 minutes of recording. Lucky for you, SanDisk just announced their new 32GB SDHC chip at PMA08. The 32GB SDHC chip supports read/write speads of 15 megabytes per second. You’ll be able to pick up a 32GB SanDisk chip in April for only a little more than what you just spent on your HD capable digicam. The 32GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card will retail at a suggested $349 including the reader.
Tags: tech, home cinema, M4A, mobile phone
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