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Robots are definitely one of those things that tends to get lots of love in the geek world, well this little guy is perfect for all robot loving geeks. I have to admit, I too get sucked into loving all things robotic, which means I find this guy adorable. Especially with the cap being a little helmet for him. The best part has to be the flexible arms holding the cap, because that way you will never lose it. It seems like the cap for my USB drive is the first thing to go, followed by the entire USB drive at some point. The keychain will be nice for those that have the same problem, since they can just attach the drive to their keys or a purse (if you’re female). (Read the full post about ‘The Robot USB keychain promises not to dominate mankind’…)

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Even if the summer season means we get a few hours of extra sunlight, us night owls are still left in the dark, season after season. While most of us geeks are extremely smart when it comes to mindless trivia and gaming, we lack the common sense it takes to survive doing the things we love. Case in point, we stay up all night, yet forget to buy a notebook with a backlit keyboard. Of course we could buy an actual desk lamp, at least those who remember to pay their electricity bill can. But what if we just like chilling in the total darkness with just a faint light illuminating our keyboard? Not only does this USB Hub Notebook Light appeal to our fear of total darkness, but also provides us with four e (Read the full post about ‘USB Hub Notebook Light’…)

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T-Mobile offers a service called HotSpot@Home, which allows T-Mobile subscribers with compatible phones the ability to make unlimited, nationwide calls over an accessible Wi-Fi connection. What makes the availability of this service even better is the fact that two new phones, also compatible with the HotSpot@Home service, are now being offered. These include the Nokia 6301 and the Samsung t339. The Nokia 6301 is said to “provide the style of a home phone with the look of a mobile“. Helping to give the phone its “home phone” look is a stand-up charger it can be docked in. The 6301 also includes a 2-megapixel camera with video capture, stereo Bluetooth and a music player. (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile offers two new HotSpot@Home phones’…)

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by Donald Melanson, posted Jun 24th 2008 at 12:31PM
Motorola hasn’t exactly been doing the best job keeping these two handsets under wraps, but it now looks like it can now rest a bit easier and let the details fly, as it’s finally gotten official with both the MING A1600 and MING A1800. As we’ve seen, the two handsets are nearly identical, with each packing a 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen, a 3-megapixel camera, integrated Bluetooth, a microSD card slot, an FM radio and, of particular note, built-in GPS (but no WiFi, as previously rumored). The MING A1800, however, adds two SIM card slots, which will let you hop between GSM and CDMA networks with relative ease. (Read the full post about ‘Motorola gets official with GPS-packing MING A1600, A1800′…)

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It is normal for us to want our computers running at an optimal level, and this time round here’s a tip for those who rock on to Windows Vista. Lifehacker was reporting that Windows Vista occupies a single CPU to boot itself by default, and it doesn’t matter whether you’re using a dual- or quad-core setup. In order to speed things up, you must enable multi-core booting by running msconfig from the Start Search box, click the “Boot” tab, check “Number of processors,” and change the drop-down box to fit your processor. We find this “optimization” suspicious, but we’re lucky enough not to run Vista : – Has anyone tried this method themselves, and what do you think of it? (Read the full post about ‘Speed Up Windows Vista’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Jun 24th 2008 at 9:50AM You’ve piddled around in our unboxing shots and replayed that hands-on video countless times. Now, the time has finally come to bust open the piggy bank and secure your very own Nokia N78. Dramatics aside, the HSDPA-packin’ handset that also musters a 3.2-megapixel camera and A-GPS can now be purchased at Nokia flagship stores in Chicago and New York, numerous online retailers and the occasional mom ‘n pop shop for around $560. (Read the full post about ‘Nokia’s $560 N78 now available in US’…)

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by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 24th 2008 at 7:26AM Well, well… three years and change have passed since we first told you about power-assisted Live Luggage. Now it’s finally coming to market — at least that’s what we think they mean by a June 26th 2008 “world premier.” The PA series of checked baggage features a 12V NiMH rechargeable battery pack supplying power to the wheels when the handle is gripped and the bag is tilted. The bags weighs 10.6kg (23-pounds) which is about 3kg (6.6-pounds) more than standard hard luggage, according to the manufacture. The cases are good for about 1.5 miles of assisted travel under a 32kg load. (Read the full post about ‘Power assisted Live Luggage ready to “world premier”’…)

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A California company recently rolled out a 25-watt mobile fuel cell system that has enough juice to power a ruggedized laptop computer. A solitary 250cc cartridge is able to offer up to 14 hours of power, which is pretty impressive. Dubbed the XX25, this fuel cell will generate fuel cell-ready hydrogen internally, creating juice for whichever appliance you want to use while weighing 35% of the original non-fuel cell power source. I wonder how long will it be before fuel cell cartridges are available for common use. Tags: DVD, toys, digital, CD (Read the full post about ‘Fuel Cell Powers Laptop’…)

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by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Jun 24th 2008 at 1:31PM When you’re building a jet that exponentially accelerates past Mach 6 — as one does — you need to come up with a way to get it off the ground. Scramjets, or Constant Volume Combustion (CVC) engines, use compressed air and a reduced nozzle to accelerate planes, and they’re a hot technology in aviation. Problem is, you have to get them to Mach 4 before the magic happens. Traditionally, scramjet tests have involved strapping the craft to supersonic jets to get the jet up to speed — not a very cost-effective solution. DARPA has come up with a hybrid engine design called Vulcan that can power a craft like the Falcon HTV-3X to the magical point with a turbo jet and then switch to the CVC to get the craft to the promised land. (Read the full post about ‘DARPA’s Vulcan engine combines turbo jet with scramjet, faces will melt’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Jun 24th 2008 at 1:00PM You heard right, folks. American Airlines is planning to open up the world wide web to passengers on board an unspecified round-trip flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles. The Gogo service, provided via Aircell, will be free for patrons tomorrow, but will eventually run users $12.95 for flights greater than three hours and $9.95 for trips under said threshold. We’re also told that more trials are expected to get going on flights between New York and San Francisco and New York and Miami, though no time frame is given for when the service would escape the beta stage and hit mass implementation. (Read the full post about ‘American Airlines to test in-flight WiFi tomorrow’…)

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