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Last night at a Belkin press event, I was shown a new side to Belkin.  No long satiated in being a “me too” company, they are taking off in new directions and definately moving upscale and in many cases brilliant products. One such product is the FlyWire.  Removing the unsightly cords that must travel to your wall mounted flat screen is not an easy task.  Enter the FlyWire.  Able to handle even the most advanced 1080p/24, the demo I saw was flawless.  The picture quality looked perfect, no latentcy, it was all elegant and the unit itself was a thing of beauty.  It is clear that across all their products from this mighty FlyWire to the a lowly and clever bendable USB hub, Belkin is taking design cues from modern art.  Very impressive stuff. (Read the full post about ‘Belkin makes wireless HD content easy: FlyWire’…)

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TMSUK, a robot developer introduced a brand new remote-control robot which offers a new way to shop - from the comfort of your home, that is. This telerobotic shopper is a modified TMSUK-4 humanoid robot that boasts different cell phone communications technology, enabling you to move it around from your handset without having to step out from the home. Of course, the whole idea is pretty novel, but it does detract from the experience of picking up and choosing your own fresh produce. In addition, won’t it be much easier to just go through an online shopping cart instead? I suppose the novelty will wear thin after a while, and you might actually spend less time driving to the mall, picking up the groceries, checking out, and heading back home compared to just trying to manouevre the robot around. (Read the full post about ‘Telerobotic Shopper Makes Life Easy’…)

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Here we are at the launch and Apple’s glass box store in the big Apple says “there is a good number of folks still outside.” As many still wait outside for their chance to plunk down some cabbage for the latest iteration of the Jesus Phone, Apple is certain they have enough of the wonder gadget to satisfy demand. Reports around the tubes say Apple was extremely careful not to repeat last years sell out this time around.  With a lower price, a lot more not-early adapters ready to get in on the iphone fashion fun, that is a lot of phones on the block. (Read the full post about ‘How longs the 3G line?  “I am not exactly sure” -Apple 5th Ave NYC’…)

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Just a helpful hint from your friends at Geek.com–give it a few hours, or maybe days, before you update your iPhone to the 2.0 software. It appears that Apple’s servers are down for the count and the upgrade is bricking iPhones. I got excited this morning and broke my own rule of never being part of the initial upgrade rush. So (of course) my iPhone is sitting next to me, useless. It has the 2.0 software, but can’t connect to Apple’s activation servers. My Windows version of itunes 7.7 is caught up endlessly loading “Accessing iTunes Store…” and when there finally is some action all I get is an error message telling me that it cannot connect to the iTunes store and that I should check my network connection. (Read the full post about ‘Hold off on iPhone 2.0 software - UPDATED’…)

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Microsoft’s latest move in introducing a price cut for its Xbox 360 console has not fazed Sony, as the Japanese electronics giant won’t budge from their current price structure, at least for the forseeable future. After all, with Metal Gear Solid 4 having been released recently, people who want to play that game and do not yet have that console will no doubt make a beeline to counters and fork out that extra bit of dough. Tags: toys, games, lcd, amps (Read the full post about ‘Sony PS3 Sees No Price Cut’…)

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Those intrepid hackers at the iPhone Dev Team have already broken the v2.0 Firmware of the new iPhone. While it obviously hasn’t been tested on the actual new hardware, the team haver successfully Jailbroken a first-gen iPhone running the new operating system. And they did it before the official release from Apple, presumably using the leaked version we covered yesterday.

The Team will be releasing the hack into the wild any time now, in the form of their Pwnage tool. Given that the major attraction was that the jailbroken iPhone was the ability to run third-party applications, the real 2.0 firmware somewhat takes the wind out of the hack’s sails with the new App Store.

(Read the full post about ‘IPhone 3G Software Already Unlocked’…)

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Let’s say you’re too cool or just hate waiting in line.

But if you’re not getting an iphone and want to say it loud and proud vote up this story on Reddit.

Also, be sure to leave a comment, like Judy-Lee, who shared: "Upvoted, for your pathetic loneliness."

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Were certain that this is a fake, but it’s also a lot of fun. The USB popcorn maker uses the power from your computer’s USB port to power an LED, which we are tricked into believing will pop kernels right there on your desk. Sadly, we doubt it would ever work. As Gadget Lab’s Dylan Tweney says, “I don’t believe it. There is no way a 5 watt USB cord is going to provide enough power to pop corn.”

What is it with popcorn?

(Read the full post about ‘USB Popcorn Maker Almost Certainly a Scam’…)

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by Ryan Block, posted Jul 11th 2008 at 7:45AM It’s hard to think of any other device that’s enjoyed the level of exposure and hype that Apple found in the launch of the first iPhone. Who could forget it? Everyone got to be a gadget nerd for a day; even those completely disinterested in technology seemed to come down with iPhone fever. But the original device was still far from perfect: its limited capabilities (especially in the 3G department), high price of entry, and the small number of countries in which it was available kept many potential buyers sidelined. (Read the full post about ‘iPhone 3G review’…)

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by Nilay Patel, posted Jul 11th 2008 at 2:33AMHey, any of you remember Rambus? That company that wanted to force RDRAM onto the market and basically sued everyone until it flamed out into oblivion in the early 2000s? Yeah, it’s still around, has an massively stupid slogan, and it’s suing NVIDIA for — what else? — patent infringment, claiming that NVIDIA products with SDRAM, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, GDDR, and GDDR3 memory controller violate some 17 different patents. Rambus says it’s tried for six years to negotiate licensing terms with capital-N, but that it has “no other recourse than litigation” to get things sorted out. (Read the full post about ‘Rambus still around, sues NVIDIA for patent infringement’…)

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