Archive for June, 2009

Weekend Recap: June 29th 2009

Here are some random tech news for you: A Twitter device to let you know your alive. [crunchgear] Acer is creaping up to become the second largest PC maker. [gizmodo] Imagine having a s’more keyboard? How long would that last!? [gizmodo] Rumors that a PSP phone is a possibility. [engadget] BeamBox develops a mini projector [...]

Reconcile Your Differences With Vista – Purchase Windows 7

Microsoft recently released retail rates (10x fast) of Windows 7, showing they had a heart all along and pricing it at a reasonable amount similar to that of Vista. Still, it doesn’t mean we should have to pay that much, either. That’s why it’s important for you to know that if you pre-order Windows 7 [...]

PSPgo update

A lot has happened since my post a few weeks ago about the PSPgo, so I figured I’d give you some more insight to the most drooled over hand held in years.

Hmmmm

Let’s see… Eric is off getting hitched and will be on his honeymoon and Dave is still driving across country with some minor pit stops and some great weather… And it is Woot-off week, which means Andy will be scouting for that infamous BoC… hurray!

Weekend Recap: June 22nd 2009

Here goes a few stories from the weekend! Sputnik LED Lamp; just a concept, but nevertheless cool. [crunchgear] Banned none-hand-free GPS in NJ [crunchgear] More colorful Samsung’s Mini S2  protable HDD [engadget] How about this. A waterproof PC! See for your self. [engadget]

Find my iPhone really works!

So one of the new features of the iPhone 3GS is the “Find my iPhone” service. Once activated with a MobileMe account, if you iPhone ever gets stolen, you can track it down since it does have a built in GPS. Well, Kevin actually lost his new iPhone, was smart enough to activate the service [...]

Wii Further Trivialized By Niche Marketing

Wii Further Trivialized By Niche Marketing

So the company CTA Digital was hanging out at E3 this year and decided to show off their latest offering to the gaming community – a bowling ball for the Nintendo Wii. Yes, it’s a bowling ball.  At least, it looks like a bowling ball.  The idea is that you open this sucker up (it [...]

iPhone OS 3.0 (iPod Touch OS 3.0 too)

iPhone OS 3.0 (iPod Touch OS 3.0 too)

So… Dave is on leave as he moves from Vegas back to Beantown.  So I’m filling in for him over the next 2 weeks. Take a look at what you need to know about OS 3.0 (esp. for the iPod Touch) before you upgrade as it might not be for everyone!

Vote Now For the Boxee Dev Challenge

Vote Now For the Boxee Dev Challenge

The premier lovechild of the Xbox Media Center Project, Boxee, has announce open voting on the Boxee developer challenge. A contest running for the last few months, Boxee is hoping to encourage widespread outsourcing of work to help expand their excellent platform. As a fine carrot on the stick, they’ve offered up a free Drobo [...]