This whole Second Life phenomenon has just gotten completely out of hand. We have tried downloading Second Life multiple times, trying to fall in love with the software as much as the rest of the world seems to be doing. The reasoning behind this worldwide advertising deals and now international DIPLOMACY baffles our mind. Sweden has announced its plan to ...
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USB Teddy gets his head stuck looking for “cookies” and “chips”
With all the cutesy tootsy USB accessories being released, it’s pretty refreshing to see a USB storage unit with a dark side. This Winnie The Pooh-esque bear looks to have gotten his head stuck in the wrong hole. For those of you who used to read Winnie The Pooh, he gets his fat ass stuck in a tree hole after ...
Read More »Is Google developing a competitor for Second Life?
What a wonder it would be to be able to have a social networking platform such as Second Life, mixed with the sketchings and locations of Google Earth. That’s exactly what is traveling through the rumor grapevine right now. A Googleized version of Second Life. The satellite imaging technology of Google Earth is rumored to be in development as a ...
Read More »3-in-1 Ultra-Slim Mouse might just do it all
While mouse integration with presentation devices has been tried before, the ability to have sufficient usability of all the integrated devices has never quite made the cut. Chinese based company Vavolo, claims to have made not just a 2-in-1, but a device which integrates three devices. The Vavolo Mouse looks like a cross between a remote control and a sheet ...
Read More »MCE Tech. releases a Blu-ray burner for your Mac Pro
How badly have you Mac users wanted to have your very own Blu-ray burner? No matter, you can do it now. MCE Technologies has released a $699 Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive so that you can use a disc instead of an external hard drive. One nice thing is that if you happen to want the Blu-ray burner but you think ...
Read More »Samsung releases single platter 60GB hard drive
Perpendicular magnetic recording has allowed for some major breakthroughs in hard drive capacity as of late. Next in line: Samsung’s SpinPoint N series. What makes it so important is that it is the first single platter 1.8-inch hard drive to reach the 60GB capacity. The SpinPoint N series will have 4 tiers of storage: 20/30/40/60GB. While a single platter 60GB ...
Read More »Want Linux? Dell is beginning to understand
Linux is pickup up pace. Apple Macs are picking up even quicker. Maybe its people’s increasing frustration with the obstacles presented by Windows. It doesn’t really matter why, right now Microsoft had better deliver with Vista in a few days. With some odd timing, Dell has started to ship mainstream desktops without Windows preinstalled. Not only does this save the ...
Read More »USB heated mouse saves your hand from frostbite
As we find ourselves constantly further into winter everyday, here is a peripheral that might help you save yourself from frostbite. This is a USB heated mouse. Not only will the power from the USB go to powering this mouse, it will also be used to heat up your poor, freezing hand. You might not want to trash that USB ...
Read More »The Vertical Mouse 2: Totally missed the first one
So it’s come to this then, huh? We no longer can physically keep our claws at a horizontal angle in fear that our precious wrist ligaments be shard. So now the Vertical Mouse gets released. Apparently there was a Vertical Mouse 1, which must of looked an awful lot like this one considering the name. The premise of the Vertical ...
Read More »Airis N004x skimps on hardware, but has replaceable battery
Who is Airis, you might ask. Take a look at this pretty sleek portable media player and you will come to the conclusion that, whether the device works or not, they know how to make well designed products. So how does it perform? With a 1 or 2GB flash drive, it seems a bit small in todays world of 8GB ...
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