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March 24 could be a challenge for those who want to partake in Shutdown Day. What is Shutdown Day? Are they going to shutdown Grandma’s life support? No, no worries. But the challange you must face, might ultimately be harder than losing a loved one. That’s right. We’re talking about not going on the computer….for a complete 24 hours. The ...

If you happen to live in colder Asian countries where people sleep in thick, traditional cotton maresses, you will understand the hassle of cleaning them (the bulb) when it comes to summer. First they’re too heavy to bring to the dry cleaners (that will cost a couple of hotel dinners), secondly they’re too big to fit into your washing and ...

We came across yet another Wiimote mod and couldn’t help ourselves to share it will all of our fellow gearheads. Budding mechanical engineer Chris Williams spent his weekend doing something only us gamers can dream about. Creating yet a new interesting way of controlling your Wii. A note to Kotaku from Williams: I’ve always hypothesized that the “mystery” button (un)connects ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”ytm3gZe1qOg”][/ev] While the Wii Opera browser runs circles around the competition, console browsing is still far from perfect. The good fellows at War Pipe Technology have rolled out some new web-based software to improve the gaming browsing experience. The Wiiminder adds tabbed browsing to the top of the page, which hides itself automatically. It also allows you to ...

Luxury mobile phone manufacturer Gresso has announced its newest snobby gadget. For people who expect nothing less then the finest materials comes the Gresso Symphonia Collection MP3 Player. What can possibly make a 1GB MP3 that expensive, you ask? You know we got your answer. With four different models, the Symphonia’s will be made with your choice of Blackwood and ...

We wonder if it was something like this that helped aid those eBay sellers in creating Jesus faced toast. The Skull and Crossbone Toaster brings you the best in pirate themed bread products. Branding a toasty skull symbol on the side of your breakfast. Isn’t a skull and crossbone the international sign for poison? Is that really something we want ...

Today on the Japan mobile front. ADSL infrastructure company eAccess has announced its new mobile carrier for Japan, eMobile. For now, they will carry only one phone. The Sharp EM ONE. eMobile will skim its way into the Japanese market in March with a data-only HSDPA service, which by 2008 should grow to voice data as well. The Sharp EM ...

No matter how much RAM or other hardware you shove in to your case, no computer system is immune from it. That’s right…a computer crash. Any system can burst at the seems with the high performance of our Web 2.0 world. It’s nice to have the knowledge to know that even though your system might crash, at least you don’t ...

Yes, we all know that Britney Spears shaved her head. Most of us also know how someone was trying to sell the mop of hair on eBay (the auction seems to have vanished). We were searching around on eBay to figure out where the heck this auction went, because our dream has always been to make a wig of authentic ...

Not since Audrey the talking plant from Little Shop Of Horrors exclaimed “Feed me, Seymour!” have we heard of talking plants. Though, Botanicalls brings us one step closer to having flower-to-person communication (F2P?). Botanicalls is essentially a soil moisture sensor implanted in your flower pot, made with only two nails and a circuit, which sends information about the plants vitals ...