Archive for May, 2009
Ericsson’s fashion-forward W30 series 3G routers get detailed
It’s not every day that we use “Ericsson,” “sexy,” and “3G router” all in the same sentence, so you can understand our excitement upon learning everything there is to know about the company’s new W30 and W35 models. Calling it “3G” might be an understatement, actually — these bad boys will do a purely theoretical […]
Teensy Weensy eggshell speakers, perfect for all the king’s men
This is one waste not, want not, DIY project that caught our eye. Tiny little speaker housings made of carefully cut (and, we assumed, cleaned) eggshells, with small stands of clay. The final product apparently has “narrow” sound, but they sure look cuter than any homemade speakers we’ve ever seen before.
[Via Wired]
Filed under: Portable […]
Blue Light System Device may Help Elders Sleep
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A blue light system device, designed by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center may help elders sleep better by restoring circadian rhythm. Aging often leads to sleep disturbances. The goggle like light system device delivers intermittent blue light when the device emits blue rays directly into the eyes using a specific light […]
Wikipedia shuts down Scientology editors
The popular online encyclopedia has banned people using the Church of Scientology's computers from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology.
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Real and fake Twitter addicts going post-it crazy
By now the world has heard of Twitter - the short posts of 140 or fewer characters that tell your friends and followers everything that you are doing, seeing or thinking.
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Cuba criticizes Microsoft blocking Messenger
Havana — Cuba criticized Microsoft on Friday for blocking its Messenger instant messaging service on the island and in other countries under U.S. sanctions, calling it yet another example of Washington's "harsh" treatment of Havana.
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Dell’s Mini 9 vanishes from retail site as red Studio XPS 16 returns (update: Mini 9 is on the outs)
We don’t want to point fingers, but at the same time Dell’s Studio XPS 16 red option suddenly returns — now a “Merlot” instead of once-axed “Crimson” — the Mini 9 conspicuously goes missing from the company’s website. Coincidence? We think not. It’s a regular murder mystery, and it looks like we have our prime […]
HTC Touch Pro2 unboxed with tempered excitement
It’s time for HTC’s Touch Pro2 to join the ranks of every other modern phone in getting its own unboxing video. An enthusiastic PocketNow has the honors, and even goes so far as to utilize the infamous “smell test” to confirm it is in fact a genuine leather case included. Sized up to the original […]
World’s largest laser opens for business in California
Another day, another laser… well, not so fast. This particular laser just so happens to officially carry the “world’s largest title.” Built at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, and housed in the National Ignition Facility — or NIF — it was completed at the end of March, and has just now been officially […]
The Daily Roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed
Alienware’s M17X gaming laptop with twin GTX 280M GPUs truly is all powerful
The announcement wasn’t scheduled for a few more days, but it looks like Alienware’s All Powerful gaming laptop has been set free anyway. So, does […]
