Archive for November 5th, 2007
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Filed under: Wireless
We're all for some genuine privacy concerns or legitimate RFID security scenarios, but we think this Enhanced Driver License scenario might be a bit overblown. The new licenses, which are due to launch in Vermont and Washington in 2008, are designed to expedite passport-free border crossing into Canada ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Filed under: Displays
It seems that U.K. PC manufacturer Elonex's new management has, at the very least, encouraged some out-of-the-box thinking since purchasing the firm last year, with the result being some new products that only a Brit could love -- literally: like the Cube Play boombox we recently saw, the ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones
We've had our eye on this willowy little minnow ever since we first gave it a proper once over at CeBIT earlier this year, and now E-TEN has announced that its everything-but-the-keyboard Glofiish X800 WM6 Pocket PC is finally shipping (we saw it unlocked on MobilePlanet for $650). ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Gaming
Remember that urinal-based racing game that was making the rounds this summer? You know, the one you drive with your pee, and which warns you against drunk driving if you're not controlling your car too well? Well the Belgium police didn't seem to find it too ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Samsung looks to have found a solution to the small problem of adding some dedicated input buttons to a device that fills up its face with a touchscreen although, as you can see above, it's still on the drawing board. Samsung's answer, according to ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Google_s_Android_GPhone_OS_announcement_coming_at_noon'; Google will be holding a conference call at noon eastern to unveil the details of its long-rumored Android mobile operating system. Joining CEO Eric Schmidt will be other members of the 34-member Open Handset Alliance, including the chief executives of Deutche Telekom, HTC, Qualcomm, and Motorola. According ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Filed under: CellphonesWe're probably going to be hearing a lot about Google's Open Handset Alliance and Android mobile phone software platform in the days to come, but the official press release contains quite a few things to chew on while we wait for the deluge. The big dogs in OHA ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Features
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Live_coverage_of_Google_s_Android_Gphone_mobile_OS_announcement';[Update, 10:05AM PT - We're uploading the audio from the call, it'll be ready in just a couple of minutes.]8:58AM PT - Ok, we're on the call, and there's soothing classical. We'll "be underway in a few minutes."9:02AM PT - Ok, we're about to begin!9:04AM ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Filed under: Announcements
Yeah, we know you've been hearing a lot about the 2007 Weblog Awards in the last couple of days as your source(s) for news across a variety of topics have likely been shamelessly whoring for votes in a bid for a little recognition. Well, as you may have ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Filed under: Robots
iRobot's soap-opera-esque trade secret and patent lawsuits against rival Robotic FX entered a new phase last night, as the US District Court in Boston handed down a preliminary injunction preventing Robot FX from acting on a $279M contract to build Negotiator robots for the Department of Defense. Saying ...
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