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Grundig Eton FR1000 Voicelink Survival Radio Is Gorgeous

Awesome: The Eton FR1000 Voicelink is maybe one of the most pornograpic survival radios I've ever seen, but functionally so. IT has AM/FM/NOAA Weather/2-Way GMRS Radio. And a Flashlight, siren, and Cellphone charger. It runs off of 4AAs, but has a hand crank. The design seems superfluous, but those cutouts actually protect the knobs. There's a large handle on the back. If I were to die stranded in the wilderness, I might be slightly less upset clutching one of these beautiful machines. $150.
The Catch: No word on water resistance, and the recessed knobs seem hard to turn with gloves on.

8:19 PM on Sat Jan 5 2008
By Brian Lam
4,321 views, 12 comments

Latest by dkoemans: I had one of the previous models and the crank broke in about a month. No, I am not Ted Kazinsky, and I have electricity. It was the plastic sprocket on the inside, a handful of the teeth busted off more »

fr-enemies disband

Update: Microhoot/Yahoosoft! a No Go?

According to the WSJ, it looks like Yahoo is going to turn down Microsoft yet again. They claim that Yahoo just wasn't feeling the MS vibe. More »

9:16 PM on Fri May 4 2007
By blongo3
743 views, 3 comments

fr-enemies unite

Microsoft and Yahoo Shopping for Rings (Again)

The Wall Street Journal says that Microsoft and Yahoo are back to talking about a merger, after a serious flirtation a year ago. Seems the Goog has grown stronger of late (something to do with utter dominance of online advertising, coupled with new and promising consumer software apps) and one thing Yahoo and Microsoft can do about it is get together, like platonic friends from college who meet up again, desperate and lonely, at their 10-year reunion. Will it work? Can you imagine the branding nightmare? They say "merger" but can you really see Gates, Ballmer and the rest of Redmond sharing the keynote stage, especially with Terry Semel? Feel free to share your vision of the scariest (or most surprisingly utopian) Microsoft-Yahoo mashup. – Wilson Rothman More »

11:00 AM on Fri May 4 2007
By Wilson Rothman
2,002 views, 37 comments

Latest by PhotoMan: MS & Yahoo, it's like the two ugly nerdy kids that never get off with anyone at the school prom, so they drink shots behind the bike shed and end up fondling each other while they recite C++ code. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww! Apple & more »