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#sony

Sony Dash Internet Viewer Hands On: Like a Giant, Beautiful 7-Inch Chumby

Sony just announced the Dash (or as they call it, the "dash") is a crazy convergence of what we think of as a tablet with a stand-up widget device like the Chumby. It looks badass. Update: Hands-on! More »

01/06/10

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By Dan Nosowitz

#chumby

Chumby One Secret Message Reveals It's Adorable, Even On The Inside

Despite being generally unnecessary, we couldn't help loving the little Chumby One WiFi widget machine. Speaking of love, a secret message revealed after iFixit's teardown reveals that it is adorable inside and out. More »

12/17/09

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By Sean Fallon

#hdtvs

TV Makers, Please Stop Putting Bullshit in Your TVs

I love TV technology, but wince when I see an $11K Japan-only Toshiba stuffed with a 3TB DVR. And adding internet widgets, like Samsung's, is even worse. I hate this trend—TVs just need great picture and lower cost. More »

12/08/09

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By Brian Lam

#review

Chumby One Review: Totally Frivolous, but Totally Adorable

The new Chumby One model ditches the old beanbag casing for a retro-clock-radio-inspired look and slashes the price, though the internals are unchanged. It remains a pretty frivolous gadget, yet I can't help really liking it. More »

11/12/09

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By Dan Nosowitz

#yahoo

Yahoo's "Hack Day" Lap Dancers Get the Web's Panties in a Twist

Ruh oh! Yahoo has been forced to apologize after hiring scantily clad dancers for its "Hack Day" in Taiwan last weekend. These pictures (pretty tame, but not necessarily SFW) are from a now-removed video posted on its Developer Network Blog. More »

10/20/09

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By Danny Allen

#streaming

Sensia DAB and Wi-Fi Radio Delivers Big Touchscreen, Twitter and Facebook Apps

Taking cues from devices like the Chumby, Squeezebox and HP's DreamScreen, Pure is throwing a kitchen sink full of features into their new Sensia radio—including Wi-Fi, DAB and FM support, a 5.7-inch touchscreen and plenty of popular widgets. More »

09/21/09

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By Sean Fallon

#chumby

New Chumby Model Spotted, Looks Retro-Adorable

Ryan Block, founder of gdgt (and possible alter ego of Mr. Blurrycam), spotted a new model of Chumby, the connected-widget desktop companion. He promises it's a little more square and alarm-clock-like, as well as smaller, than the previous version. More »

08/29/09

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By Dan Nosowitz

#chumby

'Powered by Chumby' Gadgets to Be Dropped Off In Time for Santa

We already knew that Chumby, maker of that adorable little Wi-Fi widget beanbag, was planning on porting its open-source platform to other gadgets, but we now have an ETA: this holiday season. More »

08/19/09

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By Joanna Stern

#screensavers

Sprint NOW Screensaver Is Full-On Sensory Overload

05/30/09

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#review

Verizon Hub Phone Review

The Verizon Hub is unstuck in time. It's a 2006 device that's just getting here, now, in 2009, begging the question, "Is it better to be late than never?" More »

04/23/09

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By matt buchanan

#verizonhub

The Verizon Hub Widget Phone Just Got a Lot More Exciting

I'm reviewing the somewhat anachronistic Verizon Hub connected phone. Now that I've seen its future—an open platform built on Linux with sleek hardware from this decade, like capacitive touchscreens—it's way more exciting. More »

04/15/09

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By matt buchanan

#iphoneapps

Dashboard Widgets For Jailbroken iPhones: Hot or Not?

02/26/09

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#chumby

Chumby Is Merging With TVs and Blu-ray Players

02/23/09

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#transportation

Downloadable Dashboard Apps for Cars Coming in 2010

02/14/09

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#verizonhub

Verizon Hub Widget Phone Is the Amazing Desktop Phone We Always Wanted

An interesting side effect of the anxiety about the decline of the hardline has been these beautiful widget-y desktop phones that do amazing things you always wanted phones to do, like the Verizon Hub here. More »

01/23/09

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By matt buchanan

#pmps

Samsung YP-P3 Boasts Haptic Touchscreen and Widgets

Samsung's YP-P3 looks like a solid followup to the slick-but-limited P2 portable media player. The P3's UI gets a huge update, along with some welcome new features.

12/20/08

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By Dan Nosowitz

#pandora

Pandora Web Radio Goodness Now Playing On Chumby

Everyone's favorite music-genome-powered web radio service Pandora is now officially available on everyone's favorite ambiguous-use plush-paneled Linux appliance, the Chumby. Fitting of their strategy to be on every hardware platform possible, Pandora can now provide soothing wakeup tunes (major key tonality, mild rhythmic syncopation, a good dose of acoustic guitar pickin') via Chumby's own alarm clock before you smash its vulnerable soft parts and go back to sleep. Full release following. More »

10/07/08

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By John Mahoney

#verizon