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GRO Design

GRO Design is a two five man design shop in the Netherlands which has worked with clients such as Samsung, Nokia, and Philips to design interesting alternatives to more staid and thoughtless product concepts. In example, look at the four I plucked from their site. Phone, okay easy enough. Vacuum cleaner? Hrm. Radio that uses…

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Samsung M40

Along with more pictures of the attractive Mac-like LLUON All In One PC we talked about a couple of days ago, SorobanGeeks has pictures of Samsung’s new Powerbook-looking M40, a Pentium M-based machine with a 17-inch widescreen (and what looks to be an aluminum case). I guess at least a couple of Korean companies think…

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IOData USB-USB

IO Data Device has announced the suitably named “USB-USB,” a sort of one-touch backup device that…backs up. You plug a USB device, such as digital camera or whatnot into one end, and another USB memory device, such as a CD-RW or, again, whatnot, into the other end, press the button, and boom. No PC needed.…

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Wyty, Opt-In Cellular White Pages

I have no clue whether or not Wyty (Whitey?), a new opt-in cell phone directory, will take off or not — opt-in often means opt-not-to, in my experience. Still, they’re doing some interesting things, such as allowing Voice-Over-IP numbers and other contact information to be listed alongside your cellular number so you can have all…

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The Magic Pouff

It may not be obvious what The Magic Pouff is exactly from its name along, but it’s pretty simple when someone explains it. It’s an ottoman — looking rather Mushroom Kingdom, what with the eyes and all — with an inflatable bed inside. The magic comes from the wall, in the form of electrons. US…

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Feature Creep: e-Voting, Taking the Faith-Based Initiative

This week columnist Sanford May cracks open that hoary chestnut e-voting and wonders if it may be time to stop worrying and start loving the bomb. The bomb of self-rule, I’m saying. Dare to dream of soon casting your vote in local and national elections via laptop or mobile phone, you’ll run headlong into the…

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Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router, Notebook Adapter, $20 Gift Certificate for $88

Okay, this on is a little hard to follow, but it’s worth it, so stick with me. Amazon has the Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G router (the one that runs Linux that you can flash with the magic firmware to make it do all sorts of interesting tricks) bundled with a Wireless-G notebook card for $108 (there’s…

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What’s In Paris Hilton’s Gadget Bag?

Hey, John Shirley wants to what Sony Ericsson product Paris Hilton is shoplifting acquiring in this picture. My vote? The Career-Obviator 5000. Read – Original Image Source [LeoneMafia] Update: It’s a P900! Thanks, everybody! You all win the contest! The prize? Hugs!

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Canon Powershot G6 Details Slip

Canon’s new Powershot G6 — if you haven’t heard of it, that’s because it hasn’t been announced — may have had a little slip on the French shopping site Fnac.com; good for us, because that means PhotographyBlog got to scoop up all the details. A 7.1-megapixel sensor is probably the main new thing, along with…

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Archos Gmini 400: First Picture, Specs

Gah, Archos, I’m sorry! I keep almost missing big stories about your new Gmini 400, a hard disk-based player that I’m actually pretty excited about. This time it was pretty important, too: the first images I’ve seen of the new device, which looks nothing like its predecessor (and that’s good, really). The new version can…

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Kyocera’s New Solar Panel

The intern was disappointed to learn that this Japanese woman is not included with Kyocera’s new solar panel (with the world’s highest efficiency rating for mass produced solar cells). I didn’t have the heart to tell him that we actually do receive review models with our review models — screaming stacks of them, actually —…

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Tiqit Upgrade Confirmed

Handtops.com is reporting that Tiqit, the funky ‘look like a PDA but is really a computer’ device that seemed to be all but dead is… not dead, at least according to Tiqit’s CEO. The defining feature of the Tiqit computer? It has a PCMCIA slot. The reason you won’t buy it? Because it will be…

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Gravis G-Pod Reviewed

Gravis, a division of the snowboarding outfitter Burton (and not related to the gamepad and soundcard company, to my knowledge) sent me one of their G-Pod third-generation iPod cases to review, and I have to say I’m fairly impressed. There’s a number of subtle but intelligent decisions apparent in the design, like a stiff, sturdy…

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SMC Bests Airport Express: SMCWRK-G

SMC has announced a new portable wireless access point a la the Airport Express. They’re calling it the “EZ Connect™ g 2.4GHz 802.11g Wireless Traveler s Kit SMCWTK-G,” but we’ll probably just call it the SMCWRK-G or Dance Panda Mandy, as it suits us. For what it lacks in good looks it makes up in…

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Rumor Control: Nokia N-Gage Not Being Pulled From Stores

So a rumor has been going around that Electronics Boutique had been instructed to pull the Nokia N-Gage QD, the updated version of the ill-fated original N-Gage. Shipping units back to the factory is never good; however, it’s not nearly as bad as some are letting on (N-Gage being pulled completely from market entirely, etc.).…

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Interview: Rishi Persaud of iSkin

Gizmodo field reporter Kenneth Armstrong recently had the opportunity to talk to Rishi Persaud, who is in charge of product development at iSkin, about the state of their business and how they are moving beyond the iPod. Far beyond. Like, record-label beyond. Gizmodo: I was wondering if you could talk a little about how you’ve…

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Ambient Devices’ Weather Beacon

It might feel like a slow news day when I write about a company that makes glowing spheres coming out with a glowing box, but lo! It is not. In fact, ignoring the fact that you are paying $180 for a fancy light, the Ambient Weather Forecast Beacon is actually quite slick; the light inside…

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T-Mobile Sidekick II Reviewed

So, uhm, I guess the wait for the T-Mobile Sidekick II is about over since PC Magazine just put up a review. Way to start the hype machine, Danger! Maybe they decided not to really talk it up because it looks sort of, you know, bland. I mean, come on, VGA camera? Is the Sidekick…

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Verizon Launches Strike Against Cell Phone Spammers

Although I’ve been blessed enough to have dodged the cellular spam bullet, I know not all of you have been so lucky. And while it’s far from an epidemic (yet), Verizon Wireless is trying to nip it in the bud, filing federal lawsuits against a group of alleged New Jersey cell phone spammers who sent…

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Mitsubishi LVP-XD450 Projector

If a DLP (digital light processing) projector is your cup of tea, Mitsubishi’s announcement of the “LVP-XD450” should be your cup of coffee. According to Mitsubishi, this new projector has the industry’s highest brightness and contrast ratio (2,600 Lumens and 2,200:1 respectively; don’t know about “highest,” but that is pretty good). And since the projectors…

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GRO Design

Samsung M40

IOData USB-USB

Wyty, Opt-In Cellular White Pages

The Magic Pouff

Feature Creep: e-Voting, Taking the Faith-Based Initiative

Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router, Notebook Adapter, $20 Gift Certificate for $88

What’s In Paris Hilton’s Gadget Bag?

Canon Powershot G6 Details Slip

Archos Gmini 400: First Picture, Specs

Kyocera’s New Solar Panel

Tiqit Upgrade Confirmed

Gravis G-Pod Reviewed

SMC Bests Airport Express: SMCWRK-G

Rumor Control: Nokia N-Gage Not Being Pulled From Stores

Interview: Rishi Persaud of iSkin

Ambient Devices’ Weather Beacon

T-Mobile Sidekick II Reviewed

Verizon Launches Strike Against Cell Phone Spammers

Mitsubishi LVP-XD450 Projector

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