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Office Pranks – The Silver Medal Finalists

Some of the mid-level attacks include: GADC’s demonic Mac Scripting: “Make a Shutdown script and save it as an applet with a name that in no way implies its true nature. Then set it up to run on startup or on login. Now whenever the victim starts up or logs into the computer, it’ll shut…

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Samsung SGH-X810

Another day, another Samsung phone. The SGH-X810 is a MP3 phone with an iPod-like scroll wheel and a nice color screen. Specs are standard yet still drool-inducing: tri-band GPRS support, MPEG4 video recording, 1.3 megapixel stills with flash, and MP3 / AAC / AAC+ support. AAC… hmmm… it’s almost as if someone out there really…

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This is What it Sounds Like When Siemens Dies

This is a story about the unintended consequences of a business decision. Siemens handed their phone division over to BenQ, and now folks like Lite-On—who make just about every optical drive in the entire world—and Quanta Computer are stuck with dead orders, scrambling to make ends meet. It’s a trickle-down economy out there, folks. Some…

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USB Cable Bag

Reader Kurt sent us this odd duck: It contains just about every connector you could ever need, including USB to Ethernet (??) and USB to phone jack (??) adapters. If anyone can figure out why you’d need those two jacks, please let me know. Then there’s the weird headphone jack thing. What’s that all about?…

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Teeny Mitsubishi Projector

We don’t usually cover projectors (they’re really boring), but here’s an Smurf-sized projector with a lot of moxie. It weighs less than a pound and uses three LEDs to pound a 250 LUX picture into that enclosed space. Mitsubishi suggests using the projector in a car or boat, but if you have enough room to…

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Roland MIDI Accordian

I just thought an accordion post would brighten my day a bit, so here goes. This super-sexy Lady of Spain machine uses physical modeling to simulate the look and feel of a real accordion, while adding a high-tech edge to your best Chicken Dance rendition. MIDI makes it digital, and the FR-7 even includes built-in…

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Office Pranks – Bronze Medal Finalists

Well, I received quite a few pranks these past few days. Some good ones, some bad ones—mice in the blender? Come on Emeril!—and here’s the best of the worst. The Bronze Medalists dealt almost exclusively with computerized mayhem, which is kind of a cop-out. But you’re all special in your own ways. The most basic…

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Strange Nokia Device

What is it? Could it be a giant pill that you eat in order to become Bluetooth compatible? Is it the world’s biggest Snake handheld game? It looks kind of like the 770 v2, but who knows? Very shiny and pretty, though. Mysterious Nokia N-Series? [PhoneMag]

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The Big Sony BMG Pirate Battle

Arrrr! Sony BMG is unveiling a new CD technology to provide a speed bump for those nasty pirates. The new CDs only allow for three duplicates to be made and can only be ripped to a computer in a protected format. Legal problems are already arising, though; the protected rip format forbids the music from…

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Office Pranks Update

We’re getting lots of fun office pranks, and we might just have a winner. Please keep the pranks coming, though, and please remember that it’s not a prank if you just stuff your boss in a fridge—this means you R.J. of Chicago. That’s what they call manslaughter. Keep ’em coming. We’ll post the best ones…

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DOG Still Wearing Thumps

I thought this was a one-off, but it appears that DOG is still wearing the Thumps. He was sporting the sassy eye-wear on “The Tonight Show,” which isn’t a bad venue, I suppose. My question is this: Is DOG listening to them all the time? Could he be listening to the “Cops” theme over and…

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SmartCarpet Roomba Killer

Foreign companies Vorwerk and Infineon are furthering the process of making Americans even more lazy. Research into the popular robot vacuum, Roomba, has shown the inefficiency of being able to cover all parts of the carpet. These foreigners are developing a robotic vacuum that interacts with RFID chips imbedded into the carpet. The robot uses…

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The Samsung SGH-D600

Samsung seemingly manages to release a new phone every three days. The SGH-D600 is the newest gem. At first look, the two megapixel camera with expandable memory definitely looks nice, but the expandable memory is in the unusual Transflash format. This phone does have a large 320×240 LCD display and most of the standard dosh…

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Bokashi Composter

This mini-composter even makes its own juice. Designed for small spaces, the Bokashi composter accepts scraps and table-leavings, and it even creates a delightful mush of bacteria, organic waste, and fertilizer. The best part? It has a run-off tap for that daily dose of sweet “bubble juice” that the Surgeon General suggests for maximum health…

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Microcomputer Retina Implant

IIP is developing a retina implant that has the potential to restore limited eyesight in people who have suffered hereditary vision loss. The implant works with a microcomputer, worn at the waist, and eye glasses. The glasses have a built-in camera, where the visual information that’s captured is converted into electrical impulses and transmitted to…

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Mushkin Redline Performance Memory

The concept of overclocking has flown by me in the past and still does. [This was written by Intern Travis. Please yell at him. – Ed.] For those people who enjoy pushing their computers to the absolute limits, Mushkin has a new type of memory for you. They have released their appropriately named “Redline” performance…

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Shuttle XPC SN25P

Shuttle is expanding its line of SFF PCs with the SN25P. The size of the case itself is bigger in size, allowing for better airflow and easier access inside. The motherboard uses the nForce4 Ultra chipset and has everything you would need already integrated, including 7.1 audio. One of the best new features is an…

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Toshiba Tecra A5 sub-$1000 Notebook

Toshiba is introducing a nice 14-inch business laptop for the grey flannel suit set. It’s a standard Centrino chipset with optional NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 and a nice WXGA screen, and it weighs about five pounds. Nothing to get to excited about. Just a plain old workhorse. In terms of price, these guys will be…

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Button-Sized Propane Fuel Cells

Well, we’re getting closer. CIT has invented a button-sized propane burning fuel cell that can power MP3 players and “flying robots.” While I suspect medicinal Mary Jane had something to do with that last possible implementation, the concept is staggering. It’s obviously going to take a few more years for this to hit the market…

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if ( Revolution == ‘For Babies’) then HD = FALSE;

This has been circulating for a while, but it’s kind of important. I don’t mind the GameCube. I really don’t. It’s fun for parties. A little cocaine, a little Mario Kart and a little knife-fighting make a great night. But for the Revolution to not support HD is kind of a death sentence. By the…

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Office Pranks – The Silver Medal Finalists

Samsung SGH-X810

This is What it Sounds Like When Siemens Dies

USB Cable Bag

Teeny Mitsubishi Projector

Roland MIDI Accordian

Office Pranks – Bronze Medal Finalists

Strange Nokia Device

The Big Sony BMG Pirate Battle

Office Pranks Update

DOG Still Wearing Thumps

SmartCarpet Roomba Killer

The Samsung SGH-D600

Bokashi Composter

Microcomputer Retina Implant

Mushkin Redline Performance Memory

Shuttle XPC SN25P

Toshiba Tecra A5 sub-$1000 Notebook

Button-Sized Propane Fuel Cells

if ( Revolution == ‘For Babies’) then HD = FALSE;

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