Phone Grope and Gallery: Samsung Ultra Music SGH-F300
We told you about the Ultra Music back in December. Well at CES, we got personally acquainted with it when I mentioned the word “iPhone” to a Samsung rep, who swiftly brought us to the phone to check it out. iPhone it ain’t, but sweeter than Chocolate it is. And then there’s the second screen.…
Gadget Use Compromises Your Security Says The Washington Post
The Washington Post is running a front page article today on the perils of letting gadgets take over your life. The article predicts doom and gloom for a society that has become too reliant on scary-sounding technologies like RFID, GPS and Google. Data mining companies will use your Amazon shopping habits to tailor products that…
Man Develops $2,000 Halo-like Military Suit
If you participate in the strange art known as “cosplay,” you should be forced to give up your citizenship. I don’t care if you’re pretending to be Link, Cloud or Master Chief. So take this guy, Troy Hurtubise. He spent $15,000 of his own money and two years of his life developing what amounts to…
Doomsday Plane: A Floating Pentagon ‘Just in Case’
Think your ride is cool? I bet it’s no match for the National Airborne Operations Center, no matter how pimped out yours is. Known colloquially as the “Doomsday Plane,” the Boeing 747 is outfitted enough to be considered a floating Pentagon. (In the event of a devastating attack upon the United States, the Doomsday Plane…
Sony Vaio WA1 Wireless Music Streamer: Expensive for What it Does
Somehow last week we missed the Sony Vaio WA1 Wireless Digital Music Streamer. It’s a simple (and not necessarily new) concept: the device taps into your pre-existing Wi-Fi connection and streams the music that’s directed toward it. For example, you’ve got a PC loaded with music in your bedroom but you want to hear Sleater-Kinney…
MoGo; Worlds Smallest Bluetooth Adapter
Newton Peripherals, makers of those sweet MoGo mice that fit inside your PC card slots, have now come out with the tiniest of tiny bluetooth adapters. The idea here is that it’s so small and smooth that you can just leave it plugged into your computer all the time. And if my three and a…