CNN’s Guide To Innovative Tech: DVRs, Cellphones, the Wheel and Movable Type
Last week, CNN expertly told us why the Microsoft Zune sucks (hint: it doesn’t get e-mail—wtf? neither does my ball point pen…) and this week they show us some of the hottest technologies to be on the lookout for. You see, this is what happens when reporters try to go beyond their beat. Up next,…
Wii Launch NYC: Scenes From the Line
Some people waiting in line have gone all out to show their love for Nintendo (see the guy with controllers all over his shirt from earlier), and some are just trying to survive until midnight so they can get their Wiis and get the hell away from Times Square. Both groups have their own certain…
Wii Launch NYC: First in line – Triforce, King of the Fanboys
Yes, this is the man they call Triforce, the guy who’s been here in Times Square for an excruciating 9 days, on and off. “They kicked me off the line like 5 times, saying you can’t be on this block.” But my friends, Triforce persisted. “I was tired of getting skipped at other console launches.…
Wii Launch NYC: Segways + Wiis = Dork Utopia
At about 6:15, legions of Wii-equipped Segways and guys with LCD TVs propped above their heads emerged from Toys ‘R’ Us to titillate and entertain the front section of the line. While the LCD TV guys didn’t have much to do other than hand out stickers, the Segways had big ol’ TVs on the front…
GPS, GSM Cellphone Jammers Hit Mainstream, Calamity Ensues
Don’t get too reliant on that GPS receiver, Magellan, since companies are now starting to release devices that locally block GPS signals. Detectnu’s device not only block GPS signals within a 50-meter (164-foot) radius, but also GSM cellphone signals in a 20-meter (65-foot) radius. Another such device—the RJ-G1575 GPS jammer from Radixon Hadrian—blocks GPS signals…
Will It Blend? Crazy Old Man Blends Everything in Powerful Blender
You know those late night infomercials where they cut a pair of shoes in half for no real reason? This is kinda like that, but just about a billion times cooler (estimating, of course). Blendtec is hawking a blender that they claim can blend pretty much anything under the sun like, “40 pens!” Their Web…