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Are your allergies so severe that a Claritin has no effect? The Japanese have a solution, and it involves shoving round pieces of plastic up your nose to block out allergens. It may seem unorthodox, but as the lady at the clinic keeps telling me, prevention is much more effective than cures. We’ll stick to…
Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek put together a logical plan of action for bringing cellphone recycling to the U.S. over on his blog. However, it requires the collective effort of all of you to make this happen. The idea is this—if we lobby enough executives in companies responsible for cellphone manufacturing and distribution,…
Sources for Boy Genius are confirming an earlier rumor stating that T-Mobile’s 3G network will get a May rollout in NYC. The sources also update the rumor pointing to May 1st as the actual drop date. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/t-mobiles-3g-network-rolling-out-may-in-nyc-coincides-381547
It’s April 29, and Microsoft has to make the unfortunate decision of delaying Windows XP SP3 due to compatibility issues between it and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, something none of you should be familiar with unless you work in retail. If you don’t, the service pack has been unofficially available for a couple days…
Alienware’s latest community effort is AlienNetwork, a “digital channel” which debuted today. To kick off the show with a bang, they revealed that their “fastest ever” 17-inch Area-51 m17x gaming notebook shown back in November is launching today at 5PM (right now, give or take). Versus the m15x, it’s got a higher res 1920×1200 screen,…
This is what every MacBook Air needs: built-in 3G wireless. In order to get this goodness into the MBA, Jordan Bunnell busted up a Verizon USB727 Air Card and soldered it up with the MBA’s unused USB controllers on the motherboard and used a little bit of voodoo to get power flowing to the card.…
Samsung’s long-linger F700/u940, has been rumored to hit the big V for a while, but Phone Area’s reporting that it’s now locked and cocked in Verizon’s internal InfoManager as the Glyde, though sans date or price. Spec sheet confirms cam’s cut to a paltry 2MP but all the old specs look otherwise intact, but with…
We already asked about the size of your TV, so it is only fitting that we do a follow-up focusing on computer monitors. The choices after the break offer a basic range that should accommodate owners of most laptops, LCDs and CRTs. Just pick the number that is closest to the measurement of your viewable…
Personally, I’m fine with using a controller to play video games. I’ve grown up with them, and they really get the job done. I know the idea of controlling games with your brain is neat and all, but I just can’t get behind it. Even so, the OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator is here to try…
The “near future” for the impending iPhone data plan for the deaf was apparently four months. Dubbed the Text Accessibility Plan for iPhone, it comes with unlimited text messaging, browsing and email. It’s now available for new and current iPhone users for $40 a month, though you’ve gotta clear an eligibility application to get it.…
Sure, you might play a game or two on your cute little Mac, but that doesn’t make you a gamer. (If you were, you’d have a PC.) If you’re about to rear up and flame me, chill out, Razer has a new gaming mouse for just for you. The Death Adder is an 1800dpi righty…
The laptop stands we’ve used are great for keeping your supple thighs away from your burning laptop, but are usually fairly heavy and hard on your legs. This Airboard, however, has an inflatable base to gently sit on your lap, while at the same time providing ample distance so your leg hairs don’t char. It’s…
Verizon Wireless and AT&T’s quarterly earnings are both out, with Verizon claiming the “highest net adds in the industry,” 1.5 million new subscribers, while AT&T says they’ve pulled in 1.3 million. (They both made out like bandits money-wise, as usual.) Between them, that’s 2.8 million new subscribers. Where are they coming from? As of December,…
Most parody videos are lame in the sense that they take one joke and stretch it to 60 seconds, but Lenovo’s one joke actually works when properly executed. Not to spoil anything, but it’s a send-up of the MacBook Air in favor of Lenovo’s own X300. According to Fake Steve, it’s been sent around to…
This small V-22 Osprey lookalike looks like a sleek and sexy machine, doesn’t it? The Falx Salker is a VTOL aircraft and is designed to be a hybrid electric vehicle, with solar energy augmenting the 100hp engine to achieve a fuel efficiency of 10 liters per hour of flight. According to their website, Falx Air…
Fresh off the auction block, Boy Genius has cribbed some internal RIM documents about the Blackberry 9000, or more specifically its OS 4.6 software. Here are the salient bits: The browser is supposed to be a lot better, with AJAX and CSS 2.1 support, not to mention inline video streaming. The picture library is improved…
University of Pennsylvania roboticists—who talk like robot versions of Alan Alda—have developed modular artificial creatures capable of recomposing themselves in case they are destroyed—effectively taking the first step toward global annihilation, thank you very much. Happily for Humanity, they are far from T1000, and closer to Jerry Lewis, as the (quite funny, yet sad) end…
Seriously, how is it possible that the wearable chair isn’t the hottest accessory around today when it was patented 30 whole years ago? Look at it! You strap it to the backs of your legs and you can just sit back and rest easy whenever you want! I wouldn’t have to submit to the cruel…
The Taipei times quotes HTC’s own financial executive Cheng Hui-ming at an investor’s conference as saying they will launch “the most important product for HTC this year” at an event on May 6. Cheng wasn’t too forthcoming with details, but it seems like it’s going to be a “Touch” phone—as in one of the HTC…
Something tells me this 3,800 HP jet-powered bike isn’t the safest or most efficient way to get around town, but then again, you aren’t going to fry a crosswalk’s worth of schoolchildren to a crisp driving around a Plymouth Voyager. Oh, and the name of the guy who built this monster? Mad Ron Laycock. Ponder…
