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A hot little birdie just told me that T-Mobile is waiving all activation fees (usually $35) for new customers from tomorrow (12/28) until the end of the year. If you’ve been waiting for whatever reason to switch to the Tee Mobe, now’s the time (to save 35 bucks). In addition to that, the Samsung Beat…
Is going into an Apple Store like entering some sort of Pleasantville where everyone is happy and things are always perfect? The New York Times seems to think so. According to a recent article, customers are enchanted by “relentlessly smiling employees,” interesting architecture, and an atmosphere that feels like more of an event than a…
The makers of this unique looking Ayur Chair claim that it can provide “perfect lumbar support while ergonomically lifting and separating your butt checks for optimum comfort.” Since I have never sat in one, I can’t really back up this claim. However, I can see how it would be beneficial when you have a serious…
Digital photo frames might not be the most exciting gadgets on the planet, but they’re one of those products everyone can get into —even Grandma. So lets get to the newness, shall we? Digital Foci is set to introduce three new frames at this year’s CES. The best of the bunch is definitely the Image…
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Just before Christmas we learned that a baby Jesus statue in a Bal Harbor Florida nativity scene was being equipped with GPS to ensure that a theft earlier in the month would not be repeated. Apparently, a similarly equipped statue from a nativity in Wellington Florida actually resulted in the arrest of 18-year-old Danielle Santino…
Now that you know what CES is and why some of us go, here’s a question for you: What do you want to see? We already know that there’s going to be a big-ass TV there (and you can bet we’re going to cover the hell out of it), but what are you interested in?…
The “Dragon Bike” is the latest creation from famed bike artist Jay Broemmel—and it would undoubtedly turn some heads if you were to ride it down the street. Broemmel even added some special touches in the form of Blue LED headlight eyes that move when you turn the handlebar and a jaw that bites down…
Remember those Olinari Silver USB Dog Tags we showed you back in August? The ones that looked extremely nice but cost about $200 too much? They’re shipping now for the price of $349 (with 2GB USB) and $319 without. We really want one of these, but for $349 we’ll stick with going bare chested. Gallery…
The January 28, 1910 Decatur Review (Decatur, Illinois) ran portions of an interview with Thomas Edison titled, “We Are Animals, Says Mr. Edison: Inventor Predicts Cheaper Clothing and Less Manual Labor.” The entire piece appears below. In an interview published in the Independent, Thomas A. Edison speaks of future inventions and refers to the problem…
We’ve had nothing but good luck in moving files to and from our Windows Home Server machine in Windows Explorer, but there’s a data corruption bug present that will kill your data if you’re writing stuff over the network directly from certain apps. The apps? Outlook, OneNote, Vista Photo Gallery, Live Photo Gallery, Money and…
People just don’t like being spied upon. If you live in the UK, you’re certainly familiar with those autonomous traffic cameras lurking around every corner that catch you speeding or running traffic signals, and then tattle to the police, resulting in a traffic ticket in your mailbox. A group called MAD (Motorists Against Detection) has…
We just talked to the two guys responsible for the Guitar Hero Office Christmas Light Extravaganza and asked them to elaborate on the process of creating such a badass light show. The two guys, Kyle and Colin Bryson, have been using equipment from National Instruments to make automated light shows already, and just took it…
Although we’ll never see this TG LLUON Mini PC here on account of how it’s Korea-only, it looks so good that we just had to show you anyway. Inside the small box is an Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive, DVD burner, GeForce 8400GS and Wi-Fi. It’s $1500, unfortunately, making it…
Honestly, if we hadn’t been tipped to this, we probably would’ve been none the wiser—same as pretty much everybody else on the planet apparently—but it looks like Wal-Mart’s video download store caught pneumonia and died on Dec. 21. https://gizmodo.com/breaking-wal-mart-first-to-offer-digital-movies-from-a-234220 The big question for those of you who bravely bought in: Will my bastard child videos…
Those Media Center Extenders we told you about back in September (the ones that support DivX, XviD and WMV HD) are finally shipping now. Dell has both the Linksys DMA 2100 and 2200s up for sale, but a reader tells us that his 2100 doesn’t actually work with DivX or XviD, and the manual makes…
• The FBI wants to install 150 digital billboards in 20 US cities in the next few weeks to show fugitives, missing people and gadget bloggers. [Network World] • Oft–discussed Radiohead will have a live webcast concert at midnight on January 1. It’s almost cool to stay home on New Year’s Eve now. [Pitchfork] •…
Two upcoming Samsung phones, the F490 and P720, were unveiled at some press event in the Ukraine a little while ago. Thanks to the magic of video and the internet, you can now see the phones in action as fondled by some press dude who was lucky enough to attend the event. Watch as he…
As dapreview points out, this just-announced Cowon N3 looks quite like the Cowon Q5W we reviewed a few weeks ago. The most noticeable difference comes from the fact that this has a 7-inch screen as opposed to the Q5’s 5-incher. Other than that, there’s no internal memory—you have to use one of two SDHC slots…
In the coming days when we’re all going to be required to live in tiny cubbyholes, this Warhol Sofa by Simone Brewster will be an indispensable household item. That’s because it’s also a bed and desk, transforming into whichever accommodation you need at the time. Let’s see its other two modes: With this piece of…
