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Sony DSC-P41 Camera Repair 101
2007-06-05 23:09:00 OK… So this only works for MY problem and I really grabbed the answer from a forum, but here’s my detailed version: The problem: In Portland two Thursdays ago, I was taking photos of Reliquary’s set. I didn’t drop the camera, get it wet, or do anything else that would make me assume it would stop ... More About: Camera , Sony , Pair , Repair
15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever
2007-05-12 04:55:00 Everybody?s favorite open-source browser, Firefox , is great right out of the box. And by adding some of the awesome extensions available out there, the browser just gets better and better. But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp ... More About: Software , Computers , Tricks , Ever
Sn?zNL?z - Wifi Donation Alarm Clock
2007-04-04 20:43:00 Sn?zNL?z is an alarm clock with a sinister twist. It actually connects via WiFi to your online bank account, and donates YOUR real money to an organization you HATE when you decide to snooze! Just plug this baby in, choose a charity you REALLY don’t want to have any of your money, set ... More About: Clock , Nation , Wifi , Donation , Alarm
Chirp Chirp
2007-03-07 16:36:12 I know it’s been quiet here for a little over a week now and will probably be quiet for another week. My father passed away a week and a half ago. I flew out to Alabama for his funeral services and had some work to catch up on after being gone for a ...
MP4 Watch Has the Goods
2007-02-24 22:28:01 Wevery once in a while, we see watches that include all sorts of things you might think you need with you. This is no different in that regard, but it IS alluring, isn’t it? After all, this one comes with a tasty price tag and is packed with features. The only question ... More About: Watch , Goods , Good , The Good , The Go
Microsoft to pay $1.52 BILLION in MP3 Patent Suit
2007-02-24 04:26:02 Microsoft was ordered by a federal jury yesterday to pay $1.52 billion in a patent dispute over the MP3 format, the technology at the heart of the digital music boom. If upheld on appeal, it would be the largest patent judgment on record. I realize that patents are created to protect the people who develop intellectual ... More About: Microsoft , Lion , Soft , Micro , Patent
SuperBot : Robotics of the Future
2007-02-24 04:26:02 Called the “Super Bot”, this thing is indeed super. It’s key selling point, as far as I am concerned, is its completely modular design. This design (as you can see from the videos below) allows it to, in essence, build itself into a near limitless array of configurations for various tasks and needs. Some recent ... More About: Robotics , Robot , Robotic , Future
Be a Dick with a Cell Phone
2007-02-19 22:21:01 I’m talking about Dick Tracy, people. Have you ever wanted to have a phone on your wrist like Dick Tracy? Your time is coming with the M300. The new device from SMS Technology is a tri-band GSM/GPRS wristphone, which features a 1 inch color OLED display, Bluetooth 2.0, an MP3 player, 64MB ... More About: Phone , Cell Phone , Cell , With
EM One Phone/PDA
2007-02-19 22:21:01 As one of the first WM5-powered devices to include NVIDIA?s amazing GoForce 5500 chipset, the EM ONE doesn?t dissappoint. It features a 4.1-inch (800 x 480) touchscreen display, a PXA270 (520MHz) processor, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera, and HSDPA. Pricing and availability outside of Japan have not yet been announced. Two more pictures after ... More About: Phone
Find That Podcast Instantly
2007-02-19 04:19:01 The debut of the new podcast search engine made possible with Google Co-Op, Blabline.com, allows for users to search specifically for recommended podcasts, videocasts, and more. Pod casters and managers of podcast and videocast directories may also contribute their sites and URLs to Blabline.com to earn higher rankings in the specialty engine. I’m not much of an ... More About: Podcast , Hat , Find , Cast
Fly to the Moon for Free
2007-02-19 04:19:01 FreeSpaceShot.com wants to send you to the moon. Space Shot, Inc. is a Texas corporation dedicated to democratizing space by conducting free online educational skill games with spaceflight prizes. The prizes, according to their site: Moon flyby on Lunar ExpressSM & $50 million Orbital flight on Kistler K-1 and $10 million cash Rocketplane XP spaceflight & $100,000 scholarship $300,000 ... More About: Free , The Moon
Digg.com - Then and now (screenshots)
2007-02-18 16:18:01 The other day, I was thinking about how popular Digg has become over the last couple years and figured others might want to see the evolution of Digg in a series of screenshots (thanks, archive.org). If you’re unfamiliar with Digg, crawl out from under your rock and check out the site or start with ... More About: Screen , Screenshot , Shots , Shot
Tiny Inkless Printer in the Palm of Your Hand
2007-02-18 16:18:01 To bring out the correct colour at each pixel, the temperature and exposure to the heater element is precisely controlled. The crystals in the top yellow layer require the highest temperature and shortest time to melt and become coloured; the magenta middle layer a lower temperature and longer time; and the bottom cyan layer the ... More About: Inter , Your , Palm , Print , Tiny
Worlds Smallest Hard Drive (photo)
2007-02-18 16:18:01 Measuring only 0.85-inches in diameter, this new hard drive from Toshiba opens up new possibilites in mobile storage. Slightly larger than a postage stamp, you could be seeing this technology in cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras, and more. [via TechEBlog] More About: Photo , World , Drive , Hard , Worlds
Alexa Eases Its Grip on the Numbers
2007-02-17 04:16:02 (click the image for the full size) Alex a hasn’t always been the best indicator of traffic, but it’s pretty good for a quick snapshot and it is very handy when I’m looking at another site and want to know how they’re doing. For a long time, the Alexa stats pages have been the same. ... More About: The N , Numb , Numbers
X Prize: American Idol for Geeks
2007-02-16 22:15:01 FACING down stiff competition to win fame and big prize money? Forget singing for Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul. Try sequencing DNA for a panel of technology investors. Yes, something like an ?America n Idol? for the technorati may be coming to Silicon Valley. Venture capital firms are considering contests that offer competing engineers and entrepreneurs multimillion-dollar prize ... More About: American Idol , Geeks , American , Geek
VentureOne 100mph Hybrid Looks Good
2007-02-16 22:15:01 Introducing the Vent ure One, a revolutionary 3-wheel, tilting, plug-in Hybrid vehicle. This unique 2-passenger flex-fuel Hybrid vehicle will achieve 100 miles per gallon, accelerate from 0-60 in 6 seconds with a top speed of over 100 mph, yet at a retail price of under $20,000. Venture Vehicles has a new hybrid just about ready to hit the ... More About: Good , Look
Sendori: No more parked pages
2007-02-16 10:14:01 Sendori is a newly launched service that most of us will never see - and they could make sure we don?t end up seeing web pages defiled by the putrid stench of domain squatters either. That?s the most charitable way to look at this very interesting Sunyvale company. Sendori will auction off ... More About: Page , Park , More , Send , Pages
Bertone?s 95th anniversary roadster concept
2007-02-16 04:13:01 Bertone is cooking up something special for the Geneva show next month and has graced us with this photo of what’s in store. This sharp-looking little roadster is based on the Fiat Panda 100HP — that pumped-up little city car that’s been lauded as more fun than a barrel of monkeys. In fact, the only ... More About: Anniversary , Road , Once , Concept , Roadster
MeemPool.com PR4 web site for sale: $75
2007-02-16 04:13:01 I still have a bunch of great domain names for $75, but I’ve also decided to list one of my sites. 2007 will be my year to focus on just a handful of sites, so watch for a couple more I’ll post soon. Here’s the goods: http://www.afternic.com/name.php?domain=M eemPool .com Details: - Site is at http://www.meempool.com - Site contents are auto-updated via user ... More About: For Sale , Sale , Web site
OpenMoko : Open Source Cell Phone!
2007-02-16 04:13:01 OpenMoko is an open source, linux-based cell phone. The Wiki site is still being filled in with information, but here are some highlights: - The main Processor (CPU) of the Neo1973 is a Samsung S3C2410AL-26 (Capable of running up to 266 MHz) - 64MB Samsung NAND flash (K9F1208U0B) attached to S3C2410 NAND controller. - 128MB SDRAM (2x ... More About: Phone , Open Source , Cell Phone , Cell , Open
Lockhead Martin Airplane: Supersonic, Ultra-Quiet
2007-02-16 04:13:01 Just because the latest Lockheed Mart in aircraft destroys the sound barrier doesn’t mean it needs to destroy the eardrums of everyone it flies over. In fact, the Lockheed Martin Quiet Super sonic Transport (QSST) can go coast to coast in just two hours, but it “can muffle its sonic boom to 1/100 the strength.” This means ... More About: Sonic , Ultra , Airplane
Photo Line-Up: All the iPhone Clones
2007-02-15 16:12:03 It seems like everyone has gone nuts over the Apple iPhone and any device that resembles it enough to be called an “iPhone Killer” or “iPhone Clone ”. I’ve put together a photo line-up of everything I’ve seen with such a label plastered to it. The Apple iPhone: And all the reported “iPhone Killers” and “iPhone Clones”: Did ... More About: Photo , Iphone , Line
Seeking: MyBlogLog uber-user for long-term relationship
2007-02-15 16:12:03 While I don’t consider this actual “news”, I thought I’d help out a community that helps this blog and forward on the request. Besides that, I DO find it interesting that all this time, this position has been vacant. Can that be right? I would have guessed that such a job would ... More About: Relationship , Blog , User , Relations , King
Nine Inch Nails - Music 2.0
2007-02-15 16:12:03 Having been a Nine Inch Nails fan for 17 years now, and being a web developer interested in web marketing, the campaign for their new album, Year Zero could not escape my attention. It seems Trent has hired a web marketing company to launch a series of cryptic and, at times, interactive sites to ... More About: Music
DataWind Shows off PocketSurfer 2 at 3GSM
2007-02-15 16:12:03 Here’s the original Pocket Surf er: “Barcelona, Spain (PRWEB) February 12, 2007 — Data Wind Net Access Corporation, “DataWind,” a leading provider of wireless web access products and services, today unveiled the new version of PocketSurfer?, the World’s fastest handheld Internet device. PocketSurfer? is an ultra thin, sleek mobile device, the first of its kind to actually deliver the ... More About: Show
Why the FBI shut down pokerbandits.ca
2007-02-15 16:12:03 While reading Digg, I came across this. According to the author, the FBI shut down http://www.pokerbandits.ca/ for posting information about how to bypass the US online poker ban. Go to the site and see what I mean. I hope if the FBI ever shuts me down, they use some better design skills. Anyway, I took ... More About: Band , Poker , Down , Bandi , Shut
A Goog_e Va_entines Day
2007-02-15 16:12:03 Happy Va_entines Day to you, too, Goog_e! UPDATE: Google Doodler defends his work More About: S Day
The Luke Johnson Phone Experiment
2007-02-15 16:12:03 This guy is nuts. He’s posted his cell phone number on YouTube and wants you to call him. I’ve called twice and it’s busy. It looks like he’s here in Phoenix, too. Give him a call and tell him JoeTech.com sent you. More About: Phone , Men , Experiment , John , Johnson
Intel Tests Chip Design With 80-Core Processor
More articles from this author:2007-02-15 16:12:03 “Following their march from standard processors to dual-core and quad-core designs in 2006, Intel researchers have built an 80-core chip that performs more than a teraflop of operations (trillions of floating point operations per second) while using less electricity than a modern desktop PC chip.” It still amazes me to read about upcoming technology and remember ... More About: Design , Processor , With , Desi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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