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google chrome os download, almost exactly the same as the browser

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Curious and/or impatient techies! An early developer build of Google (Google’s?) Chrome OS – which was just formally announced – has been unleashed on the Internet for those who want to take an early early early peek at what I like to call the BrOSer. From what I’ve read about it Chrome OS basically offers…

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November 20th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing future tech technology

question mark ring: for romantic cyborgs. or geeks.

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If your partner is geeky enough, you might get away with using capitolagirl’s Silicon Gallies question mark ring to pop the question.

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November 15th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun

nvidia ion cube pc looks like a green allspark

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Looking like a robotic piece of art, BIll Owens’ award-winning NVIDIA ION Cube PC case mod is based on NVIDIA’s ION ITX motherboard. The aluminum case is decorated with UV green acrylic sheets, lit up with 4 cathode lights, and then placed on pedestal, allowing it to rotate a full 360°.

Aside from the ION…

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November 15th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design geek art + craft hacks + mods technology

clearview: one software to fix them all

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Ah, software problems. We’ve all experienced them in varying degrees – sometimes it’s just a stupid online video that won’t load, and sometimes the operating system itself gives up. Now imagine a future where programs can still be compromised, or attacked, but will no longer crash or hang. A group of MIT researchers, led by…

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October 30th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing future tech strange + wonderful technology

gakken gmc-4: 4-bit microcomputer kit won’t play crysis

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Sure, you might have just gone off and bought yourself a brand new 27-Inch iMac this week, but if that system seems like overkill for your needs, you could can always go to the opposite extreme. This computer kit not only doesn’t run any programs that you’d ever care to use, it doesn’t let you…

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October 22nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing retro technology

10/gui user interface concept ponders how future slackers will kill time on the computer

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Those of us who spend more time in front of our computers instead of other humans know that the current keyboard and mouse method of interaction with our magic boxes are far from perfect. I for one, want a half-sphere, multitouch surface that lets me move stuff onscreen with my right hand (my mouse hand)…

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October 16th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design future tech interactive strange + wonderful technology

coolit pc casemod gives me the chills

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I’m pretty sure that this custom-built PC won’t ever overheat. That’s not just because it looks like a frosty block of snow and ice. It’s actually decked out with a completely over-the-top cooling system that keeps the interior of the computer at arctic temperatures.

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October 9th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design hacks + mods technology

pcrides dodge charger srt8 desktop pc rolls onto the streets – some day

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When is a computer not a computer? Maybe when it’s a car. What you’re looking at here is a series of desktop computers modeled after the Dodge Charger SRT8. Why make a computer that looks like a car? You could just as easily ask “why not?”

The PCRides Dodge Charger SRT8 PC is an officially-licensed…

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October 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing just plain fun technology

rumornabob: new imac and macbook to be released “in the next several weeks”

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Research firm Wedge Partners recently claimed that Apple will unveil updates to the iMac and the MacBook within “the next several weeks” (like what, 64 weeks from now?) The MacBook redesign “is likely to be limited,” (perhaps it’ll just be renamed to macbook. or MaCbOoK) while the new iMac will have a “thinner, organic design,…

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September 24th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing future tech gadgets technology

microsoft (mis)educates best buy employees about linux

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A Best Buy employee recently posted screenshots of what he claims is part of a training program about Windows 7. The screenshots show some Windows vs. Linux comparisons. You probably know where this is going. The employee is overclock.net forum member GodofGrunts, and here are some of the screenshots he posted:

Now I have never…

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September 8th, 2009 comments (9) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing technology

rare red original mac computer up for bid on ebay

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This just in… It turns out the very first MAC computer was not released in 1984 by Apple. In fact, you can get your hands on a very rare candy apple red MAC made all the way back in 1980 if you’re the high bidder over on eBay.

Gotcha! This relic from 1980 wasn’t made…

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August 30th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing retro technology

dad finds new use for cd-rom tray: baby rocker

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Ah, the ol’ CD drive. It can read CDs. It can write on CDs. Idiots use it as a coaster and then call tech support if it stops working. And it can put babies to sleep.

YouTube user macjonesnz MacGyvered a baby rocker using his baby’s car seat, a piece of string, his PC’s CD…

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August 27th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets hacks + mods just plain fun strange + wonderful technology

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