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Meet Desi. He’s in front of an HP MediaSmart computer, which has a fancy face tracking software that allows its webcam to follow your face within the confines of the frame. Desi may look like a happy guy, but he’s definitely not. Why?
In his words: “As soon as White …
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December 21st, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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Cherrypal specializes in selling cheap computers, and their latest product is testament to that. The Africa is a 7-inch netbook equipped with a 400 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB flash memory, and runs either a Linux OS or Windows CE. Yes, I said CE. Depressing specs,…
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December 17th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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I’ve never used one of Kinesis‘ keyboards so I can’t say for sure if they’re worth the price, but Cool Tool‘s Dylan Greene swears by the Kinesis Advantage, and so did most of the people who commented on Greene’s post. The USB keyboard features a contoured layout that minimizes the…
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December 14th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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I love my laptops, but this amazing concept PC might just make us want to get back into desktops! This incredible looking PC looks like a retro-styled TV.
The Philco PC was designed by Dave Schultze, which was inspired by the classic Philco Predicta TVs from the fifties. It kind…
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December 14th, 2009 by: Range
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While integrating a computer into a desk isn’t exactly an original idea, Will Urbina’s “The Desk” casemod is (literally) flashy and makes no effort whatsoever to hide the fact that the desk itself is the computer. It’s all Plexiglas and steel and blue LEDs.
It’s hard to believe that this…
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December 11th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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Actually no, it probably won’t be. And if Ribbon Hero does come out Microsoft will most likely distribute the game for free. istartedsomething‘s Long Zheng dug up a trademark application filed by Microsoft last November, which describes Ribbon Hero… as a “computer software for training users to use business application
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December 4th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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Harry Potter fans will no doubt remember the Weasley’s strange but practical clock. Instead of telling the time, the clock showed the location or status of each Weasley, including “mortal peril” at the 12 o’clock position. A software version of the clock would be awesome enough, but someone with mad…
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December 3rd, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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Unless something awesome happens, this will be our first and last post about the CrunchPad, TechCrunch head Michael Arrington’s nearly-there web tablet. Yesterday, Arrington announced on TechCrunch that the project “self destructed over nothing more than greed, jealousy and miscommunication.”… Goddammit. Some things are just too good to be true.
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December 1st, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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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…
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November 20th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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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 by: Lambert Varias