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start ‘em early with the left 4 dead mobile

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This is how you raise the bitchin’-ist child ever to toddle across a living room floor: give ‘em zombies from their first days in the cradle. Come the apocalypse, the kid that slumbers under a Left 4 Dead mobile is gonna be one prepared little zombie hunter. It’s either that, or completely immune to the horror…

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October 14th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft strange + wonderful video games

sony ericsson satio mobile 3g media phone offers beautiful touchscreen, mega megapixels

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Sony Ericcson today announced their new Satio line of mobile phones, loaded up with a ton of promising media features.

The Satio has a gorgeous widescreen (16:9) 3.5-inch touchscreen interface, with a super-sharp, auto-rotating 640×360 display. It also runs on the Symbian OS platform, which means there are tons of applications you can download and…

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October 12th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging gadgets media players mobile tech technology

wphone: iphone clone tries to one-up apple’s original

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The WPhone is a new mock phone from China that’s loaded up with all sorts of stuff that you don’t find even in a real iPhone.

Sure, it’s a touchscreen phone and media player. And yeah, it’s got Bluetooth and WiFi support. But it’s also got a couple of tricks up its sleeve that even…

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September 14th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: media players mobile tech technology

meggy jr rgb twitter reader: i think we need a meggy senior

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Evil Mad Scientist Labs have turned their open-source hand-held gaming platform, the Meggy Jr RGB, into a one-line Twitter reader. The Meggy Jr RGB is connected to a computer running a program that detects Twitter updates and then sends “”scrolling” data” one line at a time. The platform will cycle through 5 of the most…

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July 5th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets hacks + mods technology

monster outlets to go power strip with usb port: monstrously useful

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Monster hasn’t had a great year, what with their fake performance tests and their un-endorsements. But that doesn’t mean that the company is 100% crap. Take their Outlets To Go power strip with USB port for example. It’s a well-thought out product that’s geared primarily for travelers – packing 3 outlets in a slim and…

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June 22nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets mobile tech technology

panasonic dmp-b15, world’s first portable blu-ray player : is it worth $800?

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Digital Trends have reviewed Panasonic’s DMP-B15, The world’s first portable Blu-ray player. So is it worth the $800 USD price tag? Well, the player does get a 7 (out of 10 I guess), but after reading the review my short answer has to be NO.

I’m not saying that Digital Trends’ review was biased or…

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June 11th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets home entertainment media players mobile tech technology video

matches are so 2000: mag fire metallic firestarter

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Put an end to the frustration of lighting up your grill or starting a bonfire with the Mag Fire firestarter. It’s capable of producing white-hot 3000ºC (5500ºF) sparks, even in humid, stormy or freezing conditions. You can even use it as a flare of sorts to call for help.

This is something that all Swiss…

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June 11th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets

super mini cube: world’s tiniest (and most useless?) ipod speaker

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Welcome to another edition of Cute or Stupid?, a feature that I personally don’t want to do anymore but fate seems to want me to continue, so. Here we go: up for deliberation is the Super Mini Cube, allegedly the world’s tiniest speaker. Measuring a scant 26mm (1.02 inches) on each side, the “no bulky”…

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June 9th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio gadgets just plain fun mobile tech technology

polaroid pogo: instant cameras are back!

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If you know what to do when Andre3000 tells you to shake it like a Polaroid picture, then you’re probably well acquainted with the anachronistic instant cameras from as early as the late 40’s. For the younger folks out there, instant cameras have built-in printers and use self-developing films, allowing users to print their pictures…

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May 27th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: digital imaging gadgets mobile tech technology

senz umbrellas withstand ridiculous conditions that will never happen to you. ever.

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The award-winning SENZ storm umbrella may look unusual, but apparently it’s how umbrellas should look. The umbrella’s angular design makes for a durable and weatherproof design that can withstand winds up to 70 mph (1oo kph).

I’ve experienced having my umbrella turned inside out so many times and I thought that short of being carried…

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May 21st, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design mobile tech technology

sony x-series walkman reviewed: finally, a media player worthy of the walkman name?

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While it’s a bit late in the game, Sony’s X-series Walkman looks to be the company’s best PMP, as reviewed by T3. The X’s OLED screen and superior audio quality pleased T3’s Brian Ashcraft, saying  “It sucker punches the iPod from the off with cracking sonics, ” and “the OLED screen here thrashes the iPod’s…

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May 20th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio gadgets media players mobile tech technology video

next iphone to have built-in magnetometer: yay for miners and geologists. yay.

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The folks at The Boy Genius Report have a couple of screens from an iPhone debugging menu, and their Apple insider is telling them that the evidence points to a built-in magnetometer for the next hardware revision of the wildly successful device.

As we all know, a magnetometer tells you how close you are to…

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May 8th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech gadgets mobile tech strange + wonderful technology

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