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Want to take all of your digital media on the road? VMOD mounts inside your vehicle and lets you easily move all of your music, video, photos and other media to your car via a Wi-Fi connection.
Simply register your VMOD with your home’s wireless network, then drag and drop your media files to the VMOD folder on your desktop…
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posted: July 10th, 2008
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filed under: just plain fun | mobile tech
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Here’s a fun iPhone hack you’ll either really love or really hate. VistaPerfection 2.0 is a complete re-skinning kit for Apple’s wonderphone that lets it masquerade as a Windows Vista machine.
While many of you will ask: why the heck would you want to go and do that? Dunno…
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posted: May 18th, 2008
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filed under: computing | design
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Korean PC manufacturer Averatec has tossed their hat back into the all-in-one computer ring with this new model that bears more than a passing resemblance to Apple’s latest iMac models.
The Averatec All-in-One (AIO) PC looks much like an iMac dressed in black. But under the hood, it’s all about Windows…
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posted: May 14th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | strange and wonderful | video games
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Here’s a gaming oddity from Japan. Falling somewhere between Tetris and Rock Band, Pop ‘N Music Be Mouse is a Windows PC game that comes with a colorful multi-button mouse for controlling the gameplay…
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posted: March 26th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | mobile tech
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This isn’t the first time I’ve seen a computer designed to fit inside your car, but it’s definitely the first one I’ve seen which can fit entirely in the space of your old car stereo…
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posted: February 6th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | media players | mobile tech
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It seems that every few weeks, the Korean tech market reveals some new all-in-one gadget that makes me drool. The latest and greatest PMP (personal media player) to come out of the East Asian nation features just about everything you’d ever want in a portable electronic device…
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posted: December 31st, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | hacks-mods | video games
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This wouldn’t be the first time that I’ve seen a Nintendo NES console turned into a Windows PC, but it is the first time you can buy one for yourself.
The maker of this beautifully crafted NES PC casemod has put it up for sale to the highest bidder…
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posted: December 2nd, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | just plain fun
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Ah, the power of Windows Vista. Check out this recent screen capture of the progress dialog that appeared when an unsuspecting Vista user tried to burn 15 megabytes of files to a DVD RW drive.
So if I’m doing my math right, the disk will be completed in 2138, a little over 130 years from now…
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posted: December 1st, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | just plain fun
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My previous all-time favorite error message was “Transaction Cannot Start in Firehose Mode,” but I think I have a new one to top the list. Apparently this error occurs when there isn’t anything wrong…
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posted: October 18th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun
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Apparently, those iPhone demo kiosks in AT&T stores are wolves in sheep’s clothing…
Here’s an interesting thought: When you turn a Windows XP machine on it’s side, does it become an Apple? Apparently, these kiosks are really running on Dell machines and Samsung displays…
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posted: August 2nd, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: Uncategorized
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I’m sure this is no indication of the level of security in airport computer systems…
…but it sure doesn’t make me feel all warm and fuzzy about flying.
Keep up the good work!
[via flickr via DevicePedia]
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posted: July 9th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | video games
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If you happen to like the design of those pointy-fingered Wii cursors, you can now enjoy them on your PC, thanks to this set of downloadable cursors for your Windows computer.
Designed by Deviantart member allewund, the cursor set contains reproductions of every Wii cursor I can think of…
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posted: June 17th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun
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I’m always wondering about those suspicious looking automatic teller machines you see in every little bodega and convenience store these days. You know… Will my ATM card get eaten? Will they steal my PIN number? Will it wipe all the money out of my bank account?..
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posted: June 9th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | mobile tech
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VIA Technologies has announced a new reference design for a extremely portable notebook PC, dubbed the NanoBook. The standard build of the system may weigh in at less than 2 pounds, but boasts a pretty solid feature set for its size.
The platform is based on a low-power 1.2GHz VIA C7-M CPU and can handle up to 1GB of RAM…
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posted: June 5th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | timepieces
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Leave it to the high-tech watch guys over at Tokyoflash to create another totally baffling digital watch design.
Their new Eleeno EG3 features a colored grid of LCDs, masked by a layer of raised glass “windows”…
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posted: May 31st, 2007
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