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Rubik’s Not Giving Up On This Whole Electronic Thing – Say Hello To The Rubik’s Slide

By Andrew LiszewskiThe theme of this year’s Toy Fair seems to be: “Hey, remember those games you played with as a kid? Now they require batteries!” First it was Boggle who got a high-tech upgrade, and now it’s the Rubik&#8217…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

Chemistry Tasks For the Computer Lab?

soupman55 writes “I teach Chemistry to students completing their last two years of high school. Basically it’s a ‘teach and test’ course with a few experiments thrown in. I want to jazz up the course using computer and internet resources. For instan…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

Some Editions Of The HTC HD2 Have More RAM?

There is no denying that the HTC HD2 is an extremely capable and powerful smartphone, especially with its 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. Despite its already impressive specs, which include a nice 448MB of ram, nobody is going to complain about more R…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

Dual Electronics’ iPod touch GPS cradle now shipping in late February

Well, it’s quite a ways off the November 2009 launch date the company initially promised, but Dual Electronics is now saying that its XGPS300 navigation cradle for the iPod touch will really, honestly be available sometime in “late February.” The pr…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |
 

Wii Magic Stick Gives Your Wiimote An Analog Stick

Do you prefer an analog stick to play your games with, instead of the boring D-pad? If the $60 Wii Classic Controller Pro is too expensive for you, you might want to try the $7 Wii Magic Stick for your Wiimote. The Wii Magic Stick is a cover that sl…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

Ainol V8000HDV PMP Supports 1280p Video Playback

With everybody jumping on the HD bandwagon nowadays, the Ainol V8000HDV looks like it might be well received, thanks to its 1280p playback support. Of course, it wouldn’t make all that much difference on the device’s 4.3-inch 800 x 480 s…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |
 

Speakwood Heart Shaped USB Speaker

Can’t think of a thoughtful gift for your significant other this coming Valentine’s Day? Well, if he/she is a geek in need of a speaker, you could always try offering the SpeakWood heart-shaped USB speaker. It’ll set you back $22, …

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

Top 10 technology company mergers

Iain Thomson and Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Saturday 30 January 2010 at 20:29:00Big deals that had a big impactJust about every month we see some big company snatching up a smallercompany. With little to no activity in the IPO space f…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

The Sony Reader is “selling very well”—according to Sony

Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks Just the other day, we learned that the Kindle is selling well. Of course, Amazon made this announcement without releasing any firm sales numbers. And now, in a similar vague manner we also learn a little bit about t…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

Firefox Mobile Reaches 1.0

Majix writes “Firefox Mobile, the mobile browser developed by Mozilla based on the same engine as in the recently released Firefox 3.6, has finally hit version 1.0. The first device to be officially supported is the Nokia N900. With a long list of f…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |