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Power User – The Best of Lifehacker
This week at Lifehacker: The art of keyword bookmarking in Firefox “…use bookmark keywords not only for web searches, but to navigate to your favorite sites and inner pages, and even launch bookmarklets without moving to your mouse.” Protect your web searches “I had no idea somebody was looking over my shoulder.” Six ways to … Continued
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Ditch the Stamps, Nokia Allows Online Firmware Upgrade
In days past, if you wanted your Nokia cellphone firmware upgraded it required actually mailing your to a Nokia service center or physically taking it into one. Now no more. Consumerist is reporting that Nokia will now let owners upgrade their firmware online. The service currently supports the following phones: N70, N72, 6131, 6630, 6680, … Continued
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Samsung to Demo 4G Tech, Blazin’ Fast Mobile Data Transfer Speeds
Forget 3G, let’s just jump to 4G, mobile data transfer technology that Samsung will demonstrate at its annual Samsung 4G Forum in Korea. The 4G spec could be capable of a blazing 1Gbps data throughput speed. That’s 50 times faster than WiMax technology that’s expected to be in play by late 2007. Samsung says it … Continued
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USRobotics Dual-Purpose USR9630 Cordless Skype Phone
Just because US Robotics introduced a couple of Skype phones a few weeks ago doesn’t mean they can’t introduce another one, this time, the cordless USR9630. Its base station (can’t use the word “dock” lest you think we’re talking about the ubiquitous iPod) plugs into a standard phone line as well as into a PC … Continued
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Cell Zone: Superman’s Dressing Room Returns
Cellphones have changed the world, but one perk of the old days seems to be slowly disappearing: the phone booth, where you could get some semblance of privacy for those intimate conversations. Cell Zone is a sound-resistant cellphone booth aimed at places such as nightclubs, airports, restaurants and libraries, and it works both indoors and … Continued
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HD DVD and Blu-ray Trouble: Not Enough Blue Diodes to Go Around
Things are looking dicey for both HD DVD and Blu-ray, because a key component has suddenly become scarce: blue laser diode yield rates are only 30% according to Nichia, a company responsible for 80% of the blue laser diode supply. The diodes are used in both HD DVD and Blu-ray players, and the shortfall will … Continued
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Wharfdale Hard Drive-Based Hi-Fi System
Since the prospect of placing a computer inside a home theater still doesn’t quite turn people on, Wharfdale figures it can provide the best of both worlds with a 40GB hard drive-based Hi-Fi stereo system. As you might expect, a 40GB hard drive is the heart of the system and offers enough space to hold … Continued
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X-Sport BTH-11 Bluetooth Headset
Teling Technology has announced their latest Bluetooth headset, the X-Sport BTH-11. A couple features makes this Bluetooth headset stand out from the blue sea of headsets. First, Teling claims that this headset has a range of 20 to 30 meters. Thirty meters eh? That means I could pretty much go everywhere in my tiny apartment … Continued
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Motorola Q Downloadable Updates: Adds Cell Modem, Maybe Fixes Crashes?
Motorola is finally attempting a cure for its balky Motorola Q’s crashtastic performance issues, offering firmware and software updates for download. Unfortunately if you want to update your Q, all the content you’ve loaded onto it will be deleted. We just downloaded the firmware update and it’s 42.7MB, and on that same page there is … Continued
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Samsung’s Ultra Edition 8.4 Unveiled as World’s Thinnest 3G Cellphone
Samsung used Paris’s Louvre Museum as its own corporate theme park recently when it showed off more additions to its Ultra Edition line of 3G cellphones, specifically the Ultra Edition 8.4. In order to prove that 3G cellphones aren’t destined to remain bulky and generally unattractive for the duration of the standard, Samsung’s Ultra Edition … Continued
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Powerbook Laser Etching Revisited
Our sister from a different motha, Gina over at Lifehacker, got her Powerbook etched with a celtic knot this past weekend at the MAKE headquarters as part of the FOO Camp. She was nice enough to make a video of the very boring process in action. The process is done using an Epilog laser cutter … Continued
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Samsung M610 Pics Surface: Thin Enough to be Prom Queen
Pics have surfaced of the Samsung M610 handset, along with a precious few details. It’s a slimmed-down replacement of Samsung’s A900 clamshell, and thin it is—at just 12mm deep it’s still able to pack lots of techno inside. Looks like it’s stoked for tunes with a pair of stereo speakers, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP (Advanced … Continued
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Hornmassive, One Big-Ass Horn
You know those little air horns that people bring to concerts and other events? Yeah, the same ones that manage to deafen you for a short period of time and result in a beating to the operator of the horn. Those small horns have gotten quite the upgrade. The Hornmassive is exactly that, a massive … Continued
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Teeny, Tiny MicroSound iPod Speakers
As if the iPod needed any more well thought out accessories, the MicroSound enters the fray looking to fill the apparent void in the nano speaker market. MicroSound is the brainchild of Miglia, the same company that makes the TVMax DVR system for the Mac mini. Migilia calls the MicroSound “slim, ultra-light and ultra-modern,” which … Continued
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Core 2 Duo Macbooks in September? We Ask Steve Jobs
New Macbooks in September? I don’t know…people are still having heat problems with the current generation chips, and the new ones are supposedly much hotter. But enough about what we think. https://gizmodo.com/core-2-duo-coming-to-apple-macbooks-sept-16-197440 What happens when we ask Steve Jobs himself? He blasted us with deafening silence. How about when we spam the top tech journalists … Continued
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Hybrids Bound for Formula One
Our beloved blood brothers at Jalopnik tell us that hybrid vehicles may be soon winding their way into Formula One racing, where overlords of that heady luxo-sport world are sniffing around the technology. Two big players who build such Formula One dream machines, N.Technology S.p.a. and Tatuus s.r.l., have teamed up to build the first … Continued
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Sony Ships AWG170A, Claimed to Be World’s Fastest DVD Burner
Over in Europe, Sony has started shipping the AWG170A, what Sony and its partner NEC claim to be the world’s fastest DVD R burner. Able to burn discs at 16x (whether or not 16x media is widely available is apparently irrelevant), the AWG170A also burns DVD-RAM (12x), DVD R DL (8x), DVD+RW (8x), DVD-RW (6x) … Continued
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Sony Updates Bravia Line of HDTVs, Now with More Reality Mojo
Sony has goosed its line of Bravia LCDs once again, claiming the improved DRC-MF (Digital Reality Creation Multi Function) version 2.5 is even more like reality. From what we can gather trying to decipher the Japanese website, before-and-after pics on its website show how this Bravia Engine Pro image enhancement routine does a better job … Continued
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MacBook Pro a Lemon?
Is there something rotten in Cupertino? After hearing rumblings of problems with MacBook Pros, now David Ciccone of Mobility Today tells us about his nightmarish series of issues with the MacBook Pro he bought back in March of this year. The problems started soon after the purchase, where Ciccone noticed whining noises emanating from his … Continued
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NuVision 52LEDLP vs. Samsung HL-S5679W: A Pitched Battle Between Big High Def LED-Backlit TVs
The Nuvision 52LEDLP is the latest set from the relatively new, high end TV maker. While the rest of their lineup is comprised of LCDs, this is their first rear projection DLP, which they plan to announce formally at CEDIA in a few weeks. The set’s screen is 52-inches diagonally, with a native resolution of … Continued
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