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I've been noticing more and more vending machines stuffed with electronics lately. A few weeks ago I had a layover in Atlanta and my gate was directly across from an iPod vending machine. I figured I'd do some seat of the pants research, and see how many
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Grand Central , a new 'find me anywhere' phone service just launched in beta. The basic concept is that you get to pick a 'main' phone number (many area codes available), and it stays with you for life. Then, via the web interface, you
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I just got word that the new Logitech Wireless DJ Music System is now available. Retail price is $249.99 direct. This seems like a great way to stream your digital music collection through your house. It works by installing their Streampoint software
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Just got an email from Tivo, looks like the Tivo 3 is now available at the $800 price point I was fearing. If you must have one, use the link below to get in their 'preferred subscriber' queue. (whatever that means) Looks like an awesome box,
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Just read an interesting article in the Buffalo Business Journal about a South Korean professor who is using my new favorite device , The SlingBox to stream shows from Buffalo, NY to his home in South Korea. Apparently he fell in love with American TV
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I was just reading this post over at MobileCrunch where Oliver Starr came up on a terrible car wreck last night. Long story short, he used his cell phone to call 911 and probably saved a life by getting help there so fast. Nice job Oliver. I remember
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Just getting settled in at the vacation house, and got the Kyocera KR-1 mobile router hooked up and running (basically plugging it into an AC outlet - <1 Minute) . If you are not familiar with the KR-1, it is very similar to a standard WiFi router
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Scott Hanselman has updated his excellent list of tools for developers and power users . This is a must read list form anyone involved in software development or that spends their day on a PC. You will save many hours and plenty of computer frustrations
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I woke up this morning to find my one-year-old Phillips Plasma TV dead. Well, that's not quite accurate it was one year and 12 days old (I dug out the paperwork to check) - nice how it just made it past the one year warranty from Phillips, huh? Puzzling
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Gizmodo has some exclusive information and a photo on the upcoming Microsoft Zune Media Player. One interesting tid-bit is that the scroll wheel is not really a wheel, but just 4 buttons - wonder how usable that will be? Has anyone seen any details on
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I was checking out the new Segway Models and came across the manual page . The Getting Started Guide for the new models (I2 & X2) covers the Bluetooth device people have been speculating about since it hit the FCC site several weeks ago. Turns out
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