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Darth Vader Radio/CD Player
Posted from OhGizmo! 92 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Gizmos
By Luke Anderson There are times that I wonder whether George Lucas even cares what kind of products bear the Star Wars name. Take this Darth Vader Radio and CD Player for example. It’s not the worst gadget to bear a resemblance to a Star Wars character, but is there any real reason someone would want [...] (original story)
New Star Wars: The Clone Wars Toys On Sale Midnight Tonight [Toys]
Posted from Gizmodo 130 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Gadgets
Star Wars purists like myself are probably going to ignore everything The Clone Wars with an intensity normally reserved for busting best buddies out of their carbonite prisons, but in case you're a geek that willingly and joyfully slurps up even the blackest dredges of George Lucas' mega franchise, Toys R' Us is getting ready to empty your wallets. At midnight tonight, hundreds of the toy purveyors' stores will be opened to give fans a first shot at owning their own piece of Clone Wars memorabilia. Okay, I will admit—some of it looks pretty cool. Amongst the... (original story)
Angel Investor Ron Conway Emails His Portfolio Companies Over Financial Meltdown
Posted from TechCrunch 56 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
Ron Conway, one of Silicon Valley's most prolific angel investors (and he was also an early investor in Google), wrote an email yesterday to the CEOs of his portfolio companies. In no uncertain terms he outlines a bleak immediate future, and gives advice to his startups. It's the same advice, actua... (original story)
Another Way To Follow The Campaign: Dipity’s Election Center Timelines
Posted from TechCrunch 56 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
Want to follow every Tweet, blog post, YouTube video and Flickr photo put out by the Obama or McCain camps? Now you can follow the campaigns in a handy Dipity Election Center timeline. Using its latest Dipity 2.0 timeline mashup, the Election Center places each entry on a timeline that you can ... (original story)
IFA 2008: The Coffee Shop of the Future
Posted from TechCrunch 93 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
In the Home Appliances section of IFA 2008 in Berlin there are dozens of brands of coffee makers, most doling out freshly-brewed Joe to bleary-eyed conventioneers. Interestingly enough, some of the companies are using cool interactive displays, much like Microsoft Surface, in an effort to catch ou... (original story)
Reframe It Retreads Web Annotation As A Browser Add-On
Posted from TechCrunch 56 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
The idea of annotating the Web has been around for a long time. It goes back to a failed Web 1.0 startup called Third Voice. Today there are a handful of Web startups (Diigo, Fleck, Stickis, ShiftSpace, TrailFire) that let you mark up any Web page by adding virtual sticky notes or comments in a ... (original story)
Aaaaaaah!: Scary Ass Robot Girl
Posted from Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmo... 62 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Gizmos
This is a robot girl named Repliee R-1. She's an android built by Osaka University and based on an actual 5-year old girl. And I think I speak for everyone when I say they chose their model pretty fucking poorly. Liveleak Thanks to Firuz, Tytus, Jake, and Justin, who all agree the only good ro... (original story)
Some Big Sites Are Using Google Trends To Direct Editorial
Posted from TechCrunch 56 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
Google Trends, which shows you the hot search queries on Google at any given time, is more than two years old now (this year they added website/domain tracking as well). PR professionals and brand managers use it regularly to track how hot their assets are, and there are countless other uses for the... (original story)
Inquisitr.com - Pop Culture Tech Blogging
Posted from KillerStartups.com - all 128 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
What it doesInquisitr.com is a site that caters to the modern-day computer user. On the site, you will be able to find the latest news from the worlds of the internet, computers, and pop culture. This makes the site an interesting mix of information and entertainment that should be interesting to an... (original story)
AlertMe Smart Plug Manges Electricity via Web [Power Management]
Posted from Gizmodo 57 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Gadgets
AlertMe is a UK home surveillance company that has a pretty great idea for expanding its services. Their Smart Plug fits in your socket and monitors energy usage of various connected appliances. It wirelessly communicates with the AlertMe Hub, a (Wi-Fi?) and GRPS box that sends the information to th... (original story)
Poptent Lets Brands Crowdsource Advertising On The Cheap
Posted from TechCrunch 56 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
Poptent, a startup that crowdsources advertising to the public, has just launched in public beta. The site allows advertisers and brands to post requests for an ad, which are then produced and submitted by the pool of small studios and videographers that make up the site's members. Poptent is a ... (original story)
If Warhol Made Hard Drives... [Storage]
Posted from Gizmodo 126 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Gadgets
...they might not have been so different from these external drives from Meninos Design Studio. Acrylic cases coated in customizable vinyl, 250-500GB, 7200RPM drives are hidden behind your favorite take on glossy commercialism (from mock Red Bull containers to giant Marlboro packs...or even your own... (original story)
Microsoft Office Labs Releases “Touchless” Multi-Touch Software As An Open-Source SDK
Posted from TechCrunch 56 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
No, Microsoft is not getting into the car-wash business. But it is releasing "Touchless," multitouch software from Microsoft Office Labs that uses a regular Web camera and everyday objects as input. You can think of this as a low-end version of its Touchwall technology, which uses more precise l... (original story)
Sazell Gets A Much Needed Facelift, Overhauls Its Widgets
Posted from TechCrunch 56 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
Sazell, the startup that launched last July with widgets that let you "snap the web", has launched a new version of its site that includes a badly needed new logo and UI overhaul - the previous iteration was a bad rip-off of Google's logo, and looked as if it would have been outdated in 2003. The... (original story)
Opera 9.6 Launches, Now Includes Magazine-Style RSS...Sort Of
Posted from ReadWriteWeb 56 days ago
technology, gadgets, social-network, internet : Internet
Today, Opera revealed the newest version of their web browser, Opera 9.6. As always, the latest update includes speed and performance increases, but the update delivers several new features, too. The one new feature that we were really excited to try out is how Opera 9.6 deals with RSS feeds. In thi... (original story)
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