I normally hate traveling for work; juggling a computer, work files, ebook reader, etc. is a pain. However, now that I’ve been trying the Mobile Edge Evo Backpack for a few weeks, I wish I traveled more often so I could use a bag like this! My first impression of the Evo backpack was that it was a complete beast of a bag. It seemed physically large, but when I put it on it didn’t feel as big
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Mobile Edge EVO Backpack Review and Giveaway!
A brewing free-speech debate touched off by a lost prototype of Apple’s iPhone has ended quietly with a blogger’s agreement to cooperate with investigators. Thomas J Nolan Jr, a lawyer for Jason Chen of Gizmodo.com, said Monday that technology website agreed to the deal with prosecutors to resolve the case as quickly as possible. A judge on Friday ordered a search warrant withdrawn and seized items returned to Chen. The website posted images in April of a prototype iPhone left in a Redwood City bar by an Apple employee. Gizmodo said it paid money for the phone
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iPhone saga: Free speech fight ends quietly
Well, it’s about that time of the year. And, while Apple’s busy releasing all sorts of hit products like the iPad and iPhone 4, it’s about time to figure out how much they’ve actually made over the last few months. Today, Apple finally unveiled their official third quarter results, which equals one full quarter with the iPad out in the world. And, believe us when we say that the iPad’s made a big dent in the market (and a very good bulge in Apple’s wallet)
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Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
Apple’s been getting a little bit of bad press lately, but it clearly isn’t hurting their bottom line. In a press release today, the Cupertino company announced earnings for Q3 2010 ending on June 26th… and they’re impressive. The company posted revenue of $15.7 billion for the quarter with earnings per diluted share coming in at a blistering $3.51; up from $2.01/share in Q3 of last year. The company’s gross margin was 39.1% (compared to 40.9% from a year ago), and international sales accounted for 52% of the company’s quarterly revenue.
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Apple eviscerates Q3 earnings estimates, revenue up 78% year-over-year
This is a concept input device that [Tech B] built for disabled users. The device uses an accelerometer along with a piezo sensor (right click) and a push button (left click) to function as a mouse. The Arduino that resides in a breadboard on the side of the hat communicates with the computer over a serial connection, using PySerial to translate the microcontroller data into cursor commands with the power and ease of the Python programming language. During development [Tech B] made a proof-of-concept video using a Basic Stamp which you can watch after the break
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Hands-free input
(image courtesy Vator.tv ) Amazon is normally very tight-lipped about Kindle sales. Today, though, they pulled back the curtain a bit, and the peek inside should be enough to send traditional publishing and bookstores screaming for their xanax. Apparently, in the last three months, Amazon has sold 180 Kindle eBooks for every 100 hardcover books
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Amazon Announces Huge eBook Sales Numbers As the Sky Falls on Publishers
By Evan Ackerman I’ve had my Pogoplug for a several months now, and I’m still a big fan… Enough of a fan to have gone and bought a couple for my job (what, you think I blog for a living? HA!). Now I’m kicking myself, though, because Pogoplug is introducing the Pogoplug Biz, which not only includes a whole bunch of useful business-y features, but also comes in a color that isn’t purplish-pink. Chiefly, the Pogoplug Biz is a way of making stuff on your computers (say, projects) available to other people (say, clients) in a way that’s easy for you to manage and easy for them to access. The Biz differs from the regular Pogoplug (which also has this capability) by letting you control the entire process, customizing the Pogoplug interface to integrate directly with your business and avoiding the inevitable question from your clients of “what the heck is a Pogoplug and why do I have to get my files from it?” There’s a whole host of other cool stuff that you can do with the Pogoplug Biz, and we’ve got the entire rundown, after the jump.
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Pogoplug Drops The Pink, Goes Business Class
Section: Computers , Networking , Gadgets / Other , Peripherals , Storage The company behind the Pogoplug , Cloud Engines has unveiled a new device today—its the Pogoplug Biz. And as you can likely tell by the name, its intended for the business user. First things first though, the Pogoplug Biz is going to be available for pre-order as of today and it will be priced at $299. Similar to the other Pogoplug devices, there is no monthly service fee for use.
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Pogoplug Biz for business users now available for pre-order, priced at $299
Oh, that Ed Hardy, just when we let go – they suck us back in with their wares. This time they have an update to their USB keys from last year . These latest ones are bit funkier than the USB keys from the past, and they look like dog tags rather than USB flash drives.
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New Ed Hardy USB Keys Get a Facelift
It was heralded as a game changer when it was released nearly six years ago, but now it’s being let out to pasture without a path back to the barn. It’s Windows XP Service Pack 2 and last week, Microsoft released the last security patches it’s ever going to release for that version of its operating system.
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So long XP SP2, it was good to know you
Ben Heck chose to make his Bill Paxton pinball machine the old fashioned way, using actual flippers and tunnels and whatnot. But there’s also another, less complicated way to make a pinball machine – by running an emulator on a computer.
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hot touch arcade emulator: fake pinball machine accepts real coins
Ever since HPO purchased Palm and announced that they would be investing heavily in Palm’s webOS, we knew that they would be producing a tablet computer based on webOS. Now HP have filed for a trademark, which we expect they will use for their webOS tablet, the trademark is called ‘Palmpad’. HP has recently put on hold the Google Android tablet it was developing and also the Window 7 based one. HP can obviously see great potential in using Palm’s webOS for a tablet, and with all the investment they are putting into webOS we can expect to see something pretty interesting. We still have no idea when HP will launch the Palmpad webOS based tablet, and what sort of specifications it will have, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know
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HP Files Palmpad Trademark For webOS Tablet
For many people, the idea of a small portable device which can plug into their network and then with a simple cable swap plug directly into their computer sounds like a match made in heaven. This is the niche Seagate hopes to capitalize on with their GoFlex Net as it adds yet another option to the already amazingly customizable Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex portable drive line! Now read on for the full review . Permanent Link
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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Net USB NAS Review
I have an e-book reader I’m finding that I want to put everything that I have that is on paper into the device: books, magazine articles, users/owners manuals, cheat-sheets, blah, blah and blah. But after spending several hours scanning an out-of-print book that was falling apart using my standard Epson desktop scanner a few weeks ago, my enthusiasm faded. It just took too long per scanned page and I had to sit in front of or very near my desk for several hours. Plus, it required booting up my PC, logging on, waiting for boot up, firing up the scanner software, yada, yada and yada. And yes, I DO happen to be the laziest person on the planet. … [ visit site to read more ] Filed in categories: Desktop Computer Gear , Reviews , eBook Readers and Gear Tagged: Scanner VuPoint Magic Wand Scanner Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 19, 2010 at 12:19 pm.
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VuPoint Magic Wand Scanner Review
You may recall seeing a trailer last year for a new animated series called Cat Shit One . Well, the wait is over and the movie is finally out. The story takes place in a fictional place in a fictional world where cute little bunnies can speak, walk on two legs, and take on a village of terrorist camels (yes, the ones with the humps on their backs). The main characters are two bunnies called Packy and Botasky, who are both mercenaries working in the desert. Packy is the leader and the more confident one of the two
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Cat Shit One – Review
The Cambrionix Series B2 USB Charger will deliver power to 32 USB devices simultaneously without breaking sweat. Each port is protected against over voltage and dodgy USB products, and it’s all done without the need for a computer. Clever.
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Cambrionix Series B2 USB Charger – and one box to charge them all…
I’ve certainly seen our share of low-cost computers , but I can honestly say that this is the least expensive computer system I’ve seen yet. The Humane Reader is designed to provide computer technology to homes or schools without internet access or the budget for traditional PCs or Macs. The 8-bit computer can turn any television into an e-Book/Wikipedia reader. As a matter of fact, its makers say you could store 5,000 books or more on a single 2GB SD card (included in the $20 cost). The creators of the Humane Reader state their value proposition simply: “The Humane Reader can provide a virtual library to any developing world school or individual with electrical power for less than the cost of a single textbook.” Based on the Atmega328p microcontroller (there are actually three of them in there), the open source Humane Reader can be loaded up with educational content via USB, and it can display output on any video display with composite input.
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humane reader: the $20 computer
The new Echo Smartpen improves on the previous generation of Livescribe products with a sleek ergonomic design that features a rubberized grip and anti-roll surface, it’s also available with the biggest capacity ever – 8GB! Livescribe has also made charging the device more convenient, with a micro-USB connector, and the Echo now has a 3.5mm audio jack so that users can use whatever headphones they’d like with it. But I’ll be honest, I had my doubts about a pen that needs to be charged. But, Wow.
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Livescribe Echo Smartpen Review
The iPod 4-in-1 SuperCharger lets you charge your iPod no matter where you are. It plugs into your car’s 12V power supply or into a wall outlet. It can also plug into a USB port on your computer. If you find yourself in the wilderness with no other source of power, you can attach a 9V battery to the SuperCharger and charge your iPod. The SuperCharger has a coiled iPod charging cable built-in, so you only need to carry the one item. You can even use your iPod while charging. You can find it at many online retailers. Amazon.com has it for as low as … [ visit site to read more ] Filed in categories: News , iPhone, iPad, iPod related Tagged: iPod charger iPod 4-in-1 SuperCharger originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 18, 2010 at 12:00 pm.
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iPod 4-in-1 SuperCharger
Hot on the heels of Steve Jobs’ claims that all (smart)phones are equally affected by reception issues when held in a certain way, Nokia decided to release this statement: “Antenna design is a complex subject and has been a core competence at Nokia for decades, across hundreds of phone models. Nokia was the pioneer in internal antennas; the Nokia 8810, launched in 1998, was the first commercial phone with this feature. Nokia has invested thousands of man hours in studying human behavior, including how people hold their phones for calls, music playing, web browsing and so on
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Nokia says they prioritize antenna performance over design
The best selling VLC remote lets users control VLC Media Player on their Mac, PC or Linux machine – using their iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. VLC is a fabulous, free media player that can handle almost any file format effortlessly and VLC remote gives it the remote control it deserves. VLC remote allows users to browse their full media collection on their computer or network drives and to select, and play movies, shows or music with VLC without leaving the comfort of the sofa, bed or beanbag. No more getting up to reach for the mouse.
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VLC Remote 5.0 – Now with Retina Graphics and Multitasking support