I reviewed the Moshi Voice Controlled Alarm Clock a few weeks back and was rather impressed. It really works and makes setting the time or the alarm as easy as speaking. Love it! Well, turns out the company also has a travel alarm clock that uses the same voice technology.
Here is a look.
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A couple of days ago we reported about 4,000 iPhones that were stolen from a Belgium company. The police lost track of the thieves and the devices were never found. Touch My Apps reports that the units are currently being activated in Russia.
They are sold to local distributers by packs of 100 units.
However, customers might be in for a big surprise.
Apple and Interpol are in possession of all serial numbers of the stolen iPhones and any attempt to log on Apple serversSource: iPhone News Updated RSS Feed
The crazy retail deals are still going strong today here in the U.S. During my daily check of Amazon for the MP3 special of the day, I noticed the e-tailer is offering any AT&T phone for a penny today. There’s also no activation fee, which saves $36 — personally, I think the fee should go away from the entire industry, but that’s another matter. As expected, you’ll need a new two-year service account for the deal, which expires at the end of the day. That means existing AT&T customersSource: jkOnTheRun RSS Feed
Bioware has revealed the planet of Alderaan will be one of the environments for players to explore in the upcoming MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic. Before it was reduced to an asteroid field by the Death Star, Alderaan was a planet known for its natural beauty and peace. Thankfully, a bloody civil war begins, giving gamers plenty of stuff to viciously click on.
Honestly, while we're excited to see the planet again, we also can't help but be a little sad. Like watching the movieSource: Houstonist RSS Feed
It’s fairly difficult to find a sale on Apple notebooks on desktops. Apple rarely discounts their computing line and online resellers usually require a rebate if and when they offer a worthwhile discount. But last year, I took advantage of a preemptive Black Friday sale at Best Buy — that’s when I picked up my unibody 13″ MacBook with a $150 discount over Apple’s pricing. There was no rebate and I walked out of the store with MacBook in hand.
Sure enough the same deal are in Source: jkOnTheRun RSS Feed
We suspect this will be the final round of Black Friday ad leaks -- you know, considering that Black Friday is but a few days away -- but it seems as if the gadget world has saved the best (or at least the biggest) for last. As usual, we're not spotting any major steals that'd be worth lining up a dozen hours in advance for, but the $78 Blu-ray player and $10 BD films from Wally World may be worth paying your neighbor to snag for you. Check 'em all out below... if you dare.
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Sometimes you want a notebook as thin and light as possible. As a result you are willing to trade off on things like screen size and power. Other times, however, you need something as big and powerful as possible. That’s where today’s GearSponsor deal comes in.
This HP G71t 2.1GHz Dual-core 17.3″ LED Laptop is just $474.99 (plus shipping) after $100 off and a 5% Coupon. It has a Dual-Core … [visit site to ]
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Verizon’s Samsung Omnia II i920 is now finally official, as Samsung Mobile has announced that the smartphone would be available via the largest US carrier starting December 2.
Just like the Android-powered Motorola Droid, Samsung Omnia II costs $199.99 with a 2-yr contract agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate.
As you probably already know, the Omnia II runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and has many nice features, including a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, Opera 9.5, DNSeSource: Unwired View RSS Feed
With 100,000 apps in Apple’s AppStore, it has become ridiculously hard to get an app discovered. At any given time, perhaps 100 apps are easy to find on the featured apps or top apps lists. That’s why analytics startup Flurry is launching a new platform, AppCircle, whose aim is to get iPhone and iPod Touch apps noticed.
The platform is a natural extension of the analytics business that has become very popular. With AppCircle, Flurry can offer something valuable to developers. And,Source: VentureBeat RSS Feed
The Army has a new laser-based 3D mapping robot, one that can create imagery of a surrounding area using, yes, lasers. It uses a mirror-based LIDAR system that "bounces a laser off a rapidly rotating mirror and gleans environmental information from how long it takes for each pulse to bounce back." Oh, OK!
What's really good about this for the Army is that it does what normally requires a $100,000 setup for about 1/5th of the cost. And what saves the Army money saves taxpayers money, atSource: DVICE RSS Feed
That’s right, the world’s thinnest notebook that Xavier checked out on video the other day is now available through Dell for $1,799. Though it’ll take some time to ship; I just tried adding one to the cart and the preliminary ship date is listed as 12/24/09, which is more than a month from now. Maybe they are really building these things as you order them… who knows. You can’t customize any of the hardware of the Adamo, but I would say this is understandable considering that theySource: notebooks.com RSS Feed
Imeem, which was able to declare itself "the first and only social networking service to secure licenses from all four major music companies" about two years ago, now appears to be folding. Reports indicate that MySpace is set to acquire the business for a rather piddling amount.
Imeem was once a fairly successful organization. In addition to sealing the music company deals, it'd earned the backing of Sequoia Capital (which funded Apple, Yahoo, Google, and YouTube over the years), andSource: WebPro News RSS Feed
Just because we’ve got bigger brains doesn’t mean we’ve got a leg up on the rest of the animal kingdom, concludes new research from Queen Mary, University of London, and Cambridge University. Researchers claim that with the aid of computer generated models, they have determined even remarkably small sized brains are capable of consciousness—with as little as a few hundred nerve cells doing the job.
Apparently, size doesn’t matter so much as we’d like to think. TheSource: Geeks are Sexy RSS Feed
Social network Bebo which has seen a rapid decline in popularity but is still one of the biggest such services around, has added a tiny but important new feature: a button that helps children report abuse or bullying.
The button is called the CEOP Report button, (CEOP stands for UK’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), if you click on it, you’ll get advice and help about issues such as child abuse (but also viruses and hacking), as well as details on how to informSource: Mashable RSS Feed
This week’s thrifting adventures happened mostly by proxy.
In the middle of recording another exciting installment of Game|Life The Video, I got a rare midday phone call from my parents in Connecticut. It had to be urgent.
“Chris,” said my mom, skipping the preliminaries. “Do you have a minute to talk to Dad?” I did.
“We’re at a Goodwill,” he said, “and there’s a Vectrex here.”
“Oh,” I said. I had never had much luck with Vectrex stuff.Source: Game|Life RSS Feed
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Today has become a British Car DOTS-O-Rama Sunday!
Most of us could go a lifetime and never see a Europa outside of a car show or vintage race, but Plecostomus found a nice one in El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, otherwise known as Los Angeles. Here's what he had to say:
I found aSource: Jalopnik RSS Feed
Sometimes a car speaks to you, and what it says moves you so profoundly that you must burst into song! Such was the case with the Datsun 710 and BABE Rally veteran Timothy Hansen.
Mr. Hansen is also the guy who sold a running '72 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 4.5 to a LeMons racer for 500 bucks, so that we might have a Roten Sau shoving those boring E30s and RX-7s into the perceptual background noise. OK, here's "710" for your dancing enjoyment:
We recently reviewed Wasabi, Netvibes’ powerful new stream reader which consolidates news feeds, blogs, Twitter and Facebook streams, email, and more in an extremely manageable interface. The site entered private beta recently and we have 200 invites for TechCrunch readers. To get an invite, visit Wasabi and enter the code “WASABITC.”
As we wrote earlier, Netvibes CEO Freddy Mini demonstrated parts of Wasabi at our first Realtime CrunchUp in July. In addition to the traditional Source: TechCrunch.com RSS Feed
Apple previewed its Upper West Side store in New York yesterday. Besides welcoming the media into the company’s latest example of retail minimalism taken to its logical extreme, Apple Senior VP Ron Johnson talked retail.
Glass and stone enclose 8,500 square feet of retail space on street level, topped with a glass ceiling 45 feet above, and with a glass spiral staircase leading to the floor below. According to Gothamist, which has some really nice photos, theSource: The Apple Blog RSS Feed
The iPhone maker tries to assuage critics by providing new insight into the approval process, while a Facebook coder defects.
Apple is taking a step toward shining some light on its iPhone application vetting process by providing a new way for app developers to track the status of programs they’ve submitted to the company’s App Store.
Developers can now view the progress of submitted iPhone apps at Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Dev Center Web site as it goes through the reviewSource: iPhone News Updated RSS Feed
Shrinkage from silky smooth sound seller Bowers and Wilkins makes the sibilant news today. They have compressed their enormous high fidelity Zeppelin speakers for iPod into a size that is just right to accompany a laptop. The B&W MM-1 speakers are fueled by USB for both digital audio and power. The speakers have B&W's signature sound processing system handling all of the audio creation from digital source. This removes the problem of low quality on-board sound systems tainting theSource: Everything USB RSS Feed
It’s Friday morning and that means it’s the end of another week at Mobile Tech Manor. It’s been a week of bittersweet happenings here in the Kendrick household, and I’ll share that with you. I am not writing this column as usual, I am actually dictating it. My renewed interest in dictation was triggered by a fair bit of time I spent with the Tablet PC. Join me in Mobile Tech Manor and I’ll share my week with you.
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Each day we see many users come to Google.com to research products and find where to buy them. To better serve these users, we've been testing a new feature of AdWords called Product Listing Ads. Product Listing Ads works with an advertiser's Google Merchant Center account to serve highly targeted ads that include richer product information directly in the ad itself - including product image, price, and merchant name. Starting today, U.S. users searching on Google.com may begin to see ProductSource: Inside AdWords RSS Feed
Is Ikea planning to branch into automobile manufacture?
A microsite for the mysterious Leko suddenly appeared linked from the Ikea France site. It features a rotating car covered with cloth and a designer called Christophe Grazs talking about it in French. I have no idea what he's talking about but I can proabbaly get my brother-in-law to tell what he is going on about.
It has generated a fair amount of interest but seems a lot of people are not taking it seriously.
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With God's help and your support, this battle can be won.
-- Gary Randall, February 23, 2009
With few votes left to count and Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed reporting an ever-increasing approval percentage for Referendum 71 (currently 53.1% to 46.9%), it is clear that the Washington electorate has APPROVED Referendum 71. Washington is the first state in the nation to approve full domestic partnerships at the ballot box. Starting December 3, 2009, when the law challenged Source: Pam's House Blend RSS Feed
Okay, so the Zune HD didn't get off to the greatest start as a portable gaming platform, but we're willing to let bygones be bygones should the device's most recent patch be as amazing as it sounds on paper. A recent press release has announced that firmware update 4.3 adds six free games to the Zune Marketplace: PGR: Ferrari Edition, Lucky Lane Bowling, Vans Sk8: Pool Service, Piano, Checkers and Audiosurf: Tilt.
The press release does explain that, yes, you'll have to watch a shortSource: Houstonist RSS Feed
Walt Disney Pictures has released the first of three new theatrical banners for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Want to see more? Disney is asking fans to join The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter on Facebook (www.facebook.com/MadHatterSubjects) to “help prepare his army!” Apparently The Mad Hatter is giving his army the first look at exclusive images, but “you have to follow his orders to receive them.” Of course, these images already leaked and were posted on /Film over theSource: SlashFilm RSS Feed
MSI is currently finishing up work on a third AMD 770-based AM3 motherboard, the 770-G45 so more info about it has started to pop up. The new 770/SB710-powered product has a black PCB, the APS (Active Phase Switching) PWM control technology, it supports AM3 Phenom II and Athlon II processors, and includes four DDR3-1600 memory slots.
MSI's board also boasts two PCI-Express x16 slots enabling CrossFireX setups, six SATA 3.0 Gbps ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 channel audio (integrated),Source: TechConnect Magazine RSS Feed
Paramount Home Entertainment has started a new website which will allow fans of the film Paranormal Activity to have their names in the credits of the film when it is released on DVD and Blu-ray next year.
The site, ParanormalActivityProject.com is open until November 9th at midnight and anyone who registers will have their name shown at the end of the credits of the film.
ÂThe success of Paranormal Activity would not have been possible without the million-plus fans who went to Source: AfterDawn.com RSS Feed
Hasbro is having a contest to see who can build the best Star Wars diorama using "at least five 3 3/4" Hasbro Star Wars figures and or vehicles." Submissions are open until November 16. See the official rules (.pdf). [via Geekologie]
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Electronic Arts has acquired Facebook gamesmaker Playfish for up to $400 Million.
Playfish Ltd. is a British based developer of free to play casual social games primarily popular on the likes of Facebook and MySpace, Bebo and the iPhone, among others.
The deal will bring a smile to many a game developer who have rested their laurels on social gaming becoming a mature business. With this, we’re likely to see either IPO’s or acquisitions in the not so distant future.
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GetDeb’s web site has long been the go-to spot for Ubuntu (and Debian, and Mint) users to grab the latest copies of software not yet released by their official repositories. Now GetDeb makes it even easier with a repository.
By adding GetDeb’s repository to your Linux system, you’ll get access to pre-compiled .deb packages as soon as they’re available on GetDeb’s site. That means apps like the GIMP graphics editor, Songbird, and other software that hits a major releaseSource: TechBlogger RSS Feed
Here's one for the books. CERN's Large Hadron Collider has once again been shut down. No catastrophic helium leak or failing magnets this time. The culprit? A speck of bread, which officials believe was originally part of a larger baguette. To make it all the more ridiculous, it's thought that the piece of bread was dropped into the works by a bird.
The morsel found its way into the doomsday device's outdoor machinery, sparking a temperature differential that triggered an automaticSource: DVICE RSS Feed
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Courtesy of a Best Buy Reward Zone member advertisement, we now know that the Nokia Booklet 3G will be available as of November 15. Which is of course much nicer than the previous time frame of sometime during the holidays.
For those interested, the Booklet 3G will set you back $299.99, but that price does required a two year commitment. Otherwise, those looking to makeSource: Gadgetell RSS Feed
I was chatting with a friend on Google IM about the Droid, and out of the corner of my eye I saw a message come through Twitter from @jbqueru (@jbqueru is an Android developer with Google) regarding the Saygus V1. The V1 promises a lot of what the Droid does … plus video calling! It also is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera and a slide out keyboard similar to the Droid; it even looks a lot like the Droid. … [visit site to ]
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In the past five years, technology has played a major part in influencing the way we functions, even in the least mechanical of human behaviors--like socializing. Today, ScienceBloggers are taking a close look at how the social media explosion is affecting the world. On The Primate Diaries, Eric Michael Johnson reports on anthropologist Stefana Broadbent's surprising theory suggesting that social media is "promoting greater intimacy between people." Abel Pharmboy of Terra SigillataSource: Page 3.14 RSS Feed
It has been reported that MSN.com is rolling uot a new version over time. You can preview the new version at http://preview.msn.com.
I never knew that more than 1/3 of all Internet users worldwide visit MSN every month. 400 million people per month. Thats nearly as good as Yahoo’s 600 million and killing AOL’s 80 million. But still, it’s the most popular Internet portal that no one actually ever goes to.
In the new version everything is a lot cleaner andSource: Crenk.com RSS Feed
Klipsch announced their new ProMedia 2.1 speakers today. Designed for use with a laptop system in mind, these THX-certified speakers are totally mostly wireless.
So by mostly wireless, I mean that you still need to provide power. The subwoofer and speakers will need to be plugged in to work, just not into your computer. You will need to stick a dongle into your USB port however. This sounds ideal for a laptop user or college student, since you can bring your computer back to theSource: CrunchGear RSS Feed
Verizon Wireless launches the Motorola Droid this Friday (as if you hadn’t heard), and the carrier is opening “many” of its 2,000 retail outlets early (7 a.m. or 8 a.m. local time) to accommodate what it hopes is a rush of new customers. Call your local store for hours if you’re interested in being among the first to get your hands on the gadget. Meanwhile, here are a few other things you should keep in mind if you’re considering going Droid:
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There are fails. And then there are fails.
In the following video (after the break), taken by a surveillance camera, a worker on a forklift tries earnestly to move boxes around a vodka warehouse in Moscow. (Ed. Note: Way to propagate Russian stereotypes, Moscow.) Epic calamity ensues. With one swerve of the wheel, he singlehandedly turns the place into a Jenga game gone horribly wrong. Incredibly, the guy walked away with only minor injuries,Source: Switched RSS Feed
As they have in years past, the Caribbean 1500 Sailing Rally is doing some cool stuff with Google Earth to help showcase their event, which begins today around noon EST.
They're using Magnatrax.net to help track the position of every boat and they have a variety of boat classes that you can track -- Cruising, "Bahamas Fleet", Rally Class 1/2 and Racing Class 3/4. Choose the one you want, then click the "Google Earth" link in the lower left corner. They show the current position of eachSource: Google Earth Blog RSS Feed
Brian Solis writes a thought-provoking post about how he sees the future of the social web, prompted by a Forrester report of the same name published in April.
Forrester’s research examined what’s happening in the context of what they describe as the five eras of the social web that began over a decade ago and continues through 2014. Their arguments on how the web is developing and evolving is nicely illustrated in this graphic from their report: how the five eras overlap and howSource: The Next Web RSS Feed
Adult Swim's Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself), a browser game about using the tools in your office to end your apparently miserable cubicle-bound life, can now be played on the go. Artificial Life, Inc. has ported the morbid action-puzzle game to iPhone and iPod Touch, which means that you can now kill yourself with one finger!*
The iPhone game, like the original, gives you an office building full of potentially deadly office furniture and supplies, and five minutes to punish yourselfSource: Houstonist RSS Feed
In an interview with the Financial Times, Nintendo are considering adding free 3G to the next DS system. They propose adding an addition fee to the cost of the unit in order to provide this service.
“Only people who can pay thousands of yen a month [in mobile phone subscriptions] can be iPhone customers. That doesn’t fit Nintendo customers because we make amusement products. In reality, if we did this it would increase the cost of the hardware, and customers would complain aboutSource: WiiNintendo.net RSS Feed
