Posted on November 30, 2007 by Dan
Have you ever missed a call because you couldn’t hear or feel your mobile phone ring and/or vibrate?
Then check out the LM957 from LM Technologies.
This relatively fashionable wristband vibrates when you receive a call and even has a proximity alert in case you get more than 15 feet from your phone so you won’t forget [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2007 by Dan
Have a Wii and wondering if all that controller swinging could help you lose any weight?
A website called WiiHealthy.com says yes and shows you how.
Their 10-week program will have you playing video games 30-45 minutes each day (darn) and there’s nothing special to buy. The Wii comes with Wii Sports and thats all you need [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2007 by Dan
On, then off, then on again, Google is now officially going after the 700MHz wireless spectrum according to a post at Engadget.
The post quotes Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt:
“We believe it’s important to put our money where our principles are. Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today’s wireless world. No [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by Dan
Have you ever tried to work with a program whose interface was so terrible, so awkward, so overwhelmingly confusing, that you had basically no hope of ever being ever to use it ever?
Yes? No?
A screenshot of one of those sort of apps was just posted here along with a very brief description of what it [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by Dan
Did you know that a new Knight Rider show was in the works? It is and it grows near.
Over at Jalopnik.com they’ve outed the car and this time it’s not a Pontiac Trans Am, it’s a 550HP Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang (yes, that’s it in the picture).
The original Knight Rider series (for the kids who [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by Dan
Have you been thinking about ordering a new Zune and love the etching on the 4 and 8GB models but need the space of the 80GB?
Your decision just got a lot easier.
Zune Originals, Microsoft’s online store for Zune custom etching, now does the big one too!
They have a great selection of very detailed designs to [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by Dan
Bloomberg.com is reporting a version of the iPhone that will supports AT&T’s 3G (3rd generation) network is coming next year.
Says who?
Says the CEO of AT&T, Randall Stephenson in this story.
Did Apple agree to this public outing of a future product?
Not sure but I doubt it. Apple loves surprises and secrets, so it’s reasonable to assume [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2007 by Dan
According to this article at Ars Technica a copy of the next Windows Live Messanger software (v9 if you’re keeping score) has been leaked and is spilling all over.
The beta was intended to be private and only limited to 5,000 individuals were invited by Microsoft to participate in the beta testing.
If you see it floating [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2007 by Dan
Have you ever wished you could record a telephone call? Maybe you want to record a call with a client, or maybe you’re having a dispute with your credit card company, or maybe it’s just your good old fashion crazy ex that you want a recording of.
Consumerist.com has found a service called RecordMyCalls to helps [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2007 by Dan
According to AppleInsider, some Apple MacBook users have been having experiencing some difficulties with their AirPort connections after either upgrading to the second most recent version of Tiger (10.4.10) or after upgrading to the latest release of the operating system, 10.5 (a.k.a. “Leopard”).
Early guess as to what might be happening seem to be linked to [...]
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