In a surprising move, Verizon has decided that in 2008 they will be opening up their mobile phone network to devices that they didn’t sell you.
“Any device that meets the minimum technical standard will be activated on the network. Devices will be tested and approved in a $20 million state-of-the-art testing lab which received [...]
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‘Tis the season for buying electronics and if you’re in the market for a laptop you just might have your eyes on the OLPC (”One Laptop Per Child” 
and the Asus Eee PC.
The OLPC (the one with the antennas), also known as the “$100 laptop” or the “XO”, was created for children in developing [...]
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What happens when you’re on a flight that is being delayed for weather reasons? You wait.
BUT, what if there’s an iPhone user on that same plane and—AND—they take out their iPhone, fire up the weather widget, and see that there isn’t any bad weather where the flight is heading? Conspiracy?
Here’s a little bit of the [...]
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Star Wars geeks in need of a new flash drive, your attention please:
Mimobots has announced a new line of USB flash drives styled after your favorite Star Wars character (unless that would be Wicket, then sorry you’re outta luck).
Joining their existing line which consists of Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2–D2 and a Stormtrooper are:
Princess Leia
Luke Skywalker
Han [...]
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Looking for a night light for your evil laboratory?
ThinkGeek has what you’re looking for: the Plasma Bulb Night Light.
For $9.99 this night light will keep the baddies away…or frighten you more with popping and zapping sounds.
Toss in a Luminglass for the headrest of your chair and you’ll be that much closer to becoming a misunderstood [...]
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is planning to rollout a new service that will allow users to store documents, music, videos, etc. on their servers and let you access and/or share them with your friends from your web browser.
According to the story they plan to provide some storage for free with additional space [...]
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Noon Solar in Chicago makes a type of bag you probably havne’t seen before—solar powered.
Available in three styles (Cortland Tote, Willow Tote, and Logan Satchel), these bags have built-in solar panel on one side that can be used to charge your electronic gear using the include cords.
Carry it facing the sun, or even better toss [...]
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Engadget has posted their annual holiday gift guide in his and hers editions.
For her, some of the highlights include earings that look like the power button from an Apple PowerBook laptop, a tazer, and a pink iPhone.
For him, some of the highlights include Shure earbuds, an Asus Eee PC and a Nokia N810.
Check out the lists [...]
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