A law that would allow subscribers to get out of their mobile contracts without penalty has been passed by the Illinois State House. The law allows for consumers to sever their contracts without an ETF if they’ve experienced handset troubles on "more than three occasions." Similar to other so-called "lemon-laws", the bill is designed to [...]
The government is working overtime to protect you and your gadgets, despite appearances to the contrary. John Reid, Britain’s Home Secretary, is asking manufacturers to improve security on their product offerings in an attempt to thwart would-be criminals. Reid suggests that companies push to adopt fingerprint recognition capacity on everything ranging from iPods to [...]
If you’re feeling a bit pedestrian typing away on your 8-core Mac Pro that sits atop a regular old desk, the Neber chair might be for you. Manufactured by G-Tech, a Korean company, the chair gives new meaning the the term "space-age". It features a system of stainless steel tubing, a reclining seat, and wrist, [...]
Now I know what you are thinking, and no this isn’t an official RIM released IM client like Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger. This is one of the the third party IM clients, by Shape Services’ IM+, that has released an update to their popular multi-IM client. IM+ currently supports MSN/Live Messenger, AIM/, Yahoo!, Jabber, [...]
The Xbox 360 CPU has been rumored to be shrinking from 90nm to 65nm in Q1 2007, but got pushed back earlier this year to "Mid-2007." This means the first batches of Xbox 360s Elites will still feature the old 90nm chip. It looks like the the CPU isn’t the only thing getting shrunk, the [...]
The Finns are up to something, and we like we’re seeing. A recently leaked document from a canceled Nokia presentation reveals that Nokia is planning to improve their S60 operating system by adding touchscreen capacity, as well as a number of other exciting enhancements. The slide is from a presentation that was to be called [...]
The long awaited firmware update we told you about months ago, is finally here for the AT&T 8525. This ROM updates the phone to allow Push-To-Talk, Cingular Video, Blackberry Connect, and many bug fixes. It’s available as a free download, and takes about 25 minutes to install. As with any firmware upgrade, make sure to [...]
Portable gaming systems are only as strong as their weakest link: the battery. Most of them being limited to just a few of hours of mobile playing enjoyment before you have to return them to their depressing little charging station. Luckily for PSP owners, a solution may be in sight. Blue Raven Technology has an [...]
It seems like just yesterday that the slider phone took the mobile world by storm, spitting in the face of tradition and putting those tired old candy bar and flip phones to shame. Things have progressed slowly since then, with the exception of a couple refreshing designs here and there. We must admit that we’re [...]
Yahoo has just announced plans to buy Right Media, an online ad provider. This move is clearly a direct response to Google’s recent acquisition of Double Click, and signifies an intensification of the online advertising market. Yahoo, which already owns a 20 percent stake in the company, has agreed to pay $680 million to complete their [...]
Italy’s premier luxury design firm, Pininfarina, has teamed up with SimpleTech to create a line of portable hard drives. The team behind some of the most beautiful cars in the world has imparted their magic touch on the lowliest of peasant technology, creating three mobile hard drives in varying capacity. The drives come in a [...]
In a shocking move, Nintendo appears to be courting soon-to-be-former Sony Computer Entertainment division boss Ken Kutaragi. Nintendo’s CEO stated during a press conference yesterday that he "would love to see Kutaragi join up with Nintendo." Kutaragi oversaw the development of the current generation Playstation 3. Many think that this poor management skills and bizarre [...]
Saddle up the horses, and scrape some cash together: The Xbox 360 Elite is finally available to the general public. The specs have been beaten to death explained in detail, but in case you’ve been living in a cave for the past few months, the Elite version of Microsoft’s next-gen console features an all black [...]
