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1027 votes | submitted 2008-11-24 23:22:42 by motang | 223 comments
HTC has increased its shipment expectations of the G1 phone, which is a sure sign that the device is
selling at a much faster pace than anticipated.
616 votes | submitted 2008-11-24 20:03:55 by Surferess | 65 comments
Italian police officers recently seized a tiny gun that's disguised as a cellphone. It can hold four
bullets and is powerful enough to kill somebody. It looks pretty good, phone-wise, if pretty
outdated. It's stuff like this that makes me having to pour my water out at airport security seem
even more idiotic.
507 votes | submitted 2008-11-24 21:09:51 by diggits12 | 92 comments
According to CrunchGear's John Biggs, the second-ever Android cellphone doesn't come from Motorola,
Nokia or Sony Ericsson. The Zzzphone is a full-QWERTY keyboard Chinese slider which apparently runs
the Android operating system,
858 votes | submitted 2008-11-24 05:29:56 by loyalKNG | 128 comments
Black Friday is now just around the corner! (This Friday, November 28, 2008), and we have some of
the best deals to increase your "size"!From smallest to largest, first comes the Seagate
S305004FDA1E1RK 500GB FreeAgent External USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive, from Walmart!� For only $69
compared to the original $112.88, this gives you a nice little
396 votes | submitted 2008-11-23 20:55:11 by Griny | 63 comments
The Nintendo Wii tops the list as most energy-efficient game console in a study which recommends
console industry adopt easy-to-use power-management features.
690 votes | submitted 2008-11-23 08:06:05 by DigSomeMore | 69 comments
Don't know what to get the kids in your life for Christmas this year? Well it turns out that little
people get the biggest thrill out of getting geeky gifts - particularly gifts you do stuff with. So,
if you're stuck on what to get your niece, nephew, friend, or even your own little person, take a
look at our gift suggestions below.
362 votes | submitted 2008-11-22 18:44:16 by Griny | 40 comments
The technologies that helped Obama reach the White House are going to make the president-elect's
life more transparent and scrutinized than any previous White House occupant.
574 votes | submitted 2008-11-22 03:00:02 by FirstDigg | 62 comments
SnapTell's premise is simple: take a photo of the cover of any CD, DVD, book, or video game, and the
application will automatically identify the product and find ratings and pricing information online.
Especially useful since the iPhone has a hard time scanning barcodes, and upon initial testing looks
to identify most common and obscure objects.
1064 votes | submitted 2008-11-20 22:44:40 by Burento | 131 comments
Samsung Electronics has started mass production of 256G-byte solid-state drives, which could make
their way into laptops in a few months, the company announced Thursday.
701 votes | submitted 2008-11-20 20:26:23 by linkserf | 100 comments
The BBC has a fantastic, 3-minute clip touring a frozen pizza factory that manufactures 2 million
pizzas a week. There's something about precision, large-scale automation, even when the technology
isn't necessary cutting edge, that's even more telling of our technological place in the world than
sleek touchscreen phones and GPS navigators.
1664 votes | submitted 2008-11-20 05:42:28 by reckless1280 | 255 comments
The Storm, a widescreen, touchscreen device boasts many of the same features as the iPhone, but adds
innovations like a clickable display, and comes packed with RIM's legendary email and messaging
services. Mainlined into the biggest and best network in the States, the Storm is an almost
deafening blast to the competition at first glance.
612 votes | submitted 2008-11-18 21:50:50 by Peachi | 58 comments
Nanotechnology has made a flexible, stretchable, transparent material thinner than paper that can
be used as a speaker. The material can be put into clothing, wallpaper or onto windows. The material
was developed by Chinese scientists and is made up of carbon nanotube films and could be used to
produce the world’s thinnest speakers
431 votes | submitted 2008-11-19 00:51:07 by AFelsinger | 71 comments
At the University of Virginia, students can look online to see if washers and dryers are available.
The machines can even send messages to the students' phones when the laundry is ready. The only
problem ... they can't teach students how to wash their clothes.
289 votes | submitted 2008-11-17 23:07:51 by Spielbergo | 26 comments
This is the Escape Clock, from Argentine designer Santiago Cantera. Details about this concept alarm
clock are so sparse that some other writers have simply started making up features.
399 votes | submitted 2008-11-17 16:13:32 by pitchblack16 | 80 comments
Late last night, broadband-connected TiVo Series2/3/HD owners may have stumbled upon the new
Domino’s widget. While we first caught wind of this in regards to the Austrailian TiVo service, US
TiVo subscribers are first to tap into Domino’s online ordering system - requesting pizza from the
comfort of their couch.
810 votes | submitted 2008-11-17 22:06:33 by msaleem | 59 comments
A jet engine attached to anything is sure-fire entertainment—as the following ten gadgets will
demonstrate.
2930 votes | submitted 2008-11-18 03:10:21 by TalSiach | 335 comments
You might think that a Lego safe would be easy to open. Maybe just remove a few bricks and you’re
in. But that’s not the case with this thing, the cutting edge of Lego safe technology. The safe
weighs 14 pounds and has a motion detecting alarm so it can’t be moved without creating a huge
ruckus.