Archive for April, 2009
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Both Panasonic and Canon announced their first water- and shock-proof compact toughcams early this year, and we’ve taken them underwater for a test. Which is better for capturing your summertime antics both wet AND wild?
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Tags: design, Digital Cameras, dmc-ts1, eos, formats, ideo, ovi, photography, software, star, summer, utilities, windows, with
Posted in 1, 3d, Cameras, Canon, Digital Cameras, Gadgets, HD video, Hd, Object, Photos, Ts1, Video Recording, ads, apple, art, battlemodo, camera, canon powershot d10, car, ccd, clear, clips, cool, d10, design, dmc-ts1, drive, ds, eos, feature, formats, ideo, isp, lcd, leica, lumix, media, ovi, panasonic, panasonic lumix DMC-TS1, photography, pre, release, review, reviews, s, software, star, summer, the, top, toughcams, verizonbestmodo, video, videos, waterproof, with, youtube | No Comments »
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Last week I provided a few basic green upgrades that can help you save money. This time around it’s all about tech that will save money and potentially increase the value of your home.
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Tags: art, energy bills, green, mac, prof. dealzmodo, subs, the, utilities, windows, with
Posted in 1, Dealzmodo, Dsi, Gadgets, General, Object, Storage, ads, art, atm, best, bills, cfls, design, ds, energy bills, environment, feature, government, green, green tech, green upgrades, guide, how to, hp, isp, law, mac, ovi, powerstrip, pre, prof. dealzmodo, professor dealzmodo, s, sd, space, star, subs, switching, tech, the, top, tv, utilities, windows, with | No Comments »
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Have you heard? Bluetooth 3.0 sounds like a fantasy spec: Wi-Fi speeds, faster response time and more efficient power usage. Here’s a quick primer on Bluetooth and why Bluetooth 3.0 is going to rock face.
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Tags: audio, Bluetooth, feature, isp, Music, radio, the
Posted in 1, 4g, Bluetooth, Gadgets, Iphone, Music, Object, P3, Photos, Smartphones, ads, android, art, audio, bluetooth 2.0, bluetooth 2.1, bluetooth 3.0, bluetooth headset, cellphones, design, ds, feature, files, g1, giz explains, headset, how to, ideo, isp, mp3, pc, pre, radio, rim, s, sound, star, stereo, tech, the, top, verizon, video, wireless, with | No Comments »
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
The Flip UltraHD is the true sequel to the cheap, crappy-but-good enough camcorder that’s smuggled 13 percent of the market and was once our favorite cheap camcorder. So, how is it in HD?
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Tags: 420, camcorder, digital, feature, flip, ideo, isp, top
Posted in 1, 420, Gadgets, Hd, Object, Sdhc, Storage, ads, amazon, art, battlemodo, best, cable, camcorder, camcorders, camera, car, clear, digital, ds, eos, feature, flip, flip mino hd, flip ultra hd, flip ultra hd review, ideo, isp, pc, pre, retail, review, s, sd, tech, the, top, tv, ultra hd, usb, video, videos, with | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Tags: art, cellphones, charity, fring, records, star, telemarketing, unwanted calls
Posted in 1, Email, Gadgets, Google, Grandcentral, Object, ads, art, car, cellphones, charity, contest, do not call registry, ds, fring, google voice, government, guide, isp, landline, law, ovi, pre, rant, records, s, service providers, star, telemarketing, the, top, unwanted calls, verizon, weed, with | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Samsung hasn’t been shy about their Android ambitions, but they have been extremely vague. Well, here’s their first handset, the I7500. With a capacitive AMOLED touchscreen, clean styling, and larger-than-average battery, it looks fantastic. UPDATED
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Tags: car, feature, formats, Google Maps, release, samsung i7500, samsung i7500 android, Sdhc, tech, youtube
Posted in 1, Gadgets, Google, Google Maps, Maps, Object, Sdhc, ads, android, android market, art, camera, car, design, ds, feature, formats, g1, guide, hair, i7500, isp, latitude, media, ovi, pre, release, review, rumor, s, samsung, samsung i7500, samsung i7500 android, sd, tech, the, top, touchscreen, with, youtube | No Comments »
Monday, April 27th, 2009
The current Swine Flu pandemic headlines read like those flashing through the intro sequence of a post-apocalyptical movie. Now you can see the cases spreading in real time—as the WHO declares them—in Google Maps. Updated
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Tags: ads, apocalypse, apocalypse now, doom, Google, Google Maps, isp, Maps, ovi, pandemic, pre, sound, top, with
Posted in 1, Gadgets, Google, Google Maps, Maps, Object, ads, apocalypse, apocalypse now, bigpic, doom, ds, isp, ovi, pandemic, pre, s, sound, swine flu, the, top, with | No Comments »
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
A hot official copy of Windows 7 RC1 is on our desktop and we’re poking around. But here are the three best new new things in Windows 7 Build 7100. This crazy background? Baked in.
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Tags: ads, enterprise, Gadgets, internet, the, top, walkthrough, Windows 7 RC1
Posted in 1, Facebook, Flickr, Gadgets, Itunes, Microsoft, Object, Peek, Windows 7 RC1, ads, best, breaking, desktop, ds, enterprise, internet, isp, media, pc, pre, release, remote, s, sharing, the, top, walkthrough, windows, windows 7, with | No Comments »
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Here’s something gross: I was given the world’s largest Cheeto. So of course I had to take it over the Optimus Maximus keyboard. Don’t try this at home.
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Tags: art, cheetos, clips, convergence, Gadgets, isp, Keyboard, the, top
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
There is nothing wrong with offering a feature-packed product, but it is doable to take things a little too far. The following gadgets definitely illustrate convergence at its worst.
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Tags: ads, convergence, convergence gadgets, feature, Gadgets, isp, tgif, the, top, with
Posted in Gadgets, Object, ads, convergence, convergence gadgets, ds, feature, isp, s, tgif, thank giz it's friday, the, top, with | No Comments »
It looks like Verizon customers will have less telemarketing calls to deal with, but there are still plenty of other ways to protect yourself from unwanted calls.