The Wand, world’s first gesture-based remote control

By Dax - 09/22/2009 9:42:33 AM

Here’s something for all our Harry Potter fans out there: A wand that actually does magic! Well, no, not really, but it does have some powers over your everyday gadgets that use infrared signals.  Simply called “The Wand,” the device can apparently control appliances like your TV or DVD player by using gestures like swishing, [...]

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Air Mouse Elite from Movea

By Tony - 09/17/2009 9:16:24 PM

It’s not the first time Movea presents an unusual mouse, a couple of months ago it was the Gyration Air Mouse, and this time they’ve released the Air Mouse Elite. Like the name suggests, you can work with this mouse in the “air”, in other words, there’s no need for a base like a mousepad. [...]

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No iTablet until 2010?

By Jeff Baker - 08/14/2009 4:48:18 PM

Despite rumors that Apple was gearing up to launch some sort of OS X running iTablet before year’s end, word comes to us from John Gruber and Jim Dalrymple who say the device will not hit store shelves until 2010. Below is a quote from Dalrymple discussing the matter: Very reliable sources familiar with the [...]

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Iowa 911 now accepting text messages

By Jeff Baker - 08/06/2009 7:44:12 PM

This was bound to happen sooner or later — It seems that a 911 call center in Iowa has announced that they will now be allowing the public to send SMS messages instead of actually calling them. There is a catch, however, as only i wireless subscribers in Black Hawk County can use the SMS [...]

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17-year old sues Amazon after they delete his homework

By Jeff Baker - 07/30/2009 6:00:40 PM

It seems that the Kindle’s cracked screens aren’t the only thing Amazon is getting sued about. This time, a 17 year old high school student is sueing Amazon because they deleted his homework, literally. If you’ll recall a while back, Amazon, without notice, deleted digital copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from every [...]

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The Onion gives us a look at the iPhone 3GI

By Jeff Baker - 07/29/2009 1:45:15 PM

The Onion is at it again this time giving us a look at the iPhone 3GI a phone that can only be seen by “the most special Apple consumers”. This could lead one to believe the I in 3GI stands for invisible, or perhaps imaginary? The iPhone 3GI will apparantly feature “significant hardware and software [...]

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Barnes & Noble/AT&T to offer free WiFi in stores nationwide

By Jeff Baker - 07/28/2009 4:39:12 PM

Sure, Barnes & Noble may not have a deal with Sprint that allows their eBook reader to access the internet anywhere, a la the Kindle, but they have the next best thing. Reports are coming out that Barnes & Noble has signed a deal with AT&T that will allow customers to access free WiFi in [...]

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Motorola takes hint from Vertu, shows off Ivory E18

By Jeff Baker - 07/20/2009 11:10:50 PM

It seems that Vertu isn’t the only one targeting the extremely rich/extremely luxurious crowd as Motorola too has an offering: the Ivory E18, pictured above. Before the development of the Ivory E18 was called off, it was said to feature a 3MP and a slider with 2 positions, one for just the navigation buttons and [...]

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Vertu’s carbon fiber wrapped Ascent Ti handset

By Jeff Baker - 07/20/2009 11:03:14 PM

Vertu has announced yet another luxury handset this time entitled the Ascent Ti. The Ascent Ti’s body is made almost entirely out of carbon fiber, a material that has been known for being ridiculously strong while maintaining a low weight. While the press release doesn’t state much we’ll just assume that it has the same [...]

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Amazon remotely deletes purchased Kindle books

By Jeff Baker - 07/18/2009 3:20:13 AM

Amazon is sure to get some negative feedback for this one — The company has recently announced that they have proceeded to remotely deleted copied purchases of 1984 and Animal Farm from every Kindle that had the books on it. The reason for deletion is that the publisher decided they no longer wanted to have [...]

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