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  • Turn a Chumby One into a 3G router

    Turn a Chumby One into a 3G router

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
    If you can handle a bit of SSHing, it doesn’t take much work at all to exploit a Chumby One easter egg that turns the not-so-cuddly model into a 3G router. That’s pretty awesome. Of course since it’s not officially supported with a widget or software, there isn’t a GUI or any type of user [...]

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  • The Sony Dash is available for pre-ordering if you have a spare $199

    The Sony Dash is available for pre-ordering if you have a spare $199

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Good news. You can finally pre-order the Sony Dash. You know, the Chumby clone announced at CES 2010. That is, of course, if you actually want the $199 table-top thing.

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  • Chumby investigates Kingston microSD irregularities: Are counterfeit chips making their way into the supply chain?

    Chumby investigates Kingston microSD irregularities: Are counterfeit chips making their way into the supply chain?

    Posted on February 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Does the name Bunnie Huang ring a bell? It might if you were around the Xbox "scene" in 2002, when people from all over the world were on Xbox hacking forums trying to figure out what made Microsoft's first console tick, so to speak. It was truly exciting—we're talking Paris in the 50s exciting. Mr. Huang has since gotten a job at Chumby, putting his technical know-how to good use and helping to create the adorable little clock-widget-thing. While in China, Mr. Huang discovered a problem with a number of Kingston-branded microSD cards that were to be used in Chumby production. The problem was that they were counterfeit, or "irregular" in the measured parlance of the blog post.

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  • Chumby Sunfury Tablet coming?

    Chumby Sunfury Tablet coming?

    Posted on January 11, 2010 | No Comments
    We missed this one. But then again, the onle mention of the Chumby Sunfury tablet at CES '10 was in the Marvell booth. We were too busy palling around with Stan Lee to notice anything else. Good thing the nerds from technabob has our back and managed to get a spec sheet.

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  • Chumby One goes on sale for $99

    Chumby One goes on sale for $99

    Posted on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
    In case you're one for hard lines and plastic over soft and cuddly, head over to the Chumby store and order yourself the new Chumby One. It's way more advanced than the original model with a faster CPU, a lot more storage, FM tuner, and is half the price at only $99. But like I said before, I still want the older model.

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  • LTE Connected Car redefines the ‘mobile’ in mobile broadband (video)

    LTE Connected Car redefines the ‘mobile’ in mobile broadband (video)

    Posted on November 6, 2009 | No Comments

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    If you think cellphones have become overbearingly complex, look away now. A partnership of tech companies and content providers, known as the ng Connect Program, has revealed a prototype "LTE Connected Car," which, as you might surmise, combines 4G mobile broadband connectivity with a bunch of cloud-sourced facilities, such as video on demand, audio libraries, and multiplayer gaming. It can also serve as a Wi-Fi hotspot, connect directly to home automation or monitoring systems, and probably cook you scrambled eggs if you ask nicely. A Toyota Prius serves as the guinea pig for this new concept, and we've got video of the whole shebang after the break.

    Read - ng Connect Program Puts Connectivity in the Fast Lane with the LTE Connected Car Concept Vehicle
    Read - ng Connect Program Reveals the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Connected Car

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  • The Chumby One: More powerful, less cushy

    The Chumby One: More powerful, less cushy

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    The original Chumby was soft, cuddly, and cute. The new Chumby One is uptight, all-business, and commercial. I hate it. The draw to the original Chumby was that there was nothing like it on the market two years ago. You could load it up with all sorts of pre-made widgets like YouTube, weather, news, or one [...]

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  • Chumby now available in DIY form

    Chumby now available in DIY form

    Posted on September 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Chumby, everyone’s favorite desktop and bedside companion, is now available in kit form from Maker Shed! [nerdgasm] At only $99, they sold a bunch right off the bat, but there are still a few left if you’re one of the types that get into this sort of thing. I’ll give a thousand bonus points to whoever [...]

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