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  • Scratch-n-Scroll mousepad

    Scratch-n-Scroll mousepad

    Posted on September 7, 2009 | No Comments
    scratch-n-sniffWe've been hearing for what feels like decades about the "paperless" revolution, wherein everything will be written on computers. The problem is that computers -- even smartphones and tablet PCs -- still make it unnecessarily complicated to jot down a quick note. You know, the kind of thing that doesn't have any lasting permanence but something you're going to forget in the next five minutes before you need to use it. Sure, you could use a Post-It note, but that involves the killing of trees and who really needs that on their conscience? The quirky Scratch-n-Scroll mousepad may be worth your consideration.

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  • Review: Logitech Harmony 900 universal remote

    Review: Logitech Harmony 900 universal remote

    Posted on August 31, 2009 | No Comments
    I wanted to love this remote. The Harmony One has a great form factor, and I was hoping that Logitech would add its current RF system to the mix. But that didn’t happen with the $400 Harmony 900. Instead, Logitech attempted to simplify the RF setup even though the current method is easy enough and [...]

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  • What invention has changed the most from Version One to the Present Day?

    What invention has changed the most from Version One to the Present Day?

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    I'm now ripping off Ron and Fez bits wholesale. In a gripping discussion today, the radio show debated the following question that's 100 percent relevant to our interests here at CrunchGear: what invention has changed the most since its inception?

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  • The unbearable lightness of babies: Station Wagon Living unearthed

    The unbearable lightness of babies: Station Wagon Living unearthed

    Posted on August 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Man. How did our parents - and most of us - survive the 1950s, 60s, and 70s? DaddyTypes points us to the Ford Treasury of Station Wagon Living, a book that recommends that it’s great to drive around the countryside at speed in a huge steel station wagon with three babies in the back [...]

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  • Where the Wild Things Are videogame dropping in October

    Where the Wild Things Are videogame dropping in October

    Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Yet another movie licensed videogame was announced today by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and it’s one that I hope doesn’t suck. Side note: I popped in Terminator Salvation (also from WBIE) yesterday for the first time and I couldn’t stand to play it for more than five minutes. It was horrible. And it had so [...]

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  • Call without a SIM card with Cherry

    Call without a SIM card with Cherry

    Posted on July 5, 2009 | No Comments
    The chances of me being genuinely amazed at something I see a Belgian tech company achieve are rather slim. But occasionally, it happens. Last week I went to local entrepreneur meetup BetaGroup and saw five startups pitch their stuff to the 200-person audience. The last one to get its five minutes of fame was Cherry, a new mobile operator that promised to "revolutionize the telecom world". Needless to say, I was as curious as I was skeptical. Then the company's CEO got up on stage, introduced himself, took out his Nokia smartphone, called some random guy in the audience and had him call him back on his phone afterwards. Projecting his mobile phone screen on a bigger screen for everyone to see, he demonstrated how he didn't need to launch an application and just browsed his contact list to call the other person. Standard functionality, sure, but the cool part of it was the fact that the phone was lacking the presence of a SIM card, which is supposed to identify you as a subscriber of a telephony service.

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  • Meet Cherry, the unified Wi-Fi / GSM network operator that introduces automatic handover

    Meet Cherry, the unified Wi-Fi / GSM network operator that introduces automatic handover

    Posted on July 5, 2009 | No Comments
    The chances of me being genuinely amazed at something I see a Belgian tech company achieve are rather slim. But occasionally, it happens. Last week I went to local entrepreneur meetup BetaGroup and saw five startups pitch their stuff to the 200-headed audience. The last one to get its five minutes of fame was Cherry, a new mobile operator that promised to "revolutionize the telecom world". Needless to say, I was as curious as I was skeptical. Then the company's CEO got up on stage, introduced himself, took out his Nokia smartphone, called some random guy in the audience and had him call him back on his phone afterwards. Projecting his mobile phone screen on a bigger screen for everyone to see, he demonstrated how he didn't need to launch an application and just browsed his contact list to call the other person. Standard functionality, sure, but the cool part of it was the fact that the phone was lacking the presence of a SIM card, which is supposed to identify you as a subscriber of a telephony service.

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  • Review: Dymo LabelWriter 450 Turbo

    Review: Dymo LabelWriter 450 Turbo

    Posted on July 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Label makers are a dime a dozen nowadays, so why would I bother reviewing one? Because the 450 Turbo from Dymo is fast. How fast? Just watch the video. Aside from its blazing speeds, the 450 Turbo is easy to use and setup. The bundled software works on both Windows and Mac machines with a clean and intuitive UI. Replacing the label spool is also an cinch and accommodates all sizes for address labels, shipping labels, file folder labels, name badges, etc. Total setup time was less than five minutes. And it’s relatively small.

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  • Palm: Prithee, good sirs, speak not of Palm Pre tethering

    Palm: Prithee, good sirs, speak not of Palm Pre tethering

    Posted on June 15, 2009 | No Comments
    In an example of rolling over in the name of "good relationships," the Pre Dev Wiki has shut down their tethering page because "Sprint could get angry." This is in stark contrast with iPhone devs who couldn't give two squirts about "good relationships" and instead produce interesting technical content including unlocked phones.
    "We have been politely cautioned by Palm that any discussion of tethering during the Sprint exclusivity period (and perhaps beyond—we don't know yet) will probably cause Sprint to complain to Palm, and if that happened then Palm would be forced to react against the people running the IRC channel and this wiki.

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  • Shake, Rattle and Roll: Camera Mount for Bikes

    Shake, Rattle and Roll: Camera Mount for Bikes

    Posted on June 8, 2009 | No Comments
    The Fat Gecko from Delkin is a video camera mount which clamps onto your bike’s handlebars and lets you shoot as you ride. It’s billed as lightweight, rugged and can remain attached for quick-releasing the camera. On paper, it looks fantastic. So, what’s the problem? The problem is that you can do exactly the same using an [...]

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