Glare Archive

  • Motorola’s next Verizon Android phone pops up in inventory

    Motorola’s next Verizon Android phone pops up in inventory

    For the average person, a bunch of seemingly meaningless text on a 2-color screen is by no means the definition of excitement. But you.. you.. you’re no average person. You’re a gadget lover – and tucked away behind the glare spot on that screen is a gem to be held close to the chest until [...]

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  • TenYears: The Biggest Product Flops of the Decade

    TenYears: The Biggest Product Flops of the Decade

    It’s almost January 1st, 2010 and we’ve been mulling over our favorites of 2009 – and the previous decade. Here we present another installment of our “TenYears” list. We already did the biggest losers in the tech industry but why not talk about the biggest product flops? Here are a few of the biggest failures of [...]

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  • The Final Commenting Day: The last step to winning a SMART Board

    The Final Commenting Day: The last step to winning a SMART Board

    Finally. We’re done. All you have to do is comment on this post and, presumably, all the other posts in this series, and then you’ll be eligible to win a SMART Board for your home, office, or school. Sorry for making you guys jump through so many hoops but I thought this would be a [...]

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  • Reminder: One more commenting day left to win the SMART Board!

    Reminder: One more commenting day left to win the SMART Board!

    This is your fourth official notification of requirement to comment to enter to win a SMART Board you must comment on the first three posts and this one to win.

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  • Reminder: Comment again to enter to win the SMART Board

    Reminder: Comment again to enter to win the SMART Board

    reminderThis is your third official notification of requirement to comment to enter to win a SMART Board you must comment on the first two posts and this one to win.

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  • Reminder: You can’t win a SMART Board if you don’t comment

    Reminder: You can’t win a SMART Board if you don’t comment

    This is your second official notification of requirement to comment to enter to win a SMART Board you must comment on the first post and this one to win. If you do not, the world will asplode. Seriously! What is this thing? Glad you asked.

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  • CrunchGear’s Uberprize: A SMART Board 685ix interactive white board

    CrunchGear’s Uberprize: A SMART Board 685ix interactive white board

    This week we're going to go a little crazy. We'll have daily giveaways but we're going to offer you the chance to totally go nuts and win a SMART Board 685ix short throw magical whiteboard with installation included. What's that you say? What will I do with a whiteboard? Good question!

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  • Some dude has some kind of earth-shattering confession about Balloon Boy’s Dad

    Some dude has some kind of earth-shattering confession about Balloon Boy’s Dad

    So Gawker has some huge exclusive thing on the Heene family paid for, presumably, by Lord Denton in order to slam the loud glare of truth on a family of fametards. I didn't really read it but I skimmed it. It's a Sunday morning. We all have better stuff to do.

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  • A week with the Viliv S7

    A week with the Viliv S7

    So I have been using the Viliv S7 regularly for about a week now and I have concluded that it is the best netbook I have ever used. But yes, it's a netbook. The S7 might have a touchscreen, convertible design, super long battery life, and a modest size SSD, but at the end of the day, it's a luxury netbook.

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  • Sony VAIO W netbook reviewed

    Sony VAIO W netbook reviewed

    vaio Sony's first official netbook, the VAIO W, has been poked and prodded by Darren Gladstone over at PC World. You'll recall that the $499 machine features pretty standard netbook components, with the added bonus of the slightly-faster 1.66GHz Atom N280 CPU and a 10-inch 1366x768 resolution screen. Let's check out the highlights and lowlights, shall we?

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  • SonyPRS-600 eReader caught on film

    SonyPRS-600 eReader caught on film

    The US press won’t be getting their mitts on Sony’s latest eReader until tomorrow in NYC, but our friends to the north have been slobbering over the PRS-600 for the last few days. Verdict: wicked fast page turns, but too much glare. Hit the jump for a side-by-side comparison with the 505. via Slash

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  • Review: Gateway NV5214u 15.6-inch notebook

    Review: Gateway NV5214u 15.6-inch notebook

    Quick Version: Gateway’s new student-oriented NV series packs a lot of bang for the buck, although the machine is almost too heavy and bulky to function as a truly portable computer. If it’s going to spend most of its time on a desk, though, you get a fully-featured computer at roughly the price of an [...]

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  • Samsung debuts the eco-friendly “finger-slim” XL2370 LED HD monitor

    Samsung debuts the eco-friendly “finger-slim” XL2370 LED HD monitor

    Today in Korea, Samsung announced an eco-friendly full HD LED monitor, the XL2370. It’s said to have a “finger-slim” design, but the press release makes no mention of how thick it actually is. But we do know that the XL2370 has a “mega dynamic” contrast ratio of 5M:1, 2ms response time and 1920x1080 resolution. Oh, and it has “Starlight Touch Controls.”

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