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  • Did you know that your iPhone is also a document scanner?

    Did you know that your iPhone is also a document scanner?

    Posted on August 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh, look, a legitimately clever use of the iPhone, and one that's not hard at all to replicate at home. Essentially, you set your iPhone on a raised surface, then you snap away using the phone's camera. Congratulations, you've just created an inexpensive document scanner.

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  • Uncle Milton unleashes the Force

    Uncle Milton unleashes the Force

    Posted on July 24, 2009 | No Comments
    As much I want the Force Trainer from Uncle Milton, the evil nerd in me would much rather have Darth Vader’s robotic arm instead! The Force Trainer is pretty straight forward based on the video, but the Vader Robotic Arm is so much more intriguing. A total of 45 “snap-together” parts comprise the fully functional robotic [...]

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  • iTunes 8.2.1 Cripples Palm Pre Sync

    iTunes 8.2.1 Cripples Palm Pre Sync

    Posted on July 15, 2009 | No Comments
    The latest iTunes update 8.2.1 breaks Palm Pre’s ability to sync with Apple’s music software in a move that should come as no surprise to followers of the recent skirmishes between Apple and Palm. Palm’s webOS operating system on the Pre has media sync as one of its key features. It allows users to connect [...]

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  • Samsung Comeback set to cost about $130 too much

    Samsung Comeback set to cost about $130 too much

    Posted on July 15, 2009 | No Comments
    The Samsung Comeback might not have launched today as it was expected to, but the details continue to trickle in. We’ve got the product shots, we’ve got the specs, and now that last oh-so-important detail has come out: the price. According to this snap conjured up by BGR, the Samsung Comeback is going to knock you [...]

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  • Child Porn App Disappears from iTunes App Store

    Child Porn App Disappears from iTunes App Store

    Posted on July 2, 2009 | No Comments
    BeautyMeter, the app which managed to sneak “child pornography” onto the iPhone, has been pulled from the iTunes App Store. The application lets users upload pictures of themselves and then other people vote on their face, body and clothes (or lack thereof). The internet was set afire yesterday when it appeared that a 15-year-old girl had [...]

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  • Agfa Rises From the Depths with Cheap Underwater Camera

    Agfa Rises From the Depths with Cheap Underwater Camera

    Posted on July 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Agfa, the troubled Belgian film and photo company, isn’t quite dead yet, and somebody, somewhere, has slapped the company’s logo onto a new waterproof camera and is offering it under the tagline “sporting submersion”. You may remember Agfa-Gavaert as a heavyweight imaging company. The medical and industrial side doesn’t concern us here, but Agfa made some [...]

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  • TiVo.com gets an impressive makeover

    TiVo.com gets an impressive makeover

    Posted on May 24, 2009 | No Comments
    TiVo has featured online scheduling and DVR control for a while, but it wasn't anything special as it could only preform simple tasks. Not anymore. The website just got a refresh in the style of the TiVo Beta Search and is now loaded with features. In fact, there isn't much that the new site can't do.

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