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  • Nokia N8 running Symbian^3 is the suck

    Nokia N8 running Symbian^3 is the suck

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Sigh. Nokia may be selling phones like hotcakes to the developing world and my father-in-law in Poland, but they can’t make a popular phone to save their life. The new N8, leaked and reviewed on Electronista is little more than a rehash of Symbian circa 2000. Mobile-Review’s Eldar Murtazin goes so far as to jokingly [...]

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  • Make your laptop power brick not suck

    Make your laptop power brick not suck

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    This ingenious little bugger plugs inline to your laptop power brick and turns it into a multiple outlet power supply. It’s pretty simple – you just match your cable style – three or two prong – and plug it in. Then you have two extra power ports. Easy peasy, right? The best part? This Google translation [...]

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  • The Russian Mr. Wizard would like you to suck on his fumes

    The Russian Mr. Wizard would like you to suck on his fumes

    Posted on March 10, 2010 | No Comments
    As far as I can tell this is some begelled Russian Mr. Wizard showing off the production of mist from a melting piece of dry ice. While the mist is essentially carbon dioxide it's probably not the best thing to give to kids. However, he does say "Nie boj sie," meaning "Don't be afraid," when he shoots a stream of it into everyone's faces, which suggests he's been huffing this stuff for years with no ill-effects. Why? Триглав only knows.

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  • Remember when I was all like “The iPad does Flash?” Yeah. Well. No.

    Remember when I was all like “The iPad does Flash?” Yeah. Well. No.

    Posted on January 30, 2010 | No Comments
    Yes, I knew Apple would never add Flash. Yes, I knew it was probably an accident that they showed Flash. But Apple, as we see, does nothing without running it past a vat full of lawyers. That they showed Flash on an iPad running on the NY Times website was clearly a mistake and, more [...]

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  • PSA: Some OLED screens don’t suck under direct sunlight anymore

    PSA: Some OLED screens don’t suck under direct sunlight anymore

    Posted on December 28, 2009 | No Comments
    I loves me some AMOLED screens. They're easier on the battery, easier on the eyes, and the colors tend to be so damned strong that they just about jump off the screen and punch you in the face. I mean, what's not to love? Oh, that's right - they tend to fail miserably as soon as you step outside. Mix one part direct sunlight with one part AMOLED screen, and you'll find yourself with a completely illegible screen. At least, that used to be the case.. We're not quite sure why they didn't play this up with deafening fanfare, but it seems like Samsung has stealthily solved the direct sunlight dilemma.

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  • AT&T and Verizon drop lawsuits, make nice for the holidays

    AT&T and Verizon drop lawsuits, make nice for the holidays

    Posted on December 2, 2009 | No Comments
    digg_url ='http://digg.com/gadgets/AT_T_and_Verizon_drop_lawsuits_make_nice_for_the_holidays'; Well well, maybe we can all get along after all: AT&T and Verizon just dropped their various advertising-related lawsuits against each other. We can't say we're surprised, considering AT&T lost its request to have Verizon's ads pulled down for the holidays -- spending money to litigate this further would have have simply been a waste, and generated even more bad PR. Now let's just hope these two suck it up and battle it out over service quality and pricing, like they should have been doing all along. Or AT&T can just make some more nonsensical Luke Wilson commercials, whatevs.

    Update: Whoa, so this is crazy. We just checked out the other suit that was dismissed, and it turns out that Verizon actually sued AT&T back in July, but not for any damages -- instead, Big Red asked the court to rule that its various "Most Reliable 3G Network" taglines were actually true. That wackiness certainly explains why AT&T felt the need to push back, we suppose, and it makes Verizon's current whining over Sprint's "Most Dependable 3G Network" claims part of a larger, lamer pattern. We've included a shot of the case after the break, check it out.

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  • The Verizon Hub has been discontinued, try not to get upset

    The Verizon Hub has been discontinued, try not to get upset

    Posted on September 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh, the Verizon Hub. You came to the market just a few years too late. There was a time when a VoIP device with instant messaging capabilities would have been welcomed into the kitchens everywhere but that time was 2006 and not 2009. Now, that market has primarily moved onto full featured smartphones and somewhat killing the need for a home base type device. And so the Hub is no more. Verizon has official canceled the product.

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  • Jabra, you got me good with the Stone headset teaser pack

    Jabra, you got me good with the Stone headset teaser pack

    Posted on September 26, 2009 | No Comments
    So I got home a few minutes ago, grabbed the mail and sat down to watch Michigan sneak a win over Indiana. I noticed a small, black package in the mail, but I didn't care about it until I was sure that Michigan was going to hold off Indiana. After all, I thought, it was probably just another flash drive with some random press release on it. After Michigan intercepted the ball - and the call was upheld - I opened it up only to find a small satchel and a card that clearly showed the Jabra Stone teaser image. Oh man, we've already seen what it's suppose to look like but I didn't think the Stone was suppose to come out for another couple of weeks, I thought. So I quickly opened the black pouch and was instantly disappointed. You suck, Jabra.

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  • Two-factor authentication now available for Amazon Web Services

    Two-factor authentication now available for Amazon Web Services

    Posted on September 1, 2009 | No Comments
    gemalto tokenPasswords suck. A good password is hard to remember, and a weak password is easy to guess. There are lots of attempts at finding ways to solve the problems of passwords, like one-time passwords, biometric authentication, and more. One of the most attractive solutions is two-factor authentication, which requires that you know something (a short passphrase, usually), and that you have something. The thing that you have is most often a little token generator: every 30 or 60 seconds a new set of digits is displayed on a screen. To successfully log in, you need to supply the passphrase that you know along with the digits displayed on the token. Big businesses have been using two-factor authentication for some time. Now it's being made available for anyone with an Amazon Web Services account.

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  • Inventions that suck: turn a 5 gallon bucket into a wet/dry vac

    Inventions that suck: turn a 5 gallon bucket into a wet/dry vac

    Posted on September 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Just in time for the holiday season, we're starting to see the usual crop of gadget that are, shall we say, less then top-shelf. I think it's safe to include this on that list, the BucketVAC. When I read the website for this thing, I feel like I should be wearing a blue shirt and yelling at a camera.

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  • Step-by-step kitchen timer helps terrible chefs suck less

    Step-by-step kitchen timer helps terrible chefs suck less

    Posted on August 19, 2009 | No Comments
    I'll admit it: as hard as I may try, I am absolutely terrible in the kitchen. It's not that I can't make things that taste good; give me some chicken and a slow cooker, and I'll make tacos that blow your face off. But if you put me in charge of a full meal, you'll end up with 3 or 4 things that would have tasted great had I not burned them to hell. Last week I attempted to make a grilled cheese sandwich and a smoothie, and got so distracted with finding the perfect smoothie texture that I ended up burning the damned grilled cheese sandwich. I'll repeat that: I screwed up grilled cheese. If only this kitchen timer concept from Yonko Design was real, my culinary woes would be a thing of the past.

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  • T-Mobile, Alltel, and Verizon don’t suck at customer service.

    T-Mobile, Alltel, and Verizon don’t suck at customer service.

    Posted on August 13, 2009 | No Comments
    J.D Power and Associates just issued Volume 2 of their Wireless Customer Care report, which runs from January to June of 2009. It's a big three-way tie this time around, with T-Mobile, Alltel, and Verizon all taking a victory lap. AT&T follows behind with an "About Average" (3/5) rating, while Sprint stumbles with a paltry 2/5.

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  • Thanko sells dental USB microscope

    Thanko sells dental USB microscope

    Posted on July 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Does your dental plan suck? Are you afraid of the dentist? If yes, then the Dental Microscope [JP], offered by Tokyo-based crap gadget specialist Thanko, might be the right choice for you. Similar to its lightoscope released back in April, this new microscope is a combination of a microscope and a light. Needless to say, there's a USB port, too.

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  • iFart v. PullMyFinger: The nasty fight for freedom

    iFart v. PullMyFinger: The nasty fight for freedom

    Posted on July 22, 2009 | No Comments
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  • BlackBerry Storm 2, now with less suck

    BlackBerry Storm 2, now with less suck

    Posted on July 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Crackberry has some hot video of the Storm 2, RIM’s follow-up to the abysmal Storm. This new model has a less clicky screen with better keyboard and it’s slightly thinner. It also has dedicated call buttons. No word on Wi-Fi, though. via Giz Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0

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