February 28th 2009
We reported the Author’s Guild’s litigious anger about the Kindle 2’s text-to-voice feature, claiming it violates audio book copyrights. It’s an arguable position, but Amazon has gone ahead and caved…
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Tags: Ahead, Amazon, Anger, Authors, Caves, Copyrights, Litigious, Text To Voice
February 28th 2009
Asus’ out-of-nowhere P835 smartphone is packing some pretty decent specs, from an 800×480 touchscreen to HSPA support for lightning-fast downloads, but it’s still packing Windows Mobile 6.1. Still,…
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Tags: Asus, Downloads, Packing, Smartphone
February 28th 2009
Since posting Psion’s response to the Intel/ Dell trademark scuffle I’ve been asked to post the Psion NetBook Pro promotional flyer. Here it is (click to enlarge):
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Tags: Dell, Intel, Promo Flyer, Psion Netbook, Trademark Scuffle
February 28th 2009
We’d like to say thanks to this month’s jkOnTheRun sponsors.
WunderRadio: WunderRadio plays thousands of streaming Internet radio stations and other audio streams
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Tags: Audio Streams, Internet Radio Stations, Jkontherun, Plays
February 28th 2009
In an effort to cut costs wherever possible, some consumers are going back to the cheaper, crappier-in-every-way dial-up we all cast aside years ago. This recession has just gotten serious.
Sales of…
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Tags: Consumers, Crappier, Recession
February 28th 2009
This water droplet-shaped concept from Ilshat Garipov makes a good run at it, but no matter how small or slick or arty they are, Bluetooth headsets are just never going to look good.
Is it the…
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Tags: Bluetooth Headsets, Cool Water, Water Droplet
February 28th 2009
Welcome to another edition of Gadget Deals of the Day. Today we’ve got the cheapest 1.5 TB external drive ever seen, TVs, PMPs, and for you slobs, a bargain-priced Snuggie. HDTVs: • Sharp AQUOS 720p…
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Tags: Bargain, Gadget, Hdtvs, Pmps, Sharp Aquos, Tb, Tvs
February 28th 2009
I don’t know about this one, Howard. Will your vegetables network properly with your fish? [thanks, Edan!]
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Tags: Business Day, Business Image, Business Strategy, Fish, Image Of The Day, New Business, New Image, Sony, Vegetables
February 28th 2009
Apparently our beloved national institution, the iPhone, isn’t such a big hit in Japan. It’s doing so poorly that Softbank, its Japanese carrier, is offering the 8GB iPhone free with a contract….
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Tags: Dealzmodo, Iphone, Japan, Japanese Carrier, National Institution, Noses
February 28th 2009
Included digital copies are still the exception rather than the norm in the Blu-ray world. Lame. You’d like to rip those discs for playback elsewhere, right? But there is something you should know…
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Tags: Blu Ray Discs, Digital Copies, Lame, Norm, Playback
February 28th 2009
Looks like Apple Employee #1’s old 17″, maxed-out PowerBook is for sale on eBay, remarkably devoid of Cheetos fingerprints. But who acquired it from Woz to begin with? The answer might surprise and…
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Tags: Apple 1, Apple Employee, Ebay, Fingerprints, Maxed, Powerbook, Steve Wozniak, Woz
February 28th 2009
Gary McKinnon, the UK hacker who broke into US Military computer systems back in 2002, faces imminent extradition proceedings after the UK Crown Prosecution Service declined to prosecute him in the UK.
McKinnon had been hoping that the CPS would put him on trial in the UK, where he would face much less severe penalties [...]
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February 28th 2009
The Tokyo District Court has blocked the sale of the R4 flash cartridge, which enables piracy and homebrew software on the Nintendo DS handheld.
Nintendo and 53 other companies filed for an injunction against the R4’s Chinese maker in summer 2008 and retailers, facing pressure from all those companies, stopped carrying the device. Today’s ruling makes [...]
February 28th 2009
President Obama’s proposed 2010 budget goes where no Bush has gone before by including significant spending for scientific agencies, including NASA, the EPA, and Department of Energy, on top of the…
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Tags: Budget, Bush, Department Of Energy, Nasa, New Science, Obama, Science Agenda
February 28th 2009
Overnight, news from Epson came out saying that the company will be re-launching their digital rangefinder camera line in the form of the RD-1xG. This new rangefinder is essentially the RD-1 camera that the company discontinued two years ago. The differences between the two is that this camera has a larger 2.5″ screen, “better shutter [...]
February 28th 2009
Game publisher Taito has made its App Store debut with a bit of something old and a bit of something new: Space Invaders and Cooking Mama.
Space Invaders is a straightforward port of the arcade classic featuring three different control mechanisms: tilt (using the phone’s accelerometer), drag, or touch-screen an on-screen replica of the original arcade [...]
February 27th 2009
Somebody wanted to build a water filtration center on the spot of a Bronx, NY golf-course driving range. Bad idea? It was until the architects decided to build the plant and keep the range.
“Green…
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Tags: Architects, Bad Idea, Bronx Ny, Driving Range, Golf Course, Ny Golf, Water Filtration Plant
February 27th 2009
Designed with greasy hands, soapy gloves, and cookie-dough-covered fingers in mind, the minimalistic DAB Digital Radio was created for a nitty, gritty kitchen environment.
With a splash-resistant…
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Tags: Cookie Dough, Dab Radio, Digital Radio, Environment, Fingers, Food Fight, Gloves, Greasy Hands, Kitchen Radio, Minimalistic, Nitty Gritty, Ultimate Fight
February 27th 2009
The first two I’m a PC ads from Microsoft used little girls, and were super super cute. This latest one? Not so much. Nothing against little boys, but nobody likes them using a computer.
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Tags: Ads, Little Boys, Little Girls, Microsoft, S Child
February 27th 2009
After today’s $1.40 airplane lavatory charge, the disco girl with the long legs and the lovely smile has sent us proof that Ryanair is going way too far in their demands to passengers. [Thanks Addy!]…
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Tags: Airplane, Disco Girl, Emergency Instructions, Lavatory, Long Legs, Proof, Ryanair, Smile