gadgets | Kris Smith has read these articles about "gadgets" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "gadgets" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpWiMax Wishes at CES- January 9, 2008 Oh how I wish for WiMax. Big fat glorious broadband everywhere, built into whatever gadget or laptop I'm using, working like WiFi but faster and everywhere. No more sitting in a cafe and searching for WiFi signals that come up weak or wanting. No more sticking EVDO cards into a USB slot so they stick out like growths. Here at the Consumer Electronics Show, this is what we're being promised. Intel has built WiMax-enabled chips that it hopes will goose the market the way its Centrino goosed...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/thetechobserver/~3/213897777/wimax-wishes-at-ces Knock-Off Consoles Take Real Game Cartridges- January 9, 2008 Rob Beschizza has spotted a curious thing at CES: several knock-off game consoles that accept actual game cartridges. That may seem logical at first glance, but considering that knock-off consoles have typically been bundled with hundreds of pirated games built-in, it's a bit peculiar to see these sorts of decks appear that seem aimed at legitimate game collectors. (Not that I have a problem with it! Someone needs to keep making old consoles even in this age of emulation.) Even better The...http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/gadgets/~3/213780818/rob-beschizza-has-sp.html Typeroom Simplifies Web Page Editing Online- January 9, 2008 Los Gatos, CA based Typeroom is developing a web based content management system that enables on the fly editing of existing sites. The idea is simple. Typeroom users specify the URL of the page they wish to edit. Typeroom then creates a copy of that page on their servers for editing. The editing itself is WYSIWIG based and covers areas such a text editing and image placement. Once a user is finished making their edits they can download the edited page directly to their computer, or (presuming..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/213752687/ ThinkGeek Clearance Sale, Everything Must Go, Step Right Up Dealzmodo- January 9, 2008 ThinkGeek, one of our favorite purveyors of silly gadgets and almost- or totally-useless-but-oh-that's-kinda-cool-ok-can't-resist stuff, is having a clearance sale of 50 products with up to 50% discounts, from the 15" Gigantor Digital Photo Frame to the R2-D2 trash can. Our top 5 discounts (read, what I'm going to get) after the jump:(Click on the links to view the original Gizmodo post.) $80 off the 15-inch 1,024 x 768 pixel Gigantor Digital Photo Frame ($199.99) $50 off the Star Wars R2-D2.http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/213695439/thinkgeek-clearance-sale-everything-m... Why FeedDemon is Better Than Google Reader and Bloglines- January 8, 2008 I was first introduced to RSS around five years ago through a colleague who was using some Newsgator add-in for reading RSS feeds inside Microsoft Outlook. Later I shifted to FeedDemon and have been a loyal user ever since. The new upgrades from web based RSS readers like Google Reader or Bloglines are tempting but none of them still match the desktop based FeedDemon. Let's see 10 features in FeedDemon that sets this software apart from most of the competition coming from online news...http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/feeddemon-rss-feeds-reader-software-review/2058/ Scooter from Old Appliances Complete, Dubbed "Quicksilver"- January 8, 2008 Remember that neato scooter built from old appliances "Nemomatic" has it completed and has put up a whole series of pictures and details on Instructables. And unlike my picture before, these are in color! "Quicksilver" Retro-Future Scooter from appliances and scrap metal Instructables (Thanks, Dan!) Tags: appliances scooter quicksilver instructables oldhttp://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/gadgets/~3/212793172/scooter-from-old-app.html i-Blue 747 Bluetooth GPS Logger- January 8, 2008 Once you've got the GPS bug, you'll find there's a lot more than simply knowing where you are and where you're going. There's also knowing where you've been, so you can plot your bike rides in Google Earth, geolocate your trail photos after the fact, or otherwise track your movements. This requires what's known as a GPS "logger," which is either a feature in some of the higher-end handheld GPS navigation gadgets, or a stand-alone device. I've used two of the stand-alone variety on robotic...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CoolTools/~3/212756770/002547.php It's Built. Will They Come- January 7, 2008 Jimmy Wales is hoping you've been frustrated by your search results. The founder of Wikipedia, the expansive online encyclopedia compiled and edited by the public, unveiled his newest project today: Wikia Search. As an open-source network, it aims to make search smarter by letting users decide if searches are useful and which results are relevant. Other search sites, including Google and Yahoo, use algorithmic ranking methods that have largely remained behind a cloud of mystery.Wales wants to...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/news/~3/212651284/Wikipedia-Founder-Launches-Wikia Google Presentations Introduces Embedded Slide Shows- January 5, 2008 Google Docs just added some cool new features to its Web-based Presentation software: slide shows that you can embed anywhere on the Web. Check it out below: Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware. Tags: slide web google shows crunchhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/211436548/ Monster Delivers Sweeter Second Pay Day for Affinity Labs Founder- January 5, 2008 Job listings site Monster announced today that it has paid $61M for a young startup called Affinity Labs, which runs a set of websites for niche audiences such as police officers and nurses. These sites, while only a few months old and attracting a total of only 500,000 unique visitors per month, are attractive to Monster because it can use them to target professionals who are in high demand by employers. The sites are essentially cookie-cutter information portals with social networking...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/211290657/ |