iCarte BFC/RFID Reader for iPhone Debuts

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There really is an app or a hardware accessory for just about any need that an iPhone user might have. Wireless Dynamics has announced a new hardware accessory for the iPhone called iCarte. The device turns the iPhone into a NFC/RFID reader.

The iCarte 110 is a near field communications device and RFID reader that plugs into the charge and sync port of the iPhone. The embedded smartchip can also be used as a debit, credit, pre-paid, or loyalty card to turn the iPhone into a digital wallet. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Artemide LED Tolomeo Exclusively Coming From Humanscale

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The new LED version of the iconic Tolomeo task light from Artemide will now be distributed to the United States contract market through Humanscale.
This story caught my eye because I have been sitting on a Humanscale Freedom Chair for a couple of years and it makes 12-hour days in front of the internet an easy task.

Back to the Artemide LED Tolomeo lamp. What should I say, I also have a Tolomeo Mini Table Task Lamp on my desk. Their design is cool and timeless.
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Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:26:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sprint Announces Least Awful Quarter In Years

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Apparently, the Pre has helped Sprint's bottom line. The company posted its Q3 numbers today, and its losses were lower than they have been in years. They had a net revenue of $8 billion, with losses of "only" $478 million.

For most companies, posting half a billion dollars in losses isn't something to celebrate. Yes, things at Sprint really have been that bad. They lost another 135,000 subscribers this quarter, which at least represented a 20% reduction in subscriber losses over their last quarter. Things are getting better for the ailing carrier, but they're far from out of the woods yet. Sprint is still hemmoraging money and subscribers. The fact that they're doing it less now than they were at the start of the year is hard to get excited about.

Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:04:33 CDT | by Robert Evans

Apple Magic Mouse Already In Top 10 On Amazon And Started Shipping

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The new Apple Magic Mouse has been available on the Apple Store and on Amazon since a couple days after it was announced on October 20th. MacRumors reports that the first Magic Mouse buyers already got shipping notices from Apple.
On Amazon the Magic Mouse is still only available as pre-order without a shipping date, but the Magic Mouse is already under the top 10 bestselling products in the Electronics category. The Magic Mouse is in the 8th place outselling the Flip. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:57:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cool Christmas Gift: Molecular Gastronomy Starter Set

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Finding great gifts is a hard challenge, especially if you're looking for something inexpensive, but also unique.
Think Geek has what I think is a great Holiday gift that satisfies the above requirements: The Molecular Gastronomy Starter Set.
Molecular Cuisine has been around for a while. It is merging chemistry with cooking leading to unique taste experiences. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Zhu Zhu Pets Pipsqueek Hamster and Hamster Starter Set Review

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Today I am looking at the Zhu Zhu Pets Pipsqueek hamster and the Hamster Starter Set. The starter set is the part of the habitat where all the other accessories connect. This will be one of the more difficult items to find this holiday season.

The Pipsqueek hamster is yellow in color and is lots of fun for kids. The Zhu Zhu pets will be very popular this holiday season. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:52:59 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Palm Announced Quarterly Earnings Without Specific Palm Pre Sales Numbers

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Palm announced their earnings for the past quarter, which is their first quarter of fiscal year 2010 ending August 28th.
The total revenues have been $68m resulting in gross profit of $2.8m. These results include the effects of subscription accounting applied to Palm webOS products as required by GAAP. In accordance with this methodology, revenues and direct cost of revenues for Palm webOS products (currently Palm Pre smartphone) are deferred and recognized over the product's estimated economic life.
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Posted on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:46:42 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

250GB Sony PS3 Slim Uncharted 2 Bundle Leaked

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Yesterday the 250GB Xbox 360 Elite became official. Today we got a new rumor of Sony also offering the Sony PS3 Slim with a 250GB HDD. In August the first rumors about a 250GB PS3 Slim appeared.
Engadget received an image that shows a 250GB Sony PS3 Uncharted 2 Bundle. It could be fake, but it looks pretty legit. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:16:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Super Bowl 2010 Ads Sales Started Slow

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The Super Bowl XLIV will be held in Florida for the 10th time. CBS has the broadcasting rights this year and according to Portfolio Super Bowl 2010 Ad sales are off to a slow start. Six months until the big game apparently only half the inventory has been sold. The top ad price of $3m for a 30 second spot that NBC asked last year is likely to drop. Read more

Posted on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Zii Plaszma Starter Kit On Sale; Trying To Become The iPod Touch Of Android

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Creative's Zii just emailed that the Zii Plaszma Starter Kit is now available. The Zii Plaszma is the 1st StemCell Computer.
Creative announced the new Zii StemCell platform at the CES 2009 earlier this year.
The Zii Plaszma Starter is aimed at developers and actually also runs Android besides the Paszma OS. Read more

Posted on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:10:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Zune HD Pre-order Sale Started

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Microsoft's hot new iPod contender, the Zune HD, is shipping on September 15th. The leaked Zune HD shipping date from last week got confirmed today as Microsoft updated its Zune HD page with pre-order links to retailers carrying the Zune HD.

The top of the line 32GB Zune HD sells for $289.99 and the 16GB Zune HD has a price-tag of $219.99.
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Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:24:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AT&T Shows Quarterly Decline Thanks to iPhone 3GS

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Despite record-breaking iPhone sales and a huge increase in their number of subscribers, AT&T's revenue is down from $3.8 billion to $3.2 billion this quarter. The launch of the iPhone 3GS was the carrier's biggest sales day in history and this quarter saw a gain of 1.4 million subscribers. This has been a great quarter for ATT...so why is revenue down?

As it turns out, the iPhone is to blame for that as well. AT&T has to subsidize every iPhone sold in order to keep costs down. This means that actual iPhone sales lose them money. Of course, that doesn't mean the iPhone is hurting AT&T. A little bit of a loss now is a fair price to pay for the overall profits they're going to rake in over the next couple of years.

Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:40:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

New iPhone 3G S started shipping already

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The new iPhone 3G S officially launches on June 19th. According to AppleInsider Apple already informed the first people who pre-ordered the iPhone 3G S on the Apple Store that their iPhone 3G S started to ship.
The iPhone 3G S ship directly from the manufacturing plants in China. So most likely they will not arrive before the June 19th release date. Read more

Posted on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:37:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Pre webOS Root Image in the Wild, Hackers started changing it

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Yesterday the Palm Pre Recovery Tool leaked complete with a webOS Root Image on the "World Wild Web."
The Palm Pre ROM has already poring developers all over it and they uncover upcoming features and things that can be tweaked inside the Palm Pre OS code.
One guy switched of the clicking sound for the camera, another guy messed with ring tones. See more in this discussion thread on pre Central. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee 1008HA started to ship from Amazon

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Amazon has started shipping the new stylish Asus Eee Seashell 1008HA netbook yesterday. At this point I cannot say if the 1008HA started shipping directly from Amazon or the 3rd party vendors offering it on Amazon. Our records show that people who pre-ordered the 1008HA have it coming their way. Read more

Posted on Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft to Ship Windows 7 Starter Edition Globally

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Microsoft has announced that it will ship Windows 7 Starter Edition globally. Starter editions of Windows have been offered for both Vista and XP, though they were not available in the US previously. One big caveats with previous started editions is that there was a three simultaneous application limit.

Microsoft has announced that in addition to shipping Windows 7 Starter globally it has also removed the three application limit. This is a clear attempt by Microsoft to get XP out of the market and have netbook makers adopt Windows 7. Read more

Posted on Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:57:34 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Windows 7 Starter opens Door again for Linux on Netbooks

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Are you running more than 3 Applications at the same time? Microsoft bets that you aren't. In February Microsoft announced the different versions Windows 7 will be offered in, including Windows 7 Starter. Windows 7 Starter is crippled to only run three concurrent applications. Windows 7 Starter is aimed at Netbooks and will only be available for OEMs.
The WSJ started the discussion in a new article, on whether or not Microsoft will go through with this and whether or not customers aka you will actually upgrade your Windows 7 Starter when you are treated to it after buying a shiny new netbook in Fall. Read more

Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

100 Day simulated Mission to Mars started today

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The Mars500 crew entered the isolation facility today in Russia. Six people will stay inside the simulated space-ship for 100 days. The European and Russian research project is looking into the social issues that arise when humans live together in a small space for an extended period of time.
A trip to Mars would take 500 days. The 100 days the guys spent in isolation is just a short trip actually. Read more

Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:29:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Conan O'Brien Bud Light Super Bowl 2009 Ad is a Party Starter

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Conan O'Brien's first commercial ever turned out to be very funny. Conan O'Brien stars in a Bud Light Super Bowl 2009 commercial.
In the funny beer ad he plays himself thinking that he doing an ad that only will be shown in Sweden.
Conan O'Brien dressed up in some hilarious outfit is lighting up the screen until your eyes bleed. You can watch the Conan O'Brien Super Bowl 2009 commercial below. Read more

Posted on Sun, 1 Feb 2009 22:28:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple reports best Quarterly Revenue and Earnings in Apple History

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Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter ended December 27, 2008. This is the most important quarter for electronics retailers as it includes the holiday shopping.
Apple posted record revenue of $10.17 billion and record net quarterly profit of $1.61 billion, or $1.78 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion, or $1.76 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.

Gross margin was 34.7 percent, equal to the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 46 percent of the quarter’s revenue. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:46:01 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPhone Sales said to have dropped 24% in last Quarter

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The Apple Earnings Call for the Q1 FY 2009, which covers the oh so important Q4 of 2008 is today at 2:00 p.m. PST.
Analysts are busy predicting the key sales numbers Apple is going to announce.
Morgan Stanley for instance published a survey that suggests a 24% decline in iPhone sales in the US compared to the previous quarter. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:44:35 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr