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

Dell Android MID on AT&T in 2010?

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AT&T customers are in an odd position. Their carrier has a host of issues in actually delivering the coverage it promises. But, at the same time, ATT users have access to some of the hottest mobile gadgets in the world. And, if Digitimes is correct, they're about to get one more.

A Chinese-language newspaper, the Commercial Times reported that Dell has outsourced all Mini 3 smartphone production to Foxconn. They've also decided to rely on Quisda for the production of their new MID line-up. We've heard rumors before of a Dell Android MID, and now it appears that the company is actually working on a series of such devices.

Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:47:31 CST | by Robert Evans

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Midnight Launches Are Under Way

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As reported Best Buy and Gamestop are having Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 midnight launch parties.
Reuters (Photo Credit) reports that 10,000 stores across the U.S. are going to be open at midnight to sell Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The East Coast already has the launch of the highly anticipated shooter behind them. Reuters says that 80 gamers lined up at the GameStop store near Union Square in New York City before midnight to be the first to get in.
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Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:46:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

GameStop Also Plans Midnight Release For Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

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Yesterday we reported that Best Buy will be doing a nationwide midnight release for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on November 10th. Today, Gamestop has announced that they will also be doing a midnight opening for this latest CoD. In case you haven't heard, the first Modern Warfare was the bestselling FPS game in history (so far).

It's not hard to see why both Best Buy and Gamestop are excited. Modern Warfare 2 shows every sign of being a chart-topper. Unless Infinity Ward has seriously managed to muck things up with this one, it's going to be huge.

Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:09:36 CST | by Robert Evans

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Midnight Release At Best Buy

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the bestselling FPS ever. There's a good reason for that; it's a fantastic game. Unless you've been stuck under a rock without WiFi access for the last few months, you probably know that the sequel is due out on November 10th. Today, Best Buy announced that they will be doing a nationwide midnight release for Modern Warfare 2.

Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:33:39 CST | by Robert Evans

Soyea MID Z5: For The Serious Nerd Only

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Most MIDs tend to have pretty anemic hardware. Not so with the Soyea MID Z5 (Engadget). This bad boy dual-boots Windows XP and Linux, which should satisfy the hardcore open source geeks among us. In addition to the unique OS combo, the Z5 has some pretty intense hardware.

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:27:11 CST | by Robert Evans

Cowon W2 Intel Atom Based MID Leaked

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Korean media player maker Cowon is supposed to enter the MID market with the Cowon W2.
A leaked application on Bluetooth.org discovered by French GenerationMP3, via DAP Review, mentions a device with the name Cowon W2 and Intel Atom design.
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Posted on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:48:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows 7 Midnight Launch At Fry's: A Human Drama

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11:52 pm. The witching hour. It's cold, wet, and windy tonight in Plano. That's an uncommon combination for this state. Most of this week has been dry and warm and then today, of all days, it started to rain. And kept on raining for eleven straight hours. Now it's damp and foggy, which lends a sort of ominous caste to the whole world.

Perhaps the weather is why there are so few people here tonight. Or perhaps people in suburban Texas prefer Macs over PCs. Whatever the reason, I can tell the employees here are disappointed by the low turn-out. There are less than two-dozen of us waiting outside of this Fry's in eager anticipation of the Windows 7 midnight release.

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:11:25 CDT | by Robert Evans

Dell Android MID 'The Streak' Seen Vietnam

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Apparently Dell is as much of an Android fanatic as those of us who dropped $200 on the G1 last year. Confirmation that the 3i Android smartphone would be heading to the U.S. was exciting enough on its own. Now we're hearing news that Dell also has an Android MID (via SlashGear) headed for the U.S. I've never had any reason to be excited about a Dell product before, but this news has me quivering with glee.

Screenshots of the MID, codenamed the Streak, came initially from Vietnamese-based Tinhte.com. They state that the MID features a 5" WVGA touchscreen, packs Android 2.0, is WiFi capable and 3G enabled, and has a 5 MP camera with a dual LED flash. It's also got a microSD card and a 1300 mAH battery. The model variant is listed as "US", which is proof that this sexy little piece of Android-goodness is bound for the States. The most exciting thing about this MID has to be the front-facing camera stuck on the left side of the display. That means this device will be perfect for video conferencing.

Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:59:22 CDT | by Robert Evans

Eric Schmidt Pictured With Mystery Android Smartphone [Update]

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Earlier today Verizon Wireless and Google announced the forming of a new handset alliance. The announcement was made with great fanfare and a flurry of press shots of executives of the two companies being friendly. One shot in particular caught the perceptive eye of the Boy Genius crew. This photo of Eric Schmidt (on your left) shows the Google CEO holding an unknown Verizon branded device.

It's not clear what the new smartphone is, but from the distant shot we have of it the Android UI is barely intelligible. From the overall shape of the phone, it looks a lot like an HTC manufactured device. Could this be an early version of the smartphone Google and Verizon are working together to create?

Posted on Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:46:20 CDT | by Robert Evans

Ramos W7 Android MID Specced, Launch In Progress

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The day Android fans have been waiting for since at least last week has arrived! The ultra-thin Android "mystery MID" launches today at a press event in Shenzhen. The event is ongoing, but thanks to Cloned in China the first details of the new Ramos MID, now known as the W7, have emerged.

Apparently this tablet-like gadget runs on a Rockchip RK2808 chipset with a 600MHz processor. It has a 4.8" capacitive touchscreen with WiFi connectivity and 780p support. It can handle a variety of formats; MKV, AVI, RMVB are mentioned by name. The device is said to be 2 mm thick at its thinnest point, and only 10 mm at its thickest. The device has 8 GB and 16 GB versions, which should retail for around $191 and $235 respectively.

Posted on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:00:37 CDT | by Robert Evans

Mystery Android MID Coming Sept 25th?

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Put on your speculation hats, it's time for a big, juicy rumor! You may remember the mystery Android MID from a few weeks ago. It was pretty and slim and fast and every tech journalist and gadget fan on earth fell madly in love with it until we found out it was just a Rockchip-powered concept piece. If Engadget is right today, however, this Android MID could be seeing a launch on Sept 25th.

RAmos, the company behind the MID, is hosting a press event on September 25th. The event will feature "Android" and "ramos digital", and that is the extent of what we know. There's no proof or even hard evidence that the Android MID will be the product released, but it is the last major product RAmos was working on. The fact that the event involves Android makes it even more likely that we'll see something LIKE our beloved tablet there.

Posted on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:11:07 CDT | by Robert Evans

LG BL40 Chocolate Launches Mid-September

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LG announced the release schedule for the highly anticipated new LG Chocolate phone LG BL40. The Chocolate fans in the UK will be the first to get their hands on a BL40 starting mid-September.
The rest of the world will get the BL40 in October. The LG BL40 features a unique widened 21:9 display. On the 4-inch display the S-Class UI is supposed to give you more comfort for the reading of web pages and e-mail and it brings videos and games to life with cinematic flair. Read more

Posted on Sat, 5 Sep 2009 08:46:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Identity of Mystery Android MID+Videos

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Over the last couple of weeks, the whole gadget world has been nerding out over a mysterious Android MID. This little 5” device is a shiny, unbelievably slim little beauty of a touch tablet that's set geek hearts across the Internet aflame. Unfortunately, the identity of this Cinderella-tablet has remained utterly unknown since it's first appearance two weeks ago.

Unknown until now, that is. Pocketables has managed to tie a name to this sultry little minx of an MID. Apparently this tablet is a concept prototype from Chinese manufacturer Rockchip, built to show off their RK2808 720p-decoding chipset. This is both bad news and good news. The bad news is that we may never see this product in stores, the good news is that we're very likely to see something that's virtually identical. Possibly even better.

Posted on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:25:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Mystery Android MID Snapped Once More

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Last week, photos leaked of a gorgeous, unnamed Android MID device. We have no idea who makes this pretty little 4.5-5” touchscreen tablet, or what sort of specs it has. All we know is that it's pretty, thin, runs on Android, packs an SD slot and might have a SIM slot.

Posted on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:45:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Mystery Android MID Pictured

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MIDs aren't generally very exciting devices. Considering most of them cost in excess of $1000 for less functionality than the average netbook, they haven't really made much of a splash on the gadget market yet. That said, this new mystery Android MID pictured by pocketables has me drooling like a pubescent ninny.

These leaked MID images don't show a model name or give any information about the manufacturer. All we know is that someone is working on an exquisitely thin, elegantly simplistic little tablet MID powered by Android. It has at least one SD card slot and possible phone functions. If you look at the top of that menu in the picture, you can just barely read the words, “SD card & phone storage”. That could mean that this svelte beauty has a SIM slot somewhere in that tiny frame.

Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:30:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Eric Schmidt Took No Salary From Apple

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This Monday we learned that Eric Schmidt, the Chief Executive of Google, was resigning his seat upon the Apple board. Now we're starting to learn some of the details of his tenure with Google. Schmidt was a board member from August 2006 to August 2009. BusinessWeek reports that, during that time, Schmidt drew no salary from Apple.

This would be surprising for pretty much any other tech mogul. Dr. Schmidt, however, has a reputation for this sort of behavior. He currently draws a $1 a year salary from Google, and he hasn't accepted stock options from his own company for several years now.

Posted on Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:30:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple Board

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After Google unveiled Chrome OS it was almost certain that Google CEO Eric Schmidt will have to leave the board at Apple.
Today Apple announced just that: "Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, is resigning from Apple’s Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006." Read more

Posted on Mon, 3 Aug 2009 07:57:18 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Viliv X70 EX MID Sale Event Today

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Dynamism is again offering the cool Viliv X70 EX Windows XP MID. Today the first 777 buyers will get special accessory packages worth $195.
Depending which configuration of the Viliv X70 you are buying you can receive these packages:

Express Model Pre-Order Special:
Free 1.3GHz Upgrade from 1.2Ghz, Car kit, Leather pouch, and Protective Film

Premium Models Pre-Order Special:
Free Standard Battery, Car kit, Leather pouch, and Protective Film ($195 value)
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Posted on Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:01:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dell Android MID rumored

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Rumors about a Dell Smartphone have been swirling around for a while. A couple of weeks ago a photo of what is supposedly a Dell Android smartphone appeared.
Now the WSJ chimes in saying that their sources talk about Dell working on an Android powered pocket internet device. So called Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) would not offer voice service. Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dynamism Offers Viliv X70 MID

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Dynamism has offered a MID before that was pretty slick looking called the Viliv S5. The company has now announced the follow-up to that device called the Viliv X70. The new X70 has a 7-inch screen opposed to the 5-inch screen the S5 sports.

The X70 has a screen resolution of 1024 x 600 and stores data to a 32GB SSD. Under the tablet skin are netbook internals like an Intel Atom running at 1.33GHz. The miserly CPU and SSD allow the device to operate for five or more hours on a single charge for movie playback. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:18:49 CDT | by Shane McGlaun