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Red Sony PSP God of War Pack

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Sony announced a new Sony PSP Entertainment Pack featuring God of War.

The Sony PSP God of War Entertainment Pack will include a red PSP console with God of War himself, Kratos, silk-screened on the back of the unit, a copy of the highly anticipated upcoming God of War: Chains of Olympus game for PSP and the movie Superbad on UMD. Read more

Posted on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New feature-packed Panasonic TH-32LX80 LCD HDTV

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Panasonic introduces a feature packed 32 inch LCD TV dubbed TH-32LX80 in Japan.

The Panasonic TH-32LX80 features a digital tuner and a panel with 10,000:1 contrast ratio, 178 degrees FOV, intelligent backlight controller and dynamic contrast enhancer. Read more

Posted on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:37:08 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Digital Album Packaging should improve in 2008

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By Antony Bruno

DENVER (Billboard) - There is a reason people still buy CDs more than they do digital albums. Actually there are several, but viruses that come along with music via peer-to-peer sites (P2P) and a concern over digital rights management (DRM) aren't the only culprits. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Chewbacca Plush Backpack

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This is the cutest backpack I have seen so far. It does not get better than carrying around Star War's Chewbacca on your back.

Think Geek sells the Chewbacca Plush Backpack for only $39.99.

Measurements of the Chewbacca backpack are: 30 inch height (from foot to top of head), 12 inch Main Pocket Depth and about 4 inch Chewie's Pocket Depth. Read more

Posted on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:40:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Logitech KINETIK 15.4 Backpack Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends tested the Logitech KINETIK 15.4 Backpack and published a review of this stylish laptop backpack.

Quote from the review: "The main storage bay is huge. There's a double padded, felt lined slip for large laptop computers. The bay fits 15.4" laptops and even the 17" MacBook Pro. 15.4" laptops will not slosh around - there's plenty of padding to keep the laptop snug. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft Webcam and Mouse Mobility Pack Review

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Futurelooks published a review of the Microsoft Webcam and Mouse Mobility Pack.

Quote from the review: "It’s Microsoft, so you can have some assurance that the build quality will be among the best in the business. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Medis 24/7 Power Pack Fuel Cell Available October 15

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Fuel Cell Store announced today that it has signed an agreement with NCS Power, a Medis authorized distributor, to be an online retailer for the Medis 24/7 Power Pack Fuel Cell.

The Medis 24/7 Power Pack is a small fuel cell designed to operate portable devices like cell phones and MP3 players. Medis says the fuel cell can power a device like an iPod for up to 80 hours of playtime and power a cell phone for up to 30 hours of talk time. Read more

Posted on Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:32:11 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Zune Car Pack FM Transmitter

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Microsoft launched the new Zune PMPs today, yesterday the flash based Zune in 4GB, and 8GB varieties got their FCC approval. Also tossed in among the FCC exhibits was an approval for a Zune branded FM transmitter for use in the car.

Hard details on the FM transmitter were missing yesterday thanks to Microsoft’s request for confidentiality. Today the Zune Car Pack as the transmitter is officially known was released with an availability date of November 13. Read more

Posted on Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:57:52 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Backpacker turns Myanmar Activist via Facebook

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By David Fox

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A chance encounter in a Myanmar coffee shop turned teenage backpacker Alex Bookbinder into a political activist at the forefront of an Internet campaign that has attracted tens of thousands of supporters. Read more

Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:30:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Medis to Demo Their 24/7 Power Pack Fuel Cell at IDF

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Medis Technologies announced today that they will be showing off their fuel cell power pack for phones and other small gadgets at the Intel Developers Forum on September 18, 19 and 20th in San Francisco, California.

The Medis 24/7 Fuel Cell Power Pack for handheld devices will be demonstrated and a development program for a higher output 20 Watt fuel cell product will be talked about. The current fuel cell will deliver 20-30 hours of power to mobile devices and the 20 watt solution is being designed for laptop computer use. The current fuel cell device supplies 3.6 to 5.45 volts and up to 1 Watt of power and measures in at 3.8” x 2.67” x 1.44”. It is worn on the belt like a pager. Read more

Posted on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:26:31 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Google Pack now with Star Office

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Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced that it's open source office package Star Office is now part of the Google Pack.

StarOffice is Sun's commercial implementation of the popular open source office suite OpenOffice.org and supports Open Document Format (ODF). StarOffice is also compatible with Microsoft Office documents and is supported and indemnified by Sun. Read more

Posted on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Lenovo in Talks to buy Packard Bell

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd , the world's third-largest maker of personal computers, is in talks to buy European PC maker Packard Bell BV from principal owner John Hui, the companies said on Tuesday. Read more

Posted on Wed, 8 Aug 2007 01:35:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Logitech KINETIK 15.4 Backpack Review

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Today we are taking a look at one fantastic laptop backpack from Logitech called the KINETIK 15.4 Backpack. This bag has great looks, great storage and fantastic internal visibility.

The design is unique and offers fantastic security for your notebook and electronics compared to other bags. If you are looking for a new laptop backpack the KINETIK 15.4 Backpack is one of the best around. Read more

Posted on Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:41:53 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Microsoft to release Vista Fix Packs

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Microsoft is apparently prepping Vista Fix Packs with fixes that have been expected for a Vista SP1.

The Vista Fix Packs where made available to Windows Server 2008 testers. The original source has disappeared, but ZDNet is all over this.

The Vista Fix Packs are supposed to improve speed of hibernate, sleep and resume and file transfers. The memory management is supposed to also get some optimizations. Read more

Posted on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony PS3 Starter Pack announced

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the availability of the Sony PS3 Starter Pack bundle in Europe.

The Sony PS3 Starter Pack includes a PS3 console, two first party games and two SIXAXIS wireless controllers, at €599 (~$825).

The Sony 60GB PS3 sells for €599 right now in Europe. The PS3 Starter Pack is pretty much the equivalent of the U.S. Sony PS3 price-cut when you calculate the value of two games and the extra SIXAXIS controller. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Weekly Top 10 Stories feature new iRiver Gadgets, Jet Packs and Levi's Phone

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iRiver revealed several new hot gadgets this week: iRiver LIFE UNIT, iRiver W10 with WiFi GPS and iRiver NV.
The SMS Technology M500 wristphone has shipped and Jeans company Levi's released images of its Levi's Mobile Phone.

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Posted on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Jet Pack International Working on Pack with 19 Minute Flight time

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Man when I was a kid I wanted a jet pack so bad, and honestly I still do. I mean who wouldn’t want a jet pack? Jet Pack International has them for sale for a cool $250,000. These same people had the OCC guys build them a chopper on American chopper not too long back.

They show two models of jet packs on their website, the Jet Pack H202 is powered by H2O2 naturally and has a mere 33 second flight time and a max speed of 70mph. Moving up a notch is the Jet Pack H202-Z powered by the same fuel but boasting a 43 second flight time at 77 seconds. Read more

Posted on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:49:27 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Nintendo Wii Combat Pack for Zelda

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Improve the realism playing Zelda or Red Steel with this combat set for your Nintend Wii.

The set comes with two swords and a shield. The swords attach to the Wiimote, while the shield has an attachment for the nunchuck.
The Wii accessories are made of foam material to make them save for kids and your LCD TV. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 May 2007 02:15:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nerf Sports Pack for Nintendo Wii

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I heard several stories that small kids tend to hit each other while playing the Wii with the wiimote. It is a genius idea to offer a foam Sports Pack for the Nintendo Wii to avoid injuries.

Performance Designed Products (Pelican) introduced the Nerf Sports Pack at the Toy Fair in NY. It consists of a bat, tennis racket and golf club, similar to the plastic sports pack we reported a while ago.
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Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:10:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New iRobot PackBot 510 Next-Gen Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robot

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Besides cleaning robots, iRobot actually makes real robots like the New iRobot PackBot 510.

The iRobot PackBot 510 with EOD Kit is the second-generation explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robot from iRobot.
PackBot 510 uses a new game-style hand controller for faster training and easier operation in the field. In addition, the robot is 30 percent faster, drags larger objects, lifts twice the weight and has a grip that is three times stronger than its predecessor.
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Posted on Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2007: Elekson puts Vista Sideview in Bags, Briefcases and Backpacks

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The fabric button people over at Eleksen introduced at the CES 2007 Vista Sideview displays for Bags, Briefcases and Backpacks.

The Vista Sideview feature gets people really excited. It might become the number one reason to buy a new notebook with Windows Vista.

Eleksen presents a Wearable Display Module (WDM) for Microsoft Windows SideShow. The Wearable Display Module is easily integrated into soft-goods like briefcases and backpacks and provides the first “in-bag screen” available for any computer electronics product. Read more