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Twitter Adding Push Notifications to its iPhone App [IPhone Apps]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:21 +0000

Twitter is currently within the final stages of testing push notifications in its iPhone app, pending an entire activation of the feature inside the next iOS release. In line with TechCrunch, users with iOS 4.1 and its updated Twitter client might be ready to enable the feature, bringing them closer still to the dream of [...]

LG’s 31-Inch OLED 3DTV Saunters Into IFA, Looking Gorgeous [Oled]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:16 +0000

After last year’s 15.1-inch beauty, LG partnered it up with a 31-inch beast . It’s officially the area’s slimmest OLED 3DTV, but that’s not saying much when Sony is the only real other manufacturer with an OLED 3DTV. The brief look I had at the OLED showed it was just as bright as their 15-inch [...]

Play Like Dom Cobb With Inception’s Blu-ray Briefcase Set [Movies]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:12 +0000

UK Inception fans will probably be treated to at least one of the perfect Blu-ray packages I’ve ever seen, come December 6th. Available for pre-order now, the film is on Blu-ray and DVD, plus there’s a digital copy and heaps of special features. £40 ($60) isn’t too shabby a cost for a number of the [...]

Samsung’s QX410 is a Self-Proclaimed ” Masterpiece” [Laptops]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:10 +0000

Samsung’s Seongwoo Nam says his company’s new high-end QX410 is ” the masterpiece of Samsung’s computer business” -nevertheless it’s probably more like of a replica of a well-known metal-bodied old master. Still, nice island keyboard. Inside the QX410s strangely familiar aluminium case sits an Intel Core i5 (or i7 inside the 14″ and 15″ models), [...]

Postage Stamps Go High-Tech With QR Code-Like Stamp Readable by Apps [IPhone Apps]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:06 +0000

The UK’s Royal Mail may’ve been kicking around in some shape or form since 1516, but they’ve become the first postal service to create an ” intelligent stamp ,” readable like a QR code by an Android or iPhone app. They’re being particularly cagey about how the stamp works, in typical Royal Mail fashion (I [...]

The Touch Screen Haters Club [Image Cache]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:06 +0000

I’ve always wondered why some people absolutely loathe touch screen devices, but now I realize that it was insensitive to not even consider that physical limitations play a task in that dislike. Of course, Wolverine can’t really claim that his claws are the explanation for his hate for all time. [ Agent X ] Source

Nvidia’s GeForce 400M Series Roids Up Notebook Graphics of All Classes [Graphics Cards]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:30:08 +0000

Nvidia gave us a taste of what its Fermi-based notebook graphics cards could be like with the GeForce GTX 480M, but now it’s time to satisfy the entire family. That’s seven Fermi GPUs, running the gamut from face-melting to face-singeing. What makes these graphics special? It all comes back to Fermi, which was built to [...]

Flying YouTube Packets Proves Visualization Can Make Anything Pretty [Visualization]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:30:05 +0000

Next time you’re watching an inane YouTube video, close your eyes and imagine these graceful dots instead-each representing a packet sent between your computer and YouTube’s servers. The video represents only 4 seconds of a RickRoll, slowed 12x. A lot goes on backstage when you’re anticipating that forwarded clip of a cat adorably twiddling with [...]

Perhaps Fangirlsm Should Stop at the Nails [Nerds]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:30:24 +0000

I never liked nails painted with any motif-I actually use plain hot rod metallic red nail polish for mine-but I need to admit that these tech icons, from iPhone apps to Mario to Domo-Kun, look preeeeetty nice. You can see the remainder of the 20 geeky nail designs at [ Girl So Cool ] Source

Don’t Just Dump Electronics and Cables Into Your Suitcase [Organizers]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:30:18 +0000

Like me, you’re probably making a set of devices and cables you must pack with you once you go places. And, like me, you possibly just shove them all into your travel bag. No more! They’ve got a handful of low cost containers in your junk. The Headphone Travel Case is $20 and holds headphones, [...]

The right way to Pick the best Android Keyboard For YOU [Input]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:30:15 +0000

There are loads of methods to tap text into your Android (y’know, while you’re not just speaking to it ). CareAce looked at the stock 2.1 keyboard, Better, Swype Beta, TouchPal, SwiftKey Beta, and ThickButtons and sorted out what’s what. Their helpful guide will point out, to illustrate, that Swype is easily fitted to ” [...]

A Flash Drive So Small You could Leave It In [Flashdrive]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:30:12 +0000

Need some extra storage? Sounding like something out of a TV infomercial, LaCie’s new MosKeyto (Get it? Geeeet it?) is so tiny, you won’t even comprehend it’s there! But really, this thing is clever-stick it in and forget. On the opposite hand, the 20 mm (extending only 6 mm out of your laptop!) MosKeyto could [...]

The Doll House It is Actually a Human House [Architecture]

Lindsay R. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:30:08 +0000

This very old farm house on the Canadian tundra feels like any ordinary farm house from the front. You then get to its back and discover that it truly is really a playhouse for human-sized dolls. Back in 2007, Saskatchewan artist Heather Benning decided to get this old farm house that after sat on her [...]

an easy Method to Attach Your iPad for your Walls [Ipad]

Lindsay R. — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:30:13 +0000

The PadTab iPad wall mounting system is superb. It’s easy to hooked up, simple to remove, doesn’t require much room, and allows you to mount your iPad next in your toilet. No, really. That’s what one of the most promotional photos suggest: The complete PadTab kit will cost you $30 and might be ordered now. [...]

A Chrome Marble Floating In Deep Space [Astronomy]

Lindsay R. — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:30:11 +0000

It appears like a metal marble floating in space. Or the palantír of Orthanc, magically teleported from Middle Earth to 11,000 light years away, within the Cassiopeia constellation. Nevertheless it’s just a visual effect. It really is the Bubble Nebula . Cataloged as NGC 7635, it is usually known simply as The Bubble Nebula. Although [...]