Archive for October, 2007
Tech News
Latest Tech News – 31 October
- Facebook to go Chinese
Facebook – one of the most (current) popular social networks, that was recently valued at $15 billion and received a big chunk of money ($240 million) from Microsoft, has decided to go after the Chinese market and registered the Facebook.com.cn domain name. At the moment, the domain is being redirected to the main Facebook (.com) website, but I bet that in the near future we will start seeing some strange characters that only Chinese people will understand.
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Electronic Gadgets, Kitchen Gadgets
Dough-Nu-Matic – donuts made easy within minutes
Every good cop’s wife ought to have one of these in the kitchen. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m talking about the Dough-Nu-Matic. It’s name alone is pretty self-explanatory, as all you need to do is add some dough and wait a while before a delicious miniature donut pops out. In less than half a dozen minutes, you will be able to get up to 12 donuts – great whenever you’ve got hungry kids running around in the house. The Dough-Nu-Matic retails for $130 and is not a gift for someone who’s trying to win the battle of the bulge.
Source: Crunchgear
Audio/Video Gadgets, Electronic Gadgets
Diamond Standard 108Mini selected as controller of choice
Looks like the Diamond Standard 108Mini has been selected as the controller for a SOC (system-on-chip) design, bringing high-quality transmission of audio and video in a home networking environment. Part of this decision was based “on the high quality Diamond Standard software tool environment, the low-power advantages of the Diamond 108Mini processor compared to conventional alternatives, and because the Diamond 108Mini core had the performance-headroom” required. Hopefully this selection will see lower costs as well as simplification of future home networking installations.
Audio/Video Gadgets, iPod gadgets
Ion makes it even easier to rip your tunes to your iPod
Ion Audio gets it. First they came up with a USB Turntable that allowed music lovers to rip and digitize albums to their PC. Then came the cassette player which let users do the same thing with their 80s era cassettes. But now, in an effort to make it easier for the iPod generation to enjoy the hisses and crackles of those wonderful old vinyl albums, Ion has gone a step further upgrading their USB Turntable to rip directly to an iPod.
Audio/Video Gadgets, Sport, iPod gadgets
Waterproofing your iPod lets you Swim Differently
It’s common practice people working out while rocking to their favorite tunes on iPod. But sadly, up until recently swimmers have had to rely on the theater of the mind to keep them occupied while they skimmed the waters lap after lap. Now budding Mark Spitzes can rock out just like everyone else thanks to the Neoprene Swimbelt … and a few other accessories that will waterproof your iTouch so it doesn’t short out from the water as you do the butterfly.
Gadget Gift Ideas, Tech News
PayPal runs survey for shoppers
PayPal has just run a Holiday Survey and found out some pretty interesting figures. Here they are for your perusal.
The survey found discrepancies between men and women when it came to who tops their shopping lists. While both men and women agree that their significant other is the most difficult person to shop for during the holiday season, 34 percent of males said they actually enjoyed shopping for their partner, compared to just 17 percent of women. However, females are 30 percent more likely than males to enjoy shopping for their kids.
The Nielsen survey also revealed that more shoppers are playing it safe this holiday season by buying gift cards, rather than purchasing tailored gifts for their loved ones. In fact, 64 percent of shoppers said they plan to give gift cards. But recipients don’t seem to mind. Fifty seven percent of respondents said they would actually prefer to receive money or a gift card in place of the traditional present.
Do you think the results of this survey are totally untrue, somewhat true, or hits home when you read it? Will it influence your purchasing decisions?
Audio/Video Gadgets, Childrens Gadgets, Home Theater, Toys, iPod gadgets
Torpedo Projector lets kids go big …
With today’s obsession for high definition television, what’s a kid to do when dad invests thousands into the HDTV in the den, but leaves him with a paltry 20” TV for his room? Particularly when that same kid plays cool video games like Madden Football, Halo or rock out to Guitar Hero. Well, the Torpedo Entertainment Projector may be the very answer for the gadget obsessed kid who wants to not only eliminate enemy badguys, but also enjoy a good hour of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Ed: do they still show that?) on TV. Costing in the neighborhood of $170, this projector television can project an image six feet high at a resolution of 940×240 resolution.
