March 31st, 2008
By GadgetManiac
The 2008 edition of CTIA Wireless starts tomorrow and runs until April 3. It’s described as ” The Most Important Global Technology Event of the Year! “…well, by CTIA anyway.
LG Electronics is one of the 1,100 exhibiting companies, and they’ll be showing off some of their newer phones. The left-most and middle phones are the EnV2/LG-VX9100; it has a QWERTY keyboard & is intended for E-mail, instant messaging and SMS. On the right is the Vu/LG-CU920, with a 2-megapixel camera, touch-screen, Bluetooth and MediaFLO for watching TV.
LG Electronics market leading mobile phones – LG news release, April 1 2008
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March 31st, 2008
By GadgetManiac
RapLeaf recently reviewed some demographic data from a few social networks and found that users are mostly female and young. They surveyed 22 million users on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Plaxo and Hi5 and discovered that 62% are female and about two-thirds are below 26 years of age. LinkedIn was the only social network that had a preponderance of males.
Some thus take the stereotypical view that females are more relationship driven and communication oriented, and males are living in their parents basement while trying to optimize the frame rate for Crysis.
Statistics on Google’s OpenSocial platform end users and Facebook users – RapLeaf, 11.13.07
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March 30th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
As if there isn’t enough to worry about, eWeek Emerging Technologies regales us with their list of the 10 most dangerous new technologies:
1. Nanotech
2. RFID
3. Artificial Intelligence
4. Mobile payment
5. Digital Identities
6. Web OS
7. GPS
8. Networked-Computerized Cars
9. Anonymity Tools
10. Cybernetic Implants
Nanotech is on the list and apparently the most dangerous because it could be used “to create diseases and destroy the environment”. While no further informastion is provided by the eWeek article, nanotech seems to be deemed dangerous largely because of the unknowns associated with the use of e.g. nano-scale titanium dioxide in food.
Emerging Technologies Bring Promise and Danger – eWeek, March 17, 2008
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March 30th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
If you swim competitively and want to go faster and have $550, then get the new Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit. 5% less drag = more chance of winning.
17 World records in 41 days: Call for ruling on super suits – Canberra Times, March 29 2008
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March 30th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
Some nice residential designs for the Putrajaya waterfront, south of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Apartment buildings meant to resemble an armada of junks.
The Fleet of Putrajaya
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March 30th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
The Tokyo International Anime Fair for 2008 is on now and is expected to attract 289 animation production companies, toymakers and video game developers as well as 120,000 visitors.
The Animation of the Year award is expected to go to “Evangelion: 1. 0″
Tokyo International Anime Fair kicks off – Mainichi News, March 28 2008
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March 29th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
Auto parts manufacturer Denso Corporation plans to use snow mass accumulated during winter to chill its parts plant in Chitose, Japan. Denso hopes to reduce power consumption at the facility, and slash both costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Plus ça change…that’s how the old-time Iceboxes worked. Now if there were only some way to store the heat of summer and use it in the winter time.
Denso to use snow for air conditioning – Japan Today, Mar 30 2008
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March 28th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
Just a month ago, we made note of five iPhone Wannabes, and remarked on how closely some of them came to matching the functionality of the iPhone itself. And now, here is a link to 12 more iPhone look-alikes (with some overlap), all of them from a variety of manufacturers in China. Arguably the most interesting of the dozen are…
COOL999 – uses Windows Mobile 6.0
Hiphone – seems to have most of the basic iPhone functionality
?? (apple) iphone – a cracked iPhone running OS X, but expensive at $750.
…we’re calling imitation/flattery/coincidence/innovation…
M8Cool Iphone series
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March 27th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
AT&T announces that the Samsung Access phone will support the AT&T Mobile TV service starting in May 2008.
Users of the Samsung Access aka model SGH-A827, or the LG Vu for that metter, will be able to access 10 TV channels including CBS Mobile and Comedy Central, all thanks to the MediaFLO wireless network operating on 716-722MHz. The A827 comes with a 2.3-inch for your TV viewing enjoyment.
Samsung and AT&T Announce the Samsung Access – press release, March 27 2008
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March 26th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud of Kingdom Holding Co plans the world’s tallest building – at 1 mile high – in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The building is to be called Burj Al-Meel, and appropriately enough, rents are expected to be sky-high. Also called the Mile High Tower – some rough sketches are at Pickard Chilton.
Follow the progress of the tower at PROPOSED-Jeddah :”The Mile Tower”,1600M.
Gulf States in Race to Build World’s Tallest Tower – Arab News, 13 March 2008
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