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Posts on ‘May 18th, 2007’

Fujitsu still going large with a pair of 55- and 63-inch plasmas

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Fujitsu is still keeping it big, with revisions to its Plasmavision line of 55-inch and 63-inch plasma sets. The P55XHA51WSb and P63XHA51WSb have added a second HDMI input since last year’s models, and [...]

SharedReviews Paid Opinions

Amazon.com Widgets Most product review sites fall into one of two categories: professional or community driven. Sites like CNET Reviews and blogs like CrunchGear pay their staff to review the latest gadgets and give you an authoritative, and hopefully unbiased, opinion on what tech toys make the grade. Community driven sites like Epinions [...]

Maker Faire 2007 - now with pictures!

Maker Faire is shaping up to be a fantastic event! I’ve taken a few pictures, and I’ll add more to the set as I manage to get them uploaded. Pictured above is a very giggly evil mad scientist operating The Disgusting Spectacle.Please also check out Scott Beale’s coverage so far. He shot [...]

Windows Vista Cracked, More Effectively Than Ever

Well, looks like a hacker group known as NoPE has managed to break into Windows Vista’s security and made a cracked DVD version of it. What’s different from existing Vista cracks is that this one needs no serial number or activation. Performing Windows Updates is even possible.
Not that HipTechBlog is encouraging piracy, but this just [...]

Photoframe Aquarium - fish and family in fiylial bliss

The Photoframe Aquarium combines a strangely conventional, if slightly clunky looking, photo frame with a fake fish tank. Complete with real water, plastic guppies and a single battery. Now you may think that plastic fish cavorting around your photo is a little out of plaice, and who are we to argue? $49.95 (£21.48).

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TUAW Best of the Week

Filed under: Features, TUAW Business, Weekend Review
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Pacemaker study leads to rash of [...]

Google Licenses Technology for 3D Maps

Google has licensed technology that will enable Google to map out 3-D versions of cities world wide.
According to a Mercury News report, the technology was developed by a team of Stanford University students and was used to run a robotic car that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.
Although Google is the market leader in mapping, [...]

Tangle DNA Speakers

DNA is pretty respected in the scientific community, but it never really gets any respect in the music business. And that’s not fair, because DNA might look like a square (well, really, a helix) but in fact it’s quite hip. DNA likes rockin’ out to all sorts of music. It twists and turns and just [...]

Canada: King of Film Piracy

Starting with Oceans Thirteen and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Warner Bros. press screenings in Canada will take place in private rooms and all promotional screenings of movies will no longer be held because Warner Bros says 70 percent of their films have been pirated in Canada over the past 18 months. [...]

Google Builds Team in Quest to Conquer China

Rumored for some time, Google is now officially providing results for Chinese search engine Soso.com.
Spotted first by Search Engine Journal, the Google logo is now present in Soso.com search results, and joins 163.com in Google’s quest to conquer China.

It has been a difficult market for Google from the beginning. The ethical questions in relation to [...]