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Be honest, when’s the last time you responded to a text message from behind the wheel? If you’re in with the majority of cellphone-toting Americans, you’ve done it — though you probably also [...]
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The leak of the first service pack for WIndows Vista, imaginatively named SP1, means that we get to hear about the improvements before it gets a real release. APCMag reviewed a leaked copy of the software, and found that it’s pretty much your standard service pack fare: a [...]
Filed under: Auctions
Elvis Presley may have forever left the building 30 years ago this month, but his memory is alive and well for fans the world over. I am one of those fans and if it were at all possible, I would buy this white Knabe & Co. Baby Grand piano, one of the original [...]
Filed under: Software, Palm, Verizon Wireless, Palm OS, Windows Mobile
Responding to an apparent groundswell of customer complaints, Palm has pulled recent software updates for its Treo 700p, 700w, and 700wx smartphones operating on the Verizon network. Palm calls the problems “network connectivity issues,” frequently accompanied by an Error 3000 that prevents the device from consuming [...]
Filed under: Wireless
Ok, it’s only a temporary gig but check out the “Sens e-train” offered to Seoul’s subway jockeys over the next few days. The kids at Samsung and Korea Telecoms have fitted two cars from Seoul’s number 2 line train with a dozen WiBro-enabled Samsung Q45 laptops and Q1 Ultra UMPCs. The hippest trip [...]
Filed under: Wings
Flying first class used to just mean more leg room and a better meal, but anymore some airlines are really going over the top. And the word is some airlines because not all of them even offer first class anymore, having done away with it to focus instead on business class. About 35 [...]
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Nary a month after Mark Shuttleworth proclaimed that we’d all be seeing a few more Linux-based Dells in the not-too-distant future, Dell has officially announced plans to offer certain pre-fabricated desktops and laptops to those in Europe and China. Initially, the Inspiron 6400n lappie and Inspiron 530n desktop will be available to [...]
Filed under: Estates
The latest addition to the posh Greenbrier resort in West Virginia is the Summit Village at The Greenbrier Sporting Club. The private gated resort home community is adjacent to the resort and offers amazing views from 3,300 feet up in the Allegheny mountains. The village consists of 56 home sites. The Summit [...]
Filed under: Cellphones
With those last minute bugs now apparently eradicated, LG has officially announced plans to deliver their 3G CU575 “Trax” clamshell to AT&T. Touting 850/1900MHz HSDPA 3.6Mbps-capable downloads and quad-band GSM, this flip fancies itself a part-time media player with the inclusion of a Touch Pad bar and up to 4GB of microSD expansion [...]
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio
Google, Universal, and a new start-up company called gBox are teaming up to sell music exclusively through an ad based format, bucking the iTunes style method of selling music online. The partnership works out with Google referring users to gBox, where they can buy DRM-free copies of Universal’s music catalog [...]
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