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AOL has invaded Mac

Date: September 27th, 2007 |

If you once thought PC users were doomed thanks to America Online, then you haven’t been reading the news lately. With the release of Leopard, the new Mac OS, AOL will be launching “AOL Desktop.” The application is said to launch within seconds, allowing the user to access AIM clients, tab browsing similar to Firefox [read more]

USB 2.0 for Mac

Date: September 26th, 2007 |

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Next month, Pinnacle (not the golf company) will be releasing the USB 2.0 Video Capture software for your Mac. With many users jumping from PC to Mac thanks to the new Macbooks and user-friendly software that Apple has been introducing, some people are stuck with the problem that their certain video gadgets may not work [read more]

Airport Screeners reading books

Date: September 22nd, 2007 |

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If you travel through air, it’s a given that you’re going to be going through security screening. While things have began to relax a bit since the time of 9/11, and screening seems to be running smoother, it’s still not uncommon to have long lines and be manually frisked by security agents while trying to [read more]

iPhone also releasing in Germany

Date: September 20th, 2007 |

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Just a few days ago we posted that the Apple iPhone was swimming across the Atlantic to be released on November 9th in England. At the time, Apple CEO Steve Jobs declined comment on further releases, staying true to his humor in leaving everyone outside of the fruit company out of the loop. Shortly after, [read more]

HP printing and healthcare

Date: September 12th, 2007 |

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HP has announced that they will begin to sell a patch that is placed on your skin, and through tiny needles embedded in the patch, a vaccine will be “printed” into your arm. Since the needles barely penetrate the skin, this new method of vaccination can be considered virtually painless, is being marketed as the [read more]

Validas goes Public

Date: September 26th, 2007 |

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If you’ve been reading up on our posts lately, you may have seen that Validas released their beta test a few weeks ago in order to spread the word about their new cell phone bill organizer.
If you’re too lazy to read back, in short, the program breaks down your monthly cellular bill into the [read more]

Microsoft to buy Portion of Facebook

Date: September 25th, 2007 |

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Most of us own an account at one of the online networking sites. Not long ago, Myspace made news by being sold for what seemed at the time to be a rediculous price. What is the fact, however, is that large companies like Yahoo and Microsoft are willing to fork over large amounts of cash [read more]

Ooma Telephone

Date: September 21st, 2007 |

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No, I wasn’t watching Teletubbies before this post, but with a name like Ooma, who would have guessed? Despite the name, Ooma promises to bring very grown up solutions to a problem that has been around for years, bills. Mainly your telephone bill. We are probably all familiar with programs like Skype, and other Voice-over-IP [read more]

Win a FREE LightWedge!

Date: September 14th, 2007 |

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That’s right, time for some free stuff!
We’d like to give away the LightWedge Paperback book light that we reviewed here at at TGB. The rules are simple, and are as follows:
Write a short story about how a gadget saved you, either on a vacation, or in an everyday situation. Please make submissions no more than [read more]

iPod Touch

Date: September 10th, 2007 |

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We probably seem like Apple fanboys, but Apple has released yet another version of their iPod. Very similar to the iPhone in design, the iPod Touch offers the user a host of new features. The key features we have noticed while reading through the spec sheet were as follows:
3.5 inch touch screen
Wi-Fi
That’s pretty much as [read more]

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