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Delicious gets overhauled

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I am incredibly excited today because my favorite social bookmarking site Del.icio.us has been completely redesigned. Most importantly the Delicious team has moved the site over to a new domain – Delicious.com. The official blog reports that many users have had trouble typing the URL correctly, this is fixed with the new domain (and I completely agree).

The entire site has been flipped from that ugly old design to a brand-spankin’ new one, which looks incredible! Delicious has switched over to a new platform, rolling out RSS feeds and API, as well as improved search and speed.

There’s a cool before & after transformation video at the Delicious blog, go check it out!

If you’re not using Delicious now, you have a reason to now!

[via TechCrunch]

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Glenn Martin’s Jet pack

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Recently at the AirVenture show, tinkerer Glenn Martin showed off his garage originated jet pack. The jet pack may not have gone very far in the demonstration, but Martin plans to improve its performance. Martin plans to sell the jet packs for £50,000 by next year. Video after the jump.

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Nokia N96 on sale Oct. 1st in UK

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Nokia’s latest flagship series phone, the N96 goes on sale October 1st. The phone will be available through 3, Carphone Warehouse, Orange, Phones4U, T-Mobile, and Vodafone. The N96 boasts a TV tuner, 3G, 16GB memory, a 5 megapixel camera, and GPS.

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Meninos custom hard drive cases

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Brazilian design studio Meninos has it’s latest creation available for sale now – themed hard drive cases. There are 19 pre-designed cases or you can order one designed by you. Cases start at $250 – pretty steep for just the case. You can add in a hard drive to the case for an additional $150-$370 (250GB – 500GB).

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iPhone 3G cracks appearing

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Rumors around the net are that cracks are appearing in iPhone 3Gs everywhere – without being dropped. Most of the cracks seem to be in white 16 GB models, however cracks are harder to see in the black versions. How about your iPhones?

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Thermaltake’s V1 CPU cooling monster

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008


Taiwanese computer part manufacturer Thermaltake has just put it’s latest CPU cooler out on the market – the V1. This beast features an inconventional design – with the 100mm fan upright – providing for superior airflow. This CPU cooler is compatible with all processor sockets from LGA 775 to AM2.

The design is so unique that it won a Red Dot Award for product design. Advanced users may want to mod their computer case to have a window to showcase this work of art.

Retails for around $60. Thermaltake CL-P0401 V1 CPU Cooler available from Amazon

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Shake MP3 player concept

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Designer Kenneth Tay has created a unique design concept for an MP3 player. The player is shaped like an antique pocket watch, 50 mm wide and 20 thick. The player relies on kinetic energy to charge the battery, shake it continuously to charge, and one to play or pause. Songs can be transferred to and from a computer’s USB port through the player’s headphone jack, as well as being a conventional means of charging the battery.

Looks to be a very cool piece of art, hopefully it will become reality.

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Dell launches Studio Hybrid

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Dell has launched its latest line of PC’s – the Studio Hybrid. The Studio Hybrid is the size of a dictionary, making it Dell’s smallest desktop PC yet. Featuring interchangable styling plates (Bamboo, Emerald, Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Slate, and Topaz), and an inexpensive base price tag of $499, the Studio Hybrid has a wide range of appeal.

The main goal of this PC was to be ‘green’. The computer is 80 percent smaller than traditional desktop towers, uses 70 percent less energy, and the packing materials are 95 percent recycled.

Some neat optional features are Wi-Fi, wireless keyboard, Blu-ray drive, TV tuner, multiple displays.

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Thanko hand cooling keyboard

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Thanko seems to be continuing it’s summer computing trend with it’s new keyboard. The keyboard has the normal palm rest but with 3 built in fans that pull air from under the keyboard and gently cool your palms.

Of course, there is a switch on the front to turn the fans on and off as well as secondary USB cable to power the fans. The keyboard will run you about $62 (US).

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Brando’s food USB flash drives

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Our favorite quirky gadget maker Brando has created USB flash drives that look like real food. The drives come in an array of types of food including BBQ (pork and wings), fruit, fast food, and biscuits.

With a whopping 4GB of memory and for a mere $28, I’ll be snacking on these things for a long time.

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