New Jersey transit looks to add WiFi to its rail lines and stations, New Yorkers to pretend they didn’t hear that

September 3rd, 2010
New Jersey transit looks to add WiFi to its rail lines and stations, New Yorkers to pretend they didn’t hear that

A New Jersey Transit spokesperson has announced that its seeking a company to install WiFi on its rail lines and at its train stations. The installation would make New Jersey one of the few major transit systems in the country to have WiFi on its 165 stations and 12 lines. The spokesperson also said they [...]

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Sharp BD-HP90S 3D Blu-ray Player is skinny

September 3rd, 2010
Sharp BD-HP90S 3D Blu-ray Player is skinny

Sharp is all set to release a new feature-rich 3D Blu-ray player in November, called the Sharp BD-HP90S. This slim Blu-ray player can play 2D or 3D Blu-ray discs and packs in Wi-Fi to grab BD-Live content from the web without wires. There is also a USB port that allows media playback from external drives.

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Angry Birds Lite Beta Launches on Android [Android Apps]

September 3rd, 2010
Angry Birds Lite Beta Launches on Android [Android Apps]

Rovio dropped a few hints earlier in the week that it’d have a public beta test of Android Angry Birds ready by Friday, and it’s followed through—it’s up on the Android Market right now. The level select shows 15 locked spaces for you to power through—and a link to buy the full version. But that [...]

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iHome Shows Off the First Speaker With Apple’s AirPlay Built In [Airplay]

September 3rd, 2010
iHome Shows Off the First Speaker With Apple’s AirPlay Built In [Airplay]

Let the grand effort to bring wireless music to every room in your house—OK, or maybe just your bathroom—begin! iHome’s teasing an Airplay-enabled stump that will have rechargeable batteries and be available for the holidays.

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Brazilian Teen Shoots Cellphones Into Jail With Bow and Arrow [Hardtime]

September 3rd, 2010
Brazilian Teen Shoots Cellphones Into Jail With Bow and Arrow [Hardtime]

Considering it less uncomfortable than other methods of sneaking cellphones into prisons, a Brazilian gang hired a local teenager to launch phones over prison walls with a bow and arrow. Their plot was foiled when one hit a guard: More »

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Rydeen hopes to cash in on tablet fever with Android-based, Armada-powered PND

September 3rd, 2010
Rydeen hopes to cash in on tablet fever with Android-based, Armada-powered PND

You may never have heard of auto electronics provider Rydeen Mobile, but it certainly knows of you — or more specifically, your desire to obtain a slick new tablet PC — and has thus created an 7-inch Android tablet that integrates the dedicated map functionality of its GPS machines. The “gPad” GCOM701 won’t be a [...]

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ViewSonic ViewPad 100 dual boots

September 3rd, 2010
ViewSonic ViewPad 100 dual boots

We know that ViewSonic’s ViewPad 100 is capable of dual booting, but with more details on the tablet device being revealed, the initial euphoria isn’t quite there any more. After all, having Android 1.6 running on it isn’t exactly going to excite anyone, despite the fact that you can always boot up Windows 7 as [...]

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Philips Dimenco 3D TV to usher in glasses-free future

September 3rd, 2010
Philips Dimenco 3D TV to usher in glasses-free future

Watching a 3D movie will require you to wear a pair of active shutter glasses of sorts most of the time, but Philips thinks that is just too cumbersome, hence working together with Dimenco to reveal a 3D TV that has no need for those pesky glasses. Too bad the price of progress in this [...]

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Stealth KYBX-400 keyboard is super tough

September 3rd, 2010
Stealth KYBX-400 keyboard is super tough

If you’re a gamer who gets stressed easily whenever your team mates do not listen to your instructions and go ahead to get themselves killed, then the Stealth KYBX-400 keyboard would fit your personality well. After all, it was specially constructed to be tough, so banging the keyboard isn’t going to faze it at the [...]

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SD Association ups speed ante in SDHC and SDXC cards

September 3rd, 2010
SD Association ups speed ante in SDHC and SDXC cards

The SD Association has ushered in the future of SDHC and SDXC memory card, where it recently unveiled a new memory card design that will enable superior data transfer speed compared to what is on the market today. This new design will rely on a dual-row pin layout that enables the bus speed to touch [...]

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