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- Eye-Fi bringing trio of WiFi-enabled SD cards to UK
- Hitachi’s face-recognizing display turns off, saves power when you look away (video)
- How would you change Microsoft’s Zune HD?
- Nintendo announces new Pokemon game, wiimotes, and hardware bundles
- Rap Group Hands Out Uzi-Shaped Flash Drive Album [USB]
- 2 People Died In A Sweat Lodge Last Night. And Deleted Tweets Have Surfaced.
- Mitsubishi’s modular, scalable OLED display goes 155-inches at CEATEC, could go way bigger (video)
- This is what happens when your mother-in-law uses Internet Explorer
- Facebook Tries To Suck The Last Drops Of Life Out Of Orkut In The US
- Bathtub In Hyperspace [Baths]
| Eye-Fi bringing trio of WiFi-enabled SD cards to UK Posted: 10 Oct 2009 12:12 AM PDT
 If you’re an US-based company, you’d be kidding yourself if you said you didn’t want to take advantage of the pound-to-dollar exchange rate. We can’t say for certain that the current Forex ratings on currency is why Eye-Fi is suddenly barging into the British market place, but whatever the case, UKers can look forward to slapping a WiFi-enabled SD card into their digicam starting on October 19th. The Eye-Fi Home Video, Eye-Fi Share Video and Eye-Fi Pro will all be splashing down in 4GB flavors, with prices set for
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| Hitachi’s face-recognizing display turns off, saves power when you look away (video) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:31 PM PDT
 CEATEC is a breeding ground for new innovations, and Hitachi made sure to get its name on the A-list with a simple face-recognizing television that seeks to save power whenever you glance away. Essentially, the prototype plasma on display packs an inbuilt camera that notices when your face is peering at it, and whenever you glance away, a power-saving mode goes into action. Unfortunately, that means that the panel goes black, and while we understand the point here, we can envision such a feature causing all sorts of rage around the house, particularly if you’ve got a handful of viewers trying to keep watch from a few feet further away than yourself. Hit the read link to have a look at how things work in practice — here’s hoping you can opt for the sound to stay on throughout the blackout, at least. Filed under: Displays Hitachi’s face-recognizing display turns off, saves power when you look away (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| How would you change Microsoft’s Zune HD? Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:38 PM PDT
 For the anti-iPod crowd out there (you know who you are), Microsoft’s Zune HD has been a long time comin’. As of September 17th, your excuses for not owning one vanished completely, and for those diehards willing to splurge on Redmond’s swankest PMP yet, we know you’ve been toying with it ever since. Still, the Zune HD hasn’t thrived without its fair share of hangups, and we get the impression that at least a smattering of users are still frustrated by this or that. If we just rang your bell, you’re in the right place. We’re curious to hear what actual, honest-to-goodness Zune HD users have to say about their new toy, and better still, how you would’ve done things differently if you had any power whatsoever over Sir Ballmer. Drop your rant off in comments below, would you? Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video How would you change Microsoft’s Zune HD? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Nintendo announces new Pokemon game, wiimotes, and hardware bundles Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:52 PM PDT
This is a good news, bad news, type of thing. Nintendo Japan just announced some really cool new hardware (including two new bundles) that’ll be out this December. The bad news is, it’s not coming to the US. So Japan gets a new Pokemon game, two new wiimote colors (blue and pink), and a new three new bundle options that we don’t get a crack at. Doesn’t seem fair does it? The bundles include games that aren’t going to be released in the US (Tales of Graces & Samurai Warriors 3) with special branded controllers and other goodies. In one case, the “treasure box edition” there is an action figure, a soundtrack, and an artbook. So tell me Nintendo, where is the love for us here in the US? The rest is here:
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| Rap Group Hands Out Uzi-Shaped Flash Drive Album [USB] Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:40 PM PDT
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| 2 People Died In A Sweat Lodge Last Night. And Deleted Tweets Have Surfaced. Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:24 PM PDT
Apparently, the man who rented the place and threw the retreat, author James Arthur Ray, is also an avid Twitter user. And yes, during the night of the incident he was tweeting about it. Ray later deleted those tweets and all the tweets about the retreat. But, as Mark Maunder discovered, they’re still available in Twitter search. And a couple are pretty interesting:
Now, we’re not presuming to know what happened that night, and authorities are still looking into the matter. But those are two very odd things to say on a night when two people died. And deleting them, obviously, does not look good. The fact that these tweets still exist in Twitter Search is very interesting. Twitter recently updated its terms of service agreement, making it very clear that “your tweets belong to you.” But that ownership for whatever reason, be it technical or otherwise, doesn’t fully extend to the point that when you delete a tweet, it is gone forever. This isn’t a new issue, but this could bring complete control of your data on Twitter to the forefront. If you delete a tweet, it’s not really gone, so be extra careful about what you say.
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| Mitsubishi’s modular, scalable OLED display goes 155-inches at CEATEC, could go way bigger (video) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:24 PM PDT
 Something tells us that whenever we do round two of our Time Square signage Engadget Show, Mitsubishi’s modular OLED display will be amongst the highlights. Aimed at outdoor applications (but obviously ready for your living room), the scalable prototype shown here at CEATEC was 155-inches in size. The wild part, however, is that it could grow infinitely larger — at least in theory. The whole panel that you notice from afar is crafted from smaller OLED blocks that snap together like a puzzle; the more you add, the larger your screen can be. Unfortunately, resolution is still relatively low and longevity is a definite concern, but if you can manage to stand a few feet back, the result is simply stunning. Hop on past the break for a new take on “immersive.” Filed under: Displays Mitsubishi’s modular, scalable OLED display goes 155-inches at CEATEC, could go way bigger (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| This is what happens when your mother-in-law uses Internet Explorer Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:17 PM PDT
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| Facebook Tries To Suck The Last Drops Of Life Out Of Orkut In The US Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:07 PM PDT
According to comScore, Facebook had over 92 million unique visitors in August 2009 in the United States. Orkut had around 972 thousand unique visitors. Now, it would be one thing for Facebook to simply port the tool over to the US — after all, they’ve already got the tool built. But the social network is actually advertising it to its users in the United States (the ad takes you to the Orkut friend finder). Seems a bit vicious, doesn’t it? Like sucking the last few drops of life out of something that’s on its way out anyway. Thanks to Nick Gonzalez for the tip.
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| Posted: 09 Oct 2009 07:30 PM PDT
I’m not fan of jacuzzis myself. Even while I had some unforgettable tsunami moments in them, I’m partial to the large, deep English bathtub. But I won’t say no to this bathtub spaceship by Japanese bathtub company Spiritual Mode. [Trendir]
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