tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119979342023-03-23T05:25:02.885-05:00Technology with a touch of bitterness.S.F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17567581071343148818noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997934.post-1144259578874533312006-04-05T12:38:00.000-05:002006-04-05T12:52:58.886-05:00

Blindsided. Apple is beta testing a new piece of software called "Boot Camp" that will make it easier for you to run Windows on an Intel-based Mac, and apparently they plan on featuring it in the next version of OS X, Leopard. If you have an Intel Mac and a copy of Windows XP, Boot Camp makes it easy for you to create a partition on your hard drive for each operating system and gives you the

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For a $2500 flashlight, you might think the makers of the Flashcam might want a name that would fit a piece of technology as opposed to a pornography website. Not so apparently. Never-the-less, the Flashcam nearly compensates for its outrageous price tag with a gig of memory, audio/video capability, an LCD screen, infared, and a bright as hell "85000 candle power light." Cool, but not $2500

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The folks over at IGN are raving about Toshiba's new SED television technology, which they say will put LCD and plasma to shame. At first glance, the SED TVs look very similar to plasma/LCD technology. The form factor of the unit is slim and it look like it should be just as light. The picture quality, however, sets the SED technology apart from the rest. IGN reports a 10, 000:1 contrast ratio

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I have always been a fan of Fuji's digital cameras. They have good picture quality (in all but low-light situations), good design, and come at a decent price...if only they would give up those cursed xD memory cards. The V10 looks to be another Fuji I would love to have. And, like all cameras I say that about, right now it is only available in Asia (Korea). A quick look at the Fuji website shows

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OK, so I am a bit late on the Bloggie bandwagon this year, but it's never too late for a shameless plug. If you like Waiting for Response and it enriches your life with fascinating news and a touch of bitterness please go to the Bloggies site and vote for us (I am especially fond of the "Best Kept Secret" category). If you don't like the site, well that really hurts my feelings - vote for me

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"So what type of music do you listen to?" Ugh, what a dreaded question. If you have trouble defining what is in your iTunes library, check out the iTunes Signature Maker (iTSM). This tool analyzes your music collection, asks a few questions and then generates a short audio clip that attempts to summarize your music taste. Now, you don't have to let people know that you are a music snob, iTSM will

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I can't afford to give drunk uncle Jim a digital camera for Christmas this year, so maybe I will get him something he can actually operate (and believe me, he is a pro) - this camera-shaped flask. It even includes a funnel so you do not spill a precious drop. How's that for conservation?via Book of Joe

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This may be a bit of a diversion from the normal subject matter around here, but it is a worthy cause none-the-less. One of Carole King's reps emailed me about an Ebay auction they are doing for Mercy Corps, a charity that "exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities." You certainly can't go wrong with that. Also, my

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For those cases where being religious isn't as important as showing how religious you are, let me introduce to you the USB Digital Holy Bible Key Chain. Only suckers carry the Bible text on an ordinary secular USB drive. Get "The Complete And Beautiful King James Translation of The Holy Bible" on a bitchin' gold keychain for the low low price of $29.99. I wonder if the church still takes a 10%

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If you are a geek whose heart is as black as your makeup (or a necrophiliac), you should check out this coffin-shaped mouse. There is a downfall though - gamers need not apply. Straight from the manufacturers website, "Due to need for higher response times and resolution, it is not recommended for intense gaming requirements." Now tell me, besides gamers, who else is going to spend $120 on an

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ThinkSecret is reporting that the next version of the Mac mini may come equipped with a built-in DVR functionality. This seems to be the next logical step after Apple introduced Front Row in October. Add in the rumors of a built-in iPod dock, and you have one fine looking media center. If they keep the price point below $700 - and add these features - look for it to be a hot item. Also, look for

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If you play pool enough to justify spending $50 on a laser for your pool cue, hopefully you are good enough to know where you are going to hit the ball anyway. So who is stupid enough to still want one? That's right--I am.via Red Ferret

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FischerSpooner loves it and so should you! The Portable Telephone is an unholy marraige of cell phone technology and good old land-line design. Artist and phone hacker Tristan Perch created the phone to be fully functional. The gutted cell phone inside the casing allows the phone to both send and receive calls. The cool part, though, is the ringer. Tristan hooked the cell phone up to the "

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I have to admit, I loves me some Shuttle PCs. I know there are much more affordable, expandable options out there, but there is just something about the small form factor that gets my attention. Now, Shuttle is coming out with a media center PC, packaged standard with a 1.73 GHz Pentium M, a 250 GB hard drive and Windows Media Center Edition 2005 (if you are into that sort of thing). All this

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If you have an iPod nano but despise it because it gets more dates than you do, check out these felt nano cases (yes, felt). Dress your nano in your aunt Evelyn's fantastic taste in curtains--and die a little inside.via Shiny Shiny

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In response to Death Cab for Cutie's scathing commentary towards Sony laptops, Sony has boldly stated that their new F-series Vaios do NOT have a "lack of color here." OK, well that may not be the point of the song, but it certainly is the point for the F-series laptops. With the glut of alike laptops now filling the market, Sony has tried to take a page from Apple's book and introduce color to

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I saw this this Lifehacker a little while back, but for some reason waited until now to do it. New to the site's sidebar is a cool little Google Maps mod called gVisit. gVisit displays a Google map with the location of your website's visitors giving you a visual of whether your blog is city-wide or world-wide. So, go ahead and click the link that says "Last 20 Visitors" on the bottom of the

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If you have a Wi-FI network and leave your data naked (for shame!), it might be due to the price or know-how involved in enabling security. Well, today Google has you covered. Go download Google's free VPN (Virtual Private Network) and secure your network. This along with all of Google's side projects (Maps, Earth, Talk) are building a large loyal following for them. If they do indeed come

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997934.post-1127229691680129602005-09-20T09:59:00.000-05:002005-09-20T10:21:31.690-05:00

I admit, there are times when Steve Jobs really annoys me. He can be uber-secretive, overzealous and sometimes even megalomaniacal (see the ThinkSecret lawsuit). However, most of the time I find myself impressed with his foresight and even (gasp!) common sense. He seems to find ways to connect with consumers where others just can't. Take the balancing act he seems to accomplish with iTunes.

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From Ubergizmo is a USA Today story on the Serenity Panel, a solar-powered video screen for tombstones. In the spirit of investigative journalism, I decided to check the merits of such a device against a comparable item. Unfortunately I was too lazy to walk to the graveyard up the street, so I had to settle for the Tombstone pizza that had been sitting in my freezer for a couple months.So,

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The iPod nano is certainly a hot little number. If I had one, I would probably softly caress it and whisper sweet nothings into its headphone input. I would never let any harm come to it. Which is why I am glad the crew at ArsTechnica did it for me. The stress test and later autopsy they performed on the nano was probably illegal in 13 states, but flippin' fantastic. For such a frail looking

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Is the XBox 360 going to launch on the busiest shopping day of the year? According to Playfeed, rumors indicate a November 25th release date for the system. I have often thought that Microsoft has a sadistic side, and this would only verify my suspicions. Forcing notoriously reclusive gamers into this much human interaction in order for them to score a console had to be someone's sick joke. I

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With Microsoft sitting on the fence between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, its looks as if the 360 will ship with a standard DVD drive. This means at least the first crop of 360 games will be on DVDs (and most likely all of them. I doubt even MS would alienate the early adapters if they decided to later add next-gen DVD support.) Apparently some game developers are now saying that because of this,

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Could the "Don't Be Evil" company become a soulless behemoth like Microsoft? That's what this article from the NY Times seems to postulate. It seems Google is hiring the best engineers and programmers available (how dare they!), and only leaving the "scraps" for other Silicon Valley companies. Although Google has become a bit more corporate after it went public (well, duh!), it still is the huge

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Because you haven't heard from me in a few days, I thought I might get all of you fine readers caught up on what exactly I have been doing.I have been doing some intern work for Treehugger for a few weeks now, helping to put together fine contests such as this (you should get something together and enter). Also it looks as if I will be contributing to RealTechNews in the near future. Fear not, I

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