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Entries from July 2005

New Wireless IP Phone Debuts

July 28th, 2005 · Comments Off

This looks cool.  I have been having issues with my Vonage setup for 4 weeks now.  My trusty old Cisco ATA fried due to someone who we wont mention (Robin) put a stack of towels on top of it and it over-heated.  The replacement came in and worked for a day.  The replacement of the [...]

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Japanese Develop ‘Female’ Android

July 28th, 2005 · Comments Off

This reminds me of the CitiBank commercial where the kid talks about having the money to build his “Girl Robot” for prom night. J
 
 
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Wireless Jammer

July 28th, 2005 · Comments Off

Yikes!  I have a hard enough time getting a signal when on the road.  This could make matters worse! 

For a small fee of $445, you too can annoy thousands of people on a daily basis. This little device has the potential to jam wifi and Bluetooth signals. I predict those Amish are behind this, trying [...]

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Microsoft Pre-Release Software Code Named “Avalon” and “Indigo” Beta1 RC (ISO) (Windows Vista)

July 25th, 2005 · Comments Off

 Well, it’s not the real beta but it could be interesting to play with while we wait for “Windows Vista Beta 1”.

Indigo and Avalon are the codenames for two strategic developer technologies that Microsoft plans to ship in 2006 as part of the Windows “Longhorn” operating system. In addition, Microsoft is making these technologies available [...]

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July 24th, 2005 · Comments Off

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Spanky ans Toby are playing with what is left over of a stuffed monkey toy.

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Longhorn’s Offical Name is Windows Vista

July 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off

I know there is a bunch of buzz out there on this but I just had to comment.  ‘BOUT TIME!  [Slashdot:]

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Numark busts out iDJ dueling iPod mixer

July 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off

Hey, this is cool.  I remember when Noggin did DJ work.  He had a big mixing board with two turn-tables (remember vinyl)….  This is way cool. 

Alright mixmasters, turns out that Numark dueling iPod DJ mixer we peeped back in April is indeed not vaporware. Numark will be announcing tomorrow the iDJ mixing console for iPod [...]

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Sprint Plans To Update PPC-6600

July 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off

 [Homer Simpson] Woohoo![/Homer Simpson]  I am soooo glad that they have announced this.  I know many folks out there with the non 6700 devices will be happy with this bit of information.

Sprint has confirmed that they plan to update the PPC-6600 Series to support EV-DO. While the update is not expected before the end of [...]

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July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off

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NFL teams using “Radio Pill” to monitor athletes’ temperatures

July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off

This sounds neat.  It made me remember the beginning of “The 6th day”…. 

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Players on the Minnesota Vikings might soon be going on the pill — not to prevent pregnancy, but to prevent overheating. After former offensive lineman Korey Stringer died of heatstroke four years ago, the team began looking into ways to [...]

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