New HP MediaSmart Server LX195 caught out there by Mr. Blurrycam

HP MediaSmart Server enthusiast skeeter has uncovered what looks like the latest addition to the line, the LX195. Sporting a mere 640GB, MediaSmartServer.net speculates this edition could be a single drive model, slotting in below the EX475 and EX485 with additional hard drive space added via USB. That’s all there is to know, at least until someone gets a peek at one outside the box.

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New ‘Razor’ Cellphone Not from Motorola

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My cellphone does almost everything. I used to carry a camera, a PDA, a video camera and an iPod as well as my phone, but now all those functions sit inside one little box, offering a convenient and inferior version of every gadget on that list.

Until now, though, I have always had to carry a separate electric razor to satisfy my obsessive compulsive need to trim my ‘stache every few hours. The problem was, of course, that this extra item would spoil the line of my suit when I carried it in an inside pocket, clearly an issue for an aesthete such as myself.

The “Cool758" comes to the rescue, incorporating an electric razor into its body. It is not possible to explin the merits of this device better than the blurb on the product page:

 

Today, we want to introduce a Razor that is super-fit men used . Convenience to carry and practical. As long as you give the battery can be full of electric shaving, and can also dial phone, dual sim card dual standby, listen to music, support Bluetooth and 8GB expansion. Oh, No, this is a cell phone. Mobile phone can also be a razor, it is amazed.

It is amazed. The $112 phone also comes with two batteries (that motor must suck some juice), an MP3 player (and of course, an MP4 player, too), a 0.3 MEgapixel camera, Bluetooth, dual-SIM support and an FM radio. In short, everything a man could ever need.

Product page [Solomobi via the Reg]

Nerd jewelry roundup: Guitar Hero cufflinks, gilded Atari ring and EQ wedding bands

Not that we haven’t seen nerdy wedding bands before, but for those who aren’t really enamored with networking, we’ve stumbled upon another option that’s just too awesome to pass up. Granted, the sound wave bands have been around a finger or two, but really, how awesome is a wedding ring with an EQ interpretation of “I Do” engraved in it? We’ll tell you — really awesome. Moving on, we’ve got the 1981 Atari ring, a solid piece of kit sporting an original Atari chip splashed with gold or silver. Lastly, we’ve got Cufflinks.com’s latest, a set of Guitar Hero links that will undoubtedly make the faux rocker in your life grin from ear to ear. Dig in below for more details, but don’t expect to purchase any of ’em but the last, and at $50 per pair, you should probably think twice.

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The Inevitable USB Powered Cigarette

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Smokers are pariahs. Evil, stinking polluters of the sweet city air, a single cancer stick’s smoke is worse for the lungs of passersby than the exhaust fumes of a thousand SUVs. Or so say non-smokers (and the California authorities).

If you’re the kind of smoker who hates these whining do-gooders, there are a few ways to drive them crazy while remaining inside of the law — electronic tubes which vaporize a nicotine-containing liquid like the NJOY faux-fag, for instance. To our knowledge, though, there is only one USB-powered cigarette, and it’s from Thanko, the Japanese tat-shop.

Thanko’s “USB electronic cigarette" works just like all the other electronic cigarettes. You slide in a cartridge and an electric element vaporizes the liquid inside. This makes it more-or-less odor-free and means that you can, technically at least, smoke in restaurants, bars and even planes. The Thanko version adds USB charging to its spec sheet, meaning you can leave the cigarette on your desk to taunt your co-workers. We suggest adding an ashtray for maximum baiting effect.

The kit is available for ¥3,000, or around $30. And for those of you wondering how my cigarette-quitting went, the answer is “very well". The tech didn’t help in the end as much as plain old-fashioned willpower (and some super-strength nicotine patches) but I have made it for eight weeks without a single lapse. I am, though, knocking back a bottle of whisky a day.

Product page [Thanko via RAW Feed]

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CyberNotes: Mozilla Developer’s Sense of Humor

This article was written on March 02, 2007 by CyberNet.

CyberNotes
Funny Friday

Last week in the forum, FX Extension Guru pointed out a site that contains quotes taken from IRC Sessions on irc.mozilla.org. Anybody can go chat there, but many times these are conversations between developers. The site also allows people to vote on some of their favorites, and then they compile a list of the best ones.

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Before I get into some of the funniest quotes captured, I’ll just point out that there’s an easy way to join in on the chats if you’d like. They have different channels for all of their projects including Firefox, Thunderbird, Seamonkey, even Spread Firefox. They also have channels available in different languages from Dutch to Japanese and German. To get those details on joining in on a chat, visit their site. Now on to the humor…

<jX> No, seriously, they have a legal obligation to provide shareholder value.
<jX> IE, Google can’t tomorrow say “We’re going to sell everything and buy toilet paper for African children!”
<Jesse> that would be a LOT of toilet paper
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<CTho|away> how many firefox devs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
<Pike> CTho|away: none, that’d be an extension
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<Lucy> omg, seeing the word “virgin” reminds me, the other day I could *not* say version
<Lucy> but I was talking about versions
<mkanat> Lucy: As in “How many virgins do I have to support?”
<Lucy> mkanat: yes
<Lucy> “what virgin is it?”
<Lucy> “on the old virgins this didn’t happen”
<mkanat> “Yeah, they were always STD-free. The new virgins come pre-STD’ed.”
<Jesse_> i use the nightly virgins
<Jesse_> the process of making a new virgin is quite interesting
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<shaver> humans are obsolete
<sheppy> Speak for yourself. Smiley
<mrbkap> Then why are we still patching Mozilla by hand?
<crowder> mrbkap: Because the computers tell us to
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<biesi> it seems to me that finding something wrong in mail code is like finding hay in a haystack
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<matti> heyy i got busted for pot and at court they told me i had to donate $250 to a charitable organization. does the mozilla foundation count as that?
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<biesi> do googlers get a discount in the moz store? ;)
<mconnor> no :)
<biesi> aw :)
<mconnor> I think you misunderstand which way this relationship work
<mconnor> we take your resources and food, you happily oblige
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<jX> “Reduced functionality is already a part of the Windows XP activation process, but Windows Vista will have a reduced functionality mode that is enhanced, Microsoft said on its Web site on Wednesday.”
<jX> How do you enhance reduced function?
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<sayrer> actually, that will still be ugly
<sayrer> but better than what I have now
<shaver> that’s what my wife said when I proposed Sad
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You can sift through more of these random quotes here. There are a ton of them! And with that, enjoy your weekend :)

 

 

 

 

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CTIA 2009: Ericsson 3G Module Can Kill Laptops From Afar

In advance of the CTIA wireless industry trade show today, Ericsson announced a new broadband module for laptop PCs that can automatically disable a PC when it receives “poison pill” SMS text messages, even while the PC is off.


The Ericsson F3607gw module, available this June, has “wake-on-wireless” capability. That could allow an IT administrator to “send an SMS poison pill to kill and brick a PC,” said Jan Backman, Ericsson’s director of marketing for mobile broadband modules.


Fortunately, it’ll be difficult to send the SMS Of Doom. The system Ericsson is looking at would require three text messages, sent in a particular sequence, containing a machine-specific code, Backman said.

Samsung HT-WS1: Budget sound bar speaker

Samsung HT-WS1(Credit: Samsung)

Considering its full plate of goodies–built-in Blu-ray player, iPod dock, and the capability to stream Netflix movies and Pandora’s online music service–the $800 price tag on Samsung’s HT-BD8200 sound bar is quite reasonable. But that’s not to say it won’t be a tough sell …

Samsung debuts HT-AS730 home theater system

Samsung HT-AS730(Credit: Samsung)

Samsung has taken the wraps off the HT-AS730, a component-based home theater system. Unlike the slate of sexy Blu-ray home theater systems back at January’s Consumer Electronics Show, the HT-AS730 is aimed at those who already have a disc player or game console: it has three HDMI …

Ericsson’s F3607gw wake-on wireless HSPA module offers remote kill switch and recovery for laptops

The big CTIA Wireless show in Vegas continues to crank out mobility news with the launch of Ericsson’s F3607gw HSPA/GPRS/EDGE broadband module. The Windows 7 lovin’ module’s unique “wake-on wireless” feature allows your laptop to sleep until important messages or security updates are sent over the air. Combine that little trick with F3607gw’s embedded GPS and your laptop is ready for a host of location-based services like traffic alerts, public safety warnings, and geo-fencing. Of course as we’ve already seen, the module works with Intel’s Anti-Theft Technology so you can remotely disable (via SMS) the laptop you left behind at happy hour. The module can even send its location data to a central server for recovery. Once recovered, a second SMS will unlock your portable and make all your data accessible again — your dignity, however, will be lost forever. Expect to see the first portables and theft-recovery services featuring the new module sometime after the F3607gw is released in June. Full press release after the break.

Update: Dell, LG, Lenovo, and Toshiba have all signed on as customers with products expected by “mid-second-half” of 2009.

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Samsung U5 and Q2 MP3 players unveiled for U.S.

During Tuesday’s Spring Fever press event, Samsung spilled their guts on two new MP3 players for 2009, the YP-U5 and YP-Q2, both scheduled for an April release.

Photo of the Samsung U5 MP3 player

The Samsung U5.

The Samsung YP-U5 (aka the U5, aka DoReMi) has been roaming the wilds of Europe and Asia for a …