Hasta La Gadget!

The iPad continues its march towards world domination with an impending invasion of Walmart, America’s favorite supplier-bullying, content-censoring retail giant. Leaked emails and photos from eagle-eyed customers reveal that Apple’s overachieving tablet is just about to colonize shelf space nationwide.

The intercepted email shows inventory information and reveals that Walmart will stock all six iPad models at standard prices, along with Apple’s Bluetooth keyboard, the Camera Connection Kit, iPad charger, dock and case. Another email, published by Mac Rumors, details the roll-out: Walmart stores will start to sell the iPad this week, with 1,000 stores stocking it by the end of October, and a further 800 stores will carry it in November. Walmart joins Target, which is already selling the iPad in its brick-and-mortar stores.

The iPad is actually already on sale in at least one store, and is stashed under in-store displays in a rather non-secretive manner in at least one other, according to photos taken by readers of Mac Rumors and The Unofficial Apple Weblog (above right, complete with arrow for TUAW readers who don’t know what an iPad looks like). I particularly like the tag behind the on-shelf iPad, which reads “Low price: $829.” Low? Really?

I have the feeling that the iPad will be this year’s Tickle-Me-Elmo, especially as it can now be tossed into holiday-season shopping carts along with everything else at Walmart. Expect to see these things everywhere, and I mean everywhere, when the kids get ahold of them this Christmas.

Wal-Mart Preparing to Offer iPad [Mac Rumors]

iPad already showing up on Walmart shelves [TUAW]

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The Stemie isn’t going to stop you crying if you slip off your saddle and take a metal whack to the baby-maker, but it might just make the bruises a little less severe. The oddly-spelled accessory is simply a silicone-rubber ball with a strap that slips over and secures to your bike-stem.

You have to be riding your bike in a rather odd fashion, or have some very bad luck, to actually hit your more sensitive parts on the sharp aluminum elbow of the handlebar stem, but its pretty easy to bash a thigh if you’re using your bike for anything more dangerous than commuting. Mountain-bikers, BMX-ers and bike polo players are all aware of the risks. This last – polo-players – are especially vulnerable as they’ll often use old road bikes with an angled quill-stem instead of the squared-off clamp-on stems seen elsewhere.

The Stemie weighs 60-grams (2.1-ounces), comes in an array of eye-burning colors and costs $19 – a small price to pay for the continuation of your bloodline.

Stemie product page [Stemie via Bike Snob]

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Forget all those Marty-come-lately imitations and knock-offs: If you want McFly’s actual real sneakers, as worn during the filming of Back to the Future 2, then you will soon be able to bid for them at auction. You’ll probably need to engage in some Biff Tannen-style back-in-time betting to afford them, but these are the real deal, people, and they look tacky as hell.

You will remember Marty’s self-lacing Nike sneakers as one of the technical highlights of Robert Zemeckis’ amazing trilogy. The only thing more memorable is the Doc’s automatic dog-feeder, a clock-controlled can-opener which would sling Einstein’s disgusting slops into an overflowing bowl. Well, that and the Flux Capacitor, I guess.

In the year’s since 1985, we have seen imitations, from the McFly 2015 project to the recent flurry of home-made versions which really do lace themselves. Hell, even Nike got in on it and patented the design. From the sales description:

This particular shoe was specifically made for walking around. Original future Nike 2015 self-lacing shoes are extremely rare and one of the most sought-after props from one of the most iconic Sci-Fi movies ever made.

The sneakers won’t come cheap, though. The expected sale price at the Hollywood Memorabilia Auction 42 on November 6th is $12,000 to $15,000. That’s in 2010 dollars. Here’s another picture:

Marty McFly Year 2015 future Nike “Mag” self-lacing shoe worn in Back to the Future II [Profiles in History via OhGizmo!]

See Also:

• Nike Patents Marty McFly's Self-Lacing Sneaker
• Marty McFly's Self-Lacing Sneakers Coming to Stores
• Great Scott! The 2015 McFly Sneakers Are Now (Somewhat) Real …
• Gallery: Hands-On With Nike's Hyperdunk 2015s
• Back to the Future: Hacker Makes Self-Lacing Sneakers

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This article was written on June 13, 2006 by CyberNet.

On June 20th, two new domains will be available! @live.com and @windowslive.com will be the newest additions to the Windows Live concept. For those of you with the drawn out redundant e-mail addresses, (like jimjohn200304234@hotmail.com) this is your chance to get the short simple name you’ve always wanted. While it’s a hassle to notify all of your contacts, it may be worth it! When Gmail first began 2 years ago, I jumped at the chance to get the account name that I wanted. Chances like this don’t come around very often.

The Windows Live team is currently working on a migration process that would allow you to transfer your current information to a new account. Unfortunately for the time being this feature is not available which will probably be the biggest copmlaint among current hotmail and MSN users wanting to switch over to the news domains. It would have been nice to see this migration process already implemented so that the process of switching over to a new domain would be simple and effortless. Which according to Microsoft,

What is Windows Live?
Your online world gets better when everything works simply and effortlessly together. That’s the basic idea behind Windows Live.

News Source: Windows Live Mail Support

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