Hasta La Gadget!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to mock the above self-portrait without resorting to obvious jokes about the iPhone needing a bumper, the iPad lacking a camera of its own, or prefixing insults with the letter i. Come on, it’s Christmas, let’s be a little more like San Diego and keep it classy. For his part, David Polette, the author of this piece, admits to no Photoshop trickery whatsoever, having relied simply on his camera, Apple gadgets, and no small amount of patience to line things up just right. Android users, care to play along as well?

[Thanks, David]

Update: Ask, and ye shall receive! Tipster Antonio did up his own version of this with a Galaxy Tab and a G2. Check it out below!

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This article was written on January 16, 2007 by CyberNet.

Remember Wikiasari? We reported about it back in December as the search engine Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was exploring with. At the time, there was a screenshot floating around the Internet that was rumored to be for Wikiasari.  Well, it wasn’t.  We were pretty excited about the “tag bar” pictured at the top of that screenshot, and hoped that Wikiasari was going to still have some of those cool features we listed. Instead, that infamous screenshot actually belongs to Wikiseek, which will officially be announced on Wednesday.

As it turns out, Wikiseek’s prototype was called WikiSearch which was the name on the original screenshot. The purpose of WikiSeek is to search Wikipedia pages and those sites that have been linked to from Wikipedia. This is an alternative or a replacement to the built-in Wikipedia search. I’ll probably find myself using it as a replacement because it will return more relevant, quality results. And with the addition of the “linked to” websites, after doing a search you should have a great set of results to sift through (not to mention you’re less subject to spam)!

What’s even better about the results is that it includes a tag cloud which contains the Wikipedia categories containing your original search term.  You’ll be able to filter your results by clicking on the categories that you feel would be most appropriate (you’d do this using the ”tag bar” up at the top). The first three results on every page highlighted in blue are all from Wikipedia, and the remaining results are complied of the “linked to” items.

A few extras that they’ve thrown in to make searching easier for you:

• Search plugin for Firefox, IE7, and Opera
• Firefox extension that changes the way Wikipedia looks on your browser by adding a “WikiSearch” button to the Wikipedia search box.

Wikiseek was started by SearchMe who plans on additional search engines in the future.  They have said that much of the revenue from WikiSeek will go to the Wikimedia Foundation which means that they’re obviously wanting to help out the Wikipedia community.  I spent some time this morning doing a few searches, and it’s great. Probably the most beneficial feature is the “refine by category” using the tags up at the top.  If you use Wikipedia, you’ll definitely want to check this one out.

News Source: TechCrunch

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This article was written on January 11, 2006 by CyberNet.

It appears that Microsoft has started to send out emails to beta testers for Microsoft Office Live:

Hello and thank you for reserving your opportunity to participate in the Microsoft Office Live beta.

Microsoft Office Live is scheduled to make its debut in early 2006.* When it does, you’ll receive FREE access to a variety of online services designed to help give your small business the professional Web site and capabilities you need to succeed in today’s marketplace. How can Microsoft Office Live benefit your business? Take a look:

> Get a FREE Web site with your own domain name, free hosting, online business applications, e-mail and more.

>Easily access your company e-mail, customer and project information from almost any Internet-connected computer.**

> Make better use of your time and resources with one central location for your important data and smart, easy-to-use tools that can help you manage your small business.

> Streamline information sharing among employees, vendors and customers through a password-protected, private Web site.

Again, thanks for reserving your chance to join the Microsoft Office Live beta.

As the launch date approaches, we’ll continue to keep in touch with important information.

Best Regards,
Your Microsoft Office Live Team
www.officelive.com

News Source: The Unauthorized Microsoft Weblog

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This article was written on March 30, 2006 by CyberNet.

Fosfor Gadgets has put together a list of 10 keyboards that you will not find in every home. I found the keyboard above (prevents cramping in your hands) to be the most unique out of the list but I would say all of them are quite a site to see. DataHand is the manufacturer of that ergonomic keyboard and if you purchase the personal edition of the keyboard you will also receive a lap loader which allows the keyboard to be comfortably placed in your lap while you type. Despite what you may be thinking, there is actually a QWERTY layout to the keys (or so the site says ). Hmmm, interesting!

View All 10 ‘Weird’ Keyboards: Fosfor Gadgets

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This article was written on August 21, 2007 by CyberNet.

There’s always a scammer lurking around waiting for an unsuspecting victim, and this time it involves Google’s Gmail. Gmail currently offers 2GB of free storage to all users, but an email that many have received offers users more.

The image below shows what the email looks like, and even shows that it’s coming from a Google domain (note: it’s really not).  They explain that the email acts as an invitation for a free upgrade to 10GB of storage along with a free domain name. It then directs you to a site called “Gmail Upgrades” which looks just like you’d be logging into your Gmail account. Obviously you wouldn’t, you’d be giving your email login and password to scammers.

Just reading the email is enough to set off a few red flags, particularly with the grammar and lack of proper punctuation. I’d think that most people reading this are smart enough to pick-up on the fact that the email isn’t legit, but ya never know! We already talked about the billions of dollars lost to email scams due to people responding to bogus offers for money, which then leaves me wondering how many people responded to this scam?

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