War’s a messy business, and if a Russian inventor has his way, it could be downright disgusting. Taking a ‘kill two birds with one stone’ approach, Aleksandr Georgievich Semenov proposes that tank personnel turn their waste into projectiles, resulting in both physical and psychological damage to their enemies. More »
Wow. Judge Denise Cote certainly knows how to put a spring in the step of mega corporations. Mere days have passed since she ordered HarperCollins to let retailers to set their own e-book prices, and yet already Kindle bestsellers from that publisher are selling for around $9.99 — in some cases that’s $15 off the list price. Under the same settlement, Hachette Book Group and Simon & Schuster must also give retailers like Amazon greater flexibility over prices, so we may well see more lowered prices soon. The one place you won’t find such discounts, however, is the iBookstore, since Apple has opted to fight the Justice Department and go to trial alongside Penguin and MacMillan next year.
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You know, if there is one way to get rid of all the trash in the world, we might as well be a Time Lord and travel to the future, where the folks there would have figured out how to vaporize trash the safe and clean way, or at least have some means to keep the earth green. Dump all our rubbish there and that’s that. Unfortunately, since time travel remains a fantasy at this point in time, it will just be you and your imagination, and with $89.99 in exchange for the Doctor Who TARDIS Trash Can, there ought to be no more mess around your workspace.
This office-sized TARDIS trash can will actually light up and play some cool sounds whenever you open and close it, but you will still need to empty it yourself of its contents at the proper place once it is stuffed to the brim. There is a switch located under the lid that allows you to turn off the sound effects just in case it proves to be too disturbing to the rest of your office mates. The Doctor Who TARDIS Trash Can will run off a trio of AAA batteries.
[ Doctor Who TARDIS Trash Can copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
New UK combo-carrier EE will be the only carrier in the UK to offer the Nokia Lumia 920, it’s been confirmed, with the Windows Phone 8 smartphone offering LTE connectivity. Pricing for the flagship Lumia has not been announced, nor availability, though EE says it intends to begin 4G operations in four cities from today.
The actual commercial launch will come a little later however; the first LTE light-up is really for engineers from the carrier to test things out and make sure the 4G system is running smoothly. Today is the first day EE has been legally allowed to operate an LTE network, according to UK regulator approval.
The Lumia 920 will be accompanied by the Lumia 820, though that won’t apparently be an exclusive with EE. Also uncertain – though likely – is whether EE will be offering the Lumia 920 via the two 3G carriers it includes, T-Mobile and Orange, though since the new network’s 4G service isn’t expected to go live in sixteen cities until the end of the year, we can’t see either EE or Nokia being keen to limit sales of the smartphone.
EE is yet to announce pricing for the phone, or indeed for any of its LTE service packages, though there won’t be a prepay option for 4G data. More on EE – including speedtests – here.
Nokia Lumia 920 is EE UK LTE exclusive is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We hate the way a lot of Apple design looks, these days: virtual leather, felt, wood, and glass. It’s like a sleazy game room in your Cool Uncle’s basement. Who is making these eye-screwing decisions? Fast Company says it was Jobs. More »
EarthLink is a name I haven’t thought of since the mid-90s when dial-up Internet access was all I could get. EarthLink has announced plans to offer fixed and wireless 4G broadband access to customers. The company will offer the 4G mobile and fixed access over the Clearwire WiMax network.
To begin with, EarthLink will start with fixed wireless service in consumers’ homes and will later expand to include mobile devices. That sounds rather odd considering wireless broadband is typically associated with mobile devices more than home Internet access. EarthLink will offer the service using a WiMax USB dongle for computers, and mobile phones later.
While EarthLink’s 4G service will start using the Clearwire WiMax network, both EarthLink and Clearwire say that the 4G access will be offered via Clearwire’s LTE network when it launches sometime next year. EarthLink today sells Internet service using DSL more than the dial-up access were familiar with from the past.
EarthLink is Clearwire’s latest wholesale customer, and Clearwire counts Sprint and prepaid mobile companies Jolt Mobile and Cricket Communications as customers as well. While Clearwire plans to roll out a LTE network, it will not discontinue its WiMax network. Sprint has an agreement in place with Clearwire that allows Sprint continue to use the WiMax network through 2015. There are no pricing or availability details on the new EarthLink service right now.
[via Computuer World]
EarthLink plans to offer fixed and wireless 4G broadband is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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AMD has just announced that it has become an investor in CiiNOW, a cloud gaming company that streams PC games to any client devices like computers, smartphones, tablets or set top boxes. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it is very similar to OnLive and Gaikai. CiiNOW is a bit different in the sense that instead of providing a service directly to end-users, it offers a white-label platform for others to use. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: AMD LiveBox works right from a power outlet, Samsung Cloud Gaming unveiled,
I am quite sure that many of us who are in our early 30s and older would have had fond memories of heading off to the fun fair when we were little kids, and the ferris wheel was always one of the attractions which should not be missed. Of course, those with less intestinal fortitude would be happy with bumper cars, disturbing clowns who get around on stilts, as well as sitting in one of those spinning teacups. Well, here is a way for you to commemorate your childhood memories with the $129.95 Motorized Ferris Wheel Construction Set.
This particular construction kit will form a motorized, rotating Ferris wheel, and in total there are 890 parts so you know for sure this is not the toy to get for your hyperactive 5 year old. The 890 parts will comprise of plastic girders, connectors, and gears which require no glue as they snap together in order to form the 23″-tall Ferris wheel’s platform, frame, and eight swiveling passenger cars.
The motor is battery-powered, where a quartet of spur gears will help rotate the wheel clockwise or counter clockwise at eight revolutions per minute, helping recreate the intricate mechanical design and leisurely pace which rolls back the years. It requires a couple of AA batteries to run, and comes with a color, step-by-step instruction manual to help the uninitiated.
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Having a phone that can easily switch between SIM cards is very convenient, especially if you travel a lot. Usually, you’d have to manually take out a SIM card and insert another one in its place, unless you’ve got one of those off-market phones with mulitple SIM slots. The thumbsUp! case makes this process easier, if you happen to have an iPhone.
No official iPhone has had a dual-SIM card functionality, which is probably one of the reasons why thumbsUP! released its Dual SIM Card case. The case allows you to carry two SIM cards at the same time. You can switch cards simply by powering down your phone and flipping a switch on the back of the case. It supports micro as well as normal-sized SIM cards. It appears to connect into the iPhone’s SIM slot on the side and then provides its own switching mechanism.
The Dual SIM Card case sells for £29.99 (~$48 USD) and works for the iPhone 4/4S. If you’re planning on upgrading to the new iPhone that will be announced this week, you might want to wait until a compatible case is released.
[via Ubergizmo]
Been keeping up with Steam’s Big Picture interface? Then you probably know it’s already in beta. The 10-foot UI hopes to help Valve’s content distribution portal get comfortable in front of your couch, offering gamers access to their favorite PC titles from a gamepad-friendly interface. We piped the beta out to our own living room to take a look, and weren’t surprised to find a sleek attractive UI with a heap of polish. That said, we were glad we didn’t leave our mouse and keyboard at the office.
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