Feb 26
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Normally $48, you can pick up these stereo Bluetooth ear warmers today for just $37 with free shipping from Amazon. They probably don’t sound quite as good as your Audio-Technicas, but I guarantee they’ll keep you warmer.
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Feb 26
It goes without saying that the modern traveller needs reliable in-flight Wi-Fi access, and airlines have been putting in a lot of time and resources to provide the facility. Speeds were nowhere near what people would experience on the ground when in-flight Wi-Fi was initially introduced, but the technology has evolved since then. The ViaSat-1 satellite already powers JetBlue’s Fly-Fi service with the promise of 12 Mbps speeds per seat, and apparently United too has switched on this Ka-band backed service on its own select Boeing 737 aircraft.
Select United 737s Now Offer ViaSat’s Super Fast Wi-Fi original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 26
Collector and author Steve Sansweet poses with the same kind of rare "Empire Strikes Back" medical droid action figure that sold for thousands in the UK.
(Credit: Steve Sansweet)
When an original 1980 Palitoy “Empire Strikes Back” medical droid action figure sold at a UK auction last week for more than $11,000, “Star Wars” fans and collectors were in a state of shock. It’s not every day childhood dreams translate to big dollars, after all.
“I was gobsmacked by the price!” Steve Sansweet, author of the book “Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection,” told Crave. “When you add the buyer’s premium and the value added tax, it comes to over $14,400 — for a nearly 34-year-old 4-inch piece of plastic sealed on a card. But as in any auction, it only takes two slightly crazed, somewhat wealthy folks to drive a price up to incredible heights. It may have been the last piece someone needed to complete a run, it looks like it was as in near-mint condition as these things get, and the heart-beating competition of an auction can lead to a lot of adrenaline pumping.”
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We live in an age where everything needs to be done as fast as possible so you can move on to the next order of business. Inconveniences do happen, but thankfully there are loads of gadgets to help you with spontaneous interruptions to your day. There are even gizmos that will help you air up a tire or blow up an inflatable jungle gym in a short span of time.
For smaller fixes, we normally rely on a hand-pump, and have to move between that and a pressure gauge. If you’d prefer to get things taken care of with just one tool, then the Airman High Performance Air Compressor will get the job done. This requires little to no effort on your part aside from attaching this to the nozzle. It has a gauge that will make sure you don’t overdo it, and will stop automatically if need be.
These sort of things are great time-savers, but they do cost a pretty penny. You’re looking at putting down around $70 if you’re in need of a tool like this. The bright side is that you won’t need to buy batteries often as it uses a rechargeable Li-Ion battery, and charges through a wall plug. It’s easy to carry around as it comes with a travel bag, which means you can have it handy for those emergency situations.
Available for purchase on campingword, found via redferret
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Feb 26
IBM is throwing open the cognitive computing power of Watson to mobile developers, setting up a new challenge to create apps that take advantage of the supercomputer’s natural language processing, … Continue reading
Feb 26
They say that good things come to those who wait. I would suppose that should you happen to be an industry watcher where smartphones are concerned, you might have come across news that Boeing, the aviation giant, intends to make the jump into the world of smartphones. This is almost as “silly” as supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg teaming up with Razer to roll out a limited edition Razer Blade gaming laptop, as the worlds of both companies are poles apart. No matter, it has been a couple of years since Boeing reiterated their commitment to work on an Android-powered smartphone that is secure, and here we are in spring with news of such a smartphone having arrived at the FCC already for approval, which can only mean one thing – the Boeing Android-powered smartphone is well on its way to the market.
Boeing’s Android-Powered Smartphone Arrives At The FCC original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 26
Barnes & Noble will revive its Nook tablet line with a new model this year
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You’d be forgiven for thinking that Barnes & Noble’s tablet range was on ice; while the firm did promise to work with third parties on new models, it went through all of 2013 without fresh devices. The bookseller will soon reward patient fans,…
Feb 26
Trust the listings you find on Google Maps? You shouldn’t, because it’s dumb easy to fake them. That’s what Google Maps exploiter Bryan Seely demonstrated for me this morning. And while trolling politicians with dick jokes is never not funny, there’s also a whole sub-community of scammers turning Google Map’s little bugs into cold, hard cash.
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Feb 26
The folks over at Panasonic do seem to have developed a loudspeaker which will make use of a diaphragm that has been made with plant opals in bamboo leaves, and this particular success would have marked the first time that something like this has happened in the industry, with the ultimate aim of improving sound quality. The new Bamboo Plant Opal Loudspeaker from Panasonic is capable of delivering according to the original sound, through the reproduction of clear sound with low distortion. All of this is made possible courtesy of the use of the hard, plant opal materials that occurs in bamboo for the diaphragm.
Panasonic Bamboo Plant Opal Loudspeaker original content from Ubergizmo. 
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