DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates will suspend use of Blackberry services in October, citing concerns about security risks, the state news agency said on Sunday. Original post by Whitson Gordon
An anonymous reader writes “Paypal has quietly killed the Paypal plugin and the related virtual-card service. The service generated on-the-fly, one-time-use credit card numbers. When I called in and inquired about the service, I was told that the service has been discontinued, but may be relaunching something similar depending on interest. They are treating inquiries [...]
An anonymous reader writes “Imagine technology that allows you to get inside the mind of a terrorist to know how, when, and where the next attack will occur. In the Northwestern study, when researchers knew in advance specifics of the planned attacks by the make-believe ‘terrorists,’ they were able to correlate P300 brain waves to [...]
These nifty remote-controlled Mario Kart toys from Japan — not the same ones found at ThinkGeek — let you play the Nintendo classic in real-life, complete with power-ups. That’s right, the “controller emits that familiar jingling item select sound when you’ve snagged a virtual power-up.” Video after the break. Sadly there is no drifting to [...]
Shark Week is upon us, premiering tonight on Discovery at 9pm, and the official website’s Shark Cam kicks off with a “dive tour at 12:30 p.m. ET, a sand tiger and hammerhead shark feeding at 1:30 p.m. ET, and a whale shark feeding at 3:00 p.m. ET.” More information. Videos after the break. Click here [...]
Amazon has the Canon PowerShot SD780IS for just $168.65 shipped, originally priced at $240.99. Whether it be “full HD movie capture to peak performance in even the most unforgiving shooting conditions, this digital camera is on the cutting edge of point-and-shoot picture taking.” Product page. Video overview after the break. Canon’s commitment to innovation defines [...]
SEOUL, Korea (AVING Special Report on ‘VIP ASIA 2010 H1′) — SmallQWERTY, a 3×3 Bluetooth keypad from Mobience (CEO Jae-woo Ahn, www.mobience.com) was chosen as global news network AVING’s VIP Asia 2010′s Best Product. With the rising number of Smartphone users, Mobience has created a keyboard-solution “SmallQWERTY” that is applied on Smartphones as a 3 [...]
No, you won’t find Ben Heck’s work in this list, as we’ve covered his 10 best creations here. What you’ll find here is the five coolest homemade portable game consoles that we’ve come across in recent time, including Brian Henderson’s amazing SNESp (above). Continue reading to see them all. Original post by TecheBlog Staff
SEOUL, Korea (AVING Special Report on ‘VIP ASIA 2010 H1′) — The Optical Trackpad (OTP) from Crucialtec (CEO Gun-jun Ahn, www.crucialtec.com) was chosen as global news network AVING’s VIP Asia 2010′s Best Product. (Photo: Crucialtec OTP applied on Blueberry) Optical Trackpad works as a mouse on mobile devices, and is gaining attention as Smartphone users [...]
If nothing else, this video shows why you shouldn’t wash bricks inside a washing machine, as it just may self-destruct. One of the only gadgets strong enough to take on a brick would be a Blendtec blender. Continue reading to watch. [via Gizmodo] Original post by TecheBlog Staff
