Entries for July, 2010
Now you can shower with your power strip!
The new power strip from Wet Circuits is water-resistant and shock-proof indoor/outdoor 4-outlet surge protector that has been designed to withstand the elements. You can even stick a tweezer in an outlet and you won’t be electrocuted. It’s currently (pun intended) for … [visit site to read more] Filed in categories: Home Tech, News, Spotlight [...]
Microsoft Unveils Street Slide Map UI
theodp writes “For show-and-tell at SIGGRAPH 2010, Microsoft Research brought Street Slide, ‘a multi-perspective street slide panorama with navigational aides and mini-map.’ Very slick (demo video). Technology Review explains that Street Slide stitches together slices from multiple panoramas, making it possible to see all the shops on a street at once. Someone using Street Slide’s [...]
Samsung releases Captivate source code
Yay open source! Samsung has released the source code for the SGH-I897, better known as the Captivate (the AT&T variant of the Galaxy S). In a letter to developers Samsung writes: You can download the source code of SGH-I897 on this site in Mobile Category, SGH-I897 model. Thank you. The source is about 160 megabytes [...]
British ISPs Favour Well-Connected Customers
scurtis writes “An insider has told eWEEK Europe that some Internet service providers in the UK only sign-up customers who can be guaranteed a good service, in order to improve average speed claims. The revelation comes after the regulator Ofcom criticised broadband service providers earlier this week for not delivering the speeds promised to consumers. [...]
Deal of the Day – $100 + 15% off Lenovo IdeaCentre A700 23in Core i3 2.26GHz 1080p All-in-one Desktop PC
The LogicBUY deal of the day is for a 23-inch Lenovo IdeaCentre A700 All-in-one Desktop PC starting at $1,099 – $100 off – 15% stackable coupon (expires August 4) = $849.15 with free shipping. The IdeaCentre A700 features ultra-thin stylish design with 23-inch 1080p display equipped with Webcamera. Also available in Core i5 and Quad [...]
