Gadgets Blog

This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• All Circuit City stores closing permanently March 8th - Engadget
• Crazy tea bag lighting - Toxel
• Live in a shipping container - Gizmodo
• Elevation’s prediction that the end of the iPhone is near - Daring Fireball
• Fish on the brain - OhGizmo!
• Mood Walls in Amsterdam - Ubergizmo
  
• The latest Star Trek Trailer - Crunch Gear
  

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And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Ongoing Office Depot: Take $30 off $150 Purchases
• NEO Asteroid to Just Miss Earth Today
• Rubik’s Cube is No Match for the Pentaminx Dodecahedral
• Be Like Bill, Ignore iPods and iPhones: Microsoft Zune Deals
• Smell Like a Trekkie: Star Trek Fragrances

So you’d think the richest man on the planet would have pretty much everything. Especially something as cool and affordable as Apple’s iPhones and iPods.

You’ve thought wrong.

Bill Gates has some pride and among the things that is banned from his family at their technologically advanced home are, you guessed it, Apple iPhones and iPods. Finally, something the kids at school can tease the Gates children about.

“Oh, you have a G5 jet, well I have a 3G iPhone! NeeNer NeeNer!”

Even the wife Melinda Gates apparently has an eye for Apple’s creations.

“Every now and then I look at my friends and say, “Ooh, I wouldn’t mind having that iPhone.”

But until Bill lets go of the reigns, it looks like it’s Microsoft Zunes and Palm Treos for everyone.

To check out all the deals on Microsoft Zune media players on Smarter.com, click here.

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This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• Seinfeld and Gates make their commercial duo debut - Engadget
• Video game belt buckles - Technabob
• Check out the PC Nintendo Wii - Gizmodo
• Shower and surf the channels - Machines that Go Bing!
• Behold! The Calculator SpyCam! - OhGizmo!
• Microbes in dirt provide electricity for Africans - TreeHugger
  
• Take a look at the Pea Speaker System - Ubergizmo

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Rocket Video: The Damage Caused by an Exploding Rocket
• Corel Coupon Code: Save 10% at Corel’s Online Store
• What Do You Think of the New Google Chrome Browser?

This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• Sony S-AIRPLAY plays the iPhone - Engadget
• Apple to crank out 45 million iPhone 3Gs in the next 12 months - Gizmodo
• Compose an instant score! - Machines that Go Bing!
• PSP Dock Cradle - GadgetMadness
• Nike feel free headset. Run with it! - GadgetHeat
• Mac Mini Mods - OhGizmo!
• USB Fan Hub - Ubergizmo

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• PCRush.com Coupon: Save 6% off Any Ink Cartridges and Toner
  
• Look Stylish in a JABRA Wireless Headset for Hello Direct
• Checkpoint-Friendly Laptop Bags
• Buy Laptop: Save 20% on Dell XPS Laptops Over $1249
• Microsoft Hires Jerry Seinfeld and Gates to Challenge Apple Ads

It looks like Microsoft is going to finally battle those annoying Apple commercials we keep seeing on TV.

For a modest $300 million, Microsoft is going to launch their new commercial campaign starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. Seinfeld’s share is set to be around $10 million. Not bad for just standing there for a few seconds, blabbing about a computer and trying to brainwash viewers into thinking Vista is NOT annoying.

With Apple’s share of the PC world rising, Microsoft’s campaign is to be based on “Windows, Not Walls” and stressing the need to “break down barriers that prevent people and ideas from connecting.” It’s also going to try and help reverse people’s negative opinion on Windows Vista. Good luck with that.

I’m curious to see what Microsoft has up their sleeve with the Gates and Seinfeld combo. Seinfeld sure has the upper hand on Justin Long in star power. Hmm, maybe they should do a celebrity death match, like claymation, with Seinfeld and Gates teaming up against Long from Apple. Wait, Long needs a partner.

How about the old Dell dude? From the looks of things, he appears to be in need of a new gig. And at the end of the match, for some reason I see Gates coming out on top. Maybe he’s pelting the two dudes with iPhones or something, while Seinfeld chews on an iMac with his huge teeth.

Source: Engadget

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A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• Chief Executive of McDonalds in the UK blames video games for obese kids - MCV
• Steampunk Justice League of America modded action figures - BoingBoing
• Panasonic introduces the 150-inch plasma TV - Ubergizmo
• Another IM alert from PC Gizmo - Engadget
  
• Check out the new Knight Rider clip - Jalopnik
• Hands on look at the iPhone zoom, wide-angle camera lense - Gizmodo
  

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Store Your Files in this USB Memory Watch
  
• Paper Airplane has a Long Journey Back to the Ground
• On the Fly: FlyTunes Brings Internet Radio to the iPhone
• Save 10% off Any Item at Epson
• Mario Plus Doom Equals World Domination
• A Glimpse at Bill Gates’ Last Day at Microsoft

Recently, Microsoft’s Bill Gates announced at CES that he will step down from his full time duties at the company and focus his efforts on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Well, Gates got together with a few of his friends and gave us a glimpse at what his last day at Microsoft would look like.

     
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A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• Nintendo losing over $1 billion from Wii shortages - New York Times
• The name is Bond, James Bond. Ring doubles as microphone - Boing Boing
• Top 10 Worst Gadgets of 2007 - Popular Mechanics
• Do you want fries with your McBook? - Wired
• Give the gift of Terminator 2 - Gizmodo
• Thieves hijack truck carrying 1,000 boxes of Rock Band - Engadget

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Save $200 on a 42″ refurbished Philips LCD HDTV
• Make an iPhone/iPod Touch stand from a dollar
• Time Magazine’s Top 10 Video Games of 2007
• Microsoft giving away Vista in exchange to watch you.
• Gift Idea: Original Nintendo controller backpack
• Save $200 on a Philips 42″ plasma HDTV
• Celebrate Christmas with Bill Gates
  

If you’ve run out of gift ideas to give this Christmas, then look no further than to have Bill Gates help you spread the holiday cheer.

What better way to bring a smile to a loved one’s face than a snowglobe of Microsoft CEO Bill Gates swimming in money! And there are two different models to choose from.

So when you’re sitting at the fireplace counting your pennies to pay the bills, just look at ol’ Bill swimming in his money and you’ll just be thankful that there is someone out there who is rich.

Not really, but these globes are a bit funny.

Check them out here at JoyofTech.com.

So yesterday Bill Gates announced that his foundation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, owns about 740,000 shares of stock in the McDonald’s Corporation.

Yes, you read that right. The foundation that has the slogan, “bringing innovations in health and learning to the global community,” owns a ton of stock in a company that helps to make little Junior a bit more on the soft side.

Don’t you think this kind of defeats the purpose of what you’re trying to bring to the world Bill? I mean, you’re invested in a company that helps to fatten up the American public, yet your foundation is trying to teach us how to live a more healthy and hearty lifestyle.

I’m confused.

I think I’m gonna go run on a treadmill and snack on Big Mac.

Source: Reuters
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