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A baseball cap that reads your mind

Rj3sp — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:43:30 +0000

It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if youâ€™re getting too sleepy when driving based on your brain wave patterns....

LinkNotes: Universal SIM Unlock Card

Rj3sp — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:50:22 +0000

Looking to unlock your iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia or Motorola? USB Fever is offering a $23 universal unlock card made of a very thin piece of FPC. Simply fit your SIM card on top of it.

From Deep Space to Dirty Bombs: Scientists Retask Telescope (5/18/2008)

Rj3sp — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:15:23 +0000

University of New Hampshire astrophysicist James Ryan knows how to detect radioactive emissions across the vast sweep of our galaxy.

So when he watched National Guardsmen struggle to track down a radioactive source inside a building as they conducted...

Microsoft Revives Yahoo Fight, Considers More Limited Deal WSJ.com

Rj3sp — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:40:21 +0000

Microsoft Corp. said it has resumed its effort to team up with Yahoo Inc. — and reopened the door to the possibility of making a new bid for the Internet company.

According to people familiar with the matter, Microsoft has proposed to Yahoo a deal...

Need concept phone fulfills the basic need only

Naveen — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:41:29 +0000

We, over at CellphoneBeat, are crazy about concept cellphones. While most of the concept phones we come across are packed with a range of multimedia specs, the â€˜Needâ€™ concept phone is meant for communication only - no MP3, video, camera etc. Two...

Samsung comes calling on Virgin with the Slash Slider

Jayaprashanth — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:34:26 +0000

Virgin Mobile U.S.A. finally unveils it’s first Samsung mobile phone in the Samsung Slash slider phone. The Samsung Slash Slider phone, though stylish, is pretty much a basic phone with a colour display, a VGA camera and a Bluetooth connectivity....

Provoke's futuristic cellphone concepts in action

Arpita Mukherjee — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:22:22 +0000

Conceptualizing is one thing and making it a reality is something completely different. It is easier to conceptualize and difficult to materialize and Nokia knows it no less when it faced its design contractor Provokeâ€™s 2012 concepts. Express, Share...

Sprint caps 'UNLIMITED' data at 5GB

Arpita Mukherjee — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:44:23 +0000

Going for Sprint connection will not be as cheap as it used to be if reports from the SprintUsers.com are to be believed. Come July 13th and Sprint will limit its unlimited mobile broadband service to 5GB. Currently major US carriers are limiting their...

3G iPhone sneak peek?

Jayaprashanth — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:41:25 +0000

For all the hype and hoopla surrounding the 3G iPhone, we seem to have finally gotten ourselves a decent sneak peek at how the 3G iPhone will look. This time around, the leak is from a iPhone case maker called XSKN. Incidentally, XSKN is launching a 3G...

Nokia N810 Internet Tablet gets FCC Approval

Atul — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:52:53 +0000

Good news for the freaks waiting for the next edition of the Internet Tablet as Nokia has managed to get the FCC approval for its latest launch, N810. It has already hit the stores with features that are being seen as a continuation of its previous...