The HP LaserJet 1320nw has a 133-MHz processor and 16 Mbytes of RAM and runs on the HP Jetdirect 802.11b/g wireless Ethernet or USB 2.0 with HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet; two new Bluetooth stereo adapters from Jabra will give music fans a way to listen to their tunes without messing with wires; Logitech’s $50 V450 laser cordless mouse for notebooks lasts a year on two AA batteries and features a 2.4-GHz microreceiver.
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Several of the popular Web site’s users have been held up at gunpoint by individuals posing as buyers and sellers, according to a number of police departments.
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A new device enables drivers to check their e-mails without taking their eyes off the road. The iLane Bluetooth device connects with wireless devices to read aloud incoming messages and manages your inbox through voice activated commands.
The device from Intelligent Mechatronic Systems alerts drivers about incoming e-mail through an audio queue, and can be configured to filter incoming e-mails and provides a summary of the messages. This means the e-mail is being scanned either manually or automatically, which may be a turnoff to some potential customers. The iLane, which has been tested with the Blackberry and Treo, also manages phone calls, SMS messages and e-mail attachments.
This is much safer than trying to manipulate your Blackberry while driving, but intently listening to e-mails while driving has been found to be more distracting than solely focusing on the road. While I listen to music all the time, I struggled with listening to books on CD since I could never give proper attention to both the road and the novel that w
NEW YORK (AP) — An impromptu back rub that President George W. Bush gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel is now massaging millions of funnybones.
A 5-second video and series of photographs recently posted on YouTube.com and various blogs show Bush surprising Merkel at the G-8 Summit by quickly rubbing the back of her neck and shoulders. The chancellor immediately hunches her shoulders, throws her arms up and grimaces, though she appears to smile as Bush walks away.
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KANEOHE, Hawaii — Teens looking to hook up with a friend on the popular Web community MySpace may bump into an unexpected buddy: the U.S. Marine Corps.
So far, over 12,000 Web surfers have signed on as friends of the Corps in response to the latest military recruiting tactic. Other military branches may follow.
SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. said Friday it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the “Zune” brand this year, in a belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod player.
Sometimes, you have to wonder whether Silicon Valley’s MBA elite paid attention when their professors lectured about why it’s a good idea to put customers first. Then again, maybe that was an elective course they skipped.
Case in point: the big goof not to embrace interoperability from the very start. All the public-relations palaver in the world can’t disguise what everyone who uses computers and software already knows–erecting unnecessary technology barriers has benefited only a handful of companies. As the tech business closes in on the 25th anniversary of the original PC from IBM in August, I find it incredible that the industry is still wrestling with this anachronism.
As swiftly as a speeding shot on goal, riffs on Zinedine Zidane’s infamous moment of soccer rage have invaded cyberspace. Though fans across the world are clearly divided on whether the French star deserves condemnation or sympathy for head-butting an Italian opponent in the World Cup final, the Web has been typically merciless.
AP – The House passed legislation Tuesday that would prevent gamblers from using credit cards to bet online and could block access to gambling Web sites.
VH1’s Best Week Ever more or less sums it up with Christian Finnegan and Nick Kroll’s spoof of the ad campaign.
