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Boy Receives Big Bucks Instead of Playstation
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Video Games,
Police in Norfolk, UK were puzzled when a boy who ordered a Playstation 2 for £95 (~$195.00) from eBay received EU 65,400 (~$90,353.00) instead. They have decided to hold on to the parcel under their Proceeds of Crime Act while they investigate. eBay has promised to cooperate in finding the money’s owner. Theoretically, the child and his parents can get back the funds under the Police Property Act if nobody else claims it. If they manage to do that, they can probably buy a PS3.
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| BBC
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Shopper Creates English Version
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Internet, Misc. Tech,
Here’s your chance to make some actual money blogging. The German-based site Shopper has launched an English beta version, which is used to create product reviews and recommendations. You can also promote your writing with the widget Adget on MySpace and watch the pennies
dollars roll in to your PayPal account when you revenue share with the site. Bookmark others’ reviews and earn cash by recommending them. This is also a fine place to look for folks who try before you buy. We have noted many of these sites of late, but the bad news is that it will probably take a lot more time to earn those few pennies than you would like to spend.
Read More | Mashable
Gallery: Shopper Creates English Version
Superbooster Allows USB in Any Room
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech, USB,
The Superbooster Wall Plate lets you run USB via ethernet for accessories such as cameras, printers, printers, or projectors up to 150 ft. away. This is truly plug-and-play with no software or drivers needed. You can place the white wall plates in more than one room, provided you run ethernet cording through walls. The Superbooster comes with one transmitter and one receiver to make the two Leviton Decora compatible plates and can be connected with standard cat5, cat5E, or cat6 UTP cable. At a price of $129.99 and with a 1 year warranty, get yours at Cables To Go.
Read More | Cables To Go
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To Leak or Not To Leak Harry Potter
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Editorial, Smart Home, Internet,
Mommy, make them stop! We are frankly tired of hearing about whether or not actual facts have been leaked about “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Scholastic Corporation is reportedly suing book distributer Levy Home Entertainment and DeepDiscount.com for leaking information, pictures, and advanced copies before the book’s American debut at 12:01 a.m. (0401 GMT) on Saturday. Most of us realize that negative publicity can often be just as beneficial as positive PR and suspect that this is no exception. We rate it right up there with the whereabouts of Paris Hilton at any given moment.
Read More | Reuters
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In January, Mark Ontkush wrote a blog that commented that using a black version of Google would save about 3000 megawatts a year, since a white page uses 74 watts and a black one only 59. Toby Heap thought Mark’s idea was such a good one that Blackle was created. The site reports that just since its Febuary release, 95,918.333 watt hours have been saved. You know that Gear Live is trying to help the world become a greener place, so we thought we would give it a try and found that the darkened screen not only worked fine, it had a nice Zen effect. Everybody say “O-h-h-h-m-m-m.”
(Thanks, Toby)
Read More | Blackle
Gallery: Google Fades to Black
Sony GC-1 Net Sharing Video Camera
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Internet, Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video,
It had to happen. It seems that when Sony hears of an idea, in this case a small and inexpensive still/video camera designed to upload on the Internet like Flipvideo, they develop one, too. The Net Sharing GC-1 is only 1 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 2 1/4-inches, and weighs only about 5 ounces. It takes 5-megapixel still photos and shoots video in MPEG-4 with your choice of QVGA/15 fps or VGA/ 30fps and can hold up to 5 hours of footage with a 2 GB Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo media card (for an additional $59.99.)
With a built-in flash, a 4x digital zoom, and a 2.4 inch color LCD screen, the GC-1 has around a rechargeable 90 minute battery life span and will be arriving in September for ~$200.00 in retail stores or you can preorder now at Sony Style. We suspect that other companies will also be coming out with their own versions of inexpensive cams so that everyone can become part of the YouTube Generation.
Read More | Sony Style
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BlackBerry 8820 To Be Released
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, GPS, Handhelds, Internet, Portable Audio / Video, Wireless / WiFi,
Research in Motion will be launching their BlackBerry 8820 with plenty of new and updated features, such as built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi support, an enhanced multi-media player, voice dialing, trackball navigation, and a micro SD/SDHC expandable memory slot that will hold 32GB. Rim’s smartphone still has an easily manageable QWERTY keyboard, a 320 x 240 display, SMS and MMS text messaging, IM, and web browser. The BlackBerry 8820 will be available in Europe in the next few weeks, with a North American AT&T launch during the latter part of this summer.
Read More | RIM
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Chinese Teens Get Restricted Video Gaming Online
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Video Games,
The Chinese, under a new ruling that took effect Monday, have decided to limit the hours that teens can play online games. The user must enter their ID card number and after three hours (based on the length it takes to play the strategy game “Go”) the computer prompt reads “do suitable physical exercise.” If they continue, the software slashes their points in half, and after 5 hours, are wiped entirely.
Companies such as The9, which runs the game WOW, says that most of the 3.5 million subscribers in China are adults and doesnt think that the ruling will effect their business. Designed to cutback on video game addicts, some experts say that savvy teens can beat the system by using false identities. Isn’t it great to be on this side of the planet?
Read More | newsvine
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IMVU chat is a cross between Second Life and MySpace. It combines the ability of an ordinary IM with a customizeable 3D avatar that speaks through cartoon bubbles and can be modified with clothing, furniture, and backgrounds. Relying on member developed content, IMVU users can order/sell more of these items via virtual currency earned, making it seem more of a business than a pleasure to us.
Although the service has been around for a couple of years, IMVU now claims that its recently released beta 3D messenger already has over a million subscribers. They are hoping to expand to include games, access on cell phones, and incorporating celebrities’ and designer clothing. We wonder if we can get the Lindsey Lohan alchohol-detecting ankle bracelet to go with our Goth outfits.
Read More | IMVU
Gallery: IMVU Rivals Second Life
First you could become an M&M, now as part of the hype for The Simpsons Movie next week, in conjunction with Burger King, you can be a Simpson. At SimpsonizeMe, you first upload a picture, which has to be at least a 640 x 480 color .jpeg. You can then add features such as facial characteristics and body types.The site is pretty busy though, so try it late night or constantly, the way we did. So what do you think? Does our illustrious leader make a better M&M or Simpsonite?
Read More | Simpsonize Me
