Monthly Archives: July 2006

Stickers Check For Fruit Ripeness

Everything else is becoming more modern so why not fruits? A professor at the University of Arizona has created a special sticker which will take the headache out of fruit shopping. These small stickers will have the ability to tell you whether or not that peach your hungrily eyeing is ripe or not. It is also…

Record Companies Win Against File Sharing Kazaa

The music industry won a suit against file sharing giant Kazaa in excess of $100 million dollars. Kazaa also agreed to go legitimate to seal the deal. However as most know Kazaa is no longer what it once was so this is not a big deal for most that read this. They have been in…

Motorola Makes Two New Razr Cell Phones

Motorola has introduced two new cell phones that spin off from the Razr and they hope to release them in time for the holiday shopping rush later this year. The two phones are the Krzr (Crazer) and the Rizr. The Rizr (pictured) is slider; A type of cell phone that opens by sliding the front…

The 10 worst technologies…

…of Q2, 2006, according to CNET, are: 1. Worst new sport: Segway polo 2. Worst use of the word “intelligent”: Nyko Intelligent Remote 360 3. Worst camera surrounding a good idea: Kodak EasyShare One/6MP 4. Worst electronic referees: “And 1 Streetball” 5. Worst retro device: JVC XA-F107B 6. Worst phone to use at a monster…

YouTube Legal Troubles

Only a few minutes on Youtube can bring up searches with results from movies, tv shows, personal video clips, music videos and more. It is surprising however that Youtube seems to be getting a lot of legal flack not from record or movie companies but from a journalist. Robert Tur is a journalist and a helicopter pilot…

Hotdog Shaper

  In very strange gadget news is this hotdog shaper. I don’t think I would applaud how cute these dogs are as much as I would be backing away from them but it is a great product for kids to shape their foods. The octodog is available for $15.95 at BaronBob

Youtube and Logitech Join Forces

Youtube and Logitech are comiing together to make it easier to take and upload videos to Youtube via your webcam. New software for Logitech cams will be avaliable to update older programs in a few months. The software will allow for easier use of camera settings change and easy access to Youtube.com