Misc Gadgets
RIM Unveils PowerPoint Display Gadget for BlackBerrys
RIM has unveiled BlackBerry Presenter, a portable gadget that lets business users show Microsoft PowerPoint presentations directly from BlackBerry smartphones--and gives owners a reason to forgo upgrading to an LG Expo projector phone.
New Portable Smart Card Readers From SCM Microsystems Enhance Online Security
SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM; Prime Standard, SMY), a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange, is expanding its smart card reader product family with three new models that usher in a new era of ...
Toshiba to Launch World's First 64GB SDXC Card
Toshiba Corporation, a leading innovator in NAND flash memory technologies and solutions, and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC), a North American subsidiary, today announced the launch of the world's first 64GB(1) SDXC Memory Card...
Effective Personal Protection for Use When Safety Is Threatened
Visualize walking at night to your car after an evening dining out with co-workers. The streets are dimly lit and no one is in sight. Slowly, you put the keys in the door of your vehicle thinking nothing of the impending danger right behind you. A...
Police Motorcycles With GPS Fight Crime in Thailand
Global positioning systems (GPS) installed in police motorcycles have helped local authorities in fighting crime more efficiently, according to the local media in Thailand.
The pros and cons of traveling with Kindle
When the second edition of Amazon's best-selling electronic reader launched in late February, the Kindle 2 piqued new interest among travelers eager to trade a carry-on crammed with books and magazines for a single gadget that weighs less than a p...
Apple TV’s missed opportunity
Thursday’s announcement of HD movies sales being added to the iTunes Store may have been good news for consumers of Apple-supplied content—especially Apple TV users, who are best poised to enjoy such HD content. But it also highlights the big draw...
How to Make E-Books Successful
What will it take to grow the e-book market? Innovation, innovation, and more innovation!
New Apple tablet rumors point to Kindle clones?
More Apple tablet/Netbook rumors surfaced Wednesday as one Apple watcher wonders what the company is doing with all those books.
What Amazon's Kindle App For iPhone Really Means
What's the next chapter for Kindle, iPhone and e-books? It's been more than a month since the debut of Amazon's Kindle 2, and almost since Day 1, the device has spurred just as many questions as answers about e-book business and e-reading in general.
10 Amazon Kindle 2 Accessories
Kindle 2 doesn't ship with a protective cover, so here are our picks of cool cases along with some other useful accessories.
Amazon's Apple Deal: Kindle Cannibal?
Customers may have less incentive to buy a Kindle, now that they can download e-books onto the iPhones and iPods they already own
Amazon VOD support hits Roku Player
Earlier this month, Roku began accepting requests for the beta of Amazon VOD support through their digital video player and saw the slots fill up almost immediately.
Amazon's Kindle cave shows the power of publishers
Catching up with Kindle news: Amazon says it is re-doing the text-to-speech function to aid publishers’ and authors’ comfort level, but that the feature is absolutely legal:
Hearst Planning Electronic Reader Alternative To Kindle
Analysts suggest such a device would help the news publisher find an answer to reverse shrinking subscriber bases, as well as revenue losses from publications.
I’m sorry Dave, I can’t read that Kindle eBook to you
One of the most interesting features of the Kindle 2, Amazon’s new version of its overpriced eBook reader, is that its text-to-speech option for content.
Evolution yields revolution: the Kindle 2
The Kindle 2 is obviously a next-generation version of Amazon's book reader in ways that go well beyond its name. But the improvements are so extensive that it almost seems like an entirely new device.
Readers praise Kindle 2's abilities, but price is a drawback
In the aftermath of my review of the Kindle 2 on Tuesday, dozens of readers weighed in with questions and comments.
Amazon gets ready for second-generation Kindle
Get ready for the next chapter. Tech analysts expect Amazon.com (AMZN) to open the cover on Kindle 2, the second generation of its groundbreaking electronic reader. On Tuesday, Amazon invited members of the media to "an important" news conference ...
Contact Lens Kinda Makes You Cyborgy
This one’s kinda hard to swallow so take a deep breath, open your minds, and pretend it’s 2100. I CONTACT is essentially a mouse fitted to your eyeball.