Nikon S630 Blink Detection Fail
This is a tad bit unfortunate.
The Nikon S630 features built-in blink detection, which alerts you if it believes that someone in your photo blinked. As you can see here, this girl did not blink. She’s just Asian.
Gizmodo’s Odelia Lee said it best:
“I know this Nikon S630 is just trying to be helpful, but a little [...]
Grandpa’s Firefork is Genius, Possibly Overkill
I am sure the camping purists out there will eschew camping with fancy gizmos like the “Grandpa’s Firefork” or “Recreational Vehicles” with “Air Conditioning” But for the family camper, the firefork could really help the experience for the wee ones.
Slide off the protective cover to reveal two prongs and put the gizmo on the [...]
Wolfenstein 3-D Coming to Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox has announced that Wolfenstein 3-D, one of the most classic and best first person shooters of all time, will be coming to xbox live arcade. As of yet, an official date has not been announced for its availability but hopefully it will be out within the next few months. Price has also not been [...]
The Samsung a167: Flippin’ smart and coming to AT&T
Ubergizmo is reporting that AT&T is now offering a new smartphone on its network – the Samsung a167. The i167 is a clamshell-style flip-phone that runs Windows Mobile. Despite being labeled a smartphone, its feature set will be very basic, partly because AT&T is tossing it into the heap of phones available in its GoPhone [...]
Star Trek Tricorder: Effective girl repellent
If you’re nothing like me, you’re probably sick and tired of being mobbed by beautiful women. You’re annoyed by the constant phone calls. You’re a little creeped out that they camp outside your door. Why won’t they leave me alone? you ask yourself. Why?
Perhaps it’s time to take matters into your own hands. This Star [...]
HP starts voluntary recall of laptop batteries to prevent lap fires
If you purchased an HP or Compaq-brand laptop between August 2007 and March 2008, we advise you to stop, drop and roll. Or, that’s what we would advise you to do if you were on fire – which is a real possibility thanks to the battery inside your laptop.
HP has kicked of a voluntary recall [...]
Microsoft could launch a handheld gaming system
Before you get too excited, no, that picture to the left is not the official Microsoft handheld. It’s just a mockup/fake we found online. But it looks cool, doesn’t it? Imagine if Microsoft were really entering the handheld gaming market! Well, they might be.
According to a post from Team Xbox, Microsoft is in the late [...]
Overnight hotlinks: BlackBerry Storm 2 Leaks, Palm Pre pics, COOL-ER ebook reader
More Shots of BlackBerry Storm 2 Leak
from Gizmodo
Palm Pre pics released into the wild by Sprint freedom fighter
from Engadget
Video: Our Full Walkthrough Of The Color Coated COOL-ER Ebook Reader
from CrunchGear
Samsung Jack i637: Arrives on AT&T May 19
If you’re looking for a relatively inexpensive smartphone and you’re an AT&T customer (or thinking of switching), hold that thought for another five days or so. That’s when Samsung will unleash the Jack, the $99 Windows Mobile smartphone and successor to the popular BlackJack.
The phone’s features are pretty typical nowadays for a lot of phones [...]
Amazon lets publishers sell blog subscriptions for Kindle
Amazon has introduced Kindle Publishing for Blogs, a more simple way for bloggers to be included in the Kindle’s content distribution system. For bloggers, it is another distribution channel and (smaller) source of revenue. For blog readers, it means a greater selection of blogs to choose from. For Amazon? CHA-CHING.
Amazon is currently taking a 70 [...]
