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Much like cartoons, most gadgets and videogames are really not meant for kids. Let your toddler play Grand Theft Auto for a while or mess with your iPod and you’ll probably not be too happy with the results. As a safer and more education alternative, LeapFrog Enterprises has been selling the Leaspter educational gaming system for about four years in retail stores across the US. This Summer (2008), LeapFrog will update the Leapster with web connectivity and also release a new handheld, web-enabled system called Didj. The web element for both systems will be LeapFrog’s upcoming Learning Path where parents will be able to log in to track their children’s progress in each educational area. (Read the full post about ‘Leapfrog releasing web-enabled Leapster2, new Didj handheld’…)

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Sony Ericsson has come up with yet another smartphone, this time codenamed G700, and according to SE, it is made for the masses.

Based on the Symbian UIQ platform, the G700 features a 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen, just like all smartphones should. One of the new functions is a new home panel, and the inclusion of stickie notes.

In terms of multimedia, the new Sony Ericsson phone comes with a 3.2-megapixel camera to shoot photos, or record videos. In case you want to listen/buy music, the phone supports the PlayNow music store, but if you want something for free, there is FM radio.

(Read the full post about ‘Sony Ericsson G700: The Organizer’…)

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Luxury Faux Fur Suede Lined Throw The sexiest throw on the planet. You can have this for ?139.00 (Read the full post about ‘Luxury Faux Fur Suede Lined Throw’…)

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A report from the Wall Street Journal says that Yahoo has denied Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid to buy the company which operates the most frequented site/portal on the internet today. Yahoo’s Board of Directors has determined that the $31 per share price that Microsoft offered “massively undervalues” the company. Yahoo’s board seems to be looking for a bid no less than $40 per share, which would bump Microsoft’s offer up an additional $12 million. Yahoo, over the last week since Microsoft’s offer, has considered a partnership with the giant of this fine series of tubes, Google. Personally, I think Microsoft is trying to take advantage of the fact that Yahoo has recently slipped, by lowballing (relatively) them. (Read the full post about ‘Yahoo spurns advances, rejects Microsoft’s takeover bid’…)

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Posted Feb 10th 2008 2:31PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: Cellphones Oh yes, this bad boy is real, alright. More over here. (Read the full post about ‘First live photo of Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1′…)

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Posted Feb 10th 2008 2:20PM by Chris Ziegler
Filed under: CellphonesThis is a phone we’ve seen in the wild on a couple occasions, but we had one detail dead wrong: the model number. It turns out that Sony Ericsson’s newest Z series flip is actually the Z770, not the Z660 we’d heard before. The company is billing the Z770 as a phone fit for people who need access to the internet (web and email, specifically) but aren’t necessarily interested in stepping up to a full-fledged smartphone, featuring “easy” email setup, zoom / pan features in the web browser along with an actual mouse pointer (anyone familiar with S60’s browser will get the idea here), and integrated support for Exchange ActiveSync. (Read the full post about ‘The Sony Ericsson Z770: “your life in a clamshell”’…)

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While the headline may seem familiar it seems that the latest study in Japan that suggests that cell phones are not a brain cancer risk, is the first to look at the effects of hand set radiation levels on different parts of the brain. The study was conducted by the Tokyo Women’s Medical University and found “no increased risk of the three main types of brain cancer among regular mobile phone users.” The study compared 322 brain cancer patients and 683 healthy people, where the cancer victims had one of the three most common types of brain tumor , namely glioma, meningioma or pituitary adenoma. (Read the full post about ‘Cell Phones don’t cause Cancer’…)

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USB RumblePad 2 Vibration Feedback Gamepad - 10 buttons The RumblePad 2 Vibration Feedback gamepad brings gamers all that they could have hoped for by combining vibration feedback, unbeatable wireless control and freedom, as well as reliable and instant performances, for both PCs and Macs. Get wireless 2.4 GHz technology and play in the champion’s league! This 9m range hyper-reactive gamepad has 2 vibration motors that let you feel every bend, punch, impact and crash. With its comfortable design, familiar button layout, custom control settings, downloadable profiles and more than 100 hours of battery life, you can’t possibly lose! Quick, reliable and simple to use, its the new reference in gaming! (Read the full post about ‘USB RumblePad 2 Vibration Feedback Gamepad - 10 buttons’…)

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For the latest info on the coolest gadgets, emerging technology and wired madness, subscribe to our full news feed or have it delivered to your inbox. Always free. Always unique. Thanks for visiting! Melbourne restaurant Attica serves up a number of exquisite dishes with “fresh smoke” courtesy of a piece of equipment that is usually the domain of teenage stoner misfits. A battery-powered bong is used to draw smoke from burning cedar and hickory chips into a plastic bag with food. The plastic bag is then sealed and placed in the refrigerator for a period of about twenty minutes. Fresh smoke is trapped in a stemless wine glass which is placed over the food for serving. (Read the full post about ‘Cooking with Pot Paraphernalia’…)

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For the latest info on the coolest gadgets, emerging technology and wired madness, subscribe to our full news feed or have it delivered to your inbox. Always free. Always unique. Thanks for visiting! Ah Hokkaido, the distant icy cold north of Japan that I have yet to visit. It is famous for bears, vast expanses of space, freezing cold and of course the annual snow festival. The following photo is taken by a Kotaku reader by the name of Ryan. The sculpture is to commemorate thirty years of Space Invaders. (Read the full post about ‘Space Invaders Snow Sculpture Displays Geekiness in Japan’s Frozen North’…)

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