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Do we really need another way to rot our brains? Yes, yes we do — and live TV on our phones is just the ticket. The latest effort to get the boob tube on a mobile device is AT&T’s Mobile TV with FLO (Forward Link Only), and it’s surprisingly good. Coupled with the LG Vu phone, it’s a match made in couch-potato heaven. The MediaFLO service uses an unusual, nonstandard bit of spectrum to ensure that the streaming of your favorite flicks is uninterrupted. Instead of downloading the data over AT&T’s 3-G network, the Qualcomm-developed technology operates primarily on the old UHF television band, though it does tap into the 3-G network in order to get started. (Read the full post about ‘Review: AT&T Mobile TV — Media Flows Like Greased Lightning’…)

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Pelikan International Corporation Berhad launched a revolutionary refill system called Power Pad. Pelikan Power Pad was created to reduce the cost of printer consumables. The Power Pad help reduce HP ink cartridges costs by 45%. How Pelikan Power Pad works Put the printer cartridges (you must keep the original cartridges) on the Power Pad and engage (you’ll hear a click) Leave the cartridge on the Power Pad. It can take up to 1 hour. The time depends on how much ink you had in the cartridge. Now your cartridge is full. All you have to do is put it back to the printer. The Power Pad system: protects your cartridge and printer is easy to use saves up to 45% compared to buying new cartridges. (Read the full post about ‘Pelikan Power Pad’…)

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Sounds like the Sidekick 3 is getting a Over The Air (OTA) update to upgrade the radio firmware. Doesn’t look like anything significant or major improvements, but all you Sidekick 3 owners may see it popping up on your device soon. I assume it’s rolling out to the pioneer group first, which is basically a small (random) subset of the Sidekick 3 users. As long as that rolls out without significant problems it will start being sent out to everyone. (Read the full post about ‘Sidekick 3 getting an OTA’…)

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Want to have birthday party? To make it a good one get the birthday party supplies first. The types of birthday party supplies you need for a great party: Table Covers, Skits & Banquet Rolls. This creates a special atmosphere and get people in the right mood. You must choose the table Covers, skits & banquet rolls to fit the theme of the party: fun or classic. For that is important to know your guests and what they prefer. Personalized Shot Glasses The personalized shot glasses are cool. Everyone love them so they mustn’t miss form any good party. Personalized Apparel Custom t-shirts are a great and yet a simple way of making a statement of your personality. (Read the full post about ‘Want to have birthday party?’…)

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by Chris Ziegler, posted May 1st 2008 at 11:32AM Engadget Mobile literally just took delivery of a shiny new LG Vu with support for AT&T’s Mobile TV service, and they’ve gone and posted a few quick shots in between long stretches of ogling the CNN channel (we kid, we kid). Have a look, why won’t you?ReadPermalinkEmail this0 CommentsFiled under: cellphones, Handhelds, Portable Video (Read the full post about ‘Hands-on with the LG Vu in retail clothing’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted May 1st 2008 at 7:00AM Startup ZeeVee isn’t out to flood the market with yet another ho hum media streamer, it’s out to change the way you look at ‘em. The June-bound ZvBox ($499) plugs into one’s computer (VGA) and sends on-screen content to every TV in the house over existing coaxial cabling. Put simply, the unit enables users to view any kind of internet media right on their television with no subscription fees or wireless dropouts. Aside from bringing internet video over, users can also access any other computer application (web browser, built-in DVD player, etc.) right from their set. (Read the full post about ‘ZeeVee’s ZvBox streams your PC to your HDTV over coax’…)

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by Joshua Topolsky, posted May 1st 2008 at 8:24AM
Apparently, not only is CompUSA rising from the dead like a horrific, zombified corpse, but now its guts are getting bought up and replaced by another retail behemoth. According to reports, Best Buy has just paid $13.5 million for 17 CompUSA store leases, ranging in time from three to 14 years and totaling 453,000 square feet. If the nightmare of CompUSA wasn’t enough to haunt you in your sleep, the news that its now-defunct locations will be replaced with essentially more of the same should shake you to your very core. (Read the full post about ‘Best Buy snaps up 17 CompUSA leases’…)

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Xobni is a name you may, or may not of heard before. This startup company has only been around for 2 years, but has already attracted the interests of Microsoft.

Their first product is a plug-in for Outlook that helps you organise your inbox. It does this by extracting information about the different people you know from the e-mails you have received from them, and forms a profile for each one. It then uses this profile to see how the different people you know are linked together. It also groups information within a profile taken from your inbox messages and associated with that person e.g. Conversations and attachments.

(Read the full post about ‘Xobni decides against joining Microsoft’…)

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Office pranks can be fun… remember the Annoy-a-tron? Welcome to the next generation of office pranks… the Phantom Keystroker. The Phantom Keystroker may look like a harmless circuit board, but it’s actually a devious contraption of unlimited office-based torture. Simply discreetly attach the Phantom Keystroker to any extra USB port on your victim’s computer, no drivers needed. The Keystroker emulates a keyboard and mouse and periodically makes random mouse movements and types out odd garbage text and phrases. A simple jumper setting allows you to choose between either keyboard garbage typing, annoying mouse movements or both. An adjustment pot sets the duration between “events”. (Read the full post about ‘Phantom Keystroker’…)

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