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GfG’s Article Recap for Week Ending June 5, 2009

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We kicked off the past week with a look at the Epson WorkForce 310 – a more compact and efficient version of its predecessor. We looked at CaseMate’s charging cases and took a look at the Powerlung lung capacity excercise tool.  For you RC enthusiasts, check out the Mini Cooper Convertible.

If you have pets that constantly want to go outside, then think about training them to ring a doorbell. And if you’re a gamer, a boardgamer that is, then you’ve got to get Settlers of Catan.

On the news side of things, Google have launched scripting to Google Spreadsheets and Microsoft have launched Bing, their newest search engine.  If you’re a Skype user, beware of scammers sending you messages.

Steve Jobs Ready for Apple Return

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Steve Jobs may be ready to take the helm back at Apple after his six month medical leave for to work on a nutritional problem.  The big question is, will Jobs appear at the World Wide Developer’s Conference on Monday.  Normally Jobs would give the keynote address on Monday, but Philip Schiller, Apple’s marketing chief, is currently scheduled.

The big announcements likely to take place at Apple’s WWDC include the new iPhone OS and perhaps some apps showing off the new mobile OS such as turn-by-turn navigation and better email and messaging.  Also, the new Mac OS labeled Snow Leopard will be unveiled.  The Apple Tablet will not make an appearance for perhaps the fifth year in a row.

Jobs’ health status played havoc with Apple’s stock price until he took medical leave.  Since January when he left, Apple’s stock is up almost 70% outperforming the rest of the Nasdaq which is only up about 25%.

We don’t think Jobs will appear, but with Jobs… you never know.

GfG’s Article Recap for Week Ending May , 2009

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Another week – another recap; this week we looked at Cablevision’s new 100Mbps internet access plans for seriously fast downloads. Another technological breakthrough was General Electric’s 500Gb optical disc and China has developed a new competitor to Blu-Ray, although it will probably be primarily used within China.

Information Architects have released 2008’s Web Trend Map – pre-orders available now! We displayed the quite amazingly small wireless-N adapter.

The much awaited Tata Nano car surpassed a massive 200,000 pre-orders! And lastly, Vopium has released their free iPhone app.

GfG’s Article Recap for Week Ending May 1, 2009

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Let’s take another look at what we found worthy of a post this week! Let’s start with 2 recession-busting bargains that you can’t afford to miss out on: a D-Link Print Server for $20 and a nicely-spec’ed MacBook Air for $999.

Next up is the uber hi-tech Emotiv EPOC that allows you to play games and control your computer with your mind. On a similar theme we featured the very futuristic Ripple Bluetooth Headset.

In tech business news, ABC and Disney are partnering to show ABC shows on Hulu, Microsoft and Verizon are to work together on a possible iPhone Killer and Amazon are acquiring Stanza to expand their Kindle operations.

Finally, for all you Apple fans out there (everyone?), we have heard rumors of a new, cutting-edge Apple product: The iPad?

Apple working on new media pad device

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Apple is working on a new device that will fall somewhere between a notebook computer and an iPhone/iPod sized device in size. Its aim – a mobile non-phone computer sans keyboard with a bigger screen than an iPod for video-watching; a media pad. Proposed name? i… Pad!

UMPCs and tablet PCs have not taken off the way that manufacturers have hoped, as laptops and smartphones continue to dominate the mobile computing market. Will Apple have better success? Given their recent successes with MacBooks, iPods and iPhones, they certainly have a good track record.

I still think that UMPCs can gain more traction if more of those vendors were willing to make the switch to Linux, as they could be made to run leaner, and thus cheaper.

ReQall – Give Yourself A Brain Extension

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ReQall Memory Aid

ReQall is a very nice piece of to-do software; it allows you to make a to-do with reminders via a wide range of media. When setting yourself a to-do note, you can call their toll free number and dictate the note (using voice recognition software), text the note, instant message (IM) the note, send via a Firefox extension and by applications available for many phones (including of course iPhones and Blackerrys).

There is integration with Google Calendar & Outlook, sharing of items with other people, and the premium version even has location-aware reminders (ex: you go to the supermarket and want to be reminded to buy milk).

The basic version is free and the Pro version is $2.99/month or $24.99 a year – a real bargain for what you get.

Novelquest Emperor Workspace

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NovelQuest Emporer Workspace

Perhaps the ultimate in workspace technology for gamers is the Novelquest Emperor Workspace. Turning you into some sort of mechanical dinosaur, this workspace provides excellent comfort levels and increases productivity of the user with its uber comfy leather chair and suspended tri-screen.

The screen resolution produced by this monster with 3 19-inch screens is worthy of even the most hardcore of gamers at 3840×1024. Sound is produced by a 5.1 surround sound speaker system by Bose and, just in case you’re bothered about this sort of thing, the air is purified by a full HEPA air purification system. Finally, just about every connection you could want is provided including memory card reader, iPod/iPhone dock, USB, eSATA, Firewire ports and more. But if that’s not enough that, naturally, every option is full customizable on ordering.

With a price tag of $39,950, (plus the cost of the high-end computer you’ll want to do this workspace justice) I really can’t think of any better way to spend my money.

More info from the manufacturer

Price: $39,950
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Google Mobile – Sync

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Perhaps a bit like MobileMe is Sync from Google Mobile. This new application for your phone allows you to synchronise your contacts and calendar entries with your Google account. Operating via a ‘cloud’ this interaction takes place wirelessly, also adding sounds and vibration from your calendar alerts to your phone.

Sync synchronises your data with dual interaction, i.e. any changes made to your phone are applied to your Google account and vice versa. Whilst MobileMe is currently only available for Apple products, Sync can be used on a variety of phones wide enough to cover all the major types of up-to-date handsets, including iPhones, Blackberrys, Windows Mobile and Symbian devices.

This video provides a pretty good overview of its uses in just over a minute:

BlackBerry Bold: Accessories

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Cell phones are something that is becoming very popular. Just about every teenager has one and now even the older generations are starting to carry more cell phones. Most cell phone companies make their cell phones to make the majority of their customers happy. Although there are some people who like to customize their cell phones so that they are not like everyone else. Customizing your cell phone can be done in many ways. One of these ways is by buying accessories, like faceplates, to go on their cell phones. One company that sells cell phone accessories is Wireless Emporium. …

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