- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, iPhone
- Date: Dec 7,2009
Sometimes going home for the holidays can be a case of collective insanity. I tend to fly on the big travel days when the airport security lines are ridiculously long, my flight is more expensive, and my family is more stressed than normal.
This year, I plan to use my iPhone as a problem solver for all my holiday woes. From traveling, to shopping, to entertaining the kiddies, these iPhone apps cover everything but those family fights (even the iPhone’s not that miraculous!).
This app doesn’t just tell you your current flight status, it actually predicts the likelihood that your flight will be delayed. It takes into account factors such as weather, incoming aircraft, other delays, and historical data, and then gives you a percent chance that your plane will be on time, less than 1 hour delayed, and more than 1 hour delayed.
At $7.99 it’s a bit pricey, but its ability to forecast delays definitely makes it worthwhile (you can also access the same data on their site for free if you’d prefer). It worked like a charm for my flights, but obviously results may vary. Now, if only it could actually prevent delays.
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- Author: admin
- Filed under: Gaming
- Date: Dec 3,2009
Following on from Keith’s PS3 festive top 10 comes the Xbox 360 list. Remember these are suggestions on what to buy this Christmas so the list is mainly focused on recent-ish releases. Anyway, let’s go. In no particular order these are the Gamesblog Top 10 Xbox 360 games to buy this Christmas…
Fifa 10 / PES 2010
Ah, the great football game debate. I really couldn’t choose between them and which ever one you decide on your footy-loving 360 owner should be happy. Having said that there are some differences. Fifa is slower, more methodical and more realistic. It also has all the right teams and players, even if the likenesses are still scarily off at times. PES has better player likenesses and animations but more importantly plays a faster more fluid game on the pitch. Fifa has more online options, PES has more exciting goalmouth scrambles. I’d still go with PES if I really had to choose but this one is too close to call. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: General
- Date: Nov 6,2009
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Last year, Orange teamed up with GotWind to produce the Dance Charge: an armband which contains the technology necessary to harness kinetic energy and use it to power gadgets. This basically means the owner can wear the armband whilst dancing all day at a festival, get back to the tent and plug a mobile phone into the now-charged unit. Hey Presto! Even more reason to stay active. Orange are yet to release the Dance Charge nationwide and as of yet only a few exist, but we’re guessing they’ll be a common sight before long. Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes modern design and minimalism go a little too far and it’s hard to figure out exactly what the products are.
We’ve tracked down 19 products that look quite cool but leave you wondering wtf?
The Cell Tankless Toilet
Even in the most modern bathroom design, a toilet is a toilet right? Apparently not, which is fine with us because why should your bathroom have to revolve around the throne? Downplay it with the egg shaped design of the Cell Tankless Toilet. [Via Yanko] Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: iPhone
- Date: Oct 30,2009
Halloween has got to be one of the most anticipated holidays of the year. Whether you’re a kid looking to get a huge haul trick-or-treating, or an adult eager to show off his scary new costume, we can all agree that Halloween is the perfect time to get spirits (living AND dead) rising. Let your excitement show with these 25 spooky iPhone apps made especially for this night of devilish fun:
Spine-chilling Sounds
- Scary Sounds — What’s Halloween without the eerie atmosphere? Create a delightfully spooky ambience with this fine selection of sound effects. You can find almost anything to set the mood, from the laughter of a wicked witch to the howl of a werewolf.
- Free Halloween Sounds — This ingenious little sound board allows you to play fifteen different Halloween sound effects for any purpose. Feel like creeping out little children? Play the monster growl effect. How about spicing up your Friday the 13th costume with the sound of a chainsaw? This app has those and more.
- Scare Tracks — Looking for a soundtrack to a night of macabre fun? With a fine selection of cinematic scores sure to scare any soul, you‘ll have a grand time alternating fright and delight listening to this app.
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- Author: admin
- Filed under: General
- Date: Oct 22,2009
When it comes to alarm clocks, their job is to get you out of bed. Here are 10 alarm clocks that get you out of bed in a very annoying fashion.
10. Sfera alarm clock
The Sfera alarm clock hangs from the ceiling above your bed. When the alarm goes off, you can reach up and touch it to activate the snooze function causing it retract towards the ceiling. When snooze goes off again, you have to reach higher to activate the snooze again. Each time you activate the snooze function the alarm retracts a little higher to the point that you get your butt out of bed. Read the rest of this entry »
You know, sometimes if you just study hard, keep your nose clean, and stay away from the pirate cable TV business, fate will do you a solid.
For instance, check this post by PreCentral forum member go4craig. Today, the hapless youngster innocently applied webOS Doctor in a bid to reset his phone back to factory and wouldn’t ya know it? When all was said and done, the phone’s operating system was upgraded to webOS 1.2. And what’s more, the maneuver has been repeated successfully by a handful of other forum members.
What can the accidental early adopter expect for their trouble? How about account information for the App Catalog (a sign of paid apps to come), a Select All option in the browser’s edit menu, and some changes in GPS location services. In addition to all this inadvertent newness, the update is said to have “much improved (zoom animation)” and a number of “little tweaks throughout.” Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: General
- Date: Sep 5,2009
You know, it’s been nearly forty years since Intel introduced the first microprocessor, and even at this late date the company comprises a whopping eighty percent of the global market for CPUs.
But not so fast! Like an electronics industry remake of The Magnificent Seven (which is, of course, an American remake of The Seven Samurai) NEC and Renesas have teamed up with a stalwart band of companies, including Hitachi, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Panasonic, and Canon, to develop a new CPU that is compatible with Waseda University professor Hironori Kasahara’s “innovative energy-saving software.”
The goal is to create a commercial processor that runs on solar cells, moderates power use according to the amount of data being processed (a current prototype runs on 30% the power of a standard CPU), remains on even when mains power is cut, and, of course, upsets the apple cart over at Intel. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, maybe Nokia recently announced a 66 percent yearly drop in Q2 profit. And perhaps N97 reviews have been, how we say, less than stellar.
But there definitely seems to be a fan base for the handset: according to Mobile News, sales of both this guy and the 5800 XpressMusic combined to total 10 million in the last 10 months, with sales for the former adding up to a whopping two million since its launch three months ago.
In fact, half of the XpressMusic sales were generated since the launch of the N97 — certainly suggesting that the younger sibling successfully raised the company’s profile and brought its fellow handset along for the ride. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Storage
- Date: Sep 5,2009
Other World Computing’s Mercury On-The-Go lineup has always struck us as somewhat overpriced and completely overstyled, but it’s tough to argue with 750GB of space in a bus-powered portable drive.
The newest addition to the company’s On-The-Go Pro range is a 750GB model that spins at 5200RPMs and packs 8MB of cache; we won’t even begin to tell you what all you could fit on three-quarters of a terabyte, but if your imagination already has you tempted, you can snag one now for as low as $229.99 if you’re kosher with a USB 2.0-only configuration. Read the rest of this entry »
