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US government launches Distraction.gov, wants to scare you straight (video)
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 1st, 2010
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US government launches Distraction.gov, wants to scare you straight (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Distraction.gov | Email this | Comments Nintendo bringing pink and blue Wiimotes to America on Valentine’s Day
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 14th, 2009
Nintendo bringing pink and blue Wiimotes to America on Valentine's Day originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 8th, 2009
Update: Seems this is the second time Nokia has stated that its E72 was available in the US, so we'd probably wait for at least another notification or two before pulling the trigger. Can't ever be too careful!
Nokia ships E72 and 5800 Navigation Edition to the US of A originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |E72, 5800 Navigation Edition | Email this | Comments China bans corporal punishment in internet rehab, UK and USA open up their own clinics
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 5th, 2009
China's, how to say this, unorthodox rehabilitation methods, which involve "beating and confinement" of internet addicts, have finally been fully outlawed. Following the death of one teenager due to the treatment he received at an addiction camp, the Chinese Health Ministry has come out with a statement to say corporal punishment and methods restricting personal freedom "are strictly forbidden." In the meantime, the UK and USA are playing catch-up by opening up their own computer addiction camps, which have been described as residential internet detox clinics. Their genius ploy to get you off the web juice has been to go cold turkey and teach people to do chores as a distraction (really, chores and boredom are the cure and not the disease?). The British version even has a 12-step program, but we advise doing what we all did -- if you find yourself spending most of your time on the internet, just become a full-time blogger.Read - China bans tough treatment of young Web addicts
Read - Britain's first computer rehab clinic opens
Read - Clinic for internet addicts opens in US
Filed under: Internet
China bans corporal punishment in internet rehab, UK and USA open up their own clinics originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsVerizon looking to bump early termination fee to $350 on ‘advanced’ devices
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 4th, 2009
Filed under: Cellphones
Verizon looking to bump early termination fee to $350 on 'advanced' devices originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsUS government lays out cash for wall-based, in-home ’smart meters’
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on October 27th, 2009
Google has its PowerMeter, Microsoft has its Hohm and Obama has his "smart meters." Got it? Good. Around two years after UK taxpayers began footing the bill for in-home energy monitors, it seems as if America's current administration is looking to follow suit. While visiting the now-open solar facility in Arcadia, Florida today, the Pres announced that $3.4 billion in cash that the US doesn't actually have has just been set aside for a number of things, namely an intelligent power grid and a whole bundle of smart power meters. Aside from boring apparatuses like new digital transformers and grid sensors (both of which are designed to modernize the nation's "dilapidated" electric network), 18 million smart meters and 1 million "other in-home devices" will be installed in select abodes. The idea here is to give individuals a better way to monitor their electricity usage, with the eventual goal set at 40 million installed meters over the next few years. Great idea, guys -- or you know, you could just advise people to turn stuff off when they aren't using it, or not use energy they can't afford. Just sayin'.Filed under: Household
US government lays out cash for wall-based, in-home 'smart meters' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsSamsung develops first chip for US mobile digital TV transmission, provides no release date
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on October 19th, 2009
Mmm, nothing like a pinch of predictability to wake us in the morning. Just days after the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) finally announced that a North American mobile DTV standard was struck, Samsung has jumped in with what it's calling the planet's first single chip solution designed to handle those very transmissions. All we're told is that the solution combines RF and "digital chip components" into one 65 nanometer chip, making it ideal for smaller devices such as smartphones, car-mounted televisions and portable media players. Of course, Sammy doesn't even bother to mention a mass production date, so we're guessing we all just rise awkwardly and start a roaring slow clap to celebrate the accomplishment.Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Video, Wireless
Samsung develops first chip for US mobile digital TV transmission, provides no release date originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsMSI retools Wind Box DE200 and DC200, puts ‘em up for pre-order
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on October 17th, 2009
[Via iTechNews]
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Read - Wind Box DC200 pre-order page
Read - Wind Box DE200 pre-order page
Filed under: Desktops
MSI retools Wind Box DE200 and DC200, puts 'em up for pre-order originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsHTC HD2 to arrive Stateside in early 2010 — huzzah!
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on October 6th, 2009
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Filed under: Cellphones
HTC HD2 to arrive Stateside in early 2010 -- huzzah! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsViliv’s WinXP-powered X70EX MID now on sale in America
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on September 22nd, 2009
We're still not exactly sure who among us is buying MIDs, but as with those mysterious video glasses, it's abundantly clear that someone, somewhere definitely is. Take Viliv's X70, for instance. This thing's been around the world a time or two in more than one iteration, but at long last, the E70EX has departed Hong Kong and landed on US soil. Over at NewEgg, the X70EX Express P, X70EX Premium P and X70EX Premium 3GP are available for immediate shipment, though you'll still have to justify the $599.99, $729.99 and $879.99 (respectively) price tags. Good luck with that, and be sure to let us all know how it turns out.[Via Laptoping]
Read - Viliv X70EX Express P
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Read - Viliv X70EX Premium 3GP
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Viliv's WinXP-powered X70EX MID now on sale in America originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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