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The e-Volve Gadget Shoulder Holster

It's not very often when we get the chance to write down some lines about a gadget that's made for... other gadgets: well, the e-Volve Gadget Shoulder Holster IS such a piece of technology, a gadget-gadget if you like. And besides its very nature, this object is also indefinitely cool, because it bo...

15 November 2008
17:11 GMT

Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 15.11.2008

Back for more free Mac apps, are we? Well, we can't say no since you're all such faithful readers, so skim through the three descriptions below – surely you'll find something that you like this week, especially as an iPhone / iPod touch user too.iPhone Backup Extractor - Convert your iPhone / iPo...

15 November 2008
08:58 GMT

One Hour With: Windows 7

As you probably know by now, a pre-beta version of Microsoft's future operating system, Windows 7, has been leaked to the “masses.” Of course, we couldn't let such an opportunity pass us by, and we decided to take a quick tour of this release, so we could come up with an answer to the most relev...

15 November 2008
08:01 GMT

Windows 7 – 20 Features to Make Users Forget Vista SP1/SP2 and XP SP3

 Microsoft is currently moving onward with the development of Windows 7, having passed Milestone 3 with the operating system. According to Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, the Redmond company is now cooking the Beta 1 release of Windows 7. But even as early as W...

15 November 2008
07:20 GMT

Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe Sends Images

The first Indian unmanned spacecraft that successfully made it to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1, has recently deployed its probe called the Moon Impact Probe, or MIP. The device performed a 25-minute trek to the lunar surface, on which it crashed. The impact damaged it and brought its functionality to an end. But the focus...

15 November 2008
06:51 GMT

AVG Tags Adobe Flash Player as Malware

Users of the popular AVG antivirus product reported on the company's support forum that an Adobe flash component had been detected as a generic password stealing Trojan. This was caused by a faulty definition file that was pushed to users on Friday and followed a similar incident that occurred earlier this week,...

15 November 2008
06:18 GMT

The Hacked HDD Plate DJ Controller

It only took what was a seemingly wacky idea in the first place to turn a computer HDD into a music instrument; and thinking a bit outside the box, the metal box of the HDD, most likely. Being a DJ means more than simply hitting the Play button every now and then; in fact, there is a very creative side to being a rea...

15 November 2008
06:03 GMT

Endeavour Carries an Agricultural Camera

Students from the University of North Dakota have designed and built a special type of camera, called Agricultural Camera (also known as AgCam), which is currently carried by the space shuttle Endeavour during the STS-126 mission to the International Space Station. The camera is meant to provide pictures of crop...

15 November 2008
06:02 GMT

Urine and Condensation Turned into Drinking Water

As previously described, the space shuttle Endeavour has recently taken off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying a crew of 7 astronauts that will upgrade the living and resting quarters of the International Space Station. Besides that and some tools for scientific experiments, the team will provide the ...

15 November 2008
05:27 GMT

AMD Reinforces Revenue Forecast

On Thursday, Advanced Micro Devices backed up its previous financial forecast, saying it was confident that the financial turmoil would not affect it as much as it would affect other PC industry players. The world’s largest chip maker, Intel, announced a day before that it had cut its initial fourth-quarter rev...

15 November 2008
05:25 GMT

OLPC's XO Laptop Available for 30 Countries

Amazon will be selling the OLPC XO laptop in 30 countries starting on Monday, according to the latest news reports. This would be the first time when the laptop is made available to the general public from areas other than U.S. and Canada. As previously reported, the laptop will also be relaunched on Amazon for the U...

15 November 2008
04:40 GMT

Ancient Egyptian USB Drives

USB jewelry is no longer news but despite the rather common character of such gadgets, new pieces are being designed and crafted every week and some of them are really looking good. Such is the case with these two new USB pendants, which come in an all-time favorite design – Egyptian. You don't have to be ...

15 November 2008
04:29 GMT

Endeavour's Launch Brighter Than the Moon

At last, weather conditions seem to have provided a clear launch for the Endeavour spacecraft, which carries a crew of 7 to the International Space Station. As a result, the 2 million-kilogram heavy shuttle blasted off into the sky at 1955 EST (0055 GMT), providing a special show for the watchers who were presen...

15 November 2008
04:09 GMT

AMD Back in the Game, Shanghai Helps

Advanced Micro Devices released its latest server chip, code-named Shanghai, two days ago, and reviews and testing results emerged to the web the very same day. Since the chip proved to rise to the expectations, analysts already say that AMD has good chances to give Intel something to worry about. AMD's new quad...

15 November 2008
03:54 GMT

Keep Your To-do List More or Less Organized

We are used to manage our goals and tasks by placing them in lists, setting deadlines and sorting them by importance or urgency. However, the developers at Funky Cloud / Digital Heaven Ltd seem to think otherwise. LifeShaker brings a new approach to task managers and to-do lists, since with it you don't see your...

15 November 2008
03:41 GMT


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