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Looking at the picture above you can see why many people would fall in love with the Chumby, “Chumby, what the hell is a Chumby? Well I am a little fun alarm clock that has many features even more than a smartphone, oh yes I am better than you.

My name is Chumby and I have WiFi, touchscreen, active user/developer community, accelerometer and so much more. Do you love me yet?

Wi-fi connectivity • 3.5″ LCD color touchscreen • two external USB 2.0 full-speed ports • 350 MHz ARM processor • 64 MB SDRAM • 64 MB NAND flash ROM • stereo 2W speakers • headphone output • squeeze sensor • accelerometer (motion sensor) • leather casing • AC adapter included
The dimensions are: 5 1/2″ wide, 4 1/4″ tall, 3 1/4″ deep at the base, and 2 1/4″ deep at the top. Here’s the chumby next to a regular size coffee cup. “Beside the bed, I can “surf” each morning without getting out of bed. I describe the Chumby as my “Alarm Clock on Crack.” (Sorry if that offends anyone). If I had more, I’d put one in the living room beside the couch and one in the kitchen.”

I am only $179.95 and I ship free

Are you a Chumby lover yet?

Source – Chumby.com

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Oh yes it is official and Sony are scared of the Asus Eee PC, Sony do fear the cheap laptop if it does well. Senior VP with Sony US’ IT products operation Mike Abary told CNET “If [Asus’ Eee PC] starts to do well, we are all in trouble,”

“That’s just a race to the bottom… if mainstream buyers buy it then whoa…” His fears include letting consumers know what they can do computationally on a small and cheap machines and that they will not pay out for expensive upgrades that have the latest processors, screen technology and graphics.

Come on Sony behave there is a massive market out there and there are many ways you can move into the world of producing cheap laptops and you know it.
Consumers desire for upgrades and higher performance it is a fact, at the end of the day why blame Asus seeing as laptop prices are hitting the lower price brackets than ever before anyway. Oh yes and there is the CloudBook which is cheap as well.

The Eee PC comes in at around £220 and personally I think Sony has room for another cheap laptop for our consumers.

Source – CNET

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The question has been raised will Netflix be able to keep with the demand in order to keep its subscribers for the Blu-ray format.

Netflix have said that their subscriber account would be 3% higher due to price increases by Blockbuster and other online advertising rates. He did hint that there could be a raise in prices for the fees for monthly online subscribers.

“It seems apparent that content will cost us more,” Netflix, CFO, Barry McCarthy said. “Whether we raise prices will be entirely a function of churn, subscriber acquisition costs and gross margins.”

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Now I love Call of Duty 4 on the Sony PS3 and never put the controller down, yes I would say I am addicted but and a big but the all new Battlefield: Bad Company game which is being released on the Xbox 360 and the PS3 will be a game I will definitely be buying.

I would even go as far and judging by this Battlefield: Bad Company Explosive Buildings Gameplay video trailer below being better than CoD4. I may be wrong but I hope I am right.

About the game –
Built from the ground-up for next-generation consoles using Digital Illusions bleeding-edge Frostbite game engine, Battlefield: Bad Company drops gamers behind enemy lines with a squad of renegade soldiers who risk it all on a personal quest for gold and revenge. Featuring a deep, cinematic single-player experience loaded with adventure and dark humor, the game delivers the series trademark sandbox gameplay in a universe where nearly everything is destructible.

The heart of DICE’s multiplayer games is the frenetic, unpredictable nature of the sandbox experience, where anything could happen at any moment, and that’s what we’re bringing to the core of Battlefield: Bad Company’s single-player campaign, said Karl Magnus Troedsson, senior producer at DICE. In a world that’s 90 percent destructible, the gameplay possibilities are infinite - the battlefield is always changing, forcing players, teammates, and enemies to react accordingly. Gamers will have total freedom to adapt to and tackle challenges in creative Battlefield-style ways.

Please watch the video trailer below of Battlefield: Bad Company Explosive Buildings Gameplay.

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Ali Hassan Majid who is better known as Chemical Ali is to be executed, as the Presidency Council has approved the execution of Saddam Hussein cousin. Ali will be hanged, however a date has not yet been set for the execution.

Ali Hassan Majid was convicted of genocide as well as a list of other crimes back in June. The decision to hang Chemical Ali was a hard one to make, as his supporters argued that he was just carrying out the orders Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq.

The U.S. has been holding Ali Hassan Majid since they caught him, and refused to hand him over until the Presidency Council reached a decision.

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Oh my days these Adidas shoes called Adidas Micropacer looks brilliant with the retro look, but other than the black and white styling it is the integrated microcomputer including range finder, pedometer, and stop watch features that stands out the most.

It was in 1984 when these runners were debuted and they were pretty cutting edge then, now over 20 years later they are still sought after. These Adidas Micropacer shoes do stand out and being part of the Venice Carnival Edition pair from Adidas’ Flavors of the World collection we can see them doing well.

Now if you are either a sneaker freak or a gadget geek then you will love these runners, you can buy now for $250 (About £126). More pictures below -

Source – uncrate via karmaloop

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Well according to reports by Infineon Technologies AG, the German chipmaker the 3G Apple iPhone will be released by mid-year. These 3G enabled iPhones is thought to include the Infineon chip, this news source comes from a USB analysts.

Please do not take this article as fact, however we do hope that the USB analysts is right as this will be another great feature for what has to be the best handset on the market.

Source – Mac Daily News via Phones Review

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NASA is planning on smashing two spacecrafts into the surface of the moon where they hope to reveal some water ice under the moons surface, why on earth they want to do this is beyond me, but hey they know what they are doing.

Ok so with this going to happen what I really love about it all is the video sketch below that has me wetting myself, to tell you the truth the video is not far from the truth how people behave.

The real mission is planned for February 2009 and the video below will explain how in detail with peoples thoughts on the matter.

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This internal card reader will auto detect just about any type of memory card you can think of, and it supports USB 2.0 and speeds up to 480Mbps.

This card reader is a standard 3.5 inch design fit in all PC case and it supports direct data transfer between different types of memory cards

This card reader supports Windows Vista/XP/2000/ME and MAC OS 10.4.5 without additional driver

The 62-in-1 USB Internal Multi Card Reader is available for $15

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Something recently revealed by Electronic Arts is pretty interesting really, the thing that sticks out the most is the release date for the game Dead Space and hence being a Halloween release it has the October 31st release date stamped on it. It will be released on the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Sony PS3.

“Survival horror is about experiencing a terrifying, and deeply personal fiction,” said Executive Producer Glen Schofield.

“Dead Space is being developed as a single-player thriller that delivers the chilling, claustrophobic feeling of being isolated in a dark environment, while being stalked by some truly horrific enemies. Halloween is the perfect time for EA to deliver the fear and anxiety that will keep survival horror fans up playing all night.”

The second thing that sticks out is the question “Will Dead Space game be the biggest Halloween release?

Source – Play Games

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