Archive for April 4th, 2008

Mischievous teen arrested for turning camera into taser

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Filed under: Digital CamerasRegardless of what the UN / Taser thinks, the fuzz around Clinton, Connecticut aren't too fond of taser-like weapons being in the hands of teenagers. Case in point: a 14-year old with a certain knack for wandering around the intarwebz and filling his brain with all sorts ...

Choi Jung Hyun assembles non-venomous viper with recycled keyboards

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Yeah, this one's been slithering around the alleyways of the web for a tick, but it's just too hard to ignore a vicious looking viper created entirely from unwanted keyboards (okay, so glue and a faux tongue were involved, too). Still, the best part isn't the unquestionably ...

First BlackBerry contract sold in Russia

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Filed under: CellphonesWell, what do you know? We heard that RIM was gearing up to ship BlackBerry handsets to Russia in 2008, and lo and behold, the addiction is indeed sliding over to the world's largest country. British American Tobacco became the first client of BlackBerry service in the nation, ...

Supercharger solar panel promises to give Freeloader a boost

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Solar Technology's Freeloader solar charger was already a pretty attractive option as it was, but the company's now looking to give the portable charger a bit of a boost, with its new Supercharger panel promising to cut the charging time in half. As you can see above, ...

Inventor proclaims laziness, shows off self-making bed

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Filed under: HouseholdIt's one thing to exemplify laziness; it's another to buck the habit just long enough to invent something to keep you idler, longer. Enter Enrico Berruti, an everyday fellow who has created something that almost anyone with a bed could see as useful. His Selfy bed, quite simply, ...

Nextel getting a WiFi iDEN BlackBerry this year

Friday, April 4th, 2008

After some serious neglect, Sprint is finally giving the Nextel iDEN network some new devices, not the least of which is a WiFi BlackBerry, says Sprint CEO Dan Hesse. The phone will hit the network "later this year," and will be accompanied by phones from Sanyo, Samsung, Motorola and LG ...