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COMPUTERS   |  Comment

Sylvania g Netbook Meso [review]

Sylvania g Netbook Meso [I've spent nearly every day and night with this netbook since right up before Thanksgiving. It's like my new moleskin notebook -- because it's practically that light. Did I say it was only 2.2 lbs? Well, it ...READ»

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CAMCORDER   |  Comment

Sony's Webbie Pocket Camcorders Ace Flip's MinoHD

Camcorders are moving in two directions at the moment: Bigger more traditional ones are recording to large solid-state drives, while the cheap pocket "youTube" camcorder is getting better video quality. Sony's latest offerings slide ...READ»

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2009: The Year Gadgets Stop Being Life Add-Ons?

I was reading about Vuzix's new VR projection glasses--actually looking pretty snazzy, versus a prop from Star Trek--when a thought struck me. It seems that the gadget as a nice-to-have bolt-on to modern life is dead. Instead, the ...READ»

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Kissing Octopi May Be Cutest Flash Drives Ever

Normally a flash drive doesn't impress me unless it's smaller than a grain of rice, or squeezes in enough storage capacity to digitize the library of Congress, twice: But the kissing octopi drives from A-Data caught my eye. How ...READ»

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Transparent Memory Chip Enables See-Through Gadgets

Transparent transitors are nothing new: they're used in LCDs, but they've never before been assembled into a full, working memory device. But now Korea's Advanced Institute of Science and Technology scientists have crafted them into ...READ»

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BAIL-OUT   |  Comment

US Li-Ion Battery Makers Want $1Billion Federal Aid

Battery technology progresses on a daily basis, but lithium-ion tech still has a place in many consumer electronic gadgets and electric-powered cars. And that's why a consortium of fourteen US companies is lobbying for a ...READ»

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ALCOHOL   |  Comment

The Perfect Gadget For The Inebriated

Need a Christmas gift for that friend who drinks a little too much at parties, and then wants to drive? Or maybe you're even distrustful of your own driving after a rocking New Year's Eve? Then David Steele Enterprises just may have ...READ»

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GPS Homing Device Takes You Where You Came From

It's a fairly safe bet that the industrial-military complex didn't predict quite how integrated into our modern lives that GPS satellites would become after they launched them. This simple device (pictured left) shows exactly how ...READ»

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Thanko's Movie-Recording Wristwatch

This gadget's been on the cards since MP3/MP4 players and digital video cameras began to get tiny and cheap. A toy for grownups, its inevitability is based on a dozen spy movies from the recent past. Inside the slightly chunky ...READ»

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Is The Z-Nano, World's Smallest Optical Mouse, For You?

The Z-Nano optical mouse is, according to its makers, the world's smallest mouse--and it's literally no bigger than your thumb. That is if your thumb is larger than 42 x 21 x 17.65mm.Tiny though it may be, it looks like it's actually ...READ»

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CONCEPTS   |  Comment

Why Minority Report-Style OS Is Coming To PCs Sooner Than You Think

Windows Icons Mice and Pointers--the WIMP environment is how we've been piloting our computers since the clever guys at Xerox PARC developed the system in the early 1970's. The mouse itself has just turned 40 years old. But a number, even vital...READ»

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ANDROID   |  Comment

Sony Ericsson To Launch An Android Phone

T-mobile's G1 cellphone was the first handset to use the Google-friendly Android open-source OS, but now the Open Handset Alliance has gained a powerful new member in Sony Ericsson.The electronics giant confirmed it had joined the ...READ»

Shower With Your Indestructible Laptop? Future Gadgets Will Go Everywhere

Waterproof Laptops? Future Gadgets Will Go Everywhere

HP just stumped-up with some news on its cheap, fully-flexible, "unbreakable" screen, which is the sort of display we've been expecting on gadgets for decades, courtesy of many a sci-fi movie. A flexible screen like this allows a ...READ»

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How to Look Good in a Recession

Here at FastCompany.com we've devised a solution for holiday shoppers who want to look like a millionaire without having to go broke. Yep, here are 8 great things that you can rent.READ»

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Cool Gifts: Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones

While we covered all the bases for your wishlist and gift-giving needs at Fast Company's Gift Guide Central, there were a few of my personal favorites that didn't make the list. Here's one.READ»

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FREEHANDS   |  Comment

Cool Gifts: Freehands Gloves for Gadget Lovers

We've got all of your wishlist and gift-giving needs covered at Fast Company's Gift Guide Central, but here's one of my personal favorites that didn't make the list.READ»

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E-ZCHARGE   |  Comment

Cool Gifts: E-ZCHARGE - A Lo-Tech Solution for Hi-Tech Gear

We've got all of your wishlist and gift-giving needs covered at Fast Company's Gift Guide Central, but here's one of my personal favorites that didn't make the list.READ»

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Mobile Millennium Traffic Pilot From UC Berkeley and Nokia

Interesting “study” being conducted for GPS enabled phones by UC Berkeley, Nokia, and NAVTEQ. Called the Mobile Millennium Traffic Pilot, it gathers real time information from GPS enabled telephones for traffic congestion updates. ...READ»

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Marketer's Guide to Semantic Web: Solving Social Media Measurement

http://threeminds.organic.com/2008/10/solving_social_media_measurement.html It's one of the toughest marketing challenges of recent times... how do we measure the success of social media? I see countless posts everyday where ...READ»

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Marketer's Guide to Semantic Web: Creating More Relevant Ads

http://threeminds.organic.com/2008/10/marketers_guide_to_semantic_we.html Has your contextual advertising turned into a contextual nightmare? Maybe you became the butt end of the joke for many blogs creating not the kind of buzz ...READ»

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Quick intro

Greetings,  I just discovered Fastcompany and I would like to participate and contribute if I can. I am an author, inventor and product developer. I am intimately familiar with advanced technology and innovationand ...READ»

PerfSpot.com and OpenSocial: FriendVouch http://www.friendvouch.com

PerfSpot is launching new development - FriendVouch..With 25 million members on PerfSpot.com and 4 billion monthly ad impressions on our Spot200 network, PerfSpot.com is in prime position to launch our premier digital ad platform on ...READ»

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Introduction

I just joined this group and would like to introduce myself. My name is Joel Simpson, I am VP of Advanced Business Concepts, Inc., which is an IT consulting company located in MA and FL. I am also an Officer in the Army National ...READ»

How are you using Twitter to market your business?

Twitter has recently received a lot of media attention.  Is it worth the hype?  What examples and best practices can you share with the group re this new social networking technology.READ»

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New software technology that gives you billboard quality exposure to your clients Every Day for less than $1/day

I'm a fairly new real estate agent in Brookline, MA and like most new agents I want to establish great long-term relationships with my clients and remind my friends and acquintances that I'm in real estate business should they ...READ»

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