http://gadgets.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Gadgets en Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:00:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2679142 unknown@Digg.com The movie "Wall-E," a futuristic tale of a trash-compacting robot, has become a money-making machine at the box office. Here are some key components of robotics: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:00:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2679142Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2678760 unknown@Digg.com No description for this story Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:30:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2678760Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2677740 unknown@Digg.com And if you are still not convinced, just remember?you could be living in Canada. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:10:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2677740Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2677250 unknown@Digg.com Police in Nagasaki, Japan have arrested a man for developing a sophisticated robotic arm that uses a mouse and keyboard to autonomously Digg stories around the clock. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:50:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2677250Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2675199 unknown@Digg.com The alarm clock dials a random number in your mobile contact list for every three minutes that you address the obnoxiously loud ringing. Brilliant. Pure, sadistic, barbarous brilliance. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:40:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675199Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2674921 unknown@Digg.com A bit more tricklage on RIM's "Apple Killer," the touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder: The official model number is the BlackBerry 9500, and the touchscreen is a bit higher res than the iPhone's (360x480 to 320x480). Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:10:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2674921Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2674822 unknown@Digg.com During the six months since CES, some toys had us sitting up, smiling and paying attention. Here are the top gizmos wešre excited about so far this year, ranging from the practical (surge protectors and hard drives) to the downright silly (a dancing robot). Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2674822Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2673852 unknown@Digg.com Diggers have no fear The Internet is not a separate place a person can go to from the real world. The Internet is the real world as this geek learned how to master it, By the end of the year, he had six girlfriends simultaneously, all maintained through a complicated system of instant messenger, e-mail messages and heavily orchestrated dates. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2673852Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2673762 unknown@Digg.com Canada was always kind to me, providing cheap higher education, affordable healthcare and a government that didn't totally suck. I loved living there, and haven't ruled out moving back. Yet beneath its placid exterior, there is a deep, dark secret threatening the life and liberty of its people: It absolutely blows to be a gadget nerd in Canada Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:00:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2673762Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2673555 unknown@Digg.com There are few things more enjoyable on a hot summer's day than an epic water gun battle with some friends. In the end, everybody wins, because everybody gets soaked and cools down. But you don't want to be caught with a crappy gun; then you'll just be the guy that everyone else gangs up on. We don't want that to happen to you; we're here to help. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:10:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2673555Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2670936 unknown@Digg.com At first blush, it sounds like Big Brother," a Taser VP says. "But if we're not doing it, it's the kid next door recording it with his cellphone. And what if he didn't flip it open in time, and he doesn't catch his buddy making verbal threats or attacking the officers first? What happens then?" Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:08:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670936Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2670843 unknown@Digg.com A spy camera, estimated to cost Ŗ10,000 and designed to catch fly-tippers, was cleared by council workers after it was concealed in a rubbish bag. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:18:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670843Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2668064 unknown@Digg.com One man's LEGO is another man's treasure, and what better way is there to guard your grand stash of colored bricks than by using the bricks themselves as a weapon? The Thriller Automatic and Thriller Compact are slide action crossbow pistols with cocking and chambering mechanisms that are almost completely made out of LEGO. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:50:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668064Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2666191 unknown@Digg.com MetroPCS Communications Inc. has become the largest U.S. wireless carrier to say it will let customers bring cell phones from other carriers, which it will then reprogram for use on its own network. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:40:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666191Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2664788 unknown@Digg.com Julius von Bismarck's 'Image Fulgurator' projects stealth images into the photographs of strangers, while keeping those images invisible to human eyes. Depending on whom you ask, it's either a clever hack or an obnoxious intrusion. Naturally, we had to find out more. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:00:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664788Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2664530 unknown@Digg.com The new Disney movie WALL-E features robots of the future actively helping humans, but the future is now. This ScienCentral News video reports on a real robot that could make it possible to check in on an elderly relative, help around the house, and even perform a physical exam from hundreds of miles away. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:40:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664530Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2664470 unknown@Digg.com (CNET) -- The Flip Video Mino is the fourth generation of Pure Digital's popular straight-to-Web mini camcorder, designed to make shooting and sharing low-resolution videos very easy. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:50:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664470Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2663864 unknown@Digg.com Exclusive video of the Lego Cathedrals, eight massive Lego storage buildings with 65.6-foot high ceilings, a 65.6-square-mile shelf space, and dozens of giant robots going up and down retrieving boxes full of bricks. "I felt like I entered the Matrix. Below the thunderous noise of the flying machines, I heard myself shouting: 'It's a cathedral'". Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:11:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2663864Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2662114 unknown@Digg.com You can use your phone to check your calendar, contacts, music, email and more -- just don't try using it to make calls. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:01:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662114Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2661926 unknown@Digg.com Do you wanted to know how many bricks are produced per minute? How many bricks have been produced in history? What's the best-selling set ever? What has been the worst? Do they recycle? You sent the questions and here you have the answers: Here's the definitive mega-reference, straight from Lego. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:51:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661926Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2661308 unknown@Digg.com Call it a modern-day girl's night out. Dana Shafman throws "Taser parties" to try to sell the weapons to women -- civilian women. The stun-gun-type weapons have proven controversial, even in the hands of law enforcement officers, but Shafman, who heads ShieldHer.net, says it's time they were sold to everyone. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:06:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661308Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2661277 unknown@Digg.com Chargepod is a six-way charging device that can power multiple gadgets from the same electronic source. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:30:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661277Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2661240 unknown@Digg.com E-book readers like the Kindle may be getting better, but still fall short of the usability of paper books. You can't turn or flip through pages, or compare different documents as you would with paper. A new prototype with two displays can do all that. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:12:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661240Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2659502 unknown@Digg.com Not long ago, a caller dialed the toll-free number of an energy company to inquire about his bill. Forty years after ?2001,? how close are we to talking to a computer? Current applications of speech technology are a far cry from HAL. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:48:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2659502Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2658898 unknown@Digg.com Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net cash outlay from Nokia to purchase the approximately 52% of Symbian Limited shares it does not already own will be approximately EUR 264 million. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:40:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2658898Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2658756 unknown@Digg.com While the industry puzzles over when Android-supported phones will hit shelves, it is unclear what impact, if any, it will have against growing iPhone adoption. Google-led Android doesn?t quite get the hype that Apple?s iPhone does, but there are plenty of reasons to get excited for it... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:10:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2658756Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2657858 unknown@Digg.com Mobile devices based on Google's open-source Android platform have hit a two-quarter setback, with Google and its more than 30 partners saying phones based on the Android software won't hit the streets until the fourth quarter. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:10:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2657858Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2657495 unknown@Digg.com Competition is heating up as Toshiba, Dell and HP launch rival products to Apple's MacBook Air. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:07:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2657495Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2657341 unknown@Digg.com Amazing look into the Lego secret vault, where they store all the Lego sets ever created?4,720 boxes?since 1958: "Maybe that's why visiting Lego's Memory Lane touched me in a way I didn't expect. These were tickets to ride a time portal to emotions and simpler days long forgotten". Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:40:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2657341Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2656814 unknown@Digg.com Sharp recently announced that it will begin selling its 108? LCD TV in the U.S. in September and if you are planning on buying Sharp?s 108? TV you may want to hold off on that next Ferrari... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:00:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2656814Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2656023 unknown@Digg.com A microwave beam weapon is now reality, and the Home Office seems to be rather interested in it, and looks to high-tech pain rays to replace water cannons Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:34:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2656023Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2655982 unknown@Digg.com Cool video of a remote controlled Dalek toy with a customised pro-grade pinhole security cam built in - transmitting wirelessly to a hard drive recorder and 10" LCD. Perfect for the paranoid geek in your life if you want to build one yourself! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:12:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2655982Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2655754 unknown@Digg.com Toshiba will launch its Qosmio G50 and F40 machines with the chip, which contains four of the "Synergistic Processing Elements" from the Cell Broadband Engine processor. The Cell chip used in the PlayStation 3 has eight of the SPE cores plus a Power PC main processor. The SPE cores perform the heavy number-crunching that makes the console's graphic Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:46:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2655754Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2655676 unknown@Digg.com Holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending 3D images have been developed by an Indian tech company. By 2010 the devices will routinely beam 3D films, games and virtual goods into our laps according to Indian technology giant Infosys, which has patented the handset. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:33:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2655676Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2655335 unknown@Digg.com Researchers have developed a robot that can create 3D replicas of objects and even replicate itself.Scientists from the University of Bath in England unveiled an open-source machine that acts like a three-dimensional printer. Instead of printing out documents or pictures on paper, this printer uses blueprints to produce 3-D plastic objects. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:28:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2655335Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2655158 unknown@Digg.com EMA, Eternal Maiden Actualization, produced by Sega Toys, is 15 inches tall and kisses on command, which is a lot better than the recent release of cell phone robotic friends. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:50:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2655158Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2654980 unknown@Digg.com Onstar dispatchers contacted city police who caught A big identity theft-type guy they say not only stole a black Cadillac Escalade, but stashed at least 10 stolen credit cards and fake identities inside the SUV. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:17:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2654980Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2654415 unknown@Digg.com Forget Lego Airbus A380 + Lego Death Star, this video shows you the mother of all Lego models: 750,000-brick Kennedy Space Center. 1,506 sq. feet, + 2,500 hours to build. Includes 6.13ft-tall Space Shuttle, launch pad, space center with 9ft Saturn 1B rocket, + Vehicle Assembly Building! Its so massive that it can probably affect Earth's Orbit! Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:30:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2654415Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2654341 unknown@Digg.com Here's a great tool to find out who's Digging what you are submitting. Takes less than 10 seconds and you'll know who you are reaching. Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:40:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2654341Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2651479 unknown@Digg.com Almost 4,000 pieces of absolute nerdgasmic technological terror now available to order, showing 14 scenes that were in the no-moon during the original trilogy. We have all the official info + three high def photos at every angle of this amazing set, with 21 amazing mini-figs, including Han and Luke dressed up as Lego Imperial Stormtroopers. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2651479Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2650440 unknown@Digg.com If you ever wondered where the Galactic Empire gets all those stormtroopers, look no further than the Lego factory in Denmark: here's an exclusive video about how the iconic mini-figure gets its characteristic evil look after getting out of the mold machine. The printing of these mini-figs is one of the most expensive processes at the Lego factory Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2650440Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2649509 unknown@Digg.com Texas Instruments (TI) recently announced that it?s bringing the next generation of handheld displays to market with the Optoma Pico, a gadget it claims will be the tiniest projector ever made commercially available. Traveling salesmen everywhere, rejoice! Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:05:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2649509Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2647592 unknown@Digg.com For most people -- the cab driver, the tourist, the business traveler -- the ubiquitous GPS has become a lifeline, giving directions to the nearest bathroom, a pizza joint or the shortest route to the office. But, just like with spell-checker before it, some experts believe that the guiding device gives less than what it takes away... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:31:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2647592Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2647470 unknown@Digg.com The Baby was the first machine that had all the components now classically regarded as characteristic of the basic computer...first computer that could store not only data but any user program in electronic memory and process it at electronic speed. was 640 million times less powerful than its descendant, the pocket-sized iPod Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:53:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2647470Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2646649 unknown@Digg.com These days big brother is everywhere, with $10 or so worth of items you can build your own invisible "mask" to avoid any kind of identity exposure ! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2646649Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2644921 unknown@Digg.com To you or me, a monorail is a way to get around an airport, or a theme park. To a group of Israeli and German engineers, it's a high-tech defense, scanning for intruders. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:51:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2644921Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2642525 unknown@Digg.com This weapon injects a frozen ball of compressed gas approximately the size of a basketball at 850psi nearly instantly. The effects of this injection will drop many of the world's largest land predators. Pure awesome, as long as you're not on the business end. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:40:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2642525Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2642402 unknown@Digg.com In NJ, this has been a law for a while, but soon California, the state with the most licensed drivers will go hands-free, and bluetooth makers are gearing up for landslide sales. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:53:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2642402Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2642251 unknown@Digg.com BBC UK - Devices called a "mosquito" that send out high-pitched sounds which can only be heard by young people are now considered to be banned. Why they are using it in the first place? Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:14:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2642251Gadgets http://web2announcer.com/go/2637860 unknown@Digg.com Rube Goldberg machines are complex devices that perform simple tasksin indirect, convoluted ways. Here are the top ten featured in suchmovies as The Goonies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Pee Wee's BigAdventure and Back to the Future. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:08:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2637860Gadgets