With the mobile internet attracting more and more attention and use, it's getting very difficult for online businesses to ignore the world of mobile. SMS (Short Message Service) is the technology behind text messaging and even though it's far from being the most cutting-edge mobile technology, it's often the first one companies will experiment with because it's the most widely-used. Over 200 billion SMS messages were sent in 2007....
You might think that a Lego safe would be easy to open. Maybe just remove a few bricks and you’re in. But that’s not the case with this thing, the cutting edge of Lego safe technology. The safe weighs 14 pounds and has a motion detecting alarm so it can’t be moved without creating a huge ruckus. The lock takes five double digit codes to open it. That translates into over 305 billion different combinations. It even boasts an electronic status display showing the numbers as you turn the combination dials. When you enter the combination, the door electronically opens...
Filed under: Laptops The Eee PC 901 has always been the sweet spot model in ASUS's alphabet soup of a netbook line, and the 901GO launched today in France makes it even more desirable with a larger 8700mAh battery and a faster 16GB SSD capable of 50MB/s writes and 87MB/s reads. Of course, you can get the same 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and 8.9-inch screen in the 900A for $280, so the new 901GO's €399 ($505) pricetag seems perhaps a bit much, but the cutting edge ain't a cheap place to live, kids.[Via Electronista]Eee PC 901GO with faster...
When Anthem Branding, a promotional products distributor in Boulder, Colorado, produced their own t-shirts to promote themselves, a brand was born. Clad in their gear, Anthem employees were frequently stopped on the street and asked, “Who makes those and where can I get one?!?.” Growing demand quickly led the design-driven agency to launch a webstore where they now sell their exclusive chic designs. All styles are original creations of Anthem Branding’s graphic design team which boasts fresh ideas and cutting-edge sense of style. Check them out at www.anthembrand.com Posted by AnthemBranding for Design Yout Trust, 2008. Permalink | No...
Pandora is expanding its offering with music forum sponsored by Energizer batteries. The new Energizer Forum offers a place for Pandora users to discuss all things music: songs, artists, playlists, gadgets and more. As with all things Pandora, the site is clean and simple. Videos will be added next month. The sponsorship with Energizer is part of Pandora's aggressive push to monetize their traffic ahead of large pending royalty increases. Major brands have already been drawn to the site both because of an impressive user base and a cutting edge yet safe image. (No small accomplishment in the overcrowded...
The PC upgrade cycle is a brutal, senselessly fast one. Problem is, every upgrade doesn't mean disposal for your old PC — it means suffering a much more depressing fate in the back of a dark, dusty closet. It doesn't have to be that way. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of dusty towers yearning to breathe free — we've got some ideas. It turns out that crappy old PCs are kind of a hot commodity nowadays; numerous software projects have succeeded in dressing up retired computers for purposes that often didn't even exist when they were...
If you’ve followed us for any amount of time, then you’d be familiar with our gadget and tech video show, Bleeding Edge TV. You can find it here on Gear Live, on YouTube, on Blip.tv, and a bunch of other places on the interwebs. However, today we are happy to tell you that if you are a FiOS TV subscriber, you can catch the show there as well, on demand. To check it out, just pull up On Demand, and go into The Cutting Edge category. From there, choose Blip.tv, and you’ll find us (along with other top Blip-hosted...
If you’re reading this, we hope you’re sitting down because this news is gonna blow you away. HTC recently announced its plans to launch the HTC MAX 4G, the world’s first GSM / WiMax integrated handset! Judging from the looks of that picture along with others floating around the net, it looks like it’s going to be a hell of a gorgeous phone. Of course, HTC rarely disappoints but this is definitely going to be high up on the “want list” for us. The only problem? Well, here it is straight from HTC PR: While the HTC MAX 4G...
Sixty miles down a dirt road in the Alaskan Wilderness, sits a cutting-edge green building nestled in the mountains. An educational landmark for visitors and a starting point and shelter for backcountry hikers, the LEED platinum Eielson Center in Alaska's Denali National Park sports some of the greenest features yet produced by federal funds. ......
The KML in Research contest deadline is Dec 1st. For those of you working on KML already, make sure you check out the judging criteria and submit your file before the contest deadline. For those of you new to KML, there is still time to get a quick start using some of the tools and examples highlighted on the KML tools page.We are looking for KML that uses Google Earth to display data, describes academic research work, or provides educational content for students and teachers. We know there is a lot of really fantastic cutting edge work going on out there and we would love to...
This is an open letter to my competitors. Just so you know, if one of my clients or prospects were to offer me your materials (proposals, brochures, etc.), I would happily accept the offer. I compete with you. By beating you, I get to put food on the table; put my kids through college; buy that dream chalet in the mountains. By beating you, I provide that same opportunity to SHIFT’s 100+ hard-working employees. It’s important to beat you. I take pride in it, because it’s never guaranteed – it is always, always hard, you cagey and talented SOBs! So if...
Amazon Web Services has announced the finalists for its Startup Challenge. The competition, which is designed to showcase web startups that utilize Amazon’s web services stack, will award one winner with $50,000 in cash and $50,000 in AWS credits, as well as a potential investment offer from Amazon. Amazon is in the midst of creating videos about each startup that will be published soon, and the public will be able to vote on their favorites. The voting doesn’t determine the winner, however. Rather, each finalist will be flown to Seattle later this month to pitch a judging panel at Amazon...
NTT DoCoMo have announced 22, count ‘em, 22 new handsets in four series. The STYLE series is their fashion statement, while the PRIMEs are full feature phones that concentrate on multimedia. The SMART series are targeted at professionals while the PROs are for those who like cutting edge (and higher prices) and includes the BlackBerry Bold. Release times begin this month and will continue through March 2009. We are thinking that unless you just have to have a banana colored cellie, a selection of 4 or five would have been sufficient. Tags: blackberry bold (T), cell phones (T), handset...
