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Final Frame: Andy Rementer's Techno Tuesday

A weekly comic about technology from Andy Rementer....

Roundup: Ten Coolest and Weirdest Corded Phones

Sure, if you're really tech savvy you no longer have a landline. Instead you use either your mobile or Skype to chat voice-to-voice. But some of us still talk old school style, and even further, some...

Vi-Fi is Gaining Ground, How Many Wrecks Will Result?

We can't see any practical and legal uses for having a Wi-Fi signal in your car on the highway. There's no reason to be looking at a screen (GPS, over a satellite signal, would be the exception here)....

Open Peak: Not Just a Home Phone

While the two phones on the right hand side are nothing new, we were intrigued by the big screen on the left. Is it a tablet PC? A digital picture frame? A remote control? Turns out the Open Peak is a...

Survey: Webmail or POPmail?

Since Tuesday we've been dealing with internet issues -- meaning we have none. By sitting just so in a corner of our apartment we've been hijacking someone else's WiFi, but that's no way to live. Spe...

Wood + Mobility = Maple Phone

Add this to the wooden electonics list. Not only is this cell phone made of wood, it is a sliding cell phone made of wood. ...

Belkin GoStudio: For Podcasters On The Run

With 3 mic inputs, two internal omnidirectional stereo microphones, and tons of volume level controls, the Belkin GoStudio should serve quite well for garage bands or podcasters constantly on the move...

The Evolution of the Mobile Signature

Do you use an email signature? Your know, that automatically attached list of info at the bottom of your sent emails. Name, phone number, job title, etc, etc. These are usually very formal no? While t...

Go Green: New D-Link Routers Are Safe From Hazardous Materials

While their new LCD menuses are one of the things that we enjoy most about D-Link's new line of eco-friendly routers, the fact that they're made from recycled materials that can be disposed of properl...

Spam Subject Lines Move from Genitalia to Celebrities -- Analyzing Today's Spam

Spam drives us nuts. Yes, we know Gmail's spam filter is amazing, but we really like getting POPmail in our Mail program. It helps us organize the million and one communicados we get daily into a mil...

WokFi: DIY Wireless Extender Antenna

If you depend on the kindness/obliviousness of strangers with open WiFi networks, this little DIY project is for you. Follow these directions to fashion a WiFi signal booster by combining a cheap USB...

iPhone App Store

Here's one from our man Taylor. We've all known the joy of test-driving new system software, but Apple's iPhone 2.0 software update takes it to a new level. Although we love the variety of applica...

Nagsourcing: Chorebuster.net

Here's Taylor again with a tip on how to get your lazy roommates to chip in. Passive-aggressive neat freaks, pack up your Post-it notes. Chore Buster is attempting to deliver home-task distribution ...

Samsung Releases Phone Made of Bioplastic

Man, why does Asia always get all the rad phones? Maybe we can get Range to buy us Samsung's new line of "Eco-Phones"? The W510, only available in Korea, is the first phone made using corn-based biop...

Momofuku Ko: Table for 2? Get Online

That's right, get online not in line. While the restaurant in question, Momofuku in NYC, doesn't try to stand out as a high tech restaurant in the sense of being filled with touch screen tables or rob...

Kage Roi: Hi Tech Table that Googles for You

When I have been involved in brainstorming sessions at the office....or a heated discussion anywhere near a computer for that matter, Googling something is inevitable. Whether is to prove someone wron...

Netgear: We're Open Source and We Want You To Know

Although Linksys Linux-based Tomato and DD-WRT firmwares (used to give routers speaker powers for speed monitoring, traffic controls, and tons of other options) have been around for a while now, Netge...

How To...Synch Verizon’s Blackberry Curve 8330 with your Mac

When I bought the new Blackberry Curve 8330 from Verizon last month I figured the smartphone’s syncing capabilities would be similar to Cingular’s Blackberry Curve – meaning, I wouldn’t have a...

Green Idea: Siemens Eco DECT Phone

More on the environmentally friendly gadget front. What looks like a regular DECT cordless home phone can reduce your CO2 emissions by 13.5 kg a year. At least that is what Siemens is claiming. ...

Sale Alert! Urban Outfitters Podcast Kit

While trolling through Urban Outfitters' online catalog for stuff we surely don't need, we found a rad product -- and it's on sale! For those of you who've wanted your own radio station or have play...

Unpluggd Weekly Top Ten: 06.13.08

This week some great posts caught your attention, including our new section Close-Up as well as some oldies but goodies, like that streaming PS3 How To that keeps on clickin'! Lets take a look at wha...

Survey: Will You Be Picking Up a 3G iPhone

Now that you have had a few days to think about it, are you sold or has it gotten old? All these people are either tired of their current iPhones or simply making space for the next one so it got us...

Apple's Mobile Me

Sure, there was this new iPhone unveiled just yesterday but what really caught my eye is this idea of mobile me. Do you have more than one computer in your house? If you have an iPhone or iPod touch ...

How To: Geotag Your Photos

Geo-wha? Geotagging. What geotagging is, is a way of attaching information about location to the digital photos that you snap. This will let you organize them and search through them in ways that woul...