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Nintendo Wii

Wii is the revolutionary next generation home video game console from the gaming giant Nintendo. With the introduction of Wii, Nintendo has changed the face of home video gaming for ever. Wii is now the top selling home video system bypassing its competitors Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. A unique feature of Wii is its wireless console called WiiConnect24. WiiConnect24 enables Wii to receive messages and updates over the Internet.

Wii has attracted new types of games who have never previously played video games. Nintendo has introduced the new Wii console along with the bundled Wii Sports game. Wii Sports is the perfect game to show off the consoles fun new motion sensor controls. It's time to swing the remote around the room like a maniac in Wii Sports.

Computer-related injuries

While back pain, blurred vision and mouse-related injuries are now well-documented hazards of long-term computer use, the number of acute injuries connected to computers is rising rapidly. According to a study published in the July 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital; and The Ohio State University........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 6/9/2009 5:04:16 AM)

Manual Hard Drive Destroyer

This Manual Hard Drive Destroyer seems to be quite effective in rendering a disk full of data safe from prying eyes. Actually we’re guessing that if you really really wanted to retrieve the data, and had CIA levels of cash, you probably could. Which is why +600 degrees of furnace fire is really your only choice if you want to make sure your information is gone for good........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 6/4/2009 8:34:03 PM)

Cell phone ringtones can pose major distraction

A flurry of recent research has documented that talking on a cell phone poses a dangerous distraction for drivers and others whose attention should be focused elsewhere. Now, a newly released study in the Journal of Environmental Psychology finds that just the ring of a cell phone appears to be equally distracting, particularly when it comes in a classroom setting or includes a familiar song as a ringtone. "In any setting where people are........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 6/3/2009 5:15:51 AM)

'Lab on a Tube' Monitoring Device

The need for improved monitoring of neurotrauma patients has resulted in the development of a prototype of a novel, multitasking "lab on a tube" at the University of Cincinnati (UC). UC engineers, working to fill a need expressed by physicians at the Neurotrauma Center at the UC Neuroscience Institute, have developed a preliminary working model of the multimodal tube, or "smart sensor," which is capable of continuously monitoring multiple........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 5/5/2009 5:05:45 AM)

eBay and looting of antiquities

Having worked for 25 years at fragile archaeological sites in Peru, UCLA archaeologist Charles "Chip" Stanish held his breath when the online auction house eBay launched more than a decade ago. "My greatest fear was that the Internet would democratize antiquities trafficking, which previously had been a wealthy person's vice, and lead to widespread looting," said the UCLA professor of anthropology, who directs the UCLA Cotsen Institute of........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 5/5/2009 4:59:29 AM)

Shift in Simulation Superiority

Science and engineering are advancing rapidly in part due to ever more powerful computer simulations, yet the most advanced supercomputers require programming skills that all too few U.S. scientists possess. At the same time, affordable computers and committed national programs outside the U.S. are eroding American competitiveness in number of simulation-driven fields. These are some of the key findings in the International Evaluation of........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 5/1/2009 5:19:37 AM)

Mitsubishi defies crunch, releases a monster!

Mitsubishi obviously don't understand that the world is in a state of economic crisis; as they have just released a rather mad 82" LCD, costing almost $5000. It's not just big, it has some rather big features too; full 3D support, for whenever (if ever) 3D actually becomes something mainstream. It also features phenominal 120hz technology for completely judder free technology, as well as some serious colour gamut support........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 4/23/2009 10:46:32 PM)

Samsung Impression available now

Samsung's new messaging phone known as the Samsung Impression is now available on AT&T network. It comes with some nice features including a 3.2 inch AMOLED touch screen display and a neat full QWERTY keyboard. AMOLED screens are renowned for providing better display quality and a longer battery life. It is available for $199.99 on a 2-year contract Here are the specs: Networks: GSM 900/1800/1900/850, HSDPA 3G 850/190 Weight:........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 4/22/2009 10:06:34 PM)

"Instant On" Computing

The ferroelectric materials found in today's "smart cards" used in subway, ATM and fuel cards soon may eliminate the time-consuming booting and rebooting of computer operating systems by providing an "instant-on" capability as well as preventing losses from power outages. Scientists supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF) nanoscale interdisciplinary research team award and three Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers at........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 4/20/2009 9:33:27 PM)

What do we lose with our technologies?

There are Web cams focused on falcons, ferrets and fish, virtual tours of the Grand Canyon and Yosemite, and robotic dogs, seals and even dinosaurs. But what about the real deal: observing animals in their natural habitat, hiking the John Muir Trail or a playing with a live pet? Modern technology increasingly is encroaching into human connections with the natural world and University of Washington psychology experts believe this intrusion........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 4/2/2009 5:03:20 AM)

Better computers by shifting sound to light

By reversing a process that converts electrical signals into sounds heard out of a cell phone, scientists may have a new tool to enhance the way computer chips, LEDs and transistors are built. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have for the first time converted the highest frequency sounds into light by reversing a process that converts electrical signals to sound. Usually used piezo-electric speakers, such as those found........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 3/16/2009 8:04:25 PM)

Elonex ONEt Ultra Portable Notebook

This week’s Deal of the Day (if we had such a thing) would be this refurb Elonex ONEt Ultra-Portable Netbook computer, priced at a totally measly £99.99. Weight 650g, 7 inch TFT screen, Linux, WiFi, 3 x USB ports, SD card reader, 2GB SSD drive and 128 MB memory. Grab ‘em while they’re hot and sizzling........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 2/26/2009 10:32:23 PM)

I'm Using Safari 4 Open Beta and I Haven't Died Yet

Hello, my name is Chris Matier, and I hate Internet Explorer. Well, maybe hate is a strong word, but I definitely don't like it much. After all, nearly half of my computing time is done on Apple products, and Microsoft gives me no love. I use safari on my Macs, but Idefinitely don't like Safari in Vista much either. That is until today; right now, I am running the beta release of Safari 4 on both platforms, and so far I love it ........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 2/26/2009 10:32:14 PM)

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 3G - Review

The new Dell Inspiron Mini 9 with 3G is, on the face of it, much of a muchness as far as small computers go. It’s pretty hard to find any real differentiation between mini notebooks when all of them use the same processor, same screens and similar storage and memory specs. However the Dell stands out because of a) the name, b) the fact that it’s the one which will probably sell the most via the company’s corporate connections,........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 2/18/2009 11:20:58 PM)

A casuality of the global economy

I'm not sure how it's going out there in the big ol' US of A, but over here in the UK prices for cameras are going bananas, literally. The pound has devalued significantly, and as such, with a lot of cameras imported from america, and as such, something like the Canon 580ex mk flash unit, has literally doubled in price up to £500. Loads of other things have gone up, lenses, bodies, the lot.........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 2/18/2009 11:19:00 PM)

PSX-2

No, it has nothing to do with Sony's PSX; a PS2 in a box with PVR functions, or even anything to do with the original Playstation; it's an iPod dock. I don't tend to like reporting on iPod docks as they tend to be cheapy things for kids to blast awful quality music out of; but this ones a bit different. Firstly, it's expensive. A whopping $399. Also, no speakers included, this just hooks up to them. So why the cost?........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/31/2009 9:31:32 AM)

Computer graphics researchers simulate the sounds of water

Splash, splatter, babble, sploosh, drip, drop, bloop and ploop! Those are some of the sounds that have been missing from computer graphic simulations of water and other fluids, as per scientists in Cornell's Department of Computer Science, who have come up with new algorithms to simulate such sounds to go with the images. The work by Doug James, associate professor of computer science, and graduate student Changxi Zheng will be reported........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 6/5/2009 4:53:59 AM)

LG breaks the thinness record.....

Okay, so it's not quite the thinnest TV ever; that goes to some fancy pants OLED stuff that nobody will be able to afford for about 20 years, but it IS the thinnest LCD TV yet, measuirng just 5.9mm at their thinnest. Woah. That's tiny! I'm sure it'll look good on your wall....but is the extra cash for something just a little bit thinner really worth it........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 6/1/2009 5:51:25 PM)

Viral epidemics poised to go mobile

If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite the fact that over 80 percent of Americans now use these devices. A team headed by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, director of the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University, set out to explain why this is true. The scientists used calling........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 5/22/2009 5:21:08 AM)

Silver Seal washable keyboard

Tossing that dirty keyboard into a tub of warm soap water for a clean-up is no longer an urge that you have to repeatedly supress due to those well-understood, practical reasons. The Silver Seal washable keyboard adds a simple and utterly sensible innovation to the normal keyboard to fend off the disastrous consequences - waterproofing. A gotcha moment for you too there, wasn"t it The Silver Seal USB keyboard can be dunked into a tub of........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 5/2/2009 9:17:45 AM)

Portable Misting Tower

This Portable Misting Tower comes with absolutely no ecological cred at all, but if you dwell in a hot hot climate, you’ll probably appreciate the ability to stay cool outdoors. Of course there is a school of thought that says you shouldn’t be hanging around under a roasting sun anyway, but we’ll move on from that and try not to be churlish. $79.95........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 4/30/2009 8:25:10 PM)

Making Brighter, Full-Color Electronic Readers?

Thinking about getting an e-reader but not sure if you like reading the dim screen? An international collaboration of the University of Cincinnati, Sun Chemical, Polymer Vision and Gamma Dynamics has announced Electrofluidic Display Technology (EFD), the first technology to electrically switch the appearance of pigments in a manner that provides visual brilliance equal to conventional printed media. This new entry into the race for........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 4/30/2009 5:21:10 AM)

Google Phone Book Results

Google Inside's author noticed recently that you can now do a reverse phone book look up straight from the front page of Google. He says he got a hang up call, typed the number into Google's search window, hit enter, and got the name and address of the Phone's owner.Am I the only one that is slightly creeped out by how much information Google actually has access to?Well, probably not... The more profound question is this: How........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 4/22/2009 10:06:52 PM)

Ultrasound imaging with a smartphone

Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand. William D. Richard, Ph.D., WUSTL associate professor of computer science and engineering, and David Zar, research associate in computer........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 4/22/2009 5:28:47 AM)

Relief for overheating laptops

Our modern age has become accustomed to regular improvements in information technology, says Slava Rotkin, but these advances do not come without a cost. Take the laptop, for example. Its components, particularly its billions of semiconductor electronic circuits, are growing ever tinier while the instrument's power and capacity increase. But heat generated by electric current can cause the circuits to melt and the laptop hardware to fail. ........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 4/13/2009 12:56:53 PM)

Faster computer chips

Engineers at Ohio State University are in the process of developing a technique for mass producing computer chips made from the same material found in pencils. Experts think that graphene -- the sheet-like form of carbon found in graphite pencils -- holds the key to smaller, faster electronics. It might also deliver quantum mechanical effects that could enable new kinds of electronics. Until now, most scientists could only create tiny........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 3/31/2009 3:53:51 PM)

Eco-Media Player Revolution

The Eco-Media Player Revolution is an updated version of the original Eco Media Player with extra bits. It still has the fabulous hand-cranked, charge-me-anywhere handle but it now it plays nicely with iTunes. It’s also got an SD card slot, so you can boost its storage capacity from the inbuilt 4Gb all way to 11 16Gb. You can still charge your mobile phone with it, watch videos, read eBooks, show off your photos, listen to FM........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 3/4/2009 9:28:15 PM)

Sky Cutter Flying Lawnmower

The Sky Cutter Flying Lawnmower looks like fun. If only it could actually cut grass as well. Wowee! The video is also hilarious. $149.99 for complete kit........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 2/26/2009 10:32:07 PM)

Application Stores For Everyone

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 524411 Oh Apple, you used to be so cool with your mobile computing platform and your ubiquitous application store. Now, everyone has gone and shown up to the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona and announced their own application store for their own mobile computing platform. Now, instead of the just the Apple iTunes App store, there are going to be no less than seven application stores for seven........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 2/18/2009 11:20:52 PM)

Google Docs enhanced for mobile users

Good news for mobile users as Google has updated its Google Docs online App. to support document viewing, editing, sorting, filtering and much more. Initially mobile users only had access to view their online documents but now they can play around with their documents using their mobile phones. It therefore enables users to record and keep track of important information without having to install any applications onto their mobile devices........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 2/18/2009 11:19:57 PM)

Laser sharp digital maps

Restoring habitat for spawning species of fish, such as Atlantic salmon, starts with a geological inventory of suitable rivers and streams, and the watershed systems that support them. But the high-tech mapping tools available to geologists and hydrologists have had their limits. Now, lasers beamed from planes overhead are adding greater clarity to mapping streams and rivers and interpreting how well these bodies of water can help maintain........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 2/12/2009 6:10:54 AM)