Artemide LED Tolomeo Exclusively Coming From Humanscale

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The new LED version of the iconic Tolomeo task light from Artemide will now be distributed to the United States contract market through Humanscale.
This story caught my eye because I have been sitting on a Humanscale Freedom Chair for a couple of years and it makes 12-hour days in front of the internet an easy task.

Back to the Artemide LED Tolomeo lamp. What should I say, I also have a Tolomeo Mini Table Task Lamp on my desk. Their design is cool and timeless.
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Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:26:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

FLO TV Is Shipping

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FLO TV, provider of FLO TV live mobile TV service and a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, announced today that the FLO TV Personal Television is shipping.
The FLO TV Personal Television is a portable TV with a 3.5 inch capacitive touch-screen that measures 4.4 inches by 3 inches by .5 inches. The weight of the portable digital TV is just over 5 ounces. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pocket Radar Puts Speed Radar in your Pocket

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My son has one of those radar guns for his hot wheels cars that you can use to check the scale speed or the real speed in MPH of cars and all sorts of other items. The thing is big and since it’s a toy, it looks like one. If you want to be able to track the speed of things, like that one moron that flies up your street, what you need is the Pocket Radar.

The device is hailed as the first and only palm size speed radar. The device has point and shoot functionality and can provide accurate and real time speed measurements at the touch of a button. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Sophos Releases Windows 7 Security Report

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Software and data protection firm Sophos has issued a new report on the security of Windows 7. The report aims to clarify if security in Windows 7 is better than what we had with Vista and its annoying UAC feature.

Sophos reports that Microsoft seems to have listened and tried to make security more robust and less intrusive. The report looks at the effectiveness of the security features and requires a registration to access. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Facebook Groups 'Hacked' For A Good Cause

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If you're a regular user of Facebook (who isn't these days?) you have probably joined up with your share of groups. Facebook groups are sort of like a combination of club and petition, except for being totally useless and so flooded with spam as to be unsuited for anything but a novelty. As you can probably tell, I'm not a big fan of them. Well today it looks like my distaste for Facebook groups was reasonable after all. It turns out they're incredibly vulnerable to the actions of assholes with a tiny bit of knowledge.

Loose wire blog reports that over 300 different Facebook groups have been taken over today by a group called Control Your Info. Here's a link. Some folks are calling this a 'hack', but that's not really true. The groups were hijacked by way of an existing, perfectly legal and transparent feature within Facebook. All the 'hacker' did was search groups who'd had an admin leave, and then joined as an admin. This gave them the ability to change the name of the group. Once they had control, they left this note;

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:12:09 CST | by Robert Evans

B&N Nook eBook Reader Heavy Demand Pushes Shipping Date Back

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Barnes & Noble announced their hot new eBook reader dubbed nook in October.
The nook gives the Amazon Kindle a run for its money with the 2nd color screen and Android OS.
According to the WSJ the demand is so high that the shipping date of the nook is getting pushed back to December 11th for pre-orders that come in now.

B&N is quoted saying that the demand for the nook has surpassed their expectations. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Flies Used In Awesome Airplane Banner Promotion

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The Frankfurt Book Fair is long over, but besides eBook Readers there were actual flies carrying banners filling the halls.

Well known German ad agency Jung von Matt/Neckar released 200 flies with attached banners to promote the Eichborn publisher. Eichborn has a fly in their logo, so it was not that far fetched, but as you can see in the video below the flies look quite awesome.

I first thought this was a bit cruel, but the ultra-light banners were attached to the flies with natural wax and after a short time the banner dropped off by itself. Jung von Matt said that no fly was harmed.
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Posted on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:30:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Last Minute Halloween Costume Deals Available

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If you haven't got your Halloween costume by now, you are late. The good news is that you can still get costumes and now they're heavily discounted. So if you just found out that Halloween is this weekend or just got invited to a Halloween party, you should order a costume now.
For inspiration check out our Halloween Costume Choices For Geeks or go directly to BuyCostumes.com.
The costume in the photo is of course for your girlfriend - Star Trek Movie (2009) red dress makes a sexy crew member of Star Fleet - you know.
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Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

PhotoTrackr Mini Geotags Photos

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I have never really felt compelled to tag photos with GPS information. After all, isn’t the purpose of a photo so you can remember where you were for years to come? A new geotagging device has been unveiled from GiSTEQ called the PhotoTrackr Mini DPL900.

This isn't the first geo tagging solution from the company and the latest version of the PhotoTrakr is smaller than the original. The new version of the device is compatible with RAW format photos on Mac computers thanks to new software. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MySpace Launches Music Products for Artists and Fans

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MySpace has announced a new music service aimed at connecting artists and fans together. The global rollout of the program has started and it is called MySpace Music Video Experience. The product also includes a MySpace Artist Dashboard that is a free data and analytics tool for artists.

Users can now also purchase the tracks they listen to directly on iTunes. Functionality of the new service includes a new music video hub within MySpace. Music Video Recommendations based on what friends are watching, alphabetical Video search, and a video player with buy buttons. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Before Wearing The Kissing Monkey USB Hands Warmer I'd Set The Office On Fire

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USB Hand Warmer gadgets have been around for a couple of years and apparently people still have cold fingers in the winter months. Gadget Shop Gadget4All just emailed us news about the Kissing Monkey USB Hands Warmer. What should I say, they look really ridiculous.
If you have cold fingers while typing, ask your boss to turn up the heat. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:40:45 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr