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TypePad Mommy Bloggers Embark on Their Summer Road Trip ’08

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

When was the last time you went on a road trip? The feeling of freedom as you hit the open road… the wind in your hair… the adventure of discovering new people and places… the traffic, the gas prices, the fast food and truck stops… Now you can experience all of it (the [...]

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I Love My iPod

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

This is not a paid endorsement, but I don’t mind. My iPod is my new best friend. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a trend-setter. Part of it is external; part of it is internal. Externally, I’m [...]

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Social Minded Product Design: Emily Pilloton

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Social Minded Product Design: Emily Pilloton Video: Emily Pilloton, founder of Project H Design, a website that encourages and supports humanitarian product design solutions, talks about her vision, and the recent success of the new Greener Gadgets Conference. (Filed under Ecolectic by Galina Leinen, July 14, 2008)
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A 3G Success: One Million iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

A 3G Success: One Million iPhones Sold Over the Weekend Submitted by Eugmc on July 14, 2008 - 4:01pm. Business & Technology Gadgets News Technology The price drop and update Apple’s iPhone had a big impact at retailers this weekend. The company announced that they moved over 1 Million units over [...]

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1M iPhones sold—first weekend: Hint, hint to clueless book biz

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Some otherwise-smart people at a Tools of Change conference didn’t quite buy my contention that the Kindle would be merely one platform for e-reading. The real action, as I see it, will be on cellphones—especially when pop-out screens hit the market. Consider how phones squashed PDAs. People want to carry around [...]

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Microsoft Now Says Yahoo Came Crawling To Them (Again)

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

After Yahoo quickly rejected Microsoft’s latest offer to buy its search business this weekend, Microsoft has just issued its own statement in the “he-said, she-said” wars playing out in public between the two companies. According to Microsoft, after talking to investor Carl Icahn, Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock basically came crawling on his knees to [...]

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7 Robot Cars and Driverless Tech Rigs Coming Soon From VW

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

If technology like emergency braking, lane monitoring and even parking can be automated, you’ll want to gobble this stuff up in no time. Volkswagen recently showed us a few prototypes that will soon take robots to the road.

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5 Wild DIY Bicycle Mods and How to Build Them

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

From jet engines to flotation devices, these bikes are the fastest life on two wheels without a motorcycle license. Each inventor shared their secrets for your own weekend project, but try this at home only after taking serious precautions.

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Building Smart in Fuel Crunch, Bike Industry’s Gear Shift Pays Off

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Bike manufacturers big and small are breaking all their old rules to cater to a new generation of bike commuters. A dispatch from the reinvented world of the no-fuss two-wheeler.

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4 Practical Reasons the Segway Isn’t Actually That Lame Anymore

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s the megaengineered geek machine everyone loves to hate. But with prices soaring at the pump, Segway sales are up at least 25 percent-and counting. Could personal transporters save gas and stop WMDs?

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