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Sao Paulo Goes Advertising-Free

April 17, 2007

Upset that advertisers weren’t complying with regulations, Sao Paulo’s major banned outdoor ads. Nearly four months later, the 11 million person city is nearly baron of commercial ads. Marcel Solimeo, the Chief Economist of Sao Paulo’s Commercial Association claims, “This is a radical law that damages the rules of a READ MORE >

Live in a Castle Like Royalty, with Royalty

April 17, 2007

So what if you didn’t just go visit a castle somewhere, or even just stayed in a castle-turned-hotel somewhere, but actually stayed in a castle with the royalty who owned it? Now that would be an experience. It’s basically a different spin on the "bed and breakfast" idea, where you READ MORE >

Detachable Phones – Patent Filed For PDA with Detachable Cellphone

April 17, 2007

Why bother toting around with a clunky PDA next time your at the bar or going for a jog? With the detachable phone, you can leave the brick at home. Unfortunately, this concept is just in patent phase, but a lawsuit over the patent has already ensued. That’s probably a READ MORE >

Spin webs like Spidey

April 17, 2007

Ever emulated Spiderman when playing a superhero? Unfortunately, finding a radioactive spider is pretty hard these days, leading us to pick up the Spiderman Web Blaster as an able replacement. The Web Blaster comes with a Spiderman glove, shooting mechanism, as well as the all important web fluid refills. All READ MORE >

Johnnie Walker 1805 On The Block

April 17, 2007

In 2005, Johnnie Walker 1805 was announced. The 200 bottles of whisky blended from whiskies that are at least 45 years old and of whiskies from distilleries that no longer exist were given out to high-profile individuals and never offered for sale. But now you can bid on a bottle READ MORE >

LaCie 526 for great color reproduction

April 16, 2007

The new LaCie 526 LCD display features 95% Adobe RGB gamut, and in layman’s terms, the colors you see on the monitor is virtually reproduced on an actual printout, doing away with the guessing game. Features include a 1,920 x 1,200 resolution and an aspect ratio of 16:10. Casual users READ MORE >

Sony launches direct USB E-Series portable players

April 16, 2007

Is it a USB drive? Or a small perfume bottle? Actually, it’s neither, this is Sony’s latest weapon in its battle for a share of the portable music player market – the Sony E-Series player. Its appeal is in its size and indeed weight – just 29g. But it does READ MORE >

The Perfect Summer Desk Accessory: The Propello Desk/Table Fan

April 16, 2007

The hot days of summer are fast approaching, which means those days where the air in the office is stuffy and sticky and you can’t seem to find relief no matter how high you crank the AC are on the way also. The Propello desk/table fan will help you stay READ MORE >

Vonage Is Coming Apart at the Seams

April 16, 2007

The head of Vonage, Mike Snyder, has resigned citing his reasons to be their long-standing battle with Verizon, over patent rights. It is forcing them to scale back their operations to the tune of $110 million.  The captain has bailed-out of this sinking ship and the demise of Vonage and READ MORE >

Philips work hard against pirates

April 12, 2007

Philips is currently hard at work to develop a new technology which places a unique watermark on all video broadcasts. These watermarks can be traced back to the original set-top box where the signal originated from. According to Philips, this watermark cannot be separated, removed, or altered in any way, READ MORE >

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