Month: August 2010

Today only, MidnightBox.com offers the refurbished Belkin Headphones with Built-in XM Antenna, model no. F5X002, for $9.95 plus $3.99 for shipping. That’s $32 under the lowest total price we could find for a new unit. It features an adjustable headband and inline volume control. A 30-day warranty applies, although it’s unclear who backs it. Read…

Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner Cable Inc. said Sunday that they have made “significant progress” in resolving their issues over programming fees with less than a week left to renew a pact that feeds TV channels like ESPN into American households. Read the original post by ECNmag

Urban Outfitters via iTunes offers a free download of its new LSTN#11 MP3 Sampler Playlist. (Click “LSTN” to find it.) This 24-track sampler features songs from Arcade Fire, Cotton Jones, Ra Ra Riot, Of Montreal, Candy Claws, and more. You must have iTunes installed in order to download these songs. Of note, you can also…

In the age of connected TV, “don’t touch that dial!” has become “don’t change that input!”. Whereas broadcasters were once concerned over viewers changing channels during ad breaks, they are now worried that the public will desert regular television altogether for internet-based content. Read the original post by FT.com

Toyota announced a voluntary recall of Toyota Corollas and Matrixes equipped with 1ZZ-FE engines. The issue, which affects units sold from 2005 to 2008, affects the engine control module, and includes the potential for it to develop a crack on the module’s circuit board, which can result in the car not starting, the transmission shifting…

The Cranberry Show is fresh for fall with debut album “Sex and Pencil Shavings” The Cranberry Show is all about gas station slushies, candy necklaces … and really good hip-hop. Although it sounds strikingly similar to annual The Cranberry Festival in Warren, Wis. Read the original post by OnMilwaukee

Instead of seeing all our toxic electronic waste end up in e-waste piles in third world countries, how about turning them into furniture or sculpture? Theo Kamecke, a former filmmaker, has seen the beauty of printed-circuit boards, and done just that. Read the original post by NBC Miami

Vincent Hunter watched from 1,400 miles away as his iCam iPhone app warned him that his Dallas residence was being burglarized. Read the original post by NBC Miami

Appliance.com offers the Sony BRAVIA 55″ 240Hz 1080p Widescreen 3D LED-backlit LCD HD Television , model no. Read the original post by I4U Future Technology News

Chrissie Hynde and JP Jones show how to bridge a generation gap with their new CD. Read the original post by New York Daily News

Earlier this week, security firm Panda Labs reported that it had discovered that 25 percent of newly created worms have been specifically designed to spread through USB storage devices. Read the original post by NBC Miami

US-Appliance.com offers the Sony BRAVIA 55″ 240Hz 1080p Widescreen 3D LED-backlit LCD HD Television, model no. KDL-55HX800, bundled with the Sony 1,000-watt 3D Blu-ray Disc Home Theater, model no. BDV-E570, Sony 3D Sync Transmitter, model no. TMRBR100, and the Sony 3D Glasses 2-Pack for $2,299. (Add each item to your cart separately and enter your…

It seems obvious that text messaging while driving would be a distraction, and a dangerous one that takes your eyes off the road. Read the original post by ESPN

We’re starting to think Samsung has given up the pretense of keeping the Galaxy Tab ’s details secret and is letting them all out now. Read the original post by Engadget

Pencils, crayons, notebooks…what else does a student need to go back to school? September is the time to get that most important school supply of all – a library card! Observed since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month is a time when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library…