Month: December 2010

We often joke that robots will one day take over the word but some folks obviously think that it’s happening already. Read the original post by Ubergizmo

We’ve already seen quite a few Kinect hacks and we’re sure you have too. That being said, have you seen the one that allows you to make yourself invisible like the Predator? A Japanese coder out there has come up with a use for the Kinect where it tracks your movement and position, but turns…

For its current newsletter subscribers only, newegg.com offers the Western Digital Scorpio Blue 2.5″ 640GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive, model no. WD6400BPVT, for $49.99. With free shipping, that’s $0.08/GB, $20 under our August mention, and the lowest total price we could find by $33. This laptop hard drive runs at 5400 rpm…

A lawyer appointed as a trustee by a New York bankruptcy court filed a $6.4 billion lawsuit Thursday against JPMorgan Chase. Irving Picard said he filed the case because JPMorgan is the primary banker of Bernard Madoff and must carry some responsibility for the losses of the imprisoned con man?s victims. – (AHN) Read the…

This isna t supposed to be the year of the color-screen e-reader. Led by Amazon.com Inc. Read the original post by Bloomberg.com – Asia

This may be news to smokers ? both current and former ? but a Brown University study suggests quitting the habit may improve people?s mood. – (AHN) Read the original post by WGNO

GiveawayotDay: CyberPower Audio Editing Lab is an ideal solution for audio editing and mastering. http://bit.ly/eEh3eN Read the original post by NBC Connecticut

New York Gov. David Paterson has 10 days to act on legislation passed by the state assembly that places a limited ban on a controversial drilling method for natural gas. The assembly voted 93 to 43 Monday night to block the issuance of new permits for hydraulic fracturing until May 15. – (AHN) Read the…

Making healthy lifestyle choices can lower one?s risk of having a stroke by up to 80 percent, according to a new American Heart Association study. The organization released its latest guidelines to stroke prevention this week, the first update since 2006. – (AHN) Read the original post by WGNO

A widely-used arthritis drug may prevent non-melanoma skin cancer, according to a new study. – (AHN) Read the original post by WGNO

Justin Bieber hates British weather and food, but admits he is a fan of UK women. Read the original post by ContactMusic.com

Today only, JustDeals.com offers the Polaroid a300 3-Megapixel Digital Camera in Coral, model no. CAA-300, for $24.77. Apply coupon code “DEALNEWS1″ to yield free shipping. That’s $5 under our August mention of this camera in black and the lowest total price we could find by $9. Features include 2x digital zoom, 1.4″ LCD, 8MB internal…

This is Mass Effect 2 , running on a netbook — a stock Eee PC — with a single core Atom CPU that wouldn’t dare to dream of actually processing the game. Read the original post by Engadget

Time Warner Inc Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes questioned whether Netflix Inc’s current business model of paying top dollar for rights to stream movies and TV shows over the Internet is sustainable in the long-term. Bewkes said for a subscription service to work it would have to pay premiums for the best content soon after it…

Research In Motion Ltd., maker of BlackBerry smart phones, said on its blog Thursday that it will buy Swedish software developer The Astonishing Tribe, which specializes in making phone software more attractive and easy to use. Read the original post by The News Tribune