I have never been a fan of ergonomically designed keyboards, although I have one (courtesy of Microsoft for attending a press event) tucked away at home. The IBM laptop (not Lenovo) that I’m using has a rather cramped keyboard, but the tactile feedback it offers is better than desktop versions. Moreover, I can’t imagine anyone… Read More »
Pity the Motorola folks didn’t see this coming. Otherwise they could have dominated a new category of devices with variations of the same theme: LAZR, TASR, ERASR… you get the drift. The Rong Zun 758 Razor is a GSM phone that features a detachable bottom plate covering a built-in shaver, along with dual SIM card… Read More »
For those who do not have the privilege to experience one of life’s natural processes, here’s a chance for you to share the joy/pain (depending on the circumstances) with your beloved. Two hospitals in the UK – Southmead Hospital in Bristol and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital – have been using a so-called PROMPT Birthing Simulator to… Read More »
If Eric Schmidt is serious about saving the newspaper industry, perhaps Google can come up with a :CueCat-like device (I even thought of a name for this: CURL) that can recognise URLs published in news articles and wirelessly direct a user’s computer to the relevant webpages without requiring the user to manually type out the… Read More »
If you are, take the wrist ball (a.k.a. power/strength ball) for a spin to prove your mettle. How does it work? Just attach and pull the red cord, and rotate the little gadget in your hand as fast as you can. The faster you spin it, the heavier it will seem in your hand and… Read More »
Latest to join the ever-growing family of Swarovski-studded gadgets is a limited edition 19″ LCD TV sold by Marks & Spencer. The unit is festooned with more than 500 Swarovski Element Crystals and comes with a built-in DVD player plus Freeview channels. The blingy LCD TV is HD ready, but features a peculiar, PC-monitor-like 1,440×900… Read More »