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MusicDNA: Successor of the MP3?

Here’s yet another new music file format with an attempt to dethrone the king of music file format, MP3. It is developed by BACH Technology, and they named it, MusicDNA. The new music file format offers the ability to push additional content to music owners, such as lyrics, news updates, videos, and images. And it is [...]

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ATMs Hacked Using MP3 Player

Maxwell Parsons, 41, was the central figure in a gang who used a rather interesting device to hack into ATMs: MP3 player. Parsons and his gang members would use a MP3 player to record the noise, which is actually data, transmitted from free-standing ATMs. This is done by unplugging the phone line running from the machine [...]

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Jack Organizes your Earbud Cord

I was offered to do a review for earbud JACK, a seemingly normal piece of plastic for organizing your earbud cords. Tons of these stuffs out there. But, upon closer inspection, JACK stands out from the rest as both clever and cute! The whole point of JACK is to keep your earbud’s cord from tangling when [...]

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Glo Pillow Wakes You Gently with Light

The Glo Pillow is an alarm pillow that wakes you up gently with a gradually intensifying light. No more screaming alarm clocks! The LED light gradually increases in intensity for 40 minutes, simulating a real sunrise. And when you lift your head off the pillow, it displays the current time in easy-to-read dot matrix fonts. The pillow [...]

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Charge your iPhone and iPod On The Move

To stay loyal to the Apple gods means you have to live with the non-removable batteries on your iPods and iPhones. Bringing the USB cable along with you everywhere is good if you expect to have computer access to get some charge from its USB port, but not too helpful if you are out, let’s [...]

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Top 10 Sites for WWDC 2007 Keynote Live Updates

The long-awaited WWDC 2007 Keynote is finally upon us! For the millions of unfortunate souls who can’t attend the event, here are the various sources to check out for live coverage. Be sure to bookmark this page in case the source that you go to gets overloaded by immense traffic! 1. iPhoneAlley (Audio) 2. MacRumors (Text) 3. MacScoop [...]

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Microsoft Zune: Halo 3 Edition

Halo 3 fans sit tight, ’cause Microsoft has announced the launch of a special Halo 3 edition of its Zune portable music player! Available for pre-order now exclusively from GameStop, the player will cost $249 and ship from June 15, 2007. The Halo 3 Zune comes with: Videos: Halo 3 “Starry Night” advertisement Halo 3 E3 2006 announcement trailer Halo [...]

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Retro iPod Alarm Clock

I must have underestimated the almighty Jobism religion and its impact on retailers and product designers. But hell no, I’m certainly not complaining about the new Retro iPod Alarm Clock from Firebox.com. This charming little thing allows you to wake up to your favorite tunes in your iPod playlist every morning, and serves as a charging [...]

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Creative ZEN Stone

I cannot help but smile in wonder if Creative meant its “Rock in color”, with pun intended, or not. Some 2 years after Apple launched its iPod Shuffle, Creative launched its own plug-and-play, drag-and-drop, ultra-compact 1GB mp3 player Creative ZEN Stone today, rivaling the former. Available in 6 colors, the Creative ZEN Stone does look pretty [...]

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Amosu 24 Carat Gold iPod!

Everyone’s talking about Amosu’s 24 carat gold iPod! For those who aren’t fascinated by the arty skins we just talked about and definitely have a lavish of cash, try getting one of these to feel the gold rush from its hardened mirror gold. The downside? Turning over and staring into the (same) black or white face seems [...]

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