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Logitech Unveils Two Harmony Remotes for under $100 [DadsOnTech]

Posted on02. Mar, 2010 by zevmo.

I can hear the wives applauding now.
Logitech just released information about two of their new Harmony Universal Remote Controllers.
As an A/V component madman, I can tell you that it is really difficult to get a truly universal, AND usable, remote control for under $200- let alone $100.  The new Harmony 600 and [...]

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Microsoft Research Demos Their Translating Telephone Project

Posted on02. Mar, 2010 by zevmo.

There are many translating devices and services that primarily take written text in a chat window, and attempt to translate it into different languages.  For example, one I use is VoxOx.  What if there was a way to have a near-real-time phone conversation, while the whole thing was being transcribed and translated?  Microsoft Research is [...]

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What’s all the Buzz at Google? [First Look]

Posted on10. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

Today, the tech universe has been blogging about Buzz, a new Dr. Moreau synergistic (I had to put that word in) evolution to Twitter, Google Wave, GMail, Facebook Wall, and FourSquare.  On paper, it seems like a really great idea.  So, is it?
My first impressions are relatively positive.  This service will definitely get better.  But I [...]

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The Google Cloud and Android mobile OS… a marriage must be made

Posted on09. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

This week I had a chance to test out the HTC myTouch 3G Limited Edition, which was running Android 1.6.  I will go more in-depth on that in a post tomorrow, but I wanted to float an idea out to Google that can take the Android Mobile OS from something good, to something great.
Big-boy browser
You [...]

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21st Century Classrooms- Time to Know [DadsonTech post]

Posted on02. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

Fire up the Flux Capacitor
The next time you have a parent-teacher conference, take a quick glance around the classroom, and see it through the eyes of your child.  If you have more technology sitting in your pocket, than in that room, your education system is stuck in the Dewey Decimal age.
An innovative company has made it their [...]

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12MP Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 Digital Camera Released

Posted on28. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Panasonic released information about their new Lumix DMC-ZS7, a 12MP digital camera with automatic GPS geotagging (marks the picture with the location they were taken).
Some features are:

25mm Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens
12x optical zoom
3.0 inch LCD (460,000 dot resolution)
720p video (AVCHD Lite or QuickTime): AVCHD Lite almost doubles the recording time in HD quality compared with the [...]

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Apple releases the iPad- possible Amazon Kindle killer

Posted on27. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Steve Jobs revealed the latest Apple device called the ‘iPad’. The iPad has a 9.7 inch, full capacitive multi-touch IPS display, and weighs in at 1.5 pounds, measuring 0.5 inches thick.
Pricing for the iPad starts at $499 for the 16GB (Wi-Fi only) version– far lower than the early $999 projections of many of the ‘pundits’, [...]

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Verizon Confirms Buy One Get One Free Offer for Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

Posted on22. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Verizon confirmed the prices for the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus.  The Pre Plus will be $149.99 after a $100 rebate, and the Pixi Plus will be $99.99 after the same mail-in rebate. Of course, this is with a two-year contract.  If you act before February 14th, anyone who buys a Pre Plus or Pixi [...]

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The future for Blu-Ray, Apple, and Media Devices? [DadsonTech post]

Posted on13. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Your living room TV is under assault!
I am not talking about your kids throwing Wii remotes at it, or spouses sabotaging your inputs just in time for Sunday football, or not having any juice left in your rechargeable Logitech Harmony Remote, or even those tiny little fingerprints on the [...]

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