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March 2, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
I'll admit it: I'm a bit of a weather nut. Besides Apple's included Weather widget, I also run one that displays an animated version of the current radar image. But it's not nearly as cool as the Weather Channel's new...
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Where does our love of all things clock stem from? Perhaps it's because, not unlike a casino or house of ill repute, Gadgetbox HQ is completely devoid of clocks. Right now, it could be four o'clock in the morning tomorrow,...
February 28, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Oh, Google, how I do love thee! Let me count the ways: you've finally, at long last, added traffic overlays to Google Maps. Just hit the "Traffic" button up next to "Map" to get the 411 (people still say that,...
February 26, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
A few years back, I was living the life of an itinerant writer; traveling from city to city, sleeping on couches, air mattresses, even floors. During the day I traveled to cafes and libraries, to write and poach free wireless...
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February 21, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
The IEEE, official winner of the "acronym most fun to pretend its a word" contest, may not have yet approved the next generation of local wireless networking, but that doesn't mean they're not hard at work on other sorts of...
February 14, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
We mentioned the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet way back when; I got a chance to see one up close not long ago, as a friend of mine owns one. It's a pretty slick little machine, though it did have its...
February 9, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Are you of the security-conscious ilk? What I guess I mean is, when it comes to security: are you conscious? No, that's not quite right either. Let's start over again. We all know that it's important to take precautions when...
January 25, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
When Google purchased mega video site YouTube for $1.65 billion last year, many figured either Google Video would be dropped like a hot potato, or YouTube would assume the Google Video moniker. Neither eventuality has happened though, and today Google...
January 16, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Okay, look, I'm with John Gruber on this one: you companies abusing punctuation, please just stop. I'm talking to you, Hey!Watch. First off, you've got an exclamation point in there, and second of all, you're totally missing spaces. When the...
January 4, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
I've had occasion to log on to the Internet from a moving vehicle (not while driving, of course). It's frustrating to be on a six hour drive and unable to get any work done, especially when deadlines are imminent and...
December 16, 2006
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Sneaky sneaky, Google. You thought you could just slip in multiple destinations for Google Maps and nobody would notice. You thought wrong, my friend—dead wrong. And just to show you how wrong, I'm going to plan out a crazy cross-country...
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December 13, 2006
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
As we mentioned the other day, YouTube added a QuickCapture feature that lets you record directly from their website. While this will no doubt result in the wild proliferation of of drunken shenanigans, those more careful and cautious videographers may...
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Earlier this year, VoIP provider Skype proclaimed that their SkypeOut service would be free for the remainder of 2006. SkypeOut, if you're not familiar, is the portion of the service which interfaces with the standard telephone network and makes it...
December 8, 2006
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
You love watching videos on YouTube, admit it. But when you want to put a video up on YouTube, it requires fiddling with software, codecs, uploading, all that fun stuff. Until now. YouTube has now introduced a Quick Capture feature...
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Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Another day, another movie download service. This time it's ClickStar, a venture designed to let you download movies for $20 and watch them on your computer or your television set (with an add-on piece of hardware). What's going to set...
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