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Laptop Buying Guide 2012: How To Find The Right Laptop For You Elecom’s MicroSD USB reader takes advantage of the storage format’s miniature size to ensure that the only thing poking out of your computer is a colourful— and dare I say stylish— little nub.
Charlie Sorrel over at Gadget Lab found this Chinese typewriter at an art exhibit in Barcelona. It has 2000 characters to choose from, but instead of buttons, you use levers to select those characters.
British website Mobile Today is claiming that the LG GD910 Watch Phone will sell on the Orange network across Europe for about £1,000, which is the rough equivalent of $A2250.
Thirty years ago, it would have been obscene to think a PC could fit into a case the size of the Apple II’s floppy drive. Now Charles Mangin’s Mac Mini lives in one.
Someone made this apparently one-off set of baby slippers back at Burning Man 2007, but we want these as a real product. Seriously, these are better than bunny slippers. [Flickr Credit via DC via CG]
Is it any huge surprise that someone is already charging the maximum Android Marketplace price for a nonsensical, paid app? Or that the name makes reference to the $US1000 “I Am Rich” iPhone app? No.
The next time you get really, really drunk and decide it’s a good idea to pull out the Singstar mics for some Absinthe-fuelled karaoke, you’ll be able to do it without tripping over wires thanks to Sony releasing wireless mics with their next version of Singstar.
Microsoft watcher Ina Fried reports that the company won’t be taking back severance “overpayments”, even though it confirmed it did ask for them initially. The truth is, despite numbers reported in the thousands, only 25 people were overpaid, somewhere between $US4000 and $US5000, according to Microsoft HR head Lisa Brummel, who said about 20 more of those laid off were actually underpaid. Microsoft isn’t the only company to ever pay anyone too much then ask for it back, but Brummel says these were extraordinary circumstances, so they’re reversing their decision. Those who were underpaid will be getting the correct funds pronto. [CNet]
Good news if you own a ThinkPad X200, X300 or T400 or a few other Lenovo laptops: You actually got a mil-spec semi-ruggedised computer and didn’t even know it!
