Watch That Tiny, $74 1.5GHz Android-Powered Thumb-Puter In Action 
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Laptop Buying Guide 2012: How To Find The Right Laptop For You The NYC “Taxi and Limousine Commission,” which apparently is a real thing, is tossing around tech ideas including iPod docking, GPS, and blocking mobile phone calls in the front seat to shut up talkative drivers.
I actually reckon that having a news ticker scrolling across the bottom of my computer screen would be incredibly useful way of getting the latest news. Especially if I could customise the types of headlines and add RSS feeds to it like you can with the BigPond ticker. Unfortunately, I can’t because BigPond has made their Ticker Windows-only, meaning Mac users like me miss out, at least for the time being.
Designed to withstand hospital-grade disinfectants, extreme wipe-downs and an array of killer diseases, these Medigenic infection-control keyboards are equipped with a few tricks for simple sanitary lockdowns.
The WSJ reports that AT&T is talking to Apple rightthissecond about extending its exclusive iPhone deal until 2011. If you’re wondering why they need to extend that “five year deal,” here’s a refresher. [WSJ]
After almost getting a toilet named after him, Stephen Colbert will be surprised to know that he’s getting his name on a treadmill instead. Our surprise? NASA picked the EIGHTH most popular name instead.
The dominant media player of the ’00s (the iPod) still hasn’t integrated with wireless headphones. Maybe it should take a quick lesson from the dominant media player of the ’80s: the Walkman.
An AK-47 crafted out of bacon and genius using a blowtorch: The bacon movement has truly reached its apex. [this is freaking ridiculous via Geekologie]
Now this is the kind of kitchen gadget I can get behind! The Tefal Toast n Egg will cook your toast and your eggs for you. It’ll fry ‘em, poach ‘em or boil ‘em, just how you like it.
Instead of renting a HAL exoskeleton for $US1000/month, you can now buy one for $US4200. It’s a limited run of 400, though, so that dream of 10X strength may have to wait. [BotJunkie via DVice]
MaximumPC takes a maximum look at the 3.1 decades of x86 CPU architecture, which you’re probably using RIGHT NOW on some machine in your home, assuming you’re not cheap or a weirdo.
