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Original Mac Icon Prints By Susan Kare

12:20PM December 18, 2010 | Jason Chen

Susan Kare, famous for making UI elements and icons for the Mac in the 1980s, then NeXT afterwards, is now selling prints of her original Macintosh icons. It says to visitors, “I was a nerd before you.” [Kareprints via Laughing Squid] More »

Computer Icon Notebook Lets Me Jot My Notes Down

7:00AM November 28, 2010 | Casey Chan

This computer icon notebook is just perfect for the guy who balances new technology with old school knowhow. It’s like doing things the old fashioned way but with a wink towards technology. Buy one for $US10. [Brigada Creativa via DesignMilk] More »

Jawbone Jambox: Don’t Stick This In Your Ear

12:00AM November 5, 2010 | Joe Brown

If you thought Jawbone would just make Bluetooth headsets forever, you were mistaken. (Those of us who bet that the fashion-forward company’s next product would be a handbag were also quite wrong.) Meet the Jambox: It’s a thumpin’ portable speaker. More »

$US20,000 Hollandia iCon Bed Is Really Just A Gigantic SNES

1:00PM July 14, 2010 | Casey Chan

Oh, Hollandia. You can say your $US20,000 bed is iPad-friendly because of the docking station and speaker system in the headboard, but when you combine purple and grey like that all I see is a gigantic Super NES. [BornRich]

That’s Not An iPhone Battery Pack, This Is An iPhone Battery Pack

4:40AM June 12, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Most extended battery packs for the iPhone are drab boxes. How we have lived in such a world, I do not know. More »

Gadgets

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Dark Side Edition

8:40AM March 30, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

In today’s Remainders: the Dark Side of the Force. Boingo tries to seduce you with $US2 Wi-Fi access; Fake Steve Jobs runs into TV show trouble; College Humor espouses the Galactic Empire State of Mind, and more More »

Entertainment

ICON: Curb Your Enthusiasm Meets Fake Steve Jobs

3:55AM March 17, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Fake Steve Jobs (Newsweek’s Dan Lyons) is teaming up with director Larry Charles (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Borat) to produce a “TV” show on streaming service EPIX. More »

Gadgets

It’s About Time: A Drill-Free Fix For Cavities

9:20AM February 4, 2010 | Popular Science

If bacteria settle in between your teeth and form a cavity, your dentist must drill through your tooth just to get at it. But now dentists can trade their drills for a simple treatment that stops early-stage cavities. More »

Aliph Jawbone Icon Review: Bluetooth Celebutante

4:01PM January 18, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

Look, we can hate on Bluetooth headsets all we want, but the fact is, they’re both practical and popular among a certain set – and Aliph’s new Jawbone Icon is a solid choice, if not a big step forward. More »

Mobile

Samsung Instinct HD Shows Up: 5MP Camera, HD Video Confirmed

6:41PM August 24, 2009 | Danny Allen

Why hello Samsung Instinct HD. Looks like the Instinct S30 successor (aka Instinct S50 and Dash M850) will be exclusive to Best Buy at the shops, and have a 5MP camera with video capture, HD-TV-out, Wi-Fi and visual voice mail. More »