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3:20AM John Herrman | OK, maybe not every country, but with at least 12 different sockets in widespread use it sure as hell feels like it to anyone who’s ever travelled. So why in the world, literally, are there so many? Funny story! More »
Why Every Country Has A Different F#$%ing Plug
3:20AM John Herrman | OK, maybe not every country, but with at least 12 different sockets in widespread use it sure as hell feels like it to anyone who’s ever travelled. So why in the world, literally, are there so many? Funny story! More » 
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11:22AM Nick Broughall | Maybe it’s just that I’ve never worked in a large office environment, but I just can’t ever imagine becoming so attached to a coffee mug that I’d be prepared to physically remove a plug from the side of it to stop other office workers using it. But if being “that jerk” sounds like fun to you, Latestbuy has the plug mug available now. More »
You Must Be Lonely If You Use A Plug Mug
11:22AM Nick Broughall | Maybe it’s just that I’ve never worked in a large office environment, but I just can’t ever imagine becoming so attached to a coffee mug that I’d be prepared to physically remove a plug from the side of it to stop other office workers using it. But if being “that jerk” sounds like fun to you, Latestbuy has the plug mug available now. More »
Design
Folding Design Flattens The Fatty UK Plug
2:00AM Mark Wilson | It’s why they declared independence in America, and it may have something to do with fabled British teeth. The UK’s power plug is ridiculously large, and now one designer has fixed it. More »
Peripherals
Power Plugs of the World Map
11:40PM Mark Wilson | Have you ever wondered what type of plug they use in Nepal? Yeah, me too. UPDATE: Ooh, looks like they got China wrong. Don’t use this map when visiting China! [Eurocom via bookofjoe via Unplggd] More »
Peripherals
Miniaturised HDMI Connector Is As Small As Micro USB, Still Drives Your HDTV
6:24PM John Herrman | Molex has prototyped a new miniature HDMI connector called Type D, which boasts the whole range of regular HDMI specs—19 pins, 10.2 Gbit/s bandwidth, HDCP, etc.—in a package the size of a Micro USB cable. More »
Gadgets
SheevaPlug: A $US99 Linux PC Crammed Inside a Wall Plug
2:50AM Sean Fallon | Think about it—an inexpensive Linux PC crammed inside a wall-wart plug. Something like this SheevaPlug could open up a whole new framework of managing and sharing data that could be accessible to the masses. More »
Gadgets
Double-Ended Male Adapters Are Illegal, Dangerous and ‘Possible Immoral’
5:00AM Matt Buchanan | You know, I’m not one to pass judgments, but I’m not Ace Hardware. [Consumerist] More »
Peripherals
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Spec Finalised: It’s Fast
2:00AM Matt Buchanan | We already know most of what there is to know about USB 3.0—officially dubbed SuperSpeed USB—but today it’s officially set in stone. To recap, with transfer speeds of 4.8Gbps, it’ll dump a 25GB HD file in about 70 seconds, and the architecture has been beefed up with extra data lanes to make for more sustained, rather than bursty transfer speeds, making it better for camcorders and the like. Even though it delivers more power than USB 2.0 to charge gadgets faster (and it’ll revive a completely dead one too), its new polling architecture makes it more efficient. More »
Peripherals
Tributaries T12 Power Strip Is Overkill With 12 Ports, Eight of Which Rotate
6:50AM Jason Chen | Tributaries has had a rotating power strip on the market before, but this T12 seems like they’re going all out—and by all out, we mean adding two extra ports to the strip. The whole thing comes in at an amazing 12 ports, eight of which rotate at up to 90 degrees so AC adapters don’t bump into each other. Plus there’s even coax and Ethernet protection. Sounds good, right? Too bad it costs US$120, and doesn’t even include a UPS battery backup in that price. [Tributaries Cable] More »
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