Worst MP3 Player Ever

I’ve seen my share of poorly built knock off mp3 players. I’ve even played with a few that I thought were quite off but still impressive but this unit takes the cake.
It’s marketed as a “dog doll” mp3 player yet it looks nothing like a dog. It’s more like a ball of fur on 4 [...]

How To Make A Mic Flag

You ever hit the door of a big conference with all of your gear only to be rejected as press because your index card press badge that you wrote with magic marker and stuck in your hand just wasn’t cutting it?
If your looking to pass as legitimate press, this microphone flag (as well as some [...]

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Tech.nocr.at, founded on July 1, 2007, is a weblog dedicated to bringing you an unbiased clear cut view on all things related to technology. In addition to giving you an clear cut look at what’s happening in technology we bring you from time to time reviews on the hottest gadgets and gizmos. Tech.nocr.at is [...]

Duracell Mobile Charger

It was only a matter of time for battery companies to get in on the business of charging you gadgets on the go. With that said Duracell has launched it’s Mobile Charger for charging any devise that is powered by USB.
Link: iLounge
Link: Duracell Press Release

Are you secure: Secunia to the rescue

Secunia.com has been a great resource of vulnerability and virus information over the years for Black, Grey, and White hat hackers alike. Recently they released a BETA project that looks promising and could be the first step into a “package manager” for Windows. In there own words:
A new addition to the Secunia Software Inspector series, [...]

Bluetooth Adopts New Core Version

The board of directors over at the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the adoption of Core Specification Version 2.1+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate). The new spec is set to make device set-up faster and increases batter life of bluetooth devices.
Other key enhancements include…
Improved Pairing – The new pairing process enables all consumers to quickly setup [...]

PS3 to receive tuner, DVR capabilities before March 2008

It’s been rumored before, now Sony’s marketing manager for Computer Entertainment in New Zealand has apparently, and likely pre-emptively, unveiled Sony’s intentions to turn the PS3 into a digital video recorder. Sony’s Warwick Light is quoted in an interview with New Zealand’s The Press as saying, “We’re also hoping next year – about the [...]

Philips Power2Go – Charge your gadgets on the go

Philips just announced the Power2Charge and Power2Go chargers as part of their Power4Life line. These are USB based chargers, including the big mama-jama SCM7880 (pictured), can hold up to 60 hours of juice for all your usb needs. Charge your cell phone, iPod, Blackberry, and anything that charges via USB. It also has an LED [...]

Emgeton Mini One – Windows Powered iPhone Clone

The Mini One iPhone clone is coming out at the end of this year. The most notable point is that it has a 720×480 display, which is quite amazing for a 3.3 inch size. Emgeton (a Czech company) claims that this phone is powerful enough to record (and compress) video at 30 frames per second.
It’s [...]

Robotic Bartender

Now this is what I call tre cool. The MyFountain is a computerized bartending machine that sits on top of your bar and can automatically dispense booze, mixed drinks, soft drinks, beer, and wine with the press of a virtual button ala iPhone.
The virtual bartender comes preloaded with a library of mixed drinks or you [...]

Blackjack! Save $840 a year.

Blackjack! The Samsung Blackjack is an awesome phone but when I tried to connect it to my computer on the road like I did with my old Razr, I hit a brick wall. So, what was wrong? After 45 minutes of hold time, you’d be surprised what I was told. Cingular “The new AT&T”, we’ll [...]

Duck Hunt on iPhone, without a hack

Just a few days ago we talked about hacking up your iPhone so that you could run an NES emulator on it. Now super cool developer Deron Dantzler has created a full featured version of the great NES classic Duck Hunt that runs on the Safari browser on your iPhone. Instead of a light gun, [...]

Apple and NBC get divorced

Seems like NBC is getting a bit greedy, okay they are very greedy. Apple today released a press release noting that they and NBC would be parting ways. Apple stated that they have decided not to carry NBC’s upcoming season of shows since the contract would expire during the middle of the television season leaving [...]

Firefox: 400 Million Strong

Firefox has made the 400 million mark, quite impressive. The open source browser has only been around for about 3 years, so achieving this number is quite impressive. There are reportedly about 120 million or so regular Firefox users, which makes me wonder what happened to the other 280 million went.
81% of our readers are [...]

Build your own laser listening device

This is one of those “it works, and it’s scary” hacking projects. Build your own laser listening device for about $3. Video after the jump.Via Funditor

“In a microphone, sound waves (differences in the pressure of air) cause a diaphragm to vibrate back and forth, altering its resistance to an electric current. When an [...]

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