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Posted Feb 17th 2008 3:03PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: LaptopsEverybody and their mother’s got a super-budget laptop these days (see: OLPC, Eee PC, Cloudbook, Pixel Qi, etc.), and next at the table will apparently be Elonex, which intends to introduce the £100 (~$200) One on February 28th at The Education Show in Birmingham, England. Obviously the intention here is to sell to education markets, but the One is also going to be up for grabs for “adult learners, business users, people who are constantly mobile, elderly people and first time internet users.” We don’t have any better shots of the thing, but apparently this One (not that One, or the other One) will weigh “less than a kilo” (2.2 pounds), has a 7-inch screen, three hour battery, 1GB of flash memory, and runs on Linux. (Read the full post about ‘Elonex One: England’s 100 quid laptop’…)

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If you happen to have an overactive imagination and have yet to outgrow your inner child, this Paparazzi play set could make the latter all the more harder to leave. Now you can bask in the spotlight of your very own red carpet experience, without the indignity of having yourself splattered across the brain-numbing pages of fatuous magazines. These nine members of the worlds snapping media come complete with the ethical and moral depth of an earthworm, are blissfully mute, and will make you feel as adored and sought-after as you no doubt should be. Become a legend in your own lunchtime, a super-star in your sitting room, or a diva at your desk. (Read the full post about ‘Paparazzi Play Set’…)

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MAME32 is dead… well, at least the name is. Welcome MameUI to the latest Windows GUI port of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. MAME has lofty goals to “document” the internal hardware and code of all arcade games and was originally written in 1997 by Chris Kirmse. In addition to documenting the various arcade games, MAME provides a mechanism to play the old ROMs (like Dig Dug, Galaga and Pac-Man). MameUI64 .123.1 • 64bit version for 64bit Windows OSes [XP64, Vista64] MameUI32 .123.1 • 32bit version for 32bit Windows OSes [Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista] MameUIs .123.1 • Source code Get the real arcade feeling with X-Arcade’s Tankstick. (Read the full post about ‘MAME32 Dead!’…)

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Checking and tracking down a fuse/breaker that controls a power outlet can be quite the headache, so if you want to do away with guessing games, the Easy Circuit Finder ought to do the trick. Here’s an easy and inexpensive way to track down what fuse or breaker controls which outlet. Just plug the Easy Circuit Finder into the outlet in question. When the power is turned on, it makes a very loud tone you can even hear in the basement. No more yelling up and down the stairs, “Is it on? Is it off?”. Easy Circuit Finder makes it easy to track down switches or breakers without an assistant. Adjustable volume control lets you use it in close quarters, too. Plugs into any 115 volt outlet. (Read the full post about ‘Easy Circuit Finder’…)

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The WowWee robot, Femisapien, was presented during the CES as a dancing female robot. But it’s so much more than that. Femisapien is the latest in the line of WowWee’s interactive robots. Femisapien has the capability to respond to your gestures, sounds, and touches. The robot has three modes available: the Attentive Mode; the mode wherein Femisapien interacts with people, the Learning Mode to program a routine of movements, and the Responsive Mode to play back those recorded movements. To note, Femisapien’s hands are interactive joysticks which you can use to change and control her movements. And if you got other WowWee bots in the house, the Femisapien could control them all — even sans the whip and the dominatrix boots. (Read the full post about ‘Femisapien: Queen of the WowWee Bots’…)

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For the latest info on the coolest gadgets, emerging technology and wired madness, subscribe to our full news feed or have it delivered to your inbox. Always free. Always unique. Thanks for visiting! I love motorbikes, though I do not currently own one, I am planning on getting one. It has been a long time since I have ridden anything with less than two wheels (not counting my mountain bike) so when I do get back on the saddle, it will be with something fairly mild. The Kawasaki Ninja 250R is a zippy looking 250 at a price that suits my meager resources. Kawasaki has done well with this one, it is a complete redesign of a classic model. (Read the full post about ‘Video: 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R, An Entry Level Crotch Rocket’…)

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When I was in my teens, I had horrible acne on my face. Yes, I know, “a geek with bad acne, surely not!” I did all of the usual stuff, bought the special creams and face washes, but nothing really worked all that well, they seemed to keep it from getting worse, but rarely ever improved the situation much. Luckily as I approached 20 it lessened considerably. I still have breakouts here and there, but nothing like my high school days. While I’ve seen plenty of things that claim to clear up acne, this has to be the first mp3 player that I recall making that boast. The mpion is nothing special as MP3 players go, as it’s only going to hold 128MB of music, which is only a couple of hours at best. (Read the full post about ‘MP3 player claims to fight acne using positive and negative ions’…)

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Posted Feb 17th 2008 12:52PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: Desktops TG Daily’s reporting that Dell’s on the verge of releasing a new OptiPlex called the 740 Enhanced with options for triple and quad-core Phenom processors. It won’t be any big deal for the majority AMD-spurned end users, but if you’re an AMD-loving systems buyer your ears probably just perked up a bit.[Thanks, Schnucki, Tom]Tags: equipment, video, TV, speakers (Read the full post about ‘Dell to release tri-core AMD business machine?’…)

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Posted Feb 17th 2008 12:07PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: cellphones, Gaming The gaming community is buzzing this morning from some supposedly leaked scans of a possible PSPhone would give it a full 480 x 272 display, mini-analog stick, and drop UMD in favor of playing full PSP games via M2. Turns out they’re scans from Stuff magazine from months ago, which seems to have passed under everyone’s radar (including our own, initially) because so few people seem to actually read it.[Via PSP Fanboy, with help from Engadget Español]”New in 2008: July-DecTop box: Between both keyboards there is a 3 inches screen with the same resolution of the PSP (480×272 pixels) which guarantees a good gaming experience. (Read the full post about ‘Debunk: Revenge of Stuff’s Sony Ericsson PSPhone mockup’…)

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When I was in college, my friends used to laugh at me whenever they saw “rent” written in permanent marker on my hand each month. Strange as it may have looked, it was the only surefire way to remind myself that rent was due. I didn’t refer to a calendar often enough to ever know what day it was and anything I wrote in the margins while in class were promptly forgotten about, so my hand was really the only sensible option. To-Do Tattoos don’t just understand what I mean, they validate my idiosyncrasy. Who knew the line between abnormal and normal was made up of twelve temporary tattoos and a skin-safe gel pen. Via Crave. (Read the full post about ‘Keep to-do lists in the palm of your hand’…)

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