Kindle 2: Reviews, praise, criticism for Amazon's new gadget
National Post, Canada
The release of the Kindle 2 earlier this month has raised another round of debate about the future of books. We wrote about Amazon's latest gadget, and why it's not going to be available in Canada for the time being, and you can read the article here. …

Cardboard Computer unveiled at Greener Gadgets Conference
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia
By Susan Wilson A greener computer usually means components that require less energy, and are run by alternative power sources like hand cranks and solar collectors. One enterprising inventor has come up with a way to make a green computer out of …

Youngsters prefer reading to internet, electronic gadgets
Times of India, India
LUDHIANA: "In spite of electronic gadgets and the Internet, youngsters still prefer to read books", said Baldev Sigh Baddan, chief editor of the National Book Trust, which has organized a book exhibition - said to be the city’s largest ever - at SCD …

Try these low-tech fixes for your high-tech gadgets
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL
By Paul Boutin | The New York Times The Japanese have a word for it: urawaza — simple, clever lifestyle fixes for difficult problems. Popular urawaza include picking up broken glass with a slice of bread and placing houseplants on a water-soaked diaper …

Energy efficiency wins big at New York’s Greener Gadgets conference
VentureBeat, CA
This year’s Greener Gadgets conference, hosted today in New York by the Consumer Electronics Association, showcased a range of cleantech concepts and devices. Featuring speakers from BusinessWeek, Intel, Dell, TreeHugger and Panasonic, …

Sony's New GPS Gadget Looks Like Eve, Geotags Like Crazy
Wired News
By Jose Fermoso February 27, 2009 | 7:26:25 PM Sony has announced a new GPS device that detects your physical location around the world and also serves as a photo geolocation logger that works directly with Google's Picasa and Maps programs. …

Hearst’s new gadget: More useless than the Kindle
VentureBeat, CA
Hearst, the media conglomerate that publishes glossy magazines like Cosmopolitan and Esquire, as well as the struggling San Francisco Chronicle, has announced a bold plan to save the print media’s broken business and content models by importing them …

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Just weird: A semi-NSFW gadget from Japan for the weekend
CrunchGear, NY
by Serkan Toto on February 27, 2009 This gadget (or gag item or whatever you may call it) of a very special kind comes directly from John Biggs’ favorite country of Japan: a pillow that looks like a pair of legs [JP]. The weird thing reminds me of the …

Hi-Tech army gadgets behind the MOD's new 'Defence Technology Plan'
PublicTechnology.net, UK
Gadgets and gizmos that could equip our troops of the future have helped to launch the MOD's new Defence Technology Plan. The Defence Technology Plan is the first time the MOD has unveiled its long-term research needs. It underlines the importance of …