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  • UK Gadget and Tech Podcast Now Into Fourth Year
    Emediawire (press release), WA
    FrequencyCast, the UK's gadget, TV, and technology radio show, is now into its fourth year of online broadcasting. With podcast listening on the increase, FrequencyCast's unique shows continue to provide informative and entertaining news and reviews to


  • Analysts and gadget fans are hoping for a glimpse of new devices
    Globe and Mail, Canada
    As Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T gets set to open its annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando next week, analysts and gadget fans are expecting an introduction to the BlackBerry Niagara. This will sound familiar to Tech Rumor readers who may


  • UK 'digital tech hubs' to design future gadgets
    Reg Hardware, UK
    By James Sherwood • Get more from this author Microsoft, Philips and IBM have partnered with UK universities to create a trio of digital technology hubs, where cutting-edge gadgets for the elderly, disabled and rural dwellers can be developed and


  • Employees don’t need every new gadget that comes along, no
    Tech Media Reports (subscription), Canada
    My name is Carmi and I'm addicted to technology. Hardly a moment goes by when I'm not figuring out how I'm going to get my paws on the latest and greatest device from the hottest manufacturer. When I do, I'll often stay up all night to put it through


  • High-tech gizmos replace trusty tapes
    DesMoinesRegister.com, IA
    By TOM ALEX • talex@dmreg.com • April 30, 2009 The trusty tape measure has inched toward obsolescence for law enforcement officers who investigate Iowa traffic mishaps. State troopers, sheriff's deputies and city police across the state have increased


  • Cubist kitchen could stem gadget invasion
    New Scientist, UK
    INVENTOR James Dyson, best known for the bagless vacuum cleaner, now wants to compactify our kitchens. In a US patent application filed last week, Dyson and his colleagues Peter Gammack and David Campbell describe a cunning way to save space on


  • 10 cool new mobile gadgets
    PC World Magazine, Australia
    Some of these 10 intriguing mobile gizmos, including a connected GPS unit, external iPhone speakers, a Bluetooth headset, and a gadget charger, are fairly mainstream. The others, well, not so much. White earbuds are for pansies.


  • Google's new gadget shows “What's Popular” on the web
    The Industry Standard, CA
    Google has quietly released a gadget called “What's Popular” that closely models crowd-sourced aggregator sites like Digg, Mixx and Reddit. The widget appears on your iGoogle homepage as a stream of headlines and links culled from across the web that


  • New Apple Gizmos Coming Exclusively to Verizon?
    PC World
    One device seems like it'll be the closest we'll ever get to the iPhone Nano: a smaller, less expensive iPhone. The iPhone Lite, as it's being called, is smaller and thinner than the existing iPhone and will come cheaper because it "relies on a


  • Roadtesting the latest gadgets, services and local startups
    The Windy Citizen, IL
    Green markers indicate store with respiratory masks in stock; yellow means call the store first; and red means out of stock. Help Tech Loop add/edit locations with inventory (you must have a Google account). Swine flu is slowly but surely spreading its