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Bluevoice Beta: Start Voice Chat over Bluetooth with nearby Java J2ME Mobile Devices

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2008-01-26 05:07:05 by Abdul Aziz in Tech[dot]Blog
...misc, etc Here are some of the key features of Bluevoice detects all discoverable bluetooth mobile phones in your area devices are identified by type (phone, peripheral, misc, etc application shows you useful information about your device and the device that you will communicate with send voice messages by using Num 1,3-keys (start/stop...
 
Tags: mobile devices, devices, bluevoice, bluetooth, djk bluevoice, java bluetooth api, freeware application, application, key
 
 
 
 
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Recycl-o-sort: not a part of foreplay, but still very important

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2007-12-23 08:05:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...Misc. Gadgets Even casual fans of Jermaine Clement could appreciate the Recycl-o-sort -- after all, it's hard to deny the vitalness of sorting out the recycling. In that spirit, a team of MIT students concocted a prototype that automatically sifts through recyclables and deposits them into the appropriate bin depending on makeup. The...
 
Tags: jermaine clement, mit students, codman square, team, casual fans, recycl-o-sort, awareness campaign, plain rubbish, bin
 
 
 
 
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Fake Steve Jobs gets takedown letters from Apple. Or not?

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2007-12-22 20:57:00 by Ryan Block in Engadget
...Misc. Gadgets Seems like a lot of the noise being made today is coming out of Fake Steve's camp, where the man behind the curtain, Dan Lyons , has dropped the act to pen a few fairly disturbing posts. According to Lyons, Apple is riding him to shut down the blog, and sending him all manner of C&Ds and even legal documents outlining his...
 
Tags: dan, dan talks, dan directly, fake steve, apple, dan lyons, lyons, forbes, full-time forbes editor
 
 
 
 
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FBI amassing largest face, fingerprint, palm database in the world

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2007-12-22 13:52:00 by Ryan Block in Engadget
...Misc. Gadgets Merry Christmas, American public! Reuters is reporting that FBI is moving ahead with its plan to spend a billion US taxpayer dollars on what it calls the Next Generation Identification system, which it aims to make the largest biometrics cache in the world. Because really, what could possibly go wrong in letting the government...
 
Tags: collect, government collect records, criminal background checks, generation identification system, pdf link, merry christmas, palm patterns, fbi, potential employees
 
 
 
 
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Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: for colleague

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2007-12-22 12:02:00 by Engadget staff in Engadget
...Misc. Gadgets Whether they're your boss, cubicle neighbor, IT guy / gal, assistant, consultant, or mail room clerk, they deserve a little something for the holidays. A touch of gift giving at year's end can perk up the dreariest of drones and put a smile on the face of the most tyrannical task-masters. And even if you don't really want to get...
 
Tags: holiday gift guide, gift, colleague, tyrannical task-masters, engadget, cubicle neighbor, magical key, stumble, guy
 
 
 
 
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Army working in more Macs to diversify systems, thwart attackers

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2007-12-22 08:04:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...Misc. Gadgets The Army's been poking around with OS X for a while -- Xserves have run army.mil for a couple years now -- but it looks like it's about to deploy even more Apple machines in an effort to diversify its install base and frustrate would-be attackers. The move is partially due to the upcoming release of software that will allow OS X...
 
Tags: army, machines, windows machines, apple machines, enterprise information systems, xserves, would-be attackers, security consultants, color scheme
 
 
 
 
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Vonage, AT&T settle -- on what, we've no idea

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2007-12-21 19:36:00 by Ryan Block in Engadget
...Misc. Gadgets In possibly the shortest press release of the year, Vonage announced that they've settled -- as expected -- with AT&T over their ongoing patent dispute . No details were given, but their dime stock lifted 12%, so maybe someone on Wall St. knows something we don't about whether it was AT&T or Vonage that got the raw deal Read |...
 
Tags: vonage, raw deal, att, press release, patent dispute, dime stock, gadgets, wall, comments
 
 
 
 
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PrintBot gets creative with Talcum powder

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2007-12-23 09:41:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...Misc. Gadgets Looking to get your message (way) out there, but don't exactly have the means to rig up, say, a van-sized StreetWriter ? Fret not, as a clever DIY'er has managed to craft a smallish printer that can blast largish text onto nearly any surface. By utilizing an iRobot Create , an old dot-matrix printer, an eBox 2300 x86 PC, a...
 
Tags: talcum powder, blast largish text, built-in wireless capabilities, street corners, dot-matrix printer, printbot, clever diy, football fields, smallish printer
 
 
 
 
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MEMS-based smart fuses could guarantee desired explosions

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2007-12-23 11:50:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...Misc. Gadgets While we certainly hope the average (read: not GI) jane / joe isn't overly concerned about the rate at which homegrown explosions detonate as desired, we understand the Army's need to have more faith in their own munitions. Reportedly, a new "smart fuse" conjured up at Georgia Tech could soon prevent bombs from experiencing fuse...
 
Tags: intelligent mems fuse, semiconductor fabrication equipment, ultra-high precision detonators, toxic heavy metals, fail-safe mechanisms, georgia tech, incredible pyro, built-in arm, fuse failure