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Global consumer survey reveals that majority of old mobile phones are lying in drawers at home and not being recycled

2008-07-08 14:20:58 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
Espoo, Finland - Only 3% of people recycle their mobile phones despite the fact that most have old devices lying around at home that they no longer want, according to a global consumer survey released by Nokia today. Three out of every four people added that they don't even think about recycling their devices and nearly half were unaware that it...
 
 
 
 
 
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Five Things to Do With Your Old iPhone

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2008-07-18 09:35:06 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
Photo shows the Gadget Lab iPod Touch eBook reader project So you've got your shiny, new iPhone 3G, you've discovered that you still can't get a signal in the house and 3-G doesn't cover your area. And worst of all, you have an all but useless first-gen phone on the kitchen table which, despite it's mechanical poker face, looks to be giving you...
 
 
 
 
 
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Convert old CDs into cold, hard cash

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2008-09-03 17:30:12 by Edwin in Coolest Gadgets
I have no doubt that many of our readers who are in their 30s and 40s have already moved on to the world of MP3s and other file-based entertainment formats, doing away with the old vanguard of physical media such as cassettes and CDs. What happens then, you ask, to your collection of old (but beloved) CDs that are currently sitting in a box up...
 
 
 
 
 
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Old Floppy Drive converted to a Slot Load CD-Rom Drive - IBM XT Upgrade

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2008-03-05 12:10:03 by Alan Parekh in Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog
 
Many of you have an old IBM XP computer collecting dust in your basement. If you are wanting to do something with it since you cant throw out the thousand dollar box think about upgrading it! Stick a micro ATX motherboard into it and mod the floppy drive to accept CDs . Your old XT machine will be running at speeds it could only dream about I...
 
 
 
 
 
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Robotic Dog Better Than The Real Thing For Combating Loneliness In Old Folks

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2008-06-12 11:30:09 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
 
Researchers at St. Louis University are using Aibo, a discontinued (maulings) robot dog from Sony to study how a robotic pet can alleviate loneliness in old folks. According to their study, a dog made out of metal and plastic is just as good as a real puppy. And possible even better since they could be fitted with sensors and shit to take a...
 
 
 
 
 
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Good Old Games porting and selling awesome old DOS games

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2008-07-10 20:00:56 by Devin Coldewey in CrunchGear
Oh hell yes. Ive been waiting for this for a long time. While sites like Abandonia and Home of the Underdogs have been incredibly good to my addiction to old-school DOS and Windows games, but more often than not it takes a lot of emulator tweaking, unofficial patching, and even command line magic to make those old things work. And along comes...
 
 
 
 
 
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100-years-old Levis crosses $17,000 bid on eBay

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2008-07-30 04:56:17 by Asmita in Born Rich
Asmita You know how those marketing dudes always keep coming up with a way to put a nice spin on even the most horrendous of things? Well, vintage is just one of them. By making a second hand consumer goodie sound like something valuable, they make you wear pother peopleâs old clothes, walk around in shoes that their original owners threw out...
 
 
 
 
 
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100-years-old Levis crosses $17,000 bid on eBay

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2008-07-30 04:56:17 by Asmita in Born Rich
Asmita You know how those marketing dudes always keep coming up with a way to put a nice spin on even the most horrendous of things? Well, vintage is just one of them. By making a second hand consumer goodie sound like something valuable, they make you wear pother peopleâs old clothes, walk around in shoes that their original owners threw out...
 
 
 
 
 
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100-years-old Levis crosses $17,000 bid on eBay

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2008-07-30 04:56:17 by Asmita in Born Rich
Asmita You know how those marketing dudes always keep coming up with a way to put a nice spin on even the most horrendous of things? Well, vintage is just one of them. By making a second hand consumer goodie sound like something valuable, they make you wear pother peopleâs old clothes, walk around in shoes that their original owners threw out...
 
 
 
 
 
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100-years-old Levis crosses $17,000 bid on eBay

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2008-07-30 04:56:17 by Asmita in Born Rich