AFP – A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers on Friday lost his latest legal bid to avoid extradition to the United States.
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British hacker loses bid to avoid US extradition
(AFP)
You knew somebody would do it, and now you’re just downtrodden that said somebody isn’t you. Yes friends, the gadget you see above really is a pair of working headphones with coconut halves for earcups. We already got word that Dave Chappelle’s crack-infused twin fully approves, but we’re still waiting for Dr. Dre to give us the all-clear before we deem them “street credible.”
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Filed under: Portable Audio
Coconut headphone mod makes us long for Kokomo originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
PC World – While Apple hides itself in a cloud of rumors surrounding the launch of its first touchscreen tablet PC, Michael Arrington and Singapore’s Fusion Garage are putting the pedal to the floor in an effort to get a working touchscreen tablet device in the hands of consumers by the holiday season. Dubbed the CrunchPad, this Web-centric tablet PC throws conventional storage to the cloud:
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Alleged CrunchPad Specs Revealed: Will Michael Arrington Beat the Apple Tablet?
(PC World)
Take it for nothing more than it is (a lovely, delicious and completely unsubstantiated rumor), but word on the Australian streets is that iriver may have an Android-based portable media player on the horizon. According to local distributor C.R. Kennedy’s iriver product manager, Danny Bejanoff, the outfit is looking to take on Apple’s iPod touch directly, with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, WiFi, built-in web browser, accelerometer, Bluetooth, a digital TV tuner and Google’s Android OS running the show. Sadly, it seems as if this pipe dream has yet to receive the proper final approvals, but we’re here to beg the brilliant designers at iriver to invest whatever it takes to make this so-called K2 a reality. Oh, and just in case that wasn’t enough for you, Mr. Bejanoff also noted that the firm was working up a new e-reader and internet tablet, both of which should be out for testing in short order.
Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
iriver reportedly working up Android-based K2 media player originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
You know, there’s something to be said about making something easy: people usually take advantage. So seems to be the case with AT&T’s WiFi connections after the release of iPhone OS 3.0, which finally became useful when users could seamlessly connect to one of the thousands of AT&T hotspots around the nation rather than having to stumble through a painfully long process on iPhone OS 2.x. According to an AT&T spokesperson speaking with AppleInsider, the amount of iPhone users linking up with AT&T’s WiFi network tripled in June, and overall, it saw a 41 percent increase in connections compared to the prior quarter. It comes as no surprise to hear that AT&T is working feverishly to expand said network in order to relieve strain from its house of cards-styled 3G network, and while we’d definitely prefer a bit more reliability with the latter, we’ll happily accept more WiFi in the meanwhile.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Captain Obvious reports: AT&T sees surge in WiFi use post-iPhone OS 3.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.