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Facial reconstruction urns let you store your ashes in your head
Facial reconstruction technology is great for solving homicides and whatnot but it may have also found a weird, creepy niche in the personalized urn category. That's right, just $2600 plus a couple...
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Virtual Mirror: augmented reality without glasses
The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute -- the same Fraunhofer that holds many of the patents on MP3 -- have a booth at CEATEC exhibiting some of their research efforts, shopping them around for...
View ArticleCrunchGear PSA: If you run XBMC or Boxee on your Apple TV, do not upgrade to 3.0
To repeat, do not upgrade your Apple TV to 3.0 if you’re running hacked ATV plugins like XBox Media Center or Boxee. I’m sure this will be fixed in a matter of days – if not hours – but as of right...
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The Qualcomm FLO TV is now available if anyone cares
The Qualcomm FLO TV is a nifty little device. It plays TV content on a 3.5-inch screen, which could be great for some. But you have it's $8.99 a month for the service and pay the $249.99 initial cost....
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AT&T loses request for injunction against Verizon’s Map for That ads
Filed under: ATT, Verizon Wireless Looks like AT&T's not getting its holiday wish after all -- a federal judge just ruled against Ma Bell's request to have Verizon's Map For That ads pulled off the...
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FLO TV for iPhone proof-of-concept caught in the wild
We don't know if watching TV on a 3.5-inch display is your bag, as it were, but it looks like Qualcomm is moving onward and upward with its plans for FLO TV on the iPhone. Not too many details at the...
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Because of the recession, y’all watched a lot of TV this year
The Media Democracy Survey tries to ascertain America's entertainment habits. It comes out every year, and this year's edition just went live. As you might image, the terrible economy played a major...
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Hitachi’s develops brain signal-powered remote control
We all knew this would come one day, especially since the basic technology has been around for some time, and now we have it: A brain activity-powered remote control that can be used without you...
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Jens Pulver: World of Warcraft maniac
So I woke up this morning and logged straight into World of Warcraft, as I do every morning except Tuesdays, what with the stupid "realm maintenance" nonsense. I sold a couple of Netherweave Bags. I...
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Maybe Hulu is right to block Boxee?
If I may, I'd like to play devil's advocate to something I wrote a few days ago. To quickly summarize, Boxee took issue with NBCU's Jeff Zucker's characterization that Boxee was some sort of rogue...
View ArticleGo Computer: Help the aged
As my sainted old father always says “It’s a stinking world because there’s no law and order anymore! It’s a stinking world because it lets the young get on to the old, like you done. Oh, it’s no...
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Samsung warns pregnant women, the elderly, and drunks not to watch 3D TV
Are you pregnant? Don't watch 3D TV! Enjoy a beer or two (or more...) while watching the game? Don't watch 3D TV! Not sleeping well lately? Don't watch 3D TV! Such are the warnings Samsung provides on...
View ArticleGadgets of days gone by: The Game Boy
This week at CrunchGear, we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand out in our...
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Will ActiveVideo Networks successfully bring TV-viewing to the cloud?
I, myself, would move to the cloud if it were at all possible. And by that I don't mean move all of my vital digital services to someone else's servers, but float up into the stratosphere and just hang...
View ArticleGoogle TV Unveiled. It’s All About The Ad Reach
Today at Google I/O, the company made the announcement that everyone was waiting for — Google TV. While some glitches in the demo (with the Bluetooth keyboard) prevented it from being a “wow” moment,...
View ArticleDeHood Launches a Foursquare meets Twitter meets Yelp meets Ning for iPhone
When I was a kid, we used to play on the street in front of my house. Yeah, I know – seems like years ago. Nowadays, with children and families spending more time inside watching TV or playing video...
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Take control of your Xbox 360 with the X-Link remote
If you're like me, you use your Xbox 360 to watch Netflix and other movies. It's relatively painless, but the controller doesn't exactly make the best remote for watching tv. Enter the X-Link, a...
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