I dropped my cell phone yesterday evening. It’s broken now. After futile attempts to put the antenna back on, and somehow fuse the plastic pieces together with my sheer strength, I gave up. Needless to say it didn’t work, and now I need to fork over $180 to Verizon because I don’t have insurance.

Then I hear of this cool new phone that is still in it’s prototype phase: The Yoyo phone. Its  designed for NEC by US designer Shaik Ridzwan and its a phone made to have the look and feel of a yo-yo. cool huh? The headphones are the "string" that wrap around the actual phone. It’s a novel design and I bet it’ll be a hit with cell phone droppers everywhere.

may the force be with you.

The Wibree specification will be merged with the Bluetooth SIG as an ultra low power Bluetooth technology. Wibree has a niche in the mobile phone and PC areas to provide wireless connectivity for smaller devices, such as watches and toys, as well as sports & wellness, healthcare and entertainment devices.

Wibree consumes only a fraction of the power of classic Bluetooth radios and it would be possible to operate these devices for more than a year without recharging.

"The development work for Wibree began when we discovered a series of interesting new use scenarios that no current local connectivity solution was addressing. Now we are happy to see Wibree become part of the open Bluetooth standard, opening new market opportunities and space to innovate for the industry," said Jarkko Sairanen, Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Nokia. "Including Wibree within an existing forum will ensure interoperability and its wide and fast adoption. The Bluetooth SIG is the optimal new home for Wibree."

Today Netgear announced the availability of its $79.99 Space-Saving
Powerline Network Extender (XEPS103), which extends secure 14 and 85 mbps network connections to any electrical outlet in the home.

It connects to any router’s Ethernet port and reduces clutter by using only one power outlet when used with many Netgear routers. One plug supplies both power and network extension. It does require use with NETGEAR XE102, XE103, XE104.

The Nintendo DS is more than just a mobile game console. Now you have quick portable access to the web via the new DS browser, a $30 add-on packaged as a game cartridge. It features a dual screen to view sites in either Overview mode, which presents the complete web site on the lower screen with the highlighted area zoomed in on the upper screen, or with Opera’s Small-Screen Rendering, where the upper and lower screens are combined to act like a single display.

Since the DS already includes Wi-Fi, this browser add-on is capable of accessing the Web on a home wireless network, at one of the free Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection hotspots, or at public access hotspots.

Scott Hedrick, EVP Marketing, Opera Software says Nintendo is continuing to expand the usability of the platform. "DS Browser makes it easy to check news, popular user generated content sites or comparison shop while in a Wi-Fi hotspot," he added.

The browser is available for both the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite systems. Both can be found on Nintendo.com, while the browser for DS Lite is also available at locations where video games are sold.

The Church of England wants Sony to remove images of Manchester Cathedral from their game, Resistance: Fall of Man, as well as an apology for using the church in their violent computer game. They also demand that Sony contribute financing from the proceeds of game sales to the anti-gun campaigns in the city.

Sony’s response was that they obtained all necessary permissions
to develop and market the Playstation game, but promise to contact church officials on Monday to discuss the matter.
source: BBCNews