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So are you feeling like your mouse really just doesn’t fit the rest of your desk’s look or you feel like you need something that will differentiate you from the rest of your colleagues, then look no futher than Neiman Marcus’s Crystal Computer Mouse. It’s a three optical mouse with enhanced wheel scrolling technology. My only gripe is that it’s not Mac compatible.
For the times when you just feel that you need to impress your friends and make them see just who you really are… (thanks LT)

It would appear that a court injunction may be ruled on shortly. A U.S. judge apparently stopped short of ordering a complete shutdown of Blackberry’s services, which could be quite devastating to the users of the Blackberry service. For more on this developing story, check out this Yahoo! News story.

Well, it would seem that I have dodged yet another technology bullet. Google seems to have released Google Local for mobile. You can download it to your cell phone, and now recently they’ve added the ability to have it on your BlackBerry. Fortunately for me, my BlackBerry is not on the list which means that I still just get to use the regular Google Local interface that is available in mobile mode. But wait, I decided to go to the site through the browser that is included on the 7250 and look at that, it sees my BlackBerry as a 7290 and installs and operates without a hitch. Rock on!
For more information about the future of this venture, check out the article on ZDNET - BlackBerry gets Google-ized. Looks like when Google Talk comes out, I’ll truly be able to move and groove and still collaborate with colleagues and friends. Better yet, think how cool it would be if the Google Talk client will be able to offer the Voice over IP offering that the current client does.

The more and more I think about it, I start to wonder, “Why should I pay for an internet subscription backhome, when I can get something like this?” But then I of course realize that I must pay my due to the services that I procure. Still a pretty nifty device that I think that I might pick up for when I’m at a location where WiFi is somewhat iffy.

Viva las Hawking Technology!

Last week my iPod Shuffle 1 GB went berzerk. For some reason all of a sudden it lost half the songs on the drive and additionally would only play through 8 tracks and then hop back to the first of the 8. When attempting to power it off, it continued playing for a good 10 seconds.

So, I went and plugged it back into my computer this evening (since I’ve had a little down time) and it went and pushed nearly half of the music back onto the Shuffle (wow, where’d it go? how’d it get corrupted?). It seems to be working a little bit better, but for some reason it’s not shuffling when it’s put in shuffle mode. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I’m thinking it might be time to return it and get a Nano.

I wonder what’s going on over at the Apple Store right now. I wonder if they’re putting a few new products on there…
*ponder*

Recently I came across a posting on My Treo regarding the Virtual Laser Keyboard that uses Bluetooth. As much as I am a supporter of Bluetooth products, I think this one is definitely a novelty item.
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Reading through an Engadget posting this morning from a few days ago (yeah, I know I’m not a zero-day poster ;-)) regarding the 2gb and 4gb iPod Shuffles that are rumored to come out soon, I must say that I’m amazed at the way that a) we’re able to squeeze more and more memory onto the USB key drives and b) that Apple would release these as soon as Engadget and T3.com seem to think that they’ll be coming out. I purchased an iPod Shuffle 1GB back when they first came out, finding it in a CompUSA by random chance when walking around with one of my housemates. I was quite pleased with it and take it with me here and there and everywhere for the most part. I think that the advantage that will exist in having a 2GB or 4GB iPod Shuffle is that it will allow the end user to use it for data as well. Currently mine is stock full of songs (about 260) which ends up being about 780 minutes of music or somewhere around 13 hours of music — more than a work days worth.
So for all of you thinking about going and getting an iPod Shuffle right away, I plead with you to wait a little bit longer so that you’re able to get something that provides a better utilization of money. Additionally if you’re just looking for something as a storage device, check out BusLink’s USB 2 Flash Drive Pro 2 line which even has an 8GB drive available for a mere $999 or Lexar’s JumpDrive Lightning line which has a 2GB capacity, but some of the fastest IO access speeds around, that and they just look cool.

Now is it just me or is this something that I think is going to take the world by storm shortly? I know that many of my roommates from Bice 401, 413 Brandon Avenue, Charlottesville, VA circa 2000-2001 would love to have something like this attached to their computer.
Now you can say that we’re childish little boys, and that’s fine, I don’t mind reminiscing the times where we would sit in the living room together and play through apartment tournaments of Dr. Mario, critiquing one anothers game play and style, giving each other tips and pointers. Sure, we were not your average group of kids, but what can I say, that apartment has produced quite a bit of talent, Rob out at CalTech working on his PhD in Chemistry; Dylan working with inner city kids, teaching them and giving them hope, helping to give them knowledge and mold their minds; Michael at the University of Kentucky working on his MD; Mitchell at NC State working on his PhD in Economics; Tim having finished his Business Management certificate from UVA this past year while working on Capitol Hill; and myself working as a consultant in the Northern Virginia metropolitan area for a firm that shall remain unnamed, doing work in many different sectors. Definitely not your regular gamers, rather we just enjoy Mario…
I think I know what would make a great stocking stuff for my bro’s Interested in knowing more, check this out. Looking to order one, you can preorder one now from the National Console Support from their website, or directly from here. They look to be shipping sometime in November of this year!