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A group of mechanical engineers together with the Dutch Erasmus MC (Erasmus University Hospital Rotterdam, the Netherlands) developed the HandshoeMouse specifically to reduce complaints and risk of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). Some symptoms of RSI are excessive muscle tension in the neck, shoulders, arms and hands. HandShoeMouse – Side View I saw this mouse at…

Mr. DeVaul has been involved in developing personal heads up display technology, using wearable technology to stimulate memory, and MIT’s wearable computing program. At AWare Technologies, he has worked on high-performance personnel monitoring equipment for the military and Olympic sports groups, and technologies to improve overall fitness.Apple isn’t saying what projects Mr. DeVaul is involved…

He was one of two dozen people – including former and current employees at Apple and Google – interviewed for a New York Times article detailing how the two tech companies went from close friends to bitter rivals. Most of them did not want to be identified, for fear of retribution as the conflict intensifies.One…

The house was originally built in 1925 for Daniel Jackling who made his fortune in copper mining. Mr. Jobs lived in the 14 room house in the 1980s, and then later used it as a rental property. It has been vacant and in disrepair for about ten years.Uphold Our Heritage, the group that sued to…

AAPL Sanity member Victor Castroll, an analyst with Valcent Financial Group, set up and monitored a Google spreadsheet with help of other board members. Using their own order confirmation numbers, they figured 51,000 orders in two hours, after taking an educated guess at the non-iPad orders that would have to be tossed, according to Fortune’s…

“Taken together, this mirrors what iTunes offers for Apple devices, giving hardware manufacturers such as Dell a way to kick-start plans to take on the iPad,” noted Wired. The information came from a pair of slides leaked from a Dell presentation and posted at Engadget. The Dell Streak will have 3G wireless access to the…

Both men were happy to hear about Valve’s Mac support. “I love it,” Mr. Taylor told The Escapist’s Greg Tito, and Mr. Troedsson tweeted: “Steam for Mac – Gabe, we like it.” The Universal Gaming Database (UGD) asked Mr. Troedsson to elaborate and he said: “We’re currently investigating the possibility of making BFBC2 [Battlefield Bad…

However, another source told writer Paul Bonanos that iTunes LP came out of Apple’s negotiations with the major record companies last year: in exchange for DRM-free music and flexible pricing, Apple was asked to use iTunes LP to spur purchases of complete albums again. While the iTunes Store was a boon to record companies that…

In de Blob: Revolution ($2.99), players must free the Graydians trapped in Prisma City by the evil I.N.K.T. Corporation. They draw on the screen or tap it to find the best possible route to freedom within the maze of each building. There are three types of buildings to choose from in the game’s 4,000-plus levels:…

The iPad is a tablet form-factor device with a 9.7-inch multitouch display. It runs a version of the iPhone OS, is compatible with most iPhone apps, can play movies and music, works as an ebook reader, includes built-in Wi-Fi support, and more.Apple’s first iPad commercial.The iPad is available 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models with Wi-Fi…

Three hundred channels and I can seldom find anything to watch. There’s lots of content being pumped into my TV every second. The problem is that most of it’s is about as stimulating and substantial as cotton candy. Don’t get me wrong, I like cotton candy as much as the next guy, but I don’t…

Along with the membership price cut, developer program members get access to pre-release versions of Apple software, training videos, technical support, and the Apple Developer online forums. The new program doesn’t, however, include developer hardware discounts.The redesigned Mac Developer Program should look familiar to iPhone Developer Program members because that’s what the changes are modeled…

“[The thieves displayed a] high level of sophistication,” Detective James Ryan, a police department spokesman, told NJ.com. “They never set off any motion sensors. They never touched the floor. They rappelled in and rappelled out.” All told, the thieves managed to scoop up 20 Apple laptops, devices that tend to maintain their value when being…

The company’s statement contradicts Google’s assertion that the attacks were orchestrated by professionals and were most likely directed by the Chinese government. The Damballa report also claims that the attacks most likely weren’t targeted, as Google suggests, but instead were fairly generalized.At the time, Google stated “We have evidence to suggest that a primary goal…

“The whole issue is a kind of interesting dynamic,” an unnamed senior major-label distribution executive told Billboard. “Amazon is fighting a guerrilla war against iTunes, and now iTunes is getting frustrated because they work hard to set up and promote a release weeks in advance of the street date, and then lo and behold, Amazon…

TiVo Series 4 The new models no longer need a dialup connection, utilizing on-board Ethernet for connecting to TiVo and downloading content information. The company will also be introducing a wireless adapter later this year for 802.11n and 802.11g network support. In the middle of the Great Flash Debate of 2010 brought on by Apple’s…

“I don’t want to cater to one hardware or one software platform one way to another, and Flash eliminates iPhone users,” said Virgin America’s Chief information officer Ravi Simhambhatla.Virgin America’s Flash-free Web siteVirgin America’s move away from Flash doesn’t spell the end of Adobe’s multimedia delivery platform, especially since nearly every personal computer includes the…

I figured that headphones with two drivers for US$79.00 was a good deal, even with contrary ear tips, so I bought a set. Sure enough, the ear tips seem to like my ears more than the headphones they came with. Six months later I managed to lose one of the ear tips that fit, the…

Apple hasn’t said exactly what security-related responsibilities Ms. Snyder will have, but based on her job history, she’ll likely be directly involved in beefing up the security features in the Safari Web browser.[Thanks to Macworld for the heads up.]

Strike 1: Quicken struggles to survive. Prior to the release of Quicken Essentials, Quicken for the Mac had not seen a major upgrade since Quicken Mac 2007, released well over three years ago. For the record, I am still using Quicken Mac 2006 (as the 2007 version did not add any new features that mattered).…

Retro Recorder turns your iPhone or second generation iPod touch into a tape recorder in that it records, saves, and allows you to send your recording to yourself or others. iPhone OS 3 includes a recording app, called Voice Memos, so as part of this review I compared the two applications. Retro Recorder Home Screen…

The election did not come as a surprise, as there are no currently controversial members of the company’s board of directors. Eric Schmid, Google CEO, was the closest thing to a controversial member, but he resigned his position in 2009. When asked by a shareholder if Mr. Schmidt had behaved properly during his tenure at…

The name of the winner, and which song they downloaded hasn’t been revealed yet.