http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Mobile Stuff"  everywhere Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:10:34 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 270037 | Mobile Insurance Find Out How It Shields Your Handset http://en.redtram.com/go/236313008/top100/ 236313008 With all of the benefits of having mobile phone insurance, there is no reason why any individual should not have it. It not only saves time and cash, but can spectacularly decrease the stress that arrives with having a impaired Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:54:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313008/top100/ 5775 | Intel announces Core i7 Custom Desktop Challenge winners http://en.redtram.com/go/236303601/top100/ 236303601 Well, you know Intel just wasn't going to let NVIDIA have all the fun with its , and after a few weeks of voting, the chipmaker has now announced the winners of its own Core i7 Custom Desktop Challenge. Not Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:02:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303601/top100/ 5775 | Flexible, organic flash memory on tap at the University of Tokyo http://en.redtram.com/go/236303592/top100/ 236303592 If the University of Tokyo has its way, we could be seeing an onslaught of flexible computing devices sooner than you think! Earlier this year the school made some noise with its and now a research group led by Takeo Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:02:05 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303592/top100/ 5775 | Pikavu GPS tracker teaches kids to abandon privacy for safety http://en.redtram.com/go/236303588/top100/ 236303588 You can't put a price on your child's well-being -- but if you could, we're guessing that it'd fall a little short of the €990 (roughly $1,440) that's being charged for the Pikavu Express Locator. A child-friendly (read: gaudy) take Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:01:51 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303588/top100/ 5775 | NVIDIA promises Tegra 2 chipset and third party hardware at CES http://en.redtram.com/go/236303580/top100/ 236303580 For an upstart mobile chipset, seemed off to a decent start in 2009, but with a minimum of actual hardware actually on shelves for the holidays, we're supposed to look to 2010 now for Tegra's big break -- according to Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:01:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303580/top100/ 5775 | FTC sues Intel for alleged monopoly abuse http://en.redtram.com/go/236303567/top100/ 236303567 Here we go, folks. FTC is suing Intel for what it sees to be "anticompetitive tactics." The FTC has been , but now it has followed in the , and the (but no longer a ) in prosecuting the chip Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303567/top100/ 5775 | Neato's XV-11 robot vacuum maps out your floor for efficiency, doesn't ask for weekends off http://en.redtram.com/go/236303558/top100/ 236303558 Heads-up, -- your worst nightmare just waltzed into this space we like to call "reality," and it looks fully capable of giving your dirt sucking powers a run for their money. Neato Robotics, a Silicon Valley startup, has just come Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303558/top100/ 5775 | Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver adds BT functionality to your 70s era home stereo http://en.redtram.com/go/236303549/top100/ 236303549 Just now dusting off those vinyl-wrapped cabinets from the glory days of disco? Good, 'cause 's about to breathe new life into 'em. The outfit's newly unveiled Music Receiver presents itself as the device to stream your iPhone and iPod Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303549/top100/ 5775 | AAXA cranks up the brightness on M1 micro projector http://en.redtram.com/go/236303541/top100/ 236303541 We can't say with any degree of certainty that 's recently announced M1 "micro projector" truly is the brightness of the , but it's certainly brighter than the vast majority we've had the displeasure of seeing ourselves. Most pico projectors Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:59:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303541/top100/ 5775 | JVC gets tubular with XS-SR3 iPod speaker dock http://en.redtram.com/go/236303533/top100/ 236303533 Not that we haven't seen an before, but we've definitely yet to see one as totally bodacious as this. JVC has just slung out its XS-SR3 iPod speaker dock, which -- like B&W's -- can hold your iPhone / iPod Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:59:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303533/top100/ 5775 | New York gets its first solar EV charging station, you can't use it http://en.redtram.com/go/236303525/top100/ 236303525 What do you do when you've got two disused shipping crates, some photovoltaics, and a couple buckets of toxic green paint? Why, you make a solar electric vehicle charging station, the first in New York as it happens. It was Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:58:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303525/top100/ 5775 | EU settles affairs with Microsoft, no fines this time http://en.redtram.com/go/236303518/top100/ 236303518 Momentous moment alert -- the EU has just closed the book on its lengthy investigation into potential Microsoft antitrust violations. Lasting through nearly the entire noughties, The European Commission's dissatisfaction with what it perceived as monopolistic practices from Redmond has Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:58:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303518/top100/ 5775 | Mystery Sony "Home Information Device" unveiled by FCC, purpose kept secret http://en.redtram.com/go/236303509/top100/ 236303509 Wondering what Sony has in store for the summer of 2010? We can't tell you, but we can give you a few clues. A device called the HID-C10 "Home Information Device" has been given the full FCC once-over and, while Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:57:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303509/top100/ 5775 | MIT's Copenhagen Wheel turns your bike into a hybrid, personal trainer http://en.redtram.com/go/236303501/top100/ 236303501 You really can't fault MIT's branding strategy here. Debuting at the biggest climate change conference since Kyoto, its Copenhagen Wheel is a mixture of established technologies with the ambition to make us all a little bit greener and a little Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:57:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303501/top100/ 5775 | Google working with D-Wave on what may or may not be quantum computing http://en.redtram.com/go/236303492/top100/ 236303492 When we way back in early 2007 we immediately compared it to -- less than optimal beginnings. The company was promising quantum computing for the masses and, while it did that exhibited qubit-like behavior, the company never really silenced critics Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:57:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303492/top100/ 5775 | LG RoboKing adds second camera, seeks to escape Roomba shadow http://en.redtram.com/go/236303481/top100/ 236303481 We know, we know -- the original Roomba , plays , and , but let's give LG's refreshed autonomous robovac a chance, shall we? Now equipped with two cameras (claimed to be an industry first) and lowering operational noise to Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:56:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303481/top100/ 5775 | McDonald's WiFi will be free like obesity starting January http://en.redtram.com/go/236303473/top100/ 236303473 If you live in small-town America then you're already familiar with the hippest hangout around: McDonald's. Now everyone in the US, not just , will be treated to free WiFi to go with their manufactured food purchases. Starting mid-January, some Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:56:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303473/top100/ 5775 | TeliaSonera's new LTE network astounds with 43Mbps downloads http://en.redtram.com/go/236303464/top100/ 236303464 Egads, you see that? 42.78Mbps over a wireless data card! Not just any card, mind you, it's presumably the new running on in Sweden and Norway, the world's first commercial LTE network launched on Monday. TeliaSonera bundles the 4G service Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:56:10 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303464/top100/ 5775 | Verizon's mobile broadband customers get bundled WiFi access http://en.redtram.com/go/236303453/top100/ 236303453 Verizon's playing catch-up this week in a game some of its rivals have been playing for ages now -- the WiFi business -- by bundling access to a fairly extensive network of hotspots in the US, Canada, and Mexico with Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:55:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303453/top100/ 5775 | BMW-designed Thermaltake Level 10 scores breathless review http://en.redtram.com/go/236303446/top100/ 236303446 As PC cases go, the is easily the most outrageous design to ever get the go-ahead for commercial distribution, and according to PC Perspective the reason for that is clear: the product's workmanship and long-term durability match its most excellent Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:55:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303446/top100/