http://www.iklangadget.com daily update all related about gadget news Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The James Bond series has always had gushing reviews of their gadgety goodness, even before Jesus' take on Quantum of Solace. This January 1966 article, “James Bond's Weird World of Inventions” look backs to the time when Sean Connery was filling 007's shoes. Remember the Disco Volante, the110-foot hydrofoil ... http://www.iklangadget.com/james-bonds-weird-world-of-inventions-chronicles-007-in-1966-retromodo/ You know what sucks? The line at sports venues when you're waiting for disgruntled employees behind a bar to pour out overpriced Bud Lights for thirty or so already drunken meatheads in front of you. While there's not much you can do to make the meatheads disappear, the Scotsman ... http://www.iklangadget.com/scotsman-trufill-beverage-dispenser-shoots-out-10-pints-in-10-seconds-alcohol/ For all you Apple TV users out there, Apple's now released firmware version 2.3. The patch, downloadable through the media hub's built in updater, now lets users stream music from AirTunes to any speakers connected to an Airport Express or other Apple TVs in the house. You'll also get the ... http://www.iklangadget.com/apple-tv-firmware-v23-update-gives-third-party-remote-support-airtunes-streaming-apple-tv/ Looking for a stress ball that's sure to anger the hordes of PETA? Here's one shaped like a chicken that crows in pain when you squeeze, hit or shake it. Let the chicken have it whenever work's got you down and it'll be sure to make you feel all ... http://www.iklangadget.com/choke-able-chicken-is-a-bonafide-stress-reliever-rubber-chicken/ It's hard to overstate how important the BlackBerry Storm is to RIM and Verizon. It's RIM's bold effort to fend off the iPhone and Verizon's best hope for a star handset that draws people in, or at least keeps them from bailing. The Storm's major innovation is what RIM calls ... http://www.iklangadget.com/blackberry-storm-review-verdict-not-quite-a-perfect-storm-blackberry-storm-review/ Microsoft's $15 Zune Pass subscription service—a pretty sweet deal already—has just porked up their offer by giving you 10 free songs that you can keep every month. We've talked about Zune Pass in our Zune reviews before, but it's basically access to all of the Zune Marketplace for only the ... http://www.iklangadget.com/zune-pass-subscription-service-adds-ten-free-keeper-tracks-a-month-zune-pass/ At last you can avoid the hassle of taking your Lasonic Ghetto Blaster every single time you go to the park: Now the park will have boom boxes the size of a park bench, with more than 500 watts of high quality ghetto thump. You only need a cellphone with ... http://www.iklangadget.com/park-bench-sized-ghetto-blaster-plays-music-via-bluetooth-boom-bench/ Announced with a slew of new phones earlier this month, the DoCoMo PRIME F-01A handset has officially been released in the country. The PRIME F-01A is a Symbian-based phone manufactured by Fujitsu. It's a waterproof handset (it can stay at a one meter depth underwater for 30 minutes) with a ... http://www.iklangadget.com/docomo-prime-f-01a-launched-in-japan/ Hey Brian, Did you hear that PC Magazine is ending its magazine edition and focusing solely on the online space? Sad to hear. I was one of those kids that grew up having a subscription to PC Mag in the house, every month reading what crazy uncle Dvorak (plus those ... http://www.iklangadget.com/catching-up-goodbye-pc-magazine-off-topic/ A professor from the Tokyo Institute of Technology developed a robotic device that could be attached to an arm and be used for rehabilitation of non-working joints at home. Called the Tail-wrist-II, the device prevents the loss of retractility in patients with half of their bodies paralyzed. Having the option ... http://www.iklangadget.com/robotic-arm-induces-wrist-movements-for-rehabilitation/