November 17, 2008

Hitachi Japan today unveiled two new projectors [JP] aimed at businesses, the CP-WX410J and the CP-X809J. Both devices go on sale in Nippon December 1. Hitachi hasn’t said yet if…

Hardware

Dominos can now be ordered via TiVo

9:25 am PST • November 17, 2008

Yeah, um. Okay. In what seems like the ultimate American fatty wet dream, TiVo owners can now order Dominos pizza from the comfort of their coach. Apparently it’s to much…

While Fujitsu certainly isn’t the first to launch a tiny 2.5-inch 15,000 RPM hard drive, it’s the first to launch one with 147GB capacity. The new line from Fujitsu come in…

The new version of Trutap – the mobile social network and aggregator – has a slick new design which gives users live updates from all their friends on just about…

Getting someone to do something on your site—whether it is buying a product, downloading software, or filling out a registration form—can be areal pain. Israeli startup EyeView thinks it’s figured…

The well-received Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is now available in two more colors, if that type of thing matters to you. (I’m colorblind.) Yup, now you can run Windows XP…

Fujitsu today unveiled the world’s first video technology for vehicles that provides a 360° view of a driver’s surroundings. The system, which consists of four video cameras mounted around a…

Hardware

ASUS super-smartphone P565 launches

8:13 am PST • November 17, 2008

ASUS’s smartphones have always impressed and the latest is no different with a monstrous 800MHz processor. The P565 has been rumored for a while but ASUS has gone official with the phone…

Quick. Hurry! FAST! Woot has a hella good deal today on a Memorex Blu-ray player but it will only be available ’till the end of the day or it sells…

True to its word, Amazon is throwing its global retail reach into the OLPC XO mission this Christmas season. The site is now offering buy-one, send-one to a developing nation…

Social recommendation and personalization platform Plista, one of the companies in this year’s TechCrunch50 DemoPit, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Swiss Draper Investment Company. TechCrunch UK reviewedthe…

Zenbe, a social e-mail aggregator which made an impression on us when we first reviewed the service, is now out of beta and available to everyone. With Zenbe, users can…

Miss World is going digital. While many American readers may not be familiar with the competition (it isn’t the one owned by Donald Trump – that’s Miss Universe), Miss World…

Earlier this year we wrote about Slydial, a free service that lets you dial any mobile phone number and get directed straight to voicemail. It may sound counterintuitive, but it…

ONEsite Launches Proprietary Social Ad Platform

5:50 am PST • November 17, 2008

White label social networking software maker ONEsite is launching its very own advertising platform InteractAd today, essentially declaring traditional online advertising is past its prime and that it’s time for…

Hardware

Motrin screws up in Tweet-land

4:31 am PST • November 17, 2008

This is a little off-topic for CG at least, but I’m actually amazed at the audacity of Motrin in drumming up their little social networking play aimed at Mommy bloggers.…

Burninate food with a Jacob’s Ladder Vort! Champagne oombrella! Wow! Review: Juiceman, Jr. GlowBots: Robots that learn what you like Community-designed VDC Mimobot Series now available More sweet electric motorcycles

Digital Mission now auditioning for SXSW Interactive

12:10 am PST • November 17, 2008

Digital SMEs in the UK with their sights set on South by South West interactive should get their skates on; Chinwag and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) are currently auditioning…