Full FeedThe connected homeless population of San Francisco; notebooks, connectivity, Netflix and more
In an interesting story, the Wall Street Journal covered the homeless population of San Francisco and showed that some of them are almost as connected as someone with a home. This story is similar to how we learned that the homeless population in Washington DC was using cell phones and… Continue Reading »
Sony rewarding folks for recycling e-waste in California
At Gadgetell, we’re big into helping out the planet. In Mountain View, California, Sony is running a recycling event. They will be accepting electronics from any brand (not just Sony stuff) on March 28th, 9AM to 4PM at the Shoreline Amphitheater. Not only will they be accepting your junky old… Continue Reading »
Fresno recycles almost 200,000 pounds of e-waste
Do you consider yourself an environmentally conscious person? Do you recycle your paper, aluminum, cardboard? That’s all well and good, but what about your electronic waste? Last week, Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) and KSEE-TV, Central Valley’s News Station and Fresno, California NBC affiliate organized a free electronic waste recycling program… Continue Reading »
Classmates.com gets sued by user: His friends weren’t really looking for him
Classmates.com is one of the biggest advertisers on the ‘net. It’s been around since before MySpace, Facebook, or Friendster grew to the popularity they have now. They spend wicked amounts of money on their online advertising; $30 million was spent in 2005 to give you an idea. However, now they… Continue Reading »
San Francisco scrambles to rebound after being held cyber-hostage
The alleged takeover of the City by the Bay may sound totally rare, but, unfortunately, it has happened before that disgruntled employees take to modern technology as a means for revenge. City tech employee Terry Childs, allegedly modified the city system so that he was the only one with top… Continue Reading »
Select Best Buy locations now offering a Bluetooth headset pairing service
My first reaction was what a waste of time and money, then I remembered that there are more than a few people out there who would not be able to correctly pair a mobile phone and a Bluetooth headset. While it sounds simple for the tech geek, we must remember… Continue Reading »
Vudu makes its way into more Best Buy locations
Vudu first began showing up in Best Buy locations back in late-March and at the time it was just 24 locations, all of which were located in California. The limited availability was thought to be a testing period to make sure the devices would be able to sell as expected.… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.
