http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net Your source for the latest gizmo and gadget news Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:41:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rumors have been circulating for weeks that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is sick. The reason is that during his WWDC iPhone 3G announcement keynote, Jobs arised to have lost weight since the last iPhone rollout a year ago. But Forbes.com has another theory: What whether Jobs lost weight considering he's ... http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/is-steve-jobs-really-sick-or-really-healthy/ Brain Challenge by Gameloft Gameloft's Brain Challenge gives your brain a workout while playing various mini-games.  The games are geared towards 5 areas of your brain (logic, math, memory, visual and focus).  The stress games plus develops your stress management skills.  There are 9 "creativity" exercises that promotes your artistic side.  ... http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/quickie-review-brain-challenge-by-gameloft/ Bubble Bash by Gameloft Gameloft's Bubble Bash is the iPhone's first bubble shooting game.  Players need to group 3 or more of the same color bubbles together to pop them.  Sounds easy adequate, but the game increases in difficulty as you go on.  There are additionally 17 special bubbles that can ... http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/quickie-review-bubble-bash-by-gameloft/ Green House has launched the Barbapapa optical USB mouse and mouse pad. The 800dpi USB mouse comes in two colors with matching mouse pad. Barbapapa is both the title character, and name of the "species" of said character, of a series of ... http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/barbapapa-usb-mouse/ Silicon-Power announced the availability of the professional DDR2 667 Unbuffered ECC VLP (Very Low Profile) memory modules. The new product is less than 3/4 of an inch high, 40% lower than standard memory, making it perfect for use in thinner ... http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/silicon-power-2gb-ddr2-667-unbuffered-ecc-vlp-memory-module/ Kyocera is soon to offer two 5.7" LC-Displays that feature transflective technology. These displays proportionally reflect most of the ambient light, using it as a light source. that saves energy and makes possible industrial use of the displays in direct sunlight. The ... http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/kyocera-to-launch-touch-panel-lc-displays-featuring-transflective-technology/ OCZ today announced the expansion of its gaming accessories with the introduction of its Behemoth mouse pads that offer users a high-quality mouse surface. Aptly named, “Behemoth” mouse pads more than double the area of a typical mouse surface, offering copious laser ... http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/ocz-behemoth-mouse-pads-provides-the-ultimate-playing-field-for-pc-gaming-or-cad-applications/ Yamaha showcased a stick-like device, "Muro Sensor," that can be used to play music by sensing the direction and speed of acceleration. The Muro Sensor, in its about 15cm enlarged chassis, is equipped with a triaxial acceleration sensor, a proprietary 2.4GHz wireless ... http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/yamaha-muro-sensor-allows-playing-music-by-sensing-the-direction-and-speed-of-acceleration/ The UK gadget rag T3 mocked up some ultimate FANBOY COFFINS for dead Grand Theft Auto, Halo, Wii, Vista, Apple and iPhone fans. [Source] Mike http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/found-photo-go-in-style-with-fanboy-coffins/ NEC demonstrated the use of its PaPeRo home robot as a human machine interface (HMI) for inputting info, such as the destination and purpose of an outing, into a car navigation system and other devices. According to NEC, the purpose of utilizing ... http://www.gizmos-and-gadgets.net/talk-to-nec-papero-home-robot-to-reach-your-destination-by-the-best-route/