LG Smart Fridge

In addition to performing the usual duties of a refrigerator appliance, this smart fridge has the ability to suggest recipes based on what’s inside it at the time. It also has the “Blast Chiller” which can cool a can or bottle of soda or beer in as little as five minutes.

Super OLED Television

This 55 inch T.V. is one of the biggest OLED screens ever made. This means a bright picture with less energy consumption. In addition to being a beautiful picture, two people can watch different shows at the same time on the same set without interrupting each other or seeing ghost images. All you have to do it put on special glasses. This gadget and its price point will be released later this year.

The Nest

Imagine a thermostat that can read your mind. The Nest will adjust the temperature in your home based on your preferences. It keeps track of your habits and adjusts accordingly. Additionally, it has a motion sensor which can determine if there is activity in the house and turn the temperature down to save you money.

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga

This Ultrabook is ultra stylish and can morph into four different forms. It takes the shape of a standard laptop, a tablet, a tent-style, and an easel to make presentations across the room while a user controls it via remote keyboard. It is set to be released by the second half of 2012.

These are just some of the favorite gadgets that were on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in early January 2012.

The textbook companies are all for it, because it seems as though every time Apple puts their name on something, it gains nationwide attention. Companies say that with this release and an ipod application possibilities for both students and non-students could become endless.

Digital enhancements could include interactivity, multimedia, and personalized content.

Even though e-textbooks already exist, this type of production from ibooks could allow for updates to take place, making e-textbooks user friendly and more compatible with the existing and new applications.

Existing e-textbook companies such as Chegg, Kno, or Inkling don’t seem to be letting on any possible worry of competition. It may be because these already existing companies target higher-education while Apple’s first e-textbooks would likely be marketed to K-12 students.

Unfortunately for Apple, the snag that is currently causing the biggest issues is the fight to get ipods and ipads into the classrooms, which would come at a significant cost for school systems.

Content publishers are also concerned with making their books available on a number of platforms which ibooks would not allow.

E-textbook supplier Chugg comments that “his company uses HTML5 for its e-textbooks, which allows it to use a variety of authoring tools. HTML5 also supports a range of multimedia features, which are then viewable on a variety of devices. You can’t say the same thing about the iBooks format introduced Thursday, which is limited to the iPad.”

Acceptance on a wide range of platforms in necessary to make e-textbooks a success says Chugg CEO Rosenweig.

It will be interesting to see how ipod users and Apple themselves react to this idea of sharing.

There are foods from all types of games from The Sims and Grand Theft Auto to Golden Axe and Paper Mario.

The following are top five most delectable foods found on the list:

1. From the game Portal – THE CAKE- Fans of portal find that this cake always remains slightly out of reach. Now you can thwart the GLaDos by making a cake of your own and enjoying it completely.

2. Second is from the game Golden Axe- THE MEAT- Finding this meat in the video game will restore your health, but the meat roll in real life is made from chicken, beef and sausage for good measure. Will it bring you good health in real life or wishing you had stuck to the game?

3. Chunk-o-Honey Candy Bar- from Deus-Ex is third on the list of top gaming foods. Many people quite enjoy stealing everything on Deus-Ex including the Chunko-Honey Candy bar. Even though we never see it unwrapped, gourmetgaming.co.uk has quite the gut busting rendition of this delicious treat.

4. Serving as another health booster is the Sandvich from Team Fortress 2 made from ham, swiss, white bread, cheese, lettuce and mayo.

5. Dead Rising dares you to ignore the Golden Brown Pizza made with pepperoni, olives, pineapple and delicious mozzarella cheese. This pizza however comes with a warning: Beware of the Zombies.

These are just a few of the most popular video gaming foods that have been recreated for your eating pleasure. Also included in the top ten list are: Starkos (Good and Evil), Cake (MineCraft), Pizza Sundae(Costume Quest), Sweet Roll (Sky Rim) and Koopasta (Paper Mario).

1. The Fling ($19.95)- The fling is a suction cup mini-joystick that can be added to the screen of your iPad for easier gaming. It does not work with all iPad games, (200 are included in the list as of right now) however, for the ones it is compatible with, it can propel you through the levels quicker and make for much easier and successful gaming time. There are also fling minis available for the iPhone.

2.iDVM ($485)- This gadget is quite a bit more expensive, but still a very handy tool. The iDVM is an iPad-enabled digital multimeter which can help you to troubleshoot various types of electronics by allowing you to probe voltage, current and resistance.

3. Mixed Signal Oscilloscope iMSO-104 ($297.99) – Another expensive but useful gadget is the Oscilloscope. An oscilloscope is used to probe the inner workings of and electronic circuit. This device is useful for troubleshooting many modern electronic devices.

4. Orion StarSeeker 130mm GoTo Reflector Telescope($399.99) – This one is probably my favorite of the tech gadgets we are talking about today. Perfect for beginners or experienced star gazers, the StarSeeker Telescope works by matching information entered on your iPad to the location of the stars in the sky.

Once you have entered in or selected what you would like to see, the telescope will automatically find the constellation or star in the night sky, all you have to do is focus in on it. The initial set-up is quite complicated but the results are well worth the effort.

5.Sphero ($129.99)- The robotic ball. Sphero is the ultimate geek robotic tool. Controlled by an on-screen app, this ball is about the size of a lacrosse ball. Games are currently being developed for the Sphero but have not yet hit the market. Some of these games include tennis, Pong and freeze-tag.

These are just a few of the most exciting new iPad gadgets on the market. Keep your eyes open for others that may be more cost effective or cater more to your likes and interests.

Earlier this week photographs were leaked on a Spanish tech site, fueling the already over-hyped media frenzy. These screen shots show that Google does appear ready to launch and are planning on doing so soon if they can get the rights. In earlier months, Google had discussed incorporating Google Music into their ever growing social network Google+.

By making it available on Google+ software engineers said friends could share music and listen for free, then later when friends are offline, these users who have had a taste of the music would have to go purchase it for themselves.

Google, already a technology giant would be smart to expand its reach by take a little bite out of the music industry, and with their already extensive network of applications and programs available for use, we believe Google could quickly and efficiently incorporate Google Music nearly every other part of their Google services.

In addition to a Google Music store, Google could expand, as mentioned before to Google+, Gmail, and even while Googling the latest celebrity or political news. You can listen while you surf, while you chat, video conference, during your social networking time. Share songs with friends and family using the Google Music platform.

Let the countdown begin! Watch your clocks and the news for the chance to be on top of the technology news tonight!

For those who don’t know though alpha versions are usually very buggy so use only at your own peril.

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Simply go to https://www.dropbox.com/edu and register your .edu email address and click on the link when the email arrives, and voila you have now doubled your free dropbox’s maximum size to 8GB and you now get 500MB for every referral.

It runs in the background and in my experience doesn’t significantly slow down your computer.

The one really big downside currently is that there isn’t a Windows client for viewing the content on your server. However, there are Android, iOs, Mac OS, Samsung TV and Blu-Ray, As well as others available. The Android and iOs clients will cost about 5 bucks but the rest of the software including the server itself is free.

With great features such as automatically detecting metadata and updates to the library. I highly recommend Plex for a home media server.

Let us know below any other media server set ups you have used and like.

Anyways you have to wonder what prompted this move to shut down at least the modestly popular game and social developement shop after only a year. My personal theory may be that it has not added any value whatsoever to Google. In fact their latest innovation was released exclusively on the iPhone. Now forgive me but why would Google hang onto a dev shop that is adding value to the competition? I can understand releasing for iPhone after Android but before?

However the complete shut-down may be a mistake as seen by the hundreds of posts on TechCrunch protesting the shut-down of Super Poke Pets. So why not just rework their dev philosophy and use move their services to Google platforms like Google+ and Android rather Google competitors like the iPhone and FaceBook.

Well only time will tell how Google will respond the the threats of a class action lawsuit and hundreds of angry users. What do you think let us know below in the comments.