Operation Gadget
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Help Me Ride the Final Stage of the 2004 Tour of Hope
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn October 9, I’m going to join the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope by participating in the Washington DC fundraising bike ride and I would appreciate your support. One hundred percent of the funds raised during the Tour of Hope ride will benefit cancer research through the Lance Armstrong Foundation. To learn…
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Atari Bringing Back the 7800 Console for the Holidays with Atari Flashback
Reading Time: 2 minutesAtari Flashback Classic Game Console,image courtesy of Atari. Atari announced the introduction of the Atari Flashback Classic Game Console, a collection of 20 classic Atari games packaged in a console with two joysticks included. Games that will be part of this collection include Adventure, Air-Sea Battle, Canyon Bomber, Centipede, and Yar’s Revenge.…
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Atari Anthology Bringing 85 Classic Games to XBox and PlayStation 2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier this week, Atari announced that it would release Atari Anthology, a collection of 85 classic video games in a single package for the XBox and PlayStation 2 video game consoles. Games that will be part of this collection include Asteroids, Battlezone, Missile Command, Pong, and Breakout. Atari Anthology is expected…
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Canon PowerShot S1 IS Emphasizes Optical Zoom Over Image Size
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanon PowerShot S1 IS,photo courtesy of Amazon.com. I have a Nikon 850 from back in the old days of digital cameras. I think it produces 2.1-megapixel images. Ever since I saw a high resolution photo from that camera displayed at full size on a computer monitor I’ve wondered when the digital camera…
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PVRblog Provides a Different Perspective on the XM PCR-TimeTrax Controversy
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week, I said that the big reason why XM Satellite Radio pulled the XM PCR PC-based radio off the market was that the added feature of MP3-conversion was a political liability in their larger fight against music royalties. Matt Haughey wrote an article for PVRblog that looks at the situation…
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Danger, Inc. CEO Interviewed by J.D. Lasica
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Monday Engadget published J.D. Lasica’s excellent interview with Hank Nothhaft, CEO of Danger, Inc.. Danger is the manufacturer of the T-Mobile Sidekick II, which is about to be released. The most interesting aspect of the Danger Hiptop / T-Mobile Sidekick story, from my perspective, has been the fact that the…
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August 30-September 5, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the first week of September 2004. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…
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Keep Usable Bike Tires and Wheels in Case of Early Failure
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout a year ago, I replaced a set of Continental Double Fighter semi-slick mountain bike tires with Michelin Wildgripper Sprints. The reason I replaced the Double Fighters was because I wore the rubber down in the center of the rear tire on my bike to the point that I could see…
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New Category Begun for Stories about the LiveStrong Program
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOperation Gadget has been a helpful source of information to people throughout the world about the LiveStrong program of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Since the publication of our first article on LiveStrong yellow wristbands, over 60,000 people have visited this website in their search for information about how to participate. As…