Thanko has built a GPS watch that doesn’t look like a GPS watch, which is pretty cool if you ever wanted to automatically track your own wanderings. The watch connects to Vista and XP PCs via USB and from there you are only a hop, step and a jump away from logging all of those lovely coordinates on Google Earth.
Price: $197 (but if you wait for the dollar to pick up a bit, it could be a whole lot cheaper) [DVICE]
With the use of an emulator the iSoft team has managed to shoehorn the worst version of Windows (no, not Vista) ever made onto the iPhone. (more…)
I don’t get the need to put OSX on stuff that it is not meant to run on, I mean, nine times out of ten you are left with sub-par functionality. This example is case and point, the 3G modem, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, GPS don’t work, and you won’t be getting much other than the bare minimum of video, as there are no GMA500 chipset drivers. It turns a slick little net machine into little more than a word processor, but it is running off a USB drive, which makes switching back to “fully-functioning” Vista slickness a simple enough task.
But they do appear to have Bluetooth working, so there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. [Ubergizmo]
If you are looking for a quick way to temporarily share some files or Internet with another computer and don’t want to invest in a whole lot of expensive network infrastructure, then Brando’s USB 2.0 Data Copy and Internet Connection Sharing Dongle looks a very nice option. Sure, it ain’t the fastest way to get things done, but it is just about the easiest. The dongle comes with a 2m USB cable and supports Win2K, XP and Vista.
Price: $29.99 [Brando via CrunchGear, Oh Gizmo]
Word on the street is that Windows 7 will come with a few less flavors than its predecessor. The rumor is that the number of versions will be culled to Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate/Enterprise, though there may be a Basic version for netbooks. The Starter and Basic versions will still be around, but only in developing countries. [ZD Net via Life Hacker]
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