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  There’s a new service in town known as mGinger which pays you to receive SMS adverts. Currently mGinger is in Beta (as many Web 2.0 ventures are) and serves only to Indian citizens. Each SMS received will credit 20 paise ($0.05) in your account. In short, you’ll need to receive 1500 messages to reach [...]

  Update: Part 2 of the Article. Its been a few months after the final version of Office 2007 hit the retail stores. And to be honest, I was happy and eagerly waiting for the final version to come out and lay my hands on it. I was also a beta tester for Office 2007 [...]

  Better watch out for those cute little soft toys which are placed in your room. They can be more than just a play toy. Actually this TeddyCam is meant to spy your beloved offspring’s activities but you know, technology always has its downfall. Anyways, the TeddyBear has a cam on its nose and can [...]

  The painters did not find a unique design, so they ripped the logo of the world’s most famous internet browser, Firefox. The pics were shot by Kalyan Varma. One more pic after the jump. While coming from Mysore, we suddenly saw a big Firefox logo pasted on a bus. We stopped the car and [...]

  This beautiful (half) lady has been made by Katsuya Matsumura. It ain’t a robot or a statue but a PC case mod. Couple of shots after the jump. Webpage [Japanese] [Via BoingBoing]

  We just showed you a weird mouse. Now how do you rate this one? Its a headless dog with a woofer. It surely seems different than the conventional woofers. Made by a Dutch design agency, Buro Vormkrijgers who calls it as a “functional kitsch”. The designers are planning to launch bird shaped speakers that [...]

  How weird can things can be? Here is a wireless mouse which is shaped like a pill bottle. It is a two-button mouse with scroll wheel at the opposite side. The charge time needed is 5 hours and is available in Japan for 5223 Yen approx. 44 USD. Scroll Wheel pic after the jump. [...]

  A guy has managed to make potato battery which can power a small sound system. Each potato generates 0.5 volts and 0.2 milliamperes of power. To increase the voltage, groups of potatoes are connected together in series and these groups are connected together in parallel to increase the amperage. The guy attached 500 lb [...]

  Mobile Review reports that Samsung has developed a 2MP camera module which has its thickness of just 4.5mm. Samsung’s X828 is the current world’s slimmest phone. With the development of this camera which has its dimensions 78Ñ…8Ñ…4.5mm, are we looking at a new ultraslim phone which can beat X828′s 6.9mm? Let’s wait and watch. [...]

  PCWorld has compiled a list of ten best digital cameras at an affordable price. The HP PhotoSmart R717 tops the list with a rating of 83 out of 100. Take a look at the article.

  We can’t make out how effective this WhyCry Analyser is. But it could turn out a very handy gadget for first time parents or babysitters. It is a gadget which can intepret a baby’s cry. The analyser picks up baby cries via its microphone. It will analyse for 20 seconds and will show result [...]

  Mobinote Technology has unveiled a unique gadget which can create a mood light with the help of music. The Hipper 100 creates 10 different mood lights when different music rythms are played when a USB powered drive or a music player is plugged in. It is shaped like an egg and the files supported [...]

  You must have tried installing Windows XP on a Mac with the Boot Camp. Now the Wiki OnMac guys posted a tutorial to do a triple boot on your Mac PC. They installed Windows XP, OSX and Gentoo Linux on their MacBook. Click here to read the tutorial.

  Here is the Philips Xenium 9@9t or Philips 756 mobile phone. It is a phone with decent features. It has a TV-out support and a 1.3 MP camera. However, it lacks Bluetooth. Specifications after the jump.

  Averatec has released a notebook which is aimed at both professional as well as home users. Its a wide format notebook with a 17″ screen. It is sleek as its thickness is just 25.4mm. Powered by an AMD Turion 64 mobile processor it will cost $849 to $1199 (depending upon the configuration). Click More [...]