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Archive for June, 2006

WiFi music browsing and downloads with MusicGremlin

June 15th, 2006

Get past the Rio-esque design of the MG-1000 and you’ll discover an incredibly portable music playing machine that can download new content on the go thanks to its built-in Wi-Fi capabilities. Of course, you have to pay for MusicGremlin’s subscription service (MusicGremlin Direct) — currently fetching $15 a month — but that’s not much more [...]

Smart Car crash test video. Verdict: Goes for a tumble

June 14th, 2006

Worried about the safety issues surround the Smart ForTwo from
DaimlerChrysler (marketed through Mercedes-Benz in Canada)? If you’re
an American looking to save a few bucks on your annual gas bill, while
being able to squeeze into the tightest of parking spots downtown, the
Smart Car just might be for you because they’re expecting to launch the
golf-cart sized vehicle [...]

The perfect resource website

June 14th, 2006

MichaelKwan.com is slowly, but surely, undergoing a site redesign. I hope to have the new look up sooner rather than later, so expect some fairly substantial changes to the main site in the days, weeks, and months to come. Whenever that happens, I’d like to expand the MichaelKwan.com branding to other sub-websites, if you will. [...]

Motorola Q running Pocket NES

June 12th, 2006

While there was a whole lot of hub-bub yesterday surrounding the launch of the Nintendo DS Lite, those of you who want to get your old school gaming on while still rocking the latest and greatest that technology has to offer… well, you guys just got a whole new toy to play with.
Launched in the [...]

Spiderman 3 – Video on the set!

June 11th, 2006

Now that the X-Men movie trilogy is officially wrapped up (although Wolverine and Magneto spinoffs — prequels, actually, are said to be in the works), we need to refuel our superhero fix. Let’s cast aside Superman for just a moment — I know how many of you are itching about that movie too — and [...]