Topic: TOYS - on November 13, 2006 at 3:18:00 PM CET
Paper battery developed
Oh those crazy Koreans. They keep pumping out devices that boast DMB radios, multi-megapixel cameras, and unique swiveling designs, but what about powering these multifunction devices?
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Topic: TOYS - on August 17, 2004 at 7:23:00 PM CEST
Diese C-Promis will RTL im Dschungel-Camp
Eine geheime Kandidaten-Liste enthüllt, welche Promis der Kategorie C und D der TV-Sender RTL am liebsten ins zweite Dschungel-Camp schicken würde. Naddel bekommt Gesellschaft vom gleichen Kaliber! Und das sind die Promis der traurigen Gestalt, die gerne bei "Ich bin ein Star, holt mich hier raus 2" in Kalerlaken baden würden:
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Topic: TOYS - on July 30, 2004 at 11:56:00 AM CEST
Dr. Stephen Hawking Interactive Action Figure
The Dr. Stephen Hawking Action Figure stands approximately 5 1/2-inches-tall and comes with a mug of beer and a flying wheelchair. Place Dr. Hawking on any compatible Springfield Environment to hear him talk!
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Topic: TOYS - on June 20, 2004 at 3:20:00 PM CEST
Swissmemory
USB-Memory with 64 MB memory stick. The Secure-LOCK software will keep your data safe from unauthorized access.
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Topic: TOYS - on January 20, 2004 at 12:54:00 AM CET
Camera Phones Help Buyers Beware
The CueCat -- that pesky bar-code scanner from Digital Convergence -- may be dead, but its spirit is finding new life in the form of a camera phone.
During the past six months, no fewer than four software firms have released applications to help consumers turn their camera-equipped mobile phones into personal bar-code scanners.
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Topic: TOYS - on December 10, 2003 at 3:09:03 AM CET
TechTV's Top 20 Gifts
This holiday season, Leo Laporte and Jessica Corbin count down TechTV's top 20 gotta-have gifts of the year. TechTV Labs reviewed hundreds of products this year and picked the 20 best of the best.
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Topic: TOYS - on April 21, 2003 at 12:37:19 PM CEST
Military 'hamsters' show their might
Gemmy Industries' quick thinking, followed by success in Iraq, lands a golden egg for the toymaker.
The U.S. military may not blush at the compliment, but kids and adults are already big fans of toymaker Gemmy Industries' latest addition to its hamster family: the dancing military hamsters.
They come as a set of four -- representing the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines -- and are dressed in the appropriate garb of their unit. In true military spirit, each "dancing" hamster also sings the song specific to its branch of the armed forces.
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Topic: - on January 27, 2003 at 7:25:12 PM CET
LEGO Stanley Cup Stolen
LEGO Company today announces one of only two existing scale replicas of the famous Stanley Cup is missing since the close of the annual Super Show that took place in Las Vegas earlier this week. The model was on display to promote the new line of LEGO® NHL Hockey sets at the industry's largest sports equipment show.
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Topic: - on January 27, 2003 at 1:38:13 PM CET
Spinning top is top toy
Spinning tops that do battle in the school playground have been named the UK's biggest toy by retailers. he tops, called Beyblades originated in Japan but have become a craze among youngsters around the world over the past two years.
The British Association of Toy Retailers (BATR) named the product, which is made by US giant Hasbro, as the toy that made the biggest impact on the UK industry in 2002.
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Topic: - on December 7, 2002 at 12:21:09 AM CET
Osama bin Laden toys become a craze with children in Pakistan
Toy crazes are a common theme in the build up to Christmas holidays in the West. The story is no different in the Muslim world as Id approaches but one of this year's 'must-haves' would probably be banned from sale in many parts of the West; an Osama bin-Laden action figure complete with military jeep and bodyguards.
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 1:31:01 PM CET
Straps-Barbie
The Barbie® Fashion Model Collection unveils its first-ever African-American Silkstone doll, the fifth Lingerie Barbie® doll. Barbie doll exudes a flirtatious attitude in her heavenly merry widow bustier ensemble accented with intricate lace and matching peekaboo peignoir. Ages 14 and up.
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Topic: - on October 11, 2002 at 1:23:02 PM CEST
Hauppauge boxes clever with digital TV
Hauppauge Computer Works has launched a product that brings digital broadcasts to any TV or PC. The DEC2000-t is not the first digital device to provide free-to-air digital terrestrial broadcasts to TVs, but claims to be the first that links to a PC for added functionality.
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