Kwikset, one of America’s premiere door lock companies, has unveiled its new keyless lock for your home. It scans your fingerprint and unlocks the door. It can be programmed with up to 50 different fingerprints, and has different security levels and “lock out” features.

While not available just yet, you can sign up to a notification list at kwikset.com.

Now where is my Hoverboard?! Mattel, I’m looking in your direction.

There is no end to the iPod accessories flooding the market. Here is another one, which allows you to control your iPod while doing energetic activities outside.

SportCommand is weather resistant, and perfect to be exposed to elements that may damage your iPod.

T-Mobile is planning on banning “technobabble” from their sales pitches and training their customer service and sale staff to use easy-to-understand language rather than the tech-talk that has been common place.

Onecompare.com reports the following in regards to T-Mobile’s research:

T-Mobile have found that 57% of us are confused, frustrated and bored with technology jargon. Features are usually abbreviated, for example voice over internet protocol is known as VoIP. T-Mobile found that over 1/3 of Britons don’t know what VoIP is with 1 in 10 thinking it can improve visibility for the visually impaired! When it actually allows you to make discounted phone calls over the internet. 6% of people forget sales advice by the time they get home after purchasing their new mobile phone, and over 1/3 of people find instruction manuals too long and confusing.

The research carried out by T-Mobile and YouGov have found that a staggering 1/3 of us have no idea how our new mobile phone gadgets work after we have purchased them, despite instruction manuals and sales advice from staff. With easy to understand demonstrations and explanations of features T-Mobile are hoping to make mobile phones easier to understand for customers, and are calling on the mobile industry to join them in their campaign.

This is just an example of Natural Selection at work. If the weak can not adapt to a growing technological age, perhaps they should not be given such wonders. I admit thought, that this is a smart move on T-Mobile’s behalf. This is purely a business movie, with the bottom line to move product, even if it does take talking like some backwater dolt to do it. However, this can only lead to a nation of idiots suckered into buying more expensive equipment, and still unable to use even if they “know” how to use it, when all they really need is a portable device that makes a damn phone call!

If you weren’t able to go to this year’s CES convention (which is probably the majority of you out there), ExtremeTech.com has set up a lovely slideshow filled with photos of the hottest gadgets being shown, and the hottest booth babes showing said gadgets. Head over here to take a look. Here’s a quick sample of what to expect.

A new service, myGreenElectronics has surfaced on the internets, whose function is to not only help you find out where you can safely recycled your outdated electronics via a simple zip code based search box, but also to point you in the direction of electronics that Mother Earth would be happy to use.

Fine, old man, it’s technically not out yet, but I’ll accept a voucher for one when it is out.

I’ve been lusting after a new phone for a while, and was about to pick up an XV6700 with Verizon, but had heard rumors of the XV6800 coming soon and decided to wait.

I was sure I’d be waiting interminably, but apparently not. The XV6800 is coming!

(Image courtesy of Engadget Mobile)

No more protruding antenna stub, upgraded memory, newer version of Bluetooth and support for 802.11g networks, among other things. A shame they changed the memory card format from miniSD to microSD.

I totally want this thing in my pocket right now.

The Internet Channel for the Wii, powered by Opera, has arrived.

I started writing this post with it, but after the title and the first sentence, I realized it would take forever. Typing short things with the on-screen keyboard and the Wiimote is fine, but I wasn’t about to start making links and everything else with it.

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