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Mirror's Edge Time Trials: All the Fun, Without All the Fuzz
Although I complained about the controls and learning curve when I first cracked open Mirror's Edge, I quickly became a bona fide addict. I still play it when I need to escape my day, and with the addition of the new downloadable content on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, I'm sure I'll get hooked all over again.
Mirror's Edge Time Trials has you racing the clock on nine different maps, without the distraction of gunfire, the guilt of beating the crap out of city cops, and being pinched by the fuzz.
Love It or Leave It? SMS Reading Mirror
Usually the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is stumble over to my computer to look at my emails and check the text messages on my cell phone. Now imagine if while I was getting ready I could read text messages on my mirror?
Designer Robert Stadler from Radi Designers has made this possible with his limited edition +336+SMS Mirror, which is able to receive SMS messages sent from another cell phone.
LED Mirror With Scrolling Text Or Clock
The LED Mirror may not fit with every design scheme and it won't read your text messages like the +336+SMS Mirror, but it adds some techie flair to your vanity.
It features a scrolling LED message board and click mounted behind a glass mirror. You can program it to show time and date and save personalized messages up to 4,000 characters.
Try On Ray-Bans Virtually With the New Online Mirror
The trendy and hip sunglasses company Ray-Ban is attempting to make the sunglasses shopping experience a bit easier with their new Ray-Ban Virtual Mirror download. Using 3D technology, this cool tool is similar to the IBM Virtual Mirror since it allows you to try on the goods without needing to be in the store. Now there's no guarantee how accurate this new service is, but at least it will let you know if those black Audrey Hepburn glasses are going to look chic or just cover half your face.
Mirror's Edge Review: Fun. . . Once You Get the Hang of It
I had been looking forward to playing Mirror's Edge since the early months of 2008, all the while hoping it was going to live up to the hype I had heard swirling around it. The good news is, this first-person action title is beautiful to look at, it's a great way to break out of a RPG rut (note to self: must stop playing Fable II), and I was able to do things I had never done before in a game. The bad news?
IBM Debuts "Virtual Mirror" Kiosks For Hair and Makeup Help
Next week, IBM will be introducing their first ever "Virtual Mirror" kiosk at the National Retail Federation in NYC. What it does is take a digital photo (of the shopper) and scan in various makeup and hair coloring products that they may be interested in purchasing. Without having to actually try the makeup on you are guaranteed true colors and an accurate replica of your face.
Chip Monitor Mirror: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
All the other monitor mirrors on the market seem like novelty, vanity pieces in comparison to the Chimp Monitor Mirror ($9.99).
While the device does include a mirror, it seems to be made for those of us who are convinced our coworkers and bosses like to sneak up on us, not just the crowd that wants to have a handy lip-gloss mirror.
It's a convex mirror (3 inches in diameter) that fits easily on either corner of your monitor with accompanying Velcro.
Geek Tip: Take a Self Portrait With Your iPhone
One of my favorite iPhone features is its camera. It's of impressive quality for a cell phone camera, and has gotten successively better with each generation of iPhone released. Add the plethora of accessories meant to enhance the iPhone's camera and applications to enhance your photos, and my iPhone can produce better photos than my camera.
Rear View Mirror For Your Monitor
If you work in a cubicle farm (yeah, that's just an office with cubicles), you know there's nothing worse than someone creeping up on you from behind and trying to sneak a peek at whatever's on your computer. With all your time spent on geeksugar, Youtube and every other social networking site out there you can hardly afford to have your company's execs or noisy co-workers hip to your web world. Popgadget seems to have the answer to your problems in the form of a $13.95 Rear View Mirror that fits on your monitor.
Mirrored iPhone: Never Have Spinach in Your Teeth Again
Not embarrassed to admit that I ooh-la-la'ed one non-tech spec about the LG Shine, which LC expertly demonstrated: the fact that it makes an awesome mirror. But since I don't need a new phone, I have found a way to make my iPhone do double-duty: the Echo mirrored iPhone case, just $13.
It doesn't look available for the iPhone 3G just yet, so 1st gen users, enjoy, and 3G users — just shine it up extra good for the reflection.
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