iRobot Pet Proves: You Can Teach an Old Robot New Tricks

As much as we love them, our pets tend put us into hairy situations. And, I’m not talking about getting caught not scooping the poop, either. It’s a sad fact that we humans are far too content with constantly cleaning up their hair, dander, and all the other ungodly things our pets get themselves into.

We don’t have to take it anymore. iRobot’s Roomba 530/560 just got an upgrade for those pet parents who have had enough of the endless cleanup...
The 532 and 562 (dubbed the pet series) feature beefed up sweepers and large sweeper bins that hold three and a half times the fur of the previous models.

Priced $349 and $399 respectively, the pricier 562 is clearly the better bot. For a mere $50 bucks more you’re given the option of programming the vacuum to clean on a schedule that works for you. Also, instead of the three rooms you get with one full charge of the 532, you can get one more clean room out of the mechanical maid before it saunters back to it’s charging station.

The Roomba Pet series effortlessly cleans your home’s floors, giving you more time to enjoy the fun part of being a pet owner. These should arrive on our warehouse shelves very shortly.
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24hr Apple Store Air Rollout

The Apple store workers are all a twitter over the new laptop rollout that's taking place at the 24hr Apple store in Midtown Manhattan. They've cordoned off the laptop stations to setup the sexy new Airs and Powerbooks. "No pictures", one coffee fueled tech asserts. "What are these diva laptops?" I thought to myself. There are about a dozen or so folks standing outside the "velvet" rope waiting till the workers turn them loose on the coveted technology. I stopped by to try out the trackpad for myself and it looks, yep it's time, BACK IN A SEC!

That trackpad is larger and you can use one, two, or three fingers to activate the multi-touch functions. It takes a few tries to get it, but only a few. Tap and click, dragging, drag lock, two finger scrolling, picture rotate, pinch open and close, screen zoom, and three finger navigate all work like a charm. I want it, but alas they won't take my money no matter how much I beg. They're just not for sale yet. Big teasers.

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