It seems like every day we’re hearing more and more about near field communications (NFC) technology as a way to make mobile payments. Amazon, Google and Apple are all believed to be developing hardware and software for this very purpose. Samsung and Visa have officially partnered with each other to bring NFC payments to London in 2012. Their partnership will produce a new Olympic and Paralympic Games phone. The phone will use NFC and Visa’s technology in conjunction with an app installed on the device. All users will have to do is select a payment option in the app and place their phone in front of a scanner at checkout.

Acer is one of the major sponsors of the 2010 Winter Olympics along with the 2012 Olympics as well. And to subtly show their support, they are selling the Acer Timeline 1810TZ with the Olympic-rings on the lid. The 1810TZ is considered by Acer to be an ultraportable laptop. Sporting a 11.6-inch screen, 3GB of more »

Today, Cannondale unveiled a “Secret Scalpel” version of their popular light cross country racer for the Olympics. Three riders, Roel Paulissen, Jakob Fuglsang and Kashi Leuchs will be putting the new rig through its paces in ten days in China. The bike features the culmination of black box skunk works from a lot of different more »

Samsung has unveiled their latest specialty handset, the gold plated edition SGH-D780 DuoS, which is a follow up to the standard (non limited edition) model that was released in May. The SGH-D780 is a dual GSM SIM capable handset that offers the ability to have and use both SIM cards at the same time. The more »

Most companies have, at some point, released some sort of themed device, with the theme of the last two years being this summer’s Beijing Olympics. Lenovo, put out their so-styled laptop, a very long time ago. Now Kodak is keeping true to customs with their Olympic-themed M2008 digital camera.

The device features the Olympics logo, along with text that reads “Beijing 2008.” From a more technological standpoint, the M2008 offers a 10-megapixel camera and 3x optical zoom. The standard Kodak menu system can be viewed via the 3-inch LCD on the device. You can even record events, sporting or otherwise, in 720p with the video functionality, a nice touch.

Those of you living in China can pick one up for around $270, but no word about a Stateside release. Keep reading for a few more pictures.

On Friday, the IOC – International Olympics Committee, gave their official approval for athletes to be able to blog at this year’s summer Olympics in Beijing. However, these athletics cannot publish any media of the event or any material that is Olympic property. The IOC thinks of blogging as a way to expression, which is more »

Lenovo sure likes the Olympics, not just to watch some great sporting events, but to sell Olympic themed devices. Previously, they had announced some new Olympic themed laptops. Now, they have decided to manufacture and market another device, a USB jump drive. If you have seen a picture of the laptops that Lenovo has created more »