Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Filed under: Laptops
Here's what we can tell you about the Emtec gdium EM-PC mini-laptop;
It does not resemble the ASUS Eee PC at all.
It does contain an 8.9-inch ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones
It's finally, really happened. The Boy Genius has gotten his hands on pictures of a brand-spanking-new Palm device -- a heretofore unknown model called the Treo 850. As you can see in the above photo, this is a whole new look for the ailing smartphone maker, though it ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Filed under: Digital CamerasHot on the heels of that Rebel XS / 1000D leak from last week comes a handful of specs and new info on the rumored DSLR. According to the camera fanatics at Photography Bay, the new model will sport a 10.1 megapixel CMOS chip, Digic III, 7-point ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Filed under: Displays, Household
What else can we say? The concept here is pure genius, and it totally makes those pricey security systems seem way pointless (okay, slightly less critical). The FakeTV is a strobe that sets up in an occupied room at night and flashes up beams of light. ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Filed under: GPS, Transportation
Though it's typically common practice to suction that new GPS unit to your windshield just as soon as you whip it from the box, folks in California have long been unable to enjoy such luxuries outside of their own driveways. Currently, it's illegal to have navigators stuck ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio
Heads up, MP3 lovers, because Naptser launched its DRM-free music store today. As promised to throngs of fans, the historical pirate network has converted its entire music catalog of an impressive six million songs into MP3s to be sold at $.99 each or $9.95 for ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Filed under: Portable Audio, Wireless
There's no dearth of Bluetooth-based wireless speakers out there, but Logitech put a nice bit of polish to this new Pure-Fi Mobile set, which is always appreciated. The A2DP stereo manages 12 hours of battery off of rechargeable batteries, and can work as a speakerphone with ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCsJust an update on the broadcast flag controversy: NBC has copped to an "inadvertent mistake" in flagging the broadcast of American Gladiators as content prohibited from recording, while Microsoft stated it is only following the FCC's rules, and "fully adheres to flags used by broadcasters". ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIt looks like wind power in the United States is getting a boost from a somewhat unexpected source, with billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens recently announcing that he's spending $2 billion to build a 667 wind turbine-strong wind farm in Texas. That would translate to roughly 1,000 ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Gaming
We've seen plenty of attempts to use game console hardware as MIDI controllers, but they've usually involved complicated hacks and strange software kludges, so we're pretty curious to see if Curious Inventor's Midiator actually works as promised. The nondescript black box is supposed to map virtually ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV
Sharp's re-upped on the super-size rollouts, with 22 LCDs including every color and size variation, ready to hit shelves this summer ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Available in black or brown, the RX5 series (pictured) headlines the pack with 65-, 52- and 46-inch versions including 1080p resolution, ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/3G_iPhone_Revealed_in_Third_Party_Case_Render'; Look, we're not saying this means anything, but the above rendering from iPhone case-maker XSKN sure does look like those supposed design changes we've been hearing about. You'll note the larger, more curvy back, space opened up near the earpiece for the rumored front-facing ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Filed under: Displays
Admit it: you love digital photo frames. You love them so much, in fact, that you would be thrilled if NEC were to come up a heart-shaped LCD panel so you could get something like the prototype pictured here. Well, that's exactly what it did with its new ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, StorageGreat, just great. Soon after Western Digital made a fool of itself by introducing an external hard drive "certified" for use with DISH Network HD DVRs, along comes Seagate to further fuel the hype machine. Announced at this year's Cable Show, the Showcase storage solution ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Rumors swirling around Danger's upcoming Aspen and Gekko Hiptops are approaching a rolling boil at this point, and seeing a new model fly through the FCC's testing procedures certainly isn't going to help to quell them. Honestly, we probably would've passed this one right over had it ...
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