Adrian Covert, Author at Gizmodo

Lars and Ivan iPod Dock Small In Size, Big On Sound

Lars & Ivan’s entry into the iPod Dock market is not the typical do-it-all, moderately-powered device. Instead, the PA-40Ti Hybrid is a tube-based 40-watt amplifier that hooks up to whatever speakers you so desire. It also looks like some sort of utopian alien fortress, but I digress. Additional features include RCA inputs, subwoofer preamp and…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 15

Watch Concepts Let You Play Pong and Tetris In Style

Lysandre Follet’s watch concepts assume the identity of a pair of Nixon timepieces, throwing pong or tetris into the inner workings while avoiding excessive nerddom. The watches balance throwback games with simple, clean designs that don’t look to irony for their appeal (like the designer retro-reissue of the Casio Databank). If this were ever real,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 15

Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC Shown Off at Oracle OpenWorld

Michael Dell showed off the Latitude XT tablet at Oracle OpenWorld today, and from the looks of it, they might have a winner on their hands. Aside from previous specs (12.1 inches, 1.2 GHz processor, under 4 pounds, up to 3 GB RAM), the video reveals that the convertible tablet features multi-touch recognition that can…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 14

Another Nintendo DS Redesign on the Way?

Gamespot is reporting that a redesign to the mega-popular Nintendo DS is complete and will hit the market when DS Lite sales taper off. Gamespot’s source, financial analyst Evan Wilson, claims the revamped DS will be slimmer, lose the GBA port, add on-board memory and have larger screens. While Nintendo has yet to comment on…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 14

Samsung Multimedia Speakers Are Pure Eye Candy

Dear Samsung, It’d be nice if you brought speakers like this to the American market. Fresh from the 2007 Korea Electronics Show, the speakers are part of Samsung’s “Chic and Smart Style” line in the Korean market. Aving’s photos indicate they only pack 1 watt of power apiece, but the design is undeniably beautiful. And…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Nov 12

USB Turntable Disguised As Suitcase For No Other Reason Except That It Can

At its core, the Crosley Keepsake is a pretty straightforward USB turntable, playing at speeds of 33/45/78 RPM and connecting to your computer via USB. But the fact that it’s in a suitcase-esque shell is a bit different from the norm and would liven up any fortress of gadgets. It’s currently selling online for $149.95.…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 10

Xbox 360 Furry Faceplates Bring the Wild to Your Living Room

Normally, Xbox 360 faceplates fail to get my attention. But in the case of these furry faceplates and controller covers, they’re so strange that I almost think they’re cool. They come in either cow print or leopard print, so your Xbox can look like a Gateway computer box or a tacky, middle-aged housewife (sans excessive…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 10

Monsoon Hava Titanium HD (Verdict: Some Nice Features, But Not a Sling Killer)

The Good: The Hava Titanum HD has component HD support and Wi-Fi via USB dongle out of the box (a must for my Home Theater Setup, where the router is in another room). As a point of comparison, the Sling Pro requires a $50 attachment for HD support and can only communicate wirelessly via power…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 9

Photoshop Express Beta Coming This Year

Adobe will roll out the beta version of its Photoshop Express online app by the end of 2007 and release the final version in 2008. [Crave]

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 8

Starbucks-iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store Launches In SF

Apple was on hand in downtown San Francisco today to launch the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store in Starbucks locations across the nation. This is the third major city to launch the service, with New York and Seattle launching back in October. Los Angeles and Chicago are due up in February and March of 2008, with…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 7

StealthSurfer Keeps Your Web Activity Safe From Prying Eyes

So you’re furiously reading all the news you can on the latest Hannah Montana game, but don’t want to be found out…what do you do? If you want to protect your precious core gamer cred, my advice is the new, improved StealthSurfer, which has all the network security tools to make sure nobody finds out…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert Nov 7

Asus Eee PC Listed In Black

Expansis and Directron both have listings for black Asus Eee PCs that should be available in eight days for an extra $20. [I4U News via Coolest Gadgets]

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 6

Motorola Releases Motopure H12 Bluetooth Headset

Motorola announced a new Bluetooth headset today dubbed the Motopure H12. Along with the charging base and carrying case, the Motopure features Motorola’s crystal talk technology (previously exclusive to their handsets) which uses two microphones for noise reduction purposes. Boy Genius Report got a hands-on with it and called it one of the most comfortable…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 6

Boy Pays Hitman to Off His Parents After Taking His Playstation Away

16-year-old Cory Ryder is awaiting trial for hiring a hitman to whack his parents because they took away his PlayStation. But the man paid to do the job wasn’t a hitman, but an undercover cop…hired by the kid’s mother. Ryder caught a ride from his mom’s friend to go meet the “hitman,” and offered up…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 5

Tonewood Speakers Look Sophisticated, Maintain Gadgety Goodness

The Opera Sonora speaker line is perfect for those who argue with their significant other over why they can’t install a 27.4 mega system in their 900 sq. ft. apartment. Beneath the art house appearance of these contraptions, however, are fully functioning speakers that can connect to any audio source (radio, TV, DVD, and so…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 5

MIT Researchers Develop Tractor Beam For Microchip Manufacturing

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a method of arranging cells on a microchip using what they call “optical tweezers.” These optical tweezers consist of a fine tuned beam of laser light, which moves cells around on the chip. Scientists say this could have may beneficial applications in the fields of biomedical…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 3

gPhone OS Codenamed Android, Is Full OS With SDK?

CNet is reporting that as part of Monday’s big press conference, Google will unveil their iPhone killer gPhone OS, tentatively codenamed Android. Sources are calling the OS a “a complete mobile-phone software stack” that will be followed shortly after by a SDK (Translation: this isn’t just an ad system and will have more than a…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 3

Gadget Bottle Is Unintentionally Funny, But Still Terrible

We’ve had our share of cool water bottles make their way through the site. Now we get BevyTech’s Gadget Bottle, which is just sad. Not only does this seem like a broken cellphone/MP3 player/pill bottle(!?) waiting to happen, but what practical reason is there for affixing a gadget to a water bottle? Granted the knife-bottle…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Nov 2

Office Cubicle Reimagined as Office Pod

If every corporate American office had workspaces like the Eclipse partition system, I might not be so terrified of becoming a suit. Designer Marcus Curran came up with this concept as part of an industrial design thesis he was working on while in school at the University of Melbourne. The central idea behind this contraption…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 1

Computer Speakers Go Undercover as Picture Frames

Not a lot needs to be said for these speakers, since combining them with picture frames is such a strange idea to begin with. But MIRAEPLASMA’s creation has some cool technology under the surface. Utilizing a “plasma technology” within its film speaker, the speakers have a comparatively thin form factor and are said to offer…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 31

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Lars and Ivan iPod Dock Small In Size, Big On Sound

Watch Concepts Let You Play Pong and Tetris In Style

Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC Shown Off at Oracle OpenWorld

Another Nintendo DS Redesign on the Way?

Samsung Multimedia Speakers Are Pure Eye Candy

USB Turntable Disguised As Suitcase For No Other Reason Except That It Can

Xbox 360 Furry Faceplates Bring the Wild to Your Living Room

Monsoon Hava Titanium HD (Verdict: Some Nice Features, But Not a Sling Killer)

Photoshop Express Beta Coming This Year

Starbucks-iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store Launches In SF

StealthSurfer Keeps Your Web Activity Safe From Prying Eyes

Asus Eee PC Listed In Black

Motorola Releases Motopure H12 Bluetooth Headset

Boy Pays Hitman to Off His Parents After Taking His Playstation Away

Tonewood Speakers Look Sophisticated, Maintain Gadgety Goodness

MIT Researchers Develop Tractor Beam For Microchip Manufacturing

gPhone OS Codenamed Android, Is Full OS With SDK?

Gadget Bottle Is Unintentionally Funny, But Still Terrible

Office Cubicle Reimagined as Office Pod

Computer Speakers Go Undercover as Picture Frames

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Marshall Acton III Home Speaker Drops to a Record Low, the Deal Countdown Has Already Started

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

I’m Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future

Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

No Fooling, ‘Spaceballs 2’ Will Hit Theaters April 2027

I Regret to Inform You That the Artemis II Astronauts Are Having Lots of Screen Time

The First ‘Maul: Shadow Lord’ Reactions Are Most Solid

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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