Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

SkypeCast: nVidia with Patrick Beaulieu

The Skypecast is coming! The Skypecast is coming! This Friday, June 16, 1PM EDT (10PM PDT), nVidia’s Patrick Beaulieu is talking to us about all of the company’s upcoming projects, including HD on PC, PureVideo HD, and anything you guys can come up with. If you’ve got any burning questions you’ve got have answered, email…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 16

Energizer Energi To Go Portable Battery Charger

Energizer’s releasing a portable battery charger called “Energi To Go” that charges 80% of cellphone brands on the market now. There’s two models, a two battery charger for cellphones, and a four battery charger for audio and gaming devices (iPods and PSPs). This sounds similar to Turbo Charger AA chargers, but costs a bit less.…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 15

Audiovox Home Decor Speakers

They say the best way to hide something is to hide it in plain view, which is exactly what Audiovox does with their Home Decor line of speakers. By enclosing speakers and subs in faux books, planters, vases, floor standing baskets and trunks, you can hide your sound without hindering your enjoyment of it. In…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 15

iMac Fan Ad

Reader Mike made this ad for the Apple iMac a few years ago. It’s a mashup of an Apple service manual and Royksopps video to ‘Remind Me’. Just a neat, short little video. Thanks Mike!

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Windows Vista Beta 2: Windows Media Center Preview

Everyone’s probably aware that instead of being a separate product like Windows Media Center Edition 2005 (WMCE 2005) was to Windows XP, Windows Media Center (WMC) is going to come standard with Windows Vista Premium and Ultimate Editions. That means a whole lot more consumers are going to be using the media management system that…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Bill Gates Leaving Chief Architect Role At Microsoft

Bill Gates said today that he’s no longer going to work as the Chief Software Architect of Microsoft in order to devote more time to his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie is going to be stepping into Gates’ old position after July 2008. This news comes at an interesting time,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Gateway’s New Vista Ready HDCP 19-inch LCD

The new Gateway FPD1975W 19-inch LCD has a few things going for it. First, the relatively reasonable price of $299.99. Second, it supports HDCP-over-DVI, along with VGA and DVI, and is Vista ready. Third, there’s an optional $70 height-adjustable stand with a four-port USB 2.0 hub and a $40 speaker bar with dual headphones. Actually…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Teac R-1W Retro Radio

This new Teac radio looks like something your grandfather would have, if your grandfather was sent from the future to stop WW2, failed, then settled down with some hottie from Nebraska and pumped out eight kids—seven of which were girls. The Teac R-1W only has the one speaker, but takes in a 5.1 signal (wtf?).…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 15

Apple To Put Solid State NAND Memory Into Laptops By 2007?

After the Vista hybrid hard drive news this week, some fat cat Wall Street analysts have been wondering whether Apple will go ahead and place some NAND Solid State Disks (SSD) into their laptops as well. After all, Apple’s got the sweet deal with Samsung and their NAND facilities, which resulted lowering the prices of…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

HotSeat Gaming Futon

Throw away that moldy futon you got from your brother when he moved to New York and pick up one of these HotSeat Flip surround sound gaming futons. This cushiony gaming seat has SIX hi-fi speakers along with a wireless remote and a powered subwoofer. It even converts into a bed—just like real futons. It’s…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 15

Panasonic HDTV Art By GalleryPlayer

A service similar to the Masters of Impressionism DVD, which displays art on your plasma, Panasonic’s new HD image gallery service lets you to display downloaded paintings on your Panasonic HDTV screen. https://gizmodo.com/plasma-art-dvd-172991 By joining with GalleryPlayer, Panasonic allows you to download said art onto your PC for $0.99 to $1.99 an image. You then…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Universal Cutting Prices of HD DVD Titles From $34.95 To $29.95

Effective immediately, all single format HD DVD discs—as opposed to the dual format HD DVD/DVD combo discs—will be priced at $29.95. This price cut announcement the week before Blu-ray titles are released may put a little damper on the launch, but probably not by much. Universal also announced that Traffic, the Steven Soderbergh movie, is…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Eight Dollar Home Network Rack Solution

This is something so simple that we wish we’d have thought of it. Instead of strewing your router, switch, cable modem, external hard disk, and other miscellaneous gear around your desk, grab a stack of letter trays and place them inside. They’re compact, cheap, and have holes on the back and sides for cables to…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 15

Projector Based Table Top Gaming

This is a high-tech solution for the traditionally low-tech table top gaming—whose death knell has been sounded again and again, falsely, since the rise of computer RPGs in the ’90s. For projector based D&D, the Dungeon Master scans in adventure maps and separate what the players should see and what the DM should see onto…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 15

New LCD Technology Outperforms CRT

This is something we’d thought would happen eventually, but not this soon. eCinema Systems announced that they’ve developed an LCD that surpasses CRT display quality, and is planning to launch it it by Q4 of this year. The previous shortcoming of LCD monitors was that they couldn’t support deep blacks and real dark colors compared…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 14

i360 iMac Turntable

Sorry to disappoint Xbox 360 fans, but this unfortunately has nothing to do with your console. The i360 iMac Turntable allows you to place your iMac or Apple Cinema Display on it for 360 degree rotation. Instead of scraping up your desk from manually twisting the display, this turntable rotates internally so the base stays…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 14

Bang & Olufsen Stethoscope

Bang & Olufsen, a company known for its audio prowess in speaker and phone designs, is applying its technical knowhow to stethoscopes. Are they qualified? The consensus is yes. Their E3000 electronic stethoscope has won both the 2006 iF Design Award and the 2005 Danish Innovation and Design award. The device uses ambient noise reduction…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 14

2.32 Million Dollars Worth of DS Lites Missing In Hong Kong

It’s a City On Fire over in Hong Kong as a container with $2.32 million USD worth of Europe-bound Black DS Lites went missing. If not recovered, these DS Lites will probably be sold on the street for Bloody Money, leading to a sad Autumn’s Tale for Nintendo fans in the EU. Authorities are hoping…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 14

eGear LED Lantern Keychain

Those little keychain flashlights always come in handy, whether it’s for finding the USB port on the back of your machine or for breaking into your mother-in-law’s house to retrieve those shell casings. If you want a little twist to your portable lighting, here’s the eGear LED Lantern keychain. It’s got a battery life of…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 14

H2O Audio Waterproof iPod Video Case

Watch and relive Jessica Alba’s new cinematic masterpiece Into The Blue on your iPod Video with the H2O Audio waterproof iPod Case. Compatible with the $39 H2O Waterproof Headphones H2O Waterproof Headphones, this case has the “Commander Scroll Wheel” designed to let you use all the iPod click wheel functions even when underwater. It also…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 14

Jason Chen

SkypeCast: nVidia with Patrick Beaulieu

Energizer Energi To Go Portable Battery Charger

Audiovox Home Decor Speakers

iMac Fan Ad

Windows Vista Beta 2: Windows Media Center Preview

Bill Gates Leaving Chief Architect Role At Microsoft

Gateway’s New Vista Ready HDCP 19-inch LCD

Teac R-1W Retro Radio

Apple To Put Solid State NAND Memory Into Laptops By 2007?

HotSeat Gaming Futon

Panasonic HDTV Art By GalleryPlayer

Universal Cutting Prices of HD DVD Titles From $34.95 To $29.95

Eight Dollar Home Network Rack Solution

Projector Based Table Top Gaming

New LCD Technology Outperforms CRT

i360 iMac Turntable

Bang & Olufsen Stethoscope

2.32 Million Dollars Worth of DS Lites Missing In Hong Kong

eGear LED Lantern Keychain

H2O Audio Waterproof iPod Video Case

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

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