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Mustek PF-A1020BC Frame Comes With Changeable Faceplates

If all digital photo frames are starting to look alike, try this Mustek PF-A1020BC with its big 10-inch LCD and swappable frames, coming with silver, “frosted white,” or Mahogany faceplates. Pictures should look pretty nice as the 9.5-inch viewable area displays at a 720 x 480 resolution, and you can store around 45 JPEGs thanks…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jul 3

Space Navigator Star Locator For Astronomers in a Hurry

Give the Space Navigator your time and location, and it will let you know where over 60 of the brightest stars are, a few dozen constellations, and visible planets. It’s even programmed with upcoming astronomical events up until the year 2020, and comes with 20 star charts. That’s a lot of information to pack on…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jul 3

Japan’s Type N700 Bullet Train Almost Half as Fast as an Airplane

Despite its maiden voyage at 6AM on Sunday, the first public N700 drew quite a crowd. 1300 passengers enjoyed the 342 mile trip to Tokyo from Shin-Osaka Station, and in only two hours and twenty five minutes—five minutes shorter than previous trains. If that doesn’t impress you, bear in mind the N700 covers the ground…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jul 3

AIRcable Host XR Extends Bluetooth Range By 20 Miles

The AIRcable Host XR packs a receiver advertised at 10 times more powerful than the average Bluetooth dongle, with nearly 20 miles (or 30 kilometers) of range. The range sounds a little nuts—and requires an external antenna. With such an involved setup, the unit likely won’t do much for you unless you’re an industrial firm…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jul 2

DARPA Unclassifies Plans for Laser-Guided Bullet

DARPA’s Budget Item Justification Sheet contains goodies that seem right out of the pages of science fiction, like laser-guided bullets. The goal appears to be to “enable low-cost, high performance guided projectiles” that take advantage of “guidance and targeting systems.” While the idea of a laser-guided bullet conjures images of soldiers marching across fields, spraying…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jul 2

Nyko Blu-Wave IR Remote Control for Playstation 3 a Welcome Sight

Playstation 3 owners: Fiddle with that programmable monster remote no longer. Nyko is here to save you the hassle with the Blu-Wave IR remote control, a simple USB/remote solution that will let you control DVD playback in a more traditional way rather than with the Sixaxis, Sony’s official Playstation 3 controller. The buttons on the…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jul 2

Palm OS II Misses Debut, Available Next Year

Looks like the rest of this year’s Palm products will be forced to stick to Garnet OS and Windows Mobile, because Palm OS II won’t be available until 2008. Despite its May announcement promising Palms running the new OS late this year, a comment by CEO Ed Colligan officially pushed the release date into next…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jul 2

Catching Up With iPhone Campers at the 5th Avenue Apple Store

The Apple Store has closed its doors, marking the home stretch for the 5th Avenue iPhone hopefuls. The line’s swelled to nearly 240 people and has been penned in and condensed to keep the prospective customers from blocking the other storefronts that share a space with the Cube. Even still, it has curled around yet…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 29

11 Hours Remain for Manhattan Campers

Remember that line at the 5th Avenue Apple Store we showed you last night? Well, it’s gotten a little bigger. Now about 130 people long, the line grows at a steady trickle–single campers, pairs, and groups pass by as we write this. It’s overcast and a little chilly, though the temperature is estimated to rise…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 29

Storms Ahead for The Brave 40 on 5th Ave

We’ve seen some comments asking for more details about the action on 5th Avenue. Well here it is, as requested. At the fore, of course, is the man who by now needs no introduction. Greg Packer was incredibly amiable, talking to anyone who approached him. He even paused for a moment to let us snap…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 28

Altec Lansing’s Powered Theater is First Foray into Home Theater

Altec Lansing enters the home theater market for the first time with its Powered Theater line, shipping in August. Designed to be big on sound and small on space, Powered Theater comes in two flavors: the advanced two-piece PT8051 or the bigger, single-piece PT7031. Thanks to their slim forms, the units should complement home theaters…

Television Kevinhall2 Jun 28

Solar House Number Display & Mailbox Easy to See at Night

The obviously named Solar House Number Display & Mailbox will not only help guests find your home in the dark, but it keeps your mail and newspaper snug, too. The box drinks in solar rays during the day, and when evening comes, it automatically triggers the LED backlighting, lasting for up to 10 hours. Just…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 28

GE Profile Refrigerator Line to Add a Second Freezer Drawer

GE’s upcoming 2008 Profile refrigerators will have a second freezer tray for double the freezing. Finally you can keep the meats and sweets away from your wife’s creepy fruit. The upper drawer is slim and looks like it will hold meals better on plates and trays and the like, while the deeper lower drawer will…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 28

First Photos of Complete Boeing 787 Dreamliner

The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner left the assembly yard Tuesday evening. The mid-sized, twin engine commercial jetliner is due to see the skies in May 2008. And aviation enthusiast Charles Conklin managed to snap some pictures of the plane. UPDATE: There are some more great shots out there, hop on over to Flightblogger to see…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 27

Ancient Scroll Cellphone Concept

This concept by Yun Liang mimics the motion of a scroll. Keep it rolled up when you’re making a call, and roll it out when you want to watch a movie or receive a visual text. And the phone wouldn’t lose functionality when furled, thanks to the numerical buttons along the baton. [Yanko] https://gizmodo.com/flexible-oled-display-153252

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 27

Taser’s TRAD Security System Detects/Zaps Intruders

The concept behind Taser International’s Taser Remote Area Denial system, or TRAD, is simple: Intruder detected, intruder zapped. We’re talking an entire array of networked sensors and cameras, operating a battery of stun-guns, ready to incapacitate a threat at the push of a button–or the behest of the governing system. Taser International is calling this…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 27

No Need to Whisper in a WhisperRoom Unit

While WhisperRoom warns on their site that there’s no such thing as a soundproof enclosure, they’ll help you get pretty close. The sheds are made out of heavy materials rather than lightweight foam and the like, with single or double walls of wood and steel. The reason WhisperRoom forgoes foam as a primary sound wall…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 27

Man Mugged For iPhone He Didn’t Have?

According to reports floating around the intertubes, a young man was walking at night in Kunitachi, a suburb of western Tokyo, when when muggers attacked him for his iPhone, which turned out to be a cigarette case. Besides the fact that the alleged mugging took place in a country where iPhones aren’t yet remotely for…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 27

PhotoViolationMeter Wants Your Number

The PhotoViolationMeter on trial in cities including Niagara Falls and Vancouver will call you on your cellphone before your time runs out. Developed by Photo Violation Technologies, the fancy parking meter will not only give you a ring, but will also allow for you to buy meter time wirelessly after it gets your credit card…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 27

Newsweek’s Steven Levy Loves the iPhone

Heavy weather and an unexpected overnight stay in Pittsburgh gave Newsweek tech whiz Steven Levy ample time to play around with the iPhone. How’d he spend his time? Doing what anyone would do, really: e-mail, get help negotiating downtown, check the weather, keep tabs on some sports, listen to music, and, of course, check out…

Tech News Kevinhall2 Jun 26

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Mustek PF-A1020BC Frame Comes With Changeable Faceplates

Space Navigator Star Locator For Astronomers in a Hurry

Japan’s Type N700 Bullet Train Almost Half as Fast as an Airplane

AIRcable Host XR Extends Bluetooth Range By 20 Miles

DARPA Unclassifies Plans for Laser-Guided Bullet

Nyko Blu-Wave IR Remote Control for Playstation 3 a Welcome Sight

Palm OS II Misses Debut, Available Next Year

Catching Up With iPhone Campers at the 5th Avenue Apple Store

11 Hours Remain for Manhattan Campers

Storms Ahead for The Brave 40 on 5th Ave

Altec Lansing’s Powered Theater is First Foray into Home Theater

Solar House Number Display & Mailbox Easy to See at Night

GE Profile Refrigerator Line to Add a Second Freezer Drawer

First Photos of Complete Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Ancient Scroll Cellphone Concept

Taser’s TRAD Security System Detects/Zaps Intruders

No Need to Whisper in a WhisperRoom Unit

Man Mugged For iPhone He Didn’t Have?

PhotoViolationMeter Wants Your Number

Newsweek’s Steven Levy Loves the iPhone

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