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Sony Ericsson W51S Brings Style Back to the Clamshell

Sony Ericsson has been on a cell phone rampage these past few weeks, but for their latest mobile, the W51S, they decided to step back from all the glitz and glamor and go simple, and you know what—it worked. The W51S is one of the coolest clamshells I’ve seen in a long time. It has…

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Planar Projector Screen Absorbs Ambient Light, Looks Like a Plasma

The one thing that’s always kept me from going the projector route (aside from not having the space for a monster screen) has been the way projector screens tend to wash out when there’s light in the room. Well, Planar’s hoping to change that with their new Xscreen. What it does is it absorbs light…

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Pricing Details on Nvidia’s First Budget DX10 Cards

Budget gamers listen up. Before you spend your life savings on a new 8800 GTX video card, you may want to wait for Nvidia’s new midrange 8600 cards, which are rumored to be out in March. The 8600 GT, which will have a 350MHz core and come with 256MB of RAM, will go for about…

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LG Prada Phone UI Walkthrough

Ever since it was first announced, we’ve been kinda curious about LG’s iPhone competitor, especially after sizing it up to the competition and seeing those pics of the user interface. Well, now you can take a full look at the UI thanks to the folks at Cellulare IT magazine who got some one-on-one time with…

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Gates Lashes Out at Apple’s Mac vs. PC Ads and Speaks of Life After Vista

Now that the wow has officially started, Bill Gates managed to take some time out and sit down with with Newsweek’s Steven Levy to talk about what we can expect from Microsoft’s next operating system and what he thinks of those Mac vs PC ads. So what did Gates have to say about Apple…. https://gizmodo.com/freezing-our-eyeballs-off-at-the-windows-vista-launch-232303…

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SlingPlayer Client Finally Coming to Palm OS

Yes, they’re late to the game, but Sling Media has finally released a SlingPlayer Mobile beta for all you Palm OS fans out there. You’ll need a Treo 700p, 680, 650, or a Palm TX to run the beta, but it’ll be nice to join the ever-growing crowd of mobile Slingers. Testing will start next…

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Apple Making Future iPods Hot Unpluggable

One of the small things that’s bugged me about my iPod is that every time I sync it I have to use iTunes to unmount it. Well, it appears Apple is doing something about that as it’s filed a patent for a hot unpluggable media storage device. The patent talks about rendering a peripheral (I’m…

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Wireless USB For Cameras Will Transfer 1GB in 30 Seconds

No one ever did master the art of sending photos from your camera to your PC wirelessly, but now a semiconductor company by the name of Artimi is hoping to give the concept another shot. They’re working on a wireless USB technology that, with the aid of a USB dongle, would let you transfer up…

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Sonic Chair Comes with Speakers and Noise Canceling

Finding the right chair or sofa to cushion your derriere while playing marathon sessions of Gears of War isn’t as easy as it sounds. Not only does it have to be comfortable, but it should also look cool. That’s why we’re liking the Sonic Chair. Design-wise, it looks like something you’d find in a footballer’s…

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LED Lights: The Latest in Urban Advertising

In case you missed it, here’s how the mainstream media reacted to Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s latest urban advertising campaign. Essentially, they flipped out. Now, we’re all a techie crowd here so when we see LEDs with Mooninites flippin’ us the bird, we don’t go running scared. But compared to Sony’s PSP graffiti campaign, I…

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Canova’s Dual-Screen Laptop Likes Being Touched

I’m not a big fan of touch-screens (or Tablets for that matter), but I gotta admit—Canova’s dual-screen laptop concept is pretty cool. For reading online books or the newspaper—it’s a definite shoe-in. Even for editing photos it looks like it’d give Wacom a run for their money since you’d be able to use the bottom…

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Verizon Ups its EV-DO Network to Rev A

Good news for all you mobile broadband lovers. Verizon Wireless today launched its EV-DO Rev. A network along with the USB720 wireless modem ($149 with 2-year plan), which is pretty much what we used back during CES. The modem combined with the speedier network will give you download speeds of around 450-800 kilobits per second.…

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Sony Ericsson Phone Cradle Turns Your Mobile into a Mini PC

You can’ have a new phone without some new accessories. The folks at Unwired View have dug up some details on Sony Ericsson’s multimedia cradle, a dock meant to complement your Sony Ericsson phone. The cradle hooks up to your phone via a system bus and includes a large 7-inch display, built-in mic and speakers,…

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Boston Mooninite Fetching $5k on eBay

We’re not sure whether it’s the real deal or not, but if you want one of those LED Aqua Teen Hunger Force Mooninites up in your room, you can get one via eBay for a cool $5001 (as of the time of this writing). The seller claims it’s leggit (he pulled it from Commonwealth Avenue…

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Blu-ray Gaining Ground on HD DVD

If you’ve been wondering what the scoreboard looks like in the Blu-ray vs HD DVD format war, Nielsen VideoScan has just released the official sales numbers for both sides of the camp. According to the Nielsen stats, Blu-ray is quickly catching up to HD DVD. Since the inception of both formats (April 2006) for every…

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Nintendo Giving the Wii a Paint Job

Seems like the folks at GameDrift got an “anonymous Nintendo rep” to confirm that new colored Wiis are heading our way, particularly in red and black. This seems to jive with earlier rumblings of new colored Wiimotes, which gets our hopes up very high. Unfortunately, the anonymous rep forgot to reveal availability, so we’ll just…

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Is Dell Prepping a Game-worthy UMPC?

Well, if you ask Dell’s global gaming chief, Abizar Vakharia, it sure sounds like they are. When drilled on the question of a future gaming handheld Vakharia admitted it was on their radar screen. He didn’t give up any other details, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they have an Axim-like gaming handheld in the…

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Latest PSP Firmware 3.1 Carries Hidden Hack Fix

Looks like Sony tried to slip us one in their latest PSP Firmware update. Sure it’s got a new memory saving mode for the PSP’s web browser and support for new PlayStation Network games, but what they didn’t tell you is that for homebrew fans Firmware 3.10 will secretly brick your PSP. Anyone out there…

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Microsoft Brings Origami to UMPCs Running Vista

It’s official—any of you out there running Vista on your UMPC (::crickets::) can now download the Origami Experience Pack direct from Microsoft. The pack is made up of three programs designed to make your UMPC easier to use. We’ve already shown you some of the screenshots in action and we have to admit, it does…

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BBC Offers On Demand TV Over the Internet

Looks like the BBC is looking to make a little history today possibly becoming the first traditional TV station to offer all of their programming on demand and over the Internet. That’s right, while we’re stuck watching YouTube highlights our friends across the pond will soon be running the BBC’s new iPlayer service, which lets…

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Sony Ericsson W51S Brings Style Back to the Clamshell

Planar Projector Screen Absorbs Ambient Light, Looks Like a Plasma

Pricing Details on Nvidia’s First Budget DX10 Cards

LG Prada Phone UI Walkthrough

Gates Lashes Out at Apple’s Mac vs. PC Ads and Speaks of Life After Vista

SlingPlayer Client Finally Coming to Palm OS

Apple Making Future iPods Hot Unpluggable

Wireless USB For Cameras Will Transfer 1GB in 30 Seconds

Sonic Chair Comes with Speakers and Noise Canceling

LED Lights: The Latest in Urban Advertising

Canova’s Dual-Screen Laptop Likes Being Touched

Verizon Ups its EV-DO Network to Rev A

Sony Ericsson Phone Cradle Turns Your Mobile into a Mini PC

Boston Mooninite Fetching $5k on eBay

Blu-ray Gaining Ground on HD DVD

Nintendo Giving the Wii a Paint Job

Is Dell Prepping a Game-worthy UMPC?

Latest PSP Firmware 3.1 Carries Hidden Hack Fix

Microsoft Brings Origami to UMPCs Running Vista

BBC Offers On Demand TV Over the Internet

What the New Starbucks ‘Widely Recyclable’ Label Really Means

LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 Quietly Hits a Record Low, Expanding Beyond the Millennium Falcon Deals for a Limited Time

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