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Philips DCP951 Portable DVD Player Likes iPod Touch, Kitchen Counters

The Philips DCP951 portable DVD player ditches the laptop design of previous portables for a shiny tablet layout that works as well on the road as it does in the kitchen. As the successor to the DCP850, this portable has a half-inch bigger LCD screen and a dock for the iPod Touch. Price and info…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Confessions of a Flickr Snoopr (Admit It, You’re One Too)

My name is Addy and I’m a Flickrholic. I’m a window-licking voyeuse who’s been pressing her nose up against the cold glass of the lives of utter strangers, snooping through their photostreams. And if you think I’m weird, take a peep through their curtains. Marvel at Polymorfo Perverso’s rather delicious fetish portraits (one caption reads…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Blockbuster Gets With the Program, Rolls Out Blu-Ray Nationwide

So, here’s the thing. In February, HD-DVD breathed its last. In March, Netflix announced that it was quadrupling its Blu-ray selection. And now! Mid April! Blockbuster announces it is rolling out Blu-ray throughout its 4,000 stores in the US, as well as over the border in Canada, after a successful trial run in 1,700 of…

Tech News AddyDugdale

DIY Project: Motorbike to Electric Motorbike

There’s a new Instructables page up that shows you how to mod your regular motorbike into an eco-warrior electric cycle. You’ll be able to hit a top speed of 70mph after shelling out $3000 to complete the project. Thankfully, you’ll probably make the money back in saved fuel in approximately a days use. The machine…

Tech News Haroon Malik

LG T80 PMP Packs in Touchscreen, DVB for Europeans

LG has just revealed the T80 PMP, which has the makings of a promising media player, at least for the Europeans. The T80 boasts a 3-inch, 260k color (420 x 240) touchscreen, supports MPEG, MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, ASF, JPEG, TXT files, has an FM tuner, integrated microphone and a DVB-T receiver, which blows for…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Andre Kutscherauer Robot Art Reminds Us Not to be Cocky

Check out these awesome CGI images, all put together by Andre Kutscherauer, a super-talented 3D artist. The works all include some form of evil robot madness, and with titles such as Brute Force, Selfillumination and Dandelion of Screws, how could we be anything but massively impressed? If you think we’re talking junk, as usual, dive…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Buran Space Shuttle Floats Along the Rhine

The Buran space shuttle was once the apple of the Soviet space fleet’s eye. Unfortunately, it has now been reduced to floating peacefully down the river Rhine, where it will eventually come to rest at the Technik Museum Speyer in Mannheim, Germany. The great shuttle took to the skies only once during an unmanned test…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Penguin to Launch Ebooks Alongside Regular Releases

The international publisher, Penguin, has decided to hop onto the ebook bandwagon, by promising regular book launches to be held in conjunction with their ebook counterparts. Unfortunately, the prices will not be lowered for the ebook varieties, but Penguin will offer direct downloads from their website. Regardless, simultaneous release dates with new hardbacks, availability (eventually)…

Commerce Haroon Malik

Viatek CFL Makes Your Rooms Brighter, Less Smelly

If you’ve ever thought of your light bulb as a serious underachiever without enough features, maybe it’s time to spring for Viatek’s new Ionic 15 watt compact fluorescent. This bulb pulls double duty, both brightening up your life and cleansing the air, all the while saving you money on your electric bill. The CFL uses…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Cylon Politics Get Out of Control

Last night’s episode of Battlestar Galactica was one of the best in a very long time — better, by far, than the season premiere last week — because we got to go further inside the Cylon social system than ever before. And it wasn’t just gooey computer interfaces and creepy threesomes with Baltar. At last…

Television Annalee Newitz

Sony Mylo 2 Software Upgrade Brings WMV Support, Other Stuff

A software upgrade to v1.1000 is now available for the Sony Mylo 2. The update brings WMV file support, a games shortcut on the home screen and SHOUTcast widget compatibility. Get your upgrade on by hitting the link, and if you notice any other improvements, drop them in the comments below. [Sony via Pocketables]

Tech News Haroon Malik

WWII Star Wars Action Figures

Action figure customizer extraordinaire Sillof is at it again, following up his Steampunk Star Wars collection with a World War II themed line of figurines. Choice pieces include Han Solo in a bomber jacket, holding a German Mauser (which incidentally was the base for the prop used in the Star Wars movies) and a gorgeous…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Ivyskin Xylo T2 Reflect Chrome iPhone Case == Touchscreen Your iPhone Through a Hard Shell

Putting an iPhone in a case is still not something I’d do or recommend as necessary, but if you must protect your precious, here’s a case that claims to protect your touchscreen with a layer of plastic, but also allow you to finger the lcd just the same. It, of course, involves some patent-pending tech…

Tech News Brian Lam

Why: Heathrow Airport Terminal 5’s High Tech Failings

London Heathrow airport’s latest building, Terminal 5, launched last month after almost two decades of planning, $8.5 billion dollars in cost, and 100 million hours in manpower. It is a glass and concrete and steel marvel, the largest free standing building in the UK, with over 10 miles in suitcase moving belts, and was supposed…

Tech News Brian Lam

Retinal Imaging Display Glasses Make Terminator Vision Possible

Japan-based Brother Industries has created a wearable, portable version of its retinal imaging display (RID) technology, which gives people the chance to see things Terminator-style. How is this different than other HUD glasses we’ve seen? The new RID prototype attaches to a basic set of spectacles and works by focusing light onto the retina, moving…

Gadgets Elaine Chow

OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Pricing Details Surface

The OpenMoko Neo Freerunner has been in the making since before the Jurassic period, but it looks like official word has now been released regarding the final pricing details. The Linux based cellphone will retail at $399 for a single unit and $3690 for a pack containing ten handsets. https://gizmodo.com/openmoko-neo-freerunner-linux-smartphone-hands-on-341755 Currently, the OpenMoko fellows have…

Tech News Haroon Malik

$20 Disposable Cell Phones Coming to Europe

Phone maker Hop-on Inc. apparently found success at CTIA in Las Vegas with its disposable cell-phone concept, a $20 (13 euros) phone with no LCD screen that can be thrown away or recycled after use. The company said on Thursday that a European distributor has purchased 10,000 of the phones for an initial test run.…

Gadgets Elaine Chow

Paro the $5000 Therapeutic Seal Now Available in America

Paro, the Japanese robotic therapy seal is now available in the US. Paro is a medical device developed by folks who have built therapy robots for years, and they say this robo-companionship can relieve some of the symptoms associated with long-term illness and even Alzheimer’s. Why a seal, and not a cat or dog? Because…

Biology Benny Goldman

No More Tax Free Online Purchases For New York With New “Amazon Tax” Bill

In case living in New York wasn’t already expensive enough, state lawmakers passed the “Amazon Tax” bill this week, which will require online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases shipped to the state, even when they don’t have physical operations there. New York-based retailers have argued for years that the Amazon loophole gives out-of-state…

Commerce Elaine Chow

Eee PC 900 Gets Unboxed

With the release of Eee PC 900 imminent, the folks at XEPC have managed to get their grubby little mitts on a final production model. Not only that, but they’ve posted the glorious unboxing pictures all over the tubes for you to see. Features that are now definitely definite, include: 8.9-inch display (1024 x 600),…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Philips DCP951 Portable DVD Player Likes iPod Touch, Kitchen Counters

Confessions of a Flickr Snoopr (Admit It, You’re One Too)

Blockbuster Gets With the Program, Rolls Out Blu-Ray Nationwide

DIY Project: Motorbike to Electric Motorbike

LG T80 PMP Packs in Touchscreen, DVB for Europeans

Andre Kutscherauer Robot Art Reminds Us Not to be Cocky

Buran Space Shuttle Floats Along the Rhine

Penguin to Launch Ebooks Alongside Regular Releases

Viatek CFL Makes Your Rooms Brighter, Less Smelly

Cylon Politics Get Out of Control

Sony Mylo 2 Software Upgrade Brings WMV Support, Other Stuff

WWII Star Wars Action Figures

Ivyskin Xylo T2 Reflect Chrome iPhone Case == Touchscreen Your iPhone Through a Hard Shell

Why: Heathrow Airport Terminal 5’s High Tech Failings

Retinal Imaging Display Glasses Make Terminator Vision Possible

OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Pricing Details Surface

$20 Disposable Cell Phones Coming to Europe

Paro the $5000 Therapeutic Seal Now Available in America

No More Tax Free Online Purchases For New York With New “Amazon Tax” Bill

Eee PC 900 Gets Unboxed

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