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Intel Santa Rosa Successor “Montevina” Knighted as “Centrino 2”

Four of Intel’s mobile chipsets—including its most recent and well-known, Santa Rosa—have been Centrino as far as your mom is concerned. To help us keep things a little straighter and make it obvious they’re actually updating stuff, Intel’s upcoming Penryn-oriented mobile chipset, Montevina, which’ll be pushing Santa Rosa aside, will be branded Centrino 2. Thanks,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera Takes Swimming Lessons to Become Nigh Indestructable

While Fisher-Price’s Kid-Tough digital camera was already built to withstand the Guantanamo-level torture your average four-year-old dishes out to their toys, the latest model will hold up to 30 minutes of waterboarding too, despite a rounder, slimmer body. The insides have gotten an upgrade as well, with a 1.3MP sensor (up from 640×480) and 64MB…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

D-REX Pet Dinosaur Stalks Prey, Bites Your Sister, Doesn’t Poop on the Floor

While weren’t quite as blown away by D-REX as we were by Elmo Live—”jazz hands” killed our objective judgment—the level of interactivity is pretty impressive for what’s supposed to be a dumb child’s toy (the kid, not the ‘bot). About the size of a small puppy, it behaves semi-autonomously, though it’ll follow patterns you pick…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Leapfrog Crammer Helps With the Late Night Revision

At some point in our lives, we were cramming for exams that we had no chance of passing. It is unfortunate then that we did not have the Leapfrog Crammer at our disposal, which would have permitted us to create customized digital flashcards for viewing whilst listening to our tunes. As it goes, our preparation…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Telegraph Says Scientists Excited by Future of Gaming Platforms

Powerful game consoles are often just as programmable as research computers, and scientists are finding real world applications for them every day. “There is no doubt that the entertainment industry is helping to drive the direction of high performance computational science,” said Professor Peter Coveney of University College London. The Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii…

Tech News Eric Sheline

The Street Says Mac Users are Snobs, PC Users are Cheapskates

The Street is running a new video that cites research from Mindset Media, which pretty much says Mac users are “snobs.” The company surveyed 7500 Mac and PC owners, and what they found seems ok for the most part… until they talk about the five pair of sneakers. Apparently, Mac fanboys and fangirls are perfectionists,…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Analog Cellular Networks Closing Down Next Week

We previously told you analog cellular networks were soon to be terminated. Well, now it is happening, with many of the major US mobile operators, including AT&T and Verizon set to put a stop to their analog networks this Monday. You might want to upgrade your burglar alarm. [Washington Post] https://gizmodo.com/analog-cell-network-goes-bye-bye-escalade-owners-weep-337645

Tech News Haroon Malik

HERCULES Laser is Most Intense Laser in the Universe, Almost as Powerful as the Death Star

“If you could hold a giant magnifying glass in space and focus all the sunlight shining toward Earth onto one grain of sand, that concentrated ray would approach the intensity of a new laser beam made in a University of Michigan laboratory.” – Physorg If that doesn’t amaze you, you need a slap. The HERCULES…

Physics & Chemistry Haroon Malik

Hands On Batman Retrofuturetastic H2Go Fuel Cell-Powered RC Car

I always wanted an RC car that didn’t eat batteries like Tom Cruise devours babies there’s no tomorrow. Corgi’s H2Go is fuel-cell powered RC car that just needs water and light—a solar panel powers its hydrogen station, which karate chops water into oxygen and hydrogen. The station tank takes about 2 minutes to refill, and…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

C3PO, Indiana Jones, Clone Wars Trooper Life-Size Lego Models Are Awesomely Huge

We just spotted these great, life-sized Lego models of Indiana Jones, C3PO and a Clone Wars Trooper at the annual Toy Fair. We asked how many Lego bricks it took to construct each one, but were told that it was “a big secret.” We couldn’t care less, they look amazing, and we desperately need some…

Tech News Haroon Malik

AT&T HTC Tilt Update Available Now

We told you the HTC Tilt was rumored to be getting an update. Well, wash those rumors away; it’s official, baby. The ROM update is for AT&T users only, and should you try loading on handsets locked to other networks, we reckon you will be sorry. The upgrade brings enhanced Bluetooth performance, enabled DTMF tones…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1

The chaps over at Terminal.hu have just managed to get hold of some exclusive Xperia X1 images. The new pictures show the device will be running the yet-to-be-announced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, and that explains why we weren’t allowed a thorough hands-on at Mobile World Congress 2008. That may not be a shocker, but the…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Give WiFi Leechers Computer Rage With Executable Command Fun

WiFi leechers can be a real pain in the ass; they’d happily eat up your bandwidth even if you told them your life depended on it, which given our social existence, it pretty much does. The guys over at Ex Parrot have come up with a great plan to serve up some ice cold revenge…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Sleep Waking Dream Enacting Robot Will Get You Dumped, Fired, Arrested, Punched in the Wiener

Fernando Orellana and Brendan Burns have teamed up on a neat project, which involves a robot logging and re-enacting dreams of a human subject. Brainwave patterns and eye movements during dozing will be monitored, depending on what is logged, the robot will alter its behavior accordingly. Sure, this is not dream enactment proper, but it…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Oral Sex Light Illuminates Your Dongle

The product is called the Oral Sex Light. We’re not too sure much of an explanation is needed, but if you still don’t get it, there’s a completely NSFW explanation image after the jump. For all those who were gagging to see a giant illuminated phallus, I apologise; it was a very mean trick. Graphic…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Chute Smartphone Concept Puts Wood in Your Pant Pockets

The Chute Smartphone concept is a vision of the future, a future where cellphones are made of Bamboo, where cellphones have names like Chute and where pot is not outlawed renewable sources of energy have finally reached ubiquity. The details on the gadget that lies beneath the woody exterior is not mentioned beyond it being…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Panasonic AG-HMC150 Shoots on SDHC

After nearly six years, Panasonic is finally releasing a true HD successor to the popular but aging AG-DVX100. The $6000 AG-HMC150 shares triple CCDs, optical image stabilization, and audio capability with the DVX100, but adds a variety of HD formats including 1080/60i, 1080/30p, and 1080/24p. Panasonic has confirmed a basic 13Mbps recording mode but hasn’t…

Tech News Eric Sheline

$140,000 Hot Wheels Is Most Expensive Tiny Toy Car Ever

This $140,000 Hot Wheels car is allegedly the most expensive toy car in the world, created to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Mattel’s tiny cars and show why Humanity has way too much free time. Why is it so expensive? As you can see in the glittery images, it is all about the 23-carat bling-bling.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

AMD Tri-Core Phenom Chips Coming to Dell Computers

Amid rumors of Dell dropping AMD processors, TG Daily has discovered Dell actually plans to release a new line of Optiplex PCs with AMD Tri-Core Phenom processors. They also report Dell plans to feature AMD chips in future consumer products later this year. [TG Daily]

Tech News Adrian Covert

PDA/Tablet Concept Babysits Old People

Hey, old people have technological needs too. Or so this concept would have us believe. The idea behind this tablet/pda-ish device is that it uses RFID tracking technology toremind the elderly when to take their meds, when food in the refrigerator goes bad, and what to get at the store to meet nutritional requirements. But…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Intel Santa Rosa Successor “Montevina” Knighted as “Centrino 2”

Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera Takes Swimming Lessons to Become Nigh Indestructable

D-REX Pet Dinosaur Stalks Prey, Bites Your Sister, Doesn’t Poop on the Floor

Leapfrog Crammer Helps With the Late Night Revision

Telegraph Says Scientists Excited by Future of Gaming Platforms

The Street Says Mac Users are Snobs, PC Users are Cheapskates

Analog Cellular Networks Closing Down Next Week

HERCULES Laser is Most Intense Laser in the Universe, Almost as Powerful as the Death Star

Hands On Batman Retrofuturetastic H2Go Fuel Cell-Powered RC Car

C3PO, Indiana Jones, Clone Wars Trooper Life-Size Lego Models Are Awesomely Huge

AT&T HTC Tilt Update Available Now

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1

Give WiFi Leechers Computer Rage With Executable Command Fun

Sleep Waking Dream Enacting Robot Will Get You Dumped, Fired, Arrested, Punched in the Wiener

Oral Sex Light Illuminates Your Dongle

Chute Smartphone Concept Puts Wood in Your Pant Pockets

Panasonic AG-HMC150 Shoots on SDHC

$140,000 Hot Wheels Is Most Expensive Tiny Toy Car Ever

AMD Tri-Core Phenom Chips Coming to Dell Computers

PDA/Tablet Concept Babysits Old People

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