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ATI TV Wonder 650 TV Tuner Finally Debuts for Macs

ATI’s TV Wonder 650 TV tuners have been out for PCs for a bit, but a Mac version of the Combo USB variety’s arriving just this month for $149, and it comes in a special white case—guess they didn’t get the memo silver’s the new white. It’s also sporting a polished new interface and parental…

SanDisk Vaulter 16GB SSD Sneaks In Via PCIe Port

Today SanDisk revealed Vaulter, a 8GB or 16GB flash drive that can hold your entire OS, designed to sit on the PCIe port inside a laptop. In Windows, this creates a separate letter drive, which speeds the hell out of your computer, without taking the place of your 2.5″ SATA-connected HDD. It’s not a Santa…

SentrySafe Fireproof Waterproof USB HDD Housings Save Your Data (Not You) From Armageddon

SentrySafe has made safes for 70 years, but now they’ve teamed with Seagate/Maxtor to make hard-drive housings that withstand up to 1550degrees Fahrenheit for a half hour, and “full” 24-hour water submersion. Some like the Fire-Safe/Waterproof 80GB and 160GB ($320) drives are freestanding units that house 2.5″ bus-powered drives in impervious containers. The other alternative…

Alpine eX-10 Bluetooth Hub and iPod FM Transmitter For Your Car

Like the Venturi Mini, the eX-10 includes an FM transmitter, along with support for the A2DP stereo Bluetooth profile, and can pair with up to four devices simultaneously. However, the Alpine device ups the ante by packing in an iPod cable and a larger display (but sadly it’s not a touch screen). We also liked…

When society collapses, constipation will be the number one topic on everyone’s mind. This new clip from the soon-to-be-released Southland Tales shows people obsessing over taking a shit while scary guys with guns prepare to attack.

This Is What Lamps Look Like In Hell

Chances are that if you have $45,000 lying around to blow on a lamp, you probably did something shady to get it. So a Fall of the Dammed lamp depicting a Dante-esque decent into hell should be right up your alley. Thanks to a sophisticated laser sculpting process, owners can now enjoy an extremely expensive…

Misleading EMI Ad Touted New Radiohead Album, Directed Clickers to Own Store

EMI’s efforts to ride Radiohead’s wave of rainbow-y vibes didn’t stop with their cute but obscenely priced USB drive loaded up with Radiohead’s back catalog. If you Googled “Radiohead” last week, the top ad promised to bring you to a boxset of their new album “Rainbow” (like a bad Chinese knockoff) only to push your…

XO Laptop Hacked to Remotely Run Roomba ‘Round Rooms

This is probably not one of the uses Nicholas Negroponte had in mind when he thought up the OLPC, but at least we know some child, somewhere is benefiting from this little project. The hack lets you control the Roomba from a web browser, using the XO laptop’s webcam and microphone as your eyes and…

Cubicle Stepper Combines Work and Exercise: Two Things That Everyone Loves

If sitting in an office cubicle all day wasn’t bad enough, Gamercize wants you to throw a workout into the equation with their new GZ PC-Sport Power Stepper. The stepper itself is similar to other products on the market, except this one hooks into your computer via USB and shuts down your keyboard or mouse…

Afternoon News: XM-Sirius Merger Gets Serious, Gas Pumps Lie, and Mice Now Fearless

• XM and Sirius shareholders approve merger, next stop: the FCC. [AP] • Gas pumps that measure 1/1000th of a gallon really just trick you into thinking you’re getting more gas. [Gadget Lab] • Scientists genetically engineer mouse that isn’t afraid of cats; rodent homicide rate expected to spike soon. [Pink Tentacle]

Helium Balloon Lights: Where Do I Begin?

The Helium Balloon Light consists of 35 “ultra strong” diodes suspended from a helium balloon. There are two versions of the device available —a limited edition cordless version powered by rechargeable batteries and a basic corded version. And just how much would you expect to pay for a technological marvel such as this? How does…

InFocus IN1 Portable Gaming Projector Flips Images To Ceilings

InFocus just released this Play Big IN1 Gaming projector, which is remarkable for its lowish-rez 640 by 480 pixel count, $549 price point, yet decent 1500:1 contrast ratio and awesome capability to flip images from wall to ceiling by means of a mirror. To me, that last feature says that gaming is sooooo hard sitting…

Time Travelers Shack Up Across Decades, Visit Swinger Party

The crazy, makes-no-sense time travel in NBC’s Journeyman has been driving away viewers. Every week, Dan slips back in time and has to fix someone’s messed up life in the past. Meanwhile, his own life gets more and more messed up. It hasn’t exactly made for thrilling viewing. But lately, the show has started to…

iPhone GameBoy App Now Available

If you enjoy shaky, unproven software as much as I do, you will be happy to know that version 0.0.5 of gpSPhone is now available for download. Yeah It is buggy, you have to run it from /Applications, and you need to supply your own BIOS and games (anything but Hello Kitty please) —but hey,…

Latest Developing Area to Buy OLPC Laptops: Alabama

It’s fantastic to see that all of OLPC’s potential is being brought home to our own developing corner of the world, Alabama. Kids in grades 1-8 in Birmingham—15,000 of ’em—will receive XO laptops. Rumor has it Mississippi, Kentucky and West Virgina are also looking, and we can’t think of better places to send ’em. [AL.com,…

Meet “The First Female Robot,” Circa 1957

Fresh from the pages of the 1957 FAO Schwartz Toy Store catalog comes Susie Robette. “The first female robot is, as might be expected, a fastidious housekeeper. She sweeps, dusts and vacuums” and through it all remains “feminine enough to wear a pony tail of coppered wire.” Thank goodness. I mean, what girl wants to…

Microsoft Backed ZenZui is Now Zumobi, Announces Beta of New Mobile Browser

Our first look at Microsoft backed ZenZui came back in March when we discovered a new mobile browser that promises to make “painful loading delays a thing of the past.” In a call today with the folks at ZenZui, I learned that they will now and forevermore be known as Zumobi, along with new details…

Details on Android’s $10 Million Bounty For Your Homebrew Apps

You might have heard, Google’s offering $10 million in total prizes for savvy programmers willing and able to make kickass apps for the Android platform. Why so much when other dev communities are getting into the groove for free? A Google rep told me, “We wanted to provide a big enough pool to reward and…

Everex $200 Linux gPC Sells Out at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart’s $200 Ubuntu Linux-loaded Everex gPC apparently was a deal too good to pass up for a lot of folks: The online store’s sold out. [Wally World via /.] https://gizmodo.com/everex-200-linux-gpc-gets-tested-verdict-great-deal-320084

Put Futurist Syd Mead On The Hot Seat

Syd Mead has had a hand in designing everything from Ford automobiles, to V’Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, to the Sulaco ship design in Aliens, and even the look and feel of the cities in Blade Runner and Tron. He’s definitely a giant in the field of future design, and if you could…