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Personal Home Robot Lands Nerd $5,000 in iRobot Contest

It may look like a [Star Wars reference omitted] with a very erect [Star Wars reference omitted], but the Personal Home Robot is actually designed for use in this galaxy. Danh Trinh of Towson, Md. took home a $5,000 contest prize from iRobot for building the cute but boringly named PHR on the iRobot Create…

40GB PS3 Uses a Smaller Chipset?

According to European site Computer Base and a little help from automated translation, Sony has already shrunk their Cell processor down to the 65nm scale for the new 40GB PS3s, along with the the supporting NVIDIA graphics chipset. While our first response would be that PS3 users can look forward to less overheating—especially since Sony…

Confiscated Scissors Transformed into Stabby Spiders

Ever wonder what happens to all the pointy objects confiscated by those eagle-eyed defenders of justice at airport security? Well, at least some of the potentially-stabby scissors are turned into sweet spiders by artist Christopher Locke. He’s got a step-by-step on his site on how he did it, and one thing is definitely for certain:…

MusicPal Streams Internet Radio Stations, Shows RSS Feeds

If you don’t like choosing what you listen to, instead trusting your audio experiences to DJs at Internet radio stations, then the Freecom MusicPal is for you. It’ll stream 5,000 radio stations from your computer and play them out the built-in speaker. It also displays RSS feeds on its screen for some reason, which I…

The Wall Street Journal says to expect a Google Phone announcement in two weeks. [wsj]

Canon to Halt Sales of EOS-1D Mark III to UK and Recall?

We told you about Canon’s willingness to fix the focus problems in its flagship EOS-1D Mark III camera, and now it appears the company is taking further steps to make sure the $4500 digital SLR is working properly. In a letter allegedly sent to UK dealers and dated October 25, not only does Canon acknowledge…

Nastar’s 2.45-inch-think LCD HDTV is Not the World’s Thinnest

A few days ago Nastar unveiled its new Essoni HDTV, what they claim is the world’s thinnest 1080p TV. Coming in at a mere 2.45-inches thick at both its 47-inch and 52-inch sizes, it’s certainly thin, and it’ll mount quite nicely to your wall. The problem is, Hitachi has thinner full-HD LCDs, as does Samsung.…

Warner Bros. Considering Blu-ray Exclusivity

Warner Bros., the last major studio supporting both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats, may be ditching HD DVD to bet on Blu-ray. (Take that, Paramount.) Even in the wake of a sub-$199 HD DVD player, Warner Home Video VP Dan Silverberg had this to say about the company’s outlook on the format wars: https://gizmodo.com/198-wal-mart-toshiba-hd-dvd-player-confirmed-by-spy-sh-315296 One…

Samsung a737 Live Video Slider Available

The Samsung SGH-a737 slider has been announced for availability on AT&T. The little lightweight only packs a 1.3MP camera, but its live video sharing through HSDPA support does a little to make up for the low res images. Of course, the phone also supports Bluetooth, streaming music through AT&T and partners, and storage up to…

Robot Car Crashes Into Manned Vehicle; Where’d You Learn to Drive?

The $3.5 million DARPA Urban Challenge semifinals are underway, and in these qualifying rounds the robot cars are all vying for the right to participate in the actual race on November 3. On this qualifying course, you can see Axion Racing’s vehicle, “Spirit,” making a pretty dumb move, taking a left turn directly into one…

Eye-Fi Adds Wi-Fi to Almost Any Digital Camera

The gadget: The Eye-Fi. It’s an SD memory card that adds Wi-Fi to any camera. Plus the free Eye-Fi service supports automatic uploads to 20 different web photo sites (like Flickr) as well as a computer on your home network. The verdict: It works flawlessly. The performance: Like we said, the Eye-Fi works flawlessly. Setup…

Apple Says Two Million Copies of Leopard Sold in First Weekend

Today Apple reported that starting Friday, October 26 through the weekend, it sold 2 million copies of Leopard, saying it beat Tiger as “the most successful OS release in Apple’s history.” Sales include software shipping with new Macs as well as boxed copies bought at brick-and-mortar and online. Steve Jobs’ unsurprising comment goes like this:…

GPSports WI-SPI Tracks Players’ Every Move

Coaches looking to keep better tabs on their players on the field now have a better solution than just looking. The GPSports WI-SPI is a GPS system that can track precise player movement, speed and even heart rate. Information is beamed real time to a computer for direct analysis, allowing coaches to not only track…

iShoes v2 Announced, Redesigned and Priced

It was just last week we told you about the original iShoes, and now the company has already rolled out the next generation of the electric-powered self-propelled footwear. The company is telling us more specs will be forthcoming tomorrow, but so far, version 2 looks like a radical redesign compared to its predecessor. Gone are…

Hologram and Predator Invisibility Effects Come to iChat, Princess Leia Reenactments Impending

A wail of grief from the great heavens was heard when it was announced the Star Wars hologram effect did not make it to iChat. Mourn no longer, for a giant among men at Macrumors, who goes by the name of elbows, has made the impossible possible. He is still perfecting the effect, but while…

iPhone Mod Thinks Differently

With iPhones selling like hot cakes that have web browsing, call making and photo taking capabilities, it is hard to make your device really sit out from the crowd. Well, Mark over at Geek Technique has given his iPhone a rather striking retro black paint job, topped off with the old technicolor Apple logo. We…

First Technical Review of the Samsung LED Backlit LCDs

Gary Merson backs up our review of Samsung’s new LED driven LCD displays, agreeing with my impression that its the best LCD I’ve ever seen. Gary’s tests went deeper, revealing that the TV resolves 800 lines of motion which means that these sets have better blur resistance than even most 120Hz sets, and even some…

Leopard Disk Utility Format Issue Screws With Time Machine (But There’s An Easy Fix)

Click to viewThe bad news is, we have discovered a Leopard-related issue that may very well throw a monkey wrench into your Time Machine. Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive could be at risk. The good news is, there is an easy—albeit none-too-obvious—fix. Here’s the dilly-o: After I upgraded my…

Guru Watch Spreads 82 LEDs Over Fat Wrists

With its vertical 82 LED digital display, the Guru Watch gives you a “hypnotic” light show before it displays the time, date, or alarm settings. And the look is an attractive blend of both retro and modern styles. It is a good thing you spent years crafting that flabby physique because the watch face is…

Even in Death, This Guy is a Massive Nerd

I’m not sure who this guy was, but one thing is for sure —he was a massive nerd. Got to love that kind of commitment though. Plus, if he ever came back as a zombie you could probably stay alive by sitting him in front of a new computer with a sweet LCD monitor. [News…