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Sleek Audio SA6 Earphones Let You Change the EQ With Interchangeable Parts

Here’s a unique idea: Sleek Audio just rolled out its SA6 earphones with interchangeable parts that can either accentuate the highs or lows according to your whim. Called the VQ System, you’re offered a choice of three small attachments to the earbuds that regulate the amount of treble you’ll hear. On the other side of…

Daewoo Brings First Profile 2.0 Blu-ray Player to IFA

Today at IFA, Daewoo tried to make its unexpected foray in the Blu-ray market count for something by launching the first Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player, the DBP-1000. Basically Profile 2.0 means it supports all of 1.1’s specs (like picture-in-picture) and adds web functionality (aka BD-Live). More mundanely, it supports 1080p via HDMI and upscales DVD…

Nokia N81, A Dedication

Dear Casey, it’s been two long years since I’ve been with a phone. That is, until I met N81. She’s taken me from binge drinking and obsessive calls to 976 numbers to being able to love again. I want to dedicate this song to her, my N81. N81, will you marry me? [YouTube]

First Review of the US-spec Nokia N95 Reconfirms Its POW

Joe Brown at Wired got the first US Spec’d Nokia N95 superphone and confirms that the update smooths away the primary flaws. HSDPA now works with US bands, tested to download at 699Kbps on AT&T’s network. Bumping the 128MB of RAM to 160MB takes away all traces of lag, too. It still has the A-GPS,…

LG Time Machine TVs Support DivX Playback, Recording

The only thing better than watching DivX on TV with a DVD player is watching DivX on TV with a TV that supported DivX. This LG Time Machine line can both play back and record to DivX to its 80GB hard drive, and comes in 37, 42 and 47 inches. Although DivX is great for…

This weekend only, Microsoft’s dropping prices on a handful of Xbox 360 Live Arcade games. Small Arms, Zuma Deluxe, Gauntlet and Dig Dug are affected. [Firingsquad]

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: Nerds on Desks

Nerd hunk on desk vs. Nerd hunk on desk. Which would you do? [Boing Boing]

Klipsch IMAGE Are the Smallest In-Canal Earphones Yet

Since I have gigantic wax-magnet ear canals, I’m probably the wrong market for these Klipsch IMAGE in-ear earphones. They’re the smallest, lightest in-ear buds you can get (claim by Klipsch so far unverified), but will cost you $349 for the pleasure of having a pair made out of aluminum and copper. We’re not sure how…

First Zune 2 and Zune Flash Shots

Click to viewHere are the first shots of the Zune 2 and Zune Flash. The images reveal an 80GB version and 4GB and 8GB flash models. Not sure what’s going on with that interesting controller, but it looks like a real button, but is just wide enough that it may have touch-sensitive properties. These photos…

Musicians’ reps in UK to license 10 million songs to YouTube, the online video giant to pay up big, deal worth “tens of millions of pounds.” [Physorg]

Wii-mote Prototype Designer Speaks Out, Shares Sketchbook

Click to viewYesterday you saw the first prototype pre-Wii motion-sensitive controller that Gyration pitched to Nintendo in 2001. Today, we received a note from Matt Presta at Bridge Design, who drafted the original concept. Here he explains his mission, shares a peek at the actual drawing board, and gives a shout-out to left-handed people everywhere.…

In a pretty great move, NBC is planning on having streaming episodes of last night’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien up by noon PST the next day, letting people have lunch (or afternoon slack off) time with Conan. [NBC]

State of Blu-ray: Not So Good?

According to the HD DVD fan-site campaignhd, the state of Blu-ray (the format in general) is anything but good. Keep in mind that this is an HD DVD site—which may or may not be sponsored by the HD DVD camp—so their complaints might be a little “off.” However, they do provide ample links for the…

Rumor has it Microsoft’s in the market to buy out RIM in order to, I don’t know, make their Windows Mobile line slightly less bad. Good luck with that if it’s true, Microsoft. [Reuters]

Wii Skateboard Lacks Motion Sensing (Has Rumble)

If you’re a big Wii fan—and who isn’t, what with Nintendo selling more units than there are grains of rice in my lunch—this black market Wii Skateboard should be just the thing for your after-school shenanigans. It’s not only somewhat shaped like a Wiimote, it even has all the correct buttons and fake LED lights…

Samsung LCD Monitors Support Standalone Skype, VoIP

Unlike other monitors that only have a webcam or a mic built in, this 22-inch SyncMaster 220TN Samsung monitor has a network module, webcam, microphone and speakers so that you can have a Skype or Microsoft Live Messenger conversation without a PC. Which means that as long as you have power and an Ethernet connection,…

Leopard Icon Contains First Think Different Ad Copy

The new Mac OS X Leopard is getting the final touches, including new gigantic icons to fit Apple’s own 512 x 512 pixel guidelines. It’s a requirement for their new resolution independent model and one excuse to have some fun: the TextEdit icon contains almost the full copy of the first Think Different campaign advertising,…

Mercedes Introduces ‘Send to Car’ Maps For Google and Yahoo

Helping make sure you never get stuck on the wrong side of town with your Mercedes, the German automaker is working with Google and Yahoo to be able to send the latter two’s maps and directions onto the car so you never get lost. Or at least recover when you are lost. This way, you…

Car-on-Train Pallet System (1968)

This “car-on-train pallet system” is featured in the 1968 book Transportation in the World of the Future.

Star Trek Lamp Illuminates Your Bridge

Speaking as Star Trek fans, if we were rich enough to own a home that had a chandelier, we’d definitely get one of these Star Trek Enterprise models. It features a big lamp as the saucer section and three smaller bulbs as the nacelles. On second thought, the total inaccuracy of this thing (the Enterprise…