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Touchscreen Samsung Door Lock Looks Better Than Most Cellphones

Although normal locks are fine for the 20th century, these Samsung touchscreen door locks show that you’re a man that doesn’t settle for last year’s technology. These locks, which come in black and silver for $180 (170,000 Won), have a Samsung cellphone-esque touchpad for easy number entry, plus aluminum alloy and tempered glass for that…

PSP Slim Hands-On Video and Impressions

The PSP Slim is a marginal upgrade at best, but an upgrade nonetheless, and enthusiast press is getting their hands on the first review units. Some guy at Kotaku who looks like a boy band pirate groped it, took photos and videos, and noted the differences, which I shall recap: •33% lighter, and 19% slimmer…

Lego Aero Booster Needs Zentraedi Battlepod for Some Pew-Pew Action

This is Lego’s new Exo-Force beast, a Robotech’s VF-1A Valkyrie-spirited mecha that responds to the name of Aero Booster. And we don’t like it. We love it in a Lynn Minmay loves Rick Hunter kind of pants wetness. [Boing Boing]

A study carried out between September 2006 and April 2007 shows there are more Americans who only have a cellphone than those who only have a landline. [NYT]

White PS2 Coming Bundled With SingStar

Those of you who really want to give Sony your money but don’t think the PS3 has enough games to play should really take another look at the PlayStation 2. And what better way to do so than the white Singstar PS2 bundle that comes with a white PSTwo Slim, two mics, and a copy…

Apple Rumor Crib Sheet for the September 5th Event

On the internet, before an Apple event like the one on September 5th, a rumor round up is mandatory. I’ll flog this horse with as few words as possible, mmkay? • iPods. A fat nano, an iPhone-ish one with touchscreen, RED shuffle. Maybe WiFi. •iTunes Wireless functionality for either buying or controlling or streaming. No…

Nokia’s Future iPhone Killing Concept Like a Fake, Vaporous Picasso

Nokia presented some cool cells today and also slipped this concept video of a future iPhone-clone. Nokia has confirmed that this demo is strictly for the UI, not the device: the hardware is not real and the LCD’s images are overlaid. Yes, it’s not even a working prototype, as you will see after the jump.…

It’s rumored that Apple is underclocking the graphics cards in the new batch of iMacs. [TUAW]

DLO’s OpenFM Helps Pick Clear FM Frequencies

One of the big pains in the ass with having an FM transmitter to get music from your iPod/Zune to your car radio is finding a clear radio station. A frequency may be fine where you live, but drive 20 miles in any direction and it could be totally packed. DLO’s OpenFM tool lets you…

The name of News Corp and NBC Universal’s new YouTube killer is…Hulu? [Krunker]

How to Comment: Blu-ray and HD DVD

Now that the first Sub-$200 standalone next-gen DVD player has been announced, we thought it would be a good time to see how many of you have actually jumped into the next-gen DVD pool. Do you own either a Blu-ray player or an HD DVD player? And if not, will this change your mind? Let…

Treo 750/750v Gets Windows Mobile 6 Update

Treo 750 users who’ve been waiting for that Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for a while can finally install this onto your phones. It’s recommended for everyone who doesn’t use BlackBerry Connect, because Wm6 doesn’t support it at this time. If that’s you, don’t upgrade, because you can’t downgrade to WM5 again. [Palm] https://gizmodo.com/palm-treo-750-will-be-upgradeable-to-windows-mobile-6-l-247310

MirageVision’s 47-inch HDTVs Are Water, Sleet and Snow-Proof

Mirage is really wanting to lock down that elusive “watch TV outside in the snow” customer base by improving on their previous non-HD TVs with these 42- and 47-inch 1080p sets. These MirageVisions can take temperatures from -25 to 145 degrees F, as well as withstand rain, sleet, snow and high humidity. The waterproof cover…

iFuntastic v3 for iPhone Out: Installs Apps, Ringtones, and More

iFuntastic is the easiest way to muck around in an iPhone’s head and version 3.03 has been released with app support and more on top of the existing ringtone and file browsing features: •Support for installing apps via the file manager, no restart necessary. •(Was the previous “Browser” renamed to stay clear of Apple?) •Support…

Spiderman Suit To Allow Future Humans To Scale Walls, Wear Silly Suit

Other than firemen, the military and masked vigilantes, there probably isn’t a huge market for a suit that allows you to scale up walls. However, Italian scientists have calculated how much stickiness a suit needs to mimic the ability of insects and spiders to climb up a wall without peeing their pants in fear of…

Robot Arm Mimics Muscle, Bone Structure To Write Hello

Although this robotic arm probably won’t make anybody cry, it is pretty darn amazing. The components, which look anime-like in its cords and pipes and metal structure, are designed to mimic your muscle and skeletal structure. It’s good enough right now to actually write semi-legibly and lift a small weight up without passing out—two tasks…

iPhone Touch-Screen Manufacturer Gets Order for 8 Million Units From Mystery Buyer

Balda, Apple’s iPhone touch-screen provider, got an order for 6 to 8 million touch-screens from an unnamed “leading mobile manufacturer,” starting in April 2008. If this manufacturer is Nokia, could this mean that today’s video showing a fake phone with concept overlaid user-interface is more than rushed-out FUD? Seems logical to us, but that many…

HP’s Slick New Virtus Tower

You’re looking at the new HP Virtus. Not much of anything is known about the slick-looking tower. We’ll let you know one way or another when we get more details. [Engadget]

Rotary Cellphone Is Retro Fun For Five Minutes

While it’s true that carrying around this portable rotary cellphone—yes, it’s a cellphone—will impress friends and strangers alike, it’s unlikely to impress them for more than five minutes. Yes, it supports tri-band GSM, has a SIM card slot and has a rechargeable battery. But the phone costs $499 and you have to actually unscrew the…

First Sub-$200 HD DVD Player Announced: Venturer SHD7000

Click to viewIs this it? The HD DVD stake into Blu-ray’s heart that will signal a start to the resolution of these next-gen DVD format wars? We tracked down a price on the upcoming Venturer HD DVD player and discovered it to be $199, the magical price that everyone’s been waiting for. The SHD7000 will…