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The Fatty Speakers Made from Hemp are Smokin’

The Fatty is an awesome name for a set of speakers. Designed by Hard Truckers, the crew behind the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound, both cones (they’re 12″ Tone Tubby Alnicos if you’re interested) and cabinet are made of hemp, making The Fatty as friendly on the environment as it is on the eye and…

Samsung and Armani are teaming up to fight LG Prada. Maybe that P520 is the first? [Textually] https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-p520-is-slim-touchable-and-reminds-me-of-some-281650

Denon Launches Four Compact S-Series 2.1 Systems With Wi-Fi, USB, iPod and Other Options

Denon’s compact home theater systems just got some big improvements. Both the S-302 ($1699) and the S-102 ($999), which are due in September, can upscale DVDs to 1080p; the S-302 bumps up all analog incoming video to 1080p as well. The S-302 also has built-in Wi-Fi and can display cover art of the music streaming…

Justin.tv wants you!

Jack of all Trades Hacker – Justin.tv, San Francisco, CA Webmaster – The Week Magazine, New York, NY Account Manager – Cisco Commercial Accounts – SoCal – Global CTI Group, Irvine, CA (LA, OC, SD, IE) Senior Development Engineer – Permabit, Cambridge, MA Software Developer – Rosetta Stone, Ltd., Harrisonburg, VA Graphic Designer – Confidential,…

Greg Packer Seen in the Wild, Still First in Line

Greg Packer, everyone’s favorite professional linesitter, was spotted by our enterprising videographer Alex Goldberg this weekend at the Village Voice Siren Festival at Coney Island. Where was he? Up at the very front, of course. Whether or not he’d ever heard of any of the bands he saw is currently unknown. You’ll always be at…

Denon’s $5,200 Flagship AVR-5308CI with Wi-Fi, Better Media and Cozy UI (And 12 Other New Receivers)

If you’re like us, you’ve been waiting for AV receivers to catch up with the digital age. Today, Denon introduced a huge line of receivers, with features that are up our alley: • Wi-Fi in the two priciest models, AVR-5308CI ($5,199) and AVR-4308CI ($2,499) • USB inputs for bus-powered HDD, along with AAC, FLAC, WMA…

Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV680 is First HD DVD-R Laptop in US

Although the most notable feature in the Qosmio G45-AV680 laptop is the fact that you can burn 30GB onto one HD DVD-R disc, its other specs are quite good as well. There’s Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n Wi-Fi, four Harman Kardon speakers, a built-in sub, a PowerMate-like silver control knob with blue LED light, 17-inch 1920×1200 display,…

Elgato Brings Network-Connected HDTV to Your Mac With HDHomeRun

Elgato improves on their USB High Def solution for Macs by introducing the HDHomeRun, a network-connected device that can actually service multiple machines at once. There are two ATSC (over the air or unencrypted cable but not standard cable) tuners, which means two people can watch 24 and Heroes at the same time. The whole…

Denon Introduces $2,000 DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Player

Today in Jersey City, Denon unveiled its flagship DVD player, the DVD-3800BDCI, coming out this fall. It will be among the first to sport the BD-ROM version 1.1, which means it will have dual audio/video decoders to take advantage of picture-in-picture content, and has an SD card slot, so that you can download web content.…

Denon Introduces Networked ASD-3N and ASD-3W iPod Docks, X-Space DHT-FS3 Surround Bar and RC-7000CI RF/IR Remote System

Today at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City, Denon unveiled a massive line of new home-theater gear, mostly centered on the themes of network connectivity and easier setup. • Networked ASD-3N and ASD-3W iPod docks ($179.99 and $229.99, out in August and September, respectively, with the “W” adding integrated Wi-Fi). In addition to providing a…

Nano Chip Inspired by 200-Year-Old Engine Design

A steam-powered mechanical computer designed two centuries ago by British inventor Charles Babbage has been the inspiration for an energy-efficient nano computer. The tiny, ultra-robust device is the brainchild of a team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who say that their machine, which could go boldly to places where silicon chips fear to tread such…

Qantas Revives In-Flight Internet With Wi-Fi and Ethernet Access

Just when most other airlines and airplane manufacturers are removing in-flight internet access, Qantas goes the exact opposite direction (into our hearts) and adds internet access. The A380 and 747-400 planes that will make up their web-enabled fleet will have both Wi-Fi and a charging slot to plug your laptop into. Not much else here…

Digital Picture Frame Doubles as a Camera

Designer Jin Woo Han figured if you want both a digital camera and a digital picture frame, why not put them together and display the pictures with the same device you used to capture them? In this design concept Han calls the Samsung SS 700, he determined a happy medium size where the point-and-shoot camera…

Make Your Own Office Chair Bike

Can’t get enough time sitting in that office chair of yours? Make it into a bike! Instructables has a “simple” nine-step solution for turning your favorite office chair into something you can actually ride to work. This ensures that once you actually do get there, you don’t suffer from biker’s ass or commuter’s sweat, two…

Alienware Notebooks Offered With Solid State RAID 0 Array

Alienware’s always chased the speed demon with its laptops, and now the performance-obsessed company wants to make them even more efficient with a RAID 0 array, strapping together two 32GB solid-state drives. Offered on its Area-51 m5550, Area-51 m9750 and Aurora m9700 notebooks, the option also includes a garden-variety 200GB hard drive, just in case…

Japanese Hand Pillow: A Haiku

Only in Japan Would a pillow for your head Look just like Goatse. [TokyoMango]

Western Digital My Books Go to 2TB

A scant five months since the My Book external hard drives hit 1TB, Western Digital upped their game and doubled the storage to 2TB. The My Book World Edition 2 has remote access, UPnP support, Gigabit Ethernet support and RAID 1 capabilities. There’s actually no mention at all of USB 2.0 support, so this is…

Coolness Roundup Talks Hot Topics

Coolness Roundup takes a foray into hot topics this week as Gizmodo’s Charlie White and Sci Fi Tech’s Stephen Schleicher figure out why broadband connectivity is so much better in other countries. They also talk about how some artists such as Prince are happy to give their music away, and whether a home theater in…

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week at TreeHugger: Bosch’s new ultrasonic dishwasher stands to end the dishwash vs. handwash debate; not with super-efficient water use or extra-hot drying, but with ultrasonic sound waves, which will rock (like Zeppelin) the water off the clean dishes. We’ve been waiting for the day when we pop open the ol’ RSS reader and…

TiVo HD Review From Late Last Night

That’s a beauty shot of the $300 TiVo HD we reviewed last midnight. If you use a DVR, you have to check it out. This thing is pretty badass for three bills. [TiVo HD Review] https://gizmodo.com/300-tivo-hd-unboxed-and-fondled-verdict-hell-yes-281624