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Skype Wants On Cell Networks

Interesting developments for Skype users, as the company’s just filed a petition with the FCC to ask the latter to force cellphone carriers to loosen up the usage terms for VoIP. As of now, even if you’ve got a fast data connection like EV-DO or HSDPA, the providers have largely made it against the EULA—with…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 22 '07

Travel Gets Even More Unpleasant: Now an Airport Charges You for Power

As if being wedged into cramped, nearly-airless flying sardine cans wasn’t already unpleasant enough, now sleazy greedmeisters at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport are fleecing you for $2 to use electrical outlets while you wait for your ordeal. Let’s hope this idea doesn’t spread around. Couldn’t it have at least been a more reasonable price? Will…

Tech News Charlie White Feb 22 '07

F’d Up Rumor: Cingular’s iPhone Exclusive Only Valid for 2 Weeks (File Under Bullshit)

If no one believes this rumor, why are we writing about it? Because it’s freaking INSANE. Cult of Mac has a self admittedly frigtarded, but nonetheless entertaining rumor that Cingular’s exclusive hold on the iPhone will only last 14 days. After their time’s up, every carrier (except Verizon, of course) will have the coveted phone…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Feb 22 '07

ATI’s Radeon X2800XT Brings Heavy Horsepower to Apple’s Next Gen Mac Pros

So if the guys at AppleInsider are on the money, ATI’s abnormally long X2800XT could be the graphics card to power Apple’s rumored next gen Mac Pros. The red giant will feature 1GB of GDDR4 memory clocked at 2GHz while the card’s core will come in at 800MHz. Basically that means it has the potential…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Feb 22 '07

Time Table Gives You the Time on a Table Top

Nice name for this design concept by Ross McBride, a table whose entire surface is coated with electroluminescent film that boldly reminds you what the heck time of day (or night) it is. If it starts bugging you, you can turn off its display manually or set a timer to shut it down at certain…

Tech News Charlie White Feb 22 '07

The New York Times Exposes “iSilly” iPod Accessories; iSigh

The NYT has a rundown today on the supposedly new trend of iPod accessories where “cute or irreverent often trumps wow.” While I wouldn’t exactly call the piece bleeding edge in its discovery, the trend it points at is definitely real, and most of the products it highlights are interesting or amusing, my favorite being…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 22 '07

Computer-Generated Image Looks Exactly Like a Beautiful Woman

It’s hard to believe, but you’re looking at computer-generated image of Korean actress Song Hye Kyo, created by Indonesian CG artist Max Edwin Wahyudi. To create this stunning shot, he used a combination of digital sculpting and design application Pixelogic Zbrush and animation modeling software Autodesk 3DS Max. Now that’s one remarkable piece of artwork—showing…

Tech News Charlie White Feb 22 '07

R2D2 Trash Can Gladly Accepts Your Garbage

R2D2 sold out. Not only was his name and likeness used in a projector (that I had to walk really far to get pictures of at CES, thank you very much) and a Pepsi dispenser, but now he’s whoring himself out as a garbage can. For shame. The lid opens by stomping on his middle…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Feb 22 '07

LG Prada Bluetooth Headset: The Official Ear Candy of the Rich and Famous

It’s been less than a week since our encounter with the beautiful LG Prada phone and already we’re back with news of the phone’s first accessory, the equally stylish LG Prada Bluetooth headset. The headset has a display with a battery meter, volume indicator, and caller ID, but what matters most is the presence of…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Feb 22 '07

i.Dear Portable Wooden Speakers: 1.5-Watts To Annoy Your Neighbors

i.Dear enters a crowded field of wooden electronics with its 1.5-watt keychain speaker. The market for uselessly small speakers must be a burgeoning one. It works with any audio source that has the standard audio out jack, while its Korean designers laud its ability to output sound from devices like the all but failed PSP…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Feb 22 '07

Canon Intros PowerShot A560 and A570 IS Entry-Level Cameras

Canon’s flurry of announcements for digital cameras today include a couple of entry-level point-and-shoot models, the PowerShot A560 (pictured above left) and PowerShot A570 IS. The two shooters add a feature usually found in higher-end models: face detection and the ability to crank their Digic III image processor up to ISO 1600. Both 7.1 megapixel…

Tech News Charlie White Feb 22 '07

Canon Rolls Out Two 7.1MP Digital Elph Cameras: the SD750 and SD1000

Canon just updated its Digital Elph line of point-and-shoot digital cameras with the SD750 ($350) and SD1000 ($300), both set to ship in March. They’re both offered in the original stainless steel but now also are available in this two-tone black and silver motif that Canon has dreamed up. Both cameras have a 3x optical…

Tech News Charlie White Feb 22 '07

Star Trek Voice Activated Light Dimmer: Pretend You’re Talking To Computer

Just one day after a voice activated answering machine comes a voice activated light dimmer, complete with wholly unnecessary Star Trek (no, not that smartphone from HTC, silly goose) branding. It plugs into any power outlet then responds to Star Trek-themed commands like, “Computer, Off.” Magic! It even has the voice of the show’s computer.…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Feb 22 '07

Motorola Television (1961-1963)

The Motorola television ads below ran in Life magazine and The Saturday Evening Post from 1961 until 1963. These, along with other print ads from the Golden Age of Television can be found in the book Window to the Future by Steve Kosareff. The illustrations posted here are all by Charles Schridde. The illustrations all…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 22 '07

Canon PowerShot TX1 Shoots 720p HD, 7.1MP Stills

Click to viewCanon introduced its PowerShot TX1 digital camera, a multitasking little sucker that’s about the size of a deck of cards. It can shoot both 7.1-megapixel stills and 720p high-definition video in 16:9 format at 30 frames per second, recording its image data on SD memory cards, higher-capacity SDHC cards, MultiMedia and MMCplus cards.…

Tech News Charlie White Feb 22 '07

Canon EOS-1D Mark III Shoots 10 Frames Per Second

Click to viewCanon announced its high-end 10.1-megapixel digital SLR, the EOS-1D Mark III, capable of slamming down 10 motor driven frames per second using the next generation of its image processing engine, the Dual Digic III. Canon says the APS H-size CMOS sensor inside is its most light-sensitive yet, capable of an ISO range of…

Tech News Charlie White Feb 21 '07

Pentax Optio A30 Boots Up, Shoots and Focuses Quicker

Pentax goosed its Optio A series with the A30, a 10-megapixel point-and-shoot camera with a 3x optical lens and a 2.5-inch LCD. Besides a newfangled gyro system to reduce shakiness, the big update on this one is speed, where it’s ready to use in 1.8 seconds and has a quick .02-second shutter delay. If you…

Tech News Charlie White Feb 21 '07

iPhoneyGate Finale: Cisco and Apple Hug it Out and Share the iPhone Name

It was just announced that Apple and Cisco will share the usage of iPhone. The companies said they reached an agreement that will allow Apple to use the name for its sleek new multimedia device in exchange for exploring wide-ranging “interoperability” between the companies’ products in the areas of security, consumer and business communications. No…

Tech News Brian Lam Feb 21 '07

Software Update to Quiet Old Xbox 360 DVD Drives?

File this under completely unfounded rumor, but a German site has noticed that journalists with debug Xbox 360s have gotten an update that quiets down Xbox 360 DVD drives. We’re not sure how a drive could get physically quieter, so they the firmware update probably just updates the console to load more data into cache…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 21 '07

Jet Pack Video (1966)

A friend of mine contends that jet packs were the Segways of the 20th century. They promised to change the way that people traveled but were really just a novelty. I must confess that I find Segways fun, (no matter how nerdy I might look), and would love to try a jet pack if given…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 21 '07

Skype Wants On Cell Networks

Travel Gets Even More Unpleasant: Now an Airport Charges You for Power

F’d Up Rumor: Cingular’s iPhone Exclusive Only Valid for 2 Weeks (File Under Bullshit)

ATI’s Radeon X2800XT Brings Heavy Horsepower to Apple’s Next Gen Mac Pros

Time Table Gives You the Time on a Table Top

The New York Times Exposes “iSilly” iPod Accessories; iSigh

Computer-Generated Image Looks Exactly Like a Beautiful Woman

R2D2 Trash Can Gladly Accepts Your Garbage

LG Prada Bluetooth Headset: The Official Ear Candy of the Rich and Famous

i.Dear Portable Wooden Speakers: 1.5-Watts To Annoy Your Neighbors

Canon Intros PowerShot A560 and A570 IS Entry-Level Cameras

Canon Rolls Out Two 7.1MP Digital Elph Cameras: the SD750 and SD1000

Star Trek Voice Activated Light Dimmer: Pretend You’re Talking To Computer

Motorola Television (1961-1963)

Canon PowerShot TX1 Shoots 720p HD, 7.1MP Stills

Canon EOS-1D Mark III Shoots 10 Frames Per Second

Pentax Optio A30 Boots Up, Shoots and Focuses Quicker

iPhoneyGate Finale: Cisco and Apple Hug it Out and Share the iPhone Name

Software Update to Quiet Old Xbox 360 DVD Drives?

Jet Pack Video (1966)

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