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Virtual Meals Let You Pig Out with Distant Relatives

The Virtual Family Dinner was created so that friends and family separated by distance could enjoy “virtual” dinners together. A TV, speakers, camera and mic capture you on one end while a similar set up does the same on the other. The concept is designed to keep the elderly from eating alone. It’s expected to…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Dealzmodo: Robosapien V2, $99

If you didn’t get that beloved Robosapien for Christmas, no worries, Amazon is here to help. If you go check out the Amazon Gold Box they have the Robosapien V2 for $99 today only. This is half off what this robot toy normally sells for. The Robosapien V2 can walk, talk and interact with the…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

How To Disable the RFID Chip in U.S. Passports

Beginning January 1 all United States issued passports will include a little RFID chip that has all of your delicious information embedded. The passports with said RFID chips are clearly marked on the front, and the RFID chip is in the back. There is only one fool-proof method to destroying the RFID chip to prevent…

Privacy & Security Travis Hudson

Panasonic Says Screw LCDs, Go Plasma, Then Rubs Hands Together Greedily

Panasonic, maker of both LCDs and Plasmas, are telling consumers to skip LCDs and go for plasma. The reasoning in the ad points to “plasma’s superior contrast, color rendition, crisp motion, viewing angle and durability when compared to L.C.D. TVs.” The real reasons? LCDs have fallen in price because of large competition from cheaper manufacturers,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Dyne Announces Tuny 9, 11 MP3 Players

Dyne (who?) has given us a little holiday treat by announcing a couple MP3 players. The Tuny 9 (left) is a nano-esque player available with up to 2GB of memory, up to 18 hours of battery life, FM radio, voice/line-in recorder, TV-out, Bluetooth and supports MP3, WMA, OGG and MP4 video. Not too shabby. Nice…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset: (Reader Verdict: Rewarding)

Reader Revanche gave us his take on the Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth headset last week, and we thought it was good enough to share with the rest of the class. Style: Yes, it looks like a cheese grater but I didn’t hear anyone complaining when Apple used that style in their computers. The truth is that…

Tech News Jason Chen

Alcohawk Professional Grade Breathalyzer

Digital breathalyzers aren’t new by any means, but with the biggest drinking holiday merely a week away (New Years, dummies) it is important to remind anyone that plans on consuming this coming week to carry around one of these handy devices. This isn’t one of those cheap one-time-use breathalyzers that you can pick up at…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

PS3’s Portrait Slideshow Face Detection

Although not worth $600, the PlayStation 3’s slideshow features are worth maybe a good $30, $35 tops. The PS3 apparently has a sophisticated facial recognition system that allows the slideshow to zoom in and out of faces, as well as pan across multiple faces in one shot. Face Detection in the PS3’s Portrait Slideshow [QJ]

Tech News Jason Chen

Fuzzy Wuzzy Modo Photo Contest: How Cute Are Your Pets?

You may be taking time off for the holidays, but the judges of our Fuzzy Wuzzy Modo contest aren’t. Imbetween rescuing helpless kittens from the path of Santa’s sleigh, the pet volunteers of Solano County Friends of Animals are digging through the competition entries, looking for the cutest pictures of Iguana with Gameboys and Parrots…

Tech News Jason Chen

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week at TreeHugger: We welcome the world to TreeHugger 2.0, with a new user-friendly design and some slick new features. Check out Pitstop, an inductive charging system integrated into an attractive floor lamp. French designers ModeLabs have developed three self-powered cellphone concepts. The designs rely on the kinetic movement of their users to generate…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Analysts Say Console Shortage Isn’t Letting Up, People Take to Swapping

Some analysts are predicting the console shortage currently taking over the country may not be letting up anytime soon. Current speculation is suggesting that the lack of available Nintendo Wii and PlaysStation 3 consoles may last until March. It seems the PS3 is a little bit easier to acquire as folks are hitting up the…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Must List: Customer Support Contacts

This master list of consumer electronics customer support contact phone numbers and links should come in handy right about now. Anything missing from the list? Add it in comments. The CE Customer Support Contact List [Techlore] Also see: PVRWire’s Post holiday support guide (US edition) [PVRWire]

Tech News Noah Robischon

Japan’s Oldest PC Gets Spruced Up for the Holidays

Ok, so maybe it’s not getting Intel’s quad-core CPU or Nvidia’s GeForce 8800, but Japan’s oldest working computer is in the process of getting a major upgrade. Created in 1959, the FACOM 128B is being rejuvenated so it can complete its 60-year anniversary come 2019. The room-sized PC originated from a calculator (the 128A) and…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Quad-Timer for Chefs and Task-Jugglers

Created for pro chefs, this Quad Timer lets you count down the time of four different tasks, and its color-coded lights on the front let you know when each one hits zero hour. The fancy chef’s model has a brushed metal base and soft-touch rubberized housing and will cost you $30, while the standard one…

Gadgets Charlie White

Argard M10 Bluetooth Earpiece: Small Enough to Join the Flea Circus

This is one fine-looking Bluetooth earpiece, even though it’s just brochure-ware so far. The Argard M10 Bluetooth headset is about the width of a nickel, but its in-ear design still packs enough battery power to last all day. The company says it’ll give you three hours of talk time and 100 hours of standby time,…

Tech News Charlie White

Verizon Lets Banner Ads Swarm Your Cell Phone

Brace yourself for this one. Starting next year, Verizon Wireless is gonna let banner ads invade your cell phone. The ads will appear at the top of Web pages you visit on your cell phone/smartphone. In an effort to make it look like they care about their customers, Verizon said they’d limit the type of…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Wii Oddities: A Wiicade

There are a ton of awesome Wii mods out there, and this isn’t necessarily one of them. Traditionally, arcade cabinets are gaming devices meant to tether one to the game via integrated controls, etc and the Wii is a gaming device that intentionally separates the person from the game and controls with a motion-sensing Wiimote.…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Oppo DV-981HD Upconverting DVD Player Reviewed (Verdict: 1080p Alchemy)

I just reviewed the Oppo DV-981HD Universal DVD Player, and like its brandmate the Oppo DV-970, the player does a great job of up-rezzing regular old garden-variety DVDs to high definition. This one takes it a step further, though, up-rezzing that unwashed standard-def signal all the way to the holy-grail 1080p resolution. Taking a look…

Tech News Charlie White

Wiimote Controlled Smarthome

I’ve been getting scads of CES pitches from smarthome software and gear makers, and not a single one is as interesting as LiquidIce’s Wii-home hack. It uses the Wii browser, a Flash interface and some PHP script to control the lights, thermostat, security camera, cable DVR, and stereo system. This script can be used with…

Tech News Noah Robischon

DIY AAA Batteries

If your pad is anything like mine then your junk drawer is always chock full of 9-volt batteries, but you can never seem to find any AAA batteries, which are usually more common in gadgets than 9-volts nowadays. It seems that most Energizer or Duracell 9-volt batteries actually consist of six 1.5 volt batteries that…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Virtual Meals Let You Pig Out with Distant Relatives

Dealzmodo: Robosapien V2, $99

How To Disable the RFID Chip in U.S. Passports

Panasonic Says Screw LCDs, Go Plasma, Then Rubs Hands Together Greedily

Dyne Announces Tuny 9, 11 MP3 Players

Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset: (Reader Verdict: Rewarding)

Alcohawk Professional Grade Breathalyzer

PS3’s Portrait Slideshow Face Detection

Fuzzy Wuzzy Modo Photo Contest: How Cute Are Your Pets?

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

Analysts Say Console Shortage Isn’t Letting Up, People Take to Swapping

Must List: Customer Support Contacts

Japan’s Oldest PC Gets Spruced Up for the Holidays

Quad-Timer for Chefs and Task-Jugglers

Argard M10 Bluetooth Earpiece: Small Enough to Join the Flea Circus

Verizon Lets Banner Ads Swarm Your Cell Phone

Wii Oddities: A Wiicade

Oppo DV-981HD Upconverting DVD Player Reviewed (Verdict: 1080p Alchemy)

Wiimote Controlled Smarthome

DIY AAA Batteries

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