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Intel-Packing iMac Makes $402 iProfit?

Jaws dropped when we found out the Xbox 360 was practically being given away, selling for a price that was less than the sum of its parts. That’s not happening with the new dual core Intel iMac, according to analyst firm iSuppli. These guys took one of the new iMacs and dismantled it, put together…

Tech News Charlie White

Blu-ray Output Downconverted By Hollywood

Want to record 1080i HD signals? Well, screw you! That’s the word from Hollywood, where the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) has negotiated a deal whereby hardware manufacturers are required to down-convert the analog output in HD DVD and Blu-ray players. Basically, the signal will be down-converted from the potential 1080i resolution to 960×540. While…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Motorola Q Phone Says Buh-Bye to Europe?

BargainPDA is passing on the rumor (via the French website Mobinaute) that “the Motorola Q has been cancelled in Europe and the only model that will see the light of day is the CDMA version to be released in the US on the Verizon network.” You may remember that the Q phone was originally slated…

Tech News Noah R

Bluetooth Pig Speakers – For Your Phone

Reader Alexander just came back from Beijing with this report that, frankly, makes me squeal like a pig: I have just come home from a trip to Beijing and I thought I email you about this really cool (?!) thing I saw in a store window not far from my Beijing hotel. It looks like…

Gadgets Noah R

Pioneer’s Ultra-Portable Speakers

Here are some tiny speakers that you can clip anywhere. Pioneer s PCR-ST10 Portable Clip Speakers are available in white and black, and don’t even require a separate power source. Just 3.2 inches in diameter, the speakers will be available first in Japan on February 1. Take these little speakers with you wherever you go,…

Tech News Charlie White

JVC Intros New Earbuds

JVC-Victor introduced a new entry into the earphone market, the JVC HP-FX77 Stereo Mini-Headphones. These in-ear buds bring some serious specs if you’re inclined to believe such things, with a frequency response starting way down at 5Hz and going all the way up to 25,000Hz. Even your dog will barely be able to hear highs…

Tech News Charlie White

iSee, Therefore iRecord

Ever since the video iPod came out I’ve been itching to find a way to record to it directly. Tapeless camcorders still cost $600 and up, after all, so I may as well use what I’ve already got in hand. Well, the iSee 360i from Advanced Technology Office may be the solution. It looks like…

Gadgets Charlie White

Franz Ferdinand Walkman

Speaking of the NW-A1000 MP3 player and its “>organic EL display, Sony Japan is doing a limited edition of 100 Franz Ferdinand encrusted DAPs. The front will copy the jacket design of the band’s “You Could Have It So Much Better” CD, and the back will have photos of the band members. The player will…

Tech News Noah R

Forget Movie Tickets, Just Use Your Cellphone

A company called Mobile Box Office has launched a new service for WAP-enabled cell phone users in the US, allowing you to browse movie listing dates and times, select and pay for any movie, then use your phone as a ticket at the movie theater. So, after you pick your movie and buy your ticket…

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The KDDI “neon” Phone

I’m still reeling from this KDDI phone by Naoto Fukasawa (the latest in the au design project series). The English version of the flash site has not been added, so I’m hoping one of our Japanese-speaking readers can supply more accurate details in a few hours. From what I can tell, this has an organic…

Tech News Noah R

FrankenPhone Brings Mouse and VoIP Phone Together, But Why?

The VoIP phones just keep on coming, and now there s a mini-battle going on between two companies chasing after the same questionable idea—combining a mouse and a phone all in one. First out of the gate was Sony with its Mouse Talk phone, and now trying to top that is Taiwanese company Sysgration with…

Gadgets Charlie White

SnackShotz Dog Biscuit Launcher

The Frolic SnackShotz Treat Launcher is a new way to play fetch with your dog. Load up one of the specially designed Discos Flying Dog Treats into this dog biscuit pistol, pull the trigger, and boom! It will launch those babies up to 12 feet. Spot will go nuts when he sees these 100%-edible flying…

Gadgets Charlie White

He SED, She SED

There has been a good deal of debate and speculation about the SED displays shown at CES this year. This article, which includes a video demo of the displays from Vegas and an interview with someone from Canon about the technology, should help clear some things up. Obviously the digitized version of this is hardly…

Tech News Noah R

Scanning Into Another Dimension

Perhaps you’ve heard of innovative artists picking up a Playskool kids’ camcorder or a photocopying machine and then taking advantage of the quirks and distortions of these murky media, resulting in surreal works of art. Here’s a hardware-hacking photog who’s somehow modified a flatbed scanner, turning it into a large-format digital camera. Michael Golembewski took…

Tech News Charlie White

Solar Energy For Your Cellphone and More

You just gotta love solar energy, where all you need is a sunny day and then there’s plenty of power that’s just there for the taking. Here’s a trinket that will help you harvest that energy that’s all around you, the Solar Style SC003 Oval Solar Charger. It connects to Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and…

Gadgets Charlie White

Storage Vault for Road Warriors

Qrisma s 1-inch Portable Hard Disk Drive is built to take a beating. Just 2.5 inches tall, this 4GB drive is protected by special anti-vibration and heat dispersion characteristics that keep your data cool and collected even if things get all hot and jittery. Looks like the company was trying to compensate for the fact…

Tech News Charlie White

Making the Mobile WiFi Hotspot

Turning a cellphone into a WiFi access point should be a cinch. But as anyone who has attempted to rig their phone to a USB cable can tell you, it’s a huge pain to get working with any kind of speed and reliability. Nathan True set out to find a solution, and he explains every…

Tech News Noah R

Something’s Fishy Around Here

Some clever people are using their flat panel displays to play back a video loop depicting fish swimming around in a tank. Well now here’s a twist on that idea, where you hang a fish tank on the wall and disguise it as a flat panel display. Available with a choice of six tropical reef-like…

Tech News Charlie White

Call Them The Diamond Dogs

The CES hangover just won’t go away. These Swedish Statement speakers are not new, but in Vegas a few people with more audio knowledge than I have in my whole pinky got a close look at this $450,000 system. The big feature is the 1-inch diamond tweeters and 2-inch diamond midranges (apparently the only one…

Tech News Noah R

SAD Bodyclock

So there is a problem out there called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It makes people depressed because their body clocks have trouble adapting to the shorter duration of daylight in the winter months. This is the Outside In Bodyclock. It uses a bright light to help simulate a longer daylength, tricking those SAD sufferers’ body…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Intel-Packing iMac Makes $402 iProfit?

Blu-ray Output Downconverted By Hollywood

Motorola Q Phone Says Buh-Bye to Europe?

Bluetooth Pig Speakers – For Your Phone

Pioneer’s Ultra-Portable Speakers

JVC Intros New Earbuds

iSee, Therefore iRecord

Franz Ferdinand Walkman

Forget Movie Tickets, Just Use Your Cellphone

The KDDI “neon” Phone

FrankenPhone Brings Mouse and VoIP Phone Together, But Why?

SnackShotz Dog Biscuit Launcher

He SED, She SED

Scanning Into Another Dimension

Solar Energy For Your Cellphone and More

Storage Vault for Road Warriors

Making the Mobile WiFi Hotspot

Something’s Fishy Around Here

Call Them The Diamond Dogs

SAD Bodyclock

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