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iTube: Tube-based Amp for iPod

PsiberAudio is finally bridging the digital gap, offering this beautiful hand-wired tube amp and preamp built specifically for your (PCB-laden, near-entirely digital) iPod with their newest iTube SE15. Featuring 100% three-dimensional, teflon-coated silver wire, Alps Blue Velvet potentiometers (for the preamp) and 15 watts of fluid musical power, this bad boy is ready to rock…

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Nanomemory Research Shows Promise

Here comes the science-speak: Existing volatile memory (i.e. RAM) is stored in capacitors that hold electrons in two distinct states and must be recharged several thousand times per second, because the electrons tend to leak out. Researchers at Philips Research Laboratories in the Netherlands have developed a new method for high-capacity, static (non-volatile) RAM that…

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Motorola iTunes Phone Delay Cleared Up

Motorola has cleared things up regarding the ROKR’s absence at CeBIT and why they pulled their plans to announce the iTunes phone at the last second. Apparently, it stems simply from the differing product launch philosophies of the two companies. Motorola likes to show its products off before a launch whereas “Steve’s perspective is that…

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Nokia Wireless Keyboard Reviewed (Verdict: Sexy)

Darla Mack has a review of Nokia’s Wireless (Bluetooth) Keyboard, occasionally called the SU-8W. Overall, her impressions are that it’s a sharp unit which obviously cuts (get it?) down your typing time. Pairing the keyboard to your phone initially involves installing software (included in a 32MB memory card installed into the keyboard) and selecting a…

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Augmented Reality Breeds Animated Storybooks

A few folks in New Zealand have developed the next natural evolution of an old children’s staple: the bedtime story. The book reads like a normal book, if desired, but when accompanied with a handheld (or head-based) display and computer vision tracking technology, the story comes to life in front of them. In another example…

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Samsung Develops LCD for Color-Blind

Samsung Electronics has announced that they are developing LCD monitors for people with dyschromatopsia (color-blindness for the lay-folk). The color correction technology will allow users to control red, green and blue output at 10 levels so that people can set the monitor to adjust the contrast of the colors giving them the most difficulty. Ha…

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Rio Nixes Karma

DAPreview reports that the beloved Rio Karma has finally been nixed from their product line, no longer showing up on the RioAudio.com web site. While still listed on their hard-drive player page, it’s no longer being offered for sale through the company. I could make a really easy karma joke right here, but instead I’ll…

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NEC’s PaPeRo 2005

NEC announced an improved version of their “PaPeRo” robot, the “PaPeRo 2005.” While they failed to clarify what it is for, a number of things are specific: it has 8 microphones, has echo cancellation to recognize voice even while speaking, and somehow manages to recognize handwritten characters shown in front of its camera eyes. Moreover,…

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Laser Hummer Strikes Again

The Army is reportedly back at using their “only” battlefield laser system, the ZEUS. After having successfully detonated more than 200 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in war-torn Afghanistan, ZEUS is being redeployed in Iraq to help eliminate threats from landmines and other items that have a tendency to detonate. I am reminded of the…

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JoyBee 720 Reviewed (Verdict: It Sucks)

Dapreview got their hands on the BenQ JoyBee 720 at this year’s CeBIT, and they appear to be full of almost nothing but complaints. Though the unit brings back a flash media expansion slot, they say the size of the unit itself and retroness of its internal menus strike a fatal blow. I guess you…

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Sanyo’s Pin-Shaped Battery

Sanyo has announced a new shape of battery called “pin.” style. Shaped a sort of like a thinner AAA battery, the “RU665” is a rechargeable lithium ion cell intended to be used in MP3 players, wireless headsets and pretty much anything else in need of a small(er) battery. At half the volume of AAA and…

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Finally, The SUGOI CARD

SUGOI CARD. This is the SUGOI CARD. I simply can’t help myself from typing the name of this product, the SUGOI CARD, in all caps. System Talks Corporation proves to the world that slapping two USB 2.0 ports and a Gigabit Ethernet jack on a PCMCIA card gives you the right to name it the…

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FoodDisk, More Delicious USB Memory

The world’s coolest company, SolidAlliance, has released even more fantastically shaped USB memory devices. In this round we have Shumai (steamed meat dumpling), fried shrimp and takoyaki (octopus dumplings). Set to be available March 17th for around $75 a pop, each unnecessarily realistic memory device has a 128MB capacity and are each handmade. Why doesn’t…

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Economy of Scales: Groove with Your Fingers and USB

Hip-hop, rap, and electronic music changed forever in 1988. That was the year Akai introduced its legendary MPC-60 sampler/groovebox. Computers have looked enviously at music hardware ever since — and no, clicking a 4×4 grid of drum pads on a screen with your mouse is not the same as doing it physically. But computers are…

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Economy of Scales: Tune Plug

While record labels and publishers are locked in lawsuits and legal hair-pulling, independent artists are using Creative Commons (CC) licenses as a new publicity tool: keep your copyright, but let consumers copy or even sample your song. Your next Flash Drive might even have albums on it (or is that the other way around?): indie…

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ViewSonic Xtreme ClearMotive LCD Panels: 4ms Response

ViewSonic has announced the new Xtreme ClearMotive LCD monitors, two flat-panel displays with an astounding 4-millisecond response time. The 19-inch VX924 will be available in May, while the 17-inch VX724 will be available in June. I can’t wait to see one of these in action. I bet it looks great. ViewSonic New Xtreme ClearMotiv LCD…

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Sony PSP Size Comparison

Brian at Kotaku got a loaner PSP from Sony. That means that now, according to a tradition that spans 50 years, since the time of the first transistor, I must kill him. PSP Photo Comparison [Kotaku] http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/psp/psp-photo-comparison-036212.php

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Undead at CTIA: Irish Show Schwag

Congratulations to the Irish consortium at CTIA, who have to best booth schwag in the history of trade shows.

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Undead at CTIA: ATI Imageon Reference Platform V2

This might be my favorite thing at CTIA and you’ll never be able to buy it. This is the second-generation ATI Imageon reference platform for developers, provided by ATI to phone developers to test their software with the Imageon 3D hardware. It’s sort of huge—think paving stone size—but that’s not the point. And though the…

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Undead at CTIA: Kodak EasyShare-one

I couldn’t figure out why Kodak wanted us down at CTIA in the first place, but that’s probably because we missed the introduction of the Kodak EasyShare-one at CES. They’re still not ready to launch the product (three to four months, they say), but it does hold some promise. The idea is simple: take four-megapixel…

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iTube: Tube-based Amp for iPod

Nanomemory Research Shows Promise

Motorola iTunes Phone Delay Cleared Up

Nokia Wireless Keyboard Reviewed (Verdict: Sexy)

Augmented Reality Breeds Animated Storybooks

Samsung Develops LCD for Color-Blind

Rio Nixes Karma

NEC’s PaPeRo 2005

Laser Hummer Strikes Again

JoyBee 720 Reviewed (Verdict: It Sucks)

Sanyo’s Pin-Shaped Battery

Finally, The SUGOI CARD

FoodDisk, More Delicious USB Memory

Economy of Scales: Groove with Your Fingers and USB

Economy of Scales: Tune Plug

ViewSonic Xtreme ClearMotive LCD Panels: 4ms Response

Sony PSP Size Comparison

Undead at CTIA: Irish Show Schwag

Undead at CTIA: ATI Imageon Reference Platform V2

Undead at CTIA: Kodak EasyShare-one

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