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Gateway Introduces Colorful, HDTV-Friendly M-Series and T-Series Entertainment Laptops

Perhaps Gateway is not the PC powerhouse it once was, but its two new laptop lines, the M-Series and T-Series, show that it still has some fight in it. Make no mistake, these machines are HD savvy. They have HDMI outputs, optional discrete ATI graphics, your choice of Blu-ray or HD DVD optical drives and…

Wind-Up LED Camp Light, The Perfect Apocalypse Appliance

Forget about hassling with solar power or batteries when there’s no electricity any more (or on your next camping trip)—just wind up this LED camp light for a minute, and it lights up your post-apocalyptic world for 30 minutes. Wind it up all the way and it’ll give you four hours of its brightest light…

EyeClops Magnifies Anything 200x, Sends Images to TV Screen

The EyeClops is a handheld microscope that looks like a grotesque eyeball, but can help you see that strange world that’s teeming with life right there in front of you, right under your nose. It magnifies everything 200x , but its design is about 800x as goofy as a typical microscope. You just plug the…

Samsung’s Next Gen Blu-ray BD-P1400 and BD-2400

Samsung’s follow ups to the highly regarded BD-P1200 are here, and they are upgraded with audio format support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD. Everyone else looks pretty much the same, including this magic list: 24 frame support, HDMI 1.3, and ethernet. Except the 1400 doesn’t have that mind-blowing HQV video processor at $549 while…

Zune Patent for Pay-Per-Squirt?

This is kind of brilliant. This Microsoft patent allows for a user to receive a squirted song by Zune-to-Zune WiFi transfer, eventually paying for it when the 3-plays or 3-days are up. Even cooler, the squirter would get a commission from the squirtee’s purchase. A smart move if they could get it working in the…

Possible updated LG Prada in Europe late this year, featuring a YouTube-friendly 5-megapixel camera. [Electronista]

DIY Interactive Multitouch Display For Tech Savants

Harness the power of the technology that drives the iPhone‘s multitouch display as well as Microsoft‘s uber-expensive Surface table for a few hundred bucks and some elbow grease. Using a projector, a modified webcam and what amounts to a homemade acrylic whiteboard along with some community-made software, you can reenact the iPhone commercial at home.…

Nyko Wii Party Station: Just When You Think Wii Accessories Can’t Get Any Crazier

Nyko’s latest Wii’s accessory just sounds like a joke. An awesome joke. Behold: •Multiple LCD scoreboards •Built-in fan to cool off your steamy gamer hands •Chip & dip bowls •Four cup holders, complete with freezable sleeves to cool them •Wii remote storage •A drawer to store things like memory cards or manuals [Jerry’s IGN]

Rock Tamashii Guitarless Pick

This guitarless pick is for when you want to jam without your axe. There are four picks with two songs each to choose from. Bands include Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz, and Green Day—$15 per pick. Check for them at the end of August. [Himeya Shop via Technabob]

Rumor Smashed: No Price Cuts For Xbox 360

In a rough week for analysts, Microsoft shot down Michael Pachter’s claim today that predicted they would lower Xbox prices across the board in response to Sony’s PS3 price cut announcement this week. https://gizmodo.com/jp-morgan-retracts-iphone-nano-prediction-276937 Microsoft stated that they are comfortable with where the Xbox 360 is priced and that they have no future plans to…

Yaskawa Sorting Robot Scares Mail Boys

Yaskawa’s Motoman-DIA10 is like your average mail boy, only on steroids. It can sort through an impressive 1,000 pieces of mail in under an hour with its two fully positionable He-Man sized arms. Its creators claim that they only plan on marketing the Motoman as a backup for your workers. Yeah right, more like a…

Magnetic Contact Lenses Keep Tabs On Where You Look

By slapping magnetic contact lenses onto your eyeballs, sensors can track where you’re looking. This could have important applications for the disabled, especially for those who rely on their eyes for control instead of disabled body parts. Right now, however, the Office of Naval Research is the largest sponsor, so you can probably file this…

Samsung Unveils MM-X5 iPod Dock/CD Player Combo

A little bigger than the Bose SoundDock but mercifully smaller than the iPod Hi-Fi, Samsung’s piano black MM-X5 iPod docking station has a little extra trick up its sleeve: a slot-loading CD player. Of course, it might take some time for me to locate my CD collection, but it’s still cool. The MM-X5 ought to…

Liveblogging the Hell Outta E3

We have more stuff coming up from E3, but in case you’ve missed our live coverage of the Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo press events, here’s a quick recap of the most important things: Microsoft • Microsoft’s big Halo-themed Xbox 360 announcement came not with a bang, but a whimper. • Still, that case does look…

Honeywell HDMI Extender Keeps Your Signal Strong for Over 100 Feet

HDMI is the way you’re gonna want to hook up your fancy HD home theatre setup. But if you’re running cables at lengths of over 30 feet, you’re going to need to spend tons of money on overpriced cables in order to keep the signal integrity up to snuff. Right? Well, not necessarily. The Honeywell…

PSP Slim Gallery (Including the Darth Vader Edition)

Here’s as close as Team Kotaku could get to the PSP before being tackled by a security guard in a Ratchet and Clank costume. [kotaku]

Samsung’s L83T is Slim, Has 8 Megapixels

Samsung’s just announced their new ultra-compact L83T digital camera, a diminutive 8-megapixel point-and-shoot with a 3x optical zoom. It’s also got a nice, big 2.5-inch LCD screen on the back. It’s a pretty basic yet decent looking camera that should appeal to those who just want an easy point-and-shoot without a ton of bells and…

Hands On With Samsung’s Newest TV Tech: Wi-Fi Plasma, LED-Backlight LCD and 120Hz Blur Reduction

If you think all flat panels are the same, you haven’t seen the stuff I’m about to show you. Remember that Wi-Fi 1080p plasma we told you about in April? Well that’s it, above, and look ma, no wires. (Okay, there’s a power cable plugged into the wall — who do you think built it,…

iTunes 7.3.1 & Quicktime 7.2 are out right now. [Apple]

Chinese Plane Developed that Flies Close to the Waves

Chinese scientists have reportedly developed a plane that flies less than two feet above the surface of the sea. With speeds of up to 300kph (186mph) the new plane, known as Wing In Ground, can carry up to four tonnes on take-off while using half as much fuel as a normal aircraft does. And the…