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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium Reviewed (Verdict: Kicks Final Cut Ass)

We’ve been hearing about it for months, and now Adobe has finally put the finishing touches on its Creative Suite 3 Production Premium software, shipping a package that video editors, filmmakers, broadcasters and DVD authors are going to love. The company is also offering what it calls the Creative Suite 3 Master Collection, which puts…

Bandai’s Hex Bugs React Better to Clapping than Stamping

These little bugs are the latest thing from Bandai. There are six of them, and they are about as useful as a chocolate teapot—but you can bet your can of Bug-Gone that entomologists will be queueing round the block to pick up one of these critters when they are released later this year. Each one…

Wheelchairs Could Be Tongue-Controlled – Just Like My Favourite Button

Tongue-controlled wheelchairs could be in the offing by the end of the year, thanks to a US company. Think-A-Move is using a device made by a couple of engineers from Southern Illinois University, which consists of a simple earpiece that determines how a person is moving their tongue, thanks to a person’s Eustachian tube, which…

Sharp Aquos G Series 120Hz LCD Panels Have Increased Color Range

Sharp is revamping their Aquos G Series first in Japan, then the world. 16 models going from a basic 26-incher to 52 inches of sick-inducing 120Hz Full HD glory. According to Sharp, they increase their color range adding a fourth wavelength lamp to the backlighting. Despite having no multi-touch capabilities, screen keyboard or any Apple…

Pandigital Intros Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Battery Pack Adapters for its Digital Picture Frames

Besides rolling out seven new digital photo frames in sizes ranging from 6 inches to 15 inches, Pandigital cut the cord today with three accessories for its line of photo frames: a Bluetooth connector/adaptor, a Wi-Fi connector/adapter and also a battery pack. Connected to a Pandigital frame, the Bluetooth connector/adapter pairs with any Bluetooth device,…

LCD Display Krups Toaster is Sleek and Makes Toast

Krups seems to have come up with the master-toaster’s toaster. The TT6190 can do all kinds of everything to your buns, as well lighting up your kitchen and seducing your wife. For $60, what else can this baby do? There’s a defrost option, which means no burnt corners and frozen center when you put your…

Teppan-Style Grill from Onfalos Brings Flower Power to the Yard

Alpina and Smartech Italia SpA are behind the Onfalos, a teppan-style grill for your garden. Made of stainless steel, the Onfalos grill is so hardcore you can even grill in a blizzard—if you want to, that is—and all you need is a 5kg gas cylinder. The combustion chamber and chimney are hidden beneath the circular…

“People Who Can’t Type Fast on iPhone are Retarded”, Anonymous YouTuber Declares

Well, I guess he’s right. We are getting there, though. And we are not retarded. Just a little bit spastic.

Pocket Pee-Bag Turns Urine into Gel and Friends into Memories

What do you do if you’re sitting in line waiting to pick up your iPhone and suddenly feel the call of nature—eh, Brian? Do you: a) Pay a student to stand in for you and nip off to the closest McDonalds you can find. b) Call your intern/girlfriend/deputy editor and make them drop whatever they…

More numbers from more analysts: Global Equities Research reports 200,000 iPhones moved on the first day. [Bloomberg]

Closer Than We Think! Headphone TV (1960)

Hacking the brain hasn’t caught on in consumer products quite yet, but we can see that it’s always been right around the corner. This Closer Than We Think! strip was found in the November 27, 1960 edition of the Chicago Tribune. Today’s television receivers may one day be replaced by devices that will “tickle” the…

Opening Weekend iPhone Numbers: 500,000 Sold, Mostly (Surprise) 8GB Models

Analysts from Piper Jaffray guesstimate that Apple moved around half a million iPhones in the 48 hours from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday. Besides the big-baller number, there are a couple other chewy ones: 95 percent of SF, NY and Minneapolis disciples picked up the 8GB version and about half were new AT&T…

Destroy Your G.I. Joes With Remote-Controlled VS Tanks

Definitely more awesome than Tokyo Wars, VS Tanks feature rotational turrets that fire AirSoft shells, and can go disco with a “super spin” move to bewilder and confuse opponents. On top of the obvious remote control goodness, you can outfit each one with an action cam so you can relive your friend’s humiliating defeat again…

Universal Flexes Muscles, Not Renewing Long Term iTunes Music Contract

Just as Apple was riding high on the iPhone, Ferris Bueller style in a parade of fans and media alike, Universal Music plans to throw a knee into Jobs and Co.’s collective crotch. Universal Music Group will supposedly tell Apple that they will not be renewing a long term contract for iTunes music, instead going…

iPhone Battery Life Not Even Close to Rated Specs?

Take this with a grain of salt, until more tests come in. WirelessInfo, the site that does 15,000 word cellphone reviews just finished testing the iPhone’s battery life while talking and browsing, and it’s not looking even close to the rated specs, or the other phones in that battery life chart that Apple published. 4…

iPhone Ringtones Kind of Bother Me (Video)

Not only are we kept from using AAC or even nude MP3 files for ringtones, we’re stuck with a list of mostly bad ringtones. (I did find one I like, and it’s not the one from the Macworld Keynote.) We can’t even buy new ringtones, although iTunes 7.3 seems to have functionality for this hidden…

Is Anyone buying the 4GB iPhone?

I’ve never been into Video on iPods, but the iPhone’s screen is huge, prompting me to convert some DVDs and buy some TV shows on iTunes. I want video on this thing. And so, I find myself already filling up the 8GB model all the way. Especially when system files take up 700MB right off…

Four iPhones Per Person at Apple Stores

The two-iPhones-per-person rule instituted for people who lined up on launch day? Out the window. You can now buy four iPhones in the SF store, and possibly even more depending on how your local Apple store operates. Go nuts, but don’t expect much for them if you’re eBaying. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-ebay-and-craigslist-watch-its-a-buyers-market-274056

iPhone Bluetooth Does Nothing But Calls

Remember way back in 2004, when Verizon Wireless introduced Motorola’s V710 with “crippled” Bluetooth? Headset pairing worked, but there were no file-transfer options and other extended features. People literally sued in protest. Well, as you probably know, the scales of justice never tipped. In the past three years, most Bluetooth phones sold by carriers in…

No Video Output on iPhone

It’s official: your older video iPod can duplicate many of the features of Apple TV, but the iPhone specifically cannot. There is no capacity for outputting video, via Apple dock, cable or third-party accessory. This means that the iPhone will not be a direct competitor to the Apple TV (good news for Apple, perhaps). It…