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GE’s New DECT 6.0 Phones Offer Integrated GOOG-411 Key

Fans of the word “free” who just happen to have a landline and are too lazy to manually dial GOOG-411 will undoubtedly be thrilled with GE’s updated lineup of DECT 6.0 phones. Thanks to a partnership between Thomson and Google, over a dozen of these new phones will have one-button access to Google’s free 411…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 3

Road to CES: Gadgets, Gadgets and Gadgets

If you’ve been checking up on us in the past couple of days, you’ll notice that we’ve been doing big dumps of gadget posts all in a row, often from the same company. There’s a reason for that: embargoes. You see, companies want their CES news to hit all at once—some of them before CES,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 3

HydroPak Fuel Cell to Debut at CES 2008

The Skinny: The HydroPak replaces batteries and generators with cartridges that can sit on the shelf for ages, activated with water for 12 hours of power. They’re quiet with zero emissions, and each $20 dry cartridge cranks out a lot more than any battery can—400 Watts through an AC outlet and two USB ports. The…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 3

Garmin Forerunner 405 Watch is Packed With Awesome Features for Healthy Types

The Skinny: Garmin takes a giant leap forward over the Forerunner 50 with their new 405 sports watch. Unlike its predecessor, this baby includes GPS and the ability for users to wirelessly sync with a PC using ANT+Sport technology. https://gizmodo.com/garmin-forerunner-50-slim-sports-watch-records-mileage-287397 Athletic types can record data regarding speed, distance, heart rate and location as well as…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 3

Garmin Mobile PC and GPS 20x Dongle Turns Your Laptop into a Garmin GPS

The Skinny: Garmin’s Mobile PC, a software suite that provides Garmin’s GPS capabilities on your laptop with any GPS receiver. It’s available by itself for $59, but if you want a more integrated approach, you can buy it with the Garmin GPS 20x sensor (USB dongle) for $99. Both will be available in April. Both…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 3

Corsair Brings 32GB Flash Drives, College Students Get Excited

We’ve been using an 8GB to tote around our critical data (Futurama episodes), but Corsair’s 32GB USB flash drives can carry four times as much Fry and Bender on the go. The two drives, Voyager and Survivor, will be retailing for $229 and $249 each—not a bad price for this much storage. The Voyager is…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 3

Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed, a $50K Magic Carpet of Gadgety Delights

This Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed by Leggett & Platt looks like the crib of the century, and we’re not even finished with the first decade yet. First of all, it keeps an eye on what you’re doing all night long, diagnosing your movement and breathing patterns, and even sensing that buzz-saw snoring that keeps…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 3

Westinghouse Goes Wireless with Ultrawideband Pulse-LINK HDTV

Westinghouse is jumping into the wireless TV business with partner Pulse-LINK to unveil an ultrawideband HDTV in the second quarter of next year. Using Pulse-LINK’s wireless HDMI system, a highbandwidth Blu-ray or HD DVD signal can be streamed through an invisible pipeline of up to 500 Mbps at 8 feet, or 115 Mbps at 40…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 3

Olympus LS-10 PCM Stereo Recorder Is a Studio in Your Pocket

Got a guitar for Christmas and plan on becoming the next Bob Dylan? Spring $400 on this little pocket recorder, and you just might. This mean-looking stereo recorder from Olympus weighs 5.8 ounces and can track stereo 24-bit 96kHz linear PCM uncompressed, so you get essentially everything the built-in microphones can pick up. It can…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 3

Olevia to Roll Out New Line of 120Hz/1080p LCDs at CES 2008

Syntax-Brillian’s 47″ Olevia LCD (pictured here) is riding high on the kudos it got from Wired, and now the company builds on those laurels with a line of LCD displays with 120Hz technology along with 1080p resolution. Olivia is doing a full-blown rollout of the line, with five sizes from 42 inches to 65 inches.…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 3

Smartparts Shows Giant 32-Inch Digital Picture Frame

We’ve seen big digital picture frames before, but Smartparts takes the prize for biggest one yet: a 32-inch digital picture frame that’ll be rolling out at CES 2008. The 16:9 LCD panel has a resolution of 1366×768, which might look pretty good if you don’t get too close. It has another neat twist, the ability…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 3

OpenMoko Launches Neo FreeRunner Open-Source Smartphone for the Masses

OpenMoko today announced the Neo FreeRunner, a mass-market version of the Neo 1973 open-source phone, and will be showing it off at CES next week. The phone will have the same “overall look and feel” as the developers’ product, but it has a faster 500MHz processor, 3D graphics, and a new lineup of open-source mobile…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 3

HP MediaSmart Receiver x280N Doubles As HD Media Center Extender

If you lack the wherewithal to afford one of HP’s dandy new MediaSmart TVs, you can get the next best thing, a $300 HP x280N MediaSmart Receiver for your plain old non-connected HDTV. https://gizmodo.com/hp-mediasmart-sl4282n-and-sl4782n-hdtv-with-media-cente-339899 It runs HP’s own MediaSmart interface and can download movies from CinemaNow (with help from a PC), but it also has…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 3

Lenovo U110 Ultraportable IdeaPad Notebook

The Skinny: Lenovo’s launching their IdeaPad Notebook line and they’ve got textured magnesium covers, 11.1-inch widescreen, SSD options, weigh 2.5 pounds, have a 1.3mp camera, touch sensitive multimedia controls and face recognition biometric logins. And Santa Rosa chips. Thinkpad heritage FTW. The Catch:No ultraportable can be called great without an LED backlight.

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 3

Hitachi’s 500GB Notebook Hard Drive Turns Your Laptop Into an Ultimate eBook Reader

Hitachi’s upping the notebook 2.5-inch storage game to the 500GB level, which means that you’ll have much, much more space to store all your eBooks and comics to take with you on the go. The Travelstar 5K500 will be available in 400GB or 500GB models, and have optional Bulk Data Encryption for drive-level security. It…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 3

HP Updates MediaSmart Server, Adds Linux-Powered mv2120 Media Vault

The Skinny: The mv2120 Media Vault, a junior Linux-based server with the Photo Webshare and iTunes server functionality of its big brother but a much lower cost. (They’ll start at $300.) As for the big guy, he’s getting some much needed updates come February, including server-side anti-virus software from McAfee; improved media streaming to Media…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 3

Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 and Y510 Laptops Have Facial Recognition, Touch Controls, Frameless Screens

You’d think that most companies are going down the cheap, low-end laptop route (Eee PC) in order to differentiate themselves and bring in more customers, but Lenovo is one brand that still focuses on shoving in as many features as possible. Their IdeaPad Y710 and Y510 laptops are focused at both entertainment and general-use users,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 3

Netflix and LG Bring Netflix Movie Streaming to TVs

Netflix’ movie streaming is fine if you’re OK with watching movies on your computer, but LG’s planning on integrating hardware into their TVs to allow you to watch those same films in your living room. The NYT says LG and Netflix have reached a deal to be announced at CES to allow integration via its…

Movies Jason Chen Jan 2

Belkin FlyWire Wireless Video Cable Does 1080p Across Nothin’

We saw this Belkin wireless high definition video streamer in a blurry shot, but had little clue what it was. Months ago, we saw an impressive demo by Amimon of true HD over wireless, up to 1080p using a standard called WHDI, but it was nothing more than parts you couldn’t buy. No more. Belkin…

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 2

Pioneer Bragging About its “World’s Thinnest” Plasma HDTV at CES 2008

Big TV wars have gone on for ages, but the Thin TV wars are just starting up. I just found out that Pioneer is making a 9mm thick HD Plasma TV which it planned to reveal at CES 2008, but was inadvertently leaked by the BBC earlier this week (story now down). Those dimensions mean…

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 2

GE’s New DECT 6.0 Phones Offer Integrated GOOG-411 Key

Road to CES: Gadgets, Gadgets and Gadgets

HydroPak Fuel Cell to Debut at CES 2008

Garmin Forerunner 405 Watch is Packed With Awesome Features for Healthy Types

Garmin Mobile PC and GPS 20x Dongle Turns Your Laptop into a Garmin GPS

Corsair Brings 32GB Flash Drives, College Students Get Excited

Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed, a $50K Magic Carpet of Gadgety Delights

Westinghouse Goes Wireless with Ultrawideband Pulse-LINK HDTV

Olympus LS-10 PCM Stereo Recorder Is a Studio in Your Pocket

Olevia to Roll Out New Line of 120Hz/1080p LCDs at CES 2008

Smartparts Shows Giant 32-Inch Digital Picture Frame

OpenMoko Launches Neo FreeRunner Open-Source Smartphone for the Masses

HP MediaSmart Receiver x280N Doubles As HD Media Center Extender

Lenovo U110 Ultraportable IdeaPad Notebook

Hitachi’s 500GB Notebook Hard Drive Turns Your Laptop Into an Ultimate eBook Reader

HP Updates MediaSmart Server, Adds Linux-Powered mv2120 Media Vault

Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 and Y510 Laptops Have Facial Recognition, Touch Controls, Frameless Screens

Netflix and LG Bring Netflix Movie Streaming to TVs

Belkin FlyWire Wireless Video Cable Does 1080p Across Nothin’

Pioneer Bragging About its “World’s Thinnest” Plasma HDTV at CES 2008

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