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I give our fighting forces a hard time, sometimes, but it’s not because I think they are all babykiller jugheads (which is too bad, because I hate babies). In fact, one of the worst things I can think of is fighting for your country and taking a bullet or worse, then lying in a combat…
Reader Alex Nobert points out something disturbing in Liebermann’s new advertisements. That must be a very close family. Look – Launch Ad [Go-L] Related LiebermannWatch 2004 [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/liebermannwatch-2004-18493
One of my favorite things about New York is the perpetual discovery of new things that were right under my nose. Case in point: Tubesville, a local shop owned by Blackie Pagano that specializes in custom-built tube amplifiers and hi-fi systems, including the one-offs of the Noise Outlaw Audiodesign series, a set of bespoke audio…
So we knew Motorola’s new V710 was going to be hitting Verizon Wireless sometime in August, but internal documents reveal the exact date will be the 11th (and by internal documents I mean a PDF on their site, so peruse away.) Pricing looks about standard for a phone in this range: $420 at full retail;…
I haven’t heard a lot about these Lluon PCs — and unfortunately their Korean-language site is in Flash, which breaks the ‘fish — but it looks like they’re making some fairly attractive PCs and monitors, if shiny white plastic gets you going. The “All In One” in particular [pictured] is v. v. hot, even if…
I’m in the market for a new flat-panel monitor, so Trusted Reviews’ eight-way 20- and 21-inch flat-panel comparison was right up my alley — at least until I realized it was, like, 1902913 pages long. So unless you’re into the total nitty gritty of flat-panel testing, ignore all their hard work and skip to the…
Korea-based iAudio (whose products sell in the West under the Cowon and JetAudio brands) has released a new flash MP3 player model, the U2, which is slightly smaller than a lighter, but is still available in sizes up to one gigabyte. All the other goodies we’ve come to expect from flash players are there, too…
Alright, team, it looks like it’s time to get to work. Libermann/Go-L Computers has released their “all new” batch of “groundbreaking” laptop and desktop PCs, including the “world’s first PCI-Express Notebook Computer,” an updated 17″ Hollywood Gold XPress. I almost hate to give them the publicity, but it’s just so much fun to find out…
Moviegoing experience has told me that Sony’s recently established “Intelligence Dynamics Laboratory” isn’t a good idea. Sony has set a goal – the creation of a realistic conversation partner robot in five years. Mr. Doui, father of the Aibo, has even been brought in, along with 350 computers to “compute 1 trillion calculations per second.”…
What has a 23.3 gigabyte capacity, is blue, uses cartridge based discs, and is “to replace DVD-RAM”? It’s not Blu-Ray, and it’s not HD-DVD. Stumped? It’s “Professional Disc for DATA,” one of Sony’s attempts at taking a piece of the next generation optical media market. This Buffalo drive isn’t the first PDfD drive (Sony launched…
Vertex Link will release the feature-laden “MediaWiz HD,” another one of those spiffy network AV players that connects to a PC (sorry Mac) to play your DivX files and such back on your home theater system. The all-business MediaWiz HD isn’t called “HD” for no reason. With the addition of a new decoder, it can…
Product Highlights • New School Track Lighting [MoCoLoCo] • TW Launches Road Runner Premium Cable [SpeedGuide] • RetroPad USB Controllers, incl. DIY Kit [SealieComputing] • Dell Inspiron 700m iBook Fighter [Dell] • First Flash Lite Phone [Macromedia] • Push Email for Treo [MyTreo] • Full Color Sony NAVITUS Remote Control [Smarthome] • Clamp Camera Mount…
Reader Alex Dunne sends this picture of this modified monster Segway, apparently used by a company called “All Star Entertainment” to promote their parties that include, among other things, Segway rental. That sounds like the worst party ever. Read – Company Page [AllStarFun]
Averatec added another low-end but interesting laptop to its lineup today, the 6200 Series, which along with all the standard flavor (including the rare but decent Athlon XP-M processor at the core), the biggest highlight of the “mobile theater” machine is the ability to play DVDs and CDs on the unit without actually powering up…
Researchers in the Säo Paulo University’s Physics Department have successfully connected a group of 11 neurons from a blue crab’s mouth parts to a computer, allowing them to control the movements of the crabs mouth parts via electrical signals. By learning more about how to replicate the function of the crustaceans’ neurons, the researchers hope…
Infosync has some hinkfo about another one of the phones announced by Motorola this week, the A780, a Linux-based handset that will run on EDGE (new wireless broadband fastness) networks. And while it’s full-featured as anything — 1.3-megapixel camera, gostosa! — the most interesting thing about the A780 is its screen. Through a hole in…
It’s a whole two days old, but I still hadn’t seen this story in The Times about Toyota’s new patent for vehicles, specifically cars, with feelings. By using a variety of color lights, moving ‘eyebrows,’ and varying the ride-height, the inventors aim to not only allow the car to express itself to its operator —…
You know, I just… I’m fine with this. The Bluetooth SIG, the organization that guides and promotes the wireless standard of the same name, has selected American-born Teutonic superstar David Hasselhoff — promoted as “Hassle the Hoff,” which presumably means something kinky, involving hair, perhaps — to be the next spokesperson for the group in…
Now I’m sure you’ll correct me if I’m wrong, but do any of the current movie download services offer their wares in DivX format? Because if not, where exactly does Samsung, when detailing its plans to upgrade some of its DVD player firmware to support DivX, intend its customers to get the files that “can…
When you give teenagers a bunch of Lego, nine times out of ten your going to end up with a leaky Lego bong that they try to seal up with the shellac from the garage, and you’re going to have to take them to the hospital after they inhale still-toxic-even-if-water-filtered fumes. But on that tenth…