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Two new external CD-RW drives, one with FireWire and the other with both FireWire and USB 2.0, that can burn at 52x from Other World Computing. That means it should take about a minute and a half to burn a full-length CD. Read
Brighthand looks at Graffiti 2, the new handwriting text entry software for the Palm operating system that’s based on CIC’s Jot software, explaining the reasons for the switch and the advantages and disadvantages of the new software. Read
Guns are all but banned in Germany, but enterprising youths are building their own bazookas out of piping and masking tape that shoot potatoes rather than ordnance. Apparently these potato projectiles are almost as dangerous as real bullets, and can take a person’s head off from 15 meters away. As a result they’re being banned…
Reader Matt Hagerty writes in that maybe there is a 40GB iPod in the works: Behind the scenes footage of the Pepsi Twist Super Bowl commercial has Jack Osbourne and Donny Osmond discussing their iPods. Donny has a 20 gig iPod while Jack claims to have a 40 gig iPod…. Check out episode 2: Battle…
Also new from Sony, a fingerprint recognition module that fits into a slot for a Memory Stick. The only problem: most Memory Stick slots don’t leave the part where the fingerprint reader is located on the module exposed. Maybe someone should have checked into that. Read
Apple isn’t used to playing catch up when it comes to the iPod and innovation, but Creative is about to best them with a new version of the Nomad Jukebox Zen, its iPod clone, that comes with a 40GB hard drive. Can a 40GB iPod be too far behind? Read [Translated from Japanese using Babelfish]
New portable 20GB storage drive from Vosonic called the X’S Drive II, which comes with slots for six different types of memory cards: Compact Flash, Microdrive, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Secure Digital, and MultiMediaCard. These are handy if you’re on vacation and want to take tons of digital photos and not have to…
A new four megapixel digital camera from Sony that has built-in Bluetooth, so you can wirelessly transfer photos to your Bluetooth-enabled PC or Pocket PC for storage. The DSX-FX77 is only out in Japan at the moment. Read [Translated from Japanese using Babelfish]
Obviously designed to compete with those new PCs that run Windows XP Media Center Edition, the iBox Falcon Lindows Media Computer from iDOT, which runs a version of Linux designed to run Windows software, retails for just $329. Curiously the iBox lacks the hardware and software to function like a TiVo, which is one of…
Apple is adding a third monitor to its lineup of LCD monitors. The widescreen 20″ Cinema Display joins 17″ and 23″ models, and has a resolution of 1680×1050 pixels. Read
Envy News gives a big thumbs up to EasyDisk’s new portable 20GB EasyHardDisk, which connects via USB 2.0 and is just 16mm thick. Read
For some reason this week everybody has decided to publish a guide to wireless. LAN Addict has one of their own, this one covering Bluetooth and everything you’d ever want to know about it. Read
The T68i from Sony Ericsson, which has a color screen, Bluetooth, and uses GPRS for surfing the Web and sending emails, text messages, and multimedia messages, and comes with a digital camera attachment, is free over at Amazon with new service activation. Amazon
And for those who are sticking a little closer to home, ExtremeMHz has a guide adding a Pocket PC to your wireless network. Read
For the serious wardriver: CNET’s guide to how to find wireless Internet access points just about anywhere. Read
The sound on laptops is notoriously atrocious, but there’s a new box from M-Audio called the Sonica Theater that lets you add 7.1 channel, 24-bit/96KHz digital surround sound to any laptop. Read
Speaking of Gibson’s new guitar that comes with an Ethernet port, Todd Levy writes in to point out the Variax from Line 6, a guitar with special digital sound modeling technology that’ll make it sound like any number of vintage axes, an acoustic guitar, a banjo, and even a sitar. Now that’s a guitar! Read
The world’s first Tablet PC with a 14 inch screen is coming from Acer later this year, and it’s rumored that it’s going to be priced below $1450. Read
Siemens is showing just how much it doesn’t know about fashion with its new line of not particularly striking cellphones designed to be worn rather than carried in a purse or pocket. The XELIBRI comes out in China, France, Hong Kong, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Spain, and the UK in April, and will be sold mainly…
For just one day only, SMC’s Barricade Wireless Cable/DSL Router is just $49.99 over at Amazon. These list for $205.99. Amazon