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The iPod clones keep coming. The latest is the BA1000 from Bantam Interactive, which comes with a built-in MP3 recorder, so you can record directly from a CD player or turntable without having to use a PC. Comes in a 5GB and a 2GB version, has a built-in FM tuner (that you can record from…
Someone finally has a truly excellent response to the question, “What’s on your iPod?” A researcher at the University of New Hampshire’s Hubbard Center for Genome Studies carries the entire sequence for the human genome around with him on his iPod because it’s quicker than constantly having to copy it from the network. Read Amazon…
Technology marketing firm BigDigit are planning a film festival open only to films created to be watched on cellphones and wireless PDAs. Here a feature length film is considered to be anything upwards of five minutes in length. Takes place at the big CTIA Wireless trade show in New Orleans in March. Read [Via Reiter’s…
Sony is going to use include USB On-The-Go (USB OTG) in future models of its CLIE line of handhelds. USB OTG will mean that you can use PC peripherals like mice and keyboards with your CLIE. USB OTG also can be used to connect non-PC gadgets like PDAs, cellphones, and digital cameras directly to each…
A couple of readers wrote in regarding the WinAmp Remote Control: From Jason Shellen: “The WinAmp controller you linked to is actually a Packard Bell Fast Media Remote. I have 2 of them. It’s a serial device because it was developed for Packard Bell computers made back before the era of USB. Circa 1995. It…
ExtremeMHz review of the OmniView from Belkin, which lets you use the same keyboard, mouse, and monitor setup with multiple computers just by flipping a switch. Of course owning too many computers is a problem most of us would love to have. Read Amazon
A new DVD/CD changer from Sony with space for 301 (!) discs, which is enough to watch a different film each night for ten months straight. The DVP-CX875P also plays DVDs encoded with MP3 files, which works out to 18 months of continuous sound. Read
Lots of new combo gadgets coming out, like the Aiptek Pocket DV2, a digital video recorder plus voice recorder plus webcam plus 1.3 megapixel digital camera. Comes with 16MB of internal RAM, but it has a Compact Flash slot of adding more storage capacity. Read
New version of Casio’s Wrist Camera Watch is out, this one with a 4,096 color display, and a 2x digital zoom lens. The resolution of the pictures is still pretty low: just 176×144 pixels, but it does have a text editor so you can add notes. Read [Thanks, Rauno]
Truly separating us from the British, in a survey by the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Americans picked the toothbrush as the most indispensable invention, beating out the car, the PC, the cellphone, and the microwave. Um, TiVo? Read
Despite rumors that Casio was leaving the Pocket PC business entirely, it appears they have a new model coming out, at least in Japan. The E-3000 has a 400MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 32MB of ROM, and a 3.5″ screen. No word on whether the it’ll ever be released here. Read
Anil Dash loves his new laptop, the widescreen 200A5 from vpr Matrix, which was Gizmodo’s pick for the best of 2002. How long until other manufacturers follow suit and start making their own widescreen laptops? Read
Along with Boing Boing, Slashdot, As the Apple Turns, and C:PIRILLO.EXE, Gizmodo’s been nominated for a Bloggie in the category of Best Computers or Technology Weblog! It’s an honor to be in such good company. Voting began yesterday, and will close at 10PM EST on Friday, January 31st. We’d appreciate your vote! Read
There aren’t usually that many breakthroughs in the windows business, but new windows that can double as televisions and computer monitors debuted at the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas yesterday. The best part is that they’re already controversial, with some in the Builders’ association declaiming them as gimmicks. Can’t we have one International Builders’…
All Microsoft home networking gear is on sale at Amazon, like the Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station (pictured at right), which is $87.99 after rebate. Remember that Amazon referral bonuses are how we keep this site going. Amazon
Phillips has a bunch of new home-theater-in-a-box systems coming out, including one that comes with a DVD recorder, two with Super Audio CD/DVD-Video players, and one with wireless surround-sound speakers. Read
Sean Captain of PC World notes that at CES no fewer than eight companies introduced devices like HP’s Digital Media Receiver which let you wirelessly stream audio and video files off of your PC and on to your stereo or television. One name that’s gone largely unnoticed: Cd3o with its Network MP3 Player (pictured at…
Sony continues to pump out the handhelds, with two new mid-range models, the SJ33 and the SJ22, on the way. The SJ33 (pictured at right) has an unusual (at least for a PDA) glossy black exterior, and will have a color display, 16MB of RAM, and a support MP3 playback, a feature only available in…
New website just for users of Dell’s new Axim line of Pocket PCs. Read
Gadgeteer review of the WinAmp Remote Control, which is designed to be used with the world’s most popular MP3 software player. It’s inexpensive, and looks really handy since more and more people are substituting their PCs for their stereo systems. But bizarrely, it only comes with a serial connector, rather than USB, making it pretty…