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As far as functionality is concerned, Microsoft’s wireless Arc keyboard is fairly standard. However, the crazy, warped design is what really makes it stand out. “The design tenets that we looked to for the Arc Keyboard were simplicity and crisp softness, creating an aesthetic for this product that is casual and sophisticated at the same…
You’re going to be seeing Intel’s latest iteration of high-powered processors popping up all over the place soon—specifically, more than 400 PC platform designs and 200 embedded devices. Time to meet your next computer’s guts: Intel is announcing 27 new Core processors in total, covering the mobile, desktop, and embedded chips developed with Intel’s new…
Fresh outta Evolution Robotics is Mint, an automated vaccuum with a difference, the difference being that it uses Swiffer’s cleaning cloths to dry. Oh, and the $250 machine is good in corners – rather like Jennifer Gray in Dirty Dancing. Mint dusts and mops using the Dry and Wet Cloths of Swiffer (not to be…
Owners of the EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 7D can now wirelessly beam photos from their camera to the computer with the WFT-E2 II A Wireless File Transmitter, WFT-E4 II A Wireless File Transmitter or WFT-E5A Wireless File Transmitter (respectively). Can also be used to fire up to 10 cameras simultaneously.…
According to Alex Kipman, chief developer of Project Natal. It’s a result of Microsoft gathering “terabytes” of data of gaming postures. Must have been fun for the researchers. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-confirms-xbox-natal-to-ship-holiday-2010-5441994 [Tech Radar UK]
Strangely enough, I saw this, and my first thought was “hmmm, can he rewind the tapes with his tongue.” Then I wondered how to escape from a man who can eat your head in one chomp. [Fuckyeahdementia via Obsolete]
It had to happen: The Nexus One got knifed in the name of science, love, and pancakes. Because if a pancake could talk on a cellphone, it would use a Nexus One to call the maple syrup. I know, I don’t even know where the pancake came from. For some reason this made me hungry.…
Anyone who owns a dolphin trained to detect underwater mines might be interested in Matthieu Baele’s rechargeable stove idea. Anyone who’s got a retired dolphin trained to, etc, etc, might want to re-educate it to do the cooking at home. The Stoov consists of an electromagnet with a heating element, all covered in heat-resistant rubber,…
HTC’s laying its cards down with a phone called “Smart” for Europe and Asia, which runs on Qualcomm’s BREW platform. As BREW is cheap for the manufacturer, I’m willing to bet the Smart will be cheap for the consumer too. Running on BREW, it’s actually been painted with HTC’s Sense interface which as you know,…
The enTourage eDGe dualbook has been officially ushered in at CES, along with the news it’ll be on sale in February for $490. It’s the world’s first dualbook, which translates as an ereader, tablet, notepad and PMP. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-entourage-edge-5427913 The dual-screen enTourage eDGe sounds more than decent, for anyone considering either an ereader, tablet PC or…
There are times in which a single technical development turns the world upside down, fast-forwarding humans to a new era. The wheel, the printer, the steam machine, the combustion engine, the plane, the transistor, and now, Table Top Pong. [EvilMadScientist]
No one wants to carry a phone, camera, mp3 player, and a BlackBerry. The new Nokia N900 is a 5 megapixel camera, a portable media player, and a Maemo mobile Internet device all in one. Full specs after the jump. The Nokia N900 has up to 32 GB internal storage, a touch screen and side-slide…
For all the good things that leviathan Samsung comes up with, they have to spoil it somehow. Now, I’m not saying that the tech behind this ID card is teh bad, but it’s the principle. Winston Smith, where are you? The idea consists of an ID card with an AMOLED display that looks normal until…
Toshiba may’ve entered the netbook market later than most, but I was really impressed with their latest NB205 model. Adding to that range, the NB300 and NB305 have 11-hour battery lives and Intel’s new Pine Trail Atom chip. https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-releases-their-obligatory-netbook-5051651 That 11-hour life is thanks to the 6-cell battery, and the Atom N450 processor. At 10.1-inches…
Jabra, suppliers of goods to people who like to jibba jabba, has launched a pair of of gizmos that use Noise Blackout technology to cut out annoying non-verbal umska when you’re on the move. Cruiser, above, and Extreme, below. https://gizmodo.com/jabra-stone-the-time-when-bluetooth-got-self-aware-5385317 Both devices use a pair of microphones each, digital signal processing and automatic volume control…
If you’re looking for the definitive comparison table between the Google Nexus One, Apple iPhone 3GS, Motorola Droid, and Palm Pre, here you have it. From storage capacity to price to plans. Guess who wins (you’ll probably be wrong). My impression is that nobody clearly wins. Each of these phones have their own strengths and…
Dear Sony, if you unveil too many wanky products at CES, then we’ll go blind.
ATI continues pressing the 3-month lead it has over Nvidia’s next-gen Fermi architecture with another set of DirectX 11-supporting graphics cards—this time for notebooks, with the Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series. Preview benchmarks show the top-of-the-line 5870 wiping the floor with Nvidia’s topper, the GTX 280M. [AMD, Anandtech]
Olympus is debuting new cameras at CES this year. Well, what did you expect—Zeus and Co. coming down from the peak to sing a version of Doncha Wish Your Girlfriend Was A God Like Me, whilst smashing plates? There are a bunch of different types (you can tell I’m trying to get these up as…
What would happen if Angelina Jolie and Chalize Theron had a baby with Megan Fox, Monica Belucci, and twelve hot actresses? I don’t know if this would be the result, but I’d like to watch them try. [Thanks David Keyes]
