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Bacteria naturally turn carbon dioxide into methane gas over billions of years. Now Japanese researchers want to give that process a speed boost, to help counter global warming and create some much-needed natural gas. Agence France-Presse reports that Japan hopes to reduce the transformation period from billions to about 100 years. The researchers at the…
Amongst the deluge of mediocre CES product updates this week, let’s take a breather here with this eco-friendly Design Hara home theater PC. It comes in cypress and rose wood options, and the front cover is encased with sheep’s leather. There are no details on just how much this’ll set you back, but doesn’t it…
Because of its super-compact size, DLP Pico projectors are ideal to cram into all kinds of gadgets. Texas Instruments is doing just that by applying it’s new Pico WVGA resolution chipset into everything from cellphones to digital cameras. It’s not the first digital camera with a projector, but the prototype developed by TI and Asia…
So much for that May/June 2009 release date. ASUS has just confirmed that the Eee Keyboard PC, which wowed us at last year’s CES, will go on sale next month for something between $500 – $600. https://gizmodo.com/asus-eee-keyboard-pc-should-arrive-in-may-or-june-for-5163636 That’s around the same price point we originally thought, but the delay is a bit ridiculous. Still, it’s…
A big ol’ chart from AT&T: Wireless data ballooned more between the second and third quarter of 2009 than most of 2006 and 2007 combined, or close to 7000 percent over the last couple years. That’s a little crazy. So much data.
The “Apple Gestapo” may be ruthless about hunting down leaks, but they don’t shake down every employee with access to sensitive information. As one former Apple Marketing Manager describes, some employees are instructed to engage in “controlled leaks.” https://gizmodo.com/apple-gestapo-how-apple-hunts-down-leaks-5427058 According to John Martellaro, the former exec, the Wall Street Journal’s recent scoop on the Apple…
The Cell processor that runs the show on Toshiba’s new Cell TV is usually found in high-end PCs (and most notably the PS3). Now it’s invading your living room, bringing real-time 2D to 3D conversion hype with it. It’s not Toshiba’s first go-round with the Cell, but these two new Cell TV series are the…
3M only updated their pico projector range last August, claiming it was their “second generation” model. Meet their third-gen pico: the MPro150. The resolution is still just VGA quality, but there’s now 1GB of internal storage. https://gizmodo.com/the-3m-mpro120-its-about-time-pico-projectors-grew-up-5346266 There aren’t as many changes between the MPro120 and the MPro150, though the lamp is now 15-lumens. A…
One day, some people sat around a table trying to come up with a name for their new product. And they all decided on Ear Vibe, and thought it was a good idea. And the products they attached this beautifully horrible name to? Vibrating fucking headphones. Yes, these bad boys will vibrate to the music…
Powerline network solutions have been getting better and better, with Belkin’s Powerline HD claiming the current speed title—and Monster is now claiming the top of the line. When it works (and that’s not necessarily something you should assume), power line communication basically lets you use your home’s electrical system as a wired network, which is…
Whoa. This summer we were pretty excited about Vudu bringing Rotten Tomatoes to connected LG hardware. Take that excitement, add hardware from Mitsubishi, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba, and Vizio, and multiply it by hundreds of services and you’ve got Vudu Apps. https://gizmodo.com/vudu-streaming-goes-live-on-lg-bd390-with-added-rotte-5380456 For months, Vudu has been steadily strengthening its stable of services, rolling out Wikipedia,…
AT&T’s still rolling with Palm, eventually, along with Android. Is that what Palm’s announcing tomorrow? AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega says they’re going to have two webOS phones—revamped Pre and Pixi?
Look at all those apps people are downloading. On our network. Man, so many apps! Okay, I’ll let AT&T’s very orange PowerPoint tell the story. You would think AT&T’s an app company, not a phone company. Well, I guess that’s sort of the case. Though, I’d sure like a phone company sometimes. Aaaaaaaaaaapppppppppppsssssssssss.
AT&T’s announced an SDK for the BREW platform, which is available today over at sdk.developer.att.com under the blazing headline ‘Apps for All.’ As they say: “Apps for ALL is AT&T’s plan to get the development community’s help to create cool, innovative applications for the two-thirds of devices on our network that are not smart phones…
If one good thing has come from this, it’s that button manufacturer stocks should go up, up, up! The Mad Catz line of USB Cyborg mice feature adjustable ergonomics/weights, DPIs up to 5600 and prices that peak at $130. That said, I still have no clue what half of the bolts, buttons and plugs on…
Interactive Toy Concepts has followed up last year’s popular Duck Hunter infrared shooting game with a skeet version that fires off three plastic disks. https://gizmodo.com/live-action-duck-hunter-review-briefly-satisfies-the-u-5378126 Since the prototype at CES was not in working condition, there is no way of telling how far or how high the launcher can fire, or how you will score…
Boy, that Satoru Iwata has been awfully mouthy recently. In addition to sounding off about the next DS having a motion sensor, he also told Asahi that it’ll have a higher-resolution screen. A HIGH DEFINITION screen. https://gizmodo.com/next-gen-nintendo-ds-will-have-some-kind-of-motion-dete-5441263 Upgrading the 256 x 192 DS, the next DS incarnation—after the DSi XL—will have a 1024 x 768…
Some editorial teams might wilt at the lack of seating in the Venetian’s press room; your faithful editors instead hunker under the closest faux-gilt Italian furniture. Meeting executives may be awkward, as we ask they bring their own chair.
AT&T’s first Android phones are official. A set of five from Motorola, Dell and HTC. • A Motorola smartphone, powered by MOTOBLUR, with a unique form factor and an AT&T exclusive • Dell’s first smartphone, based on the Android platform and an AT&T exclusive • A HTC smartphone, based on the Android platform, and an…
Coming from the womb of Philips’ Research Labs, Liquavista is working on a full color ereader. Specifications aren’t offered as yet, but you can tell by the picture above that it’s very much angled at magazine and newspaper reading. Building upon their LiquavistaBright platform, the new reader uses their LiquavistaColor technology for that full color…