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After Xbox 360’s Project Natal, Sony is also adding their own motion controller to the PS3, aptly named The PlayStation Motion Controller. It’s the best motion control demo that we have ever seen, but it may be arriving a little too late. https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-project-natal-full-body-motion-control-one-up-5274319 The sampling of the motion is 1 to 1, extremely accurate and…
If you are anything like me, remembering where you parked your car in a crowded lot requires entirely too much brainpower. The Ecco GPS can help you with that problem in a keychain-sized unit. Keep in mind that the Ecco does not work like a traditional GPS—instead of finding new locations, it is designed to…
Since you can’t get your hands on the spanking new toys being announced today at E3 yet, we’ve got other toys for you to pick up, including all-sized HDTVs, tons of cheap video games, touchscreen tablets and lots more. https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-psp-go-5275966 Computers and Peripherals: • Lenovo G530 15.4″ Laptop with Dual Core Processor, 3GB RAM, 250GB…
A week after Psystar filed for Chapter 11, a company called Quo has stepped in hoping to offer unauthorized Mac machines online and in a retail store near Downtown LA. https://gizmodo.com/psystar-files-for-bankruptcy-5270448 This comes despite the failure of Psystar and the fact that there are several options out there for DIY hackintoshing. Nonetheless, the website is…
The PSP Go! is official and it looks great. Check out the features of what could potentially be a Nintendo DS—and iPod Touch—killer, along with the Playstation and Media Go store. https://gizmodo.com/psp-go-leaked-slider-with-16gb-of-flash-storage-and-bl-5273203 Technical features • 3.8-inch LCD screen. • Sliding control pad. • 16GB internal flash storage. • Wi-Fi. • Bluetooth. • M2 Memory Stick…
We didn’t overhear this, but sometimes Apple Mac OS X built-in dictionary’s unmitigated pearls of wisdom are too good to ignore. Beavers, idiots, idiot beavers, idiots’ beavers: Beware.
Microsoft announced that Windows 7 would be “generally available” on October 22, according to a Dow Jones news report. UPDATED with confirmation by Microsoft. Bill Veghte, SVP of the Windows business, is quoted as saying: “We feel confident that we will deliver Windows 7 with our partners on Oct. 22.” Does this mean it appears…
Sony’s E3 press conference is about to start, and we’re here waiting to see what they’ll announce. PSP Go!? PS3 Slim? Who knows?! We’re starting now. Archive below: 11:00 AM ON JUN 2 2009 Mark Wilson: We just cabbed it across LA, and we’re at the Shrine Auditorium, ready to liveblog Sony’s press conference. Wow…
DigiLife’s DDV-JF1 pocket camcorder rocks mostly the same features as other mini-cams like the Flip HD, including 720p recording and a 2.5-inch LCD. But it’s got a trick up its sleeve—a 640×360 pico projector built right in. No word on price or availability yet, though. [Engadget]
Toshiba’s NB205, similar to the NB200 available in the UK, will be coming to the US, and given Laptop Mag’s glowing recommendation as possibly “the best netbook yet,” we’ve got reason to be excited. https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-mini-nb200-netbook-includes-fat-9-cell-battery-5223369 It’ll feature the same specs as the NB205: LED-backlit 10.1-inch screen, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, full-sized keyboard, and Intel’s…
Some news at the Nintendo E3 conference at last: The Wii Vitality Sensor. It tracks your pulse. I’m sure it will have millions of fun applications. Seriously Nintendo, really? What are they going to do with this thing? Probably tie it to Wii Fit and some other games that would monitor your heart rate to…
During and interview with mocoNews, T-Mobile’s CTO Cole Brodman confirmed that a second Android phone would be coming sometime in “the next few weeks.” Brodman went on to say that “We’ll have multiple new Android devices-from multiple partners-this year.” So it is still up in the air whether or not the second phone will be…
Did you know that the Best Buy in Westbank, LA, will have 24 Palm Pre cellphones when it launches. Or that the Burbank, CA, store will have 16? Now you can check your nearest store yourself. If you are looking to get a Palm Pre before anyone else, this may be one of the best…
We see PC guts stuffed into vessels not normally associated with technology all the time, but they’re always the product of a bored hacker, tinkering away in his free time. This PC-in-a-vase, however, was designed by ECS, a little-known but assuredly real company. It’s actually not a bad little system for a low-powered (some would…
One of the early surprises of Computex was this delightful little Android netbook from ASUS, based on the ultra-efficient Snapdragon platform. Acer has since responded with a full-throated commitment to Android netbooks, but now ASUS is backing off. https://gizmodo.com/asus-demos-snapdragon-based-eee-pc-with-android-5273723 Addressing questions about the device, Asustek’s chairman said: Frankly speaking, the first question, I would like…
Nintendo’s E3 press conference hasn’t even started, and they’ve already slammed Sony. Impressive! The conference kicks off at 9AM PT—noon ET—but our liveblog is getting fired up now. Besides the New Wii Fit Motion Music Plus New Play Super 64, what do you want to see? https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-points-the-way-to-e3-with-trademarks-wii-fit-p-5271187 Archive below: 7:47 AM ON JUN 2 2009…
The original Xbox launched in November 2001, with the Xbox 360 following just four years later, the shortest console cycle ever. The four-year anniversary of the 360 is five months away, but yesterday Microsoft proclaimed that “the future of home entertainment has a new name: Xbox 360.” Huh. It became remarkably clear today that Microsoft…
The sad news yesterday was an A330-200 going down in the Atlantic. Here you can see an extremely detailed video showing its cockpit, with every single knob, button, indicator, and screen. Just watching it makes my head spin. [Flight Global]
Acer has finally made an honest product of its Aspire Timeline, so to speak, and Intel’s brand-new ULV processors, designed for precisely these kinds of laptops, make a surprise appearance, pulling the base price down to $599, from $699. https://gizmodo.com/intel-t9900-core-2-duo-notebook-processor-breaks-the-3g-5275046 The rest of the info is largely unchanged from our first look at this early…
If you’ve really got to have that authentic panicky feeling you get due to extreme turbulence and testy wind conditions, Logitech’s new Force Feedback Flight System is probably just the controller for you. Make no mistake, this is one hardcore setup. Let’s take a look at the parts included in the system. The joystick features…