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According to Cnet test labs, the Falcon Northwest Mach V is the fastest PC on the planet, beating the Alienware Area-51 ALX. How fast you ask? How about being the first PC ever to hit 60 frames per second running Crysis on the highest graphics preset? Yes. That fast. Cnet says that the Falcon Northwest…
Mobile Edge is expanding on their checkpoint-friendly Scanfast laptop case lineup with products that are designed specifically for women. The “Scanfast for Her” line consists of three product styles: the Onyx ScanFast Briefcase, the Onyx ScanFast Backpack and a redesigned Element Briefcase. The changes are aesthetic, so you will still be getting a TSA compliant…
Humidifiers can be a big help in the cold winter months, but spending $117 on a ‘Lilo and Stitch’-themed version seems a little excessive if you ask me. On the plus side, it is USB powered, and kids would surely love the Disney vibe and the endless variety of juvenile jokes that it inspires. [GeekStuff4U…
At $40,000, this Helicopter FLIR Thermal Imaging System/Infrared Imager may seem a little bit expensive, but when the eBay sellers tells you that “these units are just off a fleet-wide upgrade by a major federal government agency”, the prospect of adding it to your home-made cardboard helicopter or drug-smuggling vehicle looks better and better by…
From designers Pinkwolf, each of these cases has a life-size weapon shaped cunningly into the material of its lid: There’s a knife, an axe, and a revolver. Now as far as we can see they’re just plastic shapes, and an integrated part of each case. But considering the incredible kerfuffle that crazy application of regulations…
Art Lebedev has been teasing us with details about their upcoming Optimus Aux keypad (previously known as the Pultius) for some time now, but it two pieces of evidence have us thinking that a production version will be on its way shortly. Exhibit #1: A final pre-production photo of the keypad in its aluminum case…
The Spongebob SquarePants iPod Dock is surely the result of Nickelodeon executives sitting around a table brainstorming ways to make Spongbob SquarePants even more disgusting. “He could eat human waste,” an exec offered. “We’ll give him a flesh eating disease,” someone else said. “You know, like, another one.”But after weeks of tireless deliberation, the group…
The Zune 3.1 update is available now. It includes some major navigation updates to Zune Social, three free games (Checkers, Sudoku and Space Battle) and “incremental” stability/performance updates to the Zune PC software and Zune firmware. It all sounds like good stuff to us, so go update and succumb to the Sudoku revolution today! [Zune…
Don’t get me wrong, the CupSpeakers were interesting, but if you are looking for a cup-based speaker solution that is a little more tech and a little less ghetto this DIY project should fit the bill. Using a couple of grande-sized coffee cups and a TDA1552Q amplifier chip, you should be able to construct a…
The Sony DR-BT160AS Bluetooth Active Style Headphones popped up on Giz a few months back, and they looked promising if a bit odd, streaming stereo A2DP audio while packing a rechargeable lithium ion battery and a microphone for calls. But we had no pricing or availability information. Now, through the magic of press releases, we…
The Tesla dealership is quiet as a cage of sleeping panthers. A pack of the electric Roadsters, in varying degrees of gray, are strewn across the show floor looking like 120mph standing still. I imagine most of them are waiting for a venture capitalist to pick them up and take them from meeting to meeting…
LG may release some crazy handsets on a global level, but believe it or not, the LG Incite has arrived at AT&T as what could be considered the first full-fledged LG smartphone in the States. And it’s not a bad first showing. The 3G Windows Mobile handset features a 3-inch touchscreen with full virtual keyboard…
So many options to describe this product: “stick your hands up a (USB) monkey for warmth” or “cheat the chills with chimp USB mitts.” I’m sure you can do better. It’s a pair of monkey-shaped USB hand warmers, for when you’re typing in the cold, or you’re a sufferer of chilly hands. They get up…
The Hori Classic Controller isn’t just a Wavebird knockoff for the Wii. It’s a strange amalgamation between the old and new, borrowing the iconic Wavebird formfactor while simultaneously swapping those ridiculous Wavebird controls for the more practical 4-button setup from the SNES/Classic Controller and a pair of dual analog sticks reminiscent of the Xbox 360.…
Times may be hard economically, but you don’t need to give your electronics-DIY enthusiast friend a naff present, thanks to MAKE’s sub-$20 Electronics Gift Guide. In fact, some of the items listed are so neat I’m tempted to gift a couple to myself right now… There’s a DIY battery-powered USB charger kit good for iPhones,…
It’s no secret that Adobe is playing with Flash products on Android, but at the Adobe MAX 2008 developer conference that company showed off Flash Player 10 running on Android (and the T-Mobile G1 phone, of course). As you can see, the implementation isn’t the silky smooth experience we’ve become so accustomed to on our…
Hey, Nintendo-what’s going on here? After a good year or so looking the other way on Wii homebrew (for the most part), now we’ve got two fairly serious brew-killing updates in the last month? Word from the folks at Wiibrew.org is that the latest update, System Menu 3.4, is apparently a doozy when it comes…
The best ideas really are the simplest ones. I don’t want to carry around a 17-inch notebook (does anyone?) and I’m not an accountant, but sometimes I miss the numberpad, like when I’m dropping in a credit card number or doing a stupid Excel spreadsheet, and using two hands to pound digits is just annoying…
The Colussus of Rhodes, one of the original Seven Wonders of the World, is going to be rebuilt as an innovative light sculpture—the “world’s largest light installation” according to its architect. And it’ll be even bigger than the 120-foot original, which was destroyed in an earthquake in 226BC.The new architectural piece will be between 200…
After a Jefferies Group analyst cut Microsoft’s 2009 revenue forecasts, Microsoft’s stock fell to its lowest levels since 1998. The projections were reduced due to “downward pressure on PC unit sales,” not Vista or lawsuits. And indeed, when you study Microsoft’s decline the past few months that’s right in line with the S&P 500, it’s…
