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In case you need a projector for your business, or just want the biggest, awesomest home theater on the block, Sanyo’s new offering is a pretty good bet. The LP-XTC50 uses dual lamps, which gives you a pretty impressive 6,000 hours in alternate lamp mode, and up to 3,000 hours in regular single-lamp mode. It…
Amongst all the election hoopla this past Tuesday, California voters passed a proposition giving the state $10 billion to begin building a high-speed rail between Northern and Southern California. The Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act, or Proposition 1A, opens up a possibility that Californians may see a bullet train traversing between the two…
Can’t wait to get your greasy fingers all over the BlackBerry Storm, especially after the delays that have kept it from our gleaming, gadget-hungry shores? Best Buy is now offering an opportunity for you to make sure it falls into your hands on its release day. For a $50 refundable deposit, you can reserve yourself…
Like the MacBook and MacBook Pro, the new Nvidia-powered MacBook Air also uses hardware-acceleration for H.264 video playback. Benefit: Performance is better (duh), but also important for people who toasted their kibbles ‘n’ bits playing video on the old Air, the new one runs dramatically cooler. One Mac Rumors forum member found that the new…
After being saved by a near-miraculous act of Congress, net radio operators are busy negotiating new rates with royalty-collection mobsters SoundExchange that hopefully won’t put them out of business. Pandora CEO Tim Westergren says that while the final deal isn’t expected until next year, “the hard stuff has been done.” He won’t say what the…
The awesome custom Metal Gear Solid PS3 created by our supremely talented modder buddy Ramon is back on eBay after its previous buyer didn’t pay up, and it’s just as mind-blowing as it was then: Signed by Hideo Kojima, it’s painted with carbon fiber and midnight black using a digital camouflage technique and has laser-cut…
We’d already warned you that your local dead Circuit City wouldn’t let a great liquidation deal go without a fight, but goddamn, they are not playing. Besides the standard trick of bumping the pre-sale price to eat into the paltry discount, HD Guru (who helped us buy an HDTV like a pro) runs down all…
Jak sie masz! My name-a Borat. You see building on top? That is where I pick up many prostitute in Kazakhstan. Building maker Eric Owen Moss take down this special place to put up his crazy space building. Now where do the prostitutes go? How my sister find job? What they think this is? Dubai?…
If you caught ABC’s “American Inventor” last season you may remember “The Gladiator Claw” bicycle storage device as one of the finalists. Well, the folks behind the Claw have used the startup money earned from the show to turn their idea of a push-button catch and release storage hook into reality. Basically, it is a…
We’ve seen gesture controls in gadgets before, but Mgestyk Technologies wants to bring them to your home PC. Using only a 3D camera and proprietary software, the Mgestyk gesture control system is able to capture small hand movements and translate them into commands. These commands can be applied to almost any windows application, including video…
The rumor currently running around about the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic is that T-Mobile has recalled it. That’s not quite true. It’s stopping sales of the phone because a “defective component” is causing the LED in some units to go blank. If you’ve bought one and it’s going all seizure-y on you, you gotta take it…
Microsoft’s other popular Xbox 360 shooter is Gears of War 2, which hits stores tomorrow. We already got hands-on coverage of the custom-painted, custom-content Zune that accompanies this global marketing push, but here are some more shots of the exterior and some more details about what you get when you buy one. The Zune has…
Former-Intel employee, current-AMD employee, and probable future-Federal prison resident Biswamohan Pani is the guy who stole a whole bunch of confidential information from Intel, according to the FBI. Now, Federal prosecutors have officially charged the 33-year-old engineer for stealing more than one billion dollars in trade secrets from Intel. One billion, with B of “Bloody…
It’s being reported today that four Google employees will be charged with “defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data” in Italy. This all stems from a video posted to Google Video in 2006, which showed four teens teasing and harassing a boy with down syndrome. Google removed the video within a day, but…
Today we’ve got some solid deals on video games, computer parts, and yes, an HDTV. Walmart’s making heavy with the pre-Black Friday deals, so a few of today’s bargains come from Sam Walton’s playland, like a free $10 gift card on Gears of War 2, a few hundred bucks off a 46-inch 1080p set, and…
This week at Uncrate: We terrorize the neighborhood with the Snowball Blaster, discover all kinds of new tooth-rotting treats with Candyphile, and make space in our driveways for the Knight XV. We also design our own cereal with Me & Goji, explore the universe with the Celestron SkyScout, and keep the office breathing easy with…
I only wish the highly coveted “nerd vote” was analyzed by the fancy computer technology that all of the major news networks were using during the election because I’m sure that demographic was key to Obama’s victory. After last year’s visit to Google HQ, it was clear that he would make the advancement of technology…
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The Tomy Xiao TIP-521 digital camera uses its built-in Zink printer to print borderless 2 x 3-inch full-color photographs in less than 60 seconds. In other words, more or less the same as a 30-year-old Polaroid instant camera, but without the completely irresistible charm of seeing a blurry image with crappy color appear right in…
From November 21 to December 28, the fourth annual Wired Store will open its doors to the public in New York City. They will be displaying more than 150 items including the latest electronics, toys and transportation, which could be purchased online beginning November 20. The Wired Store will also recognize four different charities, and…
