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Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. This is Teac’s LP-R500. Ugh. Sorry, I’ll try pulling myself together: it’s a modern version of what my grandad used to call a “radiogramme,” cramming in an FM radio, a CD player, cassette player and record deck into one sleek ancient, massive, clunky box along with an amp and speakers. Admittedly it…
When it came to setting up Wi-Fi networks, if you knew what you were doing you would enable WPA security. This would keep people with a small amount of knowledge from gaining access to your network, which is very easy with the much weaker WEP security. No more! WPA security has now been cracked, rendering…
New screenshots of the new iPhone operating system update keep leaking from obscure European sites, where they have no respect for NDAs and cheddar cheese. These ones reveal the fully polished over-the-air podcast interface. We got a glimpse of it before-in the iPhone OS 2.2 rumor round-up-but these show the whole whole thing, including the…
Japanese researchers in Japan have developed a clever way to turn an entire umbrella into one giant speaker. Made of bamboo and paper, the Oto-Shigure uses a built-in amplifier connected to four tiny vibrating motors located on the tips of the umbrella. And before you imagine the streets of Tokyo turned into one giant cacophony…
Apple’s patents are nothing if not copious, and occasionally confusing: this new one is in the latter category. It’s for a goggle-like display system with an in-built head tracking system that changes the display from a somewhat boring “normal” static one into a dynamic view that recreates the feeling of being in an auditorium, baseball…
Earlier this week we spotted the MSI Wind with its price reduced to $350 at Best Buy. Not to be outdone, Acer’s equally impressive Aspire One netbook is $350 as well over at New Egg. So which 1.6GHz Atom system should you buy? Your call. They’re both at the top of their class, just note…
Most hard drive enclosures aren’t winning any beauty contests, but at least the Datamore Porté is putting on some lipstick, tightening the girdle and giving it her all. This USB or eSATA enclosure for SATA drives features that moving while standing still look along with a hot rear gull-wing door. Bonus shot: Unfortunately, the Datamore…
Picture tracing a housefly’s skittering, random path as it dots about your home with a trail of ink: That’s kind of what this cooky art installation evokes. It’s a robot arm connected to a sensor chamber that has some kind of fly-enticing power. When a fly is inside the chamber, the arm jerks spasmodically in…
Man, this is scarily familiar territory for RIM. Multiple reports say that BlackBerry Storm release date is slipping. Sources tell RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky that the Storm is still undergoing certification at Verizon, pushing its launch back to late this month—or even later. Notably, Verizon hasn’t announced a date yet, even though we’re…
Just unveiled at Tokyo Designer’s Week, EOps i24R3 is probably the best-looking speaker system for the iPod/iPhone I think I’ve seen. Plus it’s jammed-full of wirelessness, so the iPod-dock, woofer-equipped base station is paired with two or more (up to eight) remote stereo speakers. And in the true spirit of iPhoneness it’s gesture controlled— touch-free…
This evening’s Browns/Broncos game will be the first to be broadcast live for the first time over the Sprint network. It’s one of eight games that will be pushed out live to Sprint fans, but the catch is, it’s only games that are being broadcast on the NFL Network, the league’s own network that the…
They aren’t exactly what we pictured, but we can’t deny that Nintendo and Nike’s dual venture NES Air Max sneakers do invoke fond memories of the drab Nintendo Entertainment System. Featuring two tones of gray and a stripe of muted reddishness, only the keen sneaker aficionado will know notice the subtle reference to the Start…
We hate to tempt you with UK-only products, but the Sony Ericsson Wireless Home Audio System was just too tempting to pass up. Featuring a monochrome OLED display with touch controls, the system can sync with select Sony Ericsson products to stream Bluetooth A2DP and AVRCP. In other words, it can play your phone’s music…
Ask an avid desktop Linux user if he or she (ok, he) uses an antivirus solution, and he won’t give you an answer, he’ll give you a sermon. And while his zeal might be inappropriate, his sentiment will be largely correct: Linux really doesn’t need antivirus software. Android, with a smaller market share and simpler…
iSobot may no longer be the world’s smallest bipedal humanoid robot, but it’s still amazing, and it’s had an amazing price cut too: Last year when it debuted it was over $300, now it’s just $100. At that price you could practically afford a small army of them, give them a suitable evil make-over and…
Yeah, sure, it was cool to see a professional photographer spin HD video gold from the Canon 5D Mark II. But that guy is famous, had a mountain of equipment, a crew, and a freaking helicopter. Not so for the humble photographer and videographer at Akihabara News, who took the 5D, a few days and…
You are weak, Cylon. *scary breathing effect* And if you need a cheery morning note on your breakfast food you do not know the power of the Dark Side. Leave this to me, I will deal with the toast myself, even if the crust is strong with this one. *scary breathing effect, again* Buy this…
This is not, quite, a Japanese puzzle box: But it is a transforming storage unit that has so many sliding, slotting, complex inner drawers, pockets and shelves that it comes close to being a puzzle. Designed by Martin Sammer, Transformer Shelf is just a solid shelving unit when “closed,” but sliding it open reveals its…
Spinning off their entire manufacturing arm wasn’t the end of AMD’s new “asset light” business plan — the manufacturer has cut 500 jobs from its remaining workforce around the world. The worst news is that these cuts were planned before everyone became poor last month, so it’s hard to shake the feeling that things still…
After receiving endless flak for their silly tiered Vista Compatibility scheme, Microsoft has decided to issue a single “Windows 7 Capable” sticker for hardware that works with the new OS. That means no more “Windows Home Basic”, “Windows Ready”, “Certified for Windows” and “Windows Ready When You Are, Asshole” labels slapped on every piece of…