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We already knew that a special edition of the upcoming Dark Knight Blu-ray release was going to drop alongside the standard version on December 9th, but the first images have only just leaked out from TheHDRoom. Outside of the case, both versions are identical—so I find it hard to justify spending $65 on this thing…
More than one major software developer has argued on behalf of a one console future, a way that they could make games for a single system and maybe even circumvent royalty rates paid to Sony or Nintendo to take part on their platforms. Well here it is, whiners. Go ahead and make games to your…
You would think that making your own Bio Diesel at home would be a tough, multi-stepped procedure that has a few dangerous spots to misstep. Well before the BioBot, a system that makes Bio Diesel from old cooking oil, you would have been right. Unfortunately, after the BioBot, you would have been right, too. Here…
We know you didn’t have enough with our previous Road to Black Friday deals, so here’s another round up with a lot more offers. 22 offers including an LG ME770 for $99 (previously $299), a load of other unlocked cellphones, a Panasonic 40GB Hard Drive camcorder for $250, and headphones, TVs, digital cameras, laptops, and…
Pixels for Pistols is a Toronto-based effort by the Henry’s camera chain allowing anyone to trade in a gun, no questions asked, for a Nikon Coolpix S52 or Coolpix P60 camera. That’s it. You give a gun and get a camera in an effort to get rid of unused guns that could be stolen and…
When is a pair of steampunk goggles too nice to be just a pair of steampunk goggles? How about when the metal components have been swapped out for solid milled titanium that’s then coated in golden colored titanium nitride? How about when the goggles feature irises that can be opened and closed through independent sliders,…
With the G1 officially launching today, so is the Android Market, where you’ll be grabbing most of that open source app goodness. There good news on the app front is that stuff will start pouring in on Monday when devs outside of the special Google-y few can start uploading their apps. And they’ll all be…
The hackers at Makers Local 256 have created a secure door lock that can use any USB device as a unique key, from a memory stick to a mouse to an iPod. The ingenious system doesn’t require to store anything in memory, which of course could be replicated, because it uses the USB serial number…
Can you think of a cool new way to streamline productivity in the home or office? If so, there could be a shiny new Rovio from WowWee in it for you. Just send a nice, presentable mock-up of your idea along with a description to [email protected] with the subject “Rovio Contest.” If you are looking…
For those who prefer a media player that’s not sold by Apple, the iRiver Spinn is a great alternative with a solid build and really interesting design. And through October 31st, you can get a $50 rebate on the 4GB and 8GB Spin. They’ll still run $190 and $230 (respectively) after the rebate, which is…
The first update to the new Android-wielding G1 will be beamed OTA starting tomorrow to all G1 customers, with updates going out through October 31st. It’s warned to be a very minor update, featuring various light “enhancements” and a bug fix related to Amazon songs. That’s it. T-Mobile warns, “Before you go nuts, remember this…
Click to viewAt the NYC Nintendo store, employees don’t have to switch discs every time they want to demo a new game. Instead, everything is preloaded on a hard drive for easy access. Unto itself, a hard drive demo kiosk is nothing all that new, even if the subject of fanboy desire. But we really…
Red Bull has teamed up with Canadian design company Cocoon to develop a functional DJ table that represents “Red Bull’s sponsorship of an actual nightlife experience.” The table features a backlit logo panel, ventilation for laptops and slots for vinyl records and large CD booklets. As you will see in the image after the break,…
The OWC Mercury Pro Blu-ray “Quad Interface” drives are Blu-ray burners that happen to be compatible with every interface both under and over the sun. The 4X Panasonic-based BD-R drives work on PCs or Macs, and champion the title as the world’s first Blu-ray burners to connect to Firewire 400, Firewire 800, eSATA and USB.…
News that Scitech Japan is to release the VLP100, it’s first portable microprojector may interest until you learn of two snags: firstly it projects at a mere 320 x 240 pixels, and secondly it’ll cost you around $350…roughly a dollar per vertical pixel column. Sure it’s pretty tiny at 7.1 x 4.3 x 2.2-inches, weighs…
Gmail has just added a new Labs feature that you can turn on if, like me, you’re very lazy: Canned Responses. Find yourself always typing the same message in emails, over and over again? You know, like “Dear Mom, Please send money, I’m still looking for a job, I promise” or “Can’t hang out tonight,…
Svenska inventor John Nilsson has sent us a cool new demo video of the JDome, his patented 180-degree surround display. I’ve to admit that I wasn’t convinced by his first-person shooter demo, but I’m absolutely sold on it after watching him playing STCC, a car racing simulation set in Sweden. And no, I’m not sold…
Life Pebbles won the grand prize award at the Seoul Design Competition, promising to help firefighters combat the disorientation of a burning building by dropping a trail of neon-glowing capsules like Hansel-and-Gretel-style breadcrumbs on the way in. Interesting, perhaps, but at a time when location-aware augmented reality via all kinds of heads-up displays (and even…
In their earnings call this morning, AT&T confirmed that the BlackBerry Bold will be available in stores on Tuesday, November 4. Whatever delays were holding things up have apparently been resolved, as was hinted last week by some AT&T network-specific details beginning to pop up on unlocked phones. Price is “as low as” $299, which…
Someone with a better sense of product design has been in Miu’s offices: the new version of its dual-screened Hybrid Dual Portable Computer actually looks pretty slick (the old one looked like a bucket of bolts, if you remember). It’s still packing navigation/computing power/cellphone/media player/kitchen-sink functionality inside, only this time it’s got an Atom processor…
