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I just got off the phone with Rahul Sood, founder of VoodooPC, who confirmed that the rumors of Voodoo’s demise were not just premature but “nonsense,” but said “HP is asking us to integrate into the larger execution engine.” Rahul is comfortable speaking both plainly and in business-ese—what we take this to mean is that…
It’s been a while since an Asus product has rocked our world—we think the last time must have been the Eee—but the Atom-powered SSD-based Asus S101 looks amazing for its price—even better than we thought before. Just 2.2lbs and a tapering .7 inches thin (a bit thicker than the Air), its 10.2″ LED screen runs…
If you’re looking for a coffee table with a bit more personality than yet another flatpacked piece of furniture from Ikea, take a look at Joel Hester’s awesome handmade coffee tables. They’re all made out of the hoods of vintage American cars, making every table one of a kind and each one coming with what…
First we thought the Netflix-streaming, Blu-ray-playing LG BD300 would be “under $500.” Then we were happy to hear when that cryptic price was actually $400. But now, LG has dropped the BD300 to a competitive $350. Preorder it now at Circuit City or Amazon. Or don’t. We’re not losing sleep either way. (OK, that’s a…
Attention, sports fans! Are you looking to show your extreme dedication to your favorite team without submitting your body to the discomfort of painting up and going shirtless to a December game in Green Bay? Are you looking for a sign of your fandom that will never, ever make it through airport security and may…
Everybody has a digital photo frame these days. Even at 32 inches, they impress no one. So keep your eyes out for the next trend, which we humbly suggest could be non-digital photo frames. Making a brief appearance around the turn of the century, these frames accepted one analog picture but were able to run…
During an otherwise uneventful podcast on the S60, Nokia revealed this shot of an unnamed concept device. It features a big touchscreen interface like the HTC Touch or the iPhone, but a QWERTY keypad can fold out while the touchscreen swivels, transforming the candy bar device into a premium clamshell. We’ll have to wait and…
Where the open internet goes, porn follows; howerver, this golden rule is being re-evaluated for the friendly skies by Delta, who plans to filter web sites used on their implementation of Aircell’s Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service. While most of the early adopters of in-flight Wi-Fi have said they will only filter certain types of traffic…
With the upcoming XCM Rapid Fire Gear Lite kit, Xbox 360 gamers will be able to add machine-gun style turbo buttons to their controllers. Working across multiple games and easily toggled with a top-mounted switch, the kit will also nearly double the controller’s D-pad range of motion to 6 degrees in each direction. It will…
If you’ve been looking to pick up a new Xbox 360 for the price of a Wii, this deal over at Dell is the way to go. Normally $300, put in promo code ‘7V2DJL$PD6NGWZ’ at checkout and score a 60GB Xbox 360 Pro for $250. Put in promo code ‘NP?CKPRH$KTWLL’ and you will score a…
The Large Hadron Collider, which has been delayed due to some problems with a helium link, now has a date for when it’ll go back online: early April. It’s going to be so long not just because of the problem, but because there was already a scheduled maintenance from November 15th through April anyways, as…
So here I’m in Neeeew Yooork. Teeeeerrific! (That’s my Andy Warhol impersonation). One of the first things I did this week was to get a US cellphone contract, and since I was there, what the heck, I replaced my broken-screen iPhone with a brand new iPhone 3G-which required a $500 deposit because I have no…
According to a casual announcement by John Favreau on the Howard Stern show, as of Thursday, Iron Man Blu-ray has outsold every other Blu-ray release to date. Without firm sales numbers, the accomplishment might not be saying much. Yet it’s still a testament to how a major new release (which is verified awesome on 150…
The Gadget: Sling Pro HD is the top of the line Slingbox that streams your cable to any computer that can connect to the internet. The Sling Pro HD is a big step forward for Sling, now centered around the full HD experience, with component inputs, and OVA tuner, and 1080 HD streaming not just…
Nokia has one of the best browser-based advertising toys we’ve seen in a long time. You can design your own outlandish headphone concept with a smooth, easy to use 3D interface. The best will be chosen for real (probably also conceptual) fabrication, but we’re wondering…WHY IN THE WORLD CAN’T WE ACTUALLY BUY HEADPHONES THAT ARE…
HTC has let loose this official video showing off the HTC Touch HD—and although it’s more of a too-brief commercial than an actual walkthrough, it gives a quick look at browsing, maps and images on that glorious 3.8-inch 480×800 screen. And after this tease, why not take a look back at those lucky French who…
Sling Media (makers of those nifty Sling boxes) has just notified their beta community that new and improved Sling.com services are soon to go live for testing. The first major feature is web-based content viewing for subscribers, eliminating the need for separate players. The second major feature, teased way back in early 2007, is Clip+Sling…
To settle the pipe vs. bong debate on the NES controller bong I posted a couple days ago, James, the genius behind it, sent a photo of its insides. It is in fact a bong (or at least a water pipe), you OCD potheads, so you can sleep easily. Check out the new photo in…
Hey all, I’m looking for a bit of art gallery space in NYC for a few days, maybe a week. I’d need it in either mid November or early/mid December. I’d say about 800-1000 Square feet or so. If you’ve got a bead on such a place, I’d be grateful if you dropped me an…
Chris Matthews and the CNBC crew did their best to report last night’s vice presidential debate between Biden and Palin, but it appears that a rogue squadron of mavericks was able to sneak into the shot with a VP write-in of their own. I can’t speak for anyone else here, but if an internet meme…
