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Alas, the Abbott and Costello-esque partnership between funny man Jerry Seinfeld and billionaire nerd Bill Gates is now officially over, after Microsoft decided to go with a slightly less ambiguous advertising campaign. (As probably planned, contrary to what’s floating around the internet tonight about pulled Seinfeld ads.) In their place is a direct shot at…
French Gadget Site GeekInc, got an early HTC Touch HD unit to play with, and took a bunch of pics to show for it, including a couple of size comparisons against the iPhone. As you can see, they’re pretty much the same size, save for some backend tapering. Their own impressions more or less coincide…
If you’re hoping Blu-ray will get cheaper, sooner—thanks to weak sales and that whole economy thing—hug your DVDs tight. Blu-ray Disc Association Chairman Andy Parsons says prices won’t be deflating for a while. And it’s precisely because you’re not buying enough Blu-ray! “There’s not enough market [volume] to lower the price.” No, there has to…
Sony’s 4K Projector (or Super Mega Ultra HD Projector in my terms), provides 4 times the pixels at a 4096×2160 resolution. Akihabara News says the liquid crystal on silicon projector uses SXRD technology, has a 2500:1 contrast ration, a 2 kW lamp and it produces 11,000 lumens of light. At $114,000 and 268 pounds with…
Education is a bitch. Teachers usually leave the profession within five years, kids either bomb standardized tests or learn them so well they bottom out immediately after, and funding is scarcer and scarcer to come by. The solution? Interactive multi-touch desks, naturally! Currently in England’s Durham University, researchers received about $3 million to create SynergyNet,…
Mary Jo Foley, who revealed that the first Windows 7 beta would drop in December and could still make its late 2009 release date, has seen the latest build of Windows 7, Milestone 3, which is just preview build away from becoming Beta 1. The verdict? Other than Office 2007’s loved/hated Ribbon UI sprinkled throughout,…
Mastering Engineer Ian Shepherd is among those who believe that the distortion Metallica fans have been complaining about since the release of Death Magnetic is not present in the Guitar Hero III version. As he notes: “In comparison, the released CD version is – to coin a technical phrase – smashed to f**k.” So who…
Many people swear by polyphasic sleep, or the idea of taking frequent naps throughout the day as opposed to sleeping in one long chunk. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most notable proponents of this seeping method, noting that it helped him be more productive throughout the day. This alarm clock concept follows da…
We’ve archived the entire Apple “Let’s Rock” Liveblog over here, in case you want to re-live all the Steve Jobs/iPod nano memories. All the images made it over intact, including ones of Jack “I’m not John Mayer” Johnson. [Liveblog]
We’re anxious to check out the BlackBerry Javelin, don’t get us wrong. But even we have our limits. Like, we wouldn’t pay $17,100 for the thing. Maybe $16,500. But anything over $16,800? That’s just nuts. [eBay via CrackBerry]
This 4-port rotary phone USB hub reminds me of this teacher in my junior high school that enjoyed “talking” to her husband on a toy telephone during class. She also named her rings and kept them in little cages she designed (seriously). The running joke in the school was how bat-shit crazy she was—which is…
I got this super weird IE 8 press kit from Microsoft in the mail a little while ago. I don’t think the phrase “slicing the web” has ever been used by anybody to refer to browser usage. Anybody. Still, it’s a decent effort (even if it is just for IE 8 beta 2 and not…
In what is surely the technological breakthrough of the century, the brightest toilet paper minds at Georgia Pacific have done the impossible—they have created a 3-ply tissue. I know, I know…it’s hard to contain your excitement. Can you imagine what this means? I mean, to wipe with something with this caliber of softness? It boggles…
It’s been a good few weeks for DSLRs. Just after Nikon’s D90 became the first ever to jump into the sweet, sweet waters of the HD video pool, Canon did a gigantic cannonball today with the EOS 5D Mk II, upping the game to full 1080p captures at 30fps. The question that all of this…
The Gadget: Penguin United’s Quad Charge Station, a device that sits in silence as you cram four Wiimotes into it and expect it to come out fully charged four hours later. It also comes with four rechargeable battery packs, which saves you money on AAs in the long run. The Price: $45 The Verdict: It’s…
Mating (n) def: the breeding of a male and female pair of one species. [flickr via digg]
Mini-notes like the MSI Wind are nice and everything, but for the really good stuff, sometimes you still need to import. The Raon Everun Note looks like a fantastic little machine, weighing a scant 1.63 pounds but featuring a full-out AMD Turion 64×2 Dual Core 1.2GHz procesor, 128MB of ATI discrete graphics power, 7″ 1024×600…
Apple’s rejection of the Podcaster app for duping “the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes” was a more dramatic blow to developers than we implied in our coverage, throwing the capriciousness of the approval process into the starkest relief yet, especially from the dev standpoint. Joy of Tech, thankfully, gives us some insight into…
Rumors have been swirling about what the mystery instrument would be in the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour. Our money was on accordion, but the truth is that the “instrument” isn’t really an instrument at all. It’s actually MIDI tracks on your PC. In other words, users will be able to import their own songs…
In similar form to solutions we’ve seen from Nyko, Energizer has announced Power & Play recharging kits for the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3. The Wii system (pictured) runs $40 and includes batteries and replacement doors for two Wiimotes. The 360 and PS3 Power & Play aren’t quite the same bargain, consisting only of a…