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Dennis Moore of OQO has just resigned as their CEO. It’s rarely good news when your CEO resigns and says he found a better opportunity elsewhere, but we’re hoping the startup continues to refine their UMPC into something everyone can get behind. [Dennis Moore Blog via Gotta Be Mobile]
If you dream of a day that spinny, crashy hard drives are fully replaced by cool, quiet flash memory, then you probably know Samsung makes a lot of the chips, and that SanDisk sells a lot of them in stores. According to the WSJ, Samsung wants a piece of the retail action, because it announced…
It takes a lot for a coffee cup to impress me. Hell, if no cups were available I would probably have the barista pour coffee into my cupped hands. Still, it is hard not to be taken aback by the nerdy coolness of this zoom lens design. Unfortunately, the cup is only a concept at…
Much like Master/Blaster, the Mad Max villain which consisted of a gigantic retarded guy with a smart little midget on its back, the Sharp Aquos BD-HDv22 combines the smart and the stupid in one bulky package. How so? Well, it’s a combination of a Blu-ray player/recorder and a VHS player/recorder. No, not DVD, VHS. You…
Want to be the first on your block with the “world’s first touchscreen BlackBerry“? Though it does confirm the BlackBerry Storm’s CDMA + GSM global capabilities (like the BB 8830 on Verizon and Sprint), Verizon’s Storm sign-up page says very little else. All that’s there is a window for you to drop your e-mail address…
According to an inside source at BGR, Verizon is looking to offer a contract-free service starting on September 21st. Unlike their EasyPay plan, pre-payment is not a requirement. Therefore, users could terminate their service without penalty and make upgrades freely as long as they pay full, unsubsidized prices for phones (or bring in their own…
To those who’d rather run two OSes at once than dual boot with Boot Camp, VMware has released the 2.0 version of Fusion. It includes over 100 new features, including the option to load Windows programs without a Windows desktop, a Time Machinesque backup utility, and completely mirrored file sharing independent of OS. There’s also…
Beer + music + electricity = Ultragoodness. You can’t go wrong with that formula and this do-it-yourself 20-watt Heineken Draught Keg Guitar Amplifier hits all the right chords perfectly. For $119, and looking this good, it’s the perfect present for any drunk guy who loves beer, music, and whose birthday is just around the corner.…
Yesterday’s news about the train incident in LA got me thinking. We all know about the dangers of using a cellphone in the car, but let’s face it—most of us do it anyway. So, this question isn’t meant to judge. I am simply curious to know how you use your phone in the car. In…
Our summer intern managed to survive (and escape from) his time spent with Giz SF, and now it’s time to find someone else to take his place. We need someone in the SF Bay Area to help out for at least 20 hours a week with various tasks, such as… • Tracking down the best…
2009 model BMW 1 and 3 Series automobiles are getting a pretty neat GPS-based search option. The BMW Assist and Navigation system, running $199 a year, supports Google Maps searching in one’s car through AT&T’s 3G network (along with EDGE we’re sure). Reminiscent of Google Maps mobile, users can find a local restaurant, get directions…
While digging through the new Zune 3.0 software, a Zuneboards forum member discovered several new colors on 120GB and 16GB Zunes for those who want to branch out from basic black. From the looks of things a blue, white and red version are in the mix—available in different color configurations that could include a black…
We always knew that the whole Apple thing was a cult. The signs were always there: Steve Jobs, dressed in a strict uniform of unpretentious clothes, revealing our next idol to worship on a seasonal basis. Now the Sonic Lighter iPhone app brings the sacredness of group flame to iPhone users everywhere. Not only can…
It’s kind of starting to be a joke, this copy and paste thing. The latest promising-looking implementation, CopierciN (for jailbreak only via Cydia), acts as a middle man, importing text messages, your most recent emails, or your notes into a standard text editor, where you can then select what you want to “copy” and then…
If you have a Mac OS X or Linux machine and you are dying to try Google’s Chrome, keep dying because it’s not coming out yet. But if you want to just give it a try, you can grab this version of Chromium, the unofficial version of Chromium, the open-source Google web browser that is…
You might call it overkill, but one modder decided to do a little work to his stock litter box. He equipped it with a ventilation system that’s triggered by a motion detector. Five minutes after the cat uses the facilities, the fan kicks on for fifteen minutes (as prompted by the Mac Mini home automation…
Back in June, our own Brian Lam did a Battlemodo between two high-res video goggles. During that review he noted “I do wish they came in 16:9 versions, but the 4:3 ratio is probably more practical.” Well, Vuzix is going to put that to the test with their new AV310 goggles. They claim that it…
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to lampoon all things steampunk by creating ludicrous steampunk gadgets. We’ve got entries that run the gamut from the ridiculous to the, well, more ridiculous. Awesome! Hit the jump for your top three winners then check out the rest of the best in the Gallery of Champions.First…
There it is. We’ve basically already known of T-Mobile’s Android plans going down on September 23, but now it’s been made official via a press invite for an event at 10:30 AM, where we’ll get our first look at the Android-powered HTC Dream (known as the G1 under T-Mo). No word on whether that date…
If you own a Sony A700 DSLR, make sure to download the latest firmware update (version 4). It includes a lot of promising fixes, like the option to turn off noise reduction, less noise at high ISOs, improved white balance and dynamic range optimization and better communication between the camera body and vertical grip. Live…
