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Apple’s posted the solution for Vista users getting smacked in the face by a BSoD when they connect an iPod to iTunes 8: Uninstall iTunes and Mobile Device Support, restart, and then re-download. Wha? It looks like a crappy driver is to blame, so they’ve silently replaced it with an older version from iTunes 7.7…
Sometimes one cellphone isn’t enough for a real man. Why not two, or three…or eight? If you collect cellphones like Imelda Marcos collects shoes this USB multi-cellular phone charger is for you. It features 8 different connectors for Motorola, Nokia, Samsung , Siemens and Sony Ericsson phones—and it is guaranteed to poke and stab you…
Halloween is going to be here before you know it, so it is time to start getting prepared. But why should you be the only one getting dressed up? Throwing this screaming skull cover over your PS3 not only protects it from scratches, it also scares children. When they come ringing to trick or treat,…
UK supermarket chain Tesco has this Dell “Inspiron Z530” laptop up for sale on their website: it’s got a 12.1-inch screen, is Atom Z350-powered and sounds a lot like the Dell E-Slim mini laptop we’ve mentioned before. The product’s features are touted thus: “Ultra mobile web experience. Consume your media where ever you are,” which…
San Francisco is continuing to untangle the mess created by the notorious Terry Childs after his attempt to bring down the city network. According to estimates, the cleanup has cost taxpayers $1 million so far, with an additional $800,000 set aside for unforeseen problems. The latest development in the saga occurred late last month when…
50 years ago today, Texas Instrument’s Jack Kilby demonstrated the first working integrated circuit, or microchip. It’s a crude conglomeration of just five components, but it was also proof that a circuit could be miniaturized by housing all of its components on one piece of semiconductor material, allowing all these parts to work together without…
In a response to Google Chrome’s Incognito mode and IE8’s InPrivate(s), Firefox beta 3.1 (hitting next month) will have a privacy mode of its own that will “ensure that users can’t be tracked when doing ‘private’ things” according to Mozilla. There hasn’t been such tacit, industry-wide unification for perversion since cocoa butter began shipping in…
We all owe a lot to this place. The birth of the world’s first silicon chip happened here, and now, it’s a nice place to pick up some fresh produce. Bits has a great history of the site-now known as the Fiesta Super Market at 391 San Antonio Road in Mountain View (home also to…
Biswahoman Pani worked for Intel. Claiming to miss his wife, he requested a transfer from California to Intel’s Hudson facility where she worked. That same day, when the request was granted, Pani turned in his resignation and announced that he’d be taking vacation for his last two weeks at the company. His new job would…
Just popping up when you sync your iPhone to iTunes is the iPhone 2.1 update. Go get it chaps, and check out its reputed fixes to call dropping, crashing, slow syncing and bad battery life. Apple itself is basically claiming the iPhone 3G’s all fixed up from top to bottom by the new software. And…
These great-looking handmade VoIP handsets, designed by Hulger, are individually handcrafted to order out of solid American maple by Furni in Montreal. They’ll work with all the usual VoIP and chat apps via USB on PC and Mac for $300. Is wood the new glossy white plastic? I kind of hope so, cause when done…
You may have paid $100 for that fancy Cab, but little did you know, its tannins have been seared crispy like hashbrowns in a semi left to sit in the sun. So just for you, dear learned consumer, wine makers are fighting back with a new digital thermometer that can tell buyers whether or not…
Looks like Creative is getting set to unveil something new on September 17th: invites have gone out for a special event, bearing this mysterious image. Those darkened shapes in the image bear an X-fi logo, but that, apart from the “I am heard everywhere” slogan is all the info there is on exactly what’s going…
The NS series of laptops is the latest in Sony’s Vaio update frenzy, and they’re machines aimed at delivering HD video. Hence the NS is available with a Blu-ray ROM drive and has a widescreen 15.4-inch Xbrite-Eco LCD for showing video off. Trouble is, the screen resolution is 1200×800, just enough to deliver 720p, but…
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. (Agencies) The scientific world is shocked today as Michael Zeller-a professor of physics at Yale who has been working at the Large Hadron Collider-reportedly misquoted the Star Trek tagline “Where no man has gone before” and, further shattering the Universe time-space fabric, attributed it to Star Wars:”What did they say in ‘Star…
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Click to viewWe showed you some of the video from Dean Kamen’s appearance at the All Things D: D6 conference back in May and it included some demos of the amazing Luke Arm prosthetic limb. Now All Things D has made the three-part entire interview available, and it includes detailed explanations from Kamen about why…
Details on Philips’ new sex toy products are out, including pictures much better than our comedy efforts earlier. The images reveal devices that, as you might expect from Philips design, are sleek, curvy and… um, purple. Looking like a good blend of form and *ahem* function. Philips labels them “relationship care” gizmos, which kind of…
The Eizo C@t-one is a curious product: one side is a regular wireless optical three-button mouse with scroll wheel, and the other is a basic 9-function TV remote. It’s a 2.4GHz device, with a small USB dongle, and is designed to work with Nanao TVs, as well as third-party TVs, videos and tuners, and it…
Regular arcade machines are neat and all, but if you have thousands of dollars worth of mahogany furniture in your mansion, they tend to clash with the environment. Luckily, Custom Arcades makes a gaming all-in-one that takes your expensive tastes into account. The Grand Daddy Arcade encases a 42-inch flat screen monitor, a 505W sound…