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If you are interested in getting your hands on a Samsung Instinct, RadioShack has announced that they will be offering an exclusive $100 price on the phone to celebrate its launch across their 4,400 stores. The Instinct is easily Sprint’s best phone, but it is available only to new Sprint users who sign up for…
From the guys who created the Han Solo Carbonite Desk, here comes the Galactic Emperor Throne. It’s a limited edition of five units, which means it’s almost expensive as the Carbonite Desk itself. The chair will set you back a whopping $5,000, but that’s the price you pay to rule the Galaxy and say classic,…
If there was ever a Jedi hippie, this is the lightsaber he would use. Let’s face it, CFLs last a lot longer than energy blades and they are much cheaper to operate. Plus, they help protect the galaxy. Think about it. Available for $26. [Redbubble via Geekologie]
Apple has acknowledged the huge iPhone security flaw we tested and reported on two days ago, promising an update for September that will fix the hole that can expose all your private emails, text messages and contacts. But instead of calling a spade a spade and acting as soon as possible, they have decided to…
Bad news for Comcast folks-the 250GB caps that were once rumored are now officially official and will start October 1 for residential customers. But, instead of charging you for every GB you go beyond that in a month, Comcast is getting a bit more byzantine-if you blow the cap twice in six months, they may…
We can say with pretty high confidence that a 5D successor, the 5D Mk II, will be hitting before ’08 is out, and with Photokina coming up later this month, rumors are beginning to fly. Canon Rumors is vouching for their source that just dropped them the following tasty-looking specs on the new full-frame sensor,…
On their show last night, MythBusters sought to debunk one of the biggest myths of all, that NASA’s “moon landings” were shot on a Hollywood backlot. And, spoiler alert, it looks like all that space exploration actually happened. So I guess that’s it. Everyone can now remove their tinfoil hats and crack open a bag…
It was only a matter of time before Sony squeezed out an all-in-one Blu-ray home theater system, and their new Bravia BDV-IT1000 seems to fit that void quite nicely. Some of the highlight features include: 700W of total power, slim speakers thanks to finger-sized full-range drive units, wireless rear speakers, two HDMI inputs and support…
With all of that time spent on the computer, I would imagine that most of you can type at a pretty good clip. Back in elementary school I managed a personal best of 88 WPM (Not that great, but I still had to cheat by working over the same paragraph for an hour or so…
A Best Buy tipster informed MaxConsole that the upcoming PSP 3000 will feature support for the PS3s DualShock 3 controller. The tipster also noted that it will use 480i composite cables to play games on the TV instead of component 480p. Obviously, this is just a rumor—but it is definitely one I want to believe.…
According to a pretty legitimate-looking email thread from one of our readers, Steve Jobs may have responded to complaints that, since the pulling of NetShare from the App Store, iPhone-to-laptop tethering is impossible without jailbreaking one’s phone. From our reader to Steve: AT&T offers data plans for BlackBerry that include tethering for an additional $30…
Projectors can be tricky. You read their stats and everything looks good. But the better things look, the more likely the price is ridiculously high, or at least too much to justify for the average WASP home theater. The Sony Bravia VPL-HW10, however, actually looks pretty fantastic if Sony Insider is right about their projected…
Despite the rumors, it looks like there will be no sunny retirement for the current Kindle. From Amazon’s chief spokesperson to the New York Times: One thing I can tell you for sure is that there will be no new version of the Kindle this year. A new version is possible sometime next year at…
From toy guitars to the Furby Gurdy, modders have been taking cute, cuddly kids’ toys and transforming them into the demented, terrifying instruments of your nightmares for years now. The folks at OObject have collected a whole album’s worth of these twisted circuit-bent toy tunes for your listening displeasure. [OObject]
The Android Dev Blog today released some shots and details on the Android Market-the Android version of the iPhone’s App Store. Stressing that it’s a “market” (free, open, etc) rather than a “store,” the Google folks have decided to not require an approval process for devs to have their applications listed, unlike Apple’s mysterious black…
When I met with Nicholas Negroponte not long ago, he laughed at the coverage he’d received through the past few years, including our own portrayal of Intel chairman Craig Barrett and him as Beavis and Butthead. Far more hurtful have been the admonitions of his own former staffers who feel he has mismanaged the OLPC…
Mmm, mind-bending USB lollipops, the “delicious new confectionary uses cutting edge Sensory Substitution Technology to transmit vivid emotive images into your mind’s eye.” Wait, what? Tripping via USB? Shockingly, it might actually be legit. It may seem like a total sham (and the “email for availability” link on the “Order Online” page doesn’t help), but…
As if you didn’t already spend enough time on the internet, Microsoft is looking to feed your addiction even further by developing a reliable “Vi-Fi” system for automobiles. The major problem that must be overcome is the fact that current Wi-Fi networks suffer hiccups in service as you pass through. This is especially true when…
The S in the new Sony Walkman S Series apparently stands for sensing. When Fujio Nishida talked about it, I thought the thing actually sensed your mood by some kind of magical sensors (which actually would have been amazingly cool) to play songs to match them. Unfortunately, you have to select the mood you are…
Great concept from designer Vivien Muller for a modular, Lego-like little bonsai tree with 54 mini photovoltaic panels as leaves to soak up juice from the sun and charge your gadgets. Adapters get tucked away beneath a nice little tray, and your gadgets lay on top, basking in the shade. Vivien can you make this,…