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Nvidia’s latest line of graphics cards gets official today: The GeForce GTX 260 and GTX 280 mark the debut of the next-gen 200 series, a completely overhauled and badass line of GPUs. The GTX 280 rocks 240 processing cores and 1GB of RAM, while the 260 comes with 192 cores and 896MB of memory, making…
With E3 just around the bend, Trusted Reviews is reporting that Microsoft will announce a new Xbox 360 SKU at the event—a 60GB unit that’s been rumored for a while. There’s no word on just how Microsoft will incorporate system into its line (which is currently three models offering no hard drive, a 20GB hard…
It’s not official yet, but FCC Chairman Kevin Martin (one of five relevant votes) has decided to allow the merge between Sirius and XM satellite radio providers. However, there are a few caveats that the companies would need to accept-but it’s all good news for the consumer. 1. The company(s) would need to freeze prices…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Bluetooth headsets are not a good fashion statement, even Borg-like ones. But with these little earpieces from Sony, you might be able to get away with it and not look too geeky. The DR-BT140Qs double as normal earphones with a frequency response of 16Hz to 24kHz…
The E66 and E71, two Nokia E-Series cellphones in last week’s rumor mill, are now official. Up top is the E71, a slick QWERTY phone that’s a lot less chunky than its predecessor, the E61. It comes equipped with a 3.2MP camera in the back, a front cam for video calls, Wi-Fi and GPS, just…
If you’ve got a spare couple of grand loitering in your bank account, and you’re a S*** W*** fan, then this graffiti’ed AT-AT walker might be so far up your galaxy it’s parked in your constellation. Customised by EASE and JK5 for Suckadelic, the Hasbro toy is tagged in gin-u-wine Aurebesh language, and is expected…
The idea behind Nike’s new PhotoID scheme is that you take a picture with your cellphone and MMS it to Nike’s computers. These grab the two dominant colors and send you back an image of a 1985 Dunk high-top basketball sneaker with the colors mapped on. Cool, but here’s the neat bit: you can buy…
I mean “Locutus of Borg” rather than the “Bjorn” variety of course… but admittedly, having a Bluetooth headset that you can whip off and use to fire red laser beams around is pretty sci-fi. It’s the BluePointer from Brando, and I suppose it’s a multipurpose gadget for professionals with little room in their briefcases: it’s…
The Mind Chair, that rather weird sensory substitution chair on show at MoMA’s Design And The Elastic Mind show at MoMA earlier this year, has been reincarnated. Designers Beta Tank have built a working model that will be on show in a lab at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London for people to “come and see…
Remember the beautiful gold and flowers keyboards from a few months back? This new keyboard from Japanese artist Kazuharu Sakura should probably go in the same “typing nightmare” category. Because it’s handmade, and leather is a pretty unusual thing to have your keys made from… but they’re missing something important. Legends. So, if you’re into…
Earlier this year, JVC fired out the first HDD palmcorder to output video in 1080p, and now it has expanded the product line with the GZ-HD30, HD40 and HD10. It’s a significant revamp, since the new cams use a completely new CMOS sensor, replacing the previous 3-CCD system. The HD40 has a 120GB 1.8-inch hard…
This 3G iPhone deal from T-Mobile isn’t quite free, a la O2, but at one euro it’s pretty darn close. Like the 02 deal, however, the low price point is available only for customers that are comfortable signing away large chunks of their life via a mobile phone contract. To get the T-Mobile deal, you…
The Bi-Cycle tandem bike picks up where the Face-to-Face one left off, and by that I mean it manages to take an incredibly unsound, dangerous idea and up the ante considerably (video below). It’s basically two unicycles bolted together, and the two steering column design means that, as a passenger, the well-being of both riders…
With recruitment levels sagging, the U.S. Army is going the hyper-interactive route with an experimental new store that’s right out of the Apple playbook. That is, if Apple Genius Bar employees greeted customers with Apache attack helicopter simulators, full-scale Army vehicle mock-ups, and wrap-around 270-degree video screens, instead of those paperless receipt scanner things. “If…
According to Ars, one AT&T attorney told the FCC yesterday that early termination fees we pay for leaving our contracts before the designated time are actually a great deal for us. His reasoning was that “ETF-backed term contracts give consumers the ability to lower their monthly charges and upfront handset costs in exchange for their…
Even if you don’t speak a word of Japanese, there’s a lot of intensity and information to be had in this newscast of the tragic Akihabara killings last Sunday. I’d just offer up a word of warning before you hit play, as there’s graphic material found throughout the clip. [TokyoMango]
We can only guess what the ancient Romans might have thought about the latest revision of the Dungeons and Dragons rulebook (super approachable; they’d love it!), but we do know they were gamers. That’s because an incredibly old, incredibly valuable Roman glass d20 was sold at auction by the famous Christie’s auction house. For $17,925.…
Xbox 360 Fanboy found this Flash document on Intellisponse’s servers, which is an online research and web-survey platform. It shows off a picture of a bunch of Mii-like characters called Avatars, that (according to the text above it) are supposed to be for the Xbox 360 and are used instead of the gamer picture. It’s…
We immediately noticed there’s not much steam to be had with this steampunk tadpole tricycle, but those criticisms were forgotten when we saw video of designer Alan skirting around on it, period piece clothing and all. Officially known as the Brass Lion, the three-wheeled wonder is pedal-powered and sports some seriously cool (and functioning) brass…
Here I was, credit card in hand, ready to fly across the Pacific and purchase my very first SMART Car from a vending machine, when I’m told it’s just some advertisement. Sure, SMART Cars can’t float (they can barely survive the SUV-congested streets of the U.S.), and the Japanese steer on the opposite side of…
