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Financial Times is like the UK’s Wall Street Journal, so they don’t print things lightly-truth likelihood is very high. And they’re saying that the next iPhone will be subsidized and much cheaper than the current one, like we already knew: https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-launch-date-confirmed-391960 The new version of the Apple iPhone is set to be sold at significantly…
Here’s a small form factor PC by Shuttle meant to function as a media server. What’s clever is the 7-inch touchscreen and I hope some general UI for getting around your files and programs. I’ve stashed a Shuttle box or two in a closet, and it fit great but using a keyboard and mouse in…
In an art stunt that Jesus is sure to love, artist and lego enthusiast Jan Vormann went around the quiet little town of Bocchignano, Italy filling its decrepit walls with lego pieces. The work was done as part of an Italian group project “20 Eventi.” A group of artists developed projects in the Sabina region…
A new transportation bill signed by Bush on Friday would free up $45 million to build the U.S.’s first maglev train. The train will travel between Disneyland and Las Vegas at up to 300 mph and is meant to help ease traffic on the 250+ mile ride on Interstate 15. While I’m all for high-speed…
Another day, another concept phone. This Eclipse Intuit, by Eddie Goh, features a touch keypad with tactile feedback, 5 megapixel camera with built-in photo editing software, a giant touchscreen and a chemical-based thin solar skin that will charge the battery when exposed to light. It sounds all well and good, except how often does anyone…
So good at Duck Hunt that you need to rep your weapon on your sleeve? I didn’t think so. But in case you were feeling nostalgic for both a game and a fashion accessory from a by-gone era, crafts person bettydeath from Etsy has made a cuff featuring a stylized version of the iconic game’s…
These leaked pics from what looks like some sort of Apple or AT&T marketing material give up lots more information on the phone, including (if it’s real) what the final shape is going to look like. Both the standard black version and the project (RED) version have tapered edges, which match the “thinner” rumors, and…
In my mind, AMD and VIA comments can be summed up as, “No shit.” [NYTimes]
That’s a photo of one side of Thermalright’s prototype HSC-101 case, with a heatblock for the CPU. The other side looks identical, but it’s for the GPU, and both sides can dissipate “150 Watts of heat”. [TG Daily]
Engadget say they have analyzed the leaked iPhone 2.0 firmware, and report 3G and GPS will be present. The HSDPA will be tri-band, meaning it will work pretty much anywhere. They also say components will include Sony antennas, 3G processors, transceivers and amplifiers, Arm 11 CPU and an UMTS on/off switch for power saving. Seems…
Poor TakeTV. This past Fall, it launched just ahead of the flood of media extenders that bring PC content to the TV. And while many felt it worked decently, it couldn’t keep up with the big dogs in the end as Sandisk confirmed today they killed the TakeTV line…in mid-May. Additionally, they shut down the…
It’s no secret Walt Mossberg is a freakin’ super-pundit in the tech world (it’s rumored he once liveblogged for 14 hours straight…while standing). And if you need some words from the man himself, all you have to do is head over to waltmossbergsays.com, jot down your statement/prediction/infallibility, and BOOM! — Walt speaks. Not only that,…
Personally, I don’t get much of a thrill out of unboxings. Besides, we have already seen the Eee PC 901 topless, so the mystery is all but gone. Still, if you cant get enough of this strange gadget strip show, Laptop Magazine has the filthy images you so desperately crave. And if you are not…
Wireless monitors are in their infancy now, but ASUS and Realtek are teaming up to make a new product series based on Wireless USB. The monitor has an integrated Wireless USB module from Realtek—a technology that’s also just barely making it mainstream—and will be able to pair with a Wireless USB Host Wire Adapter or…
Anything can happen at this year’s WWDC, but chances are most of the Apple faithful out there are interested in either a new Macbook, OS X 10.6 or the 3G iPhone. Again, we don’t know for sure what will be unveiled, but given a choice, which one of these products do you want the most?…
This “Mask of Emotion” was made at the Hongik University in Korea, which explains why their emoticons are very Asian, as opposed to the more :'( style us westerners use. It’s supposed to be hide your personal emotion while displaying whatever one you choose, which is limited to happy, kinda happy, very happy, sad, another kind…
With the WWDC kickoff only days away and the launch of the 3G iPhone imminent, many hardcore geeks will brave the elements outside of their local Apple store in an attempt to be among the first to score a shiny new phone. If you happen to be one of those geeks, the following tips and…
It appears that the design team at Mubai-based Planet 3 Studios have done for the office what the Casulo did for small apartments. That is to say, they have found a way to cram a rooms worth of furniture into a box. At a glance, it appears that their “Out-of-Box” workstation incorporates 2 desks, a…
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Continuing our weirdness from Japan theme, a company called Avex has just released a DVD that teaches men to be more confident by staring at 50 different women for an hour and a half. Most Japanese men do this already, but instead of the women being in various states of undress, these women are just…
