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If you haven’t quite reached your flair quota, or you are hopelessly stuck in the 1980’s fashion-wise, you will probably love the Cool Man MP3 from Newman. The device features and OLED display, support for MP3 and WMA, a built-in microphone and most importantly, a high-tech safety pin that puts high-tech holes in your shirts…
That Eye-Fi Wi-Fi SD memory card isn’t just useful for uploading pictures automatically whenever there’s a hotspot in range, it’s also useful for catching thieves. Not all thieves, however, just ones stupid enough to take pictures of themselves using a camera they stole that has an Eye-Fi inserted. This brilliant guy made off with $1000+…
Sure it looks weird, but this little prototype remote from SMK operates without the use of battery power. Like similar flashlight-type devices, this remote uses a electromagnetic induction coil to generate electricity when the user pulls the trigger. Pulling the trigger once will change channels, two pulls will turn the TV on or off, and…
Reader Mark’s brother just sent over this pic of an “OS X iPhone” banner found on the WWDC show floor in Moscone Center. You can’t really tell much from the shot (no 3G iPhone leaked), but it does look like iPhone will be a big topic next Monday-something we’ve known for a while. Crunchgear also…
Having an unlocked iPhone has always been a tradeoff-you can get some cool 3rd party apps but trying to install firmware updates is a huge pain in the ass. Still, the urge to rebel and personalize your phone the way you want is strong-and there will always be a large group of people who will…
We couldn’t find any clue what the hell this kid is doing, so come up with your own conclusions (and caption). Looks like his dad rigged up a weed whacker to some sort of…something, and he’s going tearing down the streets of London living out his wildest Harry Potter adventures. The one without Hermione, that…
There’s no doubt, Asus really shook up the technology market with their Eee PC mini-laptop. And to parlay the Eee’s success into a success for all of their electronics, Asus came up with a plan. Just call everything the Eee! Here’s Asus’ new Eee TV that was spotted at Computex, described only as a “rather…
It’s pretty amazing that no one’s made an alarm clock radio for the Zune yet—it’s been out for a year and a half already—but iHome’s stepped up to the plate. The ZN9 has dual alarms, separate weekday/weekend times, backlit LCD, and of course a Zune dock. It’s similar in functionality to this other iHome alarm…
The HT-IS100 is the latest little speaker set from Sony, a 5.1 channel surround system that looks small enough to smuggle in your underpants—sans subwoofer of course. Each speaker in the 450 watt system is about the size of a golf ball (or a 4-H award winning strawberry from the looks of it). UPDATE: Added…
Sony is having a block party with its top-end Bravia LCD line today—two entirely new series, XBR7 and XBR8, and updates to XBR6. At CES, we asked, “Where are the big Sony TVs?” Here they are. XBR8 brings features from its obscenely ridiculous $33,000 70-inch XBR3 down to more accessible 46 and 55 inch sets—namely…
YouTube, Wired.com and Crackle have all added their content to Sony’s Bravia Internet Video Link, the pricey $300 add-on that streams video to Bravia TVs. This is a major upgrade, as the content previously available through BIVL was thin to say the least. Now you can use that beautiful 1080p set to sift through the…
The concept has been around for a while, but Origo Industries is planning on being the first company to release a CO2 recycling system that turns your car emissions into fuel. The unit captures CO2 from your car exhaust and stores it until it can be recycled in a home unit that uses algae to…
We were only familiar with two types of water, the kind from the tap and the kind you buy in bottles, but Japan’s been enjoying at least five different kinds of it since 1974. Their water appliance, which is finally making it over to the US, makes Kangen Alkaline water for your immune system, Strong…
It’s difficult to make out what VoodooPC’s teaser video is trying to show, but whatever’s in this Indiana Jones of-the-future clip has really clean, metallic lines. There’s a quick peek of a laptop in there (maybe?), but all the rest seems like a Mac Pro-esque desktop. We could also be wrong entirely and this could…
Forbes is running a frankly bizarre piece that the DS’s greatest threat is the iPhone, because it has “the touch-sensitive screen of a Nintendo DS with the motion sensitivity of the Nintendo Wii” (the writer is absolutely hyped for this combo) and the upcoming App Store will in bring a flood of games. The primary…
One half of the most awkward relationship ever was on the Today Show this morning. Yes, Kathy Griffin was talking about her former relationship with Apple co-founder and Segway enthusiast Steve Wozniack. Apparently, Woz met and married some new woman in three weeks and they’re already planning kids. Woz, you animal you! It never gets…
A Taiwanese manufacturer named Host Optical has provided photos and information to iLounge claiming that they are manufacturing two smaller touchscreen displays-and at least one will be used in the new iPhone. The screens are smaller than the current gen iPhone at 2.8 and 3.2-inches and they are touted as having a “projected capacitance touch…
The T-Mobile Sidekick LX Tony Hawk Edition gets official, with Tony’s name emblazed across the Sharp-ade Sidekick device. It’s pretty much the same as the standard Sidekick LX, except this one has video recording and “play and share,” among other small upgrades. As a bonus, check out the gallery to see how really excited Tony…
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Sound & Vision has a nice roundup of vacation spots for those of us who’d rather stay in with an expensive media center than work on our burns by the pool. They take a look at some of the world’s top hotels boasting the finest in A/V gear. But I’m not sure that I’d spend…