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Most homes have coax wired into almost every room, but only newer ones have Ethernet wall ports. D-Link’s DXN-221 Ethernet adapter works around this problem and comes with two units, both with a Coax F-Type connector to go into your wall, and an Ethernet adapter to hook up to your networking on either side. The…
Engadget got their hands on a Helio Ocean 2 shot, and it looks quite similar to the sketch we saw on the FCC site a while back. If this is it, it’s still rounded and dual-sliding like the first, but supposedly has various upgrades like a 3-megapixel camera, 1GB internal storage, 30FPS video recording and…
Mossberg: Former Dell CEO has said that R&D is a waste. That still true? Dell: No. There’s tens of billions of dollars spent in the industry, and while we definitely see value here, we’re also into leveraging the tech from other partners. For example, the 0.3mm OLED that Sony showed. Mossberg: You going to use…
The origins of this CD Drive salami slicer are unknown, so there are no details on the build itself. However, it seems that adding a decent blade to an old CD drive could score you a salami slicer that fits in with your geeky lifestyle. You could probably even rig it so that operates automatically…
Plasma and LCD HDTVs are better now than they ever have been, but they’re just that—the TVs of now. OLED is the TV of the future—being shown off today at All Things D. Thin, beautiful and obscenely expensive though, for the moment, still a bit small. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-plasma-tv-basics-385708 OLED stands for organic light-emitting diode, meaning that…
Engadget’s saying the HTC Dream has just been shown off at the Google I/O Conference. No pics or vids yet, but from what we’ve heard before, it’s a phone with a touchscreen and a large QWERTY keypad. Just like the rest of HTC’s phones, except this one’s screen is 5×3-inches. There’s an accelerometer as well.…
There’s a car that’s not slated for release until 2009 or 2010. It makes some wild claims. And no one in the media has driven it yet (since it’s still in production). But with those caveats in mind, continue on to drop your jaw at Hybrid Technologies‘ upcoming still-nameless supercar. Hybrid Technologies is working on…
While the do-everything touchscreen of the iPhone seemed like the perfect solution for game emulation, it’s tough to top real buttons when it comes to mashing away at Track & Field. So the iControlpad attaches to the iPhone and gives it a PSP makeover. The prototype (pictured here) was pieced together from the internals of…
Mac Software Update now contains Leopard OSX version 10.5.3, which addresses issues with AirPort and other networking reliability, and resolves a few Time Machine and Time Capsue problems—Aperture is now compatible, we’re told. It also has improved Spaces usability. Check it out and let us know if you find anything else out. Full update list:…
Sir Howard Stringer of Sony just unveiled a 0.3mm OLED that is thin as a playing card and can be used in a 27-inch TV that will ship soon. But not at reasonable prices. [All Things D] https://gizmodo.com/sonys-howard-stringer-to-unveil-new-0-3mm-thick-oled-di-393667
Katherine over at Tech Digest caught this very interesting quote by a Nokia VP over at the S60 Summit today, explaining why their users aren’t quite as interested in video calling as Nokia’s sales department would hope. Here’s the reason: the angle you’re forced to hold the phone at when you’re making video calls “isn’t…
9:45 Stringer is on stage. Mossberg: Last time you were up here, things were tough. Stringer: We’ve turned things around but before profit was not a priority in Japan. Reminds me too much of Benny Hill. 9:47 Mossberg: You didn’t build your own facilities for LCD production and had to buy them from a competitor,…
During their interview last night at All Things D, Walt Mossberg called Steve Ballmer the “maestro of the whiteboard” and presented him with a fresh one to explain how online advertising works. We know what it is. You can see words like Publisher and Advertise and Data in the fringes, but what does it look…
According to a Fortune story today, in the span of only five weeks, six workers have fallen to their deaths from cell towers, half of which occurred on AT&T projects. This follows four months of zero fatalities in the industry, and only 10 total last year from “elevated structures of all kinds” combined, like water…
Bezos just exited, but we’ve got more for you. The CEO of Activision is here to talk about the future of gaming consoles and video games. We’ll stick to the hardware side of things and report on that only, so updates will come slowly. Kara: What’s important about the physicality of gaming these days? Robert:…
I can’t speak for you, dear reader, but I was once a Choose Your Own Adventure addict. While the other kids on the playground were dropping acid and huffing, I was flipping to page 67 with a finger firmly bookmarking page 15…just in case. The new Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay DVD will…
This Yamaha Disklavier Piano could be the most advanced piano we’ve ever seen, and we’ve seen several (forced piano lessons FTW). Not only does it have Wi-Fi to download MIDI files onto itself so it can play back songs, you can record performances—with vocals and other instruments—as well. Files are stored onto the piano’s hard…
More details coming, but it will be separate from the Unbox download system, and will launch in a few weeks. No more details right now, but I’ll let you know when we hear em. Read what else Bezos had to say at All Things D in the liveblog. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-tivo-unbox-movie-rentals-pc-free-282025
Amazon’s Gold Box deals today are pretty fantastic for gamers, what with Call of Duty 4 for $39, followed by a different game at $29 throughout the day. Right now it’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (might be gone by the time you read this), followed by Scene-It, and rounded up with what Kotaku is guessing…
Just last week, we heard that carbon nanotubes could be as dangerous as asbestos. Now a new study takes another damning shot at nanotechnology, this time at the sector’s golden child, buckyballs. Hollow balls of carbon that are promising for everything from fighting cancer to coating paint, a recent study found that buckyball clusters can…