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Usually, about the only thing rivals LG and Samsung see eye-to-eye on is that Korean food is awesome. But they’re coming together to propose a new co-developed mobile DTV standard to the Advanced Television Systems Committee, in the hopes that it’ll be quickly adopted and get the mobile TV ball a-rollin’. (Guess the Nokia deal…
Casio just unveiled four new G-Shock models at their 25th anniversary event tonight in NYC. Kanye West is here, but the watches are definitely taking front and center. Two are analog, the other two digital, and all feature Multi-Band 6 atomic time synchronization and solar batteries. The one above is the MT-G, or Metal Twisted…
You know that crappy computer you have been meaning to toss out? Hold on there, my friend—the next breakthrough vehicle fuel source could be contained within its valuable circuit boards (although most likely not). Scientists in Romania and Turkey have employed a combination of catalysts, high temperatures and chemical filtration to remove toxic chemicals from…
According to a survey by IDC and Nortel, for over a third of people, their cellphone is the most important thing in their pocket—they’d even leave their wallet and keys at home if they could only take one thing with them for 24 hours. If I had to leave the house for a day and…
Your job has you on the go nearly 24/7, which means that every so often you may have to drop everything and shoot out a quick email, jot down important notes or even pick up on an impromptu meeting. The Tempo Chair by Andrea Ruggiero aims to supply a functional piece of furniture where you…
Reader dudersnoopz tipped us off to PC Club and its subsidiary Club IT both closing down yesterday, laying off all its employees and declaring bankruptcy. Because PC Club is pretty much a regional store (we have one or two fond memories of picking up parts there in the ’90s), it’s unlikely that they’ll get another…
Through the fabulously true-to-life magic of machine translation comes word from ZDNet.de that Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer has confirmed an upcoming, larger (more tablet-y?) “version of the iPhone” based on Intel’s Atom platform. Supposedly, the beefier unit size isn’t due to the Atom chipset, but to the previously rumored bigger 720×480 display. https://gizmodo.com/intel-reveals-all-about-atom-processor-range-374976 This…
Google Maps has just added even more information for your geographical perusal, including the option to place links to Wikipedia articles and geotagged photos from Panoramio on top of your maps. It’s a cool way to see shots of areas taken with a more artful eye than the Street View vans as well as check…
Asimo, Honda’s consistently-unimpressive robot that they awkwardly walk out for press conferences to prove to everyone that they’re working on vague, future-related projects, is at it again! This time, he’s been spotted “conducting” Yo-Yo Ma and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, caught here on NBC’s Today Show. It’s all quite ridiculous and probably not a little…
Oh, the irony. A wireless content distributor (Dish Network) needs somewhere between $500 million and $2 billion to support mobile (wireless) TV. Dish owns a chunk of the 700Mhz spectrum; now they just need a friend. But as Dish vice chairman Carl Voge put it, “We’re a long, long, long way from building anything out.…
We showed you the little lazy-kid-moving RingBo yesterday, and now we have a ludicrous video of it in action. Watch! As an adorable Korean toddler spins aimlessly in circles in a variety of outfits. Listen! To some of the most ridiculous music to be produced since the 1980s. Cringe! At the thought of parents dropping…
We know all the toilets in Japan that have built-in bidets, but how many come with remotes? With Blooming Bidet, you activate all the functions of the toilet, even adjust the intensity of water spray or hot air aimed at your posterior, from the handset. Note the big STOP button, in case things get out…
If you don’t mind using a phone that’s been face-greased by someone else over who knows how many months, AT&T’s refurb store has some pretty decent deals on iPhones. The 8GB is $249 and 16GB is $349, perfect for buying now and then regretting one month later when the 3G iPhone is available. At least…
The most recent software update to Canon’s Digital Photo Professional contained a reference in the help file to a previously unheard of DSLR, the Canon Rebel XS, aka 1000D. The old and crusty Rebel XTi is currently still hanging around as Canon’s most entry-level DSLR (below the XSi)—the XS might be the fresh pony to…
It looks like a prop from the latest Dr. Who series, it clamps down with the deliberateness of a Vulcan, and it feels… well… not too bad. The Powernic finger-pressure massager is a pretty serious apparatus, and in the wrong hands it could probably do quite a bit of damage. Good thing there’s a touch-sensitive…
French blog Blogeee.net has allegedly exclusive pictures of the next Asus Eee PC 901, which apparently includes a new motherboard. Apparently this model is the one that will have Intel Atom inside, which is why the company has sightly redesigned its exterior. The images show a ton of small refinements over the design of the…
Instead of just staring the time, date and your choice of wallpaper when you start up the iPhone, why not make it more Windows Mobile-y by putting useful information there*? The app IntelliScreen lets you show either your upcoming calendar items, recent emails, recent text messages, the weather, or even an RSS feed up on…
At $5,900, the Kirby Morgan 57 Diving Helmet is way out of the budget of most scuba diving lovers and Jacques Costeau-wannabes. But don’t worry because you don’t need one of these underwater wonders unless you want to get down to the pits of hell or dive into biologically contaminated water—like the bottom of a…
AT&T just sent out an internal memo to its employees today limiting all iPhone purchases to one per customer—down from a previous three—and making everyone pay with credit cards or debit cards. Do they want to make their stock last until the 3G iPhone is out? Probably, since people who buy more than one are…
The Xtand is a solid aluminum stand that not only holds your iPhone when your hands have better things to do, but does so in that “I’m an aluminum stand that looks like an iMac stand” kind of way. It’s 100% fanboy gear, but we have to admit, the 360-degree rotation and cable management system…