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PC Mag has gotten their hands on Falcon Northwest’s latest FragBox, a turn-key, budget gaming PC (if there ever was such a thing). Loaded with an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processor (as opposed to more expensive quad core offerings) and an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS graphics card, the semi-portable (it has a handle) 20-lb.…
The China-based Commercial Times has reported that Foxconn, the company behind the first iPhone, is prepping a 3G model for late May. With Apple’s anticipated announcement expected at WWDC in early June, Foxconn is preparing for shipments of three million 3G iPhones during that month. And through the product’s lifespan, the manufacturer anticipates shipping 24-25…
The rumors were right: Today Apple launched new iMacs, including a $2,200 24-inch model with a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo and an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics card with 512MB video RAM, potentially doubling video performance for certain apps. The full lineup, still starting at $1,200, will include 6MB L2 cache and a 1066 MHz…
Those Chinese cloners have fired up their photocopiers again, this time hunting after big, expensive game: the luxury Vertu phones from Nokia. The Veptu clone phones actually look like the real deal, some even coming with 24k gold-plated cases, leather backs and up to 3.3 carats of embedded diamonds—are these real? Who knows. Each comes…
Nokia has fired out three new cellphones aimed at the European market, under a “beautiful to use” banner. Most interesting, the 6600 comes in either a fold or slide version, both with “tap” touch control technology. The 3G folding version has a 2 megapixel camera and 2.13-inch OLED screen, while the slide version has 3.2…
Not having enough with his multi-billion dollar industrial conglomerate, Bruce Wayne keeps whoring his Batman brand for everything that can be manufactured using plastic in China. This the Batman MP3 player, shaped like a 2.75-inch black batshuriken, with 1GB of RAM inside, compatible with Windows and Mac OS X, and stereo headphones shaped as bat…
Yahoo! and Microsoft have failed to agree on a takeover deal. The deadline for the deal was last weekend, and Saturday came and went without so much as a peep from either party. This means two things: a hostile takeover, which would mean kicking out the Yahoo! board at the shareholders’ meeting; or Ballmer et…
Gimme an i! Gimme an M! Gimme an A! Gimme a… the Apple Store is down right now, worldwide. Yes, it’s not Tuesday, but there will be announcements today. Or so the usual suspects say. Your bets after the jump.
Styled in shiny, first-gen iPod white, this mosquito repeller from Brando has a built-in flashlight to give the electronic bird to mosquitos and, aspazzarently, dragon flies. Do these electronic anti-mozzie devices work? Not on me, mate, I get bitten to buggery no matter what I use—even that stuff that smells like nuclear paint stripper. Brando’s…
A half-way house between a digital watch and those crazy do-it-all multimedia watches, the digital photo frame watch may actually appeal to more people. The built-in memory can store 60 photos and it can superimpose the time in analog or digital format over the top. And that’s all it does: simple. It charges through USB,…
Ah, the Asus Eee PC, the little computer that can be modded to do anything, from stealing all your money in an ATM to grabbing all your money on the internet. This one will snatch $3,200 from your account if you want to buy it on eBay, with all the mods except for the 3G…
Just the other day we were showing you the very iMac-esque Fujitsu all-in-one desktop PC, and now there’s news that TG Sambo are making their own similar machine dubbed Lluon. It’s got a built-in 22-inch screen and right-mounted DVD-drive, and the usual array of ports and sockets shared between the rear and side. It looks…
Click to viewIt’s alive. Reader Patrick (Whiskeyfrown) is lucky enough to be using one of the few Psystar Open Computing machines that have made it into the wild, and he was generous enough to make a video showing the machine (including the connections in the back to the monitor to show that it’s legit). The…
Bad news, bargain hunters; Nintendo has gone on record saying there are no imminent price cuts for the Nintendo Wii or DS. Satoru Iwata, the company’s president, said he did not believe in the “model” of price slashing, as it tends to leave early adopters feeling a little disheartened. Though we do agree, surely early…
“You do it to yourself, you do And that’s what really hurts.” — Radiohead. [Flickr] Editor’s note: nothing to be surprised about here. Even if he was using a MacBook for his presentation, who cares? Macs run Windows just like any other PC laptop, and also PowerPoint for Mac OS X. Probably Ballmer doesn’t give…
Looks like the Zune isn’t the only PMP to be getting a color makeover, Creative’s Zen is in on it too. The new model was spotted at Wal Mart, where it is retailing at $69.99 for a 2GB unit, with no other capacities listed. As far as we can tell, the pink Zen is ready…
Oasis were right, she is electric, or at least she would be with the Piezing dress concept, designed by Amanda Parkes. The concept was shown off at the 2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital & Analog Clothing event in San Francisco, and it uses piezoelectric material around the joints to generate electricity when motion is…
If you enjoy observing and controlling the minutiae of your daily life, down to how much CO2 your last shower emitted, consider moving to Sweden and taking part in the Manodo project. Nordic start-up Manodo has created the ultimate smart home gadget, which tells you everything you’ll ever want to know (and maybe some things…
When Teuco isn’t creating ludicrously expensive cromoexperience showers for Adam Frucci, they’re inventing jaw-dropping Sorgente bathtubs that straddle the line between extravagant cleanliness and modern art. That is, if by modern art you mean a dangerous, gaping hole in the floor of your bathroom. https://gizmodo.com/tueco-e2-shower-washes-scent-of-poverty-right-off-254487 Not only does the Sorgente look expensive, but its unusual…
The clip shows a completely transparent screen, which actually functions as the laptop’s display panel. It’s a cool idea, and one we have seen before, but don’t you think it is ultimately pointless? If the concept ever saw the light of day, the technology would be distracting and counter-productive in a home setting. Talking of…