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After Apple stole the show with their amazing Macbook Air, it was easy to overlook Lenovo’s announcement of their own 0.73 inch thick, 3ish pound laptop—that, by the way, features a 13.3-inch display, 64GB SSD, DVD burner, EVDO, WiMax, GPS, 3 USB ports, and a blessed swappable battery. And at $2,680.00 (2GB configuration), it may…
Click to viewMy new Tandem Z1 Chinook finally arrived. And guess what? Two rotors and proper six-way control actually does equal twice the crashes. At least while starting out, anyway— just like a real helicopter these things are a bugger to learn to control. Balancing throttle, forward, backwards, turning and the trimming controls felt like…
Designed for electronic giant Candy and Italian business organization La Fucina, the Tian Chi washing machine introduces an element of fun to the daily grind of household chores, A spring-loaded trap door in the top means that you can play basketball with your dirty clothes every washday. Unlike me, Carlo Casagrande and Yu Wenhou Ben…
The Eurocrats have put Microsoft in the frying pan again with a painfulnormous $1.35 billion fine “for defying sanctions imposed for antitrust violations.” This new fine brings the total amount to $2.52 billion. Clearly, Microsoft’s recent moves have not convinced the European Union’s skepticism at all. Note: the Digg badge in this article is from…
Aroma Waker is a not-so-cunningly-named alarm clock that wakes you by emitting aromatherapy scents at a preset time. Its actually got two heated scent pots, so you can have a second dose of smells later in the day— perhaps to remind you it’s lunchtime, to feed the cat, or a “warm welcome from a hard…
This is what the Prez and his people watch their Chuck Norris movies in: the White House home theater. It’s, er, very red, isn’t it? The refurb was overseen by Laura Bush in 2004, who was, apparently, inspired by turn-of-the-last century movie palaces. Another shot, plus the magnolia hell that was its previous incarnation, below.…
The Polaroid instant digital picture frame is just that, a digital screen in the shape and size of an old Polaroid instant photo (my favorite.) It may not seem as ingenious as the Digital Jewel Box, but we can’t resist its retro charm, and the possibility of writing messages on its dry erase surface. Not…
The P950iTV cellphone, which will be a Japan-only release, is the first Panasonic handset to carry the Viera branding. The TV-centric features will include a 3.5-inch 262k color display (854 x 480!); video playback at 30 fps, a 4,000:1 contrast ratio, TV and audio out ports, as well as more traditional features, including HSDPA connectivity,…
Shrink-wrapping your MP3 player has suddenly become reality, thanks to the guys at Twinbird. The XZABADY (crazy name, eh, crazy guys?) is a frame-shaped iPod dock with FM radio that you can park your player in to make it waterproof. The player connects via an audio jack, and you can customize the background with a…
The B300 is one hell of a rugged laptop, just check out these specs: 13.3-inch XGA display, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6GHz processor, a maximum of 4GB RAM, Super-Multi DVD ROM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 12-hour maximum battery life, rugged magnesium alloy case, Biometric Fingerprint Reader, as well as options for 3G and GPS. The lappie with…
Toshiba’s new Softbank 815T PB is the robot/cellphone hybrid I would’ve dreamed of if cellphones had been around when I was a kid. It’s made for an upcoming Japanese TV drama called Ketai Sousakan 7 and it really does transform, Transformers-like, into a robot toy complete with tiny bunched fists. Even the display-face is part…
Boing Boing has collected a batch of links and proof showing Comcast paid people to attend a net neutrality hearing and cheer for them, which displaced reporters and other generally sane people who would have booed and hissed. It is reported that the henchmen were identifiable by the yellow highlighters they wore. Are there denials?…
You are working feverishly and there is no time to eat—so you bring your food and drink over to your workspace and try to multi-task. Not surprisingly, you manage to spill your beverage all over the keyboard like an idiot. Many of us have been there. So, the question is, which is worse to spill…
UPDATE: We’ve been trying to understand the new Apple Macbook Pro battery life ratings compared to the old models. It’s been hard to quantify generational differences because Apple is now testing using a more challenging battery benchmark, while improving the efficiency of the new machines via Penryn chips and LED backlights. Is it a wash,…
A credit card piggy bank would be no fun at all. Where is the joy in sticking a credit card into pig’s back when you can’t smash it later on to blow your earnings on some frivolous item? Besides, using a credit card or debit card to wirelessly add money into a savings account does…
As promised at CES, the giant boot of the FCC is hovering over Comcast, ready to make it the FCC’s bitch for throttling P2P applications. At a hearing populated by drowsy Comcast shills, FCC Diddy Kevin Martin implied that they’re about to fire up the fine canon or block Comcast from throttling P2P traffic, while…
The first thing that comes to mind when you see the Everex mini gOS Linux PC is that it looks just like a Mac mini except in black it is a smart way to slim down after that comically bulky Wal-Mart-special gPC that launched Everex’s open-source strategy. And with an Intel Pentium Dual-Core Mobile processor,…
Remember the lawsuit filed a little while ago against Microsoft because PCs with “Windows Vista Capable” stickers weren’t actually all that Vista Capable? A federal judge just granted that suit class action status, meaning that if you bought a Vista “Capable” PC during the 2006 Holidays, you might be in store to get a little…
One of the best arguments for building your own PCs is that you make the decisions regarding parts, which means you don’t have to scrap the whole system or buy sub-standard hardware from the manufacturer when it is time to upgrade. This is especially true for gaming rigs. Dell, one of the biggest offenders when…
Regular squirt guns are all well and good, but when you want to give your kid an advantage in the neighborhood this summer, only a full-on water mortar will do. This monster of ensoakment is made using PVC pipes and a strong desire to get punched in the mouth by some crybaby neighbor kid’s dad.…