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According to MobilecityOnline, they’re getting shipments of the North American 8GB Nokia N95 on February 15. Why’s this notable? Because the North American Model includes support for our 3G, which is much better than not having support for our 3G. Pre-order now, but be aware that MCO has pushed their launch dates back before. [Mobile…
Just talked to sources at Amazon and Warner Music Group about their DRM-free MP3 retail deal. In case you were wondering, we have confirmed that Warner is not watermarking the files to keep track of them. Incidentally, Amazon wasn’t aware of whether or not it would happen, saying that “in some cases the labels provide…
Just passing the time during the “holi-tain’ts” (’tain’t this holiday, ’tain’t that holiday)? The guys at I4U News really know how to commemorate gadgets, and can help you celebrate these in-between touchy-feely times with their I4U Apple iPhone Babe. She’s billed as a tribute to touchscreens, and we might add she’s a tribute to touching…
Just when all the other big guns are bringing their 1080p projectors down to the $3000 level, in pops Mitsubishi breaking the $2000 barrier. Well, almost. The company is offering a $500 rebate on its HC4900 LCD 1080p home theater projector, for which it claims 1000 ANSI lumens of brightness (plenty bright for home theater)…
When it comes to official meeting spaces, many companies spare no expense, so those free spenders will probably love this fancy-schmancy Plasma-Lift Conference Table with a 42-inch plasma display popping up like a boner at the behest of the CEO or his minions. You’d think for $25,000, they could at least go with solid wood,…
We just got an automated e-mail from the Virtual Press Office with 64 press release titles, all with broken links. But the titles themselves are very exciting, particularly the ones concerning JVC: • LCDs with integrated iPod docks • Dual-iPod docking stations • “Colorful” Everio camcorders • The world’s thinnest LCD TVs, complete with a…
So not only are Apple and Fox colluding for a movie rental deal on the iTunes service, they’ve got a special deal in place that allows users to rip Fox DVDs onto their computers. Financial Times isn’t clear on exactly how the format works, but from what we gathered from past news, the files are…
Click to viewHere’s the video review for the new Wacom Cintiq 12WX, a tablet that allows you to draw directly on the screen with extreme precision, great feel and amazing results (even with butter fingers like mine). The Cintiq 12WX is probably the best peripheral I have ever tried. If you are not a professional…
Apparently DRM isn’t just annoying to us plebes—it aggravates better, tanner-than-us Hollywood types when they have to deal with it too. Surprise, right? As you pirating assholes know, DVD screeners sent to Oscar voters is a nice source of ones littered on BitTorrent. A lot of ’em are watermarked to curb leaks, but a more…
The Pitch With mere days left before the dawn of 2008, there’s precious little time left to celebrate a geek milestone: the silver anniversary of the incomparable Magnavox Odyssey gaming console. This particular ad, however, aired in early 1973, about nine months after the Odyssey’s debut. The oddly unenthusiastic narrator terms the product “the electronic…
There’s not a lot of information about this invention from Ramin Sedighi of Iran, except that it’s a device with an electronic pen that scans words of a book and says them aloud. The news clip says that the device will teach languages to children ages 4 to 16, and that it can also “explain”…
Take a stack of car batteries, design a bicycle around it, and you have the build-it-yourself LongRanger electric bike, whose practicality certainly outdistances its dog-ugly appearance by a country mile. In the video, marvel at the quiet of this DIY electro-bike, and then check out this shot, giving you a good idea of just how…
A tipster just sent us compelling evidence of giant 64GB and ridiculously huge 128GB Sony-branded USB drives circulating in China. When he first spotted them at a market in Zu Hai, near Macau, he thought it was a misprint, but then he discovered that his own father had a 64GB card. Lest you think he…
Post-holiday sales occasionally rock, and Amazon’s latest buy one, get one HD DVD sale is even better than their last one, as the bin is loaded with some really choice flicks like Children of Men, Serenity, The Big Lebowski, Knocked Up, Hot Fuzz and a bunch of others—all stuff I’d want if I had an…
Sony’s putting some great tech into its 1080p VPL-VW40 projector, but the big story here is the price: One penny under $3000 takes it home. Sony just couldn’t sit still while Epson and Panasonic break the $3000 barrier for erstwhile crazy-expensive 1080p projectors, with both competitors already cranking out their second iterations packed with 1080p-ness.…
Amazon just kicked a certain Cupertino-based company where it counts, scoring DRM-free MP3s from Warner Music Group that you can buy today. This leaves out only the big S, Sony, which is always the last to cave in when the topic is reduced content protection. By contrast, Apple, which helped usher in the DRM-free music…
Panasonic has announced their development of the world’s thinnest internal Blu-ray drive. At just 9.5 mm tall, it’s thin enough for laptops but still packs a performance punch. We’re talking 2X recording for both BD-R and BD-RE (rewritable) discs, along with BD-R DL support (but we’re guessing that the dual layer writing is just 1X…have…
You’ll get a kick out of this guy’s backwards singing, and he actually has a pretty good voice. Halfway through, the video is reversed, and you’ll discover what song he’s actually crooning. See if you can guess what the song is before the halfway point. We didn’t get it until he was nearly finished with…
We’re gonna cut the crap and avoid that whole condescending, elephant in the room post about DVD “backups” and how you need to easily copy home movies for grandma. EZ Dupe is a sexy, fairly tiny dual DVD drive that allows for simple (and probably illegal) 8x copy of your favorite discs. You can plug…
Click to viewToday, December 27 at 1:01AM EDT, The Supreme Pope of Tech Walter Mossberg has declared the Dell XPS One a better machine than the iMac. And yes, that sound you thought you dreamt was Steve Jobs screaming and Hell freezing over. The Dell XPS One comes “sightly ahead” of the iMac because of…