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DigiTimes, our favorite Taiwanese collection of rumor and speculation, is reporting that Kenmos Technology and Nano-Op have both started supplying Dell and Apple with LED backlight units for 12.1-inch and 13.3-inch notebooks, respectively. They add that the shipments are “for high-end models,” like the MacBook Pro. 13-inch MacBook Pro, you say? If you recall, this…
Perhaps in response to Nokia’s sizeable slip in Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics, the Finnish phone giant has “Evolved” its 3110 model to become, well, greener. The Nokia 3110 Evolve has “bio-covers” made from more than 50% renewable material, its packaging has been reduced in size and comes from 60% recycled content. It also comes…
Last weekend in Korea was the Wearable Computer Fashion Show, a glimpse into one possible future in which we all look like jackasses with technology arbitrarily attached to our bodies with no real rhyme or reason. Like this “Light Hat,” for example, which makes no sense whatsoever. I mean, in the future, will we all…
Here’s Google latest plan to take over the galaxy with the power of their fully armed and operational server fleet: let you tag everything you want, from your dog to a book to your cellphone to your car keys, and have it controlled at all times using RFID. According to a report on the Daily…
While Fred Flintstone may appreciate the added efficiency of a pedal-powered car, members of the Toronto police department certainly do not. The product of artist Michel de Broin, the 1986 Buick Regal was entirely gutted and equipped with four independently geared bike pedal systems. Surprisingly enough, the system works pretty well, though we might have…
With the holidays rapidly approaching, people will most likely be doing a bit of entertaining, and after a few glasses of your aunt’s famous eggnog, carrying that tray of hors d’oeuvres becomes quite a challenge. This self-balancing serving tray—whose arm is positioned in such as way to make it hard to tip—could be just the…
Oh, this is rich. The MPAA’s “University Toolkit,” which is essentially spyware the MPAA asked schools to install on their servers to make sure their students weren’t pirating License to Wed when they were supposed to be studying, has been taken down for copyright violation. Copyright violation! What a collection of assholes. The Toolkit is…
The oh-so-hotly anticipated dashboard (“fall”) update for the Xbox 360 is fresh out of the oven and ready for you to download. If you only caught the headlines that it’d come with DivX and XviD hotness, have a look back at what else is baked inside. [via Destructoid] https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-fall-update-full-details-divx-xvid-328563
The August 21, 1960 Chicago Tribune ran this Closer Than We Think! strip about “Universal Language Boxes” of the future. In the world of tomorrow, you’ll be able to talk in English and be understood by a Japanese who knows only his own tongue, or by an Ottoman Turk who’s acquainted with his own language…
In a breaking BusinessWeek story, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam says that it will support Android, Google’s new platform for phones and mobile devices, making Verizon a member of sorts in the Open Handset Alliance. While this seems to be the logical conclusion to Verizon’s weeklong openness bender, McAdam claims that it was the Android…
We love LEGO, the perfect excuse to waste a weekend doing constructive things and/or just get drunk. We can even eat LEGO. Other people, however, actually are LEGO. Like reader Rob Hoffmann who, pulling a Robert DeNiro, became LEGO himself thanks to vinyl, chicken wire and foam, the three cornerstones of any equilibrated diet: https://gizmodo.com/legos-ultimate-collectors-millennium-falcon-unboxed-no-303613…
Samsung has just added two new S series cameras to their line, the S760 (7.2MP) and S860 (8.1MP). Other than their captured resolution, both cameras pack the same 2.4-inch screen, 3x optical zoom, face detection and 640×480, video at 30fps. Oh, and they come in colors! Look for these models starting at $169 this January—just…
HD DVD takes another blow on the chin today as Australian movie rental chains Video Ezy and Blockbuster have both decided to offer Blu-ray exclusively. Actually owned by the same parent company, Franchise Entertainment Group, the combined franchises have 870 stores in all. And while that number isn’t massive, remember that if each store were…
For the purposes of combating Windows counterfeiting, Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage program has been checking copies of Vista and locking up any systems it deems to be fakes. Turns out that the kill switch has been killing off legit copies of Vista, too. Does Microsoft fix the tool? Nope, instead, as part of Service Pack…
After announcing their intentions and asking the community for input, the iPhone Dev Team has announced the official release of anySIM as Open Source software under the General Public License. They also have further clarified their reasons for this move, which involve the misappropriation of code by third parties: https://gizmodo.com/iphone-dev-team-to-open-source-free-unlock-software-328846 The move to Open Source…
A trio of girls has scooped the honors in Siemens’ Math, Science and Technology Prize, the first time in the competition’s nine-year history. According to James Whaley, President of the Siemens Foundation, the percentage of girls taking part in the competition has been steadily increasing each year—and this year, 48% of the contestants were female.…
Good-looking mini speakers are few and far between, IMHO, but Elecom’s ASP-S750 diagonal speakers have a certain je ne sais quoi. Designed to go “forward toward the sound of fire,” according to the Engrish blurb, the 2.5W-per-channel speakers come in white or silver, and full specs are below the gallery. 2.5 W 2ch. 180 Hz…
Just in Japan for now, the NEC Lui is a system designed around a central server that will stream media to any device around the house using WiMax and Windows Vista. They showed the central server as well as a few devices based on the architecture, like a 4.1-inch Sony VAIO UX-like ultra-mobile PC. The…
LG’s XNOTE P300—if you discount the faux-tiger stripes, that is—is a 13.3-inch notebook with all sorts of lovely features, including an LED-backlit screen. Specs and sex(y ladies) below. 1280 x 800 resolution Core 2 Duo CPU (2.4 GHz) T7500 2GB RAM GeForce 8600M video card with 256MB VRAM 1.3-megapixel camera WWAN HDMI 1.6 kg Price…
Nokia Comes With Music is a new program that will get you a year of free “unlimited access to millions of tracks from a range of great artists – past, present and future” when you buy a new Nokia device. Yes. Free. Gratis. Apparently the stuff-your-ears-until-you-explode service is subscription-based and the first year is free…