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Optoma’s new 720p HD65 projector is a revamped, dwarfened version of the HD70. While holding on to the same resolution, it’s 15 percent smaller and almost a third lighter, shaving off two pounds to tip the scales at just five. The HD65 also includes HDMI 1.3 and maintains the HD70’s $1000 price tag. [Optoma] https://gizmodo.com/720p-projector-for-under-a-grand-210387
ATI’s TV Wonder 650 TV tuners have been out for PCs for a bit, but a Mac version of the Combo USB variety’s arriving just this month for $149, and it comes in a special white case—guess they didn’t get the memo silver’s the new white. It’s also sporting a polished new interface and parental…
Today SanDisk revealed Vaulter, a 8GB or 16GB flash drive that can hold your entire OS, designed to sit on the PCIe port inside a laptop. In Windows, this creates a separate letter drive, which speeds the hell out of your computer, without taking the place of your 2.5″ SATA-connected HDD. It’s not a Santa…
SentrySafe has made safes for 70 years, but now they’ve teamed with Seagate/Maxtor to make hard-drive housings that withstand up to 1550degrees Fahrenheit for a half hour, and “full” 24-hour water submersion. Some like the Fire-Safe/Waterproof 80GB and 160GB ($320) drives are freestanding units that house 2.5″ bus-powered drives in impervious containers. The other alternative…
Like the Venturi Mini, the eX-10 includes an FM transmitter, along with support for the A2DP stereo Bluetooth profile, and can pair with up to four devices simultaneously. However, the Alpine device ups the ante by packing in an iPod cable and a larger display (but sadly it’s not a touch screen). We also liked…
Chances are that if you have $45,000 lying around to blow on a lamp, you probably did something shady to get it. So a Fall of the Dammed lamp depicting a Dante-esque decent into hell should be right up your alley. Thanks to a sophisticated laser sculpting process, owners can now enjoy an extremely expensive…
EMI’s efforts to ride Radiohead’s wave of rainbow-y vibes didn’t stop with their cute but obscenely priced USB drive loaded up with Radiohead’s back catalog. If you Googled “Radiohead” last week, the top ad promised to bring you to a boxset of their new album “Rainbow” (like a bad Chinese knockoff) only to push your…
This is probably not one of the uses Nicholas Negroponte had in mind when he thought up the OLPC, but at least we know some child, somewhere is benefiting from this little project. The hack lets you control the Roomba from a web browser, using the XO laptop’s webcam and microphone as your eyes and…
If sitting in an office cubicle all day wasn’t bad enough, Gamercize wants you to throw a workout into the equation with their new GZ PC-Sport Power Stepper. The stepper itself is similar to other products on the market, except this one hooks into your computer via USB and shuts down your keyboard or mouse…
• XM and Sirius shareholders approve merger, next stop: the FCC. [AP] • Gas pumps that measure 1/1000th of a gallon really just trick you into thinking you’re getting more gas. [Gadget Lab] • Scientists genetically engineer mouse that isn’t afraid of cats; rodent homicide rate expected to spike soon. [Pink Tentacle]
The Helium Balloon Light consists of 35 “ultra strong” diodes suspended from a helium balloon. There are two versions of the device available —a limited edition cordless version powered by rechargeable batteries and a basic corded version. And just how much would you expect to pay for a technological marvel such as this? How does…
InFocus just released this Play Big IN1 Gaming projector, which is remarkable for its lowish-rez 640 by 480 pixel count, $549 price point, yet decent 1500:1 contrast ratio and awesome capability to flip images from wall to ceiling by means of a mirror. To me, that last feature says that gaming is sooooo hard sitting…
If you enjoy shaky, unproven software as much as I do, you will be happy to know that version 0.0.5 of gpSPhone is now available for download. Yeah It is buggy, you have to run it from /Applications, and you need to supply your own BIOS and games (anything but Hello Kitty please) —but hey,…
It’s fantastic to see that all of OLPC’s potential is being brought home to our own developing corner of the world, Alabama. Kids in grades 1-8 in Birmingham—15,000 of ’em—will receive XO laptops. Rumor has it Mississippi, Kentucky and West Virgina are also looking, and we can’t think of better places to send ’em. [AL.com,…
Our first look at Microsoft backed ZenZui came back in March when we discovered a new mobile browser that promises to make “painful loading delays a thing of the past.” In a call today with the folks at ZenZui, I learned that they will now and forevermore be known as Zumobi, along with new details…
You might have heard, Google’s offering $10 million in total prizes for savvy programmers willing and able to make kickass apps for the Android platform. Why so much when other dev communities are getting into the groove for free? A Google rep told me, “We wanted to provide a big enough pool to reward and…
Wal-Mart’s $200 Ubuntu Linux-loaded Everex gPC apparently was a deal too good to pass up for a lot of folks: The online store’s sold out. [Wally World via /.] https://gizmodo.com/everex-200-linux-gpc-gets-tested-verdict-great-deal-320084
We’ve gotten some fantastic entries so far in the Apple Tablet Photoshop contest, such as this aluminum-rimmed one from Michael Vorgitch. Keep’em coming, and we’ll show them all off tomorrow everyone to see what a good job you did. Gold stars for all of you. [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-photoshop-contest-320570
By boosting its output to 30dBm (the maximum limited allowed by the FCC), this Extreme Range Wi-Fi router can allow you to get online wirelessly at up to a quarter-mile away from the base station. Other features include 802.11b/g, WEP, WPA2, WPA-Enterprise and wireless repeater support. That last bit is important because you can actually…
A serious Star Trek fan and collector died recently, and an anonymous tipster sent us pictures of the Star Trek memorabilia he left behind. Here’s a heads up to dedicated Trekkies everywhere: These items will be appearing on eBay next week, so check out the gallery on the next page; maybe there’s something you’d care…