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As soon as Intel finished announcing the arrival of the new 45nm Penryn chips, Alienware announced an upgrade of their own, incorporating a 3GHz Penryn into their Area-51 ALX desktop. Using their advanced cooling system, Alienware claims that this PC will run at 4GHz. Starting at $5500, it will ship shortly after Christmas. [Alienware] https://gizmodo.com/intel-penryn-arrives-in-16-flavors-for-desktops-and-ser-321435
We’ve heard rumblings about that ultra-portable 13-inch notebook on its way from Apple for a while now, but now AppleInsider says it’ll finally be rolled out at the MacWorld Expo and Conference in the middle of January. Because an optical disc will be reportedly omitted from the design, the new Mac book will be 50%…
We might not be all that close to sending a manned mission to Mars, but that isn’t stopping people from preparing for the journey. The Mars Analogue Research Station (MARS) Programme sets up simulations of the Martian atmosphere here on Earth, allowing people to “test out protocols and procedures that will be required for human…
As expected, last weekend’s rumored Zune Originals store turned out to be true. A group of 18 artists (including famous Barcelona artist Catalina Estrada) have produced 27 unique designs called the Artist Series for the Zune Originals store. In addition, the store will feature the Tattoo Series, 20 graphics that can be laser etched to…
In a ridiculous display of just how much you can get done in government if you have enough money, a new bill on the House floor states that if colleges don’t police their networks and do the RIAA and MPAA’s bidding as well as buy into services such as Napster for their entire student body,…
We told you about the HTC Touch Cruise back when the specs leaked, but HTC has gone and made the GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA phone official, admitting its affiliation and paying child support. Their third phone in the Touch line, this newest version packs a TomTom Navigator 6 GPS that’s highly viewable on the 2.8″ screen. Plus you…
The Nigerian government finally agreed to run Mandriva’s Linux build on its portion of an order of 17,000 Intel Classmate PCs. The 2GB Wi-Fi laptops were initially scheduled to have Mandriva Linux, but then Microsoft apparently got into a bidding war, offering up a low-priced Windows version. On Halloween, things turned fugly. The pot boiled…
We hate to break the news to you, but it’s official: Gizmodo came in second in the 2007 Weblog Awards competition. It was close. In the final tally, Engadget got 26,347 votes to our 26,027, a difference of a fraction of a percent. You, dear readers, made a valiant effort with a flurry of last-minute…
The $249 Zune 80 is Microsoft’s latest attempt to kick the iPod in the nuts, praying to crack Jobs’ titanium-diamond alloy cup through Wi-Fi features and a touch of divine intervention. CNET, Wired, Dean Takahashi, PCWorld and YahooTech struck first with reviews on the new device. Their verdicts? The cup has not yet been breeched,…
Here’s yet another Black Friday ad for those of you brave enough to take on the violent shopping orgy scheduled to take place the day after Thanksgiving later this month. Some of the juicier deals include a 15.4-inch Compaq Dual-Core laptop with 1GB RAM, an 80GB HDD, DVD-RW, and a free printer for $349.98 as…
Built and demonstrated by our very own Nick McGlynn, this webcam-mounted R/C Volkswagen bus streams video live via a hidden Sony Vaio laptop with Sprint EV-DO card. Unfortunately for Nick, the camera is fixed facing forward, limiting its upskirt potential. Oh well, there’s always V(W) 2.0. [Justin.tv]
JVC announced some spiffy in-ear headphones today, rolling out the high-end HA-FX300 earphones that promise to rock yer skull with some high-tech metal componentry. These bring some slightly exotic materials to your ears, starting with an aluminum housing and topping it off with an aluminum evaporation diaphragm inside. There’s also what JVC calls a “bi-metal…
Digitimes, citing the Chinese-language Commercial Times, said HTC was committed to building two or three Google Android-based handsets in 2008. This apparently came straight from HTC boss Peter Chou, who spoke to foreign investors in Taiwan last week. When we heard from Chou at the Open Handset Alliance/Android launch, he seemed confident that HTC would…
The Black Friday ads are leaking fast and furiously now, with RadioShack’s deals making their appearance early this morning, too. But wait a second. What’s that? A Canon SD1000 7.1 megapixel digital camera for $179.99? That’s no big deal, we saw that camera for five bucks less than that already. We did see a SanDisk…
Sony has just announced a new line of premium A/V cables. Constructed from 24-carat gold plated connections, triple shielded wires and, of course, impressive but merit-questioned 99.996% oxygen free copper. Their available products include Digital HDMI, Component Video, SCART, Optical Digital Audio, Coaxial Digital and Stereo Audio cables coming in 1, 3 and 5 meter…
The computer has no clothes, nor does it even have a case protecting all of those delicate electronic components. In a variation of that crazy case mod we showed you last month with a working PC exploded into a strange midair view, this one takes an approach that’s even more whimsical. Each of its parts…
Sears got into the Black Friday action early, but if you missed the company’s sneak preview Veteran’s day “Secret VIP Sale” with 10% off on most stuff in the store and online over the weekend, there’s still plenty of deals that will come back on the day after Thanksgiving. Even though they were scheduled to…
Apple has just dropped three new commercials in the Get a Mac series. The adverts have the same old Mac Vs. PC theme, but they are still funny. Plus, no one has shouted us down for being fanboys for at least four posts straight. That, quite frankly, is unacceptable. So, here we are showing some…
The wait’s over: Penryn is here, as promised, in 16 flavors. On the high-end desktop front is the no-stranger-to-us 3GHz quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (seen on Lenovo’s newest Thinkstations) which runs a not-so-low-power $1000 in bulk (1000 chips or more). https://gizmodo.com/intel-penryn-45nm-xeon-processors-to-ship-november-289615 We’ve also got 12 quad-core Xeons ranging from 2 to 3.2GHz with 1333Mhz…
Almost two months after announcing that it’d be shutting down in the US at the end of the year, Disney Mobile’s finding new life across the sea. Disney’s latest MVNO—Japan’s first, according to Reuters—will run off of Softbank’s network and sell its phones at Softbank’s stores. With two dead MVNOs under its belt, going for…