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Microsoft’s Windows Live package has just dropped out of beta development. The released package contains various desktop programs for email, IM, blogging and photo sharing. The Windows Live Mail app will allow for email account convergence between most popular email providers, including Gmail and AOL. Direct Flickr photo uploads and blog writing tools are also…
MB&F’s Horological Machine No. 2 (HM2) is a timepiece god. It has four dials, which offer the following measurements: “instantaneous jump hour, concentric retrograde minutes, retrograde date and bi-hemisphere moon phase.” That basically means the watch has two date and two time keeping dials. Who the hell cares? It’s stunning! Check out its flawless beauty…
In addition to the trio of new handsets they intro’d today, Sony Ericsson also announced plans for an upgraded PlayNow music service. Launching this spring, it could feature up to 5 million tracks in “MP3 and Windows Media digital rights management, or DRM-enabled formats” from all of the Big Four, though no track price has…
Developing 32nm processors with IBM and Toshiba has proved too rich for Sony’s blood—they’re pulling out of the joint R&D, right on the heels of selling their chip-making business to Toshiba a couple of weeks ago. [Reuters] https://gizmodo.com/sony-profits-thanks-to-weak-yen-and-cameras-no-thanks-315169
I don’t understand a word of the video because I don’t understand the language of surrender, but I don’t need to in order to see that the dogs trapped inside of this $30,000 contraption for the four minutes of washing and drying aren’t exactly experiencing jouissance. They’re dogs, not designer jeans, people. And the guy…
Okay, technically it’s a list of features Gadget Lab’s readers want, but you guys probably want them too, right? Stuff like iChat, cut and paste functions and the ever-craved “media disinterest.” Anything you want that didn’t make the list? Better still if it’s genuinely awesome but less likely to happen than Apple joining the Open…
The MiniMechadon walker works pretty much as advertised: It walks, awkwardly and prodding, just like the AT-STs you know and love. Cobbled together from a gumbo of parts, circuit boards and brass tubing, it’s not quite as sparse as its film counterpart, what with the disco feet and all, but that’s kind of why we…
Zipit Wireless introduced its second stab at instant messaging without needing a computer with the Z2. The flip-open handheld device allows teens to IM their pals over Wi-Fi and supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo instant messaging services without any monthly fees. Kids can also sideload photos and their favorite tunes through the miniSD slot, or…
While I cannot definitively confirm that the CAM-007 is the world’s smallest commercial camcorder spycam (see exhibit A and exhibit B), the self-contained device does clock in at a minuscule 0.3″x0.9″x0.5″ and it boasts a fairly impressive feature set that includes both audio and video recording, MPEG-4 3 GP at 15fps, a built-in rechargeable lithium…
We’re not going to give away those puppies pictured above if you’ll vote for us, nor harm them in any way if you don’t, we promise. We just put that pic up there in a shameless attempt to get you to read this. The 2007 Weblog Awards voting is still going on, and we’d like…
There’s a rumor going around stemming from Microsoft’s emails last night informing people of the Zune 2 features that the upcoming players/software update will bring video sharing. We spoke with Microsoft and they told us that no, the new Zunes cannot transfer video from device to device, putting this rumor into out of commission before…
I can’t play the guitar worth a damn, but with any luck the Pac-Man electric guitar would allow me to tap into my inner musician by channeling my dominant inner gaming nerd. Designed by Specimen Custom Guitars, the Pac-Man guitar features a blinking headstock and a variable-speed knob located on the eyeball that can synchronize…
Expansis and Directron both have listings for black Asus Eee PCs that should be available in eight days for an extra $20. [I4U News via Coolest Gadgets]
The RFID Guardian is a personal, battery-powered RFID firewall that manages tags “within physical proximity of a person,” blocking them from answering queries—and possibly getting snooped. Better yet, it can clone your chips so you can switch the signal off and on at your command. The latest version is totally open with a wiki, source…
The Work and Play Combo by the design team at Gruber + Schlager features a foldout desk for working on one side, and space for a TV and DVD player/entertainment system on the other. On one side it’s all about business, and on the other it’s all about partying. The unit “transforms” with a simple…
Fake Steve’s lengthy stream of bile laying waste to the Google Phone isn’t simply pure invective, it’s actually a mostly well-reasoned indictment of coalitions that trumpets the values of “one vision, one man, one genius.” It’s worth reading in its entirety, but this is our favorite quote: The only companies that join consortia are the…
At the Web 2.0 conference, Dash GPS announced that they were providing an open API for mashing up the Cellular-equipped navigator with webapps. Here’s the first live demo of Dash being used to drive through a neighborhood and call up the price and details on every house on the street using Zillow.com’s Database. See that…
Today Lenovo unveiled the first computers to use Intel’s fast, energy efficient new 45nm Penryn chips. The newly branded ThinkStation D10 and S10 will offer quad core performance along with a “passive venting system” that helps to cool the system quietly. Further spec details are scarce, but Lenovo did mention that the D10 is outfitted…
The Pentaphone is the brainchild of Austrian designer Robert Stadler and is intended to offer a stylish means of conducting a conversation on your cellphone without being distracted by ambient noise. As you might have guessed, this product is only a concept piece at the moment, and it is likely to stay that way until…
As a guy who produces either way too much or way too little saliva, humidifiers are key to keep from waking up 14 times in the middle of the night to gulp down water. This Umydo Humidifier doesn’t just moisten up the place, it adds a touch of class to a room that only a…