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Samsung has just rolled out a 30nm 64Gb NAND flash memory chip, which happens to be the world’s densest. By packing together the maximum of 16 of the multi level cells, a memory card containing 128GB of storage space can conceivably be created. Samsung has managed this feat by developing a new process they are…
Today Western Digital confirmed that its My DVR drive, which had previously been marketed for Scientific Atlanta boxes, was “verified compatible” with TiVo HD and TiVo Series3 DVRs. It’s already for sale at Best Buy, and can now be found at TiVo.com/store, too. A 500GB My DVR Expander drive lists for $200. And according to…
The Oi sofa concept was launched in New York last year, but it’s taken almost a year and a half to make it available. Made out of L- and bar-shaped components, you can make loads of different-shaped sofas with it, including one with a neat side table add-on. It packs up/down into a 30-inch cube…
Remember a couple of months back, and Hitachi’s announcement that it had developed fingervein-scanning technology? Well, according to a Hitachi press release, it’s going to be deployed in vehicles in the hope of cutting car theft. And that’s not all that the technology will be able to do. https://gizmodo.com/screw-fingerprint-scanning-fingervein-scanning-is-wher-282443 Mirrors, seats and air-conditioning will be…
This is the interior of the new twin-turbocharged V6 2009 Nissan GT-R, a monster supercar, chicks-with-leather-and-attitude magnet and a wonder of engineering which we would probably only drive in the next Gran Turismo. Ironically, anyone who buys one starting tomorrow will be playing Gran Turismo too. All the time, in fact, since the multifunction display…
Esoteric Dutch blog Fresh Creation went to the Holland Innovation fair in, surprise, the Netherlands, and they found this crazy little — well, big, actually — thing. Park To Play lets you play games — Pong, Tetris, Pinball, Space Invaders etc — with your car. Yep, you didn’t hear wrong. Part art installation, part crazy,…
Industrial designer Roger Arquer came up with four ideas for a non-lethal mousetrap using household objects such as lightbulbs, paper clips, springs and pint glasses. And, of course, cheese. Check the gallery below for his ingenious devices. The Barcelona-born designer says that you can do what you want with the mice after you’ve caught them.…
In a raft of announcements, Sonos today confirmed the existence of the $99 ZoneBridge 100, and launched two more PC-free music-store options on the system, including Napster and Best Buy’s new Digital Music Store. The cute little ZoneBridge is actually the best part of the news to me: rather than paying for a $350 ZonePlayer…
Standing at 35mm thick, Hitachi’s Wooo UT series of LCDs earns them the accolade of world’s thinnest production LCD television manufacturer. Three sizes will be made available, either 42″ (¥430 000, $3,760) or 37″ (¥330 000, $2886) at 1080p and a smaller 32″ (¥230 000, $2011) model with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The Woo part…
Here’s what you do if you think your Vestax mixer looks dull as day-old dog doo: mod it. One of the guys from DJ Tech Tools swapped his boring old black knobs for arcade game buttons. How-to video is after the jump. [YouTube and djtechtools.com via Create Digital Music]
Microsoft’s long rumored Xbox 360 Arcade is now official. It’s everything we knew before: $279, wireless controller, HDMI, and five arcade games (Pac-Man Championship Edition, Uno, Luxor 2, Boom Boom Rocket and Feeding Frenzy). No hard drive, but there’s an included a flash memory storage unit to save your arcade games on. It’s a logical…
It’s been a long time in the making, but Linksys is finally officially pulling the shroud off of the Ultra RangePlus line, including its dual-band draft-N/A/B/G router, the $280 WRT600N, and its $100 PC-card companion, WPC600N. The highlights: • Two bands means traditional products can connect on the crowded 2.4GHz network while newer high-bandwidth products…
So as you may or may not be aware, I’m in Japan. Tokyo, to be exact. And while I’m here, I’d love to meet up with any readers who live here and want to hang out. So! Tomorrow night, Wednesday, at 7:30, there’s gonna be a Gizmodo meetup at Toriyoshi in Shibuya. So if you’re…
These four devices in the i-Mate Ultimates line—the 9502, 8502, 8150 and the 6150— are i-Mate’s official push into the North American market. We’ve seen their Ultimates line before, but now they’ve promised a marketing campaign and sales direct from their website. Until now, the US market for Windows Mobile phones have been dominated by…
Winplus launched their Yada Hands Free Kit at CTIA tonight, aiming to simplify phone use in your car with an all in one headset/charger/cradle. The YD-V1 fits any cellphone with side supports that adjust to the width of your phone and uses your 12v DC outlet for power. The Yada comes with a Bluetooth 2.0…
According to Broadbandreports.com, Verizon will be announcing “a groundbreaking new FiOS Internet service that will be uniquely available to consumers over the company’s advanced all-fiber-optic network.” Apparently, this announcement will come via webcast sometime tomorrow afternoon, so stay tuned to see if it is a load of crap. [Broadbandreports]
In a break from Dell’s traditional mail order biz, an agreement reached today with the Staples retail chain will bring Dell brand notebooks, desktops, monitors, printers, and ink to over 1400 Staples stores across the U.S. Initially Staples will carry Inspiron 1721 and 1521 notebooks, Inspiron 530 desktops, 948 and 926 All-in-one printers, the 1320c…
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Alienware’s new AlienExchange program will allow customers to trade in “select electronic devices” in exchange for a gift card or check towards Alienware products. Plus, trading in an old Alienware PC will score you $200 bucks on top of your trade in quote towards a new computer. The way these things are priced, you will…
The reported Circuit City store redesign may not have come yet, but we’ve found pictures of a supposed concept store that looks and feels a lot like Best Buy. This Circuit City store—which has the new name “The City”—is open to the public in some unknown place. Our tipster says it’s a last ditch effort…