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I dream of a day that I can dock my iPod with anything, (although I think that the release of the iCarta toilet paper holder a couple of years ago pretty much made that dream a reality) and now Jacuzzi is doing their part with the J400 series line of iPod-compatible hot tubs. Thanks to…
Because BlackBerries and Sidekicks aren’t quite secure enough for the NSA—the government agency that knows you called the Nintendo tip hotline way too many times in the late ’80s—they’re ordering up a bunch of General Dynamics Sectera Edge smartphones. Not only are these things up to military spec, which means you can drop it on…
When we last checked in with iRobot’s Warrior, it was armless, pokey, weak and not killtastic. Their latest model, the Warrior X700, is the opposite of all of that, with plans for the urban warfare front: It sports a robo-arm that lifts 150 pounds, will tread a four-minute mile, lugs up to 500 pounds and…
Wireless USB is all well and good if your house is free of things like walls, but for everyone else, this Gefen Fiber Optic USB Extender manages to boost USB connectivity up to 500 meters. You can use it for any device, such as USB hard drives, burners, keyboards, printers, or humping dogs—fiber optics degrade…
Acme classifies the LPG370TS lunchbox computer as “portable,” but when you pack three 17-inch high-res LCD screens into a briefcase style design, chances are you will need to hit the gym or buy a mule to tote this thing around. Still, having the triple screen option is great, and the Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz…
Oh, for crying out loud. What are those kooky Japanese people going to think of next? Inserting a butt into this innocent gal’s mouth? It even sounds wrong. There are so many things here that we don’t approve of, we’ll just have to make a bulleted list: • Smoking • Harlotry • Improper fantasies •…
Laptop Mag’s running a roundup of “the best DSLRs under $800,” but all of them actually go for around $500 (w/ lens), Sony’s A100 excepted, which is just under $600. Of the group—Canon Digital Rebel XT, Nikon D40, Pentax K100D and Sony Alpha A100—they ultimately side with the D40, but truth be told, there isn’t…
An analyst at Cowen & Company is pegging the chances of the XM/Sirius merger netting government approval at “70 percent plus,” with a saucy number cruncher at Citigroup putting the odds at 69 percent. Regardless, it’s a sexier picture for pro-merger folks than it was several months ago. [Orbitcast]
In Den Den Town in Osaka, Bashcraft and I found a table with a bunch of air guitar gadgets at the front of an electronics store. What are air guitar gadgets, you ask? They’re stupid little devices that make noise when you pretend to play guitar, making you look like a total jackass. Or me…
Although many sites are reporting that the iPhone is coming unlocked in France, quoting an INH article, Apple told us that the piece was based solely off of reading French Law, not from statements by Orange or Apple. The particulars of pricing plans and whether the iPhone will or won’t be unlocked is still up…
iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users can go to Google Docs and view all the docs, spreadsheets and presentations (iPhone-only, right image) directly on your phone. No editing for now, but Google’s working on it. When they get editing working, this may beat even Mobile Office for ease-of-use and convenience (as long as you’re not…
Scott Moritz from The Street took an old AppleInsider rumor and timepegged it to the Friday launch on October the 26th. The Street’s rumor history is long and storied, but they’re most recently noted for saying that iPhone users were to get 18-months of free AT&T service, so I rate this rumor at 0% probability…
Do you see the penis? Howard forum users discovered a penis image in the default Motorola analog clock in at least the V9M, the K1M and various other phones. Of course this Moto PNIS could just be a weird shadow, but it’s a bit too penisy to just dismiss. Check your Moto, and if you’ve…
You read the press release and saw all the product pics, and now we take you to the stylin’ camera event Olympus held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, laying on the fancyness and even carving some ice for the benefit of us ink-stained (pixel-stained?) wretches. Check out the star of…
The concept behind VinylDisc is valid, that there are people out there who want to hear their music in pristine digital sound, yet are still drawn to the eclectic analog nature of vinyl, yet want it all on one disc. And they’ve even found a band who wants to try it out. British rockers Fightstar…
The EFF is getting ready to battle tech patents that they’d argue should be revoked and are in many cases being used to the extent of abuse. The list has a number of vague patents I’d previously never seen before, but they’ve also got some big names like Nintendo (emulator patents) and Clear Channel (live…
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Click to viewMTV’s Multiplayer Blog takes us on a close-up tour of the Rock Band drum kit. It’s the biggest piece of gear in the Rock Band set, so you’ll want to scope out how this thing comes apart and goes together to see if you’ve got enough room in your house to fit it…
Xtreme Mac must’ve thought its old Tango iPod dock was getting a little long in the tooth and also bit too expensive, so now there’s Tango Studio, a more-compact room audio system and FM radio that works with just about any iPod, even the new ones. It has a retractable iPod dock that’s ambidextrous, able…
Doorbell technology is in growth mode, as evidenced by YourBell, yet another USB-connected doorbell that stores and plays MP3 and WAV files and uses your existing doorbell button. It’s similar to that ReBell we showed you yesterday. This one has a 4-inch speaker for so-called “CD-quality sound,” and it’s made out of your choice of…