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Look out for the high-end Dell Precision laptops, with the new goosed-up M6300 flagship rolling out today. This one slam-dunks Dell’s previous-best Precision M4300’s 2.4GHz processor with Intel’s latest 64-bit Core 2 Duo Extreme Edition X7900, the 2.8GHz processor that Dell says is an exclusive with its mobile M6300 workstations. With its 17-inch 1920×1200 screen,…
This is either a technological breakthrough or a sign that the medical profession is getting lazier by the minute: Aranz Medical’s SilhouetteMobile PDA was designed to diagnose how bad a wound is, and monitor its progress as it heals. With lasers. Fully disgusting illustrated “Wound Measurement Report” after the bloody jump. The PDA uses a…
In case you missed it, there’s a PS3 firmware update. It changes your system info to version 1.92, and it just might do something else as well. [Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/kotaku-labu/yes-theres-new-ps3-firmware-295998.php
When we heard the rumor mill cranking out murky info about the Sony “Rolly” music player, all we knew was that it’s egg shaped, might have built-in speakers and it has motion-activated features on board. Now Sony has opened up a teasing Rolly website with too many lame-ass and evasive videos on board, further hinting…
Days after announcing the imminent death of its Connect service, the WSJ reports that Sony’s planning to leverage the PS3, PSP and their Bravia line to jump into the video download market. In fact, Connect was probably killed in order to concentrate on the IP video market—and the article implies that the move was just…
AT&T’s mobile division is going to follow Disney Mobile and others by introducing its “Smart Limits” parental controls: parents use a web interface to set call blocking, calling hours, text message and download limits. But unlike many similar child-protection systems, this one will cost users $4.99 per month—per kid. Like Disney’s built-in parental controls, AT&T…
Stop the presses for the coffee addicts, because Starbucks, the 800-pound gorilla of the java trade, has decided to blast into the single-serving coffee market this December, serving up four of its hyper-expensive blends to go into special coffee makers that will now be made by Bosch, as you see in the picture here. Until…
Behold the slimmest TVs on Earth. So slim that we almost walked past without noticing. Fortunately, they had a big sign indicating where this wonder was. Check their profile after the jump. From the side. I think it needs a corset.
Evidence for the existence of the Google phone keeps piling up—it’s pretty much confirmed though not officially official, between a fairly solid Boston Globe piece and Om Malik’s five facts “from a reliable source.” The down and dirty: It’s Linux-based, runs Java apps (the entire UI is in Java, as well as possibly the browser),…
Look out everybody, it’s finally available today. No one will suspect a thing when your tiny USB RC car is parked inside its charging garage next to your PC. But then the minuscule Mini Cooper comes busting out the door, and you’re controlling it right there on your PC screen, beeping its noisy horn, parallel…
Look what we found at Loewe: four fantastic concept TVs from their design studio. The white Concept Lowboard, red Connect Tripod, Docking Pot and Roundboard have all sorts of fabby extras, such as subwoofers, wireless connectivity pits and sexy mood lights in places you would least expect it. And two of the designs are pretty…
Remember the non-sliding Sidekick LX “Shuriken” we mentioned had made it through the FCC obstacle course? The Boy Genius got his hands on pictures of the thing, though alas no additional details for T-Mobile’s upcoming Sharp-built EDGE Danger device. [Boy Genius Report] https://gizmodo.com/sidekick-4-lx-shuriken-gets-fccd-286646
On Monday, we hit up Halls 3.1, deep in the bowels of IFA. It was full of all the weird stuff from China, tiny MP3s, enormous back massagers that looked like floor polishers (or something from those videos that Chen enjoys so much). And then I found this, a Wii-style Kung-Fu game. Here’s a lesson…
This is the Roller-Walker, a four-legged robot which can either walk conventionally or skate on retractable wheels. At the end of each leg there is a wheel which can turn 90 degrees to act as a foot. On rough surfaces the robot walks, but if it comes across a smoother surface then it swings out…
If you crave a little more power than overclocking can provide, then maybe building your own supercomputer is an option. Tim Brom built this 26.25 gigaflop supercomputer from scratch, for only $2,500. Since then hardware costs have dropped, and it should now only cost you $1,256 to build the same machine. It’s called MicroWulf, and…
The 2008 edition of the Guinness World Records book will feature three records for Samsung cellphones. The SGH-U100 is the world’s thinnest cellphone at 5.9mm, the SCH-B600 has the highest photo resolution in a cellphone at 10MP and the SGH-Z370 is the world’s thinnest 3G cellphone at 8.4mm. However, with the speed that these records…
There may not be tiny LCD screens on each key, but Logitech’s new high-end Vista-friendly keyboard-and-mouse pairing, the $170 MX5500 Revolution Cordless Desktop, does have an integrated display for time, calculator functions, media controls and incoming messages. The price includes the MX Revolution laser mouse, typically a $100 value. It also includes Bluetooth 2.0 integrated…
The Paleo-Future blog and Boing Boing Gadgets have started a Flickr group called In the Year 2000. As Joel over at BB Gadgets has noted, there is already great interest in the group (211 members so far) along with some great images. I hope to see this community grow because I’ve already found many images…
Aside from the creepy robots and good food, there are other reasons to want to be Japanese—like Sony’s SRS-ZX1 speakers. The shiny, metallically chic speakers come with a technology that Sony calls the “Mobius Duct,” which supposedly creates a potent low-frequency response. The thing is, no one really knows what a Mobius Duct is, except…
Can this be possible? Could this be the fabled iPhone nano? Did someone get into his ninja gear, break into John Ive’s Secret Lair 1.5 miles below Infinite Loop and escape alive after being chased by giant killing spider robots and Steve Jobs clones with laser eyes? [UPDATE: in one word: NO! Isn’t it obvious?]…