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Taiwan-based Acer, the third largest PC company in the world, has acquired US-based Gateway. It will continue to operate with different brands for the time being. [Reuters]
Leopard is getting closer to launch, and apparently the last-minute touches are starting to trickle out from the Mothership. This looks like its new Welcome movie, centered around the Time Machine theme. In Tiger, Mac OS X’s previous version, the central theme was its most touted feature: Spotlight. The movie then showed a beam of…
We missed the Mil Mi-12 in our roundup of crazy Soviet aircraft. The “Homer,” as NATO calls it, is the biggest helicopter in the world at 220ft from blade to blade, as wide as a Boeing 747’s. https://gizmodo.com/craziest-weirdest-coolest-soviet-airplanes-ever-284244 This beast was able to lift 88,636 pounds to 7,398 feet, which was another world record. Sadly,…
This morning, Iomega pushes hard to make network-attached storage more common in the home by launching a couple of Ethernet-equipped drives that are priced close to their USB-only siblings. There’s a 320GB drive that lists for $149, and a 500GB drive going for $199. (A 360GB version should be available next month for $149 as…
Grundig has got three new PMPs coming out next month—two from the MPixx 7000 Fine Arts series, and one from the 4000. Both the 7200 and the 7400 (above) boast a 2.4-inch screen and can record radio to MP3 format, while the 4100 boasts a 3.5-inch screen. Full stats and a pic of the 4100…
A new world record has been set for 5GHz Wi-Fi transmission distance. One group was based in Italy and one in Sardinia, at a distance of 188.89 miles. The record was broken by the Italian Center for Radio Activities and Ubiquiti Networks, which provided some of the necessary gadgets. The connection maintained a transfer rate…
Nokia has just unveiled their new in-car GPS navigation system, the 500. The large 4.3-inch display makes it more readable than the previous 330 system, and offers a few more features too. As you would expect, it integrates well with cellphones—you get Bluetooth handsfree and access to your phone contacts, and can automatically navigate to…
This is the 9th biggest supercomputer in the world, MareNostrum. It also happens to be the most gorgeous supercomputer in the world, installed in a former chapel with acres of glass and steel. It belongs to the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and is polished daily by hundreds of groveling grad students. Probably. It has 10,240 CPUs,…
These funked out watches from Questodesign’s Abacus series inflame our love for cryptic watches like no other. The watches consist of a minuscule ball bearing rolling about loose upon the bezel. When the snazzy timekeeper is made horizontal a magnet engages the ball bearing and directs it to the appropriate hour slot. With all this…
According to Paul, he bought his girlfriend an 8GB iPhone because she wanted one. He then found out she was cheating on him with a guy from church and now he is selling her iPhone. If the advertisement up on Craig’s list is true to fact, our man is quite at a loss. In my…
Well, pop my steampunk posting cherry; this delight of the age that was not, from Hove in England, is actually for sale. The guys at Boing Boing have dubbed it the “Ocular Thingy” and we are thinking that is a pretty accurate title. The device was hand made and has two lenses, two flashing valves,…
Yahoo is making big waves with their online mail service; they are set to offer an option to send SMS messages directly from your Yahoo mail account. The prospect of free, mass implementation of such connectivity has us a bit excited. The overhaul is part of a revamp Yahoo is investing in and their hope…
Jackie may be the first name of the greatest comedic martial artist/actor ever, but it is now also the name of the best basketball-playing robot too. Meet Jackie, by day he is an articulated robot palletizer manufactured by Columbia Okura in Vancouver, but by night he becomes a kick-ass, hoop throwing superhero. The robot is…
Welcome to your latest installment of “Basic Gadgets Decked out in Precious Materials.” Today’s contender is a solid Palladium, 2GB flash drive by S.T. Dupont, retailing at a cool $700. Though the metal maybe reason enough to relieve you of your bills, S.T. Dupont has also gone the great length of fashioning the flash drive’s…
HDTVs are designed for HD playback, but there are often problems in picture reproduction when playing back media in standard definition (SD), such as from traditional DVDs, cable, etc. The guys at Exteme Tech did a good thing and tested which HDTVs were best at cleaning up SD. The Pioneer Elite PRO-940HD plasma television took…
Dcube have hit the block with the snazzy looking D5 PMP. The specifications includes; either 1/2/4/8GB flavours, 2″ (176×220) 260K colour display, MP3/WMA/OGG/AVI support, integrated FM tuner, either 40hours audio or 7.5hours video playback and all of this comes in at only 42g. So why tell you guys about another generic PMP? The note worthy…
Dear Trekstor Your PR division sucks/may never have learnt how to read aloud. Given both of those possibilities are not mutually exclusive, we have a strong inclination to believe both statements are true. You are doing a great job at proving us right, all thanks to your new iBeat blaxx MP3 player. Do not get…
There is so much wind knocking around on our planet it would be a shame not to use any of it. Tamiya & Loopwing’s wind power generator supplies enough energy to drive a small toy car, for some serious, environmentally friendly fun. The kit supplied is flat packed, so you will have to get your…
Via has produced a fanless processor, called Eden, clocked at 500MHz and only requiring 1 watt of electricity when in use. [Treehugger].
Those bad-asses at Technabob unearthed a little navigating gem. This sexy bitch is Korea’s HTMS, Provia A1 GPS navigator. Once again proving Korea rocks technology like the Sony Bravia advertisement slogan. Hit the jump for the details. The navigation system is detailed by impressively intricate 3D maps. By the look of it they are so…