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Fujitsu is set to announce a new technology that allows 1.2 TB of data to be stored on a 2.5″ hard drive. Unfortunately, we won’t see this until 2010. [PC World]
Yamaha’s new 11.2 channel A/V receiver is certainly impressive, featuring HDMI 1.3 (5 inputs, 2 outputs), 1080p upscaling, 2 usb ports, and ethernet which can connect to a networked drive or Yamaha’s MusicCast service. But for $5500, there are a couple of glaring omissions in the RX-Z11. The flagship Denon includes Wi-Fi (and is $300…
Oppo’s following up their DV-981HD upscaling DivX-compatible DVD players with the DV-980H, a slightly cheaper model. The 980 doesn’t have the Faroudja upscaling technology, but does have 1080p, HDMI 1.2, 7.1 channel audio, and DivX support. Looks like a cheaper alternative at $169 if you’re looking to save a few bucks. [Oppo via Technabob] https://gizmodo.com/oppo-unleashes-best-dvd-upscaling-player-yet-dv-981hd-220147
The August, 1976 issue of The Futurist magazine ran this blurb about the need for humanized machines, which would make technology less intimidating for the average user. The piece appears to have originally appeared in Hal Hellman’s 1976 book Technophobia: Getting Out of the Technology Trap. We need “humanized machines.” Wes Thomas, editor of the…
Confirming this morning’s rumor, Premium Xbox 360 systems with HDMI ports are quietly appearing in stores, though the new systems do not come with an HDMI cable. [Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/hdmi-coming-to-not-so-elite-xbox-360s-287166
The iPhone may have a dynamic UI that changes to suit whatever program’s currently running, but it doesn’t physically change. This All in One haptics phone designed by Lukas Koh does (on paper), and creates raised buttons depending on what mode you’re currently in. Example: phone mode has the dial pad, and text entry mode…
How can a man with no formal robotic education create funny and awesome robots out of electronic parts he finds in the junk heap? Mr. Woo found a way, and created so many robots his wife has threatened to leave him (partially because he burned the house down in doing so). Among the more impressive…
If you thought Windows PCs were the only ones that get software updates really fast, our new aluminum iMac just got a notice to update an iMac-only software update that fixes “bugs” as soon as we hooked it up to the net. [More impressions] https://gizmodo.com/new-imac-impressions-and-full-hands-on-287508
People like cheap things. Just like the PlayStation 3 price drop caused its sales to tent, the Xbox 360’s slash made the Xbox 360 Premium rocket to #11 in sales in video games. The other two, Elite and Core, also went up as well. Forza 2, the 360’s racing game, also benefitted from the price…
You’ve seen our hardware video and gallery (below again for your viewing pleasure) and know all about the New iMac’s specs. I guess it’s time to take an extended look at it, and I might as well turn on the Justin.tv lifecam [UPDATE: Done with the Lifecam]. I also just got back from Cupertino where…
Speaking of texting while driving, some girl is texting while driving on the Wild 94.9 Justin.TV feed [JustinTV] https://gizmodo.com/89-of-americans-want-texting-while-driving-outlawed-286731
If you’re looking to comment in our iMac Walkthrough, but don’t have a comment account here’s how: https://gizmodo.com/our-imac-arrives-walkthrough-on-the-way-287444 1) Click on the “Register” link on the top right of the page. Fill out the form by choosing a username, password and email for your eventual comment account. 2) Choose a post, click on it, and…
In a serious blow to the convenience model of parenting, a new study found that 8-to-16-month-old infants who are plopped in front of “Baby Einstein” videos understand on average six to eight fewer words per hour watched than kids who didn’t watch Einstein. Chalk up another win for real parenting over virtual babysitting—at least until…
This HTC Nike (P5500) Windows Mobile 6 smartphone found in HTC’s roadmap looks almost exactly like the HTC Touch we reviewed before, except it has a slide-out numpad. Our thoughts? Genius. One of the big complaints about the Touch was the fact that you could only use the onscreen keyboard to dial. And as you…
The $99 Samsung Blast may be bordering on T-Mobile’s bargain bin, but it’s actually a quite sexy phone. Sexy, thin and light are the three terms we’d use to describe it. Check out this gallery to see what we mean. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-launches-samsung-blast-287163
Look at what Apple sent us. We got the new iMac (complete with ultra-thin keyboard), iLife ’08, iWork ’08 and a Panasonic HDC-SD1 camcorder for testing out the revamped iMovie. If there are questions about these new products you want addressed, leave a comment below and we’ll get to it in our walkthrough.
While this clip isn’t the ad at issue, it’s from the same series of “This Is Living” spots you might remember Sony put out months ago. The banned banner features Kovac (the guy in the tub) simply holding a knife and gun below the lines, “You on my side? Listen up, I’ve killed for less.…
For those of you returning today from a three-month expedition in Antarctica, yesterday we liveblogged Apple’s Summer ’07 event from their Infinite Loop campus Town Hall. Beyond discovering that we almost nailed the new iMac with our mock-up (glass and black rim included), we saw, touched and licked a lot more. Here’s a summary: https://gizmodo.com/live-at-apple-town-hall-summer-07-event-10am-pdt-tuesd-286612…
You know we’ve arrived in the future when we have a Tetris game that can be enjoyed just by plugging it into the TV. These TV Tetris controllers allow you to enjoy your second favorite Russian game from the ’80s (their roulette game is still #1) with nothing but a Tetris-shaped controller and a TV.…
Garmin just announced its Forerunner 50, slimming down its form factor to more like a watch, but losing GPS in the process. All is not lost, though, because there’s a motion-activated foot pod sensor that records your mileage and speed. Let’s hope it’s more accurate than Apple’s badly flawed Nike+ iPod system, which can’t tell…