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Weaknees is offering preinstalled big hard drives for the TiVo HD, bulking up the only major weakness between it and Series 3 boxes. [Weaknees via PVR Blog]
Intel’s bringing 45nm quad-core processors to the desktop in Q4 2007, which will make up 2-3% of its total line, and run at 3.33 GHz with a 1333MHz bus. [XBitlabs]
The Caltrain board is going to approve a multi-million-dollar project, finished by the end of 2008, that adds GPS and web-based tracking functionality for their trains. Caltrain, the SF Bay Area’s commuter train, will then use the “Real Time Train Predictive Arrival GPS System” in nine train stops, allowing users to monitor the train’s location/arrival…
Zonbu, the low power PC backed up by Amazon’s S3 data cloud, starts selling today. $249 for the hardware or $99 with a two-year, $13/month subscription to Amazon S3. [Zonbu]
Advertisers are getting hip to new technologies, with a new Westin ad in Grand Central in NYC offering commuters a free ringtone via Bluetooth. We sent enterprising videoman Nick McGlynn to Midtown to check it out in person. Similar ads have popped up recently, such as a Target ad featuring a headphone jack that allowed…
It’s one thing to peep studio shots of Motorola’s Zante, the next evolutionary and yet unannounced step of the TMO Sidekick family. It’s another to see it in the wild. This model is a bit beat up, so it’s likely a prototype that’s been around the block. As before, the specs are strikingly similar to…
If you need another reminder of how far ahead Korea is in the cellphone space compared to us, here’s the LG KC1. It’s got WiBro support, which is 4G and lets the phone get Wi-Fi speeds pretty much anywhere. The fast speeds allow the phone to do stuff like remote PC control, streaming videos, video…
If there’s one thing John C. Dvorak knows, it’s how hard it is to come up with a strong opinion on a unique subject for a column every week. Hey, it’s OK, Dvorak! You can’t win ’em all! This week, he shrilly warns us of the impending “Web 2.0” bubble. His reasoning? There have been…
Verbatim announces the first 7.5GB, 3-inch mini Blu-ray disc that’s sized just right to give HD camcorders one hour of 1080i recording. [Verbatim via Digital Trends]
There have been robots patrolling the sunny sands of Iraq since the initial invasion, but until now, they’ve merely been there to scope stuff out. That was then, this is now. According to Noah over at the always-awesome Danger Room blog, the military has just deployed their new “special weapons observation remote reconnaissance direct action…
Following up on our theme of Japanese gadgets that do pretty much nothing, we’ve got Solid Alliance’s Mr. Tengu. It’s a small brick with a face that plugs into your USB port and reacts to sounds and music around “him.” Different sounds make him make different “facial expressions,” and when he’s tired he’ll actually “go…
Can you imagine what kind of boring life you’d grow up to have if what you played with as a Japanese kid was a virtual commuter train simulator? All you do is go from one commuter stop to the next, picking up other sad sack salarymen, all the while enjoying the sights that is Japan’s…
The Ambient Devices Market Maven can pull DJIA, NASDAQ and S&P 500 data every 15 minutes, over FM sub bands, without service charges. Cool, if you’re not obsessively needing stock updates every minute. But then again, if you’re not, its kind of hard to justify the $125. [Engadget]
Sony is recalling 416,000 Cybershot DSC-T5 digital cameras due to case warpage that causes minor cuts and scratches. [NY Times]
If you’re a fan of artist M.C. Escher and his “Waterfall” woodcut, here’s a scale model that somehow replicates that physically impossible structure. The $59.99 sculpture is six inches high, and will only be made in a limited edition of 500 units. At first we were hoping this was a working fountain, but the laws…
Toshiba’s second generation HD DVD players have only been out for a little more than half a year, but third generation players are already on their way. Set to launch October 1, the HD-A3, HD-A30 and HD-A35 players will retail for $299, $399 and $499 respectively. The cheaper HD-A3 will only have 720p and 1080i,…
Let’s have some fun talking about something that will never happen. All that talk about the Sony PS3 possibly getting a digital tuner and DVR has just been taken up a notch with the recollection that Sony actually has a deal with TiVo. Signed back in 2001, the deal allows Sony to use TiVo software,…
I’ve never kept my iPod in a case because I think most cases just make them bulky and ugly. So would these $30 vinyl Howdy cases by Missy Broome, but in a good, Uglydolls kind of way. My only qualm is that there’s no ninja version—granted, if there was, he’d probably kill the two pirates.…
This week at Uncrate: We reminisce about the old days in a Happy iPod T-Shirt, stay cool under a Tucci Razor Shade, and keep our information protected in the Passport StrongHold Bag. We also long for a test drive in the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, listen to some Zeppelin on the B&W Zeppelin, and upgrade…
It’s time to show the utmost respect for Gizmodo Senior Associate Editor Jason Chen, who slams down his 4000th post today (there’s #4000, just below this one here). Jason is our most prolific writer, and brings his astonishing accuracy, elegant humor and graceful writing style to every article he posts. Starting with his first Gizmodo…