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Flash-based SSDs have come a long way since their 1995 introduction by msystems (now SanDisk). The problem constantly plaguing the motionless, rough-and-tumble drives has always been speed; even though reading data from any point on a flash drive should theoretically be faster than a conventional HDD, real-world performance just hasn’t lived up to the hype…until…
Joost to launch by years end with an initial user base of 1 million. [APC Magazine]
Newton Peripherals is back with its second iteration of the MoGo laptop mouse, this time adding dual lasers, media browsing capabilities and the scroll function we longed for. https://gizmodo.com/mogo-mouse-reviewed-verdict-portability-a-gogo-189107 The card-sized Mogo X54 connects to your laptop via Bluetooth, and uses the ExpressCard/54 slot to charge. The X54’s media function allows you to play, pause,…
Seagate is the first major hard drive manufacturer to halt production of IDE drives. Seagate will be SATA only in 2008 and beyond. [Ars ]
The Nomad is a modular system for creating partitions designed by Mio. What sets them apart from other partitioning setups? Well they’re made up of tons of little recycled-cardboard pieces that fit into one another in order to create your desired wall shape. You can even create openings that you can walk through, ala a…
Diving further into the Windows ReadyBoost market, Toshiba is planning a new line of its TransMemory USB flash drives. The line, called U2K, will consist of 1GB-8GB models due out in October and a massive limited edition (which probably means producing them is so expensive that they need to test the market with a small…
As the owner of a Martin guitar (one that cost substantially less than $150,000), I know this one-of-a-kind piece here probably has beautiful tone and resonance, made as it is from the finest Adirondack spruce and Brazilian rosewood. But we seriously have to talk about this “History of Flight” theme… Do you really want Cliff’s…
Designed to be paired with Samsung’s own line of Blu-ray players (like the Blu-ray/HD-DVD combo drive we told you about earlier), the HT-AS720 is a mid-range receiver for HD lovers. 650 watts of power will fill your room with sound and a variety of connection options will satisfy your home theater needs. Play with the…
HP’s ginormous HDX 20-inch laptop is available for purchase, and the quickplay has a built in Sling Client, the first of its kind. (image)[HP] https://gizmodo.com/hps-20-inch-hdx-dragon-laptop-walked-through-and-revi-258864
In case you didn’t know, electrons are total crap. The future is in light beams; that is, photons. Chipmakers love their silicon, cheap and easy to manufacture at volume, so they are furiously researching ways to put photonic integrated circuits on silicon chips. The speed component of the integrated circuit is the optical modulator. Today’s…
I just had some hands-on time with Samsung’s BD-UP5000 Duo HD, their first hybrid Blu-ray and HD DVD disc player. It’s so good, it might as well be called BD-UP-Yours-Format-War. (Get it? Yeah, sorry, that wasn’t too funny.) It’s not the industry’s first hybrid disc player—the LG BH100 has that honor. But it is the…
If you haven’t heard, British artist Damien Hirst’s latest work of art is a platinum skull covered in diamonds that’s titled, appropriately, “For The Love of God.” The pricetag? $100 million. What goes into making such an insane item? Supertouch has a breakdown of the process that went into creating it. The best part? Hirst…
Are these not the cutest goddamn Compact Flash cards ever? Those Japanese really know what they’re doing. [Rakuten via Gizmodo Japan]
We enjoy dogs as much as the next person, but giving them a little paw jacuzzi to warm and wash their mitts is a bit far. Sure, 5800 yen ($48) isn’t that much to pay for a good soak, but c’mon. This is a dog. He won’t know the difference between a paw jacuzzi and…
Got a lot of family all over the world? Need to stalk and track every single Giz editor? This customizable analog clock is for you. It shows the time on a 24 hour scale, divided up into night and day, and gives you five hands that point to various time zones throughout the world. This…
The 2.4-pound Toshiba Portege R500 may have cleared the FCC, but its younger, slimmer brother just weighed in at 1.73 pounds. How did Toshiba do it? By swapping out a standard hard drive and putting in a 64GB solid-state flash drive. The R500-S5003 has no moving parts (there’s no DVD drive), and will cost $2,699.…
If you want to dump off your old cellphone, camera or MP3 player but don’t want to deal with the hassle of not getting robbed off Craigslist, check out Second Rotation. These guys have a gigantic “bluebook”-like list of what gadgets are worth and will pay you cash money within ten days of receiving the…
Apple’s earnings call is today, and we’re monitoring to see if there’s any good information coming out of it. So far, Apple’s sold 270,000 iPhones (from the data summary PDF). Actual earnings call coming up soon. • 9,815,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 21 percent growth over the year-ago quarter • 1,764,000 Macintosh(R) computers, representing…
Yesterday, at Denon’s line show in Jersey City, three pairs of noise-isolating earphones and three pairs of updated performance over-the-ear headphones were on display. However, they were not part of the presentation and there were no press releases. They’re nice looking, and nice sounding, so I did some digging for more information, which you can…
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