Beceem BCS200 Chipsets Break the WiMAX Speed Record
Beceem Communications sustained a speedy 33Mbps downlink/uplink throughput in a demo of its BCS200 WiMAX Wave 2 chipsets. Hey, that’s fast! Beceem calls itself the top provider of chipsets for Mobile WiMAX technology, and the company hopes the BCS200 will be able to bolster the capabilities of a variety of WiMAX products with speeds approaching…
Enormous Home-Made Margarita Mixer Means You Can Say ‘Mine’s A Large One’
Perhaps I should have saved this for Jesus Diaz, who really knows how to put away a margarita, but he’s busy Photoshopping Steve Jobs’ head onto Father Christmas in the hope that he’ll get to test the iPhone when it comes out. So, campers, it looks like the drinks are on me. This Margarita Mixer…
iRiver Mickey Mouse MP3 Player $50, Still Chunky
No, this isn’t Steampunk Willie. The 2007 Software Exhibition of Korea kicked off today, and iRiver showcased a few new concept images for its upcoming MP3 player collaboration with Disney. The player is slated to be a plump but minuscule 3cm tall (a 1:1 ratio model of the real Mickey, perhaps?), hold 1GB of music,…
Duracell/Xantrex Power Devices Make Me Say ¿Que?
I got very excited when my fabulous colleague Charlie White passed this thing from Duracell and Xantrex* on to me, saying that the write-up would need my touch. “Ah, it’s a clunky, chunky boombox for hunky construction-worker types that plays CDs and never breaks, even when you drop something builder-y and heavy on it,” I…
Ring the Changes (and Scare the Neighbors’ Kids) with a USB Doorbell
Got a fever? I have, and the only prescription is DOORBELL—namely, this USB one from ReBell. Connect it up to your laptop or PC and download whatever sound you want to hear when your bell is pressed. Then fix it to the wall and connect it to your existing low-voltage doorbell wiring system. Quick question.…