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Some of you might recall my recent article about Monster Cable. If you read it through, you’d remember it as the piece that outlined Monster’s more credible scientific claims, culminating in my sober recommendation to buy a cheap HDMI cable first, then work your way up. (I got the impression that not all commenters actually…
We seriously don’t know how you IBM keyboard lovers get any work done when it sounds like Optimus Prime pleasuring himself with a jackhammer. Us? We like things quiet. Quiet like this Thanko Silent Keyboard. It only makes 6db, compared with the 30db a “regular” keyboard makes. Although we’ll still stick to Microsoft’s Wireless Entertainment…
Ungar buy Dell LCD. Ungar use Home Business coupon, save much money. Ungar see Reuter report on Dell leave LCD market. Ungar sad. Ungar then see dell denial. Dell say they soon make even more TV, include 40 inch and 46 inch. Ungar no trust Taiwan media now on. Dell denies plan to exit LCD…
The problem we had with buying a whole bunch of backup laptop batteries for CES and liveblogging was that we could only charge them inside the laptops themselves. This means waking up in the middle of the night and swapping batteries, which totally ruins snuggling time with Travis and Mark. With NewerTech’s MacBook and MacBok…
This is much better than the Apple Bearbricks. It’s Jack Bauer. Enough said. https://gizmodo.com/apple-bearbricks-260419 P.S. Please don’t make next season suck as bad as this one. Product Page [HMV]
Laptops are much more convenient than desktops in most cases, but there are still some things you can do with a desktop that make laptop users such as myself jealous. Like having three monitors, for example. It’s tough to make a portable version of that. Or is it? This Acme portable computer has two screens…
If we had to name the most ridiculous phone concept yet, this Yo Yo phone would probably be in the top three. Not only is it shaped like a Yo Yo (or maybe even an ice cream sandwich), you wrap your headphones around the thing like an actual Yo Yo. Clever? Kinda. Ridiculous, definitely. The…
Got three minutes to kill? Check out this video of an extreme closeup of how a watch works. It’s very odd, and unless you were a watchmaker, something you’ve never seen before. Careful not to watch this video too many times, or else you’ll start getting delusions of grandeur and start chopping off the tops…
We’ve seen portable battery packs before, but XPower’s Xantrex Mobile Mini charges two things at once. Two. That’s double the amount of things charged as one. Just FYI. The Mobile Mini has a USB port so you can plug in just about any USB-friendly charger, like the iPod or the Zune, and has a miniUSB…
Is it possible that you might be able to get your paws on an iPhone without signing your life away to AT&T for two years? Well, I kind of doubt it, but curiously enough the recent iPhone ads have been edited since their original airing to remove the “Use requires minimum new two-year activation plan”…
This week at Uncrate: We make the morning commute a little more fun on the Ducati Superbike 1098 S Tricolore, spice things up with the Dean & Deluca Large Metropoltian Rack, and keep our backs as smooth as a LeBron James’ jumper with the Mangroomer Electic Shaver. We also light up our patio with the…
Pretty, huh? I was thinking about how far away June 29th is for iPhone fans. So Jesus Diaz and I came up with this idea of a countdown calendar that you can cross off the dates on, as we inch toward launch. An idea is just an idea, though. All the design work you see…
Hey there. Can’t wait for the show on Monday. WWDC 2007. The keynote will be at 10am, PST, on Monday the 11th. Here’s a pre show edition of the Apple non-news. •WWDC banners show stars, moons, galaxies, even. But no Apple hardware. Like always. •The mysterious 12th app pushing down the original 11th in the…
This prototype tube amp and PC combo from Shuttle (pictured at right) and ESTI (on the left) is fancy enough to call itself the Digital Video Opera (DVO) series. Don’t be fooled by its old-school tubes, though, because when you team up these two tube-spangled boxes in the home theater, you get a Vista-running system…
Holy crap, this car takes being eco-friendly to the next level. It’s got wheels that are merely slices of a tree trunk, sure to provide a horribly bumpy ride and what I can only imagine would be pure pain to the shocks and struts. Is this car actually drivable? Who knows. Why would anyone do…
Asus’ tiny Internet PC just got a little sweeter. The 7-inch handheld is rumored to be coming out this August for a mere $199. That’s less than half the price of the Palm Foleo. There’s even rumblings that future versions might have a 3G radio embedded. So between the Foleo and the NanoBook, the Eee…
We’re not sure whether we are dumbstruck more by this crazy concept car’s design or that babe standing in front of it. This is what happens when a Smart ForTwo Car and a weirded-out ’70s Eleanor Mustang from Gone in 60 Seconds get drunk and start talking shit to each other, ending up in some…
The second battle has begun! (Well, technically it already happened and we are just catching you up.) Regardless! Today we have two $129 challengers, the Altec Lansing inMotion iM3 and the Grffin Journi. They are both portable units, meant to pack up at a moments notice to provide melodies as you jet to lunch in…
This is actually a pretty brilliant design. The Dual-Access Rolling Bag features a laptop-sized pocket on its top, so when you have your bag stored under the seat in front of you on an airplane, you can just slide you computer out without pulling out and opening your whole bag up. It makes getting to…
If you think those MacBooks the fanboys are incessantly fawning over are a bit too namby-pamby for you, join us in ogling the Falcon Northwest Fragbook DRX, a 17-incher that can legitimately lay claim to the term “desktop replacement.” This one is crammed with serious componentry and comes in kick-ass colors and styles, but its…