Dell’s Debuts Their Ubuntu Machines Today, Wal-Mart PCs Next Month
It’s a busy week for Dell, who’s launching both their Ubuntu and third-party pickings. Later this afternoon they’ll begin offering three Ubuntu-based systems. You’ll have a choice between the XPS 410n, Dimension E520n, or the Inspiron E1505n (for the laptop crowd). The latter two will start at $599 while the XPS will start at $899 $849.…
Type02: Secret Son of Darth Vader and C-3PO can Rip Your Head Off
This cross between Darth Vader and C-3PO is not really a robot like we told you before, but I bet it can still squash your head like a ripe melon with its air servos. The 220-pound, 6-feet-tall beast with 24 movable parts is really an automaton designed to mimic a protocol droid, which means that…
Apple Gets its Knickers in a Twist over the iGasm
Click to viewYou may or may not have heard of the iGasm, a variation on the theme of iPod-compatible vibrator, this time made by Ann Summers, purveyors of sauce and smut to saucy, smutty people in the UK. News of this product has reached the ears of the suits black turtlenecks in Cupertino and apparently…
One Eye Ball is Nothing Like It Sounds
Ever wanted Dog Vision? Nope, me neither. Artist Hung Chi-Penh (whose work can currently be seen at the Virgil de Voldaire gallery in NY) however, has created a helmet that gives you the canine perspective on the world—as well as possible dizziness. Mr Hung’s helmet, shaped like a dog’s head, natch, has small LCD displays…
Cellphone Hip Flask Means you can Drink and Dial
I think I just might have found the phone to replace my aging RAZR (which I have detested with a vengeance since the day after I bought it but am too tight-fisted and lazy to replace it. Apparently I am due an upgrade from my phone company but, like I said, BOTHERED). The most important…
Fohenz Aqua PC Speakers are Tearjerkers
Fohenz’s new 2.1-channel PC speakers are called Aqua. For $27 (Korea only, which is a shame) you get a 3.5-inch woofer, 2-inch drive unit, mic and headset inputs, and they support 6W output power. And they’ve got a nice neon light that looks all ’80s porno to me. With a name like Aqua, though, I…
Afterglow Luminous Chair is Made from Recycled Milk Jugs
The Afterglow chair, designed by Douglas Homer, is the perfect present for the entomologist in your life. Allow me to do a little bit of sexy scene-setting for you. It’s a balmy summer evening and you and he/she have been making the bug with two backs for—ooh, almost seven minutes now (and that was doing…
No Place in my House for the Disco Mouse
I’ve been waiting for someone to do something like this for disco light years, and when they do I find there’s something a bit too Bratz about it for any serious discophile to contemplate it. As someone with a PhD in all things light-up dancefloor and Sylvester, I can tell you for starters that that…
Nikon D40x Press T Shirt Makes Me Look like a Japanese Tourist…Even More
You gotta love those clever Nikon marketers, trying to tease us into begging them for a review unit by giving us a sneak preview, simulating the Nikon D40x with this whimsical T-shirt. Why do they always make these things XXXXXXXXL? And wait. We’ve already reviewed the thing, haven’t we? Nikon must have mistaken us for…