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Philips Xenium 9@9 Cellphones Let You Talk Forever and a Day

Here’s a characteristic for a cellphone other then just loading on more and more features: these suckers have extremely long battery life. The Philips Xenium 9@9a (pictured at left) is bereft of any extra bells and whistles but can hang on in standby for 40 days and 40 nights on a single charge, and even…

Tech News Charlie White

Penguin Speakers – Round and Bug-Eyed Sonic Goodness

Are your speakers just too rectangular and boring colored? Are you looking for a set of speakers that will make the ladies go “Aww!”? Do you enjoying googly-eyed, waddling penguins? Do you consider “Happy Feet” and “March of the Penguins” as cinematic masterpieces? If so, these are the speakers for you. Bonus their eyes jump…

Tech News Dana Bushman

Vision Board II’s Keys are Tough to Miss

This here ugly keyboard is designed for people with poor vision, crappy reflexes, or seriously chubby fingers. Look at the size of those keys! No more mashing four keys at once for you, mister size 15 wedding ring. The Vision Board II keyboard also comes in a less visually-assaulting black and white color scheme, and…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Simpsons Donut Maker Makes Obesity Hilarious

This might look like a yellow George Foreman Lean, Mean, Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine when closed, but the image of Homer Simpson on the front should be a dead giveaway that there’s nothing fat-reducing about this contraption. Yes, it’s a donut maker. Now your lack of self control can have even more destructive results, with you…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Fanboy Proposes to Girlfriend with Dashboard Widget

All you computer geeks out there listen up. If you’re looking for a creative way to pop the marriage question here’s some advice—write her a widget. That’s what a Flickr (and Mac) user by the name of Bjorn recently did. He proposed to his girlfriend by telling her to hit F12 on his Mac (we’re…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Zune Marketplace vs. iTunes Hands-On: iTunes Search Comes Up Lame

The fanboys at Zunerama did a head-to-head comparison of search capabilities of iTunes and Zune Marketplace and made a couple of valid points. One, iTunes is unforgiving of spelling errors, while Marketplace will let you enter partial searches or misspell words and forgives you like Google does. Two, Marketplace searches return everything in that artist’s…

Tech News Charlie White

New York Drivers Get Parking Help from Robotic Parking Garage

Ok, so maybe there won’t be a 7-foot tall robot who takes your keys and parks your ride, but that’s not to say New York’s first robotic parking garage won’t be worth checking out. The garage (which will be located in Chinatown) will be able to squeeze 67 cars into a space that would otherwise…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z75: Easy to Use, Slim and Trim

If Casio’s flagship point-and-shoot digital camera, the Exilim Zoom EX-Z1050 is going to break the bank at $451, take a look at its slightly less-capable family member, the Exilim Zoom EX-Z75 which will cost about $100 less than that. It’s got 7.2 megapixels (instead of 10.1) and a 3x optical zoom while keeping a similar…

Tech News Charlie White

Kids Be Gone Ultrasonic Teen Deterrent: Sounds Like Teen Spirit?

You might have heard of the teen-repellent noisemaker a store owner employed in his parking lot in the UK, and now that squealing device that supposedly makes an extremely annoying racket that only teens can hear has found its way to the United States. The device has been named Kids Be Gone, as if paying…

Gadgets Charlie White

Shocker Glasses Punish Your Drowsiness

Man, I’m tired. I need to start going to bed earlier so I don’t feel like I’m about to fall asleep at my keyboard in the morning. What I need are a pair of these Vision Optic MyDo Bururu (what?) glasses. No, not because my vision is poor — 20/15, bitches — but because these…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Apple’s 802.11n Enabler Officially Up for Grabs

Apple’s new Shuffles may have taken the limelight this morning, but in addition to the bite-sized players Apple officially released its 802.11n Enabler. The $1.99 software download unleashes your Mac’s hidden talents, letting your Core 2 Duo-based machine access 802.11n networks. You can also get the update by purchasing the new AirPort Extreme. Whatever route…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Apple iPod shuffle in Color, Like 1GB MP3 Playing Skittles

The iPod shuffle is now available in pink, green, blue and orange but it still costs the same: $79. The tiny 1GB player is still available in its original silver color, too. Just got off the phone with Apple reps, and they think that the shuffle’s color and price make it something you can accessorize…

Tech News Brian Lam and Charlie White

Seagate D.A.V.E.: Tiny Hard Drive packs 20GB, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Here’s Seagate’s D.A.V.E. (digital audio-video experience), a hard drive with a tiny 3.5 x 4.7 x .47-inch form factor into which you can cram 20GB. It also gives you the ability to share stuff using its onboard Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. It’s tiny, it cost less than $200 and is small enough to slide into…

Gadgets Charlie White

Casio Intros Exilim Zoom EX-Z1050, Snaps 7fps

Casio extended its line of point-and-shoot cameras today, topped by this Exilim Zoom EX-Z1050. Building on its Z1000 predecessor’s 10.1-megapixel imager and 3x optical zoom, this nice-looking tinycam slims down its form factor to an even smaller size. Dang, the thing’s svelte for a camera—it’s getting into cellphone-thin territory at just 24.2mm with a light…

Tech News Charlie White

Apple Store Down! Announcement Coming

Okay folks, the Apple store is down, so that means there’s some sort of announcement on the way. Will it be new displays? We’re watching it for you here. Apple Store

Tech News Charlie White

Microsoft Vista Faster on a Mac Pro Than Apple’s Own OS X

Ironically, one of the fairest reviews of Microsoft’s Vista comes from Pete and Leander over at Wired’s Cult of Mac blog. They tell us what the Vista experience is like on a Mac Pro using Bootcamp, with much praise. Vista really flies on this beast, and feels like it’s faster than OS X – it…

Tech News Brian Lam

Windows Vista in Numbers

One of the things Microsoft reiterated throughout Monday night’s Vista launch was the amount of work and testing that went into Vista. Approximately 5 million beta testers checked out the OS to make sure everything ran smoothly. As far as drivers go, Vista comes with 1.5 million drivers out of the box, so the chances…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Vista DRM Already Hacked?

Vista hasn’t been out for more than 24 hours and yet rumors are spreading that it’s already been hacked. Alex lonescu claims he’s hacked Vista’s Protected Media Path, a DRM that’s designed to degrade the playback quality of HD video when running it on non-HDCP outputs and other hardware components that haven’t been approved by…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Bill Gates Tells Jon Stewart Why He Should Buy Vista (Yes, It Was As Boring As This Headline)

If you were hoping that on The Daily Show last night Bill Gates would give you a compelling reason to rush out and buy Vista, then move along, cause there’s nothing to see here. Overall, it was standard PR that sadly lacked in hilarity other than Jon Stewart asking if the beta version of Vista…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Dealzmodo: It’s a Wootoff

Attention cheapskates and moneyhoarders. There’s a Wootoff going on! If you’re unfamiliar with Woot, they’re a site that has a deal a day that goes at usually lower-than-usual prices. Once the item’s sold out, that day’s sale is over. A Wootoff is when they chain up these sales consecutively until everything’s sold out. And if…

Tech News Jason Chen

Philips Xenium 9@9 Cellphones Let You Talk Forever and a Day

Penguin Speakers – Round and Bug-Eyed Sonic Goodness

Vision Board II’s Keys are Tough to Miss

Simpsons Donut Maker Makes Obesity Hilarious

Fanboy Proposes to Girlfriend with Dashboard Widget

Zune Marketplace vs. iTunes Hands-On: iTunes Search Comes Up Lame

New York Drivers Get Parking Help from Robotic Parking Garage

Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z75: Easy to Use, Slim and Trim

Kids Be Gone Ultrasonic Teen Deterrent: Sounds Like Teen Spirit?

Shocker Glasses Punish Your Drowsiness

Apple’s 802.11n Enabler Officially Up for Grabs

Apple iPod shuffle in Color, Like 1GB MP3 Playing Skittles

Seagate D.A.V.E.: Tiny Hard Drive packs 20GB, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Casio Intros Exilim Zoom EX-Z1050, Snaps 7fps

Apple Store Down! Announcement Coming

Microsoft Vista Faster on a Mac Pro Than Apple’s Own OS X

Windows Vista in Numbers

Vista DRM Already Hacked?

Bill Gates Tells Jon Stewart Why He Should Buy Vista (Yes, It Was As Boring As This Headline)

Dealzmodo: It’s a Wootoff

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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