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No official announcement from Samsung on what this firmware update for the BD-P1000, but everyone’s been complaining about the softness in the picture quality and the DTS stuttering. Good news: the update fixes the stuttering. We don’t have a BD-P1000 in house, but leave a comment let us know what else the firmware update fixes…
Following the Casino Royale edition Sony Ericsson cellphones, Sony is dropping an attache case with special 007 Vaio and Cameras inside called the VGNTX007C Limited Edition Spy Gear. Q is on crack to pick this gear for Bond. Sure, that Vaio TX is a nice bit of hardware, with a Core Solo chip, carbon fiber…
Available only in Silver, Newegg’s selling the Logitech Harmony 688 Universal Remote for $69. That’s nearly half the price we’re seeing for the same remote on Froogle, which means this is a pretty hot deal. There’s also free three-day shipping, so all you pay is tax. If you’re wondering how well it works, check out…
The Motorola ROKR E6, or E690 as the engineers call it, was just approved by the FCC, much to Linux fans’ delight. It will follow up older ROKR phones, possibly with iTunes capabilities, and will run Motorola’s Linux OS. The phone will have a touchscreen instead of a keypad, and will be loaded with a…
The guys at 2old2play seem to have a few tricks up their old-man sleeves, scoring a few minutes with the Zune. The most important detail? The ‘skin’ of the Zune was a ‘rubberized’ material that had a smooth seductive feel to it. I found myself unable to stop stroking the device, so much that the…
The Art-o-Meter is sending starving artists back to the drawing room. This little gizmo can be propped below a painting to rate its popularity. Using motion sensors, it detects how much time people spend looking at the painting. It then rates the painting (using a 5-star system) based on the amount of time that it’s…
Made by Adesso, the iLamp is a Lamp that actually deserves the “i” moniker. Why? Because there’s an iPod dock with built-in speakers, letting you organize your music player as well as your pens, batteries, screws and condoms. There are six different designs—some black, some white, some silver—but they all have room for your iPod.…
We’ve got some Zune battery life numbers thanks to Cesar of Zune Insider fame. The Zune will apparently get 13 hours of audio playback with wireless on, and 14 hours with wireless off. This, with the player doing absolutely nothing else while playing music—no backlight, no fiddling for songs, no picking your nose, no volume…
Thanks to the fact that Sony’s SIXAXIS controllers feature USB charging and non-replaceable batteries, your gamepads are going to have less and less charge as the months pass—and there’s nothing you can do about it. Luckily for us, a spokesperson told GamesIndustry that Sony will exchange your controller whenever that day comes, saving you the…
Here’s the comely Miss Katie from Shiny Shiny demonstrating an odd mosquito- (and perhaps human)-repelling feature on a cellphone. Be sure to turn your sound down before you watch this video, because this thing makes some of the most obnoxious noises we’ve heard all week. It’s called "ultrasonic," but methinks some of that racket is…
We know we’re hopelessly outta shape. Ever since our deep frying discovery, we’ve been packing on the pounds, so the last thing we need is another gadget that tells us what a tub of lard we are. But if you’re looking for that kinda reminder, the Shape Up Adviser lets you record and keep track…
The Meizu Miniplayer review we looked at yesterday is getting an “SP” edition. We think the SP stands for “So Poorpeoplecanbuyit”, because all the features are the same, yet it’s nearly $30 cheaper than the price of the standard edition. https://gizmodo.com/meizu-miniplayer-reviewed-verdict-your-ipod-nano-is-a-208848 The SP should still play back WMV/MP3/OGG/WAV/XviD files, still have the great screen, and…
This week at iLounge: From the cool to the obscure, this last week has brought an interesting array of new iPod accessories to our offices for testing. Griffin’s iKaraoke wireless karaoke system is one of the more eye-catching – a silver microphone that connects to your iPod and broadcasts singalong tracks via an FM transmitter…
With the LocationFree getting delayed, the possible PS3 ship date miss, the PS3 controller complaints, the laptop battery troubles, and now the Blu-ray BDP-S1 player being delayed, could this be the worst quarter Sony’s ever had? Well there was that quarter where they sold poison-coated pacifiers back in the ’80s, but this is probably a…
Looks like a piece of shit, doesn’t it? It has a 9.8 Liter V-8 that makes 2200 horsepower. Which gives it a zero-to-sixty time of one second. And it’s street legal. It’s too ugly. I wouldn’t drive it if it took me to space. Video at Jalopnik, though. Vroom. https://jalopnik.com/the-worlds-quickest-street-legal-car-is-a-vauxhall-vict-209029 The World’s Quickest Street-Legal Car…
The Land Warrior suit is on the cusp of revolutionizing how our soldiers do battle. A high-tech collection of electronics, the suit includes a helmet-mounted monocle that gives soldiers sniper-like vision thanks to its 12x zoom and built-in night vision. The suit also has its own PAN (Personal Area Network) that distributes power and data.…
How could half the internets be fooled by a photoshopped “100GB” on a Korean Microsoft slideshow? Beats us, but Germany’s version of Major Nelson set the record straight. Yes, about two and a half thousand people sent to me a link to that, in which one sees a photographed powerpoint slide, featuring a non removable…
I’m not sure what is more sad. The fact that these kids willingly destroy gadgets for their own enjoyment, or witnessing an iPod nano melting in a microwave. Fucking kids need to learn some respect for property, but it is neat to see the iPod melt, nonetheless. – Travis Hudson The posting of this video…
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After a night of drunken shenanigans some friends and I made our way back to my apartment. One particular dude decided to sleep over on the floor because he was in no condition to drive. Well sometime from when we went to sleep at 3 a.m. and when I woke up at 8 a.m. this…