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Measuring in at 15.4 inches wide, 13.5 inches tall and 10.4 inches deep, and weighing 30 pounds is the Samsung CLP-300. This prints in black and white at 17 ppm and color at 4ppm. And rather than having big, expensive toner cartridges, it uses smaller, still likely expensive toner bottles. Even more surprising is the…
Sony has released their latest headphones, the Atlus or MDR-D777LP Hi-Fi headphones. These headphones have a 80KHz frequency response. They can be folded nicely for easy travel, but are still built to be durable. They have a steep price tag of $150, but if you head down to any Sony Style store tomorrow, you can…
Tree-hugging geeks who like spending time in the great outdoors might wanna check out the new Addex Design AD80 Solar Radio. Like it’s name suggests, the radio sports a solar panel letting you listen to AM/FM radio by the power of the sun. (Non environmentalists can also pop in some AAA batteries for juice). Great…
How does the newest slim smartphone on the block stack up to the reigning Windows Mobile champs, the Motorola Q and the Palm Treo 700w? Pretty well, actually. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-dash-hands-on-review-verdict-windows-mobile-206702 The T-Mobile Dash is tied for shortest with the Treo 700w, tied for widest with the Motorola Q, and just 0.06 inches thicker than the first…
CDW, the company known for those doofy commercials, actually has a 64GB (yes, gigabyte) flash drive available for purchase. How much, you say? Well, this flash drive weighs in at a very cheap, $5,739. Yes, this 64GB flash drives costs roughly the same as a slightly used, cheap car. It supports USB 2.0, thankfully. Product…
In an effort to make your cheeseburger-eating experience more pleasurable, McDonald’s has teamed up with Akoo to launch the m-Venue, a platform that lets you browse and buy music/videos through your mobile handset all while chowing down on your ketchup-drenched burger (content providers include Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Sony Pictures). For now, the…
Who would have thought a series of boring laptop battery recalls could explode into such mass hysteria? Flaming tempers are running rampant at Sony executives. Though they’ve traditionally made some hot electronics, it hasn’t paid off in their battery recalls – now totaling well over 7 million units. Dell, Apple, Toshiba, IBM/Lenovo, Fujitsu and Hitachi…
This week at Lifehacker: Set up a personal, home SSH server “You don’t have to be a Unix whiz with a beard, ponytail and penguin tee-shirt to reap the benefits of the secure, remote computing that SSH offers.” From Bloglines to Google Reader “The just-rolled-out Reader upgrades turned the app into an even better product…
If you SlingBoxsters are interested in a little semi-adventurous beta testing, the SlingPlayer Pocket PC Version 1.1 Beta 2 was just released for your perusal. What’s new? There are mostly features that support the newest Slingboxes, such as a wide screen menu option, and the software now shows the correct number of inputs for those…
This is the latest revision of the TuneCast FM transmitter. This is a universal FM transmitter that plugs into the standard 3.5mm headphone jack and will transmit the audio through a FM frequency range between 88.1MHz and 107.9MHz. The TuneCast 3 has a 20-hour battery life or can plug in directly to a power source.…
Stuck on the road without a charger for that cellphone? Mobicharger disposable batteries will give you 60 minutes of talk time on a cellphone and 480 minutes of standby, and they’re available in a variety of connectors that will fit most cellphones. The plan is to distribute these handy little helpers in vending machines and…
If you’re like me, you’re thinking the vibrating cellphone in your pocket will actually alert you to an incoming call, which it often doesn’t because of its anemic lack of vigor. This goofy egg-shaped Mobile Phone Sensor Clock has an antenna growing out of its head that can detect incoming cellphone ring signals, which makes…
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The makers of the Zboard (that folding keyboard with the custom layouts) are branching out further into the gaming world with their first gaming mouse dubbed the Reaper. The mouse will have a 1600 dpi sensor, 6 programmable buttons (plus one dedicated button for DPI switching), and in true gangsta style, gold-plated USB connectors. It’ll…
It was only 30 years ago this week that JVC received a IEEE milestone for development of the VHS Video along with releasing the first VHS player. You kicked that Betamax’s ass right to the curb and you can celebrate three decaded later by watching HD DVD kick another Sony proprietary media to the curb,…
Here’s an idea straight out of a prison movie: the Huckleberry, which can turn your MacBook into a video camera. You know how prisoners use hand mirrors to see people in the next cell? That’s how the Huckleberry works, using a small mirror to let you use that little iSight camera on the MacBook as…
If you are in the market for a GPS receiver, this may be the perfect time to jump onto a deal. The list price for this device is $750, but Amazon has it on sale for $310, which is well over 50-percent off. The package includes the receiver, mount, power cigarette adapter, USB cable, 126…
Samsung takes another potshot at the Motorola Q with its upcoming SGH-i760, a Windows Mobile 5 for Pocket PC Smartphone with an Intel 520MHz CPU inside. This one looks like it has it all, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0, a 240×320 touchscreen, WiFi, and even has a forward-facing video calling camera. On the…
Microsoft announced its updated Microsoft Streets and Trips 2007, adding improved GPS locator hardware by Pharos to the package. The company says the GPS device now uses SiRF star III technology that’s 10 times more sensitive than the GPS device included with the Streets and Trips 2006 version. The device plugs into the USB port…
Belkin has officially announced the release of their TuneStage II Bluetooth iPod adapter and receiver. The receiver will hook up to your home entertainment system and the adapter will simply plug into the dock connector of almost all iPods. It will then stream music up to 33 feet away via Bluetooth v2.0. All controls can…