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“Imagine a new world of incredible detail”! The Samsung MagicStation MV55 for the Korean market has a Blu-ray burner built right into the machine. Other than that, well, it’s pretty much a standard desktop computer. The MV55 has a 3.2GHz Pentium D940, a GeForce 7600GT and a bunch of nifty card-reader and USB ports in…
This week at TreeHugger: We watch as the world’s first AA battery-powered airplane takes flight and soars…400 meters. The Wright brothers have nothing on these guys. Here’s another one of those ideas that just makes sense: a solar-powered, Bluetooth-enabled GPS receiver. Sometime this week, the self-proclaimed “Bullet on Wheels” will be shooting for the world…
We’re getting reports of some trouble with the comment logins. It’s working for some people but not others, so if yours is giving you trouble, just chillax for now. You’ll have plenty of time to tell us how much the new design is bugging out soon enough.
The folks at NRQ Productions went down to Wal-Mart and did a “stress test” on the DS Lite LCD. We don’t advocate doing this, since breaking the display unit is kind of a dick-ish thing to do, but luckily for them (and Wal-Mart) the DS Lite passed with flying colors. Peep the video to see…
This. Is. Awesome. The Self Destruction Button USB hub comes with four ports in the back for all your USB-connectivity goodness, but the main draw comes from all the stuff on top. There’s two flickable switches, a turnable key, and a protected self-destruct button! Unfortunately, all that happens when you press the button is a…
Those folks at Target really know what the people want. They are offering up a combination Emerson .7 cubic foot microwave and a bonus iPod Table Radio. Who wouldn’t want something like this. Just think of all of the Duran Duran you could listen to while heating up your nightly microwave dinner, by yourself, of…
The one feature of that huge Dell XPS M2010 LapDeskTop that hasn’t been talked about is the Media Center Edition remote that ships with it. Instead of RF, IR or WiFi, this remote uses wireless USB that connects to connect with the M2010. Using wUSB, the remote is capable of two way communication and can…
This just in: laptops can get pretty damn hot. Brian Krische wanted to know just how hot, so he decided to run a little test. He pitted a 1.83GHz Core Duo MacBook (left) against a 1.83GHz Core Duo Dell Latitude D620 (right). Brian ran The Hills Have Eyes—not the best movie choice, in my opinion—in…
Believe it or not, some folks don’t actually have a wireless network set up in their household. No Wi-Fi network can be a real buzzkill for DS owners. Luckily the folks at Mac OS X Hints have written up a semi-complicated method to get a little Wi-Fi connection using an AirPort card. Basically you need…
Ignoring the old non-color screen and the $399 price tag, this PDA is actually pretty handy for people who work or play near water. The Meazura “Rugged Digital Assistant” conforms to IP67 standards so it’s dust and water resistant. The PDA RDA also has a MZIO slot that fits CompactFlash cards. We can see this…
Matrox just shipped MXO, a handy little box for Mac users who edit professional-level video. Connected to the Mac’s secondary DVI port and also hooked up to USB 2.0, this portable unit converts that computer video into TV video, allowing the signal to be recorded easily in real time. It can also be output to…
Just when you thought the iPod couldn’t get any bigger. Bob Borchers, the senior director of iPod worldwide product marketing, recently told CNET UK’s Crave that Apple wants more consumers using iPod-enabled automobiles rather than the plethora of third-party accessories. Borchers also said that Apple has no interest in producing their own car stereo, but…
Now we hear from our beloved basement-dwelling brothers at Kotaku that Microsoft spokespeople are saying that Blu-ray discs are apparently “hard to make.” There’s an extra layer of copy protection on Blu-ray discs, called BD+, and that makes the manufacturing of those disks a whole lot more complicated. In a recent podcast, a couple of…
Actions Speak Louder Than HDTV by Brian L. Clark Often, the best advice is not what someone says but rather, what someone does. For example, as a technophile, you’ve probably read any number of columnists’ opinions on HDTV—some may have included quotes from well-known industry analysts. Well I thought it would be interesting to see…
At first we thought this Language Line Phone was able to electronically interpret languages in real time. No, there’s no practical real-time electronic interpreter yet, but until that day comes, the Language Line Phone can still get the job done by connecting to Language Line Services, a company with human interpreters standing by. The Language…
Why bother with all that pesky exercising, weight control and the luck of genetics when all you need to do is park that big ol’ booty on the Bottom Reformulator Cushion, and it will turn that sack of potatoes into two perfectly-formed orbs. The cushion has been allegedly tested and proven to work by a…
Some careless bloke left his Nintendo DS Lite lying around where the dog could get his mouth on it, chewing it to the mangled state you see here. If the guy would have gotten himself a pet-shocking torture device such as this, his DS Lite would still be intact. https://gizmodo.com/stay-mat-wireless-crate-makes-your-dog-hate-you-even-m-188046 Calling Nintendo customer service, the…
The Samsung SGH-P200 cellphone has been launched in the Italian marketplace. I know, you are saying to yourself: “Oh, another cellphone from Samsung, who the hell cares?” Well this one is a little bit different. It is the world’s first Unlicensed Mobile Access phone. This basically means it can switch between cell networks and fixed…
The invisible fence concept goes a step further with the PetSafe Stay! Mat Wireless Crate, letting you micromanage exactly where your pet sits and stays using electronic reinforcement. This nasty little electric shock device keeps your dog bound to one spot and assures you that he’s not going to be moving anytime soon. Activate the…
Think Secret has learned that Stephan Jobs himself will announce the availability of movie rentals via iTunes at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on August 7. It is also being reports that Walt Disney, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. have already signed on to offer content for the iTunes movie rental service. Jobs…