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The ThinkPad Z61 series—Z61t has a 14.1-inch screen while the Z61m has a 15.4-inch screen—is a multimedia laptop designed for the younger set. They can hold up to 4 GB of RAM and beefy Core Duo processors. Plus they have the standard dark ThinkPad styling and durability. Interestingly enough, the Z61 models include an in-bezel…
Not only has LG finally started selling their LG LG 71PY10, the 71-inch Plasma HDTV they’ve been showing off for a long time, but they’re apparently also making it available in a special gold-plated edition. Just think of it: four whole pounds of twenty four karat gold slathered onto your giant TV. What better way…
Real men don’t care much about refrigerators, right? Now they do, with Ten50 Design refrigerators which will satisfy that he-man sensibility with a variety of biker-chic designs. Get yourself an outdoorsy look, or go for that fire-and-ice motif with the flames on front. The art department at Ten50 will even help you design your own…
This is a hot little quartz watch with a built-in planisphere which shows you the constellations of the northern hemisphere on a glow-in-the-dark face. Not bad for a $50 watch. It even has a rubber bracelet and luminescent hands. It’s sold out right now, but it does look pretty hot. Product Page [ThinkGeek via
Users are reporting trouble with Dell’s model 2407wfp and 2407fp 24-inch LCD displays, complaining about video banding on the screens. Some have reported that the problem occurs when using DVI connections, adding that all is well when connecting to the display’s analog VGA connections. Dell denies any reported problems, but we’ve noticed that the 2407…
SmartDisk, not to be confused with its rival DumbDisk, is releasing the FireLite XPress series of hard drives in June. Now, what does this mean and why should you care? Primarily, the palm-sized hard drive features an LCD on the front that displays that unit’s remaining capacity even when it’s not plugged in. Yes, quite…
Click on the image above to see a larger version of this image, but you kind of get the general idea. This is a bar graph the various console prices unadjusted for inflation (click here to see it adjusted for inflation). Essentially, this shows us that even in non-relative terms, the PS3 isn’t that expensive.…
This story is getting more and more convoluted as follow it. The real question is this: how did Bo Eriksson survive the Enzo crash without breaking both is legs, an arm, and his thick, horrid skull? https://gizmodo.com/gizmondo-head-on-3-million-bail-171067 Since we can’t answer that question, we can ask ourselves why he had “representatives” from “Homeland Security” aka…
LCD display prices continue to drop, and ViewSonic joins the party with price reductions on two of its 20-inch LCD monitors. Its VG2021 (pictured) was originally priced at $485 and now it’s $369. That display has a native 1400×1050 resolution, not quite enough pixels for us but a size that ViewSonic says “doesn’t sacrifice font…
All this is looking very conceptual and/or very expensive, but if you’ve got an industrial living space, why not pick up some industrial speakers. The website is hard to navigate, so don’t expect to put these into your shopping cart and check out online, but they won all sorts of awards and I’m sure they…
Sony’s on a roll, introducing products right and left, and here’s the company’s answer to Apple’s simply-designed remote. The VGP-BRM1 is a Bluetooth remote control that works with Sony’s Bluetooth-compatible Walkman MP3 players and VAIO PCs. The palm-sized control is available in black or white, weighs about an ounce, and includes a charging cradle. Never…
Creative Technology, Ltd., feeling the flop sweat creeping up from the back of its neck to the top of its head, apparently decided since it couldn’t beat Apple at its own game, it was going to sue the company into submission. Creative asked the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to halt sales of all iPods…
With all this talk of UMPCs and Origami, the poor Nokia 770 has gotten lost in the shuffle. Well, have no fear. It’s still getting upgrades and you can now use it to make Google Talk calls and IM with your Google buddies. While it’s not quite Skype-tastic, it’s nice to see they’re still working…
Good morning, Dear Readers! Wakie Wakie! Eat some eggie in a basket and feast your eyes on this wonderful rubber fetishwear from sunny Germany. Thrill at the Teutonic attachments! Marvel at the in-your-face urinal action! Pop on this ball-headed monster mask with handy appendage holes and, as the sun comes up over your burg, thank…
We mentioned the Samsung SCH-B600 when it was first announced at CeBIT, and now a couple of pictures of the 10-megapixel camera phone were snapped at Comm Korea 2006. You’ve got to be impressed with a cellphone whose camera’s pixel count beats out most digital cameras and even lots of digital SLRs. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-announces-10-megapixel-sch-b600-cameraphone-at-159409 These shots…
Well, this didn’t come as a shock, but we were a bit surprised. Apple has just launched their Intel MacBooks, not to be confused with the MacBook Pro. This all-white, 2GHz Core Duo machine has 802.11g, FireWire, FrontRow, Bluetooth, and built-in iSight. Best of all? It comes in black. W00T. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-macbooks-next-tuesday-172784 The 1.83GHz model costs…
This little Prime PM-304AF music player is less than 3 inches tall and has a 1.5 inch LCD and an FM tuner inside. It’s available in a variety of embedded flash capacities from 64MB up to 2GB, and in addition to all that music playback goodness, it can give you up to 36 hours of…
When we showed you the first picture of this Sony VAIO portable PC, we weren’t sure if it was real or not. But now it’s official: Sony’s VGN-UX50 is a real mini-PC with an Intel Centrino 1.06GHz processor running Windows XP. There’s a separately available Bluetooth GPS unit, two built-in cameras and it takes just…
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Once again, the porn industry thrusts first, and boldly, into unexplored technological territory. Where Hollywood has been afraid to allow people to download movies, their younger, but more profitable brother down in the valley have been quite open to it. Vivid Entertainment will now sell its movies online through the CinemaNow service, allowing viewers to…