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Take the phrase “water resistant” with a grain of salt. I highly doubt this laptop would survive a full plunge in the swimming pool. The draining system protects the laptop’s hard drive, motherboard and some other internal components from small amounts of liquids with a waterproof sheet draining system. Also included is impact proof protection…
This is a hack that will up the song-cap limit on all iTunes based phone to 1000.. All you need is a data connectivity cable for your phone and a machine running Windows. Perform a couple small steps and bam, 1000 song supported iTunes phone, easy as pie. Maybe this mod will make the ROKR…
If you’ve been having wireless projector envy but can’t justify or afford to upgrade your current machine because, you know, projectors are ridiculously expensive, Plextor will start shipping their PX-PA15AW Wireless Projector Adapter next month with a MSRP of $289.00, allowing real-time sharing of images and even PowerPoint with animated files. No more swapping VGA…
PQI of Taiwan has just announced their U510, the world’s slimmest flash drive at just 3 millimeters thick. Sized like a credit card, it’s meant to slip into your wallet or pocket, has a built-in retractable USB connector, works with Macs and Windows, and holds an amazing 16 GB of data. No pricing or release…
Reader Warren emailed to say: I was wandering around Shinjuku and noticed that in every store selling Macs, well over half of them were running Windows through BootCamp! All the actual OSX machines could be found stuffed in corners with crappy old iBooks. Guess Apple found a way to finally market their computers; Microsoft. He…
If you’re one of the suckers early adopters who’ve already jumped onto the HD DVD bandwagon, or you’re considering doing it but worry about how you’re going to be able to backup the dvds you buy or play them on older machines, you’ll be happy to know that Warner Home Video will start releasing hybrid…
So the tax refund came, and now you’re thinking of dropping $3k to install a “Ready for iPod” navigation-slash-AV system in your car. If the iPod part’s really important to you, pass for now on Pioneer’s AVIC-Z1. Though we otherwise loved the double-DIN, 7″ touchscreen system, we’re still testing workarounds for the system’s weak iPod…
Video editing accessories company Bella Corporation recently announced the Catapult, “the world’s first device to allow capture of video footage from DV or HDV video cameras directly to iPods or virtually any USB drive, and begin editing immediately.” As you can see from the photo, the Catapult is not too much bigger than an iPod…
In this Gizmodo Clip, our own loving editor, John, builds a DreamArcades.com Head-to-head Arcade Cabinet. It’s long, so watch this only during lunch. Product Page [DreamArcades]
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you took a 1967 Moog Modular Series III and rehoused all the modules in backlit plexiglass, now you know! The groovy gentleman in the photo above is Don Preston, and his plexiglass Moog was previously owned and custom-built by Pat Gleeson. The Moog was used on the…
The Samsung portable XM player and recorder that debuted at CES landed in the laps of the guys at Personal Tech Pipeline for a hands on review. The distinguishing feature of this media player is its “TiVo for radio” functionality. You can record up to 50 hours of XM programming, including individual songs off any…
John here, writing from beautiful Poland, which is in Europe. I’m only posting this because I’m so in love with the discontinued Smart forFour, which is the successor to the forTwo—the Smart two seater. Apparently the forTwo will soon be available in the US and I’m really looking forward to test driving one, weaving in…
Casio has just announced the release of the EX-Z1000, the newest member to its Exilim line of digital cameras. By far, the biggest attraction here is the camera’s wide, 2.8-inch LCD viewer that has 230,400 pixels, more than enough to capture life’s precious (or embarrassing) moments. For such a diminutive size, the camera has some…
Looks like the iLoad has a competitor and, unlike the iLoad, might actually exist. The EX-6 rips your CDs straight to a USB key or SD card. It also acts as a portable music player with 80 minutes of play time or 60 minutes of recording time. Should be $170 when it comes straight outta…
What at first appeared to be a normal, yet well-lit, USB cable turns out to be a “smart” USB cable that transmits audio via USB without a sound card. “What?” you say. “That’s impossible! Even WITH a flux capacitor!” Created by SoundTech, the lightsnake is compatible with all Windows versions as well as OS X…
We won’t call our Mom about these four Sprint phones, babbling excitedly about the feature sets and sexy styling. Instead, we will calmly write her a letter, informing her that she should lay off the sauce and consider getting the CDM-120 nee UTStarcom CDM-7025 with nothing in it, the SPH-A580 with monochrome display (!!), the…
Looks like this is just a concept device but the good thing is that this should be a reality pretty soon. It has a 2.4-inch screen, voice recorder, FM tuner, OGG support, video support, and up to 4GB of flash memory. It looks uber-tastically thin and should cost about $200 for the fattest model. Meizu…
Not quite sure what to make of this VAIO from Sony. Priced at $1,400, it’s got a bunch of “Spanish language” features including, but not limited to, not much that you can’t do during the initial Windows install. However, it will be available in multiple colors and purchasers can get a personalized soccer jersey. Looks…
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With the arrival of the first 802.11n routers from Buffalo Technology, Belkin, D-Link and Netgear, early adopters are wondering whether it’s time for them to upgrade their home networks. With speeds hovering around 12x and range around 4x compared to 802.11g, there seems to be a significant improvement over current technology. But is it time…