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We’re hearing rumors that Apple will introduce a 17-inch MacBook Pro at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention next week, and on that notebook will be video editing application Final Cut Studio 5.1 running natively on the Intel Core duo processor inside. The rumor mill is also cranking out murky tips about how Apple…
Weeks after the Gateway launched its NX100X notebook with an unannounced Ultra Low Voltage Core Solo chip from Intel inside, yesterday morning in Beijing, that core solo processor along with another one was officially announced by Intel senior vice president and general manager David Perlmutter. In his keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, he talked…
With all the UMPCs being rolled out lately, Apple appears to be preparing one of its own, filing patents for a number of telltale technologies. First, in a patent application dated today, we see a single-arc QWERTY keyboard similar to Microsoft Touchpack software, with this drawing describing “activation of virtual keys of a touchscreen keyboard.”…
Hands-on Review Hands-On: ThermoHawk 200 Touchless Infrared Thermometer https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-thermohawk-200-touchless-infrared-thermometer-168384 Rumor and Speculation MacBook Pro Underclocked? Nintendo DS Lite Shortage Over? https://gizmodo.com/macbook-pro-underclocked-168172 News Sony Births Cyber-Shot H5 and T30 Palm Releases 1.10 Update for Verizon Treo 700w Bibliochaise Stream iTunes to the PSP 2006 NFL Draft Will Be Broadcast Live To Sprint Subscribers Dell Deal Fiesta!…
When we’re hiding in the bushes to try to take a few quick snaps of our neighbor in the shower, the one thing we wish our camera has is a bigger LCD. That way, we would be able to take less shots and get what we needed the first time. After explaining to the police…
If you put off purchasing the Treo 700w on Verizon because of of its tragic, pointless lack of push email support, rejoice! Palm and Verizon released the 1.10 update for the 700w today, adding push email capability to it among other things and finally making this smartphone, well, smart. Here’s the list of 1.10 enhancements:…
If you’re curious about the temperature of objects in your world, the ThermoHawk 200 Touchless Infrared Thermometer by Q3 Innovations can give you instant readings of the surface temperature of just about anything. About half the size of a ballpoint pen, it has a range of between -27°F and 230°F, and uses an infrared sensor…
We’ll sit on a good sofa over a great armchair any day, but we’d definitely make an exception for the Bibliochaise, literally an armchair library for those who like to be “immersed in deep reading”. It can shelve five linear meters worth of books, so the question is would you put the books you love…
Who needs a slew of peripherals to get your downloaded music onto your home entertainment center when you can just utilize gadgets that you already may own? Skatter Tech has developed some nice software that allows non-DRM iTunes music to be streamed to the PSP wirelessly over a Wi-Fi network. There is a bit of…
Some of you will be excited to know that Sprint will be broadcasting sixteen hours hours of live coverage from the NFL Network to their cellphone users during the April 29-30 draft, so you can see the draft live when you’re in line at the grocery store, or watch clips of the prospective draft picks…
Hot off the Hardforums wire, Dell is offering a hell of a Dimension 1100 PC deal. This $349 package features a PC with a 2.53GHz Celeron D Processor, XP Home, 256MB DDR ram, 80GB hard drive, combo optical drive and a 19-inch analog flat panel monitor. With a deal this good it is hard to…
Very nice article about the death of film camera makers. From Konica Minolta to Kodak, these folks are getting nailed left and right. That, however, is the way the cookie crumbles. For example, I was just talking to a friend who bought a 35mm Canon Rebel. He told me “This will be the last film…
This does little except make it so much easier for a man on the run to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. See? It has two ends, one for the PB and one for the J. When you’ve slathered on one condiment, you flip the knife over and… Oh, wait. Then your hand gets…
1080p is apparently the Brigadoon of TV resolutions, always just out of reach. Because even HD-DVD and Blu-ray won’t be able to dump out video in 1080i, 1080p will be the 11 of TV coolness… unattainable by most blokes and generally unusable. Manufacturers, it seems, are solely supporting… …1080 format in actual use, 1920x1080i, a…
We’re pretty familiar with Eurocom and their OEM monsters. Most of them are dead generic, but the M590K has a 19-inch display and two GeForce Go 7800 graphics cards sitting atop a 100GB hard drive. While it may be quite hubric to name your laptop “Emperor,” this monster runs a 2.1-GHz AMD Turion 64 MT-40…
Microsoft’s creative bug must be running out of juice because their options for customized faceplates for the 360 are mediocre at best. Camo and tribal blue? Give me a break. Nyko is releasing the Gameface 360 to allow you talented, or even non-talents artists to design your own faceplate for the 360. The kit includes…
We can see how you might want a laser pointer in the mouse you use with your laptop (less peripherals to lose between meetings), and vaguely understand why you might want a long retractable USB cord (too cheap to spring for Bluetooth), but a built-in thermometer? What? We can’t stand behind that. USB Mouse with…
This smoker’s lamp is the work of Helen Evans and Heiko Hansen and it currently on display in a Paris art gallery. In some clever work a smoke alarm has been reverse engineered to display colors and sound upon the presence of nicotine-filled smoke. This is an excellent excuse to take up smoking again, right?…
Suunto makes a good, beefy watch. The T6, for example, has everything a potential exerciser could need—pedometer and bike speedometer—which requires a little pod for your shoes and bike, heartrate monitor, and PC syncing system for downloading your workout stats. The watch costs about $300 and the additional lumpkins, including the foot pod and the…
What better way to endear yourself to a pair of drunken disco-dancing ladies than to spray them with an odd white foam. Why, you’ll be the belle of the beach with the new Foam Factory. Inspired by the famed “foam parties” so popular with the Eurotrash of the world, this gun can expectorate 55 cubic…