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It’s time to play good news, bad news. Good news: Sony’s releasing a portable TV service for the PSP. Bad news: It’s in Japan only (for now). Good news: Some video is going to come in native 16:9 resolution. Bad news: It’s DRM protected and you’ll only have a limited time (5 to 30 days)…
A report has surfaced indicating that Apple may well be underclocking the ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 in the MacBook Pro. As for the actual numbers, tests showed that the GPU’s core is running some 35 percent slower than what ATI suggests. The speed of the memory has been slowed, too, running 41 percent slower. More…
A TiVo partnership with Blockbuster was uncovered at the TiVo store, where the DVR service was offering a Blockbuster Online subscription (that’s the Netflix clone) for $13-$15 extra per month. The deal locks you into the contract with Blockbuster for a year. We’d rather be locked in a cage with a wrestling bear. It’s not…
Some hawt spy photos of the new Windows Mobile Treo or just fuzzy pictures of someone’s painted Sidekick? You decide. It seems that a temporary “test engineer”—can you hire those guys at Adecco?—was going off about a new WM5 Treo with GSM, UMTS, 300-MHz processor and 1.3-megapixel camera. The folks at Treonauts said put up…
Here’s an idea that will give you one more USB port in a pinch, the Brando USB Mouse with a 2-port USB hub dangling from its tail. It’s $16. If you’re so inclined, OEM company Brando Workshop’s website is mildly entertaining with its earnest Engrish, luring you in with its breezy promises of convenience and…
Panasonic announced it will ship its 103-inch plasma screen this Christmas. You might recall the company’s 1080p behemoth, introduced at CES three months ago as a techno-demo, which won the dick contest on the show floor, showing the world who can pony up the biggest plasma display. Panasonic says the screen has a contrast ratio…
Open up a can of whoop-ass with one hand, where all you do is push a button and the Cordless OneTouch Can Opener by Daka Designs walks around that can, opening it up in seconds flat. Originally designed for senior citizens, you don’t need to apply any hand pressure to get it going. The company…
Scarpar offers a serious off-road board that’s motorized for your total enjoyment. Totally. It has tracks like a snow cat, and apparently gives you the best of snowboarding, surfing, skating and motocross. The company says it will be coming to market in 2007. Here’s a video of the prototype. Gnarly, dude. Product page [Scarpar Pty…
Rumor and Speculation Toshiba Fires One Across the Blu-Ray Bow… What’s Next? Motorola ROKR E2 With iTunes (??) TiVo Buyout Rumors: Barrons Likes What It Sees https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-fires-one-across-the-blu-ray-bow-whats-next-168017 News Casket Furniture Eternaltainment Center Aquapub Pool Table Zero Grav Wedding Dress BenQ’s BW1000 Blu-Ray Writer HD Trailers on XBox 360 Ecomodo – The Best of Treehugger Company…
If the Uono Cocoon Coffin we wrote about earlier today is too fancy for your tastes, or spending thousand of dollars on something you’ll only use once seems rather extravagant, we’ve found a company that understands: https://gizmodo.com/uono-cocoon-coffin-167931 Why buy a casket for just one day? At CasketFurniture.com, our products can last you a lifetime, and…
If you recall seeing a swim-up bar the last time you were in the Bahamas, now you can have something like that in your pool. This Aquapub six-seat floating table lets you get your drink on and your snack on in style. It has six cup holders, and then there are two removable containers for…
BenQ just unveiled its BW1000, a Blu-ray writer that is also able to read and write the ancient optical disc formats, CD and DVD. The drive will be available in both internal and external models judging from photos, with the external model potentially doubling as a mirror given its high glossiness. As far as burning…
Paramount is now flogging Mission: Impossible III and Nacho Libre on XBox Live by offering full HD trailer downloads. This kind of makes us pause for a moment and think “Hrm… then why not full HD movies?” and then we go back to playing Oblivion. Essentially, this is a way to get movie trailers and…
This week at TreeHugger: We discover a wireless camera that isn’t depedent on the power grid to keep on taping (and is perfect for spying on your neighbors). Plus, bamboo isn’t just for pandas anymore; Doshisha University and Panasonic have created a speaker made with the stuff that offers a more extensive sound range. Sun…
Burst.com, the same company that sued Microsoft in 2002 and to which Redmond paid a $60 million license fee in 2005, claims Apple infringes upon several of its patents relating to music and video downloading. As such, it recently demanded that the U.S. District Court in San Francisco shut down a range of Apple services,…
When does portable cease to mean “able to be easily carried or moved”? Bluedot takes us once step closer to finding out with its BDP-1200, a portable DVD player that features a 12-inch screen and weighs 3.5 lbs. Beyond the 800 x 400 pixel resolution screen, the BDP-1200 is your typical portable DVD player. That…
It seems some users, including Randall25, over at the NotebookReview forums are in an uproar regarding Sony and the carbon fiber option on the VGN-SZ160p/c laptops. If your unit has VGN-SZ160P above the left hinge and the lid does not have a criss-crossed weave pattern, then it’s plastic. The thread on the forum is chock…
Yahoo has taken another baby step to becoming a little more media savvy with their purchase of Meedio, today. Meedio makes media center PC, DVR and automation software. Yahoo has purchased all of the intellectual property of Meedio and taken the talented Meedio development staff and put them to work on Yahoo! Go TV, a…
With only 128MB on board, this wee feller won’t be replacing our Gmini 402 any time soon, but it’s just so darn cute. Japan-only right now, this little bugger has a 1.2-inch screen and plays MP3 and WMA files along with QuickTime and MPEG-1/2. We’ll probably never see it because it’s suppose to work with…
As notebooks get smaller and thinner and specs run to ever-higher numbers, the memory inside is getting as hot as a June bride in a feather bed. The newest thin-and-light notebooks are using DDR2-667 SO-DIMMs these days, and even though they’re not exactly hot enough to fry an egg, they can almost boil water, reaching…