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I’m so tired of seeing cool phones. I saw them all last week, and now we’re just going to see more and more as we in the States suffer with call-dropping RAZRs and the rest of the world pays their massage-parlor bill with something like the SCH-V910. This is a pretty standard slider with Moneta…
Immortalize yourself in wood with a Pirolette, a hand-carved art object from Turn Your Head that’s custom-made from your own profile by Tom Beshara. Notice the wood fills the space between two opposing profiles of your own face. It’s carved out of your choice of American black walnut, cherry or maple. Place it near a…
CeBit was the launching ground for some new gadget goodness and Plantronics was there to make its presence felt. There the company introduced its .Audio line of headsets. The three members of the .Audio family include the .Audio 340, .Audio 510 USB and .Audio 550 DSP. The pictured headset, the .Auido 340, combines comfort features…
Business professionals can look forward to a slew (well, three) of new wireless headsets from GN Netcom, which the company introduced at CeBit. Two versions of the GN9330—one for desk phones, the other for VoIP—accompany the GN 9350. The GN 9350 does the work of both version of the GN9330, but adds digital signal processing,…
Feature Tuning Fork Rumor and Speculation Upgraded PSP for Christmas? MacIntel s Not To Boot Vista? https://gizmodo.com/upgraded-psp-for-christmas-159921 News Kata S-32 Camera Bag Reviewed (Verdict: Solid) Belkin Developing iPod FM Transmitter, Car Charger The Razer Barracuda Gaming Audio System Cell Phone designed for Senior Citizens Tyan Typhoon Personal Super Computer: 16 Cores Under Your Desk Samsungs…
The gang over at RainyDayMagazine reviewed the Kata S-32 camera bag recently and came away feeling pretty good about it. By the looks of it, there are enough pockets to hide darn near anything your heart desires, including a cell phone, keys, ID, notepads and business cards. The showstopper is the center pocket. Designed to…
Judging from the patent application, it looks like Belkin will eventually release a car dock and charger for Apple s iPod. The device will plug into the cigarette lighter to power and charge the iPod while an RF transmitter sends the audio over the car s audio system. Nothing new here, just several of Belkin…
Lest you forget, gaming is in right now. More often than not, however, audio in games tends to get overlooked. In steps Razer, a company dedicated to making your games sound as good as possible. The launch of their Barracuda Integrated Audio System, a set combining specially designed gaming headphones and audio card for the…
With all the emphasis on phones that are thinner and more feature-rich, Emporia is targeting a different demographic with the EmporiaLife handset. Think of it as the large-print Reader s Digest version of the Razr. Big buttons and an easy to read LCD make it easy for someone with failing eyesight to operate the phone.…
Tyan has created a monster supercomputer that harnesses all that power into a box that fits under your desk. Aimed at researchers and scientists, the Typhoon Personal Super Computer (PSC) is available with either Opteron or Pentium processors inside, and consists of four dual-socket blades in a box equipped with cooling fans that are so…
While details are scarce (read: non-existent) on this Samsung cell phone at the moment, we do know that it comes with an MP3 player, a two-inch QVGA display and a DMB receiver for TV reception. All this, plus the phone looks like a portable gaming system of some sort. N-Gage, anyone? Samsung SPH-B5200 Gaming Phone…
More fallout from CeBIT as we see one more UMPC, this one the Founder MiniNote from China. It pretty much sticks to the script with a 7-inch display, an Intel ultra low voltage (ULV) Pentium M 1GHz processor and an Intel 915 GMS chipset. It does skimp on the RAM a bit, though, with 256MB…
Just how great is Linux? When you take into account that one intrepid guy played Quake 3 across 24 Linux-powered monitors, you too will soon be worshiping the penguin. The whole setup is driven by 12 Linux servers (that s two monitors per server) and runs the game at 10240×3072 resolution, pumping out 15-30 FPS.…
Relive your days as an Asteroids wizard with this softshell coat from 06.Jackets. It has industrial-strength waterproofing, so you can fend off those thunderstorms just as well as you used to fend off those pesky rocks playing roids back in the day. It’s got plenty of places to store your stuff, with lots of stash…
With GDC and E3 right around the corner, big announcements loom. Kotaku keeps up with all the gaming rumors and releases with this week’s High Score. The PlayStation 3 looks more and more like it will ship this fall, at least in North America, and not the Spring ’06 date Sony touted at last year’s…
If you’ve ever heard Ultrasone headphones (in fact, we re wearing a pair right now), you know their S-Logic Surround Sound makes you jump back, wondering if you’re actually experiencing a live music performance. Now Ultrasone has released its Edition 7 Luxury Headphones, a handmade version of these exquisite listening devices in a limited edition,…
British designer Susan Bradley offers these made-to-order Stiletto Hooks, perfect for hanging up clothes with their positive traction heels and appropriate angle to the wall. Sold by the pair, each is unique, created by Bradley from vintage shoes. Is it us, or does this look like the lady next door kicked through your wall with…
Sony introduced its MSVR-A10, a digital video recorder that records video from a TV or DVD player via composite or S-video and analog audio inputs, recording the signal directly onto a Memory Stick Pro Duo for playback on the Playstation Portable (PSP). That gives you two to four hours of video on a 2GB Pro…
This aesthetically pleasing piece of the fine Japanese craftsmanship by industrial designer Takumi Shimamura is a briefcase made of Japanese cedar with a hand-stitched canvas edge, a leather handle and canvas interior. Take a look inside—its makers say the case is big enough for a 17-inch PowerBook with room to spare. A delightful side effect…
Look what you just missed on eBay: an exact 1/8 scale model of the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran. The BOR-5 is 15’6″ long with a 9’10” wingspread, and was actually used by the Soviets for aerodynamic testing between 1983 and 1988. That’s right, they launched this baby a few times, sending it up over 50…