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For those well-heeled folks who just can’t seem to shake off the idea of using an analog turntable, Clear Audio offers its Master Reference Turntable, a $19,000 precision instrument handmade in Germany. Let’s face it: If it doesn’t sound good on this turntable, it doesn’t sound good anywhere. The unit has three separate motors that…
For those who are forever searching for effective yet effortless ways to lose weight, Omega Tech Labs is now pushing Promise, an alleged appetite suppressant disguised as lip balm. A month s supply will cost you between four and five bucks, and claims to not only slow down that ravenous appetite but it’s also supposed…
Sony has discontinued its sexy, sly bean MP3 player, hinting that it may have something better up its sleeve—debatable—and that this might not be the end of the bean—debatable. The Bean appeared last April to great fanfare and promptly fell off the radar as the Nano sucked up its market share. The bugger did get…
The Netherlands has issued a lenticular video stamp, using a special printing process on a stamp-sized piece of plastic. Each stamp sells for .39 (46 cents US), and before you think that’s crazy, keep in mind that these are not flat panel displays that we’re talking about. How does this work, you might ask? The…
Interesting tidbits coming out today about potential partnerships between Sony and Microsoft later this year and the sales forecast for the PS3. SCE’s managing director, Tetsuhiko Yasuda, says that Sony will sell 100 million PS3s and that they might work together with the XBox team to port or collaborate on games on the new platform.…
Kodak introduced four new EasyShare digital cameras, all in the midrange of pricing and features and planned for release in the spring of this year. The EasyShare C533 is a 5-megapixel model with a 3x optical zoom and a 1.8 inch LCD. It’s the lowest-priced camera of this flurry of releases, selling for $199 and…
A group of MIT graduate student/wonks are saying they could have a flying car on the market within three years. Jalopnik relays the story of start-up called Terrafugia which has released some fascinating artwork of an SUV that flies. The Transition Personal Air Vehicle will allegedly be a car/aircraft designed for 100-to 500-mile jaunts, and…
A kind reader sent us some pics and a link to his hands-on with the BenQ-Siemens Pandora. All the standard stuff except for one unique feature—check out that funky keypad. When closed, it looks like an MP3 player. When you open it, the keypad schwings out and smacks onto the face of the player. I’m…
OS X hackers have found a cute little poem inside the Apple kernel. It’s a warning would-be plunderers to leave the OS be. The poem, which appears in locations that could potentially be edited in order to slam OS X onto commodity Intel hardware, implores hAXorZ to stay away. The embedded poem reads: “Your karma…
We received a few spy photos of the Sidekick 3 today. It’s apparently being manufactured by Sharp and will be sold by T-Mobile. The graininess doesn’t give us much to work on, but it looks slightly bigger (??) and a brighter screen. What say ye, Sidekick lovers? UPDATE – Some specs: Upgrades: Edge/Wi-Fi Detachable battery…
The Mac Observer is reporting on a Trojan Horse has surfaced on the web that affects Mac users. The Trojan, which has been named Oompa-Loompa is a malware-esque application that tricks unsuspecting Mac owners into thinking it is a JPEG image. If it is launched it requires administrator access before having the ability to install…
A Hungarian political group has stolen a page out of Nixon’s playbook by replicating the Watergate scandal. This situation is a little more dicey because the roles have been reversed and some more high-tech methods have been used. The opposing party in Hungary has now openly admitted to hacking into the servers of the opposing…
Can’t get the high score on that 1984 Pac-Man game out of your head? Here’s a way to keep those memories close to your heart. Check out Tiny Amour’s Ghost Pendant in silver or gold. We’re not sure which ghost it is, but we believe you can use your imagination and make it any one…
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Intel has reportedly demonstrated its upcoming dual-core Xeon processors in Japan. The long-awaited chips, code-named Sossaman, are intended for blade servers. Not much is known about the cryptic demo, except that Intel was running the chips on a Supermicro X6DLP-4GT motherboard with an E7520 chipset. Intel has yet to announce a delivery date or price.…
Teac Japan goes retro with the SL-D900 CD player/clock radio, available in six colors for $210. Its best feature is the USB port where you can plug in your thumb drive and play MP3s. It hopefully sounds good, too, with its 2.1 speaker system with built-in sub. It’s cranking out 15 watts—not bad for a…
Reuters is reporting on the latest camera phone trend in Japan. It seems that funeral attendees are now photographing the deceased one last time before the burial or cremation. A Japanese funeral director described an event where a group of people circled around the corpse and began snapping photos from camera phones before the cremation…
The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. has begun a campaign collecting old cell phones. The cell phones, batteries and other accessories will be collected and recycled. How does this save said gorilla? Well, it will cut down on the mining of the coltan in the Congo. Coltan, which is short for columbite-tantalite, is a…
The Zicplay Tuneview iPod remote has an LCD screen where the iPod’s menu appears. Plug the dock into your stereo and then sit back and relax while you navigate your iPod from a distance and still see the screen right there in front of you. To be introduced in Hanover next month at the CeBit…
We’ve talked about showers that light up many times, but this shower is different. You see, it’s powered by the water coming through the head and changes color in response to the water temperature. No wires to run, no batteries to change—just sweet LED light bathing you while you bathe. It’s about $105 in Japan,…