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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,…
Nanoradio AB has revealed their ultra-small Wi-Fi chipset today. The NRX700 chip measures 20mm2. Additionally this Wi-Fi chipset is claiming to have the lowest power consumption for a Wi-Fi chip. Nanoradio would ideally like to see their chipset in all of the next-generation mobiles device such as phones, media players and PDAs. Nanoradio, the Swedish…
Sony has announced that the LMD-1950MD LCD monitor is now available. Just because a monitor is white doesn t mean that it is ready for the medical world. The LMD-1950MD was forced to comply with extremely stringent safety and electromagnetic guidelines for use in sterile environments. It has also been designed with no air vents…
Microsoft has teamed up with KVH Industries to provide high-speed Internet service to ships at sea. If you have a jones for surfing the Web while out on your boat, here’s blessed relief at last. Using broadband EVDO data services, the new RF Internet access will reportedly have data rates similar to home DSL services,…
Just got an OpenX plastic container opener and thus far it’s been an interesting and useful tool. It is especially great for zipping open DVDs and CDs. Essentially, it’s a fork-looking thing with a blade between the two front tines and a small retractable blade on the bottom. The MO is simple—cut a small hole…
Officials in the UK are whining about how hard it will be to snoop on people with the upcoming Microsoft Vista, slated to be released this December. Ross Anderson, an academic type from the University of Cambridge, told members of Parliament that Vista s data encryption would make it difficult to pry into the personal…
Here’s a great way to go out in style, with Soul Ash Solace by Maximal Design, a combination cremation coffin and urn that will make you the envy of all of your morgue mates. The body is placed in this coffin made of eco-friendly corrugated board, papier-m ch and wood, and on top of the…
We told you about Fujitsu’s N6410 dual core laptop but we now have news of another Lifebook N series laptop coming out as well. The N3530 also includes Intel s Core Duo Mobile Technology as well as a 15.4-inch Fujitsu Color-Enhanced Crystal View Display. https://gizmodo.com/fujitsu-dual-core-notebook-151470 It ships with Microsoft s Windows XP Media Center Edition…
Though not the first of its kind, the P2POD box is a neat idea from Holland-based AHT International. The Delft University of Technology developed the software and will show the box at this year’s CeBIT. The box allows content distribution as well as love video streaming over peer-to-peer networks. So, every time you add a…
As Ferrari continues its indiscriminate branding campaign, one has to wonder if the next Ferrari-branded object will be a matched set of kitchen sponges. The latest item to bear the Ferrari badge is this 20-inch Ferrari F20 LCD monitor from Acer. Tom’s Hardware tested the $549 monitor and lauded its high-quality design and finish, but…
Observant tipster Evan DiBiase was rooting around the iTunes 6.0.3 binary file while lamenting the 100-song limit on his ROKR iTunes phone, and noticed some mysterious references to upgradePhone . One thing led to another and suddenly DiBiase found a link that led him to the iTunes Music Store. He saw the screen above, offering…
Amazon is in talks with four major music companies about starting its own music download service this summer, according to The Wall Street Journal. The online retailing giant is also talking about selling an Amazon-branded portable music player. The four music companies Amazon is talking to are Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI. Amazon is…
In hopes to help bridge PC-based multimedia content to other digital devices, Philips has come up with a design for a Digital Media Adapter (DMA) which it plans on selling on its own as well as to other companies through OEM deals. The device can attach to a TV or audio system and through a…
Sanyo will soon begin shipping an induction cooktop range that features voice navigation and downloadable ringtones that let you know when dinner is done. The range is not exactly one of those Internet-connected appliances we’ve been hearing so much about—it works via old-fashioned infrared, where you download sounds from the Internet via cellphone and then…
The MusicGremlin in an interesting gadget, first unveiled in January at CES. A portable WiFi music player that gathers music from music services, rather than from your computer, it uses 802.11b networks and has an “embedded music store” from Musicnet that will let you download, store and share your tunes right through the player. It…
Polaroid: Still Raging Against the Dying of the Light By Brendan I. Koerner Bidding adios to longtime attachments is always difficult, even when cutting the cord is obviously the smart, rational choice. Whether it be a girlfriend whose poor dental hygiene can be tolerated no longer, or a pet hamster who hasn’t moved in days…
So it’s not Windows, but some Mac ninjas have figured out how to book Gentoo Linux on a 17-inch iMac Core Duo. No specs yet, but check the page for their patches and instructions. Now if they could get VMS to boot on there… Using elilo and a modified Linux kernel, we can boot from…
The RIAA seems to be changing its annoying tune these days, saying that ripping a CD that is lawfully yours to your own MP3 player is no longer fair game. During the US Supreme Court Grokster case, the RIAA made sure to tell us that this was OK and that they loved us. However, they’re…
In the frenzied marketing run-up to the release of its PlayStation 3, Sony cranked up the heat by offering a survey to its Playstation Underground members about HDTV use and importance. In the middle of that survey Sony let slip a little tantalizing tidbit of info about the PS3 and 1080p, that progressive-scanning holy grail…