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There was earlier speculation that Microsoft was going to offer Blu-ray support to its Xbox 360 (most likely via an external drive). This seems to have been a bit inaccurate as Microsoft has stated that it is fully committed to the HD DVD platform. Apparently, Microsoft was just touting the system s ease of expandability,…
In case you don’t feel like toting around a big clunker of a PDA-cellphone but wouldn’t mind having Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, here’s a new phone you’ll find branded from Cingular. Announced officially today, but kicking around since mid-December, the 2125 Smartphone is made by High Tech Computer Corp and is the first phone being…
Ok. This is our first video review and I’m working out the bugs in the shooting. However, here you go: the PEBL in all her stoney glory.
In 1898, good ol’ Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders needed a little help in the Spanish American War. So they added a luxury tax on telephone usage. Over 100 years later this luxury tax is still being assessed on phone bills, including cellphone bills. The tax, a 3% “federal excise tax,” has been helping…
Here s a tiny GPS receiver from i-Blue that communicates with your Bluetooth-equipped laptop or PDA and it’s pretty smart, too. Even though it has a battery that will operate the unit for 30 hours per charge, it’s polite enough to turn itself off when it’s too far away for Bluetooth reception. Just put this…
As if having to put up with everyone else’s bad taste in ring tones wasn’t annoying enough, now we have to witness total strangers writhing in ecstasy. Ladies and gentlemen, check out VibeTonz, embedded technology that gives users a choice of how they’d like their cellphones to vibrate. First out of the gate with this…
Logitech has jumped into the universal remote control market lately with a line of Harmony controllers. So far these remotes have received mostly praise, except for their generally high price tags. Logitech used the launch of the Xbox 360 as an excuse to produce another excellent remote that supports the media-savvy 360. The remote can…
Think Djing couldn’t get any more fun? Please. There’s always more to invent when it comes to spinning records. Take Postvinyl, a project still in progress that plans to usher in the age of the “virtual DJ.” It’s kind of confusing, but from what I understand, this project is aimed at bringing “space age tools”…
You didn t think we would let you get away with just one iPod accessory today, did you? This is the iParty, and no, it won’t increase the number of attendants of your shindigs, but it will stream music from your obsolete iPod mini to a stereo player. It has a range of 50 feet…
So there is this big fancy media center revolution going on. Well what is the point of buying an entire new computer when all of your media is on a preexisting computer anyway? This is where Hauppauge is stepping in with their MediaMVP 802.11g Wi-Fi enabled set-top decoder box. It currently supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and…
This is a bottle cap tripod. The screw-on tripod adapter has been integrated onto the top of standard soda bottle caps. Sometimes even the smallest mini tripods can be a pain in the ass to carry around all day, but these could easily fit into any camera bag and then turn an 20oz or even…
Want to get an Intel Napa laptop for under two grand? Thank AJP for making the M555N. A travel-friendly laptop weighing just 5.5 lb, this baby includes Intel Centrino Core Duo T2400 processor, a full gig of DDR2 RAM and a 100GB SATA hard drive to start you out. Plus, it’s got a 15-inch widescreen…
This week at Treehugger: Charge up and power your laptop, iPod, cell phone, PDA and more with the power of the sun and this lightweight, heavy-duty solar charger. Check out this tiny Stirling engine, powered by almost anything, including donuts and the palm of your hand, and get some advice about how to find and…
So you just can’t wait for Apple’s fabled cellphone, eh? Well, perhaps you’d like a handset that looks like an iPod instead. This is the Dbtel M50 cellphone, which is curiously shaped like an Apple iPod. The controls are pretty much based on the iPod, and the phone is small and light, weighing in at…
Um, this may be a really futuristic design, but I’m a little freaked with the Whirlpool BodyBox. And it’s not just the name, though that does help considerably. Labeled as a piece of “technological furniture,” this unit has a couple of functions. First, it cleans, collects, sorts, conditions, tumbles, and steams your clothes (for all…
Ohmygod. Here’s a great way to make some extra cash. Call Target immediately and tell them you have a rooftop just waiting to be painted—for just a measly $10,000 or so. You see, it looks like advertisers have realized that with Google’s online satellite pics on Google Maps, there is a completely untapped space for…
One of the great things about analog motion picture cameras (I’m talking about 16mm and 35mm here) is that you could take them apart and change things like shutter angle. But with the advent of video, all the motion picture magic moved out of the camera and into the post-production environment. So the news of…
Ben-Q may is not best known for its cellphones. So in order to get more marketing love the company has partnered with German-based Siemens to become the second dual-name handset maker (think Sony-Ericsson). To launch the new brand, the company unveiled three phones, the EF81, the S68 and S88—all on the high-end side of the…
OK, fellow digi-addicts, here’s a new mouse from Japan that acts like that mousy little colleague sitting across from you at the bar counting how many drinks you ve had. Every time you click, the number gets higher on this mouse s LCD display. For $26, you can show your boss just how hard you…
If you’ve got an innate fear of kidnapping (and, even worse, kidnapping by plush toy), you’ll be happy to hear that Nokia has a patent for a cameraphone that would instantly alert the authorities in the case of your being abducted. Basically, the phone would look like its off, but by hitting a recessed panic…