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So, there are 365 days in the year, and Dell decides to choose today of all days to unveil a new laptop. Yeah, they are going to get a little coverage now, but they will be buried by MacWorld news and information throughout the day. I’ll give Dell a little love. This is the Inspiron…
Serendipity. I was about to take a head-dive into a Macworld exhibit, tripping over my gadget power cords and connectors when I came across the Cableyoyo. This $5 cable spools, winds and unwinds all kinds of wires with ease, and matches the iPod white color scheme. Very zen. Cableyoyo [Official site]
Software generally isn t our bag, but if it is Apple related you know we are on it like a fat kid on cake. Here is all of the news about Apple’s software. Today we will be seeing Mac OS X 10.4.4 along with a new Google widget, new front-end address book, ESPN scoreboard, ski…
Well, the keynote is over and we’ve seen the future—her name is Intel. What does this bode for Apple this year and for the future? Will commodity chips weaken its immune system? Will Rosetta refuse to run FileMaker Pro and ask only for MS Access? Read our ENTIRE live-blog of the keynote after the jump…
I hiked to the Apple store on SF’s Market Street to get the first new pics of Intel iMacs being sold. Nothing. Store posters still trumpet the “new iMac G5.” Aaron — the hippie-haired manager with two silent, head-shaking wingmen, who wouldn’t tell me his last name — would only admit that foot traffic’s been…
Royal Vista (no relation to Microsoft’s Fabtastic OS) will be releasing their EZVue USB flash drive. It is actually innovative and new because it features a small LCD display that scrolls the contents of the flash drive with the push of a button. This USB flash drive will range from 128MB to 1GB and prices…
Yesterday we hit you with a rumour that Samsung would be coming out with a combo HD DVD/Blu-ray drive. Today we can give you some specifics on the company’s $1000 Blu-ray player, which should ship near the end of April. This, according to Jim Sanduski, Samsung digital video and audio products group senior marketing VP.…
No, this isn t the latest multi-colored iPod to come from MacWorld. This is a USB transfer device made by Sima. The Hitch is an iPodesque looking device that allows you to transfer between two USB enabled devices such as music from the iPod, digital camera pictures, flash drive files, etc. It runs a version…
Canon is saving its big guns for PMA, but it did show a few things at CES. Take this Elura 100 Mini DV camcorder, a really tiny, simple to maneuver camcorder with a widescreen high resolution feature with 2.7-inch widescreen display panel. It works with both Windows and Mac (thanks Canon) and includes easy-to-use Joystick,…
Hmmm, it seems Olympus is giving us all something to think about with a big announcement promised on January 26 for a product it’s calling “The Solution.” We’re not sure what this is, though it is coming out before the big PMA digital photography show in February. Olympus, maker of odd digital products, could be…
Here’s something to look for out of MacWorld. The Digital Lifestyle Outfitter (DLO) HomeDock Deluxe Home Entertainment Center for iPod with On-Screen Navigation (a mouthful, but quite worth it), looks like the first ever iPod dock to let you look at—and control—your media on the TV. That includes music, video and pics. Very advanced idea,…
Jobs’s keynote starts in an hour. The media holding pen is full; up the stairs we can see the BETTER media holding pen, though Dan Lurie assures me they’re just VIPs of some other sort. “They actually get food and water,” he says, bitter that the Moscone Center has no water fountains (the better to…
With Macworld being all the hype today, we thought we’d bring you a little reminder that not all things iPod have to be good. According to the Wall Street Journal, doctors are starting to see younger folks coming in with signs of noise-induced hearing loss, which they are attributing to the constant use of MP3…
Gizmodo Japan – Honda s 50cc leisure motor bike aka Monkey first appeared in 1967. It is small, but carries a 4 stroke engine is beloved by many and looks like something Yoshi would ride. This year, Honda is going to sell 3000 special model Monkey Limited (BA-AB27) . Most of it, like the tank…
Six AM. Kourosh isn’t here yet. Didn’t he know about the big line? The line for Jobs’ keynote wraps halfway around the block. 6:15. Media gets shuffled across the street to a holding pen. 6:30. I get in line at Starbucks. Everyone’s there for Macworld. I can tell because they’re all dressed in grayscale. A…
JBL takes its audio standings a step further with this crazy-looking On Time iPod Alarm Clock. Not anyone’s standard clock, the On Time includes something called halo acoustics that is supposed to give you 360 degrees of sound, as well as a large, backlit LCD, an iPod Universal Dock, an alarm clock, AM/FM radio and…
Kevin Rose is saying this is basically what we’re going to hear in the Keynote round-up. He might have more on there later today. 15″ intel Macbook – order tomorrow, ships Feb (thinner, dual core) iPod FM receiver iWork/Life ’06 New remote of some type Photocasting (iPhoto) OS X.4.4 w/new widgets Macworld 2006 [Krose]
For an 8-megapixel camera, the Norcent DC-820 is certainly slim. Introduced at CES, the new camera also includes SD/MMC slots, PicBridge support, MPEG-4 video recording at 640 x 480, 3x optical zoom, a 2.4 inch LCD and 32MB of on-board memory, all for just $300. Seems a little cheap for that, but it’s certainly a…
Here’s a different tactic from a company at CES. Just go straight for the real toys. The X-Cruise motorized skateboard comes in three models—the 7001A, 8001A and the pictured 9001A—that range from 100w motor with a 3.7-mile range and 130-pound weight limit, to a 450w motor with an 11-mile range and 250-pound weight limit. The…
SlingBox, everyone’s favorite box that slings, will finally drop a Mac version today. They’ll be giving out the free software in a few months and it appears it will only tune in C-SPAN, which might suck for some. What does this mean? Well, you’ll be able to watch cable TV from anywhere on any computer,…