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Well, Macworld SF is starting up like your next door neighbor’s busted Camaro at 3AM. Our spies tell us there are lines around the building to get into the keynote and that seating is first come first served, which means some folks are going to have to sit on each other’s iLaps. The excitement is…
I don’t know about the CEA, seems they’ll give Design & Engineer Showcase Honors to just about anyone, even something without any concrete details. Case in point is the ViaCube, which does have its own website, but no actual pics or real advice on what the product will be. They do say that it will…
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Now that CES is over, we know some of you are feeling forlorn. So we figured we’d bring you some news from the Detroit Auto Show, which is taking place this week. Here’s the Mazda Kabura, which seems to be a mutt, mixed with MX-5 Miata and RX-8. Basically a sports coupe mixed with a…
Got a PC decked out with neon lights, case mods, and Quake 4? This is the hard disk for you. The Western Digital Raptor X is a powerhouse 10,000rpm, SATA hard drive with 16MB cache and Native Command Queuing. The only size available is 150GB and the casing is a clear, see-through style that I’m…
Here’s a gizmo that could come in handy. The Innovus Design Fusion Solar Messenger Bag w/ optional PowerPac is basically a messenger bag that uses solar power to charge external batteries as well as internal batteries of a bunch of personal electronics using an existing 12V cigarette lighter adapter. So not only can you throw…
What the hell are those little fluffy jumping guys called in FF? Kookaburras? Pookachookas? I don’t know. I hate FF. Anyway, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, in cooperation with Square Enix, presents the premium limited edition of PS2 package (SCPH-75000 FF) on March 16. It s the latest model of the PS2 (in charcoal black) with…
MacWorld, Schmack World. O’Grady over at Powerpage.org got some insider information from a guy restocking a convenience store. Validity? Who knows? The stocking insider said there will be two plasma HDTVs being unveiled by Apple. These include DVI-HDCP inputs, VGA inputs, Bluetooth and Airport. Surprisingly, there are going to be less iPod announcements this year.…
Nvidia is working on a design that will integrate powerhouse SLI graphics into laptops. This design will feature two MXM graphic modules linked together for tons of graphical goodness. Unfortunately, more hardware means more weight so this concept will probably have to stick to the more desktop replacement type of laptops. SLI is already costing…
This is a pretty simple product, though one we don’t see enough of on the market. A little bigger than a hardcover book, the MFUEL Universal Power bank can charge 2 portable electronics products anywhere. It comes with a bunch of adapters that should cover most of your needs and uses Lithium-ion power that it…
Here’s the KiSS DP-600 by Linksys, a DVD player that can play back Windows Media Video in HD, and has a built-in WLAN 802.11g connection for cable-free access to an online EPG, a selection of 3000 radio stations, and various other online features on the Internet or content on the home PC. Obviously designed to…
Travis here, back in freezing Kansas. I was given the amazing opportunity to be one of Gizmodo’s writers covering CES and here are some of the gems that really caught my eye. Water-cooled Xbox 360 — Since I picked up my 360 a couple of weeks ago it seems that I have turned into one…
CES 2006 has come and gone, but there was some really innovative and awesome stuff there. Here are five things that stood out from everything else: Philips Entertaible – This LCD screen-turned-board game is totally new and designed for commercial use in bars and restaurants. It’s 100% interactive with touchscreen capability and the Taxi game…
Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine believe that art is important. However I see little usefulness out of a plant stuck to a wooden cart. The Photosynthesis Robot is designed to be driven by light via plants and how they work in conjunction with photosynthesis. The idea is that light from the sun comes to the…
VV here. As we wrapped up CES Saturday night, Kansas and I decided that we should go see the topless show Fantasy at the Luxor at 11pm [There’s no accounting for taste – JB]. However it was only 8pm so we had time to kill. Walking through Excalibur, we noticed an Oxygen bar where you…
If you were going to score free DVDs somehow, what better way then to steal Netflix rentals from your neighbor’s mailbox? Just ask your jolly mailman! He’s already jacked up Mr. Thompson next door for 503 movies. Gloria Flores used to work for the USPS until she admitted to stealing over 500 DVDs in the…
Go, go HP and try to get in there with the other HDTV makers this year. The computer maker showed a whole line-up of TVs at CES, from a 37-inch Advanced Digital Media LCD TV with built-in digital media receiver, to the 50-inch Plasma PL5060N, with more than a billion colors, an integrated HDTV/Analog tuner…
Got a ton of video in MPEG4 format laying around waiting to be put on your PSP, but you just can’t cram it all on there? Never fear—the SavitMicro S25 HDD enclosure lets you use any 2.5″ hard drive as a PSP storage device. Totally awesome. Just hook it up to your PSP, Digital Camera,…
Tiering doesn t work anymore: Navigating the aftermath of the customer revolution By Dr. Michael Schachler Many companies are convinced that the market for new products has become increasingly bi-polar, split into high tier (high price) and low tier (low cost), with the middle market drying up. This would be exemplified by the Porsche driver…
MobilePen has joined the likes of Motorola by releasing a third-party add-on for Symbian or Windows Mobile-powered smart phones. It features two options for quick and easy text entry: keyboard for touch typing, and handwriting recognition for English or Chinese. This device can also connect to your PC to operate as a miniature tablet. It…