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Norcent, you ask? I know. I haven’t heard much from them in a while, either. But it looks like they’ve got some nice, unique TVs out for CES, especially this white-bezeled LCD, the LT-2651. All of them have tuners built in, including the HD-ready PT-4241HD ($2,199.99) and PT-5041HD ($3,199.99) plasmas, at 42″ and 50″ respectively.…
Talk about high end audio and Marantz is always on the tip of the tongue. So it’s no wonder the company is showing a broad line of new gear at CES. You may not be able to afford it, but here’s what will be on the floor. DLP Projectors-Look for three home theatre projectors using…
Kodak will be debuting the world’s first dual-lens digital still camera, the EasyShare V570. Why two lenses? The real question is, why not? One lens is a 23mm ultra wide angle lens and the other is a traditional 3x optical lens. This is a 5-megapixel camera that is small, sleek, and features all of the…
SamsungHQ is reporting on a new flash-based MP3 player that will be debuting at the fabulous CES 2006. This is thin, sleek, and will support 2GB and 4GB capacities. It will support MP3, WMA, and JPEG photo. It uses the DNSe Digital Natural Sound Engine processing, and has a 38-hour Li-ion battery and a 1.8-inch…
Phil Torrone and a number of web ninjas will be meeting in Second Life tonight to partay like it’s the Cheap Hotel. Phil will be wearing his “wearable computer” and there is a live music feed and all sorts of coolness. If you’re staying in tonight come join MAKE and Eric Rice in the virtual…
For those of you hunting for the coolness I showed on the Montel Williams show yesterday (I know! THE Montel Williams!) here we go: Nokia 770 – www.nokia.com – It’s a tiny web tablet for email and web-browsing. About $350. ScottEVest Tactical v4.0 Solar – www.scottevest.com – A cool jacket with loads of pockets and…
John here. Just getting over our own hangover—a BABY hangover—and thought I’d wish you all a Happy New Year and talk about some of our upcoming coverage. The A-Team: Intern Travis, VV, Tobey, and Noah will be hitting CES this week for some boozing and schmoozing—all in your name. If there’s something SPECIFIC you’d like…
Sky TV over in United Kingdomland will be launching the UK’s very first HD service in early 2006. It will be available in 720p and 1080i for sexy goodness. The HD box will contain both the Sky service and include a PVR to record all of that trashy British television. Initially Sky will only be…
It seems that Dell and Microsoft may be having a falling out as of late. For the past decade Dell and Gates have been closer than Bert and Ernie, but things are beginning to drift apart after two recent changes that Dell made. First, the company began shipping desktop and notebooks over in the UK…
Yesterday we speculated on the new Intel logo. Today the confirmed news came and we were correct in our speculation. The official rebranding will take place at CES, which is less than a week away. They will be scrapping the clich and over-parodied “Intel Inside” logo for a new design that properly reflects Intel’s latest…
Overheating overschmeating is what Cool IT Systems has to say about the Xbox 360. From day one of the Xbox 360 release there have been complaints and issues that ultimately go back to overheating, so Cool IT has done something about this by installing a water cooling system in an Xbox 360 to be unveiled…
Our half-brother twice-related through marriage, Kotaku, has some juicy information coming out of the rumor mill regarding the PS3 and stability. Their insider, Fishie, unlike most tippers, actually has some credibility since he reported dead-on facts about the Xbox 360 prior to E3, and now he offers a little info about the PS3: PS3 Info…
Who wants $500? Well then click here and vote for which gizmo you think should be the top dog of 2005. With your submissions, you have the option to include an email address that will be entered into a drawing to win a $500 Circuit City gift card. https://gizmodo.com/best-of-gizmodo-final-thunderdome-battle-145748 Our last two contestants are the…
eBay is being used to fight crime? Well it was, in a way, for a 44-year-old German whose digital camera was recently stolen. What did this guy do post-theft? Naturally he tried to repurchase the same model camera to match all of his accessories, then things got a little fishy when the eBay seller whom…
Just how different are the traditional music hardware manufacturers from, say, Apple? Here’s an example: while Apple sues and subpoenas bloggers for repeating an internal leak about a product that never shipped, legendary music synth maker Dave Smith Instruments casually throws a description, price, and color photo of its upcoming mono keyboard on a heavily-trafficked…
I know you’ve just been dying to spend more money this season. And what could be a better investment than the world’s first tube-based iPod speaker system. Sold only at Hammacher Schlemmer, these Studio-Quality Triode-Tube iPod Speakers will only set you back a mere $4,000, but hey, you’ll also get a aluminum-encased amplifier housing four…
Zalman has teamed up with some British Aerospace wind tunnel engineers to design this, the Big Boy Turbo Mega Fan 2. It requires an absurd 1400W of power and the included documentation even gives instructions on how to daisy chain power supplies to properly feed this beast. If you squint hard enough you can see…
Oregon Scientific shows us what they’re made of (and what kind of drugs they’re on) once again with the MP121 Waterproof MP3 Player and Pedometer. Yes, that’s right, you too can now listen to music in the rain and count how many steps you’ve taken, all for just $150. The product is really being marketed…
Yamaha Motor Co. Japan is set to begin marketing a GPS navigation system exclusively for motorcycles. The product is basically a Garmin, but with some tweaks by Yamaha. It has a sound guidance system that wirelessly transmits (via FM) to a receiver inside the helmet (“turn left in 100 feet… and do a wheelie”). The…
Go to any retail store and it’s clear that there’s a 4 gig nano shortage while there’s more than enough 2 gigs to go around. I’ve been searching locally and have been told by a Circuit City employee that there are manufacturing problems with the 4 gig and a Best Buy employee said that their…