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Whenever I have to do any nice writing, I head straight to the stationary store for Japanese pens. Don’t know why, but there are always shelves full of cool colored, beautifully crafted pens at the local Kate’s Paperie (in case you’ve been searching)imported straight from Japan. So next time I need to be extremely careful…
Have boat, will travel. Now add the new TracVision M3 satellite TV system and you can travel in style. KVH Industries, Inc. has announced the M3 as the world’s smallest marine satellite TV system, perfect for boats as small as 25 feet. Maybe you thought your vessel was just too tiny to be kicking up…
Here’s a Logitech webcam that outclasses the rest. The Fusion webcam comes with a 1.3 megapixel sensor, proprietary Logitech RightLight technology, Logitech RightSound technology, and an integrated microphone, making it pretty high-end for a webcam. And the Logitech Video Effects software it comes with, you can, you know, “have fun” with your video calls. The…
We’ve talked about tapeless camcorders before JVC Everio GZ-MC500 but this is the first close look we’ve had at the new JVC Everio MG50. Weighing only 380 grams (including the battery pack), the MG50 has 30GBs of storage space and can record 7 hours of video on its highest resolution setting. And again, that’s with…
The forum warrior, yodamessenger, over at Dave’s iPAQ snagged himself one of these beauties. Check out the forum for more pictures as he gets them uploaded. Also tune in to all of Gizmodo’s Treo news here. I got the Treo [Dave’s iPAQ]
Diligent fans of Food Network’s Good Eats will recognize the ThermoWorks’ Thermapen, as will regular viewers of America’s Test Kitchen. It’s clearly the instant-read thermometer of choice for a lot of people, and Rainy Day Magazine decided they needed to find out why. They found that the Thermapne’s operating range is between -50 and 572…
You kids out there love to talk. And we love to hear it. Here is what you’re talking about today. Our blogosphere brother, Gawker, had a little tech question regarding tracking email. Joelja gave the full run down on how companies use packet inspecting devices called IDS’s that can inspect the packets of data flowing…
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Sharp is diving head first back into the mobile computing market (Zaurus anyone?) with a new LQ035Q7DH06 display. This is a 3.5″ QVGA TFT-LCD that provides high brightness, low power consumption and high color saturation. So in other words, prettiness to the max. This display should become available in November in mobile devices. Sharp debuts…
Whether you are worried about getting your phone wet while you climb Mt. Kilamanjaro or dropping it into your beer cup, the Sanyo RL-4930 is a ruggedized and moisture resistent cellphone with a durable case. A pretty simple handset with functions close to the Sanyo RL-4920, it does support Push-To-Talk, voice dialing, and phone based…
Today’s DAP Headlines: AVC from Japan burps up more than half a dozen new DAPs, all weird or boring in their own kind of way. Some new details on the Samsung XM NeXus emerged, RCW showcased an ultra-slim portable television and Creative isn’t too happy about specific “deals” (involving Apple & Samsung). Speaking of Samsung…
Francebed Medical Service Co. can stop your midnight growlings with their snore stopping pillow. The pillow has a wee computer inside that will listen to your snoring and let you know which way is the best way to sleep so that you don’t snore as much. Oh yeah, you’ll just have to jack in this…
Libel-tastic, this one is, my friends. Apparently, in the fine tradition of the Phantom, the investment team of Gizmondo is not quite on the up-and-up. Do we know this for sure? Probably not, but the Swedes certainly do. Stefan, a stalwart protector of the world against the encroaching “Manager’s Meatball Special Mafia” was kind enough…
Come on, you know you want one of these. A GSM phone shaped like a bear is a design breakthrough—though admittedly, it’s features aren’t exactly the honeypot. The Buddy Bear Phone is actually a handset being aimed at kids between 3 and 10 years old, with the ability to call just four pre-programmed phone numbers…
So this guy Tomi has made a case for the iPod Shuffle out of Legos. Seems pretty normal, right? No. This case takes all of the goodness of the screen-less Shuffle and smashes it into a million pieces. The Shuffle is inserted into this case that resembles possibly an iPod video and then it just…
Taking one more step towards the proliferation of digital cinema, Sony and QuVIS are introducing the QuVIS Cinema Server that will work exclusively with Sony’s SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) 4K digital cinema projector. The SXRD projecotr was unveiled last week to the Hollywood set and promises a 4096 x 2160 pixel resolution to produce…
Here’s yet another swivel flash drive from Imation, this time called the Swivel Pro Flash Drive. It’s a next-generation USB 2.0 flash drive with, yes, a swivel cap as well as an LED light. And of course, it’s tiny, about the size of a AA battery and weighs less than 1/2 an ounce. Capacities will…
See, as a woman, I knew there was a reason I learned about technology. Not so I can report on all the fabulous things going on in the industry, but because now I can enjoy things like a Bluetooth vibrator called The Toy that, incidentally, is linked to your cellphone and controlled by SMS messages.…
Our gossipy cousins at Gawker are all a-twitter about this dude from the giant publishing house Conde Nast who sent them a tip and then got fired for it. Now they want to figure out how the corporate overseers were able to monitor his outgoing mail. I have a basic understanding of this stuff, but…
Samsung launched yet another CDMA cellphone, and this one will run on Windows Mobile 2003. The SCH M600 is a slider with a 2-megapixel camera, a 3GB hard drive, 520 Mhz Intel XScale processor, a 2.2-inch QVGA display, Bluetooth, EV-DO, text-to-speech, video-on-demand, and MP3 playback. Pricing is 700,000 KRW (about USD$670). Not too sure on…