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Dell announced a couple of new personal computers with a home entertainment bent today, the XPS M140 notebook and the Dimension E310 desktop. The notebook weighs less than 5.5 lbs, is 1.5-inches thin, has a 14.1-inch high-definition widescreen, has a 5-in-1 media card reader and a Dell MediaDirect button for quick access to digital photos,…
Socket Communications has announced the release of a tiny Cordless Ring Scanner that transmits scanned bar code data via Bluetooth to PDAs or laptops. Meant primarily for healthcare and industrial uses, hands-free scanning devices have been around for awhile now, as they make handling a large volume of data or products more efficient. The Cordless…
So we mentioned the Team Xtender PSP 2 TV accessory some time ago, and then there’s this PSP On TV pyramid thing we mentioned today. And now there’s this Blaze PSP to TV projector that’s in the works. Clearly there’s a market here for people who want to be able to play their PSP games…
It’s pretty well known that when a new video format comes a ‘knockin, the porn guys are eagerly awaiting the chance to make it even more popular. Why do we have VHS rather than Beta? Porn, of course. So when the new iPod Video came out, you’d think the pornographers would be chomping at the…
Perhaps this will allow graffiti artists to become helpful in one way or another, but a spray-on computer is being developed at the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, St Andrews and Strathclyde as a joint effort to create tiny specks that can peform computations and communicate somehow with applications. These “specks” as they’re being called, will…
The iShareMP3 Mini is an interesting looking MP3 player that also doubles as an FM radio and voice recorder. But what makes it so cool is its ability to transfer files using infrared IrDa functionality. So you’ll be able to swap whatever files you want (be it music or voice) from device to device easily…
If James Bond ever went full on whiskey tango, with mullet, cut-off t-shirts, cheap beer and even accessory wife-slapper, he would use a device like this. Some smarty pants decided to integrate a pair of omni directional electret condenser microphones into a leather fanny pack and connect it to a digital audio recording device. Apparently…
The Samsung SCH-V700 will be Korea only because people in the US don’t get good phones. The screen rotates 90 degrees to become a little widescreen thing. But if that’s not hot enough for you, you’re in luck because this sucker packs TV-out. Yes, TV out so you can connect your phone to the TV…
If you’ve been dying to commune with your unborn baby more meticulously, take a note from the Koreans and pick up Daeyang’s new Baby IQ, which will soon be available here in in US. Cutely resembling a baby bottle, the point of this product is to amplify the sounds of your baby’s kicks, hiccups and…
I was just tooling around the back alleys of the Interweb when I stumbled upon a twee’ and fey 2MB file containing FrontRow for OS X. Installation was easy as pie and now I have a Mac Mini with Front Row. Kind of slow on my machine, but that’s not quite the point. I won’t…
Today’s DAP Headlines: Creative teaches us the virtues of Mp3 and DRM, some college students don’t like iPods, and Samsung’s Yepp players get rebranded like no one’s business. Also, one last Zen Vision review for the masses. We can usually trust the gang at Creative for a laugh, or in this case, a lesson. A…
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So you shelled out the $50 for Halo back in the day for your PC only to realize it’s more fun playing it with the Xbox controller? No problem, we understand. So does Elecom, who’s released 2 new controllers in both silver and black finishes for the PC. Complete with 12 buttons each, both strike…
This week at Treehugger: Forget about “legacy” taxis and limousines, OZOcar is the high-tech car service of the 21st century: each vehicle comes loaded with satellite radio and long-range high-speed wireless internet access through a iBook; check out compressed air engines, the too-often-forgotten really cool (they even run underwater) alternative to internal combustion engines; anyone…
Though this really does rate high on the cool-factor scale, it’s just kind of revolting to me. Of course, you’ll have to make your own judgement when it comes to the Climbing Light, a lamp that screws onto your wall and looks like a large bug. The silver top (that looks like the bigs head)…
Ok, this one is suspect, but I gotta’ cover it anyway. Pantech and Curitel are claiming to have introduced a new cell phone that sends out far infrared rays with anti-baterial and deodirising properties. And to give it a little more backing, it seems to have gotten the coveted FI mark (Far Infrared mark) from…
As portable electronics become more accessible, prolonging battery life is the number one industry problem. Whether its cellphones, laptops or digital cameras, we’ve all been caught holding dead pieces of equipment, wishing we had some extra juice. To assuage this, Canon has announced that it will begin developing tiny fuel cells that will eventually replace…
ShaggyMac. That’s the name for a new Laptop Screen Protector that seems to have caught the imagination of laptop schleppers around the world. It’s not such a strange concept, just a very, very soft microblanket that protects the screen when your notebook is closed. But if you’ve been obsessing about your keyboard scratching up your…
Time is of the essence for getting out those precious Xbox 360s in time for every kid’s holiday dream, so IBM has ramped up production of its custom-designed microprocessors for the new Microsoft gaming box. The chip itself features three of a customized version of IBM’s 64-bit PowerPC core, each one with two simultaneous threads…
I know you’re probably all fashioned out with the L’Amour line Nokia introduced last week Nokia For Girls (Or Very Fashionable Men) but here’s some hands on advice on the new phones as well. First of all, you’ll be happy to know that they have more going for them than their pretty faces. Even with…