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Move over Media Center, there’s a new 8-foot interface in town. FrontRow, Apple’s answer to MCE, isn’t quite Super TiVo just yet, but it will be, eventually. This is essentially just a prettied up iTunes interface with video, audio, and photos on a charming black background. The Nintendo Revolution-like remote is another step in the…
Our woman in the field, Nicole, offers this pithy review: The screen is gorgeous. Its wider than previous models and overall it feels slim and lightweight. Quicktime 7.03 is necessary to view video, which is great, along with response time. It’s good enough to watch an entire movie on it. Battery life: 20 hours for…
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Just One More Thing? I’ve learned from a trusted source that there is going to be another, even bigger announcement from Apple next month. No Joke—the other shoe will drop. Let the rumors begin! The presentation has begun, and Jobs says it will be in three acts—just like any great story. Act 1 An all…
Toshiba scientists have come up with a unique way to make your cellphone vibrate. A pressure sensor inside a flip phone will detect how much pressure is being put on the phone and will adjust the vibration for an incoming call accordingly. So if you’re some snobby emo-kid wearing women’s jeans, the phone will vibrate…
Harman Kardon’s new car stereo-slash-iPod gets the Mossberg treatment today. What’s different about the Drive+Play is that is has its own screen and controls so your iPod can sit in the glove compartment. Downside is that unless you spend around $70 to have it installed professionally, it resembles a bomb with wires coming out the…
This week at Lifehacker: Turn that old Windows PC into a free, personal home web server. Load maps and driving directions onto your iPod. Back up your DVD collection. Turn your Firefox address bar into a web search command line. Mod your mouse to work in clickless silence. https://lifehacker.com/geek-to-live-how-to-set-up-a-personal-home-web-server-124212 You’ve got tunes, you’ve got broadband,…
Apple sold 6.5 million iPods$1.2 billion worthduring their fiscal fourth quarter but like Steinbrenner always wanting more from the Yankees, Wall Street collectively screams “Not good enough. Try harder!” [Financial Times] A San Francisco radio station and HP team up to turn iPaqs into friendly neighborhood tour guides. [San Francisco Chronicle] Several prestigious university research…
Fuse, that music network alternative to Viacom giants MTV and VH1, has recently announced three new shows that bring new meaning to “viewer-influenced programming”. All three shows will utilize a proprietary technology that “overlays two-way interactivity powered by text messaging on cellphones and other hand held devices to traditional television formats.” This SMS-TV technology, concocted…
I have taken it upon myself (and I hope I’m not the only one) to become completely infatuated with the new Sony Ericsson P990. If you are sick of staring at the Sony stock photos day in and day out then check this out. This P990 sexiness is popping up all over the wild and…
Pardon the lack of technical terms in the title, but we are still trying to figure out everything this does. So, it is a recorder that can save audio onto 4GB of internal memory or Sony’s memory stick. It can record 96k-24-bit and features two integrated condenser microphones that provide phenomenal sound quality, and to…
A lot of us like to live a luxurious lifestyle. But not all of us can afford it. I wanted an AMG SL55 Mercedes Benz, but I was just a dollar shy of it last month. However, my prayers were answered by this mouse. For those of use who demand to at least feel luxurious,…
Got a nanny, babysitter, or evil monkey who’s stealing from you? Catch them red-handed with Jikimi-I, the teddy bear with a video camera and microphone built-in. Using CCTV, you can use Jikimi-I to spy on anyone who dares to wander in front of the bear. The bear operates off of a 9V battery or a…
I’m not really sure whether to feel sorry for Make Blogger Phil Torrone or jealous of him. This is a robot he built only out of parts from glue, paint and the packaging from an iPod. At first I feel sorry for him because he manages to make this robot in only 30-ish steps and…
Palm busted out two new handhelds today, and they are doozies. The TX has integrated WiFI and Bluetooth, a 320 x 480 color screen, and 128 MB of persistent memory. It sports a built-in MP3 player, and can be used for viewing video or photo, natch. This is meant to replace the T5, although it…
The Nokia E-series, namely the butterfly-like E70, the candybar E60, and the QWERTY-tastic E61 aka the Smiler, are methadone to the Crackberry addiction. The E61, shown above, is the latest in Nokia’s long war for the pockets of the business-class with support for “BlackBerry Connect, GoodLink from Good Technology, Nokia Business Center, Seven Mobile Mail,…
Noah here. Just back from the gala Xbox 360 cocktail party in NYC where hoardes of journos got hands-on time with scads of games. I’m definitely not tired of looking at this white-hot box. And I’m beginning to see the wisdom of selling two SKUs come November 22. The stripped down version, which comes with…
Lifehacker – Totally Anonymous Azureus Kotaku – Edge Gets Revolution Exclusive Screenhead – Firefly < Serenity Jalopnik – Arizona Businessman Banks on Hydrogen, Students https://lifehacker.com/totally-anonymous-azureus-129964 Check out all of the Xbox 360 news around the Giz. Also don’t forget to check out the slew of nano cases and the latest rumors going on with the…
You know you’re dying to play an old System 7 version of Oregon Trail on the go. Admit it. That’s why there’s Basilisk II, a 68k Mac emulator for the PSP. Basilisk can run systems 7.5.5 through 7.6.1 pretty decently. You will need a mac.rom file to legally run it, but we all know you’ve…
Japan just can’t get enough of the nutty blue robot cat known as Doraemon. This time, Doraemon has his new watch which actually looks pretty sleek. This is no ordinary watch, however. This is a data watch. Coming in 64MB or 128MB sizes, and silver or black color schemes, the watch can store all your…