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About time! Sony hasn’t given up on good ol’ AIBO at all! This is a huge improvement and upgrade over the original ERS-7 model. This time, AIBO will be able to recognize over 1000 words (or a picture…har har har), a new service called AIBO Photo Diary, and a whole lot more. No release date…
Disney deals itself into the MP3 market with a DAP designed just for kids. The $49 Mix Stick won’t stop the younglings from demanding an iPod, but throwing them a pink plastic MP3 player wrapped in a Tinkerbell skin will at least buy you some time until they’ve saved enough of their allowance to buy…
Haven’t we all wanted our own personal fuel cell at one time or another? LG thinks so, and plans on making it a reality by commercializing 25W power supplies based on direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) technology. The product will have a base unit and a removable fuel cartridge, all weighing less than 1kg. And…
Oh, Paris, you shouldn’t have. $840 for an iPod case is just too much. But if you insist, this Crystal-Trim MP3 Case by Valentino should go perfectly with my $700 cashmere dog blanket and $1000 diamond thong. For those of you with the cash, you can get this silver metal case with clear crystal accents…
Obviously, Japanese manufacturer Green House is trying to kill us. Why else would anyone bring out a mouse that uses only one finger? I guess if you’re training for the finger Olympics, this could be of use, but other than that it actually sounds like a strange sort of torture. Japanese Finger Torture. That’s what…
FujiFilm has introduced three new FinePix camera in Europe, all looking very much like the Z1 that came out here earlier in the year. In fact, Other than a small design difference, the F460 has the same amount of megapixels as the Z1 (5.1) as well as 3x optical zoom. The F11 and the F10…
Forget the cell phone, the Aeronix ZipIt instant messaging handheld is truly the classroom killer teacher’s have been having nightmares about. Just $99, the only good thing is that the ZipIt piggybacks right onto wireless networks, so if there’s none around, you’re out of luck. Connects to 802.11b wireless networks and hot spots and can…
Ray Kurzweil is a thinker, an inventor, and a Matrix fan. Our man Ray thinks that by 2045 we’ll have cyborgs of some sort around. Kind of like Bishop from Aliens who goes insane and spits acid. We also are apparently going to have a computer equivalent to the human brain by 2030, which is…
More silly iPod costumes have surfaced. Pixelgirlshop not only sells iPod Sock Monster covers ($30), but a nice array of crocheted animal covers in Froggie, Bunny and Raccoon. And if you want to try something different, try dressing your baby as an iPod with the iPod My Baby onesie. In pink, blue, white and Nano…
At a press conference at the Sony Studios in Manhattan yesterday MusicGiants announced its music download service, the first to use the Windows Media Audio Lossless format. To access the service users must download the free MusicGiants Network software and pay a $50 yearly fee (which is redeemable in credit towards purchasing music) created to…
Hell of an idea Mplat: you have received our official approval seal. Here is the deal, plug this little gizmo into any USB port and boot up any kind of VoIP software such as Skype, MSN, etc. and begin making calls. It has a built in microphone and speaker/headphones. The 128MB version is going to…
I’ll be posting pictures from CTIA up as the days go by. Here’s a display of the latest crop of 3G phones. More photos after the jump. New Panasonic toughbooks with EV-DO, 802.11a/b/g. Live shot of Treo700w. And to go with the Treo700w, the inMotion speakers for the Treo. Qool QMT21. MP3 player with stereo…
The Media Lab at MIT has come up with a brilliant way to make sure children all over the world will have access to technology. Specifications for a $100 wind-up powered laptop were announced today through Media Lab cofounder Nicholas Negroponte, though the original proposal was discussed at the Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland. Hoping…
If you’re still trying to get your bluetooth headset to work before your call ends, you’ll be happy to hear about Sony Ericsson’s new Auto pairing, which promises to simplify this process by displaying just one yes/no question if a bluetooth headset is on and in the proximity of a Bluetooth phone. Just say yes…
Hot diggity, it is a HDTV release fiesta today! Boy, we’re excited! First Dell, now Toshiba has announced three new HDTV’s. These TV’s come with a built-in digital TV tuner, each one has two HDMI slots and they all look generally sexy overall. The sizes available will be 32″, 37″, and 42″. Prices will begin…
Kyocera launched three new phones at CTIA, the Xcursion KX160, the Slider Remix KX5 with Bluetooth, and the KX12 walkie talkie phone. The Xcursion KX160 is a clamshell with Bluetooth, a VGA camera with flash and 5x digital zoom, an external color display, as well as an internal 128 x 160 color display. Complete with…
Some top dogs from Dell announced today a new batch of HDTV’s that will be available next quarter or so. The first of which is the W3201 32″ LCD TV. It has a 1000:1 contrast ratio, included a TV stand, two 15-watt speakers, and a 16ms response rate. It weighs in at 37 pounds and…
Fall is upon us and it’s time to whip out the old Mr. Beer. Mr. Beer, as many of you may know, is a foolproof brewing system that is just about perfect. The steps: clean the brewing barrel, pour the flavor mixture into some hot water, boil, add a booster packet, drop in some yeast,…
Today’s DAP headlines: It’s Samsung claiming to rule the world by 2007 this time, while LuxPro just keeps on copying familiar designs – business as usual. Creative’s Zen Vision is finally shipping too, and while we’re at it… how about PMPing your ride? There’s some consumer electronics event going on in the Middle East right…
Now these pictures look pretty good but there’s always the chance that they’re mockups or fake or whatever. Either way, some German dude is saying he’s got iTunes going on Windows Mobile 5.0. It sort of makes sense since I’m sure Apple would love to hop on that bandwagon as well. The interesting part is…