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Toshiba’s playing hardball with its race to the next gen DVD format. The promise today is the world’s first PC able to read HD DVD discs to be introduced in Japan first in early next year. The drive will be slim, read-only and able to read conventional CD and DVD discs as well as HD…
Taking a tip from LGs Flatron monitors, Samsung has announced the SyncMaster Magic CX718T and CX719T LCD displays that can be twisted and folded to switch between landscape and portrait views. Also uses proprietary MagicTune image optimization tech and included foldable stands for easy carrying. Yes, that means you can take it to your next…
Susumu Tachi invented and designed an invisibility wall/cloak. This thing has been bouncing around the internet for a while. He seems to have gotten bored with his invisibility cloak and has decided to start work on an invisibility wall. It will most likely work the same way as the cloak, a camera on the other…
Got some files you need to tote around? Or maybe you need to move it and dump it quickly. More security than you could ever ask for and a File Shredder feature to delete files without a “digital trail.” That’s what Lexar is promising with its new JumpDrive SECURE II USB flash drive. With 256…
The CTIA wireless extravaganza started with a thud today as SanDisk introduced its TrustedFlash memory cards. These cards have built-in DRM (digital rights management) to allow the entertainment corps to release music, movies and much more crappy content for mobile phones, laptops, PDAs and other portables. The result is that consumers will be able to…
Well not specifically Hypercolor branded awesomeness, but the same concept. ALSA Corporation has released their Eclipse wall paint that changes color depending on temperature. Also in the works is paint that can change color just by flipping a switch. The color changing paint will run $129 for a quart and $349 for a gallon. Man,…
At long long last, TiVo will now be available to our cousins to the North, who have long gone without the sweet bleeps and bloops that is the TiVo experience. But… there’s a catch. You can’t actually buy the TiVo units in Canada — Canadians have to purchase/import the TiVo DVRs from the U.S. After…
This is like a bomb shelter, but for your precious pornography and manga rips. Thermaltake has released this VA8000BWS case for the most hardcore of geeks who seem to treat their high-end PC better than their first born. Ha! Like that could happen (shut up junior, I’m working here). This case weighs in at roughly…
We all ate oatmeal when we were kids, right? Of course. We all loved the delicious taste of brown-sugar and cinnamon in our mouths but it was always a bit boring. Thus, Quaker oatmeal has come up with a new way of satisfying us: Genetically altering the conditions of oatmeal so that real dinosaur eggs…
It’s that time again. Time for Samsung to put on their Global Road Show to display some of the latest and greatest gadgets and prototypes. This year’s Road Show is at the Time Warner Center on New York’s chi-chi Columbus Circle where Samsung had their special Samsung Store dealie last year. Some of the new…
As a youth, I was scared of bees. Now, as an older man, I still get a twinge of fear when I see a big old bumblebee but I’m able to control my bowels now, unlike Ed Zander. In fact, Mr. Zander, CEO Motorola, is venting so much spleen that he says the iPod nano…
Ok, maybe you won’t put it in your socks, but I bet you could. This new mTrix PMP by PQI Taiwan is being talked about as the “smallest personal media player” ever. It’s got a 2-inch TFT-LCD and weighs only 115 grams, though it’s only got 32MB of flash memory. However, it does have MMC/SD…
Lots of handheld news today. The iPaq rx1950 looks like a stunted little thing but it’s quite powerful and runs Windows Mobile 5.0. The 3.5-inch TFT screen is another plus but the 300Mhz processor places this firmly in the lower stratum of handheld majesty. Styling, however, is just about perfect and Windows Mobile 5.0 apparently…
Dear Asia, Please stop naming things in English. Hire someone from the UK or the States to do it for you. I’ll tell you what: Paypal me $5 every time you need to name something, and I’ll give you a list of kickass names in like 15 minutes. Seriously. The Diply? WTF? DIPLY? Come on!…
Obviously, most men will never understand the annoyances of searching through a purse in the dark for keys, cellphone or chewing gum, but a Brunel University student realized the absolute desolation we ladies have faced in the past and come up with the Sun Trap, a handbag powered with solar energy. Using a solar cell…
Ever wished you could just throw your PC, video game consoles, and other assorted electronic crap altogether next to your Lay-Z Boy so you don’t have to do any real work? Of course you have. That’s why the HotSeat entertainment station exists. For $800 you get a racing seat built in some steel contraption with…
Obviously, the Dutch care more deeply for their deaf and hearing impaired masses. Recently, Dutch telco KPN hitched wagons with the Dutch Institute for Applied Scientific Research and Annie S (a foundation for the deaf and hard of hearing) to test out a new mobile headset. Though KPN has been offering a fixed-line, text-telephony service…
The Sound of One Hand Gaming by David Merkoski Ever since Nintendo unveiled its next generation console, gamers have been wondering: “Where’s the Revolution?” Last week we got the answer. The “Revolution” is not about graphics or speed but about input—a game controller capable of recognizing rotation and 6 directions of 3D space (up, down,…
Our man Eric Lin is IM-ing from the scene at The Palace Hotel where three CEOs (from Palm, Microsoft and Verizon) have taken the stage to announce the new Treo smartphone. The Treo has no name (like a U2 song). It’s not called the 700w—yet. Multimedia and Exchange integration PowerPoint Viewer (Palm wrote its own…
Ever find a gem that is really pointless, but it’s cool regardless? Yeah…that’s the category this item falls into. Seems some bluetooth fanatic took an NES controller pad and after some soldering and work, made it into a usable bluetooth headset. The result is a very cool product that’s useless for the most part. Sure…