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So you’ve just returned from a long weekend at the beach house thinking: ‘If only I could have watched Big Brother from inside the cabana.’ Well, lucky for you Sony has just updated its LocationFree line with the LF-PK1 place shifter. Unlike the previous LocationFree devices, which were essentially WiFi TVs, this does not have…
Epson pulled a mini-projector out of its pocket on Friday. The postcard size prototype would use a 3LCD light source—assuming it ever gets made. And as of now there are no plans to sell this, or the teensy brush that you’ll need to remove all the pocket fuzzies from its lens. And, while we’re on…
The leaves aren’t even turning and it’s already time to start talking about what we’re going to see at this year’s gadget gonzo-fest, CES 2006. First up is the crazy quick-sounding 6.8Ghz laptop by Atom Chip Corporation. With a solid-state drive replacing the traditional hard disk, it should be able to blow other competitors away—but…
For the launch of the PSP in March, Sony hired famous design labels including J. Lo and Baby Phat to craft some of the ugliest, least useful portable gadget cases ever to grace the technosphere. And now they are doing it again: On September 10, Sony is hosting a Pret-a-PSP fashion show with accessories made…
Five unmanned aerial vehicles are headed to NOLA to search for survivors. The 8-foot long Silver Fox drones are equipped with thermal cameras that will help searchers find Katrina survivors. The UAVs were obtained from a private company—the feds still do not have their act together enough to deploy something like this, according to Pennsylvania…
I have seen some crazy Star Wars gear in my day, and even some fine mods that use the Millennium Falcon motif. But this one is point five past light speed nicer. The reason? As Han Solo would say, a lot of special modifications. There is a jack for an iPod Shuffle between the mandibles,…
TiVo is now offering a $150 cash rebate for buying one of its PVRs between now and November 27. The rules don’t specify where you have to buy the box from, which means you could go to Amazon.com or Dell—and purchase one for $99. That’s right, buy a TiVo for $99, send in the $150…
The BBC reports that a European technology PR firm known as Hotwire polled 6,000 people in France, Germany and the UK and found that—gasp!—young males are embracing technology faster than women and over-45s. The PR flak went on to explain why technology companies are doing it all wrong: “Unfortunately the way that they’re trying to…
Sal Cangeloso (best last name ever) over at XYZ Computing has drawn up a nice essay regarding the modern state of gaming and how the SNES impacted it. According to Sal, the SNES was the peak of console gaming. It is a nice read, especially for nostalgic purposes. Check it out, yo. SNES- As Good…
This is the simPC. It is a micro PC that is roughly the size of a VHS cassette tape. This machine has the ability to surf the internet, E-mail, do online banking, browse photo, basic word processing and making internet phone calls. That is it. On the downside, there is no CD burning, and no…
The Cutting Edge Technology out of Tokyo is releasing the High Frequency Equalizer wristwatch. The manufacturers have really high expectations for this watch. They are claiming that people are going to go bananas over this and Tokyo Flash is going to limit sales to two per person. I don’t want to be the bearer of…
Panasonic has announced its latest in a line of video cameras that will record directly to SD. Called the SDR-S100, the 3CCD camera will have 3.1 megapixels, 10x optical LEICA zoom lens, and an optical image stabilizer. It’ll feature a wide 2.8″ LCD, and instead of recording to the standard MPEG4 format, it’ll record images…
If you’re a T-Mobile customer with an EDGE-capable device, you may have already experienced the strange sensation of speed IMing over the past few days. T-Mobile has finally launched EDGE services (that’s the super-speedy upgrade to GPRS) across 90% of its GPRS-enabled network, and is currently not charging anything extra for it. That’s right, if…
Mazda’s USB Starter Key Imation Swivel 4GB Flash Drive News Leak: Microsoft Keyboard and Mice Test Drive a Mac Mini Wonder Pizza Rumor, Rumor, iToil and iTrouble Low End Theory: Dollar Store Cellphones Google OS (??) Rollable Display Wake up Pillow from Phillips https://gizmodo.com/mazdas-usb-starter-key-123205
Samsung is spitting these products out all over the place lately; I’m almost bleary-eyed from all the Samsung goodness. Their latest cellphone offerings are the SPH-A560 and PM-A840/SPH-A840, which will both be offered by Sprint. The SPH-A560 is the lower-end of the two, and is a pretty basic phone with 65k color display, text messaging…
Intel’s processing power and Philips’ home entertainment mojo are about to join forces. Latest word from the IFA show in Berlin, is that Intel and Philips will get together to manufacture and market home entertainment centers with Intel chips. The Philips Showline Media Center, as it will be called, will allow the sharing and storage…
Man, I don’t even want to think about this “mod.” I’ve lost 5 hard drives in the past month but if you feel like going nutty with your 80GB, go for it. Grynx, which is the sound your computer will make when you install this plexiglassed HD, shows us how to lift off the top…
ThinkSecret has got the scoop on a whole slew of Apple secrets, ranging from new iPod models to the latest updates on the much-awaited iTunes Phone (ie. that iTunes-capable Motorola phone that will supposedly be announced next Wednesday). According to the Apple-lovin’ folks over at ThinkSecret, new iterations of the iPod Mini will be all…
We’ve seen a few dumpy-looking Roomba-alikes in our day, but it seems someone out there might finally out-Roomba iRobot. The iceblo Q, shown here in pink, is a “silent” robotic floor vac priced at about $600 with Nano Silver filters (??) to filter the air around the device. Korea-only, now, and I’m pretty sure it…
Sony has officially released some details about the PS3, which include seven Bluetooth 2.0 compliant controllers, and six USB slots — of which you can plug in your favorite keyboard and mouse. With these two additions, Sony is definitely making a play at the PC gaming market; even the representative said something about being able…