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Even more Samsung products today. The Sense X1 is the latest super-slim laptop offering by Samsung, weighing in at 1.7kg, and is only about 20mm thin. It has a 14″ screen, 128MB ATI X300 graphics card, Pentium M733 at 1Ghz, 512Mb of DDR2 RAM, and a 60Gb hard drive. There’s also a funky way of…
Today’s DAP headlines: We take a look at the MobiBlu DAH-1600, check out a weird metal box – once code-named “Rio Audio Vixen” – and peek at Archos’ Gmini-500… among other things. Yesterday, we brought you the low-down on the agonizing death of Rio Audio (a former key player in the DAP industry). Today, we’re…
I’ve always wanted to order a Sealy Posturepedic bed, have a big party on it, and then send it back after the “no-risk 30-day trial.” Well, a Mac Mini isn’t a Posturepedic bed but it does come with a 30-day trail. What does this means? Strangely enough, I suspect Mac Minis aren’t horribly popular and…
We suspected that Sony had its own Death Star, but this is the clincher. The PlaySphere is a PS2 mod that transforms a regular PS2 into a bowling ball shaped gaming console. I really like the aesthetic and the pics on the site that show exactly how a PS2 actually fits into the sphere are…
Sony Ericsson and NTT DoCoMo are working together to design an experimental handset that combines radio, television and telephony. This phone mimics the Ericsson K750i, but it is also quite obviously inspired by Sony’s old-fashioned pocket radios. Not likely to leave the Japanese domestic market anytime soon, according to this blog that is part of…
Just when Sony was running out of letters for their Vaio line, they remembered V. So V here is the top dawg it looks like. The Vaio V will be a PC/TV combo with a 20″ screen. It will feautre a Pentium 4 630 (3Ghz), a 256Mb ATI RADEON XPRESS 700, 1Gb of RAM, DL/RAM DVD…
The best thing about N55 is that is co-opts the military-industrial power complex and appeals to rocket hobbyists. This polyethylene and laughing gas-powered system is made to carry a 2-kilo payload of political pamphlets or superweeds that could be spread over GMO crops. This site offers step-by-step instructions for building the rocket (payloads are optional)…
You know something is up when PC Magazine writes something like “Performs a bunch of cool tricks.” This mash-note love ode suggests to us that the Robopet has in fact taken the entire editorial staff hostage and, with the help of the Robosapien and the Roboraptor, is forcing them to perform manual labor in the…
Apparently Sony has been outsourcing their R&D team from somewhere in the Caribbean lately which is how they came up with the name “R” for their new line of computers. Unfortunately lead designer Jack Sparrow could not be reached for comment due to what his rep calls “swashbuckling and pillaging.” What Sony is telling us…
RIAALawsuits.us, a collection of fun RIAA trial transcripts showing what happens when music companies stop being nice and start being dicks, is featuring an incredible exchange between an RIAA lawyer-bot who wants to settle out of court and the defendant and the judge who, in no uncertain terms, tell him to go sit and spin.…
Sharp is up to no good again with this 3-megapixel CCD camera for cell phones due for release this September. Pretty soon, these tiny cameras are going to get so good, you won’t need to remember anything anymore, just point shoot and upload to your server with exquisite clarity. This camera includes an “industry first”…
We, while being Men of Sound Minds, are often drawn to Flights of Fancy regarding the many Wonders and Potential Marvels of this Age. That said, we wish, if the Reader will abide, to apply reasoning and conjecture to predict the next produce of Sir Stephen Jobbes and Sons, Makers of Fine Mekanikals, of late…
The blogmill is abuzz over rumors that Ricoh is introducing a 5 megapixel camera with 7.1x optical zoom. The Caplio R3, if real, would feature anti-shake technology, 1cm macro mode and a 2.5-inch LCD Screen. See, not every rumor is about Apple. Ricoh Caplio R3 [Digital Photography Blog]
OhGizmo has an exclusive interview with Chad Dyner, the creator of the Heliodisplay, a tactile holographic projector/monitor similar to the one R2D2 made famous. Some new details emerge about the product, like that there will be a small version for $18K and a larger 42-inch one for $28K. So far it’s been purchased by corporate…
It’s about time: Samsung has announced plans for 1GB and 2GB MultimediaCards as well as what they insist is the first 1GB MMC mobile card. With higher densities and faster speeds, these cards should be able to transmit data at 52 MBytes per second, which is about 20 times quicker than older versions. No word…
A 16-year-old boy has devised a way to charge his cell phone with the help of his hamster. Peter Ash of Lawford, Somerset designed a hamster wheel that utilized gears and turbines to charge his cell phone. According to his tests every two minutes of wheel time gives his phone 30 minutes of talk time.…
News of a new Microsoft keyboard and a couple of MS mice was leaked today, and we’ve got a brief overview of the latest of MS input devices. Bear in mind that none of them have been released yet, so prices and availability are still unknown. First up, is a new Microsoft Natural keyboard for…
This dual-headed toothbrush supposedly eliminates human error and also cuts down on brushing time (highly efficient, someone alert 43 Folders!). There are two versions: the HydraBrush Express and the HydraBrush Ultra. With revolutionary 8 micro brushes that surround your teeth and gums, you will experience a technology that takes the guesswork out of brushing. You…
Time for another daily update on what the hell is going on with Apple and Intel. Apple has made an agreement with Freescale Semiconductor. The agreement states that Freescale will supply the Power PC microprocessors used in Apple computers until the end of 2007. This could mean a lot of different things regarding the Apple/Intel…
I’ve bene hearing about the iSkin for a couple days now. Here’s what I don’t get: iSkin makes much to-do about its two layers of silicone that “combine to create the ultimate barrier against dust, dirt and even moisture.” They go on to boast that the idea is being patented, and even show a model…