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I’m getting a kernel panic from my box right now, no booting, but Pakistan has bigger problems. Their entire infrastructure is down due to a massive failure in the undersea cable connecting Pakistan with the rest of the world. Interestingly enough, this isn’t the first time they’ve had country-wide failures. This one, however, is much…
I’m on the line with my personal web box host and getting all wigged out because my filesystems they are DAID. Therefore, here is an easy one for us all to enjoy: Purina pet ringtones and wallpaper for your cell. If you visit the site, you’ll hear the mournful squeals of a cat and the…
Here’s a simple idea that’s super-useful: the Neverlate 7-day Alarm Clock lets you set a different time for each day of the week. Although marketed to college kids, for only $35, it might be worth it for nine-to-fivers just to be able to automatically set less punitive weekend wake-ups. Product Page [AmericanInnovative via RedFerret]
Much of the gear we cover uses batteries. From the Fleshlight to the Fleshlight, batteries are absolutely imperative to the proper functioning and enjoyment of our electronic friends. Therefore, why just get the $1 4-pack of counterfeit Duracells from the lady on the train when you can get a good set of rechargeable cells that…
A third-year industrial design student has developed these ‘Inview’ swimmers’ goggles, featuring an integrated lap counter to help keep track of, you know, laps. A built-in compass detects when the swimmers turn around, but there’s a slight problem with the current prototype: The prototype electronics package housing compass and lap counter are the size of…
Laptop Magazine, the #2 selling English-language tech magazine in the Helsinki airport, wrote a bit on the future of Nokia. While Nokia is selling well all over the world, their track record of years of extensive innovation coupled with one or two fantastic failures makes us cellphone geeks worry. We like Finland, we really do,…
Today is make it or break it day for Podcasting, as Apple adds official support in iTunes 4.9. If this doesn’t cement podcasting’s place in the radio spectrum, I don’t know what will. Also, Apple added a new ‘color 20GB iPod,’ indicating that the ‘iPod photo’ branding will be ditched from here on out. Expect…
My mom got me a set of Candela fake candles for Xmas last year, and while I like the concept a lot (rechargeable LED candles, in essence), they have been of marginal use—they’re just not bright enough. Philips is launching a new line of LED candles called the ‘Aurelle,’ and while they are certainly attractive…
I’d call the Otterbox Zippo Cargo Case overkill, except for two niggling points: first, it’s cheap (just $13), and secondly, it’s gotten Department of Transportation approval for checked luggage, which means you can actually take your lighter with you on trips. If you’ve got to have a Zippo no matter where you go, it might…
This tiny projector from Mitsubishi is the first of many to use a small DLP chipset to make a tiny, easily-pocketable projector (it’s a nascent trend this year). Two things make the ‘Pocket LED DLP’ possible, and one of them is the new superbright LED backlight that makes this unit not only more power efficient,…
In the grand order of things, you can’t really get much geekier than a Star Wars lunch box. It really covers the entire gamut of geekiness: Sci-Fi geek, Star Wars Geek, lunch box carrying geek. But what if you added Music Geek to that list? Now you’ve got the ULTIMATE in geekdom. This theremin, made…
I think I must have read this about fifty times and I still don’t quite get it. Evidently, this is a wireless audio device that consists of two distinct parts. The first part is a remote control thingy with a light-up control panel. The second globe, the small one, can accept up to three simultaneous…
Sweet mercy! Sign me up! The Diamond Fiction watch consists of 879 tiny diamonds over 54 red LEDs. Like the digital watches of old, the Diamond Fiction tells the time when you press a small button. Unlike the digital watches of old, this watch is as ugly as sin and ostentatious as a diamond-studded toilet…
Just when we all thought Daewoo went belly-up, we get the Daewoo Pinno. The Pinno is not a car. In fact, it is a PMP with 3.5″ TFT screen and a 20- or 30-GB hard drive. The resulting device, which is reminiscent of work by Archos, seems to be a small and sexy if impossible…
I love that Yeah Yeah Yeahs song Y-Control, so now I can sing some other words to it for maximum satisfaction. iControl, iControl, you walk, walk, walk, walk, walk my GarageBand tracks… Didn’t work. Anyway, the iControl is a mixing board designed specifically for GarageBand. Notice the faux wood down the side which matches the…
This is John again with more baby talk. The greatest thing about forthcoming babies is the chance to bone up on stroller design. The most interesting thing, on the other hand, is running across tools like the EPI-NO Delphine and its close cousin, the Delphine Plus. It’s fascinating to see the dichotomy between female genital…
Two of the biggest problems with home video projectors are reflection and groddy, nasty surfaces that ruin portions of the image. Well, now there’s Screen Goo. Essentially, this is paint that you dollop onto your wall to create an instant screen for presentations, gaming, or even the odd M.A.S.H.-rerun-a-thon. But don’t take our word for…
Another day, another iPod shuffle clone. If anything, the shuffle has made me realized that flash-based MP3 players do not suck by definition, and I’m glad a price war has been kicked up to keep prices down (this LG model will sell for around $110 for a 1GB model). Too bad the shuffle is probably…
I love projectors and I think you will, too, especially as they get smaller and smaller. While we should expect pocket-sized projectors out from other companies this year, Sony has released the VPL-CX20 (their names are so poetic) that is just a slender 52mm thick. It’s just an XGA projector (800 by 600 1,024 by…
This is a bad day for standalone portable media players. Actually, this is probably the news that set off the sell-a-thon at Creative, et al, that we just discussed. http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/ipod/index.php#apple-going-soft-110159 Cingular, which took on the RAZR, is in talks to launch Motorola’s iTunes phone. Motorola is denying all rumors, but sources close to the deal…