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Here it is — the last gamepad you’ll ever need to buy. Sanwa Supply released the “Classic USB Game Pad” in Japan, and I needn’t remind you what controller it resembles. You’ll find the d-pad, start, select, and A and B buttons in their classic locations. Emulation ahoy. USB Gamepad that looks like the Famicom’s…
Thanks to Zyzzyvas (crazy kids and their handles) for his tip regarding the much anticipated PSP Homebrew software for the PSP with firmware version 1.50. The version 1.50 PSPs were the initial release PSP shipped in the U.S. Basically what the Homebrew software opens the door for a number of possibilities on the PSP including…
Oh yeah. And there’s also the Walkman phone which just popped out today. The Cellphone Fairy must truly love us. Specs are standard: MP3 and AAC playback, external speakers, FM tuner, 1.3-megapixel camera, stereo speakers, and Bluetooth. I think the most important aspect is the standard headphone jack which offers a lot of hot flexibility.…
Our XM friend Hearsay Man—we’d actually like a Hearsay Man equivalent on the Sirius side, but maybe they’re getting their basements ready for the big bash they’re going to have when Howard starts up—sent us this interesting little graphic of a potential XM radio disaster alert system. It’s nice to know that the XM folks…
We have heard tell of this day—yes, folks, it’s El Dia de los Tel fonos Port tiles! On this rare event, which occurs on every Monday the 13th, the Cellphone Fairy unleashes a torrent of phones on good boys and girls. She began with this morning’s Nokia announcement and now she offers three delightful Sony…
Make tells us how to dump books—a precursor to our modern film industry—onto an iPod, thereby creating an unholy union of words and music. The process, which melds HTML with boring words, offers all the comfort of squinting at a small screen while still maintaining the magic of the iPod scroll wheel. MAKE ebooks for…
Ah, hubris. Say what you want, but the damn fools who tried to dump the Cue Cat on the unwitting masses during the dot-com bust deserve all the indignity and invective we can muster. Their product was ephemeral, their business plan laughable, and to see 2 million of their ill-formed progeny languishing in a dead-eyed…
BengalBoy.com created a wonderful review of the PeBl V6 which includes a number of “Southern girls” in skimpy swimsuits lounging with phones on their floppy bits. Generally, we’re all for the lurid convergence of exposed flesh and high-tech gadgetry, but perhaps the BengalBoys can tone down the high-art outdoor photos and focus a bit more…
Ok, let’s just do this thing: 6280 – Slider-style 2-megapixel cameraphone with a front VGA camera for video calls. 6270 – Quadband 2-megapixel phone with FM radio, external speakers, and flash. 6111 – Smaller, soft-touch slider with 1-megapixel camera and Push-to-Talk. 6060 – Chrome-tastic flip-phone with MP3 ringtones. 6265 – MP3-playing slider with 2-megapixel camera.…
Just a quick pick-me-up before we begin this long day’s journey into night. Joel is “snorkeling” in the Bahamas which means he’s essentially breathing whiskey out of a double-shot glass, intern Liam’s throat is closing up, and the fifth horseman of the Apocalypse—Charlie Withers and his ride, Apex Ajax, who has a great handicap and…
Sure, it’s probably a big, freaky hoax, but who are we not to fall for the work of a bored 15-year-old with a pirated copy of Photoshop and a dream? With all the cryptic “strange interface” rumors floating around, a haptic touch dealie seems very plausible. UPDATE – Meesa so clumsy! This is all Sega…
Optware, the leaders in everything holographic (except my limited edition holographic Picachu), have a new type of media. This is roughly the size of a credit card and hold 30GB worth of data. It is called the Holographic Versatile Card (HVC) and is going to join the lines of Blu ray and HD DVD for…
Some people go to the extremes when dealing with their computer temperature. We’ve seen it all—water cooling, vapor cooling, 900mm fans, etc. But here’s a new one: the casefancasefancase… There is a good chance that this case could act as a hover craft. There are 70 fully functional fans that cover 95% of the case.…
You too can look like a moron for the name of water soaking fun! Some guys who have too much time on their hands have a website dedicated to the history of the water gun and instructions on how to build this bad boy. This head mounted water gun operates with an antique liquid based…
The world of instant messaging is exploding with emoticons as rumors are surfacing regarding Skype and Yahoo. According blogs there are discussions going on between Skype and Yahoo. Just imagine the possibilities of instant messaging and voice over IP possibly combining to redefine the meaning of LOL. Everything is still rumors so nobody knows whether…
We here at the test labs got our hands on the Pocket Rocket 2GB USB key. Instead of running benchmarks on it, which we will do very soon, I assure you, we decided to put the pocket rocket into a series of uncomfortable situations and see how it fared. https://gizmodo.com/2gb-pocket-rocket-106748 This USB key with an…
Baby it’s hot outside. They’re finding dead fish on the streets of Manhattan—Boro Motto: “It Makes It’s Own Gravy!”— and I’m wearing my shirt with parrots on it. That means it’s hot. http://www.gawker.com/news/culture/neighborhoods-landmarks/index.php#olfactory-malfeasance-on-the-upper-east-side-107383 Well, here’s a greatso-so way to cool down. It’s an icepack for your fan, if you like that kind of thing. However,…
Big shocker: Ken Kutaragi says that Blu-Ray and HD DVD aren’t going to work together after all. In fact, they’re not speaking to each other and the HD DVD consortium has been seen leaving the Blu-Ray group’s apartment with all of its albums and that African wall hanging that was behind the couch. Essentially, I…
Hush Technologies unveils their latest in set-top box style PCs today with the “Hush M MCE PC.” In the Hush tradition, the system is fanless and features a swell 3″ profile. Specs include a 1.4 or 2GHz Pentium M Celeron, some memory, a hard drive with a couple gigabytes of space, and all the fun…
First Italy, then Taiwan? Apparently so, as SlashPhone reports that the ultra-hot BenQ P50 will be available in the least Chinese country on the planet beginning next week. They put the retail at $700 USD, and say it should sell for $500 – $700. Fun for all. BenQ P50 Available in Taiwan Next Week [Slashphone…