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Actually, its the software that’s crashing, not the cars, but we scared you, didn’t we? According to a WSJ report, some 2004 and 2005 Priuses—Priusii?—are failing at high speeds due to a system error causing stalling and other nastiness. Toyota spokesman Sam Butto told the newspaper the auto manufacturer identified a “programming error” in the…
Will the madness never end? People: you have a PSP. Stop it with all the emulating and hacking and stuff. Just be happy with what you have. Can’t you sit still for one minute, play your basketball game or whatever, and stop trying to reverse engineer everything that comes down the pike? Anyway, a bunch…
Sound isolating earphones are a harsh mistress. The sound they produce is so, sweet all-consuming that make regular earphones sound like the the sound-system of the Tilt-A-Whirl—tinny, loud, and annoying. However, you have to get the things deep into your ear canal, which leads to itching and eventually head paralysis. They suggest things like washing…
The impossible has happened. Apple must now sue itself for leaking info on the possible AirTunes Remote Control device. The universe is folding in on itself. Steve Jobs must now send himself a cease and desist letter and be subpoenaed in order to get to the source of the dastardly insider who informed iTunes 4.8…
It seemed like only yesterday that young Gwen Stefani was walking in the spiderweb of trying to figure out her answering machine and now she’s touting her own line of digicam. The Harajuku Lover’s R607 is a specially designed 4.1-megapixel model aimed at the ladies and comes with a matching bag designed by Gwen herself,…
So when Toshiba was telling us to “Get Perpendicular” to describe their new hard disc storage technique, we didn’t quite realize they were going to be getting something to the market using the technology so soon. The newest models of the Gigabeat F-series MP3 players use the new technique, which means two things: now they…
MyFoodPhone is a service that uses your camera phone to help you lose those unwanted pounds, fatty. The process is pretty low tech: take a picture of the food you eat, send it to a dietician, and then they send back a video message telling you that no, thirty 3 Musketeers Miniatures and a bottle…
Student protest has taken many forms over the years. From the Tune In, Drop Out, Visit-Mom-for-Money Hippies of the Summer of Love to the grad-student surliness in today’s campus eateries, nothing has yet said “Let’s Stick It to the Man” than a graduation cap with a swirly tassel. A Virginia Tech grad took a CD-ROM…
Aside from the obvious and manifold connotations offered by the name iBall, this twee MP3/FM flash player can also display video and images on its tiny OLED screen. While you won’t be getting the full theatre experience out of a tiny disk packed with up to a 1GB of memory, this is still a step…
The Plusdeck 2 is a tape player for your PC. While we agree that this product had to exist, we have to agree with the reviewer when they balk at the $149 price point. For that much, I’ll just plug my old stereo into the line-in and wait an hour. The Plusdeck fits into a…
Good morning, everybody! Like Bilbo and Hamslam, those two jolly dwarves from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Dune, Joel and Intern Chris are off to E3 while I, John, am stuck here to amuse you as they enjoy fine PR-party shrimp dishes and a collection of toothsome, and available(!), booth babes. We will be producing a torrent of…
These models deliver lines so painfully that I almost didn’t masturbate to their videos, but I have to admit, the third clip got won me over. A lot of people don’t know that right before Optimus Prime was killed, he blew the Autobot’s entire pension fund at the seediest strip joint on Unicron. Warning: No…
Reader Teejay Kim translated the specs of the Korean-market CDMA Razr V3 from Motorola and there’s a little bit of interesting information. Specifically, it’s different from the GSM model—just a hair thicker (1mm) and with no Bluetooth. The translation highlights after the jump. he RAZR V3 CDMA seems to have different specs than the US…
Todd Keebler said we were making a mistake by not including the LED belt-buckle, which I had negligently presumed to be already old hat. See, the first time I had seen the buckles they were peeking from under the milk-white baby fat rolls sported as a defiant simulacrum of adult health by a pair of…
Studio Vertijet offers their take on a lighted outdoor umbrella with the Juri G. Not at all solar in nature, the shade maker’s design features a soft covering for its top and bottom and optional LEDs inside that allow it to change color. Studio Vertijet makes the Juri G’s available through their dealers right now,…
So look at the feature list for this prototype device from Macrocomm: Touch screen, VoIP, HDTV, dual-booting Linux and Windows, 5.1 sound, and… a corded phone handset. They’re building the device to go into hotels and hospitals and dorms—anyplace people need a do-all machine in a small space. Personally, I’d say that’s what big laptops…
iRiver has launched the T10 flash player in Korea, a ‘sporty’ model that comes in three bright colors, depending on size (up to 1GB). The stand-out feature is a robust metal clip designed to be strapped to x-treme gear, but it also has a nice 1.1-inch color LCD, a lengthy 53-hour playback time, and support…
In internet time, this is ancient—from the last days of the bubble, when I was reaching for a ‘HTML for Lazy Do-nothings’ at my local bookstore—but it’s an absolute gem: A guy by the name of ‘Elhardt’ created the ‘Bahn Sage,’ an amazing analog keyboard with tons of knobs and controls, and begin to show…
Solar power is slick, and easily takes the Kemix Bluetooth GPS Receiver from generic Taiwanese knock-off to noteworthy. There’s a battery inside, of course, but the solar panel, in bright sunlight, can extend the regular operating time of 20 hours to around 30. Considering how many people use GPS while walking out of doors, it’s…
As Americans continue to question the necessity of GPS units in cars, Sony has released a new model in its Linux-based XYZ series, the sleek, touchscreen units that can display most of the streets of Tokyo is real-time 3D. The NVXYZ777 can also be mated to an optional ‘EX’ box that fits in the in-dash…