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LIVEdigitally has a nice and comprehensive roundup of three cordless notebook mice. Pitting the Logitech V500 ($70), Belkin Mini ($29) and Kensington Pocket Mouse ($50) against each other, each mouse carries its own strong points, with the Logitech V500 edging out the others just barely. The Logitech features a “4-way soild state scroll panel” in…
Apple OS X 10.4 “Tiger” is officially announced, to be released on Friday, April 29th. Like the release of Panther, the cost is $130. (Thanks, Dave!) Product Page [Apple] Update: I knew all that whoring would pay off. It looks like the rumor of Gizmodo being included by default in Safari RSS turned out to…
Electronics Weekly reports that Hitachi’s UK researchers have also developed a complimentary technology to the “Get Perpendicular” concept they’re touting for increasing storage capacity (areal density) on hard drives. Tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance (which earns you a triple word score) takes advantage of a side effect of manganese doping. In less syllabic terms, it lets them…
Noreve is releasing one of their leather cases for the Sony PSP and it looks quite nice. The tri-fold cover has a velvet-lined inside, with pockets for a single UMD disc and two MemoryStick Duo. It’s designed to allow you to play while leaving the cover on, but it does look like it could get…
Aluminum folders Lian-Li, best known for their expensive, high-quality PC cases, have announced this doozy of a desk, built to be the ultimate accessory to one of their $300 aluminum cases. Called the ‘OA,’ almost every bit of the desk is solid, anodized aluminum, available in both natural metal color and black. Little touches include…
I’m not sure how many horsepower glowing Batman logos add to a car, but I’m sure these Tire Tagz are exactly the sort of thing that will soon be provided with pastel orange Mitsubishi Eclipses right from the factory. Tire Tagz are persistence of vision clips that plug right into your wheel, spinning amber LEDs…
Reader Nick J writes in with this little blip about a surprise yesterday. “Hey joel, not sure if this is news, but t-mobile sent my company 3 treo 650s as a thank-you for renewing a bunch of cell phone accounts. i hadn’t heard anything official about t-mobile supporting treo 650, but this is clear evidence.”…
Gizmodo is powered more by coffee than any other (non-Class 2) narcotic, so we have a vested interest in any gadgets that can bring a better cup to our lips each morning. Enter the Delonghi Magnifica: Simply pour some fresh coffee beans into the machine, add your water and your milk and press the button…
Yale has taken to turning their fruit flies into personal (and completely ineffectual) insect slaves, controlling their movements by stimulating their brains with laser pulses. If controlling fruit flies by laser-remote wasn’t cool or creepy enough for you, Yale’s professors took it the extra step, controlling headless fruit flies the same way: At one point,…
With looks strikingly similar to a lopsided Slinky, the Sony Vaio VGP-UMS50 is certainly a mouse for those who prefer neither form nor function. Still, if I can rest my drinks atop its smooth, black surface, I might give it a passing consideration. Available on April 23rd, the AV translation tells us “it fits to…
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It’s probably not news to those of you knee-deep in portable music players, but ExtremeTech has a nice round-up of the current crop of music download services, from iTunes to Napster to AllOfMP3. You know my take on all this (favorite player: iTunes; favorite service: AllOfMP3), but I have to agree with Dave Salvator when…
Seiko is showing off this gorgeous prototype watch at ‘BASELWORLD,’ a watch and jewelry show in Switzerland. It uses technology from e-Ink to display a “constantly-altering mosaic pattern,” as well as the time itself. Something similar could be done with LCDs, of course, but perhaps not with such a gradual curve. It’s a little old…
There are plenty of reasons to hate our government, from low quality cheese handouts to an embarrassing lack of prisoner-fueled gladiatorial events, but at least they have no problem telling scientists to stop sucking the creme filling from grants and start building robot arms. Darpa, the funds-holding financier of many military project, has put out…
AudioTechnica’s “AT-SP222” folding speakers may not blow your pants off, but they are the first folding speaker offering from the company. At 4,200 yen, they’re available in black, light blue, pink, red, and silver. The battery life is pretty nice as well — 16 hours from two AAAs. AudioTechnica folding active speakers [AV Watch]
Thanko introduces a new version of their DivX/other media playing external hard drive case with the “NOAX SSV HDD PLAYER.” This version retains the same DivX/VCD/MPEG-1/2 playback glory of previous models, but adds a much-needed 5.1ch coaxial digital output for those of you with systems that support such a thing. Thanko DivX/MPEG-2 portable HD player…
Japan’s WellTone has a new USB Skype handset coming out which may or may not contain a version of Skype in its internal 64MB of memory. The uncertainty lies in how the company is yet to receive permission from Skype to include their software. Other than that, the “Skype USB Handyphone (WB-2001)” is your standard…
IBM Japan and Sanyo are teaming up to bring a real fuel cell system to notebook PCs in the near future. Sanyo has already developed a hybrid battery system with both standard lithium ion battery and fuel cell which can be used on existing ThinkPad models. Said system uses a 130cc cartridge, leading to about…
From Sony comes 17″ and 19″ PC displays with integrated TV tuners, called the “MFM-HT75W” and “MFM-HT95.” The 17″ model is widescreen at a resolution of 1280 x 768. The 19″ model, however, isn’t with its all-too-standard 1280 x 1024 resolution. Each has integrated speakers, a TV tuner, D-Sub 15 pin connector, DVI-D, and a…
Our favorite transvestite gadget model returns to educate us on how to violate our 90-day limited warranty on the DAH-1500. I can’t tell you how many MP3 players I’ve absentmindedly soaked while distracted by a nearby trannie. Advertisement Page [AvingKR via DAPreview] See Also: But Those Earrings Have Got To Go [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/but-those-earrings-have-got-to-go-38148