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Lifehacker How to get an expiring domain name How I get stuff done: call for submissions MT-Keystrokes comment spam killer http://www.lifehacker.com/software/web-publishing/index.php#how-to-get-an-expiring-domain-name-035332 Kotaku GDC: Gamespy Gets the Good on Xbox 360 Revolution Controller to Feature Flip Screen? Iwata Prepares to Drop Bombshells? http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/game-developers-conference/gdc-gamespy-gets-the-goods-on-xbox-360-035322.php Jalopnik Smart Fortwo to Star in Pink Panther Remake Was Original Audi Ski…
Mobile Tech blog PowerPage picked up a rumor about Apple’s next “mini” product. According to anonymous source, An Apple development team is working on a mini laptop that can fold up and fit in your pocket. People who claim to have seen the mystery product claim it runs on a bare bones version of OSX…
This book-shaped external hard drive appears to actually be useful as well as decorative. Plug it up to any TV/monitor and a user-friendly GUI lets you flip though stills, videos and audio at whim. No word on size or price, but as it’s only available in China you’ll just have to admire from afar. MP-02-CARD…
Representatives for Virgin Electronics confirmed today that the company is closing down. Market Analysts are pinning the blame on Virgin’s inability to set themselves apart from the rest of the digital music pack, and they’re not half wrong. Between lack of market presence, dwindling support from parent company Virgin Group and no real innovation, this…
The XDR-M1 portable DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) portable radio is a smooth little receiver, playing crystal clear radio with hardly any of the connection troubles of satellite radio, the format’s direct competition. A little smaller than a pack of cigarettes, the XDR-M1 supports digital and analog FM and features ten hour playback ability, an in-line…
It’s snowing outside, but nowhere could be as cold and desolate right now as my heart: The New York Times today confirmed they’re axing the Circuits section in favor of expanded fashion coverage, just as we feared. We’ve been emotionally preparing ourselves against the inevitable, but it would have been nice to see Circuits work…
DLO’s VoiceNote is a plug-in recorder for your 3G or 4G iPod. Voices are recorded by the built-in microphone or external lapel mic. VoiceNote also features adjustable level settings and speaker for playback with no software to install. Units are available for pre-order for $39.95, with shipping expected to follow in two or three weeks.…
As useful as military or medical robots are, what we need are more machines that are only interested in a nice cuppa and a sit-down. Baking experts at McVities Biscuits designed the Crumb Test Dummy to test which baking techniques produces the most crumbs. Equipped with plastic teeth, the dummy replicates human eating without ever…
Sanyo have announced their XACTI DMX-C5 digital video camera will start showing up in Europe by the end of the month. An updated of their DMX-C4 model, the DMX-C5 records MPEG4 quality film or 5 megapixel resolution stills to SD cards and can double as a really pricey webcam, should the need arise. Sanyo Xacti…
Sony’s Cyber-Shot packs a lot in its just over a third of an inch stainless steel body. Features include 5.1 megapixel lens with 3x optical zoom, 2.5 LCD screen, image recording in MPEG VX Fine, and enough battery life for around a hundred and fifty shots. Oh, and being freakishly thin and light. Look for…
The notable part of this story isn’t so much Darpa’s robot dogs, but the program they’re running. Learning Locomotion is an app that processes data about terrain conditions and processes it immediately, allowing the robot to adapt on the fly to obstacles. If all goes as planned, robot puppies could soon be walking across battle…
RedCannon’s DiskOnKey USB Flash Drive uses 256-bit AES encryption to lock down your files in case they fall in to the right hands, which is great. But for the truly paranoid among you, the DiskOnKey is will turn self-destructive after too many failed login attempts by borrowing money from an ex-girlfriend and going on a…
This is what men do. Men are not satisfied with the sad light shows that have been passed off as laser tag since the glory days of Quzar faded. So men build their own light guns, and shape them like rifles, machine guns, and pistols, and do battle where ever they see fit. And they…
The Cyberbank CP-B300 Windows Mobile smartphone has an extremely nice feature-set, but its main feature—a Digital Media Broadcast receiver—wouldn’t do you a bit of good outside of Korea anyway. Nonetheless, it’s a hot little number, with EV-DO capabilities, and 3.5-inch touchscreen, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Cyberbank plans to release the CP-B300 once TU Media…
The Inflate video camera is the brainchild of designer Ben Wilson. Intended for snowboarders and skateboarders, the camera is placed in an inflatable structure intended to protect it from damage and the weather. I’d like to think he doesn’t mean for the Inflate to be used while racing down a frozen mountain while strapped to…
Japanese peripherals vendor Soldam has announced a new vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) that fits into a standard 5.25-inch PC case slot. Called the ‘Visualizer,’ the unit also comes with the “WiNDy Visualizer Control Center” software package, which can output CPU information, media player visualizations, and custom graphics—if you use Windows 2000 or XP. While products…
MobileTracker is reporting that users of the T-Mobile Sidekick II platform have experience service outages since Monday that have affected some, but not all users. A Danger employee posted a note explaining it was a problem in Danger’s backend system, not T-Mobile’s network. Since the Sidekick II stores all its information on Danger’s servers (or…
Sony have announced their NW-E100 series of Walkman portable audio players, the NW-E103, Nw-E105, and the NW-107. Each rock 256 MB, 512 MB, and 1 GB of flash memory storage, respectively, and stick with Sony’s proud tradition of being damn awkward by using the ATRAC3 file format over that sorta popular Mp3 kind. According to…
The Modix HD-3510 media player converts any external hard drive you might have lying around (up to 2 TB) into a portable media library. Essentially just a tricked out USB hard drive case, the HD-3510 packs a dedicated chipset that supports nearly all video formats in addition to Mp3, WMA, and OGG audio. Connections on…
Sound Foresight is now shipping their new UltraCane, a white cane for the blind and vision-impaired that uses echolocation (not unlike our oft-beached, humpbacked friends) to determine what obstacles lie ahead. Using ultrasonic waves, the cane detects objects in the path of a user and relays them through buttons on the cane’s handle. The buttons…