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For just a hair under $400, you can pick up the Pentax Optio SV, a five-megapixel camera with a built-in 5x optical zoom lens (surprising in a camera this svelte, as most in this class have just a 3x optical zoom). Riyad at Trusted Reviews has had the SV for a couple of weeks and…
There isn’t much difference between an Ethernet cable and your in-house telephone wire (the RJ-11 jack that your phones use even plugs into most RJ-45 Ethernet ports, albeit on 4 wires instead of 8). But it still takes a little bit of a leap of faith to patch in your Voice-over-IP service to your home…
To go along with the launch of the anticipated Nikon D2X digital SLR camera, underwater plastic weavers Nexus are showing their new housing that will be available in late March. If you can’t wait that long to see the underwater housing, WetPixel has a few pre-production shots of the new casing like this one. Sometimes…
CompUSA has a code ‘BEADS2’ that gives you 20% off all MP3 players, including the iPod (everything except the shuffle), the Creative Zen Micro [in store only, doh], a bunch of different flash players—lots of stuff here. Technically, the code isn’t supposed to work with the iPods, but I’ve been told it does—your mileage may…
Lifehacker De-duplicate your iTunes library Flickr photo color picker Webjay plays web pages https://lifehacker.com/de-duplicate-your-itunes-library-32192 Kotaku Family Guy Coming to the Console and PC Old School Game Art Show How Much Revoltion Will Nintendo Show at E3? http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/crossplatform/family-guy-coming-to-the-console-and-pc-032185.php Jalopnik Fuel-Efficient Hydrogen Power: The Hy-Light Hearse Plus Flamethrower Ok, Ok, We’ll Post on the Gene Kelly VW…
Why this is necessary I have no idea, but it appears this device hooks up to one’s remote, allowing you to whistle codes into it, which are then translated into an infrared signal that then controls your television (or whatever). Or maybe it calls down a magical bird that pecks at the buttons with its…
The Orange 22 design studio is promoting their new Aurora cocktail table, a pleasing LED-lit piece of furniture with the look of a giant, glowing Life Saver. By rubbing the touch-pad on the lower lip of the Aurora, you can change the hue, brightness, or “animation” of the ‘Pixcell’ lights inside the translucent acrylic table.…
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Pogo Products’ new EZPower Universal remote looks great. Not because its a universal remote, which replace the convenience of a few different remotes with the nightmare of figuring out how to program an all-in-one device, but because it takes no batteries at all. Instead, give the knob at the bottom a few turns and you’ll…
Sony has stated that PSP may miss its Europen launch date—again.”(Europe) is a tough market because of the language issue,” said Hiroshi Kamide, an analyst with KBC Securities. “The U.S. tends to be the easier target because you don’t have to put so much effort into it to get a better return.” Kamide added that…
American Airlines is set to provide an in-flight entertainment media player for $8 a flight, filled with moves, music videos, games, and that day’s major newspapers. Apparently, half of American’s fleet are MD-80s which have no on-board entertainment. Rather than spending lots of money to retrofit them with expensive, integrated systems, American hopes to address…
PalmOne seems bound and determined to slough off all the good will anyone ever had for them, with so many customer-last maneuvers you’d think they were run by Steve Jobs or something. Last night, PalmOne raised the price on their unlocked, unsubsidized Treo 650 GSM model from $599 to $699, citing a ‘pricing error.’ That’s…
PC Magazine has a glowing review of the fresh-from-the-oven Sonos ZonePlayer, applauding its austere good looks with a complete feature set that makes the system easy to configure and even easier to use. The cost may take aim at the bourgeois, but the review kindly reminds us that they’re competing with whole-house audio systems which…
Classic, modern style. Smooth, refined form. Oh, and possibly the most obnoxious feature set possible in an alarm clock (aside from a clock that actually flees away from you): You must complete a jigsaw puzzle to deactivate the alarm. No cord to cut, since it’s battery operated, and “recommended for ages 3 or over”—really, anyone…
I don’t know what prompted these photoshops of a giant iPod shuffle in everyday situations, but they aren’t half bad, and just surreal enough to be pleasant. And can you imagine, I haven’t even bought one yet, and I just may not if they really are this poor a house guest. Giant Shuffle Page [IAXB]
CinemaNow is set to complete a deal with most of the major television networks (only Paramont/Viacom is a hold out) to provide per-episode downloads of television shows—maybe even before they hit DVD. Up to this point, CinemaNow hasn’t had much success (by my estimation), namely because it takes so long to download a high-quality, two-hour…
Attention video-loving citizen journalist creative types—there’s an interesting opportunity out there for you to make $15,000 and get your work on the new INdTV cable channel launching this summer. They’re taking submissions from the community in an attempt to find talent (or at least that’s my guess) and thought Gizmodo readers would be prime candidates.…
From the AX|BX page at Assembler.org: “When arcade machines boot, many will preform a self test, part of which is visual in nature. These come in various shapes and sizes. Some are for video calibration (convergence grids, color patterns, etc), while others show a tile map of sprites used in the game. These test screens…
Good morning, job seekers. Who here thinks the iPod shuffle’s end cap is just begging to be lost? Why not invest in something a bit more practical, like this aluminum end cap with clip from Tunewear. It may only be a minute difference, but having your shuffle clipped to your jacket or bag sounds a…
I’m so glad we invented Canada. The CBC’s new Arts section has a great short feature on the history of digital music, from the first transistor radios [pictured] to the latest in tiny white music bricks. It’s even worse than I am about the iPod, though, so don’t expect a surprise ending. Writer Matthew McKinnon…