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Not content to rest on his laurels as “that one guy on the X-Files and then that spin-off that tanked,” actor Dean Haglund used his natural ability to place things under other things (a skill developed through years spent on casting couches) to develop the ‘Chill Pak,’ a cooling pad filled with reusable gel that…
Another day, another portable media player. This mPack P800 is of hearty, Taiwanese stock, with a heavy-lifting video compressor that will save video at resolutions even higher than its native 320 by 240 pixel screen. That’s handy for playing back the videos on a better quality screen, after either copying them off the device or…
Product Highlights • Make iSync work with the Motorola A1000 [MacOSXHints] • Intel claims notebook batteries will last a day [TheInquirer] In there year Twenty and Ten. • Next IBM-Apple chip getting high-end feature [CNet] Dual-core G5. • HMV spurns Apple in digital music [TimesUK] Business • Apple sues over Tiger leak [MacCentral] • Nintendo…
Keep in mind that I’m not a doctor of law (although I retain an honorary PhD in ‘Home Cookin”), but something didn’t seem right to me when I read Bob Kohn’s analysis of Rip Digital’s CD ripping service (prompted, as it happens, by our review). Kohn—who it must be noted, is no dime store music…
Belkin has a new $40 snap-on QWERTY keyboard for Dell Axim X30 and X31 Pocket PCs, called the SnapNType. The unit requires no extra batteries, working instead from the Axim’s power supply. These aren’t my favorite sort of keyboards for PDAs—the balance can often be off—but hey, it’s better than nothing. Belkin Mini Keyboard For…
Paul Thurrott has a review up of the Xbox Media Center Extender kit—the package that lets you stream Media Center recorded content to remote TVs via your Xbox—and it’s pretty much a must-read for anyone considering using the (fairly) recently-released devices. While it has a lot to offer to Media Center PC owners, a few…
If there is a sweeter pairing than the union of “backyard” and “mecha,” then I don’t want to know it (unless there is, then tell me right now). Deep in the Alaskan wilderness (okay, Anchorage) lives Carlos Owens, a 26-year-old steelworker who is working on his own hydraulic-motivated 18-foot mecha that he intends to unveil…
Wow. I absolutely love this. Taiwanese OEM vendor Digimaster is releasing this SD Card that also has a USB 2.0 interface on the flip size, meaning you can use it in devices that support SD (cameras, phones, PDAs, etc.) and then flip it around and put it in a laptop or PC as a flash…
This new point-of-sale machine from Sharp has a monitor on the back to display commericals to customers as they wait. As one of the five people in the world that enjoy watching commericals (and, it should be noted, tiny scraps of blowing foil), I am overjoyed by this development. Press Release (Japanese) [SharpJP via SorobanGeeks]
Maybe this is sort of obvious, but if you’re sitting on a plane and think, “You know, it would be hilarious if I were to send some text messages claiming we’ve been hijacked by terrorists,” it really isn’t that hilarious. Well, okay, I take that back—it’s sort of giggle-worthy when they arrest you when you…
My search for mobile satisfaction continues. I haven’t been blown away by the Treo 650—not enough to pay $650 for it, at least—and my laptop still seems like best size-to-effectiveness tool I have. But I’m holding out hope for the BenQ P50 Pocket PC Phone, which Expansys just listed for pre-order on their site (for…
Korean researchers are challenging Honda’s Asimo and Sony’s QRIOwith the introduction of HUBO, a humanoid robot with individually moving fingers. HUBO will be officially unveiled early next month, but Korea is doing its best to let Japan know they are gunning for their position as the leader of the world’s useless showpiece robots. If this…
There’s more to this VWB Flyboy that we talked about yesterday than I thought. First of all, it looks to have been around as an OEM design for a while, as US Modular is selling a 20GB version of their own through the Army/Air Force Exchange for $369 and Buy.com is selling it for $289…
Lindsey sent me the heads up about this new Expobar Brewtus pro-sumer espresso machine and said it was the hot new mechano-squirter that coffee geeks are all hot for. I knew that meant I had to call in the big coffee guns: my man Tonx, barista to the stars. Here’s what he had to say…
Video Without Boundries today announced their MediaREADY Flyboy personal media player. And while the only picture we have is sort of blurry and awful, the specs themselves are very attractive: Linux-based (potentially hackable), 40GB hard drive, 3.5-inch screen, and MPEG4 playback (as well as possible Real support). The reason that’s impressive is they are listing…
Tight Systems has ‘The Secret Store,’ where they sell things like the DVX-POD to keep their head above water as they try to develop the TAZI media player (hint: it’s not that secret). Well they somehow got a hold of a box of U2-edition iPods that they’re going to sell at $250 a pop—$100 cheaper…
Timothy over at Slashdot gives his impressions of the Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter, the latest and greatest Wi-Fi detector on the market. And indeed, this thing floats like a canary and stings like a wireless—only the lack of a backlight keeps it from being the perfect Wi-Fi detector. What it does better than any other…
You can’t get them at your local retailer, but Toshiba’s 10, 20, and 60GB Gigabeat audio players are available through exporter AudioCubes. There are several words one might use to describe the Gigabeat series, amongst them: “QVGA screen,” “reasonable battery life,” and, “oppressively expensive.” The ‘economy model’ F10 starts at a budget-busting $400, while the…
It doesn’t get much slower than this week (well, maybe next week), it seems, so forgive me if I’m posting news that PDA Buyer’s Guide will be posting a review soon of the Asus A730W. On the upside, that means the Pocket PC handheld (an upgraded, Wi-Fied version of the A730) should be around for…
The first review I’ve seen of the iRiver H10 has popped up at Club iRiver, a site which, for all its positives, happens to be in Korean. For those of us that don’t speak that tongue, Mistic River has excerpted a few of the highlights from the review, including word that the front area of…