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| Aug 30, 2011 | Robot Vacuums: Roomba, Smarbo, And Now The Smartphone-Controlled RoboKing | When did the robot-vacuum world become such a crowded space? It’s starting to sound like a monster movie: RoboKing versus Smarbo II: Electric Vuumaloo. But it makes sense, when you think about it. We already have “robots” that wash the dish... |
| Apr 18, 2011 | Film Canister USB Drives Hold More Pictures Than They Did As Film Canisters | Everyone likes a good novelty flash drive, as long as it’s the right kind of novelty. Photographers will enjoy these little 35mm film canisters converted into 2GB and 4GB drives — at $19 and $24 they’re not too expensive, and there’s a choi... |
| Dec 16, 2010 | Mechanical Yoshi Adds Mech To Mario | Donald “KodyKoala” Kennedy built this magical mech Yoshi out of Lego and Playmobil parts as well as some nicely molded custom parts. His next project is Luigi, a noble goal in this era of reduced manufacturing prowess in the Western world.
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| Sep 21, 2010 | Pepsi Mont Blanc: Very French | The Japanese have created something called Pepsi Mont Blanc, a version of Pepsi delicately scented with French chestnuts (??). Japan is a loose cannon when it comes to drink flavors and PepsiCo clearly lets them get away with murder. After ... |
| Jun 18, 2010 | Freaking Hello Kitty 5W-30 oil | One more fun Japanese treat for to think about before your pre-lunch bathroom break: Hello Kitty 5W-30 oil. Freaking Hello Kitty 5W-30 oil. For cars. It costs $33 a can and has Hello Kitty on it.
Freaking Hello Kitty motor oil. What crazy m... |
| Feb 24, 2010 | Finally! An age prediction machine based on mosquito-like frequencies | I think I speak for everyone when I say, “IT’S ABOUT TIME!” I mean, where were you the first time you wished for a machine that could predict someone’s age range just by emitting a mosquito buzzing sound that only people in certain age rang... |
| Jan 28, 2010 | Warning: These retro gaming keychains from Bandai won't attract ladies | Do you like novelty keychains? Do you like classic gaming titles such as Street Fighter II? Do you like novelty keychains that produce the sound effects from such classic titles as Street Fighter II? You must! You’re reading CrunchGear!
Thi... |
| Jan 15, 2010 | Video: There’s a lot going on in this Star Wars Adidas commercial | Star Wars sneakers from Adidas are coming. Fair enough. This new commercial features what looks like a scene from Indiana Jones at the very beginning, then we’ve got a random shot of Snoop Dogg, Darth Vader, and then Daft Punk looking at Da... |
| Dec 16, 2009 | Nerd Alert: Calculator shaped like a gamepad | Awww, schweeeeeet! This calculator says, “Hey, I need a calculator but I want people to know that I’m down with video games. Please don’t step, mess, or front. I got eight digits to work with, B.”
Shaped like an Xbox controller, you’ve got ... |
| Dec 15, 2009 | RIBA picks up the ladies | Newlaunches has some video of a freaky robot that lifts sick people off of their beds. Why the robot has a freaking bear head is unexplained but I’m assuming this is to keep kids from going nuts when a robot comes to take them away. |
| Jul 8, 2009 | T-shirt gun listed on Nike's website for $1500 | Who hasn’t been at a sporting event and wished for one of those T-shirt cannons? Nike is “selling” the Nike T-shirt Gun seen in the above video for just $1500. I put “selling” in quotes because it doesn’t seem legit. It’s one of those “inte... |
| May 7, 2009 | World's coolest convenience store is called 'Insert Coin' | Should you find yourself in San Sebastian, Spain, you’d be doing yourself a disservice and the rest of us a disservice if you didn’t visit this convenience store to spend a few bucks.
The store is called “Insert Coin” and, as you can see, t... |
| Apr 13, 2009 | Super Mario Chess coming soon, defies traditional gender roles | Apparently Super Mario Chess Collector’s Edition is the first Nintendo-authorized chess set in existence. It’ll be shipping sometime this month and you can pre-order it for $39.99 if you’re interested. Now the big question: which characters... |
| Jan 28, 2009 | The Sony PSP perception problem: Is it losing its luster? | Sony's PSP was Time's "Gotta Have it" device for 2005, which was like being voted "Person of the Year." Now as the PSP enters its middle-age, it is the subject of less adulation, and more dismissive grumbling.
Today, Gam... |
| Jan 13, 2009 | And now a man with a tape recorder in his hands… | This man, Jerry Philips, plays a mean SMB theme using only his hands. This will be amazingly useful in the coming depression because he can stand on a street corner with a small monkey in a hat and entertain passers-by and men on the bread ... |
| Dec 24, 2008 | Video: No-good kids receive the Wii for Christmas & freak out | http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf
This is pure, unadulterated Communism. Look at all these kids, getting all “excited” because Santa gave them the Wii. Now Mommy and Daddy are drowning in credit card debt—not to mention th... |
| Dec 2, 2008 | CrunchDeals: 30-minute space flight for $74,000 | A London banker named Per Wimmer will be taking a 30-minute space ride in XCOR’s “Lynx” two-seat suborbital space plane (see our previous coverage) in 2010. Los Angeles-based XCOR is offering relatively affordable space trips at around $74,... |
| Nov 7, 2008 | Old-school handset for people who still resist cell phones but realize they’re greatly outnumbered | I know it’s hard, but sooner or later everyone gives in to the idea of cellular telephony. Sure, you may long for the good old days of old-fashioned, straightforward talk on a golden handset but the fact is, until now, you were left with li... |
| Sep 11, 2008 | Sony iPod/iPhone dock, alarm clock, and CD player | It still strikes me as a little bit odd whenever I see an iPod accessory from Sony but, hey, might as well make a little dough, huh? And this accessory looks pretty nice. It’s an iPod/iPhone dock with alarm clock, CD player, remote control,... |
| Sep 2, 2008 | Super magnet to not destroy itself | Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico are in the process of creating a pulsed electromagnet that will reach 100 tesla. Greg Boebinger, director of the project, says that these forces are “equivalent to the explosive f... |
| Sep 2, 2008 | Samsung ‘Litmus’ and ‘Diamond’ MP3 players | Recently announced by Samsung, the YP-U4 Litmus (above left) and the YP-Q1 Diamond (above right) MP3 players offer some unique features.
The Litmus will pack a 1-inch OLED screen, DNSe (“Dense”) 2.0 audio circuitry, and recordable hot keys ... |
| Aug 29, 2008 | Replica Star Wars Landspeeder looks amazing, works | Here’s a landspeeder built by a guy who really doesn’t want to be mistaken for Joey Fatone. The guy in the photo (which we used without permission) is actually Joey Fatone. The guy who built the landspeeder, Daniel Deutsch, sent us numerous... |
| Aug 29, 2008 | iPhone projector dock | This thing just makes sense – lots and lots of sense. It’s the Honlai Qingbar MP101 and I have no idea if you can actually buy one. If and when you’re indeed able to purchase this doodad, you’ll be able to project 640×480 movies and photos ... |
| Aug 18, 2008 | Old watch-like navigation gadget from 1920 | Way, way, way, way, way before the days of the Global Positioning System, people had to navigate using devices like the Plus Fours Routefinder, shown above. It’s from back in 1920 and consisted of a collection of small scrolling maps that y... |
| Aug 1, 2008 | ‘Plica’ concept phone folds, makes me want it | I’m not crazy about touchscreen keyboards — BUT! – I could probably make an exception for the Plica, if it ever comes out in real life. It’s a folding Nintendo DS-style device that can be used in landscape or portrait mode with one or both ... |
| Jul 29, 2008 | VR treadmill comes with 270 degrees of outdoorsiness | Walking: fun. Leaving the house: not fun. Enter the virtual reality treadmill, a project by geniuses at Japan’s University of Tsukuba (go Panthers!). Alas, this apparatus appears to be for hospital-use only, as it’s aimed at rehabilitation ... |
| May 30, 2008 | Scorpion logging machine will eventually kill us all | What a pleasant, soothing video of a graceful, six-legged stinger-tailed killing machine used for “logging,” whatever that is. All that needs to be done now is to equip these things with front-mounted lasers and let them loose in a big city... |
| May 28, 2008 | Say goodbye to workplace swamp ass with the 'Suzukaze' air conditioned seat cushion | Air conditioned clothing company, Kuchofuku, has developed the “Suzukaze,” which I’m pretty sure is Japanese for “ass de-moistifier,” but don’t quote me on that.
According to Japan’s Corporate News Network,
This Kouchou Cushion features a n... |
| May 27, 2008 | Mouse Phone: It's only copyright infringement if you use the actual logo… oh, wait | The mouse phone is a silly little cellphone in the shape of a strangely mutated Mickey Mouse. While the average lawyer might overlook the similarity in shape to another ubiquitous mouse, I think even a dumb lawyer’s interest would be piqued... |
| May 14, 2008 | British town to run fiber-optic cables through sewers | Normally when you think of fiber and sewers, a different, smellier thing comes to mind than broadband internet access. Hay-oh! Thank you, I’ll be here all week.
Bournemouth, UK, which is full of old people — Pem Charnley of EcoWorldly says ... |
| May 12, 2008 | Second gen iPhone screengrab shows 3G data toggle | If this screenshot is legit, then you’ll be able to turn 3G data off to conserve battery life on the new iPhone. Apple sure has thought of everything, huh?
The image was posted on a blog called Chronic Productions which, after a cursory sea... |
| May 8, 2008 | Bendable shelf handles RSS feeds and text messages | In what’s sure to be recognized as one of the greatest inventions of 2008 (by me, at least), here’s a shelf that can be bent every which way, thanks to the miracle of “elastomer” AND displays your favorite RSS feeds and any incoming text me... |
| May 6, 2008 | The Matrix: Family Guy style | Some people have way too much time on their hands, but I can’t help but giggle as I watch this. Kudos to, themarkman2001. He/she also has a Braveheart spoof.
via NewLaunches |
| Apr 11, 2008 | Firefox logo spotted 20,000 light years away | Behold! The Firefox logo as seen in variable star V838 Monocerotis of the constellation Monoceros. I had Monocerotis one summer and it was NOT fun. I still get residual rashes from time to time and I can feel it in my joints when it’s about... |
| Mar 24, 2008 | iPhone version of 'Mario Kart'-ish game | http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=32045
No telling how really real this is because it’s just a teaser video, but we have what appears to be a Mario Kart-like game for the iPhone . It’s apparently being developed by France’s in... |
| Feb 5, 2008 | Cupertino meets deep space with Star Trek engraving | Here are some Star Trek-inspired iPod and MacBook engravings for your perusal. The artist and/or company that did these engravings is unknown at this time but I’m sure he/she/they will be the hit of some sort of convention; Apple, Star Trek... |
| Jan 22, 2008 | Hitachi hybrid Blu-ray camcorder hits Japan soon | Guys, listen up. It looks like this Blu-ray thing is here to stay so we might as well start buying stuff. Case in point, this scrumptious Hitachi DZ-BD9H hybrid camcorder that records on 8cm discs or its 60GB hard drive. Yum. I wish I could... |
| Dec 26, 2007 | New Asus Smartphone Impresses | We love smartphones, and we love Asus, and when we heard Asus was going to start making smartphones, we got silly on ourselves, even if they are Windows Mobile based. But when we caught wind of this pretty hot design that Asus is using for ... |
| Dec 14, 2007 | Here's a $15 USB wine spout that does nothing | http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/3rct0Jch4aiv8p2mA
Let’s face it. We all have $15 lying around that we wish would go away for no reason, right? What better way to get rid of it than to buy a USB wine dispenser that doesn’t actually do anythin... |
| Dec 5, 2007 | Like Transformers except monitors that only turn into monitors in different configurations, not cars or planes | If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not to move to Korea, prepare to be pushed off of said fence into the backyard of the Korean side of the decision-making process. For once you’re there, you’ll be able to pick up this wonderful c... |
| Nov 19, 2007 | 300 rounds per minute of pure shot-gun fun! | Hey, Blackwater mercenaries! Sidearms and M16s not fast enough for you during those inopportune moments when you mistake a woman and baby with a gun toting Islamo-fascist? Why not pick up the AA-12, the one way to send your quarry to his or... |
| Nov 15, 2007 | Very expensive Sony OLED TV ready for pre-ordering | Sure, it’s slim. The world’s slimmest, actually, at 3 millimeters. And the contrast ratio, wow. It’s high. A million to one. That’s 1000000:1.
At $1800, though, is an 11-inch super bright, super slim TV with a 960×540 resolution and a digti... |
| Nov 13, 2007 | Photo frame adorned with RAM is pretty, geeky | It’s not a digital frame but it’s plenty geeky. I just showed this to the little lady and she’s not on board with having this item in our house so maybe some of you can get a little joy out of this photo frame made out of old sticks o’ rand... |
| Oct 26, 2007 | New 'Super Mario Galaxy' commercials | http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=27021
Four new Super Mario Galaxy commercials. The game will be available stateside on November 12th. More after the jump.
http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=27010
http://www.game... |
| Oct 22, 2007 | HTC Polaris is now the Touch Cruise: GPS, Wi-Fi and 3G | There’s a new HTC phone in town and yes it’s a Touch. HTC renamed the Polaris the Touch Cruise, a GPS-having WiMo6-based smartphone that’s due in November. That it includes 802.11b/g Wi-Fi is a welcome development (glad to see Wi-Fi becomin... |
| Oct 8, 2007 | The couch made from 20 old Macs | Why should you recycle? If not to help the earth out, then to avoid the $100 fines the city charges you for screwing up plastic with paper. A Mac store in Maryland Heights, Missouri had 20 old Macintosh II computers laying around collecting... |
| Oct 5, 2007 | iRiver Siren DP350 players launch in Japan | The currently-Japan-only iRiver DP350 replaces last year’s DP300 and will come in 2GB and 4GB flavors for $120 and $150, respectively.
File support includes MPEG-4 and WMV for videos and MP3, WAV, and OGG for audio files. Popular image file... |
| Aug 31, 2007 | Sleek Audio's SA6 Headphones Have Interchangeable Parts | Eli Whitney brought interchangeable parts to the U.S. a few years ago, condemning the South to an agriculture-based economy for much of its history. I doubt Whitney had spiffy-looking headphones in mind back then, though. From Sleek Audio c... |
| Aug 24, 2007 | Creative Travelsound i50: When You Shuffle Isn't Big Enough | The TravelSound iS0 is an odd Shuffle speaker dock that basically makes the Shuffle into a something as big as an iPod. Why? I don’t know but does seem to offer us a nice tall glass of WTF. It’s Asia-only right now — about $69 — and probabl... |
| Aug 20, 2007 | Japan Building The Next Internets | Those crazy Japanese are at it again with talk of building some new fangled technology that will replace our beloved Internets by 2020. This is all well and good, but they better deliver on the promise of faster and more secure throughputs ... |
| Aug 7, 2007 | LG Colorholic Does Something, No One Cares | LG is launching a new line of mobile phones geared towards women in 14 different colors. The Colorholic is a slider with the usual suite of applications like an appointment book, text-to-speech messaging and an MP3 player. I really think LG... |
| Jul 26, 2007 | Shoe Pure 100 Looks Like An Dinosaur Egg | I’m not gonna lie. I have over 20 pairs of shoes and about 7 of them really smell bad. Some worse than others, it’s all my fault. During those hot summer days when I’m half-drunk, I throw on shoes without socks and 5 hours later it smells l... |
| Jul 25, 2007 | Sony DVP-FX860DT Portable DVD Player | Sony’s got a new portable DVD player, right, called the DVP-FX860DT. Well, it’s not called the DVP-FX860DT, but that’s the model number. She’s a standard one, she is, with a 800×480 resolution, 8-inch display, MP3 support and a TV tuner for... |
| Jun 20, 2007 | PatentMonkey: Will the iPhone be used as Apple TV Remote? | So genesis of the iPhone was sometime back in 2005, right? Interestingly, Apple happened to file a continuation on a patent application around that time covering a Universal Remote for controlling a number of home entertainment devices.
A t... |
| Jun 19, 2007 | Company Claims New System Will Automatically Detect Drivers On Phones | We’ve had all sorts of stories about speed cameras and the problems they can cause — but there’s no doubt that it’s quite a lucrative business for the providers of the speed cameras (who often agree to install them for free in exchange for ... |
| May 29, 2007 | Too Bad Mobile TV is Dead in the Water Here: Sharp Aquos 912SH | It’s an incremental upgrade to be sure, but Sharp’s Aquos 912SH cellphone embodies something that’ll never take off here: mobile TV. In the Far East, however, it’s quite popular, making this phone a little more valuable there. It’s got stan... |
| May 15, 2007 | Wii Crystal Cooler: If a Cooling Fan Could Look Stylish, It'd Look Like This | Wow, purdy. It’s the Wii Crystal Cooler from Brando, a stand and system fan for the Nintendo Wii. Unlike the fan we saw last week, this one actually looks pretty great, what with its shiny blueness and all. Thankfully, you can turn the LED ... |
| May 14, 2007 | Sony Ericsson P1 On Video | Mobility site recently got together with Jens Greve, Sony Ericsson’s Acquisition Manager, and the result is a pretty in-depth look at the P1. Jack from MS says:
I was particularly interested in the keypad and what it would be like to use. L... |
| Apr 30, 2007 | V12's Brionvega Alpha TV Retro Concept Makes Me Glad I Didn't Live in the 1950s | It was bound to happen: a concept piece of electronics that I don’t like. (Compare that sentiment with previous ones, sirs.) This Alpha TV, designed by V12 Design, reeks of Brionvega, an Italian TV manufacturer from the Old Days. First, the... |
| Apr 9, 2007 | $1 Million SiK rex Remote Control: Typo or Not, It's Still Silly | How does a $1 million remote control—excuse me, the SiK rex—that works with a bunch of Apple stuff rub you? Sure, it’ll control a MacBook Pro, Apple TV, iPod Hi-Fi (Remember that? Me neither.) and the like, but I’m usually not willing to pa... |
| Apr 5, 2007 | Stream Surround Sound Music With Sony's TDM-NC1 Cube | Sony sure does smell a potential market with this wireless media streaming stuff. (Don’t want to be late to the party this time, right Sony?) This odd looking fellow is the Digital Media Port Wi-Fi Client, or the TDM-NC1. Like the similarly... |
| Apr 2, 2007 | To-Conne i-Lit Speakers: Instant Club Atmosphere Without All Those Annoying People | I could have saved myself a hot $50 (spent to watch Paul Oakenfold “DJ,” if you can call what he did DJing) this weekend by staying at home and mixing my own DJ set with these (but not those) i-Lit speakers decorating every corner. See, the... |
| Apr 2, 2007 | Maybach Laptop For The Rich And/Or Famous | Anyone with $4000 to shell out and a hankering for a new laptop should take note of this beautiful new notebook from HP and Maybach. Though it does come after Ferrari and Lamborghini made laptops with Asus and Acer, the Maybach laptop seems... |
| Mar 28, 2007 | Top ten Apple flops? Not so fast | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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| Mar 26, 2007 | Frickin' Motorola LAZR Beams! | All I want are some frickin’ lasers! Is that too much to ask? Motorola’s newest handset is making the rounds under the LAZR moniker with limited details. What we do know is that it runs a Linux OS, has 512MB on-board memory and Motiquette. ... |
| Mar 20, 2007 | Hitachi Launches HDTVs with DVR, Removable Media | Hitachi is taking a page out of the Apple rumor book, launching a series of widescreen HDTVs with built-in DVRs, cutting out the pesky Tivo middleman. The idea itself is nothing new, having a DVR and HD tuner built-in to the TV set makes se... |
| Mar 12, 2007 | Blue Screen Of Death In Your Car Part Deux | The IOPS in car PC from SNT Korea will be making its debut at CeBIT in a few days. Windows XP will be running the show via touchscreen and the GPS will keep you from driving onto train tracks unless of course the blue screen of death appear... |
| Mar 9, 2007 | Solar Powered Talking Bible: Portable, Instant Deliverance | For the righteous and pure of heart comes a solar powered, electronic talking Bible. God’s warriors can listen to both the Old and New Testament, switching between chapters and verses with the push of a button. (My favorites include Levitic... |
| Mar 7, 2007 | Blackberry Daytona Caught On Tape | I present to you dear readers, the Blackberry Daytona, live and in your face! Watch closely because it says “8800 Series” and previous reports slated it as an 8300.
Daytona [via New Launches] |
| Mar 7, 2007 | Hang Timer Times Your Hang Time, Playa | There was a kid in my high school who thought he was good at basketball. He was not. What he was good at was making the “Jordan Face” when he’d go for a lay-up, tongue out and everything. But no matter how much we told him that he sucked, h... |
| Mar 4, 2007 | Voice of Mario Not Italian?! | Keeping with the spirit of my weekly Mario posts, here is a GooTube video of the man who gives Mario and other Nintendo characters their voices. Charles Martinet also does the voices of Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and Toadsworth, according to his... |
| Mar 1, 2007 | Buffalo's Shock Proof 200GB Hard Drive | With all those 100% legal MP3s you’ve been downloading this past year, your hard drive is sure to fill up sooner or later. So the investment of an external hard disk is probably a necessary one. Check out Buffalo’s HD-PL200U2/UC 200GB exter... |
| Feb 6, 2007 | Kyocera Wonder Phone | Kyocera today unleashed upon Japan the W51K, a device that I’m extremely jealous of. This svelte wonder comes with 65MB of on-board storage, TV tuner, FM tuner, MP3/video playback and a 2-megapixel camera. It also comes in three shades of c... |
| Feb 6, 2007 | Thanko Releases USB Wii-mote Charger | Thanko Japan, I thanko you for this kick-ass USB Wiimote charger so I don’t have to buy new batteries every few days. The Thanko charger comes with a USB cradle, nickel battery and a new battery cover so you know, you can charge those new b... |
| Feb 2, 2007 | Power Up! The Focal Powerbug For Your iPod Shuffle | Once in awhile, some seemingly simple iPod accessory comes along that is a must have. With the release of the 2G iPod Shuffle in multiple colors, the Focal Powerbug is the perfect compliment to these colorful critters. You just plug in the ... |
| Feb 2, 2007 | LG And Moto Barf Up V-Day Phones | It definitely is that time of the year…again. LG and Motorola have both decided to update the Chocolate and KRZR for V-Day. The LG Strawberry Chocolate and Motorola KRZR Fire will hit Verizon shelves February 4th. Nothing new under the hood... |
| Feb 1, 2007 | Sony Gachapin(??) SE MP3 Player | I completely forgot Sony was still in the MP3 market! What with all the iPod, Zune, Sansa and Zen marketing blitzes going on all around Sony keeps chuggin’ away nice and quiet. I’m not sure what or who Gachapin is but I think it’s some sort... |
| Jan 31, 2007 | Sony's 70-inch Bravia Powerhouse | With the Super Bowl coming up, a lot of you are probably running out to Best Buy
to pick up an HDTV for the game (which you’ll promptly return on Monday). Too bad you’re not going to be able to get your paws on this beast from Sony in time,... |
| Jan 18, 2007 | Robot Wars: Japanese Style | The things that come out of this country never cease to amaze me.
Robot Wars [New Launches] |
| Jan 16, 2007 | Sony To Manufacture CF Cards | Not a huge announcement, but those of you with DSLRs might want to perk your heads up for a second. Sony has announced they’ll be manufacturing Compact Flash cards up to 4GB capacity. The Type I cards will have 66x and 133x transfer speeds.... |
| Dec 12, 2006 | Baseball-hitting Robot Hits Baseballs And More | Most of us have been to a batting cage before. Hit a few balls around, etc. Usually a robot is doing the pitching to us. Now the tables have turned. This robot, dubbed “The Headless Batsman,” can hit balls all over the place and is perfect ... |
| Dec 1, 2006 | Sony-Ericsson K620i Details Emerge | Some details of Sony’s upcoming Sony-Ericsson K620i have emerged and we like what we see. Aside from the insanely cool blue paint job (which may or may not be the final color), this sucker is only 17mm thick and comes equipped with a 1.9-in... |
| Dec 1, 2006 | Windows Vista Gets First TV Spot | What is it with companies making bad commercials lately? Here comes another one, this time courtesy of Redmond.
It’s the new Vista TV spot. Notice that it doesn’t actually contribute anything to our knowledge of the OS.
I figure if you real... |
| Nov 21, 2006 | PSP Firmware Update Enables Remote Play | If you’re one of the few with a PlayStation 3 and would like to use your PSP for Remote Play, you’re gonna have to download the new 3.0 firmware update. The new update will allow you to view images and stream music from your PSP to PS3, as ... |
| Nov 20, 2006 | Creative's Z600: Darth Vader's Dock | The Creative X-Fi Sound System Z600 is a dock for the Creative ZEN Vision: M player. Not only does this dock give you stereo virtual surround sound, but it also utilizes the integrated X-Fi 24-bit Crystallizer, which restores audio quality ... |
| Nov 14, 2006 | Viewsonic Announces High-Priced Rugged Handhelds | Viewsonic apparently is looking to make some serious buck off their new V38r-06, V38r-07, and V38r-07a rugged handhelds. Just announced, these guys come with some serious features, but they run friggin’ Windows Mobile 2003. Come on Viewsoni... |
| Nov 14, 2006 | Ferrari Does That GPS Thang | Here’s something you can add to your 1996 Honda Civic with the fat exhaust: The Ferrari Traffic Assist Pro from Becker. For $900 USD, you get a sexy little GPS navigation unit with the Ferrari logo sans horse. It can receive TMC info, keeps... |
| Nov 10, 2006 | PlayStation 3 Launch In Japan | In Japan, the masses have formed for the launch of the Sony PlayStation 3. Keep in mind Japan only has 80,000 PS3 units available for gamers, so it looks like there are going to be a many, many disappointed Japanese gamers.
Gamers are also ... |
| Nov 1, 2006 | Colored PSPs Due Soon – Too Little Too Late? | Seeing as Nintendo’s DS is dominating the sales charts – both portable and non-portable – Sony has to find a way to stem the tide and compete. Their solution? No, it’s not making better games or more interesting media content, it’s making c... |
| Nov 1, 2006 | Asus W6 and S6 Leather Laptops | Ah yes. Ricardo Montalban and and his “rich corinthian leather” has made their way onto your laptop in these Asus W6 and S6 series machines. The laptops have 13.3-inch widescreen displays, and features leather so “genuine”, it comes with “m... |
| Oct 31, 2006 | Stripy Mini Speakers | These twisting speakers are small (9 watt, 4.5 RMS per channel), but they’re bound to sound better than the notebook speakers you’ve got on your Lenovo. The set comes with two twisting satellites and a scrollable middle trackball wheel, whi... |
| Oct 31, 2006 | DS Lite Makes Museum Rounds | The Japanese are using the DS Lite for all sorts of stuff. Case in point, museum-goers at Japan’s Nation Western Fine Arts Museum can now borrow a DS Lite from the front desk. The portable comes loaded with all sorts of museum guide informa... |
| Oct 18, 2006 | New Samsung Slim Mouse | I never really liked laptop-specific mice. They’re always feel small and flimsy. They usually look pretty stupid, too. Thankfully, Samsung’s got my back with its new mouse for laptops and UMPCs—that holy glowing ring is actually a horizonta... |
| Oct 18, 2006 | Motorola's Rumored E9 Candybar | |
| Oct 16, 2006 | Latest McDonald's Giveaway Prize: Spyware | McDonald’s Japan came up with what it certainly thought was a great promotion recently: print a code on its soft-drink cups, then get users to send in a text message with it to see if they’d won one of 10,000 MP3 players pre-loaded with 10 ... |
| Oct 13, 2006 | Phillips Brings Ambient to Video Games | There is nothing worse than playing a video game and having no peripheral stimulation. Sure, you’ve got the big TV, you’re playing Halo, you get the Wraith, but everything surrounding your 42″ flat panel is distracting the hell out of you. ... |
| Oct 6, 2006 | Fujitsu Turntable PC: No Microphone? | This is a concept design by Fujitsu that popped up in Japan at CEATEC. While we don’t usually talk about concepts — they rarely come to fruition — it is important to look at it from a UI standpoint. Laptop makers are just now figuring out t... |
| Oct 6, 2006 | Hitachi Plans 940GB Storage Cartridges Using Blu-ray Discs | isn’t the only things Hitachi’s doing today. They’ve just shown off their Stacked Volumetric Optical Discs (SVOD) technology which puts slim DVDs into a large cartridge that holds 940GB.
The DVD carts hold a hundred 9.4GB discs, which will ... |
| Oct 5, 2006 | TDK Develops Mini Blu-ray Discs for HD Camcorders, 200GB Blu-ray Discs For Everyone | Two Blu-ray developments from TDK today. The first is a 200GB, six-layer Blu-ray disc that can hold four times the amount of “movie” that you get with the current Blu-ray dual-layer discs. The other is an 8cm mini Blu-ray disc that holds 16... |
