Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Interesting Stuff

6/12/2007 2:07:07 PM
Hey guys and gals. Business 2.0 realized just how much they like their tech and gadget news with a big slice of fun, and put Gizmodo on their "Who matters now?" poll -- a list of 101 interesting tech...
6/12/2007 2:00:00 PM
You know those scratch cards that are covered with silver latex, letting you try your luck at the lottery, or as we call it here at the Giz, the "stupid tax?" Some crazy Brits covered a whole SUV...
6/12/2007 1:45:46 PM
Now it makes sense why Apple released Safari for Windows. Steve must love his Windows security jokes so much that he decided Apple should create a browser that exploits them even more. Currently...
6/12/2007 1:25:00 PM
Investing a lot of money in a sweet home theater setup can be well worth it if you're a TV or movie buff with a generous bank account. But hey, why spend all that money to get a huge TV and nice...
6/12/2007 1:10:00 PM
Samsung is dropping an upgraded version of their T9 music phone, dubbed the T9+, that features some additional wireless sharing features. It's got the Zuney song-sharing functions that the last...
6/12/2007 1:00:32 PM
According to Apple, "no software developer kit is required for the iPhone." However, the truth is that the lack of an SDK means that there won't be a killer application for the iPhone. It also means...
6/12/2007 12:55:16 PM
Now that ATI has finished rolling out their new graphics cards, the boys in green are attempting to take back the spotlight with the new 8400 GS, Nvidia's first GPU to rely on 65nm architecture....
6/12/2007 12:35:26 PM
Eye-Fi's looking to give your digital camera a nice upgrade this Fall when it introduces its first 2GB Wi-Fi SD card. The card will let any SD-friendly camera upload pics wirelessly to photo blogs or...
Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:1507 12:15:00 EDT
Here's an 8-minute video that shows you a grandiose idea somebody dreamed up: building a 3000 foot-tall pyramid in Tokyo Bay. This megacity would be so tall, and has such tremendous volume that 24...
6/12/2007 11:59:13 AM
This week at TreeHugger: We could all be driving electric-powered cars sooner than we thought, with a bevy of new developments in electric car accoutrements. TreeHugger loves the idea of solar...
6/12/2007 11:55:00 AM
Clear off the back of your desk, because this set of FH007 transparent speakers will reveal the world beyond them for all to see. It's an odd configuration, with two large oval-shaped transparent...
6/12/2007 11:30:03 AM
It's time for the $150 battle in our running iPod Dock Bracket. In one corner, we have the Logitech mm50. It's sleek and has excellent posture. We're guessing its grammar is pretty good, too. In the...
6/12/2007 11:00:10 AM
I'm not sure how they did it, but some crafty hacker has managed to cram a Mac Mini inside his Apple SE/30 turning his old-school Mac into a modern day all-in-one. Sure, you'll be running OS X in...
6/12/2007 10:45:44 AM
Looks like uninterruptible power supply manufacturer Remio has decided to try their luck with their HC series. They got some plastic cubes, make them into dice and fill them with everything they...
6/12/2007 10:45:01 AM
The obsession with thin and shiny above all other characteristics is apparently moving out of the gadget world and into the less-appropriate realm of furniture design. Take a look at this Isis chair,...
6/12/2007 10:30:51 AM
If you're looking for a perfect match for your Mac Pro, Apple Cinema display or MacBook Pro, you may have just found it with this Kensington Ci70 wireless desktop set. Somebody with some design chops...
6/12/2007 10:20:39 AM
Need to expand your Internet connection to another part of your apartment? Netgear's new XEPS103 PowerLine Extender can turn any electrical outlet into an instant Internet connection. As a bonus, if...
6/12/2007 9:45:42 AM
Designer Roland Kaufmann has gone and built a bicycle out of wood. He calls this gorgeous cycle Jano, and says it's a dual bike, equally at home trekking cross-country or taking its rider to and from...
6/12/2007 9:15:21 AM
We give props to KEF for coming out with a wireless 5.1 speaker system (KHT5005.2W), but before you rearrange your living room, you should know that the speakers still need to be tethered to a...
6/12/2007 9:04:02 AM
There is a new material that can heal itself in case of scratch. It uses a concentrated polymeric ink, which flows out of a vascular system that mimics our own skin. The healing stops after seven...
6/12/2007 9:00:37 AM
Nokia's Wibree spec got the official ok from the Bluetooth SIG today, making Wibree part of the Bluetooth standard. Wibree basically lets low-powered gadgets like heart rate monitors and watches in...
6/12/2007 8:50:27 AM
Plug this Brando 3-in-1 car adapter into that cigarette lighter, and it turns one accessory power outlet into three. Its added bonus is that USB port, letting you charge up yet another of your...
6/12/2007 8:25:34 AM
Toshiba has unleashed two killer HD DVD players/recorders in Japan, the RD-A600 and the RD-A300. Both of them record to HD DVD-R and DVD media, but the A600 takes it one step further with its...
6/12/2007 8:06:27 AM
Kodak just nailed us with a barrage of its latest digital cameras, and heading the list are two with different feature sets, both selling for $249 and shipping this August. Pictured above at left is...
6/12/2007 7:18:51 AM
This is Sun's datacenter-to-go, Project Blackbox. And the video after the jump shows what happens in its interior when you put it at the epicenter of a 6.7-magnitude earthquake. Jump to the middle...
6/12/2007 3:35:07 AM
Note from Microsoft to this guy: Dude, thanks for the love, but you're sooo not helping the current situation. Seriously, though, this has to be a good sign for Zune. The obsession, that is. Can...
6/12/2007 12:42:34 AM
Quick reminder: For those of you not at the keynote today, there are crystal clear explanations of all the new Leopard features over at Apple. Desktop Finder Quick Look Time...
6/11/2007 8:15:04 PM
The briefly ballyhooed iTunes movie rental store did sound a bit too good to be true. While multiple sources confirm Apple's feeler, the flipside is that the movie studios aren't exactly smitten,...
6/11/2007 7:20:00 PM
You all know Steve's favorite phrase other than "one more thing" is BOOM! Well there were definitely less booms at this this keynote than at Macworld '07. In fact, by our count, there were only...
6/11/2007 6:57:15 PM
Ooooohhh. Someone's gonna be in trouble with Steve Jobs. Mossberg has the iPhone as of this morning, and he's already flaunting it in public. An explicit rule between Apple and A-listers with early...
6/11/2007 6:30:58 PM
Mark this as extremely questionable, but Bloggingstocks.com says it's legit. The word on the street is that Microsoft is dropping the Xbox 360 core system to $200. That's right, a 360 for $50 less...
6/11/2007 6:00:34 PM
ATI's new Radeon HD 2400 and HD 2600 cards are hitting the streets today, bringing DirectX 10 and 1080p support to your desktop. The cards, which are clocked from 525MHz to 800MHz, range in price...
6/11/2007 5:50:48 PM
I'm not a big Tablet fan, but this one has my full attention. Dubbed the Montevallo, this Tablet comes with two docks. One that morphs it into a traditional laptop/Tablet, and the other that turns it...
6/11/2007 5:20:03 PM
It's invaded your living room, your bedroom and even your coffee table, and now Windows has its eyes set on your kitchen with a new PC-like device. The Microsoft Tablet team is working on a new...
6/11/2007 5:00:54 PM
Remember that user upgradeable Asus notebook we showed you before? The guys at PC 1712 Perspective got some one-on-one time with the C90 during Computex, and we now know that the laptop will start at...
6/11/2007 4:50:40 PM
The Safari 3 beta went live not much more than an hour ago. This is actually my second attempt to post this using Safari on Vista since fidgeting with my bookmarks took it down smoldering, along with...
6/11/2007 4:30:41 PM
•It's On Windows •Resizable Text Fields Probably the best new feature of the beta (aside from increased speed). If you frequent message boards or use online blogging software you will...
6/11/2007 4:16:36 PM
Steve Jobs covered ten points about Leopard today, but it wasn't all technically news. In fact, we could count just nine true news items to come from the keynote. Let's recap what's really new about...
6/11/2007 3:00:33 PM
Click here or the headline for Gizmodo's new WWDC liveblog (10AM PST/1PM EST). latestHeadlines(11320, 4);
6/11/2007 2:45:29 PM
Yet another piece of Apple news to contribute to your Apple sickness: Apple has changed their website design. The last time Apple changed its Web design was in 2001, marking the introduction of Mac...
6/11/2007 2:10:30 PM
In the new version of iChat coming with Leopard, you can make yourself look like a hologram, as from Star Wars. Yes, nerds, Apple and Star Wars are combined in a way that let's you be in the action....

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