Thursday, June 07, 2007

Interesting Stuff

6/7/2007 1:50:04 PM
We've seen portable battery packs before, but XPower's Xantrex Mobile Mini charges two things at once. Two. That's double the amount of things charged as one. Just FYI. The Mobile Mini has a USB...
6/7/2007 1:30:00 PM
Is it possible that you might be able to get your paws on an iPhone without signing your life away to AT&T for two years? Well, I kind of doubt it, but curiously enough the recent iPhone ads have...
6/7/2007 1:29:43 PM
This week at Uncrate: We make the morning commute a little more fun on the Ducati Superbike 1098 S Tricolore, spice things up with the Dean & Deluca Large Metropoltian Rack, and keep our backs as...
6/7/2007 1:00:31 PM
When's the last time you saw anyone make the slightest bit of innovation on the input scheme for Windows Mobile? Never? We thought so. But that's just what HTC's done with their TouchFLO app on the...
6/7/2007 12:59:41 PM
Pretty, huh? I was thinking about how far away June 29th is for iPhone fans. So Jesus Diaz and I came up with this idea of a countdown calendar that you can cross off the dates on, as we inch...
6/7/2007 12:50:06 PM
This prototype tube amp and PC combo from Shuttle (pictured at right) and ESTI (on the left) is fancy enough to call itself the Digital Video Opera (DVO) series. Don't be fooled by its old-school...
6/7/2007 12:25:35 PM
Holy crap, this car takes being eco-friendly to the next level. It's got wheels that are merely slices of a tree trunk, sure to provide a horribly bumpy ride and what I can only imagine would be pure...
6/7/2007 12:10:13 PM
Asus' tiny Internet PC just got a little sweeter. The 7-inch handheld is rumored to be coming out this August for a mere $199. That's less than half the price of the Palm Foleo. There's even...
6/7/2007 11:30:56 AM
We're not sure whether we are dumbstruck more by this crazy concept car's design or that babe standing in front of it. This is what happens when a Smart ForTwo Car and a weirded-out '70s Eleanor...
6/7/2007 11:00:28 AM
The second battle has begun! (Well, technically it already happened and we are just catching you up.) Regardless! Today we have two $129 challengers, the Altec Lansing inMotion iM3 and the Grffin...
6/7/2007 10:45:00 AM
This is actually a pretty brilliant design. The Dual-Access Rolling Bag features a laptop-sized pocket on its top, so when you have your bag stored under the seat in front of you on an airplane, you...
6/7/2007 10:33:56 AM
If you think those MacBooks the fanboys are incessantly fawning over are a bit too namby-pamby for you, join us in ogling the Falcon Northwest Fragbook DRX, a 17-incher that can legitimately lay...
6/7/2007 10:28:47 AM
If you're gonna get a PC for your living room, you might as well go all out and get one that supports the new high-def DVDs. Starting at $2,995, Okoro's BX100 and BX300 can read both Blu-ray and HD...
6/7/2007 9:54:43 AM
Many of us are lusting after the iPhone, but are all of us? Are you one of the people most likely to buy a phone when it's released on June 29? Solutions Research Group did an online survey of...
6/7/2007 9:21:55 AM
As much as we love breasts and ogling them as they support the Winerack that stores booze in a bra, there may not be many gals willing to wear such a thing and let you drink from their tits like...
6/7/2007 9:15:51 AM
If you're the type who's always looking for a spare iPod charger, keeping one of these in the office (or your car) can't hurt. The four new chargers (ranging from $24 to $49) can charge your iPod...
6/7/2007 9:00:57 AM
Boeing has just completed their firing tests for the stunning X-51A WaveRider Scramjet, and if you want to know what hell looks like, this is it. Or at least, this is how the devil's version of...
6/7/2007 8:48:37 AM
Reuters is reporting that a Chinese paper is reporting (yep, double, well now triple unconfirmed reporting) that Dell isn't doing so well at the LCD TV game and plans to get out. Is it true? I think...
6/7/2007 8:40:18 AM
Even though they've openly said they support both of the new high-def formats, Onkyo is putting its final touches on its first HD DVD player, the DV-HD805. It'll be based off Toshiba's HD-XA2, but...
6/7/2007 8:27:13 AM
This might be a good time to get some great bargains at the Discovery Store, because all 103 of the mall stores are closing their doors, apparently because the company's big cheeses decided to switch...
6/7/2007 8:17:31 AM
Pinnacle's PCTV HD Stick just lost a couple of features and got even cheaper. Now you can use this little USB tuner to turn that PC into a personal video recorder for just $99.99 instead of the...
6/7/2007 8:00:07 AM
Strapped for cash? Snag yourself a gig at one of these places and you just might have enough loot to afford that iPhone. Your new job awaits at Gizmodo Jobs. Tech gadget blogger - Confidential,...
6/7/2007 7:52:04 AM
Yes, that's a technical term: Via's new Mobile ITX motherboard just presented at Computex is absolutely tiny wee, as you can see here compared to a RAZR. But don't think it's underpowered, because...
6/7/2007 7:02:49 AM
Ooh, ooh, ooh, all hail Samsung. Our top banana Koreans have brought out a new MP4 ASP camcorder that, although it looks like an electric shaver, can go from "Off" to "Record" (via "On," of course)...
6/7/2007 7:02:33 AM
I've been using early versions of the Silicon Optix high definition discs to test HDTVs, Blu-ray and HD-DVD gear the last few weeks. The final version is out. They're good for testing how a video...
6/7/2007 6:46:55 AM
That new iPhone commercial brags about it having a great browser. Mactards have even speculating that the iPhone has Flash support, because the NY Times website's video player appears to load up...
6/7/2007 6:22:28 AM
While Russian president, former KGB agent and failed comedian Vladimir Putin polishes his ICBMhis ICBMs, a group of friends at Moscow State Technical University has decided to do the same with a whole bunch...
6/7/2007 6:00:06 AM
If you've got a fever for all things steampunk, as we seem to have had recently, then you might want to know how to turn a $300 Dell LCD monitor into something more, ahem, classy, with its brass and...
6/7/2007 5:26:07 AM
I might have watched this, had it had Johnny Depp in front of the cameras, and Alfonso Cuaron behind it, as originally planned. Now the movie version of Speed Racer is being lensed by the Wachowski...
6/7/2007 5:08:04 AM
According to the American Dentists Association, the US Mime Artists Syndicate and this Random Good Stuff T-shirt, 9.99 out of 10 US citizens hate Geek Squad. Apparently the statistical error works...
6/6/2007 9:44:24 PM
Sony's finally upgrading my beloved Sony XBR3 LCD, so gorgeous, it was chosen as the display of choice by Playstation for the PS3 launch, and even Apple for their Apple TV demos. The new LCDs are...
6/6/2007 9:34:43 PM
To satisfy the interior decorator in all of us, Sony has continued its drive for "personalization" of TVs. That means interchangeable color faceplates available for two of the new lines, the 50" to...
6/6/2007 9:05:00 PM
Even though Sony's big push is LCD, the flagship of the show was actually not a flat panel at all, but the 70" rear-projection SXRD model KDS-Z70XBR5. It's a freakin' amazing 40% slimmer than last...
6/6/2007 9:00:38 PM
Sony lifted the curtain on its new line of Bravia TVs Wednesday night introducing 5 new slimmer SXRDs alongside 9 new LCDs. On the microdispay side, the new TVs shed some fat (they're 40% thinner...
6/6/2007 8:07:54 PM
Bonus: All the new Macbook Pro HDDs, in every size, are now perpendicular drives. Only a few drives in the custom order builds were perpendicular in the old Macbook Pro. What's that mean? Better...
6/6/2007 7:20:20 PM
This Slingatron is the greatest thing we can think of to free up Superman's time for other things, like courting Lois or getting drunk and being a dick. Instead of spending $10,000 per pound to send...
6/6/2007 7:01:24 PM
The webble is a rolling, rocking, soft foot rest that meant for people to fumble with while at their desks. I think of it as a low end, intermediate step before the desk-mounted treadmills appear....
6/6/2007 7:00:37 PM
If you've ever wondered what goes into the making of a fake eye for people who have lost one, check out the linked video of ocularist Kim Erickson practicing his craft. Fair warning: While SFW, there...
6/6/2007 6:40:46 PM
Researchers in Sweden have come up with a new kind of paper that's able to play sounds. The paper uses a mix of technologies (including e-ink) to embed digital information in each sheet. So when you...
6/6/2007 6:10:20 PM
We too were groaning when the Multimedia Card Association approved yet another memory card standard dubbed the miCARD. But after seeing Pretec's S-Diamond up close, we can kind of see why it's...
6/6/2007 5:55:10 PM
Hey guys: I just got back from meeting with Noel Lee from Monster Cable, along with a posse of affiliated ladies and gentlemen, and their heavy equipment. I was there to talk to them about the fact...

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