Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Interesting Stuff

6/6/2007 1:50:33 PM
On top of not selling so well, even when Apple does manage to unload an Apple TV, apparently they're not doing so at the slam-bang profit margins they're accustomed to. Masters of component/cost...
6/6/2007 1:20:47 PM
When we first heard about Chargepod's six-way charging system with its custom adapters and all-in-one body, we were skeptical. Is it really worth the price premium to combine all our gadget charging...
6/6/2007 1:19:52 PM
Contrary to popular—belief thanks to other blogs dumping on the Zune whenever they post about it—there's actually interest in Microsoft's player. And thus, there's actually people getting...
6/6/2007 1:15:42 PM
X-Keys are a strip of shortcut buttons that you stick on your monitor and assign macros to using software, allowing you to quickly do tasks you do frequently with the push of a single button. It's...
6/6/2007 1:00:30 PM
Most light pulls brighten up your room. Hanging Harry, on the other hand, darkens it up. The suicidal light pull comes with a limp, lifeless body and 6.5 feet of string/rope. It'll appeal to your...
6/6/2007 1:00:00 PM
Asus opened up the doors to the woodshop to make three gorgeous laptops out of wood for the Computex Taipei 2007 show. Although company reps say they don't have any specific plans to actually sell...
6/6/2007 12:35:04 PM
Apparently, being really good at gaming on your Xbox 360 might prepare you for more than a lonely life in your basement yelling at 13-year-olds while wearing a headset. According to this photo,...
6/6/2007 12:20:00 PM
This motorized screen mount can tilt and swivel that flat panel display so that every seat in your living room can be the sweet spot. It fits displays from 37 to 63 inches, and give you 7 degrees of...
Wed, 06 Jun 2007n 2007 12:10:52 EDT
We aren't lying when we say the HTC Touch, HTC's newest finger-touching phone, is the smallest and thinnest Windows Mobile Professional phone we've seen. The obvious reason being that HTC's taken out...
6/6/2007 12:00:05 PM
If you can't wait around long enough for Intel's new mobile gaming chips, check out MSI's GX-600. The Core 2 Duo-based laptop has a "turbo" button, that when pushed automatically overclocks the...
6/6/2007 11:16:13 AM
Mobile gamers listen up. Intel's prepping a mobile version of their Core 2 Extreme processor. It's expected to give laptops (gaming laptops in particular) a nice shot of adrenaline without zapping...
6/6/2007 11:15:54 AM
We couldn't resist directing your attention to this beautifully done Star Trek parody, created in 1994 but looking like it was made a hundred years ago. Steam Trek is Star Trek, steampunk style!...
6/6/2007 10:32:19 AM
The Shade Blade is a design concept touted as "the ultimate pair of sunglasses." The visor on top is a solar array, charging up batteries that can power a variety of plug-and-play modules. The...
6/6/2007 10:26:12 AM
The folks at SpaceTime are trying to shake up how you browse the Web with a free app that lets you browse in 3D. The idea is pretty simple. Rather than have a 2D layout of your browser with tabs all...
6/6/2007 10:05:03 AM
LCDs are unbelievably inefficient, but Clairvoyante has figured out a way to fix that with its PenTile RGBW display. The company claims the display will help laptop and cellphone batteries last 50%...
6/6/2007 10:01:01 AM
A company called Xceive claims that they've designed the world's smalled LCD HDTV, a 7-incher that is powered by their fancy new HDTV tuner (pictured). Unlike other 7-inch "HDTVs" out there, this one...
6/6/2007 9:45:09 AM
The LED Art Fan goes beyond showing the temperature or absurd color patterns, letting you store up to 128 colorful frames in its built-in 5MB memory. The only thing that stops me from satisfying my...
6/6/2007 9:38:59 AM
For all the gentlemen (and ladies?) whose college nickname was "Razorback," this product is for you. From the press release: "Unwanted hair is a blight, and people aren't always comfortable getting...
6/6/2007 9:20:00 AM
Someone has decided to put a 18 lbs lead-acid battery in a yellow case with a handle and call it a "400-watt generator." According to the product page, this will feed "your TV for 5 hours or your PS2...
6/6/2007 8:39:59 AM
Tired of your notebook's integrated graphics? MSI's Luxium is an enclosure that houses a x16 PCI Express graphics card, which you can then connect to your notebook via your lappie's ExpressCard slot....
6/6/2007 8:37:34 AM
Panasonic just rolled out its slimmest DVD burner yet, and this one looks like it hasn't eaten in a month. Just 7mm thick and weighing 3.5 ounces, if it got any thinner the DVD itself would be too...
6/6/2007 8:29:58 AM
Western Digital just announced that its bus-powered $199 USB drive now has a 250GB 2.5" hard disk inside. And yeah, you got me, it doesn't just hold porn. It will also hold every TV show you ever...
6/6/2007 7:09:25 AM
I have encircled my right wrist with thumb and forefinger of my left hand and am chanting, "Calm. Calm. Calm." However, it is not working. I am not calm. I am SHINING with angry pink Swarovski fury....
6/6/2007 3:00:49 AM
Curious as to what the updated LED-backlit MacBook Pros actually look like in person? Geek Sugar has a gallery up of the upgraded laptop, complete with comparison shots with the old one. To our...
6/6/2007 1:24:54 AM
To go along with the Sprint Mogul, our tipster's also telling us that the Samsung Upstage—Sprint's dual-sided music phone—is coming out in a fiery red color on June 18. There's not...
6/5/2007 9:56:52 PM
I was lucky enough to get my hands on the first production model of the Magellan Maestro 4050, that is, the very first portable navigation device with voice recognition. And while it doesn't hear...
6/5/2007 7:05:58 PM
If it's obscenely expensive or shiny (preferably both), odds are, we love it. So obviously we dig the $818 (Â¥99,750) solid titanium FACTRON Re-Nano iPod nano case from Kiwami Studios. Besides being...
6/5/2007 6:45:22 PM
Eco-chic is well, chic these days, so Sony's stepped up with a conceptual line of environmentally conscious consumer electronics that are powered by a combination of kinetic and solar energy. That's...
6/5/2007 6:25:24 PM
If you thought the Hanger18 looked cool, get a load of AMD's concept PC. It was created by AMD to show manufacturers the kinds of designs they can dream up when using AMD's hardware (in particular...
6/5/2007 6:05:32 PM
This is a robot designed to make facial expressions based on certain words. The word that expression represents? No, not constipation. Nope, it's not awkwardness either. Creepy? No, not creepy. If...
6/5/2007 5:45:48 PM
Remember that mystery product Benjamin Heckendorn was creating with eDimensional? Turns out it's a 5.1 gaming headset. The gadget, an AudioFX Pro 5+1 gaming headset, is a USB headset with a mic that...
6/5/2007 5:23:42 PM
If we were to design a UMPC, making it small enough to put into our pocket is pretty much the primary feature we'd focus on. Amtek has the same idea, which is why their U560 prototype shown at...
6/5/2007 5:15:03 PM
Hey, Jews! Isn't it hard remembering all the different blessings there are to say before eating different things? Don't you wish there was some shortcut through them to get to the food when you're...
6/5/2007 5:03:12 PM
Sprint users can start high-fiving each other for not abandoning ship for greener pastures—apologies for that abomination of a metaphor—thanks to the upcoming PPC-6800. The successor to...
6/5/2007 5:00:57 PM
Somewhere in Russia, a man (who knows something we don't) is getting prepared for the post-apocalyptic trek across Europe with this Dragon Tank Truck. It's a truck, but it's also a dragon tank,...
6/5/2007 4:40:55 PM
Friedrich Kirschner came up with a 3D scanner that's made out of LEGOs, a bowl, a webcam and milk. What's up with the milk? Well, he dips in whatever he wants to scan in the milk, then takes shot...
6/5/2007 4:38:07 PM
A reliable source just gave us some more details on the leather-bound Thinkpad Reserve. •The Limited Edition run will go for $5000 •is being made to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the...
6/5/2007 4:20:00 PM
What do you get when you combine a robot and a chair? The Hubo FX-1 chairbot, of course. In what is perhaps my favorite robot design yet, this giant chair with legs looks like it came out of some...
6/5/2007 4:08:58 PM
Geeks in Taiwan are still flocking to Computex, a trade show for everything PC related, and the latest bit of kit comes to us via MSI, who unveiled their RX2600 Geminium, a graphics card with two...
6/5/2007 3:50:25 PM
Two bits of news from Canon today. They've just created a prototype of a 50-megapixel CMOS sensor that's twice as sensory as the closest competitor and small enough to fit into DSLRs. Them's crazy...
6/5/2007 3:50:17 PM
Asus is showing off their new dedicated Media Center PC over at Computex, the DAV Center A33. The brand-new revision to the D22 has two interesting upgrades: a front-row LCD on the face, and an...

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