Archive for November 8th, 2007

Pharos drops a pair on America: Drive GPS 250 and 150

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Filed under: GPS We've got two new SatNavs from Pharos for you: the Drive GPS 250 (pictured) and 150. The 250 lists for $300 and features a 4.3-inch touch-screen display and North American NAVTEQ map pre-load (on 1GB SD card) riding atop a WinCE OS, SiRFStarIII GPS receiver, and 7-hour battery. ...

InFocus unveils Play Big IN1 DLP projector: $499 only at Woot

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Filed under: Displays Woot -- your favorite low-cost Zune supplier -- is movin' on up. The e-tailer is touting yet another "Woot launch," which just so happens to be a brand new InFocus DLP projector aimed at gamers and those on a budget. The metallic blue Play Big IN1 features a ...

Wii clone being “played” caught on video

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Filed under: Gaming Been thinking about investing in a Vii -- the low-rent Chinese knock-off of Nintendo's Wii -- but you're just not sure you want to fork over the cash? Check out this footage of the infamous console in action, delivered by our friends at Engadget Chinese. Just imagine getting ...

Verizon’s Venus and Voyager available for pre-order

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones Seems to be Venus and Voyager day, first more lovely pics and now, pre-orders. The LG Venus and Voyager hit Verizon's site in all of their pre-order glory today, so if you've been itching for an update, your time is now. We've been all over the Venus a ...

Hitachi pulls the plug on RPTVs in North America

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Filed under: Displays, HDTVHitachi has announced it's stopping production and sales of its LCD- and CRT-based RTPVs in North America. The production facility in Mexico which serves the North American market was actually shut down this summer. While this might not come as much of a surprise to us, this ...

TiVo looks to serve up demographic data to marketers

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Don't you dare criticize TiVo's ad collecting / disseminating department for slacking off, as just months after it launched StopWatch to offer up second-by-second viewing data, the company is planning to also hand over demographic information about its customers. The move is certainly likely to shift ...

Vonage talking with AT&T, hopes to settle patent suit soon

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsThe roller coaster ride that is Vonage's litigation trail is hitting yet another high point, that is, if you consider paying out "just" $39 million a positive. Reportedly, the internet telephony firm is "in talks" with AT&T to settle a patent suit filed just last month, but ...

Internet2, LambdaRail call off talks, go their separate ultra-fast ways

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Filed under: NetworkingWell, it looks like we won't be seeing one massive, ultra high-speed Internet network anytime soon, as the AP is now reporting that Internet2 and National LambdaRail have called off their merger talks, with no indication given that they'll resume again. Apparently, Internet2 was initially ready to go ...

Fedora 8 hits the tubes

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops New OS season is in full swing, and the all you folks running Fedora are invited to the party -- Fedora 8 was released today, featuring GNOME 2.2.0 and Compiz Fusion. Other notable features include a new look and feel called Infinity, better wireless networking, enhanced Bluetooth ...