Archive for February 15th, 2008

AKE’s BlueCom 102 pocket repeater keeps bikers in sync

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Filed under: Wearables, Wireless There's really nothing worse than knowing some helpless soul is grappling on to you with absolutely no way to join you in an incoming call from that weird guy from CIS 430. Okay, so maybe that's a stretch, but AKE is looking to solve said quandary ...

PSP Phone reference spotted in Sony Magazine

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/PSP_Phone_reference_spotted_in_Sony_Magazine'; Now obviously, before proceeding here you're going to want to find the largest grain of salt you can locate and keep it nearby. According to SEfanatics, a page in an issue of Sony Magazine (an office favorite over here) makes passing mention of a ...

Guitar Hero Carabiner keeps those fingertips calloused

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds If you (for whatever reason) thought the Air Guitar Rocker spotted at CES was the next best thing to Guitar Hero itself, you've got another thing comin'. Debuting at Toy Fair 2008 in New York, the Guitar Hero Carabiner takes thrashing to an entirely different level, albeit ...

Samsung F480 hands-on at Engadget Mobile

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones The Samsung F480 is a pretty slick device, featuring the new TouchWiz UI, a 5 megapixel shooter, widgets that can be added and dragged about on the home screen, and input feedback via vibration. Check out the gallery of glorious pics of the phone in action over at ...

Robots could replace live bunnies in chemical testing procedures

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Filed under: Robots We don't know about you, but to us, there's nothing cuter than a warm, cuddly bunny -- save for Hello Kitty, of course. Thankfully, the National Institute of Health and the EPA have teamed up to jumpstart a five-year research program that "will use high-speed automated screening robots" ...

Wal-Mart to officially discontinue HD DVD sales by June

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Filed under: HDTV digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Wal_Mart_to_officially_discontinue_HD_DVD_sales_by_June'; With HD DVD, things are just going from bad, to really bad, to worse, to car-crash-you-can't-stop-looking-at. You can file this one under that latter category, as Wal-Mart has officially announced its intentions to stop stocking HD DVD players and movies by June. According to ...

Analyst sees NVIDIA as potential buyer for AMD, facts may get in the way

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Laptops You can file this one squarely in wild rumors and speculation department, but at least one analyst is now saying that NVIDIA could maybe, possibly be interested in acquiring arch rival AMD. That surprising and slightly hard to believe word comes from Doug Friedman of American ...