Archive for April, 2008
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Apparently reviewers weren't the only ones not totally satisfied by iriver's new E100. Crave UK has gotten wind of an upcoming revision from iriver already in the works that will get rid of that built-in speaker and redo the casing in aluminum -- which would ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentOh yeah, we're mildly excited that LG Display should be able to start cranking out product from its 8G LCD plant earlier than expected, but the real kicker here is the outfit's outlook on OLED. Merely two days after hearing that Samsung was hoping to ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wireless
We've seen wirelessly-enabled fish tanks, gardens and even sprinkler systems, so it's about time we saw a solution to blast out aromas in less-than-pleasant areas without having to wander in there with our poor nostrils exposed. Air Aroma's Arologic claims to be the world's first wireless ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Filed under: Gaming, Laptops
You may not have the disposable income to take home our one of a kind PS3 Laptop (which is still up for charity auction!), but that doesn't mean you don't have the time or wherewithal to build one of your own. Which is why we've asked our ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsAfter the SEC more or less cleared Apple of those pesky backdating charges and a California court dismissed a shareholder class-action lawsuit accusing the company of improper accounting procedures, it looked like the good times were over, but fear not: another institutional investor has filed suit against ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCs
While Toshiba still hasn't announced any new HD moves since withdrawing from the format war earlier this year, its Brazilian arm may be moving on with a hybrid HTPC. Powered by a Core Duo 6300 and Vista Home Premium, Semp Toshiba's Spectra packs a TV ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Filed under: Laptops
We've already seen the MacBook Air bathed in gold and crystals, but it seems that people just can't leave well enough alone, with the folks at Computer Choppers (no strangers to gilded Macs) only the latest to spare no expense in taking the laptop to heights of tackiness ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Filed under: Laptops
Dell is busting out a "Flamingo Pink" version of its much-loved XPS M1530 laptop, but unfortunately for any prospective buyers there aren't any pictures of thing yet. We're sure it's magical. Just like Midnight Blue, pink will cost you $25 extra. [Thanks, Brett]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Filed under: Wearables
What were we talking about again? Oh, that's right. Brains. Wonderful, delicious... brains. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that researchers can track grey matter for the patterns that precede careless errors. Apparently there's a a detectable activity shift when ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Samsung's done pretty well for itself with its YP-P2 PMP, and it now looks to be set to bust out yet another upgrade to the player, although you likely won't be seeing this one outside of Korea. Helping to keep it close to Samsung's home ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Filed under: Home EntertainmentDetails surrounding Netflix's upcoming set-top box partnership with LG are still scarce, but that hasn't stopped it from announcing similar plans with four other unnamed hardware manufacturers that it expects will sell "millions" of devices per year. Feel free to guess, but the only details available are ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Filed under: GPSIf Pioneer's AVIC-F500BT satnav unit got you all hot and bothered, then big brothers NavGate AVIC-F900BT and AVIC-F700BT should totally wreck your lifestyle. The new units sport all kinds of funky functions, like a 5.8-inch WVGA touchscreen display, built in DVD player (CD for the F700BT), 3D mapping ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Camera-lovers are all aflutter and abloggy this morning over a supposed leak of Canon's oft-rumored EOS 5D Mark II on a German wing of the company's website. As you can see by the photo above, the site appears to have accidentally listed the camera with specs and ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Filed under: DisplaysIt looks like your cellphone display (and camcorder viewfinder) resolution is about to get significantly higher in the near-future, thanks to NEC and its crack team of super nerds. The company today announced that it had developed a 2.7-inch LCD module which delivers a resolution of 960 x ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Filed under: PeripheralsJust in case IOGEAR's USB 2.0 External VGA Video Card (pictured) wasn't swank enough for your DVI-equipped display, the firm is introducing a variant just for you. Designed to give users the ability to spread those 80 column spreadsheets over two monitors without cracking open the case, the ...
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