Archive for August 22nd, 2007
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: GPSSure, we've seen a plethora of Bluetooth GPS receivers over the years, but GlobalTop's latest manages to stand out in the crowd. Boasting 51-channels, a reported 20-hours of battery life, and a built-in antenna, the oh-so-sexy G66 Touch measures in at just 3.09- x 1.96- x 0.27-inches. Additionally, ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Sure, we know that the photo up over there just looks like someone took a regular iPod, squashed it down, duplicated it, colorized it, and then pasted the copies in a playful circle. But what -- just what -- if you're actually looking at the ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: PeripheralsNot too long after Razer resurrected the classic Boomslang, Microsoft is reviving the SideWinder line with the introduction of a decked out gaming mouse. For starters, the 2,000 DPI wired critter sports a Quick Turn feature that lets users "check their perimeter at any angle," a weight cartridge ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Wirelessdigg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_still_likely_to_bid_in_700MHz_spectrum_auction';We know, the 700MHz soap opera is wearing a bit on us too, but just in case you were worried that the latest FCC shakeups would deter Google from coughing up $4.6+ billion when the time was right, fret not. Reportedly, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable AudioLogitech is breaking away from all those iPod-friendly speaker stations a moment and getting down to business with the G51 Surround Sound Speaker System. Designed for PC gamers and film-watchers alike, this 5.1 rig features "360-degree surround sound with dual Matrix modes," which creates a ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Displays, HDTV
Remember that LIFI RPTV that Panasonic introduced way back in January? Welp, it's finally shipping to anxious consumers. Reportedly, Panny has just loosed the LCZ and LCX line of rear-projection HDTVs into the world, both of which include the nearly-everlasting LIFI bulb. The LCZ series brings a ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCsHot on the heels of Dell and HP launching (or in the case of the latter, relaunching) CableCARD-equipped machines of their own, along comes Okoro Media Systems to give you yet another option to consider. Truth be told, you've now got five more alternatives ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Transportation
Nah, the WaveBreaker probably won't provide the kind of thrills that a jet-powered kayak would, but riding around on this thing is a lot less likely to leave you maimed. This electric, inflatable watercraft comes loaded with a 600-watt motor, weighs 66-pounds, and touts the ability to scoot ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Displays, HDTV
Just months after upping its line of Bordeaux PAVV LCDs to 17,000:1 in the contrast ratio department, Samsung is outdoing itself once more with the supposedly-titled LN40 (40-inch) and 46F81BD (46-inch). Aside from all that contrast, the sets also boast a sexy black frame, 120Hz Auto Motion ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs
Lenovo's X60 and subsequent X61 tablets were both pretty well received when they were first released, but it seems that quite a few users have since found themselves somewhat less satisfied with their purchase, with widespread reports of problems with the bezel cropping up virtually since ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Sure, DVD recorders with built-in hard drives aren't as captivating as they once were, but when you put Bang & Olufsen's sexy spin on it, we can't help but take notice. The DVD 2 not only plays back standard DVDs, but it also touts a built-in ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Handhelds
Not too many details on this one just yet, but it appears that Hon Hai has applied for FCC certification on a mysterious HP handheld. The PDA, which touts a model number of HSTNH-F16C, offers up Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and WiFi (802.11b/g) capabilities, USB 2.0 connectivity, and apparently comes ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Robots
In an attempt to understand how humans react to having a robotic weight loss coach in their home versus simply using the software that the machine is loaded with, the imaginative folks at MIT have constructed a sociable robot that wants to see you reach your ideal weight. ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Bern's Stade de Suisse stadium was already a pretty impressive example of solar power, with 7,930 solar modules soaking up the rays, but a recent addition of 2,808 more solar modules from Japan's Kyocera looks to have been enough to earn it some new bragging rights as ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Desktops
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Behold_Dell_s_XPS_420_revealed'; Should anyone be wondering what Dell's got up its sleeve with its next-gen XPS system, here's the scoop: the XPS 420 will be appropriately bigger, badder, better equipped, and even have fun features like a hardware MPEG-4 encoder and SideShow display up top.
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