Archive for February 22nd, 2008

LG’s 13.3-inch P300 arrives in Europe, Americans beg a little more

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Filed under: Laptops As expected, South Koreans got their hands around LG's stylish P300 a good while back, and while Americans just knew it was headed stateside in short order, it looks like Europe has received the nod for second dibs. The LED-backlit 13.3-incher reportedly packs an Intel T8300 processor (yeah, ...

GeForce 9 roadmap revealed, 9800 GX2 due March 11th?

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming The new budget-friendly 9600 GT (pictured) already has plenty of folks excited, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. NVIDIA's new GeForce 9-series has a top-end 9800 GX2 card slated for March 11th -- if these rumors are to be believed -- that is supposed to ...

LG halts sale of Z1-AE007 laptop, suspects defective battery

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Filed under: LaptopsIt's not like LG hasn't had issues with its batteries before, and even after confirming that they were unquestionably safe just last week, the firm has suddenly removed its Z1-AE007 from the market after suspecting that faulty batteries may be included. Reportedly, one of said models "caught fire" ...

TN Games’ impact-generating FPS Vest goes on sale

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Filed under: Gaming, Wearables Are you a hardcore gamer? No, seriously -- a hardcore gamer. If so, you should have no qualms throwing down $169 for TN Games' FPS Vest now that it's available for order. The entire bundle includes an "impact-generating" wearable, an air compressor, USB cable, power supply and ...

Sharp develops “world’s smallest” 1seg TV tuner

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Portable Video Do you ever wonder just how realistic all these coin / hand / White House-to-miniscule item comparison shots are? We certainly do, and while the ¥1 coin seen above could be the size of a frisbee for all we know (we jest, we jest), we suppose ...

When good toys go bad X: Elmo makes death threats to toddler

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/When_good_toys_go_bad_X_Elmo_makes_death_threats_to_toddler'; Sure, it seemed like after the years of hard drinking, petty crime, and run-ins with the law, Elmo had cleaned up his act -- but a shocking report out of Tampa Bay, Florida, says otherwise. A two-year-old's life has been turned upside down ...

Optimus Maximus: at long last, we bring one home to test

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Filed under: Displays, Features, Peripherals It's the damndest thing: years after seeing the renders we're actually finally writing this post on our very own Optimus Maximus. We've had ours for a few weeks for testing, but we weren't able to do a whole lot with it until we got some later ...