Archive for 2007/05


iPhone rumor du jour: June 20th release date

Filed under: Cellphones
Ok, another iPhonerumor — you want to be looped in, don’t you? If not then just wait, there’ll be another post along shortly. Anywho, supposedly according to a CNBC “On the Money” report, an AT&T store told them Apple’s cellphone would launch on June 20th. Which is hilarious because if you call 10 […]

Texas Legislature bans speed cameras, requires warning signs for red light snappers

Filed under: Transportation
Ah, Texas. Home to internet hunting, overhead bananas, and WiFi’ed rest stops, the Lonestar State will set yet another precedent by passing a bill onto the governor that would ban speeding cameras and require warning signs to be posted around red-light cameras. Yes, the same state that wanted transponders in every single car […]

StarTech intros Wi-Fi Detective

Filed under: Wireless

While some may be fortunate enough to have the innate ability to sniff out WiFi hotspots, most of us have to rely on decidedly less superhuman means to pick up on a signal. Of course, there’s certainly no shortage of tools ready to assist us in that task, but the folks at StarTech.com […]

Keepin’ it real fake, part LIX: Sony nano sure to be a hit

Filed under: Portable Audio

It’s nice to see Sony finally stop trying to play catch-up with Apple, and instead begin a mutually-beneficial partnership that leverages the design prowess of both companies. Keep reading for another shot of the all-new Sony nano…
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Toshiba rolls out automotive HD DVD player, improved LCD panel

Filed under: Displays, Misc. Gadgets, HDTV
Toshiba has shown off some auto-related products at the Automotive Engineering Expo 2007, including a mobile HD DVD player and a fresh take on touch panels. The high-definition in-dash player is under co-development with Alpine, and is planned for a 2008 release. The LCD is an improvement on traditional touchscreen […]

Toshiba Qosmio F40W does Santa Rosa and DX10

Filed under: Laptops

Although you’re probably still focused on how ashamed Toshiba should be of itself for hyping up this so-called SED TV for ages only to delay things once again, checkin’ out the Qosmio F40W isn’t a half bad way to get distracted. The 15.4-inch multimedia-centric machine sports a 1,280 x 800 resolution, Intel’s Core […]

NVIDIA’s CUDA turns GPUs into high-powered CPUs

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
NVIDIA’s been dancing around the general-purpose processor market for a while now — we’ve heard reports that the company is developing an x86 chip, and it bought PortalPlayer last year for $357 million. Well, at this year’s Microprocessor Forum the company took another small step by announcing that the final release of […]

Nintendo reportedly making Wiis in Japan unmoddable

Filed under: Gaming

Wii modders have already hit (and overcome) a few snags as a result of changes Nintendo has made to the console, but it doesn’t look like the company is ready to give up the fight just yet, now reportedly introducing (as rumored) another round of revisions to stop folks from messing with the […]

Iriver acquires ex-Rio startup, Siren Audio

Filed under: Displays, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Iriver Japan just announced the acquisition of Japan’s Siren Corporation. As such, Siren — the number 4 DAP maker in Japan — looks to become the low-to-mid tier device maker in iriver’s lustalicious DAP/PMP portfolio while introducing iriver to the digital photo frame business. Interestingly enough, Siren was started […]

Oculus’ uber-oxidised water hastens healing

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We’ve seen self-assembling chips, self-healing panels, and even regenerative houses hit the drawing board before, but California-based Oculus has created a liquid that can reportedly quicken the healing process when recovering from wounds. The firm’s Dermacyn topical wound care is an “oxychlorine formulation” using the company’s own Microcyn concoction, which is made […]