Archive for 2007/11


Vertipod aims to be “Segway of the sky”

Filed under: Transportation

This one’s been making the rounds lately, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t take a moment to acknowledge any invention that boasts to be the “Segway of the sky,” which is just what upstart Air Buoyant claims its so-called “Vertipod” could one day be. According to Danger Room, this flying machine employs […]

Ask Engadget: Best 3G smartphone?

Filed under: Ask Engadget, Cellphones, Features
You might’ve noticed the recent uptick in mobile industry news, which comes courtesy of the annual Mobius conference currently taking place in Amsterdam. It’s pretty clear that the future is bright, what with 700MHz, 4G, a new Windows Mobile, Android, and a 3G iPhone all on the way, but what […]

How would you change Rock Band?

Filed under: Features, Gaming

There’s only a select few titles that are really worth obsessing over for nearly half a year, but apparently, Rock Band is indeed a member of that upper echelon. After months of drooling over images of the game’s accompanying hardware assortment, the star-studded title has finally landed on store shelves, and according […]

Super-USB to reach 4.8Gbps

Building over the success of USB and USB 2.0, a new set of detailed specifications for a “USB 3.0” will be available in January. Here are the highlights:

It will be called Super-USB
It should be as fast as 4.8Gbps (10x USB 2.0)
It is backwards-compatible
Power consumption will be smarter

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SIM2 reveals $32K C3X 1080 DLP projector, wallets cringe

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

It’s been a tick since we’ve seen a swank new projector from SIM2, but on paper, it looks like the wait was worth it. The firm’s new-generation version of the Grand Cinema C3X (dubbed C3X 1080) features a gorgeous Giorgio Revoldini-designed chassis, TI’s brand new DarkChip 4 DLP device, a […]

NEC shows off fluorescent light-powered wireless camera

Filed under: Digital Cameras

It looks like those looking to put together a quick and easy surveillance system for spying on their employees could soon find their solution courtesy of NEC, which is set to debut a new security cam that draws all its power from a standard fluorescent light. But that’s not all, the camera […]

NVIDIA launching GeForce 9 series next February?

Filed under: Gaming
Details are unsurprisingly light on this one, but DigiTimes has it that NVIDIA is gearing up to launch its next-generation GPU just after the Lunar New Year in February 2008. Reportedly, “sources at graphics card makers” have revealed that the GeForce 9 series will include the D9E — a “high-end product that adopts […]

IBM sues Shentech for selling volatile counterfeit batteries

Filed under: Laptops
It’s not like ThinkPads have been immune to the notorious overheating battery issue, but a fiery incident in Ohio may not be IBM’s fault. In a somewhat bizarre tale, it’s reported that an Ohioan purchased a replacement battery from Shentech for his ThinkPad, only to later have it overheat, catch on fire and […]

Talks between Apple and China Mobile squelched… or are they?

Filed under: Cellphones
Barely a fortnight after Apple began talking with China Mobile about getting the iPhone into the ginormous Chinese market, it seems that negotiations are off — or still on, or something. Yesterday, Nanfang Daily reported that China Mobile’s CEO felt that the “iPhone model was not suitable for China,” but unnamed reporters suggested […]

Amazon Kindle Taken Apart

Rapidrepair has an interesting photo gallery that shows the inside of the Amazon Kindle. They also show the step-by-step instruction to take yours apart, but of course, you’ll do it at your own risk Rapid Repair Photo gallery.
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