Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
When it comes to audio, trust Swiss maestros Logitech to know what they’re doing. This time round, the company has decided to unleash the new Squeezebox Boom all-in-one network music player upon us, boasting an integrated amplifier accompanied by high-performance speakers as well as a simplified setup. Logitech aims to simplify the wireless music experience in your home with the Squeezebox Boom, and prides itself in being the CD player of the 21st century, although I thought that the ipod has by far and large already beat Logitech to that moniker for a long time already.
With the Logitech Squeezebox Boom all-in-one network music player, you can listen to your digital music in the kitchen, the bedroom or any other room in your home – without needing to attach external speakers.
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
El ZULO means “the hideout” in Spanish, and one look at it will tell you why. The design is a brainchild of Frank Ehners as part of his industrial design project at the Halle University of Art and Design in Germany. It targets an office environment, but somehow it looks more suitable for high-powered executives who return home after a long day at the office. El ZULO caters for multiple users, relying on fingerprints to identify the right person, automatically adjusting itself to cater to the back, knee, foot and head positions accordingly.
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
FROM GAMERTELL - As PC gaming takes a turn for the worst, indie game developer Stardock has introduced what it calls the “Gamer’s Bill of Rights” which it hopes will help enhance the quality of PC games… MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: gadgets, CD, consumer technology, DVD (Read the full post about ‘Stardock creates Gamer’s Bill of Rights’…)
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
If you’re tired of using your Wii to get a workout, you might try something a bit bigger. This SNES controller is fully functioning and 40in long. Which means you’re going to have to work a little harder to get through all of your favorite classic games. Having to reach that far across and effectively press down on the buttons would probably prove to be more challenging. If you look closely you can see the normal sized SNES lying on the enlarged version. Which only makes this giant reproduction look even bigger.
It was made by SCAD Inc, who hasn’t quite gotten around to posting videos on their project just yet. The main guy on the team, Matt LaBoone, does say that those will be coming soon. Which means you can enjoy watching others fumble around to reach the oversized buttons. I’d imagine anyone with a bad back would grow to hate this mod. However, for everyone else it would be cool to show off to friends. He of course has all of the steps to create it shown in several pictures.
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Just when you think USB flash drives all come in extremely boring rectangular designs, along comes the machine gun bullet USB flash drive that will definitely more than just a passing glance. Inside the machine gun bullet case holds 1GB of storage space, but unfortunately you won’t be able to impress anyone any time soon since this is not commercially available just yet. How much do you think this ghetto-looking USB flash drive will cost if it actually hits the market? (Read the full post about ‘Machine gun bullet USB flash drive’…)
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
If you’re a fan of cute cartoons and comics, then perhaps the USB Monkey Optical Mouse is right up your alley. I wouldn’t use this for anything more than ordinary work though, since gaming is out of the question with a relatively low resolution of 800 dpi. It connects via USB and does not take the wireless route, but I would say that you could snag the heart of that hot new secretary with something as cute as this gift.
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 31st 2008 at 3:25PMCTL, the same cats who brought us the 2go PC laptop, are apparently working up an equally cheap and not-exactly-flashy nettop PC. The 2go PC Nettop will reportedly range in price from $149 to $299 depending on specifications, and the baseline model will feature Intel’s DG945GCLF motherboard, Intel’s Atom 230 processor, 1GB of Kingston DDR2 RAM, a GMA 950 graphics accelerator, support for one HDD and one optical drive, six USB 2.0 ports and an Ethernet jack. The Essential Plus Edition ($199) adds in Ubuntu and an 80GB 7,200RPM hard drive (while slashing RAM to 512MB); the $299 Essential Performance Edition comes with Windows XP Home, a 160GB hard drive and 1GB of memory. (Read the full post about ‘CTL releasing Atom-powered 2go nettop for $149′…)
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 31st 2008 at 12:18PM
Surely you remember Panny’s new duo of camcorders that featured the so-called 3MOS technology. No? At any rate, Panasonic’s HDC-SD100 has just been reviewed by the cool cats over at TrustedReviews, and while we’re not sure if all that MOS was the reason for its success, critics were generally pleased with the performance (at least in good lighting). They noted that point-and-shoot fans would likely be thrilled, but the professionals in the crowd will probably wish for a few more manual controls. Still, at the end of the day, reviewers proclaimed that if you’ve been “holding out for an AVCHD camcorder with the full gamut of professional features, this could be your dream come true at last.” You hear that? (Read the full post about ‘Panasonic’s HDC-SD100 HD camcorder does the review thing’…)
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
by Paul Miller, posted Aug 31st 2008 at 10:01AM Our friends at Engadget Spanish got a look at Texas Instruments’ DLP Pico projector, which both Optoma and Toshiba have expressed interest in. The little unit pumps out a WVGA (we think) 1000:1 image, which they found quite satisfactory, in addition to 0.5 watts of sound. The built-in battery should run the thing for a couple of hours. Action-packed video after the break, en español! (Read the full post about ‘Texas Instruments’ Pico projector prototype caught on tape’…)
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Aug 31st 2008 at 1:31PM From the looks of it, Sprint has gone and gotten a decent chunk of its playbook leaked all over the interblogs, and it’s chock-full of titillating information. Thanks to slippery fingers and loose lips, we already knew that the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro were headed to the carrier, but now we have some solid dates (mid-September for the Diamond, October 19th for the Pro), and pricing ($549.99 and $579.99, respectively). (Read the full post about ‘Leaked Sprint roadmap reveals Touch Pro, Touch Diamond dates and pricing’…)
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