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NEC kicks out 40- / 46-inch MULTEOS LCD HDTVs
2006-12-10 10:35:02 Filed under: Displays, HDTV Although NEC would rather your CEO order a few of its new MULTEOS LCDs to impress those big shots coming in to seal the deal(s), these “business” displays wouldn’t look half bad in any living room / home theater. These Series 2 displays both feature “full HD” (read: 1,920 x 1,080 resolution) [...] More About: Inch , Kicks , Hdtv , Kick
Disgruntled Dell customer finds crafty path to lawsuit settl
2006-12-10 10:35:02 Filed under: Laptops Pat Dori, a disgruntled Dell customer who found no resolution to the issue of a broken laptop after five long months and 19 wasted phone calls, decided to go legal and sue the company for failing to adequately address the problem. The method by which Mr. Dori initiated the claim is the juicy [...] More About: Lawsuit , Laws , Customer , Find
Runco now shipping its THX certified, 1080p Video Xtreme pro
2006-12-10 10:35:02 Filed under: Displays, HDTV Runco — those folks who make the mesmerizing projectors that only A-class celebrities, former Gizmondo execs, and foreign leaders can afford — are offering yet another bevy of luscious PJs for us to drool over. Touted as the “world’s first 1080p HD video display products to achieve THX certification,” the Video Xtreme [...] More About: Shipping , Ship , Ping
Belkin and Microsoft make nice, settle U2 lawsuit
2006-12-10 04:34:05 Filed under: Peripherals No, we’re not talking Apples and Apples here, nor does this have anything to do with Bono (nor the Edge, actually); rather, Belkin and Microsoft have finally made nice regarding Belkin’s consistent use of Microsoft’s “U2 technology,” which allows keyboard and mice to detect what type of connection (USB or PS/2) is needed. [...] More About: Lawsuit , Laws , Soft , Make
Asus goes HSDPA with new V2 lappies
2006-12-10 04:34:05 Filed under: Laptops, Wireless So sue us, there just aren’t that many specs in the tech world that can warm our hearts quite like a blessed HSDPA chip snuggling inside of a laptop. Add a little bit of teh sexay, plus maybe a 3 megapixel webcam or something, and we’re as good as sold. [...] More About: Asus , With , Pies , Goes
3Soft?s Maxtombow GPS conglomerate headed for America
2006-12-10 04:34:05 Filed under: GPS, Portable Audio, Portable Video It seemed to start with all-in-one PMP / gaming handhelds, and now the conglomerate craze is apparently bleeding over to the GPS realm. While we’ve already seen the Guide Dog, which claims to handle more multitasking that we can even fathom in a portable GPS unit, 3Soft ’s Maxtombow isn’t [...] More About: America , Head , Ombo , Rate
iTunes Freebies: News Special
2006-12-10 04:34:05 Filed under: iTS, iTunes A free new documentary news special, Young Latinos In the Military, showed up today in the iTunes Store’s TV section US: mun2 News Special - For My Country? Young Latinos In the MilitaryKeeping with its commitment to creating programming with a Latino sensibility, these quarterly news specials will focus on important issues affecting [...] More About: Itunes , Freebies , Free
Beta Beat: Cha-Ching! 0.4
2006-12-10 04:34:05 Filed under: Software, Beta Beat Midnight Apps has just released a major update to it’s stupid-easy personal book-keeping software, Cha-Ching!. Version 0.4 brings a total interface overhaul, new features such as the ability to have a negative starting balance (for those starving art students such as yours-truly), associating files with transactions, as well as numerous bug [...]
Creative Labs Xmod now shipping
2006-12-02 16:32:01 Filed under: Macworld, Accessories, Audio, Hardware, Peripherals When you hear the name “Creative Labs ” you automatically think “Mac,” right? Yeah, sure you do. Well Creative wants to change that and they are so confident they can win your hearts and minds that they’ve not only started shipping a new X-fi audio adapter that requires no drivers, [...] More About: Shipping , Ship , Ping
Cingular 8525: Perception vs Reality
2006-12-02 16:32:01 I’ve been using the Cingular 8525 (HTC Hermes) for the last couple of weeks, carefully analyzing the unit to determine its usefulness in my own work environment. As is the nature of the web, my initial perception of the unit (gathered from various sources), is sometimes different than the real world experiences. Starting this Monday, [...] More About: Reality , Real , Perception , Ality
Korean scientists create ?software robot,? still gets stage
2006-12-02 16:32:01 Filed under: Robot s Oh, South Korea — land of robots galore, ranging from the militaristic to the domestic servant-like — can you just stop making any robot that we won’t be envious of? We’re not really sure how this one works though, but apparently scientists at the Korean Institute of Advanced Science and Technology have [...] More About: Software , Scientist , War
ATM PINs vulnerable to cracking, Israeli researchers say
2006-12-02 16:32:01 Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Everyone relies on their ATM cards pretty frequently — after all, there’s no better (or, often, more necessary) way to start your evening than with a $40 quickdraw from your favorite local money machine. Well, you may want to think twice (that is, if you’re among the paranoid security-minded types) next time [...] More About: Israel , Research , Search , Pins , Cher
Screen flickering problem plagues MacBooks
2006-12-02 16:32:01 Filed under: Laptops Mac Book owners just can’t seem to get a break, it seems. The loveable laptops have had a handful of problems since their debut, ranging from the random shutdown syndrome (which was later fixed), to the whirring moo problem (also fixed), to the discoloration issue (yep, fixed), to the plastic cracking crisis (no idea [...] More About: Screen , Books , Ring
Cath Kidston beautifies Nokia 6111, 6230i
2006-10-16 04:27:02 Filed under: Handsets, Nokia , GSM, GPRS, EDGE We spend too much of our day tracking the phone industry to really have a good pulse on the jet-set world of floral prints, but apparently Cat h Kids ton is the proverbial 800-pound gorilla of said industry — so when it came time for Nokia’s 6111 and 6230i to get [...] More About: Beau , Cath
Sagem adds simple myC5-3
2006-10-16 04:27:02 Filed under: Handsets, Sage m , GSM With their new myC5-3 GSM clamshell, Sagem looks to be trying to tackle a segment of the market traditionally (and strongly) held by the Korean manufacturers: the low-end flip segment. The phone’s spec sheet reads like a younger sibling to the earlier-announced my501C, with a 160 x 128 internal display, monochrome [...] More About: Simp , Simple
Boeing?s Advanced Tactical Laser to take out ground targets
2006-10-16 04:27:02 Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Transportation While ground-based lasers might provide some semblance of security, what any science fiction fan really wants is aircraft-mounted lasers to take out evildoers whilst patrolling the skies. Fortunately for the American military, that day may come sooner than one might think. Late last week, Boeing announced the “first light” of its [...] More About: Laser , Ground , Take , Gets
?The Device? displays computer data, analog-style
2006-10-16 04:27:02 Filed under: Misc. Gadgets While most of the devices found here on Engadget have digital displays, there’s something to be said for an elegant older-style analog dial readout. A clever fellow in Santa Monica, California has just created “The Device: Patented Process Indicating Apparatus,” a pair of dials (plus a liquid-like substance along with a big [...] More About: Computer , Play , Comp , Data , Style
Dutch government orders reforms in response to hacked voting
2006-10-16 04:27:02 Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Even though the issue of electronic voting security has yet to be taken seriously in the United States (we’re looking at you, Diebold), the Dutch government appears to be very concerned about the shenanigans that hackers recently pulled with one of Nedap/Groenendaal’s old-school machines, and has taken several steps to ensure that [...] More About: Government , Men , Reform , Hack
Panasonic DMP-BD10 Blu-ray player reviewed
2006-10-15 10:21:02 Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment The Panasonic DMP-BD10 is the second standalone Blu-ray player to become available, not quite making its expected September launch but sneaking onto store shelves near you this month. Was it worth the wait and/or the $1,300 price tag? Compared to the Samsung BD-P1000 player, reviewers note a slightly better picture quality [...] More About: Sonic , Review , Play , Player , Blu-Ray
Motorola Q Pro confirmed. Sort of.
2006-10-15 10:21:02 Filed under: Cellphones Details are WAY sketchy (for now), but buywindowsmobile.com has what appears to be the first confirmed evidence of an upgraded version of the Moto r ola Q called the “Motorola Q Pro”. No word yet on specs (HSDPA fans keep your fingers crossed), but they’re reporting that it will come in black and sport Motorola’s [...] More About: Sort
A Brief History of Computers, As Seen in Old TV Ads
2006-10-15 10:21:02 It’s been said that the average American will see two million TV commercials by the time he or she turns 65. Doing some quick math in my head, I believe that means that I’ve seen…well, a terrifyingly large number of… More About: Computers , History , Story , Computer , Comp
Cisco patents the ?Triple Play?
2006-10-15 10:21:02 Filed under: Home Entertainment, Networking If you haven’t heard of a Trip le Play yet — you know, where some service provider tries to shove TV, internet and phone service onto one pretty little contract for supposed cost savings and convenience to you — then we applaud you for your apparent skill at avoiding the [...] More About: Triple Play , Cisco , Patents
WikiPod brings (some of) Wikipedia to your iPod
2006-10-15 10:21:02 Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio Being the highly edumicated folks we are, we prefer to lug a complete set of the Encyclopedia Britannica in a cart wherever we go, but we suppose the proletariat might prefer something a bit more convenient. For them there’s this new “WikiPod ” script from Matt Swann that pulls [...] More About: Ipod , Wikipedia , Your , Pedi
TECH cocktail 2: A Smashing Success
2006-10-14 22:18:01 Frank Gruber and I hosted our second TECH cocktail in Chicago at the Gramercy this past Thursday (October 12, 2006). The event was promising to be bigger than the first with over 400 RSVPs and ultimately 350+ attendees. We knew it was going to be a challenge to keep the fun factor high [...] More About: Tech , Success , Cocktail , Cock , Shin
New Gryphon Mirage amp brings ultra-hifi to the ?people?
2006-10-14 22:18:01 Filed under: Home Entertainment While we must question the sanity of a manufacturer that bills their 16,900 Euro (21,188 US) amplifier as “more accessible and more flexible than ever before,” we really can’t argue with the end results. Gryphon’s new Mirage Control Amplifier is being targeted at the custom home installation market, which is apparently fairly [...] More About: People , Ultra , Ring , Rage , Rings
Engadget HD giveaways: NeoDigits Helios X3000
2006-10-14 22:18:01 Filed under: Announcements, Home Entertainment What, you didn’t think the only thing we cared about on Engadget HD is HDTVs, right? We thought we’d hook someone up with a NeoDigi ts Helio s X3000 networked upscaling DVD player. This thing does it all: up to 1080p playing back DviX (HD), XviD (HD), WMV, VC-1 (WMV-HD), MPEG-1/2/4, and all [...] More About: Giveaways , Gadget , Give
Haptic radar system has got your back
2006-10-14 22:18:01 Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wearables Researchers in the Department of Information Physics and Computing at the University of Tokyo have developed a wearable haptic radar system designed to provide augmented spatial awareness — such as the ability to avoid the type of surprise nerf ball attack seen here. It essentially works like a giant set of [...] More About: System , Your , Back , Radar , Stem
Zou Renti gets an evil android twin, too
2006-10-14 22:18:01 Filed under: Robots All the hip-cool robot researchers these days are building their own robot clone minions to carry out their evil bidding, and Zou Rent i of the Xi’an Supermen Sculpture Institution has sure done his up right. The model, with a skin of silica gel which supposedly moves with lifelike movements, apparently doesn’t [...] More About: Evil , Gets , Twin , Android
New research car will watch you while you drive
2006-10-14 16:15:02 Filed under: Transportation We’re not sure if we like the idea of our car watching us as we drive, but we’ll all in favor of any tech that’ll make us safer. This past week at the Intelligent Transportation Systems exhibition in London, a new set of cameras mounted on the dashboard in a prototype vehicle will [...] More About: Watch , Research , Drive , Search , Will
MacMice Danger Phone brings the low-cost VoIP via USB
More articles from this author:2006-10-14 16:15:02 Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wireless We’ve seen many a’ VoIP handset that takes a design page from cellphone manufacturers and seems to be similarly priced as well. But what about a VoIP phone for the rest of us? Mac Mice (the same folks who brought us the Danger Mouse) has just released one of the least expensive [...] More About: Phone , Usb , Voip , Cost 1, 2 |
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