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Harman Kardon AVR 354 home theater receiver launches
2008-05-30 15:05:00 If you have dropped big bucks on your big screen 1080p HDTV and Blu-ray player but are still rocking with the plain vanilla 5.1 surround sound you are missing half the coolness of many Blu-ray movies?the HD sound. Sure Dolby Digital 5.1 sounds pretty good, but wouldn?t you rather get the Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD ... More About: Theater , Home , Home Theater , Receiver
Scented candles that smell like cool things
2008-05-30 07:26:00 We all know that the ladies like candles that have smells like Gentle sea breeze or tropical mountain mist and the like. That’s great for them, but no real man wants to smell such girlly things. What if a company made candles that smelled like cool things that men can appreciate. That’s just what Hotwicks ... More About: Cool , Smell , Things , Candles
iPod vending machines to hit Macy?s
2008-05-30 07:01:00 Macy’s was paying attention to the success of iPod vending machines at international airports and hotels and decided to add them to about 400 of their own department store locations. The self-serve Zoom Systems will be called e-Spots, and they’ll be filled with technology and gadgets, like a giant nerd bubble gum machine. The e-Spots ... More About: Ipod , Machines , Macy , Vending
Wooden nixie clock is totally tubular?dude
2008-05-30 06:35:00 I’m not going to make any wood jokes. No jokes about having your tubes tied either. I promise. We have a soft spot for these wood Nixie clocks. They just blend the modern with the old so nicely, you can’t help but fall in love with them. They just have style and they fit in ... More About: Clock , Dude , Wooden
Mysterious Firefox crop circle appears
2008-05-30 06:18:00 Some strange things are happening on this planet. Are we being visited by a superior intelligence? How can one possibly explain the mysterious images that have appeared recently? First there was the Firefox logo spotted in deep space. Then things started to hit closer to home. This ominous design appeared out of nowhere recently. Now ... More About: Mysterious , Circle , Crop
Toyota?s new Crown Hybrid can spot pedestrians
2008-05-30 06:16:00 Toyota has a new take on night view in their Crown Hybrid luxury sedan. Previous attempts had images displayed directly on the windshield, while the new one uses LCD in the dashboard, where the speedometer and other details can be found. One of the most interesting features is their pedestrian recognition system. It almost looks like ... More About: Toyota , Automotive , Spot
Cobalt: The 21st century pocket watch
2008-05-30 05:22:00 Pocket watches have always been a symbol of status and style. Despite that fact, in today’s world it takes a very confident man to sport one, because it’s a very fine line between looking cool and looking like an dandy. The Cobalt brings it into the now, sporting a round OLED touch screen to easily ... More About: Watch , Concepts , Pocket , Century
Iomega upgrades eGo hard drives to 1TB
2008-05-29 20:06:00 Iomega announced today a 1TB upgrade to its line of eGo portable hard drives. This larger storage capacity drive prices at around $270. These new 1TB “Super eGo” external hard drives are 3.5-inch drives which store up to 4 million photos, 18,500 hours of music or 1,500 hours of video. Three color options are available and ... More About: Hard , Hard drives , Upgrades , Iomega , External Hard Drives
JLT rolls out new rugged Windows Tablet PC
2008-05-29 19:01:00 JLT has released a new rugged tablet PC focused on the field work sector. It is called the JLT8404 and no specific pricing information is available as of yet. The JLT8404 has a housing which is aluminum powder coated. It has been tested to survive multiple drops, higher operating temperatures and more. It sports a 8.4-inch ... More About: Windows , Tablet
Disc Manager 100 - keeping your porn DVD collection secure
2008-05-29 18:46:00 Have you ever wanted to have your adult DVD collection readily at hand but secure in a way that your children can’t access said naughty titles? Here’s a blurb about the Disc Manager 100, pictured above, which just came into our virtual news desk: “Are you looking for a safe place to store your adult DVD ... More About: Secure
New D-Link adapter uses home TV cabling for network
2008-05-29 18:31:00 D-Link unveiled yesterday a new adapter kit for those wishing to extend their home networks via existing TV cabling in the home. This new kit is known as the D-Link Coax Ethernet Adapter Kit (DXN-221) and you’ll find it pricing at around $200. The D-Link Coax Ethernet Adapter Kit (DXN-221) takes signals from attached Ethernet cables ... More About: Networking , Home , Network
Pantech Breeze phone blows into AT&T stores
2008-05-29 18:11:00 AT&T and Pantech have teamed to release a phone developed on the “principles of Universal Design — the practice of designing products and applications that are usable by the most customers possible.” What this essentially means is the two are debuting the Pantech Breeze , a simplified flip-phone priced at around $80 before rebate. The Pantech Breeze ... More About: Phone , Mobile Phones , Stores
Bluetooth I-O Data mini keyboard
2008-05-29 17:11:00 The I-O Data Mini Keyboard might be for you if you find that you can’t type quickly with the keypad on your cell phone. It connects with your handset via Bluetooth and allows you to type away as if you were using a standard QWERTY computer keyboard. Granted, you will look like strange typing on ...
MP3 Players preloaded with tunes
2008-05-29 16:47:00 The REDI is a 1 GB mp3 player no doubt geared toward those who can’t figure out computers or are too lazy to go get the music themselves and put it on their mp3 player. They come with about 250 tracks already on them, which would give you about 6 hours of listening time. (There’s ... More About: Tunes , Players
Tiny and cheap RazorBook 400 now available
2008-05-29 14:31:00 If you are in the market for a new ultra portable and you want something a bit more off the beaten path than the Asus Eee that shares its small dimensions, 3K Computers may have your laptop in its new and tiny RazorBook 400. The RazorBook 400 promises a boot up time for its Linux OS ... More About: Tiny , Cheap
Dell?s first mini laptop revealed
2008-05-29 07:39:00 At the All Things D conference, Gizmodo’s Brian Lam ran into Michael Dell and learned about a new prototype laptop that, until then was all very hush hush. It’s got a bright red candy shell, with the body being similar to an Asus Eee PC. So those in the market for an Eee PC might ... More About: Laptop , Mini
Souped Up John: The ultimate geek throne
2008-05-29 07:08:00 The Souped Up John is the ultimate in geek bathroom luxury. The designer certainly wasn’t constipated when it came to throwing ideas into this john, but was certainly counting on your constipation to keep you in place long enough to use all of the various gadgetry. It sports a television, TiVo, DVD, XBox, laptop, fridge ... More About: Geek , Ultimate
Sightline Monitor wall system
2008-05-29 06:52:00 The Sightline Monitor Wall System is perfect if you’re an evil genius and need to monitor the entire globe or maybe if you work in Casino security and need to watch everything everywhere. Bottom line, it’s elegant and it’s got a ton of monitors. You won’t miss anything that’s going on. The system is easily ...
2,400 LED Pong table for gaming & dining
2008-05-29 06:33:00 Pong has taken many strange twists and turns through our culture since the 70s and has somehow endured, despite it’s simple nature. Well, it’s back again and this time the game takes place on a table, allowing you to play and then dine. Or dine and then play a game for dessert. It’s from the ... More About: Gaming , Pong , Furniture , Table , Dining
Wii balance board surfs Google Earth
2008-05-29 06:25:00 A group of German students have somehow managed to use the Wii Balance Board from Wii-Fit to navigate their way around Google Earth . Specifically to surf Google Earth . Talk about a creative way to use a Wii accessory. It’s really not all that impressive, and these guys are no Silver Surfer, but I guess it’s ... More About: Hacks
Pet Plant lets plants express themselves
2008-05-29 06:23:00 We humans keep many other living things around us, like pets and plants. But the problem is that we can’t understand or communicate with these other beings. It would make life easier for the plant owner if the plant could just express itself. The Pet Plant by Junyi Heo allows your plants to do just ... More About: Plants , Express
Cassette watch is all kinds of awesome
2008-05-29 05:23:00 I don’t know who had the idea, but all I can say is that the end result is pretty awesome looking. It’s like wearing a mix tape on your wrist, without the often annoying music of the era. It’s made of sturdy stuff, namely stainless steel and features twin dials. One for hours, one for ... More About: Watch , Watches , Awesome , Cassette
LaCie enhances burn speed on its Blu-ray drive
2008-05-29 01:23:00 LaCie earlier this week did some updates to its d2 Blu-ray drive product, including upping the burn speed. The new LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive prices at around $650. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive now sports a burn speed of 4x and ecords, rewrites and reads 25 gigabytes (GB) or 50GB BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable), as ... More About: Speed , Burn
Sony Europe adds new upscaling DVD player
2008-05-29 01:10:00 Sony in Europe is showing off a new upscaling DVD player which is pretty slim. It is called the Sony DVP-NS708H. The Sony DVP-NS708H, like other upscaling DVD players, converts standard DVD video up to 1080p. The player itself is of a slim design, sporting a high-gloss black finish and compatibility with BRAVIA Sync to cut ... More About: Sony , Player
BenQ debuts dual lamp projector
2008-05-29 00:42:00 BenQ recently launched a new dual lamp DLP projector. It is known as the BenQ SP920 and you’ll find it available come June. The BenQ SP920 offers 280W dual lamps to output what BenQ says is the “same 6000 lumens as the competitions? dual 300W bulbs for a 23.5% optical efficiency.” This lumen output is adjustable, ... More About: Projectors , Projector , Benq , Lamp , Dual
Bird Song Identifier is no help at all
2008-05-28 18:14:00 At first glance you might think this is an awesome way to identify birds in the wild or in your backyard, by the song they sing. After all, it’s got a 54 page song book and a scanner that looks like a pen. This is just what you needed to identify birds by sound. Except ... More About: Song , Bird
Star Trek: The next generation of cake
2008-05-28 17:38:00 We’ve seen Sci-Fi and gadget inspired cakes before. But a star Trek cake? That’s a new one to us. Check out this awesome cake replica of the original enterprise bridge, complete with crew. The creator runs a bakery in Baltimore and of course, is a Star Trek fan. He’s obviously good since the Food Network ... More About: Cake , Generation
Advent K200 Laptop with changeable covers
2008-05-28 17:17:00 Everyone is different when it comes to what they like. That’s why there are so many laptops available with many different styles. Different strokes for different folks. The Advent K200 addresses our wide variety in tastes by offering removable face plates that can be changed. They are all sold seperately. If you get sick ... More About: Laptop , Notebooks , Covers
Sony Tubular Non-directional speaker
2008-05-28 17:00:00 Some good news for sound. The Sony Tubular non-directional speaker concept has now become a reality. The speaker is being released on June 20th, 2008 and it measures 325mm x 1845mm x 325mm and 12.5kg. The “Sountina” speaker is a transparent and organic glass tube that vibrates to expand sound a full 360 degrees. You’ll ... More About: Speaker
Inflatable Golf Simulator for your yard
More articles from this author:2008-05-28 16:43:00 If you like the Full Swing Golf simulator, but don’t want to tear up your home, this is the way to go. All you need is a yard large enough to park this eyesore in. Like other simulators, it uses a projection screen along with a motion sensors that will detect the motion and speed ... More About: Inflatable , Yard , Simulator 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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