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Tech NewsGamePark’s GP3X “Wiz” PMP Spy Shot
It has been nearly 3 years since the original Linux-based GP2X handheld first arrived, and based on this spy shot, it appears that a second-gen version is well on its way. Naturally, not much is known about the device other than a GP2X emulator should run on it after recompiling and it is (tragically) being … Continued
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The True Story of the Hurricane Katrina Lightning-Laser Memorial and the Peg-Leg Biologist
Joe Davis is telling me about his design for a 110-foot lightning-laser tower that will literally seize a hurricane’s force, bottle it up and hurl it angrily back into the sky. It’s intended as a memorial for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Davis—whose official role at MIT is research affiliate associate in the biology department—plans … Continued
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TiVo De-lists Series3 Boxes From the Online Store
TiVo’s removed their Series3 DVR from the main shop, leaving only the TiVo Series2 at $150 and TiVo HD at $300. What’s the upshot of this? To us, it seems like they’re either phasing out the Series3 entirely in favor of the cheaper-to-produce TiVo HD, or they’re liquidating the units for an upcoming Series4 featuring … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & Security
Face-Swapping Tech Keeps Your Privacy Online By Making You Look Horrifying
People don’t like showing up in Google Street View. Nobody wants their face to show up on Google Maps when they were just minding their own business buying home pregnancy tests, hemorrhoid cream and slim-fit condoms. Well, this new “Face Swapper” software found on Boing Boing automatically switches out features on peoples faces with features … Continued
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Sony Ad’s HDTV Hungers for the Sweet Flesh of a Blu-ray Player
This new Sony Vaio ad, created by 180 in Los Angeles, features an HDTV that swallows up a Blu-ray player like a Venus Fly Trap. It’s pretty awesome. I think I’d enjoy any ad that has large gadgets devouring smaller ones in an animalistic fashion. [Space Invaders via NotCot]
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Dealzmodo: $170 Xbox 360
OK, cheapos. I simply cannot find a lower price for you. Instead of holding out for the Xbox 360 to drop to the PS2’s current pricepoint, you can pick up an Xbox 360 today for a mere $170 (even lower than the $200 deal). There are some catches, of course. This model is a Core … Continued
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Will Microsoft’s Midori Project Be a Web-Delivered Windows Replacement?
That’s what SD Times is claiming, based on “internal Microsoft documents” that give more details on the skunk-works research project currently brewing in Redmond. The docs supposedly hint at a fleshed out platform for distributed concurrency-which entails moving what used to be core desktop OS functionality into the cloud for a partially or fully web-based … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Olympics Themed Webcam is Not Really A Winner
“Citius, Altius, Fortius” runs the Olympic motto (that’s faster, higher, stronger) and, oh dear, this Olympics themed-webcam can just about manage “cheaper, nastier, LEDier.” It’s in the shape of the five-ring emblem, with a 1.3-megapixel cam in the center ring. The other rings get a glowing LED each. It’s $27, USB 1.1, not Mac-compatible and … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaHumanity Will Record Apocalypse with Cellphones
After yesterday’s California earthquake everyone and their dogs* is posting videos online. Cellphones, camcorders, digital cameras, or CCTV, it doesn’t matter: like the following clips show, it looks like this era of democratized gadgetry has made humans eager to record their own destruction, perhaps as a last chance to leave a notch in History. I … Continued
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Spy Glasses Set International Espionage to Your Very Own Soundtrack
What’s better than stealing highly guarded secrets through your special digital camera glasses? How about stealing said secrets to AC/DC’s Night Prowler? An otherwise gaudy but inconspicuous set of Oakley Thump knockoffs, these Spy Camera+MP3 Sunglasses capture shots through a wireless shutter control-1.3MP photos saved in 2GB of storage-and they play your favorite MP3s for … Continued
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QR Code Jacket Patches Take Strangers On the Street to Your Blog, Stat!
We’re sad that after all these years, the only place QR codes are actually useful is still good ol’ Japan (where they’re everywhere). That said, San Francisco has recently dabbled, and there are readers available for just about every mobile platform (including iPhone)-which you’ll have to make sure all of your friends have installed if … Continued
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If Warhol Made Hard Drives…
…they might not have been so different from these external drives from Meninos Design Studio. Acrylic cases coated in customizable vinyl, 250-500GB, 7200RPM drives are hidden behind your favorite take on glossy commercialism (from mock Red Bull containers to giant Marlboro packs…or even your own custom skin.) Our favorite is this little Pulp Fiction reference, … Continued
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SplashTop Instant-On Linux OS Gets Hacked to Do More Tricks
Splashtop, the instant-on Linux mini-OS found embedded in many Asus motherboards as well as the Voodoo Envy 133, has been hacked to allow installation of additional apps, access to the computer’s main file system, and more. Initial impressions of the Envy have noted that Splashtop can go from off to surfing in 15 seconds with … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Via’s Nano Beats Intel’s Atom in Apples and Oranges Test
Via’s Nano and Intel’s Atom low-power processors are intended for slightly different purposes, but that didn’t stop HardOCP pitting them against each other in performance tests, and coming up with some interesting results. In every single benchmark, the beefier Nano beat the Atom. In particular it was 59% better in MP3 encoding tests, 37% in … Continued
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Tech NewsSeries of Tubes Guy Indicted for Series of Tubes
This is a one-off, but we just found it a bit amusing that Alaska Senator Ted Stevens—that guy behind the famously wonky “series of tubes” internet rant—has been indicted for allegedly failing to report $250,000 in gifts from the VECO Corporation. (The VECO Corporation is known for running the Alaska oil pipeline.) We can only … Continued
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Upcoming Dell Projector is Very Small, See?
In a recent leaked Dell PowerPoint, the very last item on the very last slide reveals a pretty neat product in the works. It’s a tiny LED projector. Just 1.1 pounds and smaller than Dell’s resident coffee mugs, we can’t wait until the “projector in the tea” pranks start. Oh, man, that’s gonna be great. … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Garmin’s Nuvifone Gets Delayed ‘Til 2009
Garmin has just made a announcement stating that the much-hyped Nuvifone GPS/cellphone product is going to be delayed until the “first half of 2009.” Apparently “meeting some of the carrier specific requirements will take longer than anticipated,” so it’s going to miss its previously mentioned slot at the end of this year. Sounds like bad … Continued
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Nintendo Preparing New Console While Counting 992 Million Dollars
Nintendo engineers are busily preparing new hardware, while trying not to break the concentration of Mario-in-Chief Satoru Iwata while he counts the $3.9 billion in sales and $992 million in profits they have made this quarter. “We are always preparing for the next hardware. We are under development,” he declared. However, according to Chris Morris, … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Photos Emerge of Emirates A380 Showers: Tiny, But Luxurious
See that happy-looking lady in the pic? She’s standing in an Emirates A380 in-flight shower room, details of which have emerged after we first alerted you to this airborne luxury. The “shower spas” are pretty decently kitted-out, and the aircraft carries an extra 1,100-pounds of water to allow every one of the 14 first-class passengers … Continued
By Kit Eaton