-
Tech NewsHP Wont Include 3G in Smartphones Until 2007
HP vice president Chi-Teik See said HP won’t support 3G in its smartphones until at least next year. Despite 3G’s comparitively fast 384kbps bandwidth and the numerous 3G handsets already available, Chin-Teik noted that 3G occupies just 3% of the cellphone space, calling it a nascent market. He also mentioned that 3G s subscription and … Continued
-
Tech News
Rumor: LG Planning to Release Dual Blu-ray/HD DVD Player
An internal memo allegedly from LG s U.S. sales VP Bob Perry says the company is planning to ship a disk player compatible with both Blu-ray and HD DVD in the late summer or early fall. In the memo, Perry also said LG s BD199 Blu-ray player, which we saw the company demonstrating at CES … Continued
-
Tech News
Canon EOS 30D Out Soon
If you’re in the market for a new digital SLR you might want to hold on just a little longer until Canon’s EOS 30D comes out in mid-March. At $1399, it replaces the EOS 20D—now available at a deep discount, if you’d rather spend more cash on lenses. The 20D and 30D are both 8.2 … Continued
By Gizmodo.com -
Tech NewsGadgets
Faderfoxs Second Generation DJ Controllers
All the way from Germany comes news of Faderfox s latest compact DJ controllers. Compatible with the Ableton Live and Traktor DJ Studio music mixing software, the LV2 (pictured here), DJ2, DX2 and LX2 all boast MIDI interfaces, German engineering as well as just about 1 million buttons each, useful, no doubt, for all that … Continued
By Gizloco -
Tech News
USB Drive Loves Being in the Sun
Just when you thought you ve seen every type of USB drive imaginable, Taiwan s A-Data steps into the picture and shows off its Solar Disk. The Solar Disk combines the usual 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB or 2GB USB flashe memory with a solar cell, powering an LCD on the drive s face. The LCD … Continued
By Gizloco -
Tech News
iPod AV: Another Unlikely Mockup
After being burned by Attack of the Show’s wide-screen iPod caper we’ll reserve all judgement on this little machine until April 1st (at least). We’re told it’s called the ‘iPod AV.’ The scan lines in the third image look a little sketchy, considering the bottom half of the image doesn’t have them. (And the ‘graphic’ … Continued
By Joel -
Tech News
Futurama Space 3000 Pinball Machine
As a huge Futurama fan and pinball fanatic, this mod just tickles me pink. This pinball machine began as an old Superman machine and with a lot of beautiful work it is turned into a Futurama themed machine. It even includes an integrated LCD screen showing episodes. This was a six month project by Evan … Continued
-
Tech News
Oscar Swag Bag 2006
Oh yes, today is the Oscars. I must have been so excited that I completely forgot about it. Every year the Oscar nominees are awards with bags of swag usually full of tech and other goodies. Don’t fret, there are some rules to these gift bags. The individual items cannot be valued below $500. The … Continued
-
Tech News
The Week in Comments
Glo Leash: It s a Dog s Light “Is it just me, or does that photo look like she’s challenging her dog to a duel with a lightsaber? Is the dog’s name Count Dookie? Anakin Dogwalker? Jabba the Mutt? Princess Flea-ah? Chewbarka? Okay, I’ll stop now.” by SuppleMonkey iBoxers for Women “Why is it that … Continued
-
Tech NewsGadgets
DIY Aerial Kite Photography
Spring is almost here. Now while it is rainy and blustery in my neck of the woods, it is surely nice out there somewhere, right? Spend this weekend putting together your own Google Maps with a kite camera. This project could be done for less than $20 and produce some really interesting photos to boot. … Continued
-
Tech News
Fake Photo Phun: Update Numero Dos
This is the final stretch on our Fake Photo Phun contest. Remember, the contest ends Monday at noon. We want to see your best, fake technology related product. Once you are done, make sure it is no bigger than 520 pixels wide and shoot it over to [email protected] with Phake Photo Phun in the subject … Continued
-
Tech News
DIY Minimalist iPod Dock
Simple Simon uploaded these photos on to his Flickr showing the process of integrating an iPod nano dock into his desk. If you recall, iPods now come with a dock-style insert that is more or less useless unless you want to buy more accessories. Simon did the natural thing and drilled a hole into his … Continued
-
Tech News
Kenwood’s USB-enabled Car Stereos
Kenwood is releasing four car stereos that includes a USB port for playback via USB storage devices. This is a great feature, but I ponder what kind of limitations there will be on the USB devices. Obviously mass storage devices like USB flash drives and portable hard drives would work, but would an iPod or … Continued
-
Tech News
Tooth Implanted ID System
Some scientists at the Catholic University of Leuven have semi-succesfully accomplished an interesting feat—embedding ID information in human teeth. The ID tags would be used to store personal information about individuals and would enable forensic teams to identify bodies in catastrophic events. The ID tag being used is an adapted RFID tag, similar to the … Continued
-
Tech News
Gizmodo Today: RIM Suit Settled, Features From Coast to Coast, iPod Boxers on Babe Cause Comments Brawl
Blackberry users can breathe easier now, as RIM settles with NTP and the lawsuit is history. Besides that, this is a great feature day, where Brian Clark sets us straight on media centers in his Tuning Fork column and Jonah Brucker-Cohen takes us on a Gizmodo-style gallery tour/interview with technology artist Amy Franceschini in San … Continued
-
Tech News
Blackberry Settles, World Rejoices
Cheer up, Blackberry owners. No need to worry about having to find a new wireless e-mail service, Research in Motion has settled their patent lawsuit with a $612 million deal with NTP. The agreement has been finalized in the courts and the lawsuit against RIM has been dismissed by a court order. Hooray, Blackberry! Blackberry … Continued
-
Tech News
TiVo’s Doctor-Friendly Service
TiVo will begin offering a service to Series2 TiVo owners who also happen to be physicians. This service will allows for physician-oriented programming to be downloaded onto your TiVo for free. Best of all, if you participate in the program you get a chance to win a 80-hour TiVo box with a year of service … Continued
-
Tech NewsGadgets
Fido the Robot Luggage
Architect/designer Peter Yeadon’s concept for Fido Luggage is a reconceptualization of our relationship with something most of us barely tolerate. Instead of having it be what we drag unhappily behind us as one of the most unpleasant parts of any vacation, Yeadon’s luggage follows behind and then heels beside its owner just like a well-trained … Continued
By Gizmodo.com -
Tech News
Creative to Launch Movie Downloads Before Apple?
A translated webpage reveals an announcment by Creative about some sort of “video programming” event on March 30, one day before a schedule Apple event. What could it be? Downloadable films? More video content for non-iPod players? Images of Creative executives in a sauna, beating each other with birch branches? Oh, the anticipation. Google Translated … Continued
By Johnb -
Tech News
PlayStation 3: Everything We Know
1up has written up this article that has essentially every piece of PS3 information known as of right now. They talk about the cost, release date, hard drive speculation, the controller, Blu-Ray, third-party support, online functionality and even all of the games, even the ones that have been slightly hinted at or rumored. Give it … Continued