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Samsung debuts E200 Eco phone, made of corn 2008-08-14 22:53:58 When it comes to looks, the E200 is nothing special. In fact it looks much like a Nokia phone
from 5 years ago. But Samsung
is producing this phone not to beat a world record in specs, but to continue the eco-crusade encompassing the last decade. The E200 is special because the shell is made [...]
Logitech V550 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse 2008-08-14 00:41:08 Frequent travelers know what it’s like to use a laptops trackpad for hours. It sucks. The Logitech
V550 Nano is the Logitechs latest installment in its peripheral line. This wireless laser mouse alleviates the annoying-ness from traditional laptop trackpads. Logitech has included it’s new ‘Clip-and-Go’ Dock - a way to attach your mouse to your [...] Read more:Cordless
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Solar powered iPhone 3G charging case 2008-08-12 22:55:58 Although the iPhone
3G can provide up to 5 hours of talk time on a single charge, that’s really not much of a feat. Most (okay, a few) geeks get outside with their iPhones anyways, so why not charge it during everyday use? The Solar
-powered iPhone case calms your battery woes with (you guessed it) [...]
DIY Batman Tumbler 2008-08-11 19:05:48 Bob Dullam over at Dullam-Causey has built an amazingly accurate replica of the Batmobile featured in both Batman
Begins and The Dark Knight. Apparently all the only specs Bob had to build this thing from were photos and clips from the movies. Bob says when the Tumbler is complete, it will have cost him anywhere from [...]
MSI GX720 and GX620 get Revealed 2008-08-10 12:58:01 MSI revealed it’s first notebooks to utilize Intel’s Centrino 2 chipset, the GX720 and GX620 gaming notebooks. The notebooks boast the following specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo processor
Up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM
nVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512 MB video card
320 GB hard drive
draft-N wireless
The systems are extremely similar, only differentiating from their screen sizes (15 inch and [...]
Eat Fries at your computer with the keyboard napkin 2008-08-09 21:04:44 Like eating chips, cookies, french fries, and the likes at your computer? Tired of food fingerprints on your brand new laptop? The keyboardnapkin
is for you! Simply a napkin that fits over your keyboard with the keys printed on, it is both simple and functional. Once you’re done eating, simply peel it off and [...]
LaCie “Air Vents” FireWire speakers 2008-08-08 19:01:34 Neil Poulton, a designer for LaCie, has just released his latest design in the form of a pair of FireWire speakers
. The speakers, dubbed “Air Vents”, resemble the vents seen on the tops of industrial and business buildings. The speakers come in 6W FireWire and require no AC adapter. With a monochromatic color scheme, these speakers are sure [...]
Regator, social feed aggregator, opens to the public 2008-08-07 16:37:28 Regator, a social feed aggregator (which has been in development for almost a year) has just launched to the public today. Regator’s goal is to combine a digg-esque frontpage of popular blog posts, with a classic feed aggregator. If you know what you’re looking for, you can refine the type of content you want by [...]
Biggest and baddest gaming rig ever 2008-08-06 14:35:12 A reader over at Kotaku installed this in a government office. The display consists of twenty-seven 67 inch monitors - a whopping 12600 x 31500 resolution. That accounts for a 40 by 15 foot display. Wish I could have something like this for my house!
What’s the biggest gaming setup you’ve ever had?
Creative ZEN Mozaic available 2008-08-05 17:16:59 Creative’s latest Mp3 player - entitled the ‘ZEN Mozaic’ is now available
. The ZEN Mozaic comes in both a 2GB and 4GB model, and currently comes in pink, black, and silver. This uniquely designed player sports the following specs:
1.8 inch display (160 x 128 resolution)
up to 36 hours of audio playback and up to 5 [...]
Google’s latest invention is a browser, Google Chrome 2008-09-03 15:25:41 Firefox may have found a warm fuzzy spot in many web-savvy users’ hearts, but I’m completely blown away by the new browserGoogleChrome
. Google Chrome was pretty much unknown to the public until yesterday, when details emerged on Blogoscoped.
Google has apparently sent out comic books in the mail. The 38-page teaser illustrated by Scott [...]
HTC’s “Dream” pictures leaked 2008-08-31 00:11:26 Two weeks ago we saw a Youtube video of HTC’s “Dream
” - the first phone to run on Google’s Android platform. As the presumed release date draws near (sometime in the next month or two), we’re bound to be seeing more leaked
images before an official press release. Anyway, here are some pretty high quality [...]
Mythbusters build 1100-barreled paintball gun, paints Mona Lisa 2008-08-29 10:28:52
Down at NVISION (nVidia’s computer graphics event), the Mythbusters
revealed a 1100-barreled paintball gun that painted a pretty good picture of the Mona Lisa - in less than a second. In the demonstration, a first paintball gun is used to draw a smiley face, but at a very slow rate (this one only has one [...]
iHologram, bringing fake holograms to your iPhone 2008-08-27 01:02:29 While we probably won’t see consumer hologram projection units anytime soon, this little iPhone
app will generate a fake one for you. The app assumes a 35-45 degree viewing angle, and then calculates how to change the angle of the character based on the iPhones built in accelerometer. iHologram essentially warps the picture, an anamorphic [...]
Suspected next iPod Nano redesign leaked 2008-08-25 00:09:34
Kevin Rose, the mastermind behind the social bookmarking/news site Digg, has just announced to the internet that in roughly a month (give or take a week) the iPod
Nano line will be redesign
ed. The new (4th generation) iPod Nano will revert back to the 2nd generation iPod Nano’s rough shape, but with a gently curved [...] Read more:leaked
Art Lebedev introduces Folderix USB drive 2008-08-23 00:12:17 Art Lebedev
, the studio that brought the rich and famous the Optimus Maximus Keyboard, has introduced its latest computer peripheral. The Folderix uses sturdy aluminum construction for the casing - after all, what else can you expect from a company that made a $1900 keyboard? The Folderix comes in 3 colors, yellow, purple, and blue. [...] Read more:drive
The Ganzbot - an automated robot that reads Twitter updates 2008-08-21 22:25:33 When Steve Ganz left his LinkedIn office to compete in the PDGA (Professional Disc Golf Association) World Tour, his fellow employees built a Twitter
-reading robot to fill his chair.
(For those that don’t know, Twitter is a microblogging platform where users share the little things that are going on in their lives.)
The robot is essentially a [...] Read more:updates
Palm Treo Pro officially announced 2008-08-20 22:51:04 After much speculation and leaked images of Palm’s Treo Pro, it’s finally been announced. The Treo Pro not only sports a unique (’n sleek) design, but it also has a large array of desirable features:
400MHz Qualcomm processor
320 x 320 Touchscreen TFT display
256 MB of built in memory
Micro SD card expansion slot (for up to [...] Read more:Palm Treo
Turn that tune into reality with high tech geekery 2008-08-19 22:07:01 Compose is a great concept tablet device that allows budding composers to get their tunes out on paper ( or should we say digital paper? ). The device is essentially just that - a digital sheet of music paper, with an electronic pen that doubles as a microphone. Press the button on the “pen” to [...] Read more:high tech
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Lenovo rolls out ThinkPad X301, succeeds X300 and leaves us visually unsatisfied 2008-08-18 21:18:06 Today Lenovo
launches its latest laptop - the X301. The X301 succeeds its lesser brother, the X300 with just a few minor tweaks here and there. The ultrathin laptop is Lenovo’s response to the MacBook Air and sports the following specs:
ultra-low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processor (1.2 and 1.4 GHz flavors)
128 GB SSD (Solid [...] Read more:leaves
4th Gen Nano pics leaked, some fake, some probably not 2008-09-06 15:36:13 Just a week or two ago, Kevin Rose left us with details concerning Apple’s huge renovation of its music branch. Last night pictures emerged on macnn of a real live 4th gen nano in its box. What we see in the pictures is akin to what we saw back the day, but is also in [...] Read more:leaked
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