Archive for September 4th, 2007
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
There's blatant knockoffs, and then there's blatant knockoffs. As you can probably tell, this is most certainly a case of the latter, as the so-called creators of the MA-727 didn't even bother to take their own photo. Instead, it looks pretty clear that they simply ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Handhelds, Tablet PCs
If you've been hankering for a way to void your UMPC warranty, or just want to add a touch more utility while getting down and dirty with a soldering iron, this here hack may be the one that fits the bill. Facing the daunting task of ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Transportation
There's been no shortage of news surrounding Toyota and its hybrid plans of late, so it makes perfect sense to hear that the automaker may be on the verge of inking a deal to "develop recharging points for plug-in hybrid electric cars." Reportedly, Toyota and Electricite de France ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: AnnouncementsAlright everybody, round one of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:Gold - Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 cameraSilver - Logitech MX510 gamer mouseBronze - Swag bag #1The rules (yeah, there are always rules):
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Here it is, Epson's first 3LCD projector to take advantage of their new 0.74-inch HTPS panels already spotted in Mitsubishi and Sanyo projectors. The EMP-TW2000 starts with a trio of Epson-built, 0.74-inch, 1,920 x 1,080 C2FINE LCD panels with D7 process technology, 12-bit LCD driver, ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Peripherals
We know, "back to school" isn't exactly a phrase that brings a smile to most students, but IOGEAR is hoping to get you a bit more jazzed up than usual about the fall semester with a new duo of products. Following the Digital Scribe, the firm has now ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Gaming
Ok, so we can confirm Sony's just pushed out the PlayStation 3 v1.92 update, the first new firmware in over a month. The trouble is they're not telling us what's been changed, fixed, updated, added, removed, improved, etc. Anyone seen anything different? Let us know in comments such ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: RobotsWhile we've seen a microbot that crawls across hearts, a new creature has been developed by gurus at Chonnam National University in South Korea that actually gets its energy from the heart. Reportedly, the team created the robot by "growing heart muscle tissue from a rat onto tiny ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio
Sony's official Rolly blog has confirmed what we already thought: Rolly is in fact a digital audio player without a display. They also claim that it has only one button which controls the "play / stop" of audio and is "basically the only button you ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Robots
Granted, this here project isn't nearly as inexpensive as the $100 underwater ROV from years back, but at least this one is propelled by something a bit more advanced than a pull string. Regardless, the ROV-in-a-Box Project Kit -- created by folks from Carl Hayden High ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: AnnouncementsAlright everybody, round two of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:Gold - SanDisk Sansa e260 (4GB)Silver - Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave keyboard and mouseBronze - Halo 2 (Windows)The rules (yeah, there are always rules):
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones
Although we've seen mobiles shaped like cars and geometric figures, what better to have in your pocket to yap on than, well, a rocket? This sensationally bizarre handset is far from sleek, but it's sure to fend off citizens nearby when you whip this thing out in public. ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Portable Video
The Wall Street Journal -- citing "people familiar with the situation" -- claims that Sony is poised to enter video-downloading services whole-hog. Think Go!PSP, only extended with new "products and services to let users download television shows and movies" to Sony's sweet, ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Digital Cameras
We'll have to take their word for it, but LetsGoDigital assures us that Casio has a new Exilim Zoom-series shooter, the EX-Z8. Its 8.1 megapixels are helped along by the Exilim Engine 2.0 processing and anti-shake DSP. Rounding things out are a 2.6-inch LCD, 3x zoom, face-detection ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsDualCor Technologies may be using some Intel hardware in its cPC handheld, but that apparently doesn't mean the two see eye to eye all the time, with the former company now suing the latter over its use of (you guessed it) the "Dual Core" name. According to ...
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