Archive for October 26th, 2007
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Peripherals
Have control issues do ya? Good, then go ahead and revel in your caffeine-fueled angst with this DIY TV Remote Jammer. The hack inserts an IR blocking circuit into a standard, working remote. The hacked remote blocks the original remote used by the unsuspecting ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: Transportation
You can't be too careful these days, but if the above image isn't just the work of some overzealous fanboy (or girl), that's what Fisker's forthcoming luxury plug-in hybrid will look like. The vehicle itself will be developed in conjunction with Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies, which reportedly hopes ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
If you want a blowout, a blowout is what you'll get. Just as we did for Microsoft's Vista, we're serving up an unboxing of Apple's latest operating system hours before it's slated to go on sale. Thanks to the wonders of on-time early delivery, a certain individual ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Wearables
Generally speaking, mishmash concepts involving a cellphone and just about anything wearable haven't exactly taken off, but if Maxwell Smart can do it, why can't Samsung? In a recent patent application from the firm, a "wrist wearable type portable terminal" is described, which essentially acts as a ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones
We aren't etching this in stone just yet, but we've seen numerous reports claiming that the recent partnership between 3 and Skype will soon lead to an actual piece of hardware. Reportedly, the 3Skypephone will be available on October 29th "for a pre-launch," and will be officially official ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Transportation
Car AV enthusiasts, listen up. Panasonic has a new in-dash head unit that just might be worth waiting for -- if you'd enjoy Blu-ray in your dash, that is. At the Tokyo Motor Show in Japan, Panny was busy showing off a new single-DIN unit that played ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
iriver's nicely featured B20 may only make us Americans envious, but for those able to take advantage of DAB / DMB, what's not to love? The folks over at CNET were able to get ahold of the aforementioned device and not only brush over some ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: GamingApparently, the Big N has had just about enough of all this Vii / Wu nonsense, as it has recently announced plans to launch the real deal (that'd be the Wii) in China next year. According to company president Satoru Iwata, Nintendo is planning to bring its hotter-than-hot ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, GPSIt's a bit behind schedule, but Russia's GPS-challenging GLONASS satellite navigation looks to have just taken a fairly big step forward, with three satellites now on their way into orbit after hitching a ride on a Proton-K booster rocket that blasted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan earlier ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIt's quarterly report time, and we doubt the boys in Redmond mind taking a little shine off Apple's big day with their third quarter results -- especially since Microsoft posted profits of $4.3B on revenues of $13.7B, an increase of 23 percent over last year. The company ...
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