Archive for June, 2009

  • Kindle DX Sold Out (Again)

    Kindle DX Sold Out (Again)

    Amazon's Kindle DX, a wireless ebook reader with a 9.7" display, has sold out due to heavy customer demand.

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  • Sony to ship PS3 Slim next month?

    Sony to ship PS3 Slim next month?

    The secrecy over the PS3 Slim continues to unravel with news that Foxconn have been contracted to manufacture and ship the updated model starting next month. The report from UDN does not explicitly say that the smaller version of the current platform will be sold anytime soon, but it falls in line with what Ars’s Mole leaked over the weekend. However, UDN states that an updated PS3 will be launched in the Spring. Me thinks they’re just referring to the motion control system and not a brand new console revision.

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  • The Alienware OptX AW2210 21.5-inch LCD monitor – Hadoken!

    The Alienware OptX AW2210 21.5-inch LCD monitor – Hadoken!

    Dell’s prepped a killer 1080p monitor that should be great for gaming. Well, it should be. The OptX AW2210 is afterall an Alienware product. (read: it’s overpriced, but loaded) The 21.5-inch monitor comes packing a 1080p screen with a 2ms response time. Plus, it sports an 80,000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness of 300 cd/ms. To be [...]

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  • Video: HTC Sense gets ported to the G1, Flash and all

    Video: HTC Sense gets ported to the G1, Flash and all

    When it became clear that HTC's oh-so-pretty Sense UI wasn't going to make it to the G1 by any official means, we figured it wouldn't be too long before the goods leaked and an unofficial port was made. Hell, we outright said so. It's been less than a week, but the work is already well underway..

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  • Stylish and eco-friendly: Sanyo’s eneloop lamps (video)

    Stylish and eco-friendly: Sanyo’s eneloop lamps (video)

    Sanyo Japan today announced the strange, vase-like "eneloop lamp" [press release in English] that can be used both as a regular interior light or as a flashlight (when you pick it up and hold it like one). As a third option, the device also serves as a "healing lamp" once you switch from white to blue lighting. The eneloop lamp can be charged wirelessly by putting it on its charging stand. Sanyo says two eneloop AA batteries are enough to power the futuristic device for 6 hours in flashlight mode, up to 45 hours in white light mode and up to 16 hours in blue light mode.

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  • Game Time Schedule Watch beeps when your team’s playing

    Game Time Schedule Watch beeps when your team’s playing

    watchSports fanatics can get even more ensconced with the goings-on of their local teams with a "Game Time Schedule Watch" that displays season schedules and beeps when games start. Of course, if you're a big enough fan to think this watch is a good idea then you probably already know when your team is playing.

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  • Arcade on wheels? Yes, please

    Arcade on wheels? Yes, please

    g2uAn arcade on wheels? Now THAT is a good idea. Don't get too excited, though, as these are basically glorified console setups, not old-school arcade machines. This isn't about us, though, this is about the children. And the children think Ms. Pac-Man is boring. Ergo, no stand-up arcade machines.

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  • BlackBerry Tour now more government agency friendly

    BlackBerry Tour now more government agency friendly

    If you work in a top secret area (read: government agency, weapons lab, or Apple campus), phones packing cameras (or standalone cameras, for that matter) are usually frowned upon. Remember the “Loose Lips Sink Ships” campaign of WWII? Fortunately for you high-falutin folk, RIM kept you in mind when designing the BlackBerry Tour. You’ll be able [...]

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  • Sony patent shows surefire method of PS2 emulation possible on all PS3 models

    Sony patent shows surefire method of PS2 emulation possible on all PS3 models

    Think back to the autumn of 2006, right before the big PS3 launch. Expecting someone to pay five-hundred-and-ninety-nine-U.S.-dollars was (rightly) considered ludicrous, but the ability to play the entire PS2 library on the system somewhat lessened the blow. But then Sony removed the Emotion Engine chip from the PS3, thus rendering it unable to play PS2 games. (More recent models, like the one found in the Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle, used a just-sorta-okay software emulation method to grant partial PS2 backwards compatibility.) All that may well change if Sony goes ahead and executes the idea found in this recently unearthed patent.

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  • Paper Speaker: Japanese company sells DIY cardboard speakers

    Paper Speaker: Japanese company sells DIY cardboard speakers

    It seems Japanese papercraft art isn't limited to Origami or Pellermodels but also has something in store for us gadget fans. Case in point: The Paper Speaker [JP], announced yesterday by Tokyo-based Princeton for use with your PC (or any device sporting a USB port).

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  • Video: DIY transformer

    Video: DIY transformer

    Not much to say about this DIY transformer except that it's pretty darn cool. It can transform from a car, walk, and even right itself if it falls. It could use some cool styling - maybe they could stick it into a Yugo body or something - but it's still much better than anything I ever made in school.

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  • 300,000 Palm Pres Sold, Says Analyst

    300,000 Palm Pres Sold, Says Analyst

    Palm is tightlipped about sales of the Palm Pre smartphone released earlier this month but one analyst claims the device is off to a great start. About 300,00o Pres have been sold since the launch on June 6, says Edward Snyder, an analyst with Charter Equity Research. That’s the same number of phones sold in one [...]

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  • Sprint and Harris team up to make the 2010 Census count

    Sprint and Harris team up to make the 2010 Census count

    With 2009 halfway over, the US Government is gearing up for what’s sure to be one of the next year’s biggest undertakings: the tedious process of counting every single one of its citizens. That’s right folks, it’s T-minus 9 months to the 2010 Census. It’s a huge job for sure, and that’s exactly why the Census [...]

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