Archive for September 18th, 2007
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, WirelessDon't look now, but a forthcoming Bluetooth speaker system from Yamaha has been discovered thanks to the oh-so-disclosing FCC. This unit touts a sleek, portable design, top-mounted controls, a pair of 45-millimeter Ti-cone full-range drivers, a 3.5-millimeter input jack, support for Bluetooth 2.0+EDR / A2DP, ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Do you like art? Do you like mystery? Do you like technology? We get the impression that at least some of you are either nodding in agreement, or mouthing the words, "Yes I do," over and over. If you're one of those lucky few, here's some information ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio
It's been nearly a year since we've heard from Sangean, but the company is hitting back with a swank new WiFi internet radio that's shaped a good deal like its past units. The WFR-20 offers up "direct access to over 6,000 Internet Radio stations (and 21,242 on-demand ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: DesktopsWe'd heard rumblings about this newfangled three-core approach just two days ago, and now it looks like AMD has gone and gotten all official on us. According to the chip maker, the forthcoming Phenom is "expected to be the world's first PC processor to integrate three computational cores ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: CellphonesSteve's response to our question about the lack of 3G on the iPhone was kinda reasonable -- battery life is a major issue on current 3G chips -- but that doesn't mean the technology isn't improving rapidly. According to The Street, we could see an iPhone with a ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Wow, talk about being on a roll. Not even a week after unleashing the awfully-titled TLKR walkie-talkie, Motorola is gettin' even more platitudinal with its new duo of MOTOLIVN landline phones. Both units tout location-free bases, "eco-mode" for saving energy, ten ringer melodies, a built-in speakerphone, and ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: StorageThose fond of how quickly flash memory reads and writes their data are sure to adore the research that a few University of Pennsylvania scientists have been working on, as Ritesh Agarwal (pictured) and colleagues have crafted "nanowires capable of storing computer data for 100,000 years and retrieving ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Transportation, WirelessJoining Shenzhen Airlines, Qantas, and a whole host of others, Alaska Air is the newest airline to promise us in-flight WiFi when coming onboard. Reportedly, the firm "will test a system from Row 44, a provider of broadband communication for airlines, on a Boeing 737 in spring ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Home Entertainment
You've waited, you've watched, you taken Houses of the Holy out of rotation in anticipation... and now it's here. That's right folks, effective today, the Bowers & Wilkins totally wild Zeppelin iPod dock is available for mass consumption. If you'll recall, the bizarre looking conversation starter sports ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones
While Nokia didn't exactly choose the quietest day to launch its latest handset, the E51 is getting official, regardless. This candybar-styled device was designed with the suits in mind, as Nokia even touts its ability to "integrate tightly with corporate telephony systems (PBX) through Nokia Mobile Unified Communications ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Networking
While Netgear certainly boasted about its current range of peripherals, routers and switches during a recent conference, a few presentation slides enabled us to get a brief look at what's coming next from the firm. 'Course, we're already aware of several Q3 launches -- including the SPH200W Skype ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones
While the N81 has managed to capture the hearts of many thus far, we Americans have been forced to look longingly at it as we wonder if it will ever come to our shores. Thankfully, it seems that there's at least a glimmer of hope, as the sexy ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Gaming, Transportation
Trevor Michael Karney - aka, The Elusive Dietrich - has been sentenced to jail by an LA judge for misleading police in the 162MPH crash of that $1.5 million Gizmondo Ferrari Enzo. Besides lying to police about his involvement as a passenger, the 27-year old German playboy ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones
It looks like Sprint users now have a few more search options at their disposal, with the carrier and Microsoft announcing today that Live Search will now automatically take the users' location into consideration. Apparently, the service makes use of cell-tower triangulation, and not GPS, to determine the ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
While the HD DVD camp is busy with its 51GB disc, the Blu-ray side has a new creature of its own to talk about. Co-developed by Pioneer and Mitsubishi, the LTH (Low to High) BD-R reportedly utilizes an "organic dye recording layer," and is said to ...
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