Archive for the ‘WoW’ Category

The Treo Pro makes its video debut, inches towards launch

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Now that the Treo Pro's been uncovered, the sleek black handset just can't stay out of the spotlight -- it's popped up today in several more high-res shots, a quick hands-on video, and even what looks like official press photography. Specs are still up in the air -- ...

Powabyke X-6 reminds us just how boring we really are

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Filed under: Transportation We've got the Jack Johnson playlist locked and loaded, our polarized Oakleys are firmly ensconced, and those khakis are tucked snugly into our tube socks. It's time to ride, fool. The Powabyke X-6 is the electric bike for the bore in all of us, masquerading perfectly as a ...

ASUS kicks out four new XP-based Eee PCs for Taiwan

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops We know it's been a tough few days since the last Eee PC launch, but ASUS has now thankfully come through with four more ever so slightly different models to feed your questionable appetite, this time for Taiwan. Those include the 1000HD XP, 904HD XP, 901 XP and ...

Retro Space arcade cabinet dispenses with (most of) the throwback formalities

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming Yeah, we get it, those arcade glory years were indeed glorious, but we're a bit past the point of needing a retro cabinet at home large enough to house an entire army of quarter gremlins just to rock a bit of MAME standing up. Retro Space chucks the ...

Google lays out Android roadmap, devs scheduled to get more love

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, HandheldsGoogle feels really badly about that several month-long stretch where it kept any and all updates to its Android SDK out of the public limelight, developers, honest, but it wants to make it up to you. It seems that yesterday's 0.9 release, which represented the first official ...

Two mammoth solar plants to generate 800 megawatts in California

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIt's one thing to see competition unnecessarily push more and more megapixels into palm-sized cameras, but this game of leapfrog is one we can actually get behind. A pair of giant solar plants will soon be installed in San Luis Obispo County in California, covering 12.5 square ...

RFID-activated retrieval system brings urns up for viewing

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wireless This one's a bit morbid, but the technology behind it all is actually quite interesting. Japan's own Nichiryoku has evidently created a unique urn retrieval system that enables family members with deceased loved ones to return to a reverent storage facility, swipe an RFID card, and ...

Analyst says first Android phone will ship in November, possibly without Exchange

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones The HTC Dream may have already cleared the FCC, but at least one analyst that has actually seen the very first Android-based device, Moe Tanabian of IBB Consulting, says that it will only be hitting stores around Thanksgiving in November, and not September or October as many were ...

Open source license ruled enforceable, hippies rejoice

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsGood news, open source fans -- copyleft licenses just got a big boost from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which ruled last week that the open source Artistic License is valid and enforceable, and that violating the terms of the license constitutes copyright ...

Popcorn Hour’s A-110 HD media streamer / B-110 motherboard reviewed

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentIf you've been putting off that purchase of Popcorn Hour's evolutionary A-110 HD media streamer or all new B-110 motherboard, here's a decent compilation of facts and opinions to help you make up your mind once and for all. The cats over at DigitalReviews took the ...

OCZ stays on its game with Core Series V2 SSDs

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Filed under: StorageMere months after debuting its highly-desirable and smashingly-priced Core Series of SATA II SSDs, OCZ is back for more with the Core Series V2 of 2.5-inch drives. Sizes have been bumped to 30GB / 60GB / 120GB / 250GB, and access times are up to 170MBps read ...

TSA to introduce less annoying laptop bag rules this Saturday

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops According to a report in USA Today, starting on Saturday the TSA will be relaxing its policies on laptop removal from bags, and will be letting specific bags types ride through the X-ray machines with their cargo intact. The agency will allow travelers using bags which provide an ...

ESA’s six-wheeled Mars bot prototypes ready to kick some martian ass

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Filed under: Robots, Transportation ESA is showing off its new "ExoMars" bots, Bruno and Bradley, who are being prepped for a 2015 mission to the red planet. The six-wheeled bots are being designed to carry a significant scientific payload, oriented around the search for life, but won't slouch in the maneuverability ...

ASUS Eee Box B202 detailed and tested on video

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops It's one thing to see a device unboxed in pictures, but we all know a video tells a million (give or take a few) words. HotHardware's Dave Altavilla has posted up a sub-5 minute clip detailing the ins and outs of ASUS' Eee Box B202, and even from ...

USB indoor / outdoor thermometer: for when walking outside is just too hard

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsBelieve us, we've seen a variety of unorthodox thermometers before, but this one just shines in a very special way. Brando's USB indoor / outdoor thermometer ($22) is pretty self-explanatory, but we'll humor you a bit by going into detail. The unit itself is powered via your ...