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A few months ago we showed you Pacemaker’s pocket-sized DJ system, which at first glance seemed like a interestingly entertaining product. After a video demonstration by company DJ Ola Sars, the Pacemaker appears to be even more fun than we originally imagined. Even-though it has been over six months since we showed you the party in your pants DJ system, it still has the same specs; 120GB hard drive, USB 2.0 support, a touchpad, and various other DJ-ing functions (including loop-in, loop-out, re-loop, cue point search, and other things we have no idea about). [Tonium]
•An anti-trust lawsuit has been filed against Apple with charges of holding a monopoly on the digital music market. The major complaint in the charge is Apple’s inability to support Windows WMA format, which we can’t argue with. [Information Week]
A Sony spokesman has stated that Sony will soon be exiting the Rear Projection TV business as soon as their current inventory is gone. Even though Sony’s rear projection TVs were still popular, they will be shifting their resources towards LCDs, which they believe is “what people really want”. This news isn’t too strange since Sony isn’t the first to be dropping Rear Projection from their line up; Philips, Toshiba and Hitachi have already done the same. [Twice]
A few weeks ago Creative confirmed that the 32GB Zen was coming, but sadly would not see the light of day till the second quarter of 2008. Well, it appears that Creative’s US site is showing the 32GB Zen in stock and available for shipment. For some reason the Zen product page doesn’t show the 32GB model in stock when selected in the drop down menu; but when placed in the cart, it shows that it is indeed available. So if you were planing on layin-down $US349.99 on the largest capacity Zen when it was finally available, your time has come. Oh, and as a bonus you might actually be able to get this in time for Christmas, if you order soon. [Creative]
The Gadget: LED Christmas Lights with Decorative Rain Light, feature 40 muti-color LEDs, various effects / speeds, clear wiring, and control box for selecting effect settings. What makes these lights different is the “Rainy” effect, that is produced by a clear bubbled end cap on each LED.The Price: $US19.95
The Verdict: The idea of using LEDs for Christmas lights sounds great, since they are brighter, save money, and last longer, but there is nothing about the LED Christmas Lights with Decorative Rain light that are actually appreciable. More »
EA’s warranty efforts to replace broken Rock Band Guitars has been seeing some delays, and in response to the delayed replacements, EA is offering a free game for those who are affected. So, those of you who still have a bum strum button and haven’t requested a replacement, you might want to do it soon, so you at-least get a free game out of the deal. [Kotaku, sorry oh long haired one.] More »
TiVo and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) have announced a new external adaptor that will bring switched video capabilities to CableCARD devices, such as series 3 TiVos. Due in the second quarter of 2008, this adaptor will finally put good use to that spare USB connector found on new TiVos. This might not sound that exciting, but it actually benefits the consumer more than you think. More »
Phillips line of Xenium 9@9 mobile phones are best known for their incredibly long battery life. The new Xenium 9@9u that has just been given the FCC unveiling, seems to be at the bottom of the Xenium battery life scale, with an expected run time of one month on standby and up to 8 hours of talk time from a single charge. More »
newVideoPlayer("mllamp.flv", 475, 376);Kitchen Budapest’s Mllamp project is out to give everyday items the ability to simulate emotions. As you can see from the video, a pair of lamps have been rigged to mimic human emotions. What those human emotions are, we’re not sure. We just know that these lamps totally remind us of Pixar’s mascot, Luxo Jr. [Kitchen Budapest] More »
The holidays are all about candy, and nothing says holiday sweets like a set of chocolate tools. Wait, is that right? We know there are chocolate shaped bunnies, Champaign bottles and even gadgets, so we guess chocolate tools aren’t that strange. These photos from Sicily, Italy, show a set of working chocolate tools, complete with moving parts and threaded nuts and bolts. As for how much work you can actually get done with these tools is unknown, but we would imagine not much. For more chocolaty tooly goodness hit the jump. More »
