Geek Out

“Hammer, Hammer” Says Frankenstein As He Smashes TVs In A Target

A 39-year old Chicago man walked into a Minnesota Target store on Saturday morning and began smashing tvs while muttering “hammer” repeatedly in a monotone voice. Witnesses also describe him as walking like Frankenstein and having blood on his face.


August 5, 2009
Entertainment

Amazon VOD Coming To All 2009 Panasonic Blu-ray Players

If you own any 2009 model of Panasonic VIERA CAST Blu-ray players, keep a lookout for a free update coming today. It brings Amazon Video on Demand streaming that will make your Blu-ray collection cry.

AU: Unless you live outside the US, in which case you’ll get nothing.


August 1, 2009

K-Box Pocket Speaker Review (Mediocre, But Entertaining)

The Gadget: K-Box portable speaker. It turns any surface (tables, doors and windows) into big speakers.


July 28, 2009
Gadgets

Brando Tells Apple TV To Suck On This HD Media Player

Seamless white boxes? Pfft. Brando doesn’t need any of white plastic’s pomp and circumstance. Instead, their Darwinian hard drive dock gets another upgrade. Now it’s an HD media player.


July 22, 2009
Entertainment

Samsung BD3252 Blu-ray Home-Theater-in-a-Box Actually Kind Of A Deal For $US800

A year ago, a thousand bucks got you a Blu-ray home-theater-in-a-box that’s downright primitive today. For $US800, Samsung’s HT-BD3252, packs in a Blu-ray player with Netflix and Pandora streaming, 5.1 surround (1000 watts), an iPod dock and a Wi-Fi dongle.


July 8, 2009

CDs Team With Insect World To Battle MP3 Threat

We hoped it wouldn’t come to this. In a moment of passion, a series of AutoCAD templates has converted various optical media into a (deadly?) swarm of flies. May God have mercy on us all. [CNC Forum via MAKE]


July 7, 2009

Cox Speaker Table Combines Two Items, Ruining Both

This Cox speaker table is the sort of thing you buy when you have a lot of money but no time to consider how practical your overpriced baubles are. Who the hell wants a speaker that doubles as a table?


Gaming

The Wii Is Gorgeous In High Definition

Super Mario Galaxy has incredible art design, but in standard def, the game can just be so visually disappointing compared to its potential hinted at onscreen. So what would it look like in 720P HD? Like this.


June 30, 2009
Entertainment

Yamaha Rethinks The AV Receiver, Creates NeoHD

Reading up on this totally fresh neoHD receiver tells me that Yamaha—unlike its competition—is trying hard to keep up with the rapidly changing home theatre situation, particularly where HD video is concerned.


Asus Slim Blu-ray Drives Feature A Wicked X

We don’t know what the LED X found on the side of this Asus Blu-ray drive is supposed to symbolise to the people of Earth, but we aren’t ones to argue with pointlessly glowing aesthetics.