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Hideous G-Shock Phone Too Durable To Destroy

5:00AM January 25, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Try to drown it, crush it with up to a ton of weight, or give it a toss — this prototype G-Shock phone will just laugh its heinous mug at you. Why can’t super-rugged things not look like this? More »

Computing

Panasonic Gets Tougher On Toughbooks

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10:30AM September 21, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Panasonic’s Toughbooks are the Volvos of the laptop computing world. They’re boxy, but they’re good, especially if you need a laptop that can take a Rocky-style beating. Panasonic’s just launched six new models in the local market. More »

Cameras

Drift HD 1080p Action-Cam: Awesome? Check. Reliable? Not So Much

11:25AM August 29, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Man, and the Drift HD was so close to being a super-stealthy altrernative to my GoPro. If only it would just stay on. More »

Cameras

Nikon’s First Rugged Cam: Super Bright Projector Mutant Camera

12:44AM August 25, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

So Nikon announced about a million new cameras today, including its first go-anywhere, do-whatever-the-hell-you-want-to-it point-and-shoot. It’s like when Gizmo eats after midnight, except with Nikon cameras instead gremlins. Here’s a quick rundown on each of them. More »

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Gresso Extreme X3 Phone Can Withstand 1.5 Tons Of Pressure

4:10AM August 19, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Gresso Extreme X3 may not win any beauty awards, but for a phone that can withstand an hour in 5m of water and 1.5 tons (1.4 tonnes) on top of it, it’s a decent looking phone. More »

Computing

LaCie’s Rugged Mini Hard Drive Is Kind Of Begging To Be Abused

3:57AM July 20, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

I’m pretty paranoid about losing my data to a hard drive failure, so the LaCie Rugged Mini drive is at once awesome and terrible for me. It’s great because the thing’s fast and basically indestructible, but I can’t help thinking I’ll just screw with it until I find a way to break it. More »

Computing

Protect Your External Hard Drive From Lizards And Dirt And Destruction

2:00PM June 17, 2011 | Sam Biddle

External hard drives are wonderful for all our gigabytes of tasteful porn and legally downloaded media, but what happens when you drop one? Your data might die. You spent a long time hoarding that stuff! Give it a nice shield. More »

Cameras

Contour+ Maximises The Extreme In Your Adventure Videos

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11:15AM May 13, 2011 | Nick Broughall

It looks like it’s time to send our designer Ben back into the wild, with Contour announcing the latest addition to its hands-free rugged camcorders, the Contour+. More »

Mobile

Casio’s G’zone Commando Takes Android Into Mil-Spec Territory

6:52AM April 27, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The internal specs for the Casio G’zone Commando smartphone are pedestrian: Android 2.2, 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 5MP camera. But the fact that it’s a mil-spec smartphone makes it attractive if you enjoy the outdoors. More »

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This Is The First And Only iPhone 4 Case To Meet Military Specifications

2:40PM February 15, 2011 | Husain Sumra

If you want to protect your shiny iPhone 4 from the harshest conditions known to man, you may not have a better option than the Ballistic HC. More »