Pioneer’s new Elite Blu-ray player, the $US1,000 BDP-95FD, is geared to audiophiles as much as it is aimed at videophiles: In addition to HDMI 1.3a and x.v.ycc color, it has bitstream output of even the highest audio codecs, including DTS HD Master Audio. In other words, if you just bought…
What do the the United States’ most classified, undercover agents need to do their job better? A little social networking. In order to better share information between various areas of U.S. intelligence, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is setting up a network called A-Space. A-Space is a…
ASUS has announced a new version of their obnoxious yet effective Silent Knight CPU cooler. Now supporting quad core processors, the SNII is packed with six copper tubes and 100% copper fins to distribute heat away from your precious processor. A PWM function fan automatically adjusts its speed to the…
Sharp made a bit of news today when it rolled out its brand-new BD-HP20U Blu-ray player at CEDIA, the first one to bear the Aquos name. Sharp calls this pretty little temptress a “slim profile model,” and rightfully so. It’s tiny-slim. Sharp is proud of the fact that it builds…
A bunch of Russian artists have created these “Matrix Goggles,” which allow you to stagger around with everything looking like you’re trapped in a mediocre sci-fi movie. It’s the most useful invention to come out of Mother Russia since Vodka. Insert your own tired “In Soviet Russia _____ ______s you!”…
When HP acquired Voodoo PC, the boutique gaming maker, I could think of only one thing: What would a creative PC maker like Rahul Sood do with the resources of a small platoon of HP engineers? The Blackbird 002 is the first collaboration, built with lots of HP workstation and…
Sony announced its BDP-S500 at IFA, but they were holding out on us until today. Their BDP-S2000es flagship bears the ES designation, which longtime Sony fans will recognize as their Elevated Standards gear. What do you get over the BDP-S500? Cleaner circuitry in the form of separate boards for audio…
It’s easy to say what we love about the new iPods—like Gizmodo commenters, they are each special in their own unique way. But there are some gnawing issues that we would like to bring up. First, five things we love: • iPod touch’s iPhone interface – Now everybody wants to…
The new 80GB / 160GB beast that is the iPod classic is also available “immediately” locally. The 80GB model goes $349, while the 160GB is $479. [Apple Store Australia]
Apple has been quick to share the news on the local status of the new iPod line up, and unlike the iPhone we can get our hands on the sassy new iPod touch in a matter of weeks. The official word is “later this month”, with the 8GB model at…
Here’s an abridged version of Apple’s official walkthrough of the new iPod touch, complete with new info on the Wi-Fi iTunes Music store, the new interface, and a whole lot of over-the-top hand gesturing. [Apple]
After a brief hands on with the iPod Nano, here’s what we think: -The Nano is small considering its screen. Very light and comfortable to hold. Thinner than even the first generation nano. -The New UI is very smooth. Animations are a bit slower, but the navigation is as responsive…
The price of an 8GB iPhone just got lower, and the 4GB iPhone is on its way out, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. He announced the 8GB iPhone’s new price will be $399, down $200 from its original $599 price. Well now, how does that make those of us…
The big surprise of the Stevenote: new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store for the the iPhone. If you buy songs from the iPod Touch, they will synch back with iTunes on the desktop. It seems to work ultra-fast on the Touch’s Wi-Fi and has all the songs from the iTMS to…
The next iPod nano made its debut appearance at the Moscone Center in San Francisco this morning, bringing along video playback features and a slimmer, wider form factor that was surprisingly close to the obligatory mockups that heralded its arrival.
The Rip Roar Creation Station is a cheapo green screen setup for kids and impoverished filmmakers. It’s got everything you need to make it look like you’re standing in front of a volcano, when you’re really standing in your parent’s basement: camera with LED lighting, a mic, two green screens,…
Rumblings of HP’s return to the hand held world are looking more solid with a complete lineup of very legitimate looking iPAQs. We’ll run you through it wham-bam-thank-you-ma’m style. Hit the jump and let’s do this thing.
The hype for EEStor’s mythical battery-killing, capacitor-based technology that we’ve been hearing about for a while keeps coming, re-ringing promises of, for instance, a five-minute plug-in time for a car to make a 500-mile trip. Naturally, details on how EEStor has managed to accomplish a feat academics have been taking…
When you’re in a strange city it’s easy to get lost, but you don’t want to miss the sights because you’re glued to a map or GPS device. German and Swedish researchers may have created a solution – cell phone that can give you GPS directions simply by heating up…
After the she said BS between Apple and NBC over the last few days, we’re kind of glad to see some kind of resolution: NBC’s taking its business to Amazon Unbox, which will give NBC “greater flexibility in the pricing and packaging of video downloads.” For the time being though,…
The not-new-but-still-enjoyable video above is pegged to a fresh quote from a Microsoft exec, via Reuters: “It wouldn’t be unreasonable to think at some point there might some integrated thing,” Mindy Mount, chief financial officer of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, told investors at Citigroup’s global technology conference. That was…
Just when you thought you’ve graduated from college and escaped the desk + chair combination furniture, here comes the Thanko Chair-Desk. It’s a standard rolling office chair, yes, but it also has an attachment with a desk-surface for writing/computing. Very useful for Japan’s 200 sqft. apartments, but definitely useful for…
File this in the realm of totally false (Logitech said “this is definitely made up”), but here’s some fanart of a possible Logitech G25 keyboard. It has their EDGE-line stylings, but combines Optimus style changeable display keys with a scrolling circle pad on the left. Yeah, we could see ourselves…
Hey guys, I’ve got the best plan to both keep our cars and reduce our reliance on oil. Know what it is? It’s so awesome. Ok, here it is. You take a van, right? And then you hollow out the back, and stick a horse inside. Dude, isn’t it great?…
We’re not sure how unorganized blind people were able to keep track of their CDs before (other than sticking them into a computer and playing it back), but this Braille CD-R from Mitsubishi is a fantastic idea. They have two layers of high viscosity ink that creates 0.1mm Braille bumps…
It’s fantastic news for Toyota and Lexus owners, as the car company has just released an iPod adapter kit to directly link the player with your car’s audio system. The kit fits into all current Toyotas and Lexuses and connects inside the glovebox so you can control the iPod with…
We just got the scoop from Epson: the company says it will indeed deliver that new-and-improved
Pash over at Lifehacker has a tutorial up on how to install third-party applications to your iPhone. It’s notable because it comes straight from our iPhone Book, along with many more tips and tricks that you won’t find in other books (seriously, we’ve read the other books, and they don’t…
The lasses over at Shiny Shiny took the shocking taser gun and brought them out for a little fun—at each other’s expense. Not to spoil the fun, but Zara and Katie throw out their usually composed British demeanors and zap out all their latent workplace aggression in the span of…
Epson jacked up its latest 4×6 photo printers with larger LCD screens (now 3.6″) and faster print times: they can handle a full-quality borderless print in 37 seconds. The new PictureMate Zoom includes a CD burner too, so you can dump a day of shooting to disc for archiving or…
