I’m pretty excited about the new RAZR2, and why shouldn’t I be? It just launched today. One of the positive aspects that Ed Zander stressed during the unveiling is that the RAZR2 will be out in two versions (EDGE and HSDPA) for GSM carriers and a third version (EVDO) for…
Samsung’s new 22-inch SyncMaster was made for videoconferencing. Aside from its built-in 2-megapixel webcam, the 22-inch LCD also comes with onboard speakers and a mic. Resolution-wise, the 225UW hits 1,680 x 1,050 which Samsung pairs with a 700:1 contrast ratio and 5ms response time. You also get a 2-port USB…
The Motorola RAZR 2 is slimmer and sexier than before, so what better way to show you its pulchritude than a gallery spread of cool shots? Feast your eyes, cellphone mavens and even those of you who can’t stand the sight of the things. Even you may like this one….
On the same day it announced the 50th conviction stemming from its massive piracy sweep, Operation Fastlink–of a member of the Apocalypse Crew (best known for dropping albums pre-street date)”the Department of Justice proposed new legislation”dubbed the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007″that would punish copyright infringement more harshly than…
Showers are great and all, but sometimes I wish they could be more terrifying. That’s why I like this Gasmask Showerhead. It strikes fear deep into my soul, which is what I look for in a bathroom appliance. It’s the details that make it special: the eye-holes hold your soap,…
Woz is back, this time to dish on phones. What does he like in phones? What makes a phone worth owning? What phone does he use on a day-to-day basis? Interestingly enough, he’s a big fan of 3G phones that are fast enough to stream video. I guess you didn’t…
Well, two in, two to go: following up on yesterday’s announcement, Sir Paul McCartney’s new album Memory Almost Full is available now for pre-order exclusively in the iTunes Music Store. Macca’s new album, a very personal work according to him, will be available for download on June 5. Whatever. The…
We’re here in a nice old building in New York’s Chelsea district to check out the unveiling of Motorola’s new phones. First up was Ming touchscreen clamshell. Then Q smartphone refresh: the Q8 and 3G-capable Q9. Next was ROKR Z6 music phone and Moto Z8 entertainment phone. Coup de grace:…
We briefly mentioned MSNBC.com’s NewsBreaker Live Interactive Cinema game last week at our beloved bro site Kotaku, and now here’s video footage of that crowd gaming experience, where humans take the role of joysticks and collectively play a rousing game of Breakout. A motion sensor in front of the theater…
This is the new helmet-mounted display system for the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter. The helmet is designed to provide pilots with binocular-wide field-of-view, give night vision abilities and scare enemy pilots at first sight. It was used for the first time last April, making the F-35 the first…
Here’s a cool trick Eric Stroud and and Michael Herrmann discovered: Sharks hate magnets. And the thing is, anyone who is a shark geek and a magnet geek can kind of mentally put it together. With the shark being able to sense weak currents in the water, this has GOT…
Check this out. Order a Mac in Japan, get a free Bearbrick. Cool, but not quite topping my favorite Lego/Apple Mashup ever, the 1984 ad diorama in building blocks. ” Brian Lam Apple Bearbrick [Plastic Bamboo]
We’re big fans of the online game rental company Gamefly here, so this deal is both fantastic and devious, depending on how ethical you are. Gamefly has a deal going that will give you either a Wii or one year of Gamefly if you get five of your friends to…
Did you hear that dpreview.com was just bought out by Amazon? If you’re not familiar with dpreview, it’s the largest database for digital camera reviews and news on the internet. Hell, it’s even the first result if you type “cameras” into Google. But how does the purchase of the biggest…
If you’re one of the few people (like us) still eagerly awaiting the summer blockbuster spectacular Transformers, you’ll love these transformers watches from Seiko. They may be goofy, and they may be supremely low tech, but they’re definitely made for the nine-year-old boy inside of you. Note: we said the…
Remember to bring your Bluetooth-enabled phones if you manage to make it to an Astros game at Minute Maid Park. The Astros have launched Bluetooth zones all around the park where folks can download video and audio clips, applications, ticket offers and more. This seems like a baby step to…
The traditional summer water balloon fight just got a little more intense. Fill up a water balloon and load it into this shoulder-mounted water mortar. It uses a spring-loaded mechanism to fire the water balloon. The effective range is anywhere from 15 to 20 feet, and this device is sure…
According to this internal AT&T doc to sales reps, the iPhone will not be available for preorder. I predict lines of fanboys, much like at the PS3 launch day, with lots of crime and anarchy to go along with. Isn’t this one case where preorders make a lot of sense?…
We’ve been eagerly awaiting a chance to get our hands on the JVC HD Everio GZ-HD7 hard drive camcorder, and now that we’ve had one here for the past few days, we were not disappointed. Here are our impressions of its usability, picture quality and overall design. Holding the camcorder…
Designed by Nikita Golovlev, the Traveller is a GPS navigation system made from E-paper so it can fold and close like a paperback. The unit was created with tourists in mind, letting them pinpoint where they are and easily upload recent photos (the unit will have built-in Wi-Fi and limited…
I know the Wiimote is supposed to be more about motion control than the old-fashion ways, but some people miss those old ways. For those missing getting the Nintendo fix with an analog stick and buttons (like the GameCube and N64 has) this peripheral is for you. It is an…
Join the gurus of cool in Coolness Roundup episode 87, praising and blasting product after product in lots of lively tech talk. This week, join Gizmodo’s Charlie White and Sci Fi Tech’s Stephen Schleicher as they give you their hands-on impressions of Adobe’s latest software uber-suite, CS3, and evaluate features…
Boy, I didn’t see this one coming. The latest version of iTunes, 7.1.1, has been cracked, allowing you to strip off that annoying DRM so you can listen to your legally purchased songs however you’d like. It can be done using the program QTFairUse6. Unfortunately, it’s only available for Windows,…
Nowadays its pretty easy to find an LCD monitor that rotates and pivots, but if you don’t have the cash to spend on a new display (or if you just like building things on your own), a user by the name of odrarek has posted up instructions on how to…
Last week might have been all about Intel, but today is AMD/ATI’s morning. Aside from the new processors and desktop graphics cards, the company also ushered in its new mobile video cards ranging from the entry level Mobility Radeon HD 2300 to the top of the line Mobility Radeon 2600…
Now it’s official, AMD has bumped its Athlon processors off the high horse and replaced them with Phenom X2 (dual core) and Phenom X4 (quad core) processors, and the company says these new chips will be part of its enthusiast platform it calls FASN8. The company’s saying that when you…
If you’re a motorcyclist who sometimes wears your underwear on your head, now you can wear a pair of jeans on top of that, and have your head protected from massive damage as well with these Nexx X60 Open Face motorcycle helmets. This jeans-like style is just one of a…
Haier’s sister phone to its Elegance (aka the Black Pearl) will be available from July. The Haier Sterling is another beautifully designed teeny-weeny phone (it measures 3.8 x 1.6 x 0.6 inches) and for $199 you get MP3 and MP4 players, full WAP and Web access, 1.3 megapixel camera, 1.8-inch…
It may not have the look of a Dyson about it, but Archie Cameron’s vaccuum cleaner lays claim to the oldest working model in Britain today. The retired Scottish civil servant has had his Goblin Triumph electric cleaner since 1936, when his mother bought it from a traveling salesman in…
Got a spare quarter mil for this one-of-a-kind Ambilight TV? 2,250 diamonds (weighing in at 225 carats) are on board this 42-inch screen, adding some sparkle to those moody LEDs around the border. Philips made this to mark the manufacture of their millionth Ambilight TV. Better than throwing a piss…
Oh, these NYU kids and their big ideas. (Disclosure: I was an NYU kid until Thursday.) Myra Einstein’s project, Ambient TV, aims to bring Web 2.0 tech to TV and would make a great add-on to TiVo or the upcoming Xbox 360 IPTV setup. While some of the ideas aren’t…
Tomorrow is the deadline for ISPs to have their networks wired up with G-Man-mandated surveillance equipment which will make it easier for the FBI to snoop, spy and wiretap the intertubes, per the FCC’s expanded 2002 interpretation of the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. (Clearly an older law,…
The I Got Clocked clocks may be too late for Mother’s Day 2007, but there will be a Mother’s Day 2008 (in about a year). Taking the novelty clock to the next level, IGC offers photo-customized clocks that use the subjects’ arms as minute and hour…hands. Yes, your son, daughter,…
