Gadget News Archives

Posted Feb 29th 2008 4:04PM by Darren Murph Filed under: Cellphones We'll be honest with you -- it's a bit disheartening to watch the inevitable happen to Helio. via Engadget

The digital world has truly advanced by leaps and bounds, and here we have the UCCTOP XENO Internet Broadcasting Station which allows you to travel along with your camera crew, beaming the latest happenings ... via Ubergizmo

Corsair has introduced an updated version of its Flash Voyager GT drive that will bring 16GB of storage space to the masses, minus the speed sacrifice that often comes with the territory of extra capacity ... via Ubergizmo

If you're one of the few people who do not yet own an iPod dock of sorts, why not check out the green Vers 2X ? This unique iPod dock from Versaudio stands out from the plastic crowd, thanks to the use of wood ... via Ubergizmo

For those who felt the need to install a PCI card of sorts inside their Stealth LPC-450 will be sorely disappointed, although Stealth Computer has done their bit by releasing a PCI-friendly version with the ... via Ubergizmo

Here's yet another Sony Home Theater System that boasts their S-AIR technology - a wireless audio solution for multi-room listening. via Ubergizmo

April release for $100, $150. ICD-SX68, ICD-SX68DR9 - both have 512MB and are designed to work with Dragon NaturallySpeaking for voice to text; the DR9 includes Dragon. via Engadget

Nokia has just rolled out its Morph concept - a long-term concept handset that was joint developed with the folks from the University of Cambridge. via Ubergizmo

Talk about kicking a man when he's down - Microsoft has decided to stop manufacturing their Xbox 360 HD DVD drive peripheral, driving what could possibly be the last nail in HD DVD's coffin. via Ubergizmo

“The children here studying Egyptian hieroglyphics can use an Internet site to translate their own names into that complicated writing system of some 3000 years ago”

I'm Just Sayin': The internet ... Our teacher, our tyrant By DON FARMER 12:00 a.m., Sunday, February 24, 2008 Submitted photo It has been three score years since I was in elementary school, so when I try to ... via Naples Daily News

By Chief Gadgeteer, Gizmos for Geeks Contributing Writer, RealTechNews . Most notable this past week was the release of the latest Mvix Media Center, the Mvix MX-780HD . The MX-780HD has HDMI out, supports up ... via RealTechNews

“Recorded music is becoming a ubiquitous feature. I think we have not even begun to witness the top of this yet”

Alabama football fans can buy pens, ties, video games, phones and socks that play the Crimson Tide's fight song, and a New York company is humming the tune all the way to the bank. via The Oregonian

TDK has been around long enough for the average consumer to associate it with cassette tapes and other recording media such as floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, and even Blu-ray optical media. via Ubergizmo

The Gran Turismo franchise has received its official racing wheel, courtesy of Logitech - the Logitech Driving Force GT Racing Wheel. via Ubergizmo

Posted Feb 19th 2008 2:35AM by Darren Murph Filed under: Transportation Remember that elusive WhiteStar we first got wind of earlier this month? Apparently, Tesla Motors is doing its best to round up a ... via Engadget

“I was unsettled by that. Those four words made me say, 'That's a travesty,'”

Bruce Olds is not certain exactly how his interest in America's space program became an obsession, but he knows when. via HeraldTribune.com

The Valtra RoboTrac from 25 year old Estonian industrial designer Hannes Seeberg - whose portfolio also includes an intriguing Skylift self-propelled boarding aircraft boarding system - combines an 85 hp engine ... via Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

“A veteran of many battles, ATACMS is indispensable to the present fight, and gives commanders the ability to accurately engage the enemy at depth on the battlefield. And ATACMS' pinpoint accuracy helps minimize collateral damage.”

The contract includes the ATACMS Quick Reaction Unitary and the Block IA Missiles. via Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

Posted Feb 12th 2008 4:41PM by Donald Melanson Filed under: Cellphones While Microsoft was doing little to hide how much it was willing to spend on Yahoo! , the company's been decidedly more coy about exactly ... via Engadget

“We're becoming like a correspondence school where all communication is faceless.”

Over the weekend, I saw this in the washington Post talking about the technolust of some school administrators. via Going to the Mat

Posted Feb 13th 2008 7:37PM by Nilay Patel Filed under: Gaming , Home Entertainment No, it won't get you "true" HDMI, but older 360 owners looking to get rid of those clunky component cables might want to take ... via Engadget

The New Orleans MP58 plays from MP3-CD's, USB flash drives and large-format portable hard-drives and there's optional interface modules for Bluetooth capability and iPod control. via Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

By Amy Scattergood L.A. Times-Washington Post News Service Great cooking equipment - copper pots, high-tech gadgets, anything manufactured by European car companies - can set you back some financially. via Vail Daily News

Both mobile broadband ExpressCards fit a laptop's ExpressCard slot to give instant wireless Internet access. via Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

“It is unfortunate that Yahoo has not embraced our full and fair proposal to combine our companies”

INTERNET Microsoft rejects Yahoo rejection 12-02-2008 by The Register Just a few hours after Yahoo rejected Microsoft's USD44.6 billion purchase offer, the Redmond-based software giant issued a statement. via ElectricNews.net

If you happen to have an old webcam and a telephoto lens lying around, why not dust off the toolbox at home and build your own basic digital telescope? I must say, the magnifying power is nothing much to shout ... via Ubergizmo

Posted Feb 11th 2008 2:51PM by Donald Melanson Filed under: Peripherals , Wireless While we're guessing most of you likely won't be putting the military grade-ness of Plantronics' new Explorer 370 Bluetooth ... via Engadget

Posted Feb 10th 2008 10:18PM by Ryan Block Filed under: Cellphones The company that once designed the Treo for Palm is apparently back in the ODM game. via Engadget

Posted Feb 8th 2008 5:18PM by Donald Melanson Filed under: Cellphones TerreStar certainly hasn't been flooding us with news over the years, but it looks like the company's been keeping itself busy nonetheless, ... via Engadget

“Yes, it can be, but it's OK after I have a rest.”

Just how did so many people manage to get time off work to go to Sexpo Durban? "Delegates" on Thursday streamed to the first day of the four-day exhibition, the only "conference" at the ICC where everyone was ... via Daily News

“We've demonstrated proof of concept”

North American boffins have produced a knee brace which can generate several watts of power as the wearer's leg flexes while walking. via The Register

Posted Feb 7th 2008 2:20PM by Chris Ziegler Filed under: Cellphones , Handhelds Palm's GSM Centro has been about the worst-kept secret in the entire smartphone industry for the past few weeks, and indeed, it's ... via Engadget

Microsoft has extended its stable of mice with two new additions - the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000. via Ubergizmo

Even though the first commercial deployments of Microsoft's Surface have been delayed until spring, it seems that enthusiasm for the tech is still strong in Redmond -- enough so that Steve Ballmer told ... via Engadget

The multi billion dollar investment by the Abu Dhabi government makes it the most ambitious sustainability program ever launched by any government. via Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

“I ask my staff members not to hand me paper until two seconds before I need it because I will lose it. And my desk and my office don't look good.”

January was National Get Organized Month, so proclaimed by the National Association of Professional Organizers, or NAPO - not to be confused, of course, with its friendly rival, NSDGC, or the National Study ... via Concord Monitor

The new 32- and 16-gigabyte SDHC and 8GB SDHC Plus cards offer read and write speeds of 15 megabytes per second , up from previous speeds of 10MB/sec read and 9MB/sec write in the SanDisk Ultra II line. via Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

Posted Jan 31st 2008 1:58AM by Steven Kim Filed under: Digital Cameras Lookee here, the K20D , Pentax's flagship entry in the DSLR race and replacement for the K10D. via Engadget