Archive for April 29th, 2007

Vudu: Another set-top box offering movies on-demand

Filed under: Home Entertainment
Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before: there’s yet another startup venture offering a box that you connect to your TV so you can watch movies on-demand. Vudu scored a breathless write-up in the New York Times today for a new movie download service they’ll be offering something […]

IBM’s BlueGene L supercomputer simulates half a mouse brain

Filed under: DesktopsEfforts to model the human brain (on IBM’s Blue Gene, ironically) haven’t reached the point of finality just yet, but it looks like the supercomputer has already tackled a smaller, albeit similar task at the University of Nevada. The research team, which collaborated with gurus from the IBM Almaden Research Lab, have ran […]

Sharp’s AQUOS DV-ACV52 HD DVR handles DVD, HDV, and VHS

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Sharp’s HD DVR lineup has been steadily (albeit quietly) growing for a few years now, and while the company did loose five new offerings in the AQUOS DVR arena earlier this year, the multi-faceted DV-ACV52 has the stage all to itself now. Besides packing a built-in digital TV tuner, 250GB hard […]

Windows Mobile 6 update for T-Mobile Dash leaked

Filed under: Cellphones
Frankly we’re a bit surprised it’s taken as long as it has for the T-Mobile Dash Windows Mobile 6 upgrade to get leaked. Nothing much to see here if you’re at all familiar with WM6 “Standard” (what we common folk are still calling Smartphone), but if you’re not willing to brick-risk it, apparently […]

British gov’t to hit up Apple, Sony for crime-resistant gadgets

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Here’s a new angle on curbing the thievery that’s spiked England’s petty crime rates up in recent years: don’t try to solve society’s ills with progressive social programs to make sure youth get and stay on the right track; or ensure greater levels of police protection; just make sure companies like Apple […]

Add RAID to your Apple laptop — for a price

Filed under: Laptops, Storage
Kind of an obvious hack, but if you can live life without your Apple laptop’s internal optical drive on the day to day, Macenstein demonstrates using an MCE OptiBay add-on kit to pull the optical drive out of your machine and swap it out for another hard drive. The hundies invested open […]

Iwata invites Kutaragi to work for Nintendo? Hell no!

Filed under: Gaming
We can’t confirm the statement, but if you’re inclined to believe GoNintendo’s report, apparently at a financial press conference Nintendo head Satoru Iwata invited Sony’s departing Ken “PlayStation” Kutaragi to join up with the Wii-maker. The irony is, of course, rich. Besides being bloody rivals for over a decade, Ken Kutaragi was also […]

Buffalo’s BSKP-CU202/SV Skype phone does conference calling

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Conference calling on PSTN is so pre-tech-burst, and Buffalo’s making quite sure you’re well aware of a VoIP alternative to dialing into those oft held (and frequently toned out) corporate calls. The BSKP-CU202/SV speakerphone boasts a unique, if not awkward design, boasts about its Skype support, and packs six total watts of […]

SIXAXIS, Linux, robot… we’re in.

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals, Robots
Yeah, Wiimotes aren’t the only motion-sensing game controllers that can be hacked for fruitless new uses. Take the new SIXAXIS Linux integration project, which, so far as we can tell, is an incredibly effective means for maneuvering small, custom robots in need of a good 3D controller for manipulating, um, a […]

Aluratek’s 10.5-inch ADMPF110 digiframe does HD movies, too

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Displays
Since the medium-sized digiframe market is getting so crowded these days, it’s leaving manufacturers with little choice but to spruce up their offerings or get left in the crowd. Thankfully for us all, Aluratek has decided to bolster its stance by throwing down a 10.5-inch digital photo frame that not only […]

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