Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentYou should know by now that these brief claims of superiority won’t mean much when the other camp flips the numbers around and cranks out a jaw dropping figure of its own, but the North American HD DVD Promotional Group has recently announced that it’s currently livin’ the high life. Supposedly, […]

Filed under: Features
You read the keynote, now see all the live photography in far higher res than our in-column coverage. (We’ve also included a few shots that didn’t make it into the liveblog, too.) Or, you know, skip this post entirely — we won’t fault you if you’re on Apple overload today.Gallery: WWDC keynote photo […]

Filed under: Cellphones, HandheldsSeeing how the original Q came to CDMA first, it’d only make sense that the updated version of the now-ubiquitous QWERTY smartphone — currently announced only in GSM / HSDPA form as the Q9h — would return to its roots. Morning Paper (the folks that brought us the Palm Gandolf) is reporting […]

Filed under: Networking
Netgear’s looking to make powerline networking a tad more convenient with its new XEPS103 Powerline Network Extender, which will let you spread your network from any old router to any electrical outlet in your house. What’s more, if you also happen to have a compatible Netgear router, you can simply ditch your old […]

Filed under: Portable Audio, Wireless
Eleksen’s newest “Common Interface” technology doesn’t do you much good without modules to interact with it, so the company has introduced a bevy of accessories that play nice with the next-generation embeddable ElekTex sensor. Up first is an FM radio add-on, which offers consumers access to FM broadcasts either from a […]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
The AP reports that China has flipped the switch on the first of 12 turbine generators on the right side of the ginormous Three Gorges Dam, with it apparently already pumping electricity to the national power grid after a 72-hour test run. The dam itself, as you’re no doubt aware, is the […]

Filed under: CellphonesCatching a collective “Ugh!” from tech media everywhere (except maybe David Pogue), the inimitable Walt Mossberg already has his review iPhone as of this morning, which he apparently wasn’t under embargo to discuss since he blurted as much out during The Chronicle’s Presidents Forum. Apparently Walt “[doesn’t] know whether [he’ll] give it a […]

Filed under: GPS
As they are wont to do, the folks at GPS Lodge have gotten their hands on yet another GPS device for a looksee, with TomTom’s new ONE XL getting the review treatment this time ’round. The device itself is a follow-up to TomTom’s previous ONE GPS unit, boasting a 4.3-inch widescreen display among […]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, WirelessCaring for those with Alzheimer’s could be getting a whole lot less stressful, as VeriChip has reportedly doled out 25 VeriMed RFID implantable microchips at the Alzheimer’s Community Care 2007 Alzheimer’s Educational Conference. Of course, these aren’t the first invasive chips that the company has crammed under folks’ skin for one […]

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
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