Filed under: Laptops
The OLPC XO found itself in a couple different headlines today, first with the Laboratorio Tecnológico de Uruguay stepping up to become the first official government purchaser of the “$100″ laptop, committing to buy 100,000 of the green machines, with the potential to buy a further 200,000 by 2009. The deal’s been […]

Filed under: Cellphones, DesktopsJoining a growing crowd of people to complain about the general lack of openness in the iPhone is none other than Steve Wozniak, co-founder of the company. Woz has a reputation for being critical of the company he helped create, although no-one would argue that his views are unreasonable: in an interview […]

Filed under: GPS
If you thought Magellan’s RoadMate 2000 series was low-end, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Turns out, the company has oh-so-quietly released a (relatively unsightly) RoadMate 1200, which has managed to slip under the radar until now. Spotted online in a number of locations for less than $200, this 3.5-inch navigator features a QVGA […]

Filed under: DisplaysBenQ certainly loves to crank out the projectors, and the company’s latest, the MP771, features a short-throw lens that’s able to put up a 74-inch picture from just a meter away. The 1024 x 768-res unit puts 3000 lumens of shine behind your content with a 2000:1 contrast ratio and BenQ’s UNISHAPE variable-brightness […]

Filed under: Gaming
From its initial denial to FCC leak to stockroom delivery, we’ve watched the low(ish) priced 40GB PS3 make its slow decent through the Sony corporate birth canal to its November 2nd accouchement. So what’s this, did an overly enthusiastic Wal-Mart break yet another street date? Seems so. These shots are from the Birmingham […]

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We haven’t broken down the minutes and seconds or anything, but we’re fairly certain that July 10th wasn’t exactly ten years ago. Nevertheless, the so-called “impenetrable” BD+ DRM scheme has reportedly already been subverted, and it’s no shock to hear that the folks behind SlySoft had a hand in it. Regrettably, […]

Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentApartment dwellers frustrated with the outright lack of choices when it comes to selecting a content provider may soon be feeling relief, as the FCC is expected to approve a new rule that would “throw out exclusive cable television service contracts with apartment buildings and open up competition to phone companies.” […]

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
The new Zune 80 has hit and passed the FCC and its rigorous series of emissions tests. Unfortunately you won’t see the usual slightly beat up shots in the documents this time: just a series of charts and plenty of data about “radiated emissions.” Microsoft made sure to request that […]

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Make no mistake about it, there’s certainly a sect out there ready and willing to snap up just about anything smothered in a flowery print, and it seems that Sysbay International is looking to cash in. The seven-inch PF500 media player sports a 480 x 234 resolution panel, integrated speaker, […]

Filed under: Digital Cameras
After a two-year stint, Ricoh is finally rolling out a successor to their GR Digital — the GR digital II. No really, that’s the 10 megapixel GR II up there not their 10 megapixel GX100. The GR II boasts a 1/1.75-inch CCD, ISO 1600 max sensitivity, improved RAW and JPEG recordings, VGA […]