Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsSpeed boost or no, all of you clamoring for some hot Vista SP1 action will be able to get a beta-style fix in December, according to ZDNet. Apparently “selected testers” will get a release candidate in the first week of the month, with general availability to come the week after. ZDNet says […]

Filed under: Cellphones, HandheldsIn a recent chat with clients, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster did a little name dropping regarding Google’s Open Handset Alliance, casually mentioning in passing that Verizon “is a member.” Hold up there, chief; last time we checked, that isn’t the case. Among US national carriers, only T-Mobile and Sprint have publicly […]

Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
At this point, we’re fairly certain i-Station will only use a number other than “43″ in its product titles once it has exhausted the entire US alphabet, but since we’re not quite to that point, we’re forced to live with U43 this go ’round. As expected, this Korean PMP […]

Filed under: Gaming
We’ve been hearing quite a bit about next week’s Fall Dashboard Update for the 360, but Microsoft’s finally ready to spill all of the beans. Obviously, the biggest update is the “Xbox Originals” downloadable Xbox games, but other improvements include enhanced online profiles, increased social networking, beefed up parental controls, improved menus, and […]

Filed under: GPS
The European Union’s next generation satellite navigation system has finally gotten to green light from all involved parties… except Spain. As we reported in July, the project had gotten the high five from US interests, but the works had been stalled as Spain fought to maintain a control center in Madrid. In the […]

Filed under: Gaming
Doesn’t Nintendo know we’ve got a bit of a weight problem going on over here Stateside? The company just released its highly-anticipated Wii Fit in Japan today, which will most likely sell like gangbusters, while simultaneously symbolizing the death of the hardcore gamer in Nintendo land to a small portion of the faithful […]

Filed under: Handhelds
What is it with this sick pleasure we derive from watching beloved devices torn to pieces by ruthless uber-nerds? Who knows, but it certainly isn’t getting old just yet. Amazon’s Kindle got just such treatment at the hands of RapidRepair, and if you’re one of those doubters that was never quite sold on […]

Filed under: Transportation
This one’s been making the rounds lately, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t take a moment to acknowledge any invention that boasts to be the “Segway of the sky,” which is just what upstart Air Buoyant claims its so-called “Vertipod” could one day be. According to Danger Room, this flying machine employs […]

Filed under: GamingDetails are unsurprisingly light on this one, but DigiTimes has it that NVIDIA is gearing up to launch its next-generation GPU just after the Lunar New Year in February 2008. Reportedly, “sources at graphics card makers” have revealed that the GeForce 9 series will include the D9E — a “high-end product that adopts […]

Filed under: LaptopsIt’s not like ThinkPads have been immune to the notorious overheating battery issue, but a fiery incident in Ohio may not be IBM’s fault. In a somewhat bizarre tale, it’s reported that an Ohioan purchased a replacement battery from Shentech for his ThinkPad, only to later have it overheat, catch on fire and […]