Filed under: Portable Audio, Transportation
Alpine’s cutting straight to the chase with its new iDA-X200 and iDA-X300 headunits. Forgoing a CD mechanism entirely, the two systems are designed primarily for use with an iPod, though they do pack a few extra goodies. The X200 works with Alpine’s Sound Imprint system for some fancy DSP, while the […]
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
After being hampered by habitual delays both legal and technical, it looks like the long-awaited über-tech of the display world may finally be on the cusp of reaching market, as Canon is reportedly developing a way to build surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED) TVs without using contentious IP. Specifically, Japanese newspaper Asahi […]
Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs
We’ve already seen Dell’s new Latitude XT convertible tablet first hand, but those wanting to see just how it stacks up to some of its main competition may want to head over to Nathan’s Daily Grind blog, which has a batch of pics comparing it to Lenovo’s similar (and cheaper) X61T […]
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
As the unfortunate trend continues, yet another kiddo has found their Christmas PMP replaced with something that’s, well, not a PMP. In today’s episode, we find a Washington, D.C. girl that unwrapped an iPod earlier this week and discovered that the only Apple product tucked within was the inner packaging. […]
Filed under: Home EntertainmentWhile the corporate IT world has long had access to remotely-controlled power for servers and data centers, it’s pretty cutting-edge stuff for home theater, with PS Audio releasing the first line of Internet-connected power management devices. Ranging in price from $600 to $1,995 and scheduled to release in Spring 2008, the four […]
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
It’s been a tick since Ziova cranked out a new media streamer, but its ClearStream CS615 looks pretty promising. Interestingly, this one doesn’t feature any built-in wireless capabilities nor a DVD drive, but it seems as if the firm’s CEO is aiming this unit at folks who didn’t want to go […]
Filed under: Displays, Misc. GadgetsNot to sound alarming or anything, but apparently, we’ve only got a decade or so before our planet runs clean out of indium. Thankfully for us, a team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany are purportedly onto a replacement. For those in the dark, indium […]
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Sure, we’ve seen monolithic solar farms before, but the 14-megawatt Nellis solar energy system is a beast that stands alone — for now, at least. As of today, this farm is hailed as America’s “largest solar photovoltaic system,” but if all goes to plan, Cleantech America will grab those honors when it […]
Filed under: CellphonesJust yesterday we saw some pics of what was being touted as an iPhone running the as-yet-unannounced 1.1.3 firmware version, and now we’ve got word of some video proof from a pretty reliable source. Nate True, all-around modder and creator of the Walluminate light-up wallet, has a short vid up on his cre.ations.net […]
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/music/RIAA_not_suing_over_CD_ripping’; Okay, so we’ve done some digging into the RIAA’s lawsuit against Jeffery Howell, in which the industry is claiming that ripped MP3s are “unauthorized copies,” and it turns out that Jeffery isn’t actually being sued for ripping CDs, like the Washington Post and several other sources have reported, […]
