Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
If Mitsubishi’s polite pair of projectors weren’t enough to satisfy those impeccably high standards of yours, we’ve all ideas that Planar’s duo won’t let you down. First spotted at Runco / Planar’s zanily themed booth at CEDIA, it seems that Planar is just now getting around to giving us a […]
Filed under: Robots
Research is still in the early stages, but the concept renders are straight out of science fiction. Some friendly folks at Carnegie Mellon University are working towards electromagnetic microscopic bots that cling together and can assume virtually any shape. Down the line that means rapid prototyping, the promise of “claytronics,” and the mysterious […]
Filed under: Gaming
We know that there’s plenty of folks out there eager to get their hands on Sony’s rumbling DualShock3 controller, but we’re hoping there’s not many desperate enough to consider something like this contraption in the interim. Apparently known only as the “Wireless Vibrating Grip,” the device rather obstructively attaches to your controller and […]
Filed under: Desktops, Home Entertainment, Laptops
var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/Asus_Launching_21_All_in_One_Axes_Eee_PC_With_Touch_Screen’; Just as we feared, Asus is getting ready to dilute their Eee branding until it’s RAZRed down to a hint of its former panache. The new family of low-cost, Eee products will include the E-DT (desktop), E-TV, and E-Monitor. The $200 - […]
Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Oh yes, Skype for your PSP-2000 (aka, PSP Slim & Lite) series is now a reality. At least outside of Japan. It’s only available via network update at the moment and adds expanded support for PLAYSTATION Network titles. You do have your $20 PSP Headset right? Good, so […]
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Sad news brewing in Round Rock this morning. After slashing “dozens” of call center employees in Ottawa yesterday (and scrapping plans for 1,200 more), it looks like Dell is taking its cost cutting initiatives retail. Unfortunately, we’re not talking lower prices here. We have word from a number of sources that Dell’s […]
Filed under: Home Entertainment digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/WiFi_enabled_universal_remote_pulls_codes_from_the_web’; You probably won’t be seeing TVcompass’s SR 1500 universal remote released looking exactly like this (or even bearing the TVcompass name) but we have high hopes some other company will rebrand the WiFi-enabled unit soon. Featuring a QVGA display,and Windows CE, the SR 1500 pulls device codes from […]
Filed under: Digital CamerasOh boy pixel fans, Sony just announced a new 35mm full size CMOS sensor touting 24.81 million effective pixels. The new sensor is destined for future professional-level DSLRs “within this year” in an effort to mimic the aspect ratios and distortion of their film predecessors while keeping one step ahead of the […]
Filed under: Digital Cameras
We understand that many of you have relinquished hope of seeing Sigma’s compact DP1 with DSLR-sized (APS-C not full-frame) sensor. For the rest of you, take note, Sigma just sprouted a new teaser page promising, “The worldwide debut, soon.” For all of Sigma’s claims that the DP1 is “a camera that belongs […]
Filed under: Gaming, LaptopsThey may not be the first, but Dell’s 17-inch XPM M1730 “Beast” deserves a warm welcome to the NVIDIA 8800M GTX club regardless. The dual-card update represents a 49% performance gain (3Dmark06) over Dell’s previous top-end, dual 8700M GT card configuration. That puts the laptop on par with the DX10 performance of […]
