Archive for March, 2008

LG tries to creep you out with phone that feels like human skin

Filed under: Cellphones
It’s not often we see a cellphone that we’re actually a little hesitant to pick up, but LG has managed to pull off that considerable feat with its new LG-SH240 slider, which boasts the rather unique characteristic of a keypad that purportedly feels like real human skin. If that hasn’t swayed you away […]

Clear Channel digital billboards in SoCal hax0r3d

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We’ve gotten pretty used to seeing crashed digital billboards and signage dot the landscape, but just like regular billboards, what’s really interesting is when the graffiti artists manage to get their own messages up on the big (big) screen. Looks like Clear Channel is the latest victim - 10 LA-area billboards owned […]

Pinwheel and old VCR used to make wind-powered LED

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Home EntertainmentNow that Blu-ray has emerged as the lone HDM victor, that aging VCR is likely looking for a new home (if it wasn’t already). Thankfully, we’ve found the perfect excuse to rip it wide open versus hauling it off to the local thrift store. In one of the more elaborate […]

Chrysler adding WiFi, data to ho-hum ‘09 fleet

Filed under: Cellphones, Transportation, WirelessChrysler’s added a few features to get geeks’ motors running over the years, but internet access is definitely a fresh direction. Apparently cars rolling off the line this and next year will have some kind of cellular data access (we’re not yet sure if that’s through an straight MVNO or piped […]

LG adopts in-plane switching tech for new LCD HDTVs

Filed under: HDTV
Hitachi’s in-plane switching technology’s been making the rounds of late, and LG Taiwan’s the latest to pick it up for use in future LCD HDTVs. Doubling frame-rate, providing a wider field of view, and supposedly upping durability (among other things), apparently we can start to see some IPS-enabled TVs from Korea’s #2 in […]

CEO of failed WiMAX operator calls the technology a “disaster”

Filed under: Wirelessdigg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/CEO_of_failed_WiMAX_operator_calls_the_technology_a_disaster’;We haven’t heard too many specifics when it comes to performance of actual WiMAX rollouts (and let’s be real, we’re all kind of waiting for LTE at this point, right?), but Garth Freeman, CEO of Buzz Broadband, apparently shuttered the company’s Australian WiMAX rollout in Hervey Bay, publicly declaring that for […]

DSUS DS-400GB splits rear-view with GPS

Filed under: GPS, Transportation
We suppose the line of thinking with the DSUS DS-400GB is that you’re probably already eying your rear-view mirror plenty, so why not just split off a third and throw a 4-inch GPS nav unit up in there? Not a bad idea, but don’t you want to be looking forward — not […]

PS3 2.20 update to offer portable copy of Blu-ray films to PSP?

Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Portable VideoIf PCWorld is correct, then it looks like Sony’s pending, PS3 2.20 firmware will have at least one little surprise for movie buffs. As if the inclusion of Blu-ray’s BD-Live interactivity and the removal of the 2GB DivX and WMV file-size cap wasn’t enough, PCWorld says that you can also […]

Fujitsu announces world’s first 320GB laptop disk to spin at 7200rpm

Filed under: Laptops, Storage
Take that WD, Toshiba, and Hitachi. Fujitsu just returned from exile with a claim to the biggest fastest laptop-disk throne. The 3Gbps SATA-equipped MHZ2 BJ series measures in at a standard 9.5-mm and spins at 7,200rpm with a 16MB cache and 25dB idle noise level. Average seek times are listed at 10.5-ms […]

MIU’s $500 HDPC takes All-in-One seriously

Filed under: Gaming, GPS, Handhelds
It’s huge, no doubt. But MIU’s HDPC must be to pack such a broad list of specifications. First spotted as a prototype back in 2006, the 163 x 67 x 24.5-mm / 387-gram brick is now expected to go retail in July for up to ₩500,000 or a US-equivalent pricing of […]

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