Archive for July, 2008

Fujifilm, Nintendo bring photo printing service to Japanese Wiis

Filed under: Digital Cameras, GamingNot that the Big N hasn’t snubbed the vast majority of the world before with these channel releases, but folks holed up everywhere save for Japan have yet another one they can only look longingly at from afar. Thanks to a new partnership between Nintendo and Fujifilm, the Wii Digicam Print […]

Motorola to reorganize home and networks mobility business

Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Wireless, NetworkingSo we waffled on whether to go with a sad Moto or happy Moto face, but as we’ve stated in the past, we suppose we’ll keep on keepin’ on with the former until something marvelous happens. Nearly four months to the day after Motorola split in two, along comes […]

Power Pack 1 and HP’s add-ons make Windows Home Server a real grouch

Filed under: Home Entertainment, StorageIf you’ve experienced some shockingly slow results from your Windows Home Server-based unit, we’ve one question for you: do you have Power Pack 1 and the HP add-ons installed? If so, you may not be alone in your frustrations. Apparently a number of users have seen dramatic slowdowns that have rendered […]

Video: Robo-One carnage shot at 300fps

Filed under: Robots
Japan’s Impress Watch had the good fortune to attend this year’s Robo-one tournament with a Casio EX-F1 in hand. The result is vise-to-vise combat captured at 300 frames per second. See a perfectly executed German suplex performed after the break. Makes us almost feel sorry for the little guy… almost.Continue reading Video: Robo-One […]

Sony’s 16.4-inch VAIO FW laptop gets previewed

Filed under: Laptops
Maybe it’s the 16.4-inch panel, or maybe it’s the built-in Blu-ray drive. Whatever it is, Sony’s VAIO FW has garnered quite a bit of attention. Just a fortnight after getting (extra) official, this nimble monster made its way into the loving arms of NotebookReview, where critics couldn’t resist giving us a sneak peek […]

Palm’s 10-K filing reveals smaller acquisitions, reads like a mystery novel

Filed under: CellphonesSo Palm, what exactly have you been up to lately? Besides pumping out that tired, ho hum 800w, of course. The snoopers over at monoNews went and dug through your latest 10-K filing, and it seems as if that noteworthy Elevation Partners deal wasn’t the only agreement you were wrapped up in during […]

WiiBrew’s Wii Pack Generator takes the “messy” out of homebrew

Filed under: Gaming
Not that getting some hand-crafted ‘brew on the Wii was any great feat to begin with, but the kindhearted individuals over at WiiBrew have decided to make things even easier. The newly released Wii Pack Generator is, in its own words, a “web-based utility that allows you to select from the most recent, […]

Dell Studio Hybrid mini pc shows up in hidden Dell customer service page

Filed under: Desktops
If you’ve been paying attention, you remember all those blurry-vision pictures of an upcoming Dell mini desktop called the Studio Hybrid. As it turns out, those spy images were more than speculation, as an anonymous reader tipped us off to one of Dell’s internal customer service session pages that guides the rep through […]

Plexidor’s RFID-activated sliding doggie door: it’s about time

Filed under: Householddigg_url = ‘http://digg.com/pets_animals/Automatic_Sliding_Door_For_Dogs’;Frankly, we’re disappointed. It’s 2008, the veritable future, and you still don’t have an RFID-based automatic sliding doggie door? For shame! The Plexidor Electronic Doggie Door allows for all that nice canine coming and going with none of the less-nice house robbing a regular flap door enables. Your dog gets to […]

China’s Blu-ray competitor CBHD brings HD DVD back from the dead

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
CBHD, née CH-DVD — the Chinese version of the now-deceased HD DVD format — is in production, gearing up for a fourth quarter launch. DigiTimes cites reports from enorth.com.cn that Shanghai United Optical Disc has laid out the first production line, although Taiwanese disc makers (already burned by HD DVD) aren’t […]

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