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Tech NewsSageTV Placeshifter
Look out Slingbox, SageTV has just released a $30 addon to SageTV 5.0 that lets users take their media with them anywhere, just like you do. The client application allows streaming of video, music and photos to any machine connected to the internet. The Placeshifter works with SageTV similarly to how Windows Media Extenders extend … Continued
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MacBook Pro Pricing Is Seriously Messed Up
As Keeber pointed out in our comments yesterday for the MacBook Pro 17″ announcement, there’s something very weird going on at the Apple Store: if you have a 15″ model built for you to match the processor and hard drive of the base 17″ model, they both end up priced $2,799—despite the 17″ having, you … Continued
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Kodak EasyShare V610 Announced
The newest addition to Kodak’s EasyShare line of cameras was announced today: meet the 6 megapixel Kodak EasyShare V610. Like its immediate predecessor, the V570, the V610 has two lenses on it. Both are Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon all-glass lenses, each with 6 megapixel sensors. The wider angle lens has a 38-114 mm range and the other … Continued
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Nokia Announces Three New Nseries Phones: N93, N73 & N72
As expected, Nokia announced three additions to their Nseries line of multimedia devices today. Annsi Vanjoki, executive vice president and general manager of Multimedia at Nokia: “Nokia Nseries brings mobility to those experiences which used to be linked to a place or a single purpose device. When you have a Nokia Nseries device that is … Continued
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Ads on iTunes
It seems almost too good to be true, but iTunes will soon feature ads and other delightful material for our iPod-enabled perusal. While no specifics are mention, Ad Age is reporting that the iTunes interface will soon feature billboard ads as well as an increased number of ads embedded in podcasts and other media. Right … Continued
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SanDisk Launches Planned Camcorder Systems
SanDisk is planning a series of camcorders, called “Grass Valley Infinity,” that will use CF cards instead of standard tapes. Working with Thomson, SanDisk has created a usage model in which two CF cards work in tandem to record scenes, no tape required. No word on pricing or availability, but with a name like “Grass … Continued
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Hybrid Vehicles Pass Muster in NY, LA
Well, they thought it would never happen, but it has: hybrid vehicles survived intact on the mean streets of New York and San Francisco. Designed as a pilot program, these hybrid vehicles were introduced as taxis in two of the roughest driving towns in the U.S. (offer void in Mumbai and Rome). Apparently the hybrids, … Continued
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Team Xtender XCM 360 5 Output Cable
We may be too poor to have any other TVs besides our one CRT to plug our Xbox 360 into, but this should appeal to at least a few readers. If you’re tired of having separate VGA, RGB, Component, S-Video, Stereo Sound and Optical Sound cables whenever you move your 360 around, the XCM 360 … Continued
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Helio Sucking Wind
Like many MVNOs, Helio—the one for kids—is finding it rough going. While the business model seems sound—sell cheap telephone and Internet connectivity to cool teens—it costs Helio $300 to gain a subscriber and after investing $440 in Sprint’s EVDO network, investors SK Telecom and Earthlink have to recoup their loses pretty quickly before someone—probably Sprint—pulls … Continued
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Feature Tuning Fork frog Design Mind https://gizmodo.com/tuning-fork-169059 News Motion Sickness Wristwatch Hula Chair Windows Mobile 5 Successor Will Have Built-In IM, Office 2007 Links Ear Wax Camera/Cleaner Intel Launches vPro Line T-Mobile BlackBerry 8700g Review flashSCAN8 Digital Film Scanner Golf Ball Finder Goes Hi-Tech Mobile Office Concept New York Times, Others Coming to an e-Reader … Continued
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Motion Sickness Wristwatch
Not a fan of vomiting? Cruise goers (cruisineers?) can now use a wristwatch-like band that dispenses gentle shocks to your arm in order to trick your inner-ear into thinking you’re on solid land. Five settings of relief are available to soothe your motion sickness. Available for $100, the “watch” comes with two 3-volt batteries and … Continued
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Hula Chair
This chair hits the Pacific Trio. It’s “the biggest sensation in Japan”, incorporates “ancient traditional Chinese medicine”, and is named for the Hula (Hawaii). It will also… Improve your balance and coordination as it gently aligns your spine and improves blood circulation. You’ll love how it feels as it works out your abs and mid-section. … Continued
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Windows Mobile 5 Successor Will Have Built-In IM, Office 2007 Links
Microsoft is still busy working on push-email for Windows Mobile 5, but they’ve found the time (and engineers) to develop its successor, code-named “Crossbow”. In order to catch up feature-wise to the Blackberry, the new version is going to include built-in IM and Office 2007 compatibility. By removing the external dependency on the Blackberry software, … Continued
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Ear Wax Camera/Cleaner
Though it’s not really a common topic of dinner conversation in the States — “Who’s been cleaning your ears at Yale, Son?” — the Japanese have a certain fondness for the act of ear cleaning. If Hello Kitty mimikakis (ear cleaners) aren’t enough for your waxy canals, King’s Idea’s ear scopes may just be the … Continued
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Intel Launches vPro Line
The goslings over at Intel just won’t give up with the hardware lines starting with V. After Viiv kind of went vlop, especially with the high-end audio/video folks, they’re going to launch another pro-line called vPro—which rhymes with… escrow? Ski pro? The line will include enchanced management features and will enable IT folks to check … Continued
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flashSCAN8 Digital Film Scanner
We love the flashSCAN8 digital film scanner for its retro good looks, and that it can capture Super 8 and Standard 8mm film in real time, do color correction and even transfer synchronized soundtracks without any additional hardware, but its €30,000 pricetag? Now that just breaks our heart. We guess all the embarassing home movies … Continued
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Golf Ball Finder Goes Hi-Tech
While not quite powered by nuclear fission, the BallFinder SCOUT does pack a surprising amount of tech into a device with a relatively benign purpose: to find your missing, non-microchipped golf balls after you’ve sliced them into the woods. Inside the BallFinder is a “video-like camera” that scans up to 600 feet in just one … Continued
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Mobile Office Concept
In our personal future utopia more people get to work from home in their pajamas, but if that never comes to pass we guess we might be seeing things like like British designer James Mower’s mobile concept office, a temporary workplace designed for businesses so they can bring their offices closer to their clients: The … Continued
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New York Times, Others Coming to an e-Reader Near You Soon?
While the idea of actually holding onto a newspaper may still be appealing to some, those of us living in the year 2006 may want to give the tradition of reading the morning paper a little bit of an upgrade. Various newspapers, including the financial newspaper De Tijd in Belgium and the New York Times … Continued
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