Gadgets, gear, games and more
May 2006
May 31, 2006
Size matters not. Or does it?
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Games
For those of you who are most concerned with how you're going to fit all these next-generation consoles into your house, here's a pair of nifty charts showing the relatives sizes of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii, compared...
Hands on with a fuel cell laptop
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Geekery
Paul Kallender, of our sister site Digital World Tokyo, took a ride with a fuel cell powered laptop for the BBC (because they asked nicely). Toshiba is aiming to have a commercial version of the product out in 2007, though...
Do it yourself portable power
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Geekery
Ever been stuck on the road with a dying iPod and no power adapters? Sad, yes. Perhaps even tragic. If you're traveling and need just a little bit of an extra boost, but don't want to spend too much cash...
Q appears on Verizon!
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Phone & Wireless
This will long be remembered as a great day for the technological empire. It has seen the launch of the DS Lite, and it will now see the launch of the Motorola Q on Verizon's network (we'll let you figure...
DS Lites born prematurely?
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Games
Word tore across the net like wildfire this morning that some Target and Wal-Mart stores had broken the street date on the Nintendo DS Lite, which was not supposed to be released until June 11th. A moderator at the Cheap...May 30, 2006
We've traced the call...it's coming from inside your car!
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Phone & Wireless
I just got a Bluetooth phone fairly recently, the Motorola E815. In fact, just this morning, I was writing about it over on Mac User. One of the gizmos I'd played about with was the built-in HandsFree system in my...
Outdoor home theater system is full of air, hot or otherwise
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home Theater
Can't afford that 65" Plasma TV, but want to have the bigscreen experience this summer? Well, for just $1,000 (far less than the price of that Panasonic), you can have your very own inflatable home theater setup. It has a...
Xbox Live Camera rolls this September
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Games
We've mentioned Microsoft's Xbox video camera before; the news we'd gotten at E3 suggested that it wouldn't see the light of day until the holiday season, but we're now getting news that it should arrive for both North America and...
Virgin Mobile's SugarMama let you trade brain space for airtime
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Phone & Wireless
I had thought advertising might finally die out as a business model, but with the success of the Internet, it seems to have just intensified. We have streaming video content supported by ads, text content supported by ads, and, of...
Panasonic 65" plasma is HD-erffic
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home Theater
My best friend from college got married just last week. Instead of presents, he asked a number of his friends and family to shower him with Best Buy gift certificates so he and his lovely wife could buy the huge...May 28, 2006
PlayStation is $600...but why?
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Games
Yes, the PS3 is très expsensif. But let's get to the heart of the issue: why? Does Sony just enjoy having a console priced out of reach for mere mortals, or is there something more to it than that. Joystiq's...
Japan implements Asimov's laws
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Geekery
The I, Robot movie adaptation aside, Isaac Asimov's works of fiction are among the most influential in science fiction. Now they may become influential in fact as well. In Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is prepared to...
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