Allofmp3.com Costing Russia Entry to the WTO? June 5, 2006
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It's time to put on our analysis hats as we look at how the popular Russian Web site allofmp3.com may be preventing Mother Russia from joining the World Trade Organization.
Allofmp3.com offers DRM-free songs in a variety of file formats to its users. Unlike the iTunes Music Store, which charges by the song, Allofmp3 charges by the megabyte, meaning that users often get much more bang for their buck, so to speak.
Now, it seems that American negotiators are playing hardball with Russian officials, saying, in essence, that for them to join the WTO, they need to shut down Allofmp3.com. The Web site has operated in somewhat murky waters due to quirks in Russia's copyright laws and maintains that it is 100% legal...in Russia for Russians. Whether or not little Johnny in Oklahoma can legally use the site is still a little hazy.
For those who don't follow the well-choreographed dance known as international politics and international economics, the WTO is a international organization that, for our purposes here at Gizmodo—not exactly Foreign Affairs—, sort of regulates international trade. At the end of the day, if you're a country, you want to get into the WTO because of all the neat benefits. Stay tuned for all the exciting developments.
US to Russia: shutter music site if you want to join the WTO [Ars Technica]
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Cellphone Car Starter June 5, 2006
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Not quite Michael Knight talking to a car with William Daniel's voice, but Sarah Dodge, age 18, has a patent pending for starting up your car via your cellphone. It works by calling your car from the phone and entering in a 3 digit number to start up the car. Your '82 beater even calls you back and lets you know the engine is running.
Different from current remote starters, which need to be within a certain distance of the car to start it, this can start your car wherever both you and your car have reception. This can also be adapted to add remote unlocking features to cars. We're not sure why you'd want to start or unlock your car halfway across the country (wife lost her keys again?), but some people drink their own urine, so what do we know?.
Dialing up an invention [Post Star via Textually]
Oakley/Motorola O ROKR Reviewed (Verdict: Good, But Has Issues) June 5, 2006
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Similar in design to the Thump 2, this O ROKR combines a pretty decent set of shades with the bluetooth enabled headphones which allow you to stream music from an iPod or a bluetooth enabled phone straight to your listen-holes. To make this work with your iPod, you'll need to buy a NaviPlay Bluetooth iPod Adapter, and to make it work with bluetooth phones you will need a phone with A2DP support.
The sound quality was decent with both the iPod and the bluetooth phones, but with the NaviPlay there was some distortion in the high end, possibly due to the Bluetooth 1.2 not being able to handle that much data being streamed. Other than this, the calling part is decent and the buttons located on the left and right side are pretty easy to reach.
It's available now for $249. The NaviPlay for iPod integration costs $99.
Review: Oakley O ROKR with NaviPlay iPod Transmitter [Mobile Mag]
Bucket BBQ June 5, 2006
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I'm sure our Gizmodo readership knows how to make one of these for less than the $25 they cost online, but this is basically a bucket with legs on which you can grill your brightest fruits and vegetables. There's even a little hatch on the side for stoking the coals and it comes in pink or blue.
As an exercise for you all, please send plans for making one of these yourself. Extra points for teaching us all how to paint them pink without risking a peeling paint job.
Product Page [Firebox via GadgetCandy via ShinyShiny]
Software Defined Radio: All Your FM Are Belong to Us June 5, 2006
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The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) project is an open-source software radio system that can grab and decode anything: GPS, FM radio, HDTV, and even the signals sent by garage door openers. Like a radio Lego set, you simply point the software and antenna at a source and it begins grabbing everything within that band. You can then modify the incoming stream via software, allowing you to control just about any stream without expensive hardware.
For example, USRP's creator, Eric Blossom, and his partner Matt Ettus are working on a passive radar system that creates a map based on radio waves coming from various sources. They're selling their creations and have a daughterboard available for $550. The potential is pretty amazing, especially considering the current glut of wireless gear out there.
Product Page [Ettus]
GNU Radio Opens an Unseen World [Wired]
AppleBerry Coming Soon (??) June 5, 2006
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We're calling bullshit, like we always do when we hear about a hot Apple phone, but go ahead and pee yourself a little: RIM and Apple may be teaming up to create the ultimate in phone email reading machinery.
Don't expect this to be the iPhone we've all been wet-dreaming about. This will probably be a Blackberry with iTunes support, just like the Motorola SUKR. It seems that Apple likes to partner with North American companies on these sorts of things so this bit of rumor and innuendo entirely credible. However, the Blackberry is pretty much a business tool. There's really no reason to dump iTunes on there unless you put a big fat hard drive in there and that would defeat the BlackBerry's central selling point—the size to usability ratio that makes it so good for writing email.
We shall see, I suppose.
AppleBerry might be the next big thing [GlobeAndMail]
Viewsonic Rolls Out ‘Future-Proof’ LCD TVs June 5, 2006
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Viewsonic has announced two LCD TVs that are being labeled as future-proof, but they seem to lack the key ingredient of the future of home entertainment: 1080p. They will be offering up the 27-inch N2751w and the 32-inch N3251w in their future-proof line. They have an HDMI connection, 16:9 aspect ratios and support HDCP copy protection—HDMI and HDCP are probably the features that the future proofing is referring to. Fortunately these TVs have a very budget-friendly price that match their other budget-friendly specs—8ms response time, 1,000:1 contrast ratio and boatload of inputs. Prices will start at $800 for the 27-inch model and $1,000 for the 32-inch model.
N2751w and N3251w [Viewsonic via Digital Trends]
Matsushita Looking Closely at JVC June 5, 2006
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This is a little egg-headed, but it looks like Matsushita is having some trouble with its JVC and cellphone units. JVC, the venerable TV and camcorder maker, is actually part of Matsushita and it seems that the smaller company is actually competing directly with some of the umbrella company's other units, especially in TVs. Unfortunately, JVC is posting losses pretty regularly so it's possible the brand might get cut completely.
We'll keep our eye on this one because it would be a pretty big deal if a seeming behemoth like JVC shakes out of an even bigger behemoth like Matsushita.
Matsushita To Decide JVC's Fate [Reuters via Extremetech]
MiniPC VT800 June 5, 2006
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The MiniPC VT800 goes on sale this month in Japan, where it will be much appreciated due to their space premiums in the big cities. Not much to look at compared with other mini pcs, this MiniPC VT800 sports a Core Duo processor, DDR2 and a SATA hard disk in its cold, metallic interior. For connectivity, it's got four USB 2.0 ports, gigabit ethernet and TV-out for hooking up your flicks to your telly.
At $630, it's cheaper than the AOpen, which is $955, but you'll have to import it from Japan, and possibly get some adapters, which will add a few yen to the cost.
The Shakeawake Alarm Clock June 5, 2006
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If another day at the salt mines beckons, why not wake up to the smooth vibrations of the Shakeaway alarm clock? Rather than the traditional alarm clock, which wakes you up with inhumane noise and predictable morning zoo sound effects, the Shakeaway, which clips to the inside of your fluffy pillow, gently vibrates, waking even hibernating bears heavy sleepers.
While the Shakeaway may have been designed with people who have hearing disabilities in mind, it works wonders for people who are just plain lazy and refuse to cede to the demands of that know-it-all alarm clock.
Small enough to be your travel alarm clock, the Shakeaway is available right now in Europe from RNID for about $33.
Product Page [RNID via Tech Digest]
Cooler Master X Craft 350 Enclosure (Verdict: Looks Pretty, Gets the Job Done) June 5, 2006
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The X Craft 350 is Cooler Master's latest venture into the world of hard drive enclosures. It is available in silver or black, both of which look very pretty and shiny. The enclosure supports 3.5-inch IDE or SATA hard drives up to 500GB in size and connects via USB. One of the nicer features about this enclosure is the addition of two USB ports on the rear of the enclosure—sort of like an integrated mini-USB hub. Prices for the X Craft 350 begin around $50.
Cooler Master X Craft 350 - UK EXCLUSIVE! [BIOS]
Throwplace.com: Get Rid of Your Old Stuff June 5, 2006
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We here at Gizmodo tend to keep all kinds of crap in our basement offices—well I tend to keep lots of crap down here, I don't know about the rest of those kids—and this seems like a fairly painless way to figure out where to dump it. Throwplace.com offers lists of local donation spots in your area and allows you to post and trade junk you don't want any more.
Product Page [Throwplace via TechDigest]
Diamond Pacifier: OMG June 5, 2006
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The only thing sadder than this diamond pacifier is that it is available for $17,000 online. While we're all for conspicuous consumption and the oppression of the proletariat, there's something about submitting babies to our powerful consumerist tendencies that just doesn't sit right with us. Babies should be brought into the circle of privilege and earn the right to waste money rather than have that right thrust upon them. Let little Paris or Dylan earn their $17,000 pacifier, any way they know how, which includes starring in a baby reality show, dangling over a balcony, or falling on mommy's way to the special van where daddy K-Fed awaits with a golden coke spoon and a jar of Gerber's First Fruits.
Product Page [ItsMyBinky]
The Hunt for Web Jukeboxes June 5, 2006
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Jukeboxes are the last vestige of non-on-demand music. You have a list of songs you can potentially play and that's it—if you don't like Willie or Waylon or Brown-Eyed Girl you're usually stuck.
WSJ writer Jason Fry spent a few moments not oppressing the worker and went to visit a few bars where he found jukeboxes by TouchTunes and ECast, two major digital jukebox suppliers. He was able to find just about any song in the known universe and his tests were pretty esoteric:
My test cases were obscure but not impossible: albums by the Replacements and "Before They Make Me Run," Keith Richards' wobbly turn at the mike from the Rolling Stones' "Some Girls." The Web jukeboxes passed both tests, which was comforting, particularly while enduring "If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago.
That's all well and good, I suppose, but I still love to see an old vinyl jukebox in a nice bar with lots of good beers on tap, however. Nothing like "Crazy" played on a scratchy 45.
Jukeboxes' New Era [WSJ]
Bridgestone E-Paper June 5, 2006
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Bridgestone doesn't just make tires that explode. They also make e-paper that looks absolutely killer. It has a Fresnel surface that lets it bend and twist and it's only two colors right now, but it looks to be the thinnest solution yet.
What I'm really wondering is when all these good e-papers are going to start hitting the streets. Strangely enough, I suspect Nintendo will drop the first e-paper handheld gaming solution, although their young audience might gum the display a little too much. I'd love to read the paper on this, though.
World's thinnest e-paper from Bridgestone [MobileMag]
The Pirate Bay is Back June 5, 2006
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Figured we'd just post an update about TPB. They're back and they're better than ever. Best of all, the TPB team is actually pretty smart. BoingBoing posted a podcast of a talk they held at the Reboot conference in Denmark where they said:
For the copyright industry, it is of extreme importance to keep people uninformed of the real workings of networked computers. They want to make an artificial distinction between "downloading" and "streaming", as equivalents to record distribution and radio broadcasting.
Aherm. Them's fighting words.
PiratByrans Speech at Reboot [Copyriot via BoingBoing.net]
Sony Announces Numerous Lens Choices for A100 June 5, 2006
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AAlong with the official announcement of its latest Alpha DSLR-A100 camera, Sony included a barrage of lens choices, the entire series of digital SLR lenses designed for the APS-size CCD imager of the Sony Alpha A100.
Among the long list of choices, highlights include the SAL-70200G (pictured here), an internal focusing 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 lens with a special quiet and smooth motor, as well as the SAL-35F14G, a fast 35mm F1 .4 standard lens which Sony calls the "ultimate standard DSLR lens."
Pricing and availability info wasn't forthcoming yet.
Sony Lenses [Digital Photography Blog]
Body Computer Lingerie Mouse From Pat Says Now June 5, 2006
Is that picture of Lady Bird Johnson on your desk no longer revving your engine? Maybe a seductive piece of plastic designed to be held in your hand for long periods of time is what just what Dr. Love should prescribe?
Swiss manufacturer Pat Says Now's Body Computer Mouse is an optical USB mouse in the shape of the fairer sex draped in lingerie. With a 520 dpi resolution, the Body Computer Mouse really doesn't do anything amazing and won't improve your fragging, but it will make yours the most popular cubicle in the whole office. The two buttons are strategically located on the lady's chest, giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "double click." Don't get too carried away though, or your boss might demand that you unsex mouse from the crown to the toe.
The Body Computer Mouse can be had for about $37 in the UK.
Product Page [Pat Says Now via Gadget Candy]
Purchase Page for the UK [Fabstuff.net]
Charging Cradle for Motorola Q June 5, 2006
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Now that the Motorola Q has hit the streets, we're becoming more familiar with the variety of accessories available for it. Here's a Desktop Charging Stand that not only serves as an AC charging cradle, but will also move data back and forth via its mini USB port.
Because the Q has its USB port on the side, it slides sideways into this cradle. Not sure how awkward that's going to be. It's $39.99 and for some reason doesn't include the USB or AC cable.
Product Page [Verizon Wireless, via Mobility Today]
Make Those Uranium Jeans Talk June 5, 2006
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While many young ladies can make blue jeans talk by just walking down the street, others may need technological help, and that's where Uranium Jeans can spell it out right there across their asses. The scrolling LED text, displayed by an embedded flexible micro screen, can be changed via text messaging from a cellphone, or stock messages can be downloaded from the Uranium Jeans web site.
A Uranium Jeans store just opened in St. Tropez this week, and there's a store coming to L.A. late this summer. We're noticing the stores are opening up in places where there are plenty of people who might want to blow $300 on a pair of pants. Perhaps one of the more popular messages creeping across the derrières of the well-heeled might be "I spent $300 on this pair of jeans."
Product Page [Uranium Jeans, via Textually]
Kingston 8GB CompactFlash Elite Pro June 5, 2006
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Kingston Technology released an 8GB CompactFlash Elite Pro card, a Type 1 solid-state storage device which the company says transfers data at a fairly rapid clip for a CF Card. The company quotes a read speed of 8MB per second and write speed of 6.75MB per second, which is not the fastest 8GB CF card we've seen, at least as far as manufacturers' specs go. That nod would go to the SanDisk Ultra II 8GB CF card which boasts a read speed of 10MBps and a write speed of 9MBps.
This could all be empty boasting, though—your speed may vary. We're just amazed that they can put so much data on such a small object. Plus, the thing costs less than $400, retailing for $399.99 but probably selling for much less than that on the street.
Product Page [Kingston Technology Company]
SlingPlayer for Mac Delayed Until September, Dozens Upset June 5, 2006
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Announced back in January at CES, the Mac version of the SlingPlayer software has been delayed by some 90 days until September. Originally scheduled to come out sometime in the second quarter of this year, Sling Media says that, since Mac users are used to software that meets their high standards, the company decided to delay the software's release by a few months. Also of note is that the Mac SlingPlayer finally goes into beta testing in July and will be totally free (well, as in beer) once it's released.
Slingbox, for the uninitiated, is a small gadget that streams TV signals to a PC or Mac over a broadband connection. As you can imagine, Hollywood isn't exactly thrilled with the idea, but then again, when is it ever happy anymore?
Mac Update [JeremyT (Sling Media)'s Blog via Zatz Not Funny]
Divita BDM-100s Disc Tower June 5, 2006
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DVD collecting has become this year's latest trend. Even if you rarely watch any of the DVDs that you own, it is still important to have them organized. The Divita disc tower will do that, as long as you have the patience to input the titles of all 100 discs into the machine via the cellphone-style touchpad. There is also optional password to protection to prevent the little tykes from getting to your ungodly large Girls Gone Wild DVD collection, or letting your friends know that you bought the Sex and the City box set.
Product Page [Via Akihabara]
CRT Trash Can: Old is New Again June 5, 2006
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Do you have an old monitor lying around? Fellow Gawker mates at Lifehacker point us to a site which shows us how to turn that old tube into a trash can with a few straightforward instructions, but the project is certainly not for the faint of heart. Remember, you're dealing with a vacuum tube that might be prone to a messy implosion. Plus, there's that weird concept of electricity that continues to hang around long after the monitor's been unplugged.
Still, we're strangely interested in clever trash cans, and we do have quite a surplus of old CRTs lying around. Ever so carefully, we might just give this one a try. Since we're mostly paperless around here, it looks like even that dusty old 15-inch monitor might be big enough to hold a week's worth of detritus. Wish us luck.
HOW TO: Turn an Old CRT Monitor into a Trash Can [Doodlepost, via Lifehacker]
Rumor: Next Samsung UMPC to Run AMD? June 5, 2006
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An unnamed Samsung insider says that the company may abandon Intel's Celeron M 353 processor for an AMD chip for its Q1 UMPC. The company is looking for ways to lower the cost of the overpriced and slow-selling Q1, hoping to roll out the next-generation model this Fall at around $780 instead of the $1337 retail price of the current Q1. But that lower price only applies to Korea thus far, because part of the deal is that Korea Telecom (KT) would subsidize the price of the Q1 by bundling a subscription to its wireless broadband technology, known as WiBro.
It looks like Samsung is on the right track here, because the original idea for this UMPC platform was that the mini-tablet PCs would cost $500. Anything in the range of the lowest-cost notebook PC is out of bounds, and that would include the $780 bandied about here. In addition to that, Samsung has to figure out a way to make the input method less clumsy. We're thinking a slide-out keyboard would be the solution.
Samsung to swap Intel for AMD in next UMPC? [Reg Hardware]
Apple’s Reason to Go Back to School: Free iPods June 5, 2006
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Just like last year, Apple is once again putting the "fun" back into "fundamentals" with its Back-to-School free iPod scheme. Qualifying students who purchase a MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, or G5 Power Mac (or one of the leftover PPC-based PowerBooks or iBooks), as well as an iPod, will receive a $179 rebate, which Apple wants students to apply to the cost of an iPod nano. Since the nano costs $179 with an educational discount, students effectively get a free 2GB iPod for the school year. Both purchased items must be bought together at the same time and the receipt must be submitted to all mighty Apple within 30 days.
The program runs from June 5 to September 16 of this year and only one discount per household will be honored, lest Apple send its burly goons to track you down.
Apple's Back-To-School program offers free iPod [AppleInsider]
Samsung Hybrid Touch Screen LCD June 5, 2006
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Samsung plans to show at SID (Society for Information Display) 2006 an innovative type of touch screen panel it calls the hTSP (hybrid Touch Screen Panel), a display that will allow further miniaturization of mobile devices with touch screens. This design has eliminated a separate printed circuit board containing the sensor that must be attached to the top of an LCD. Now, all the sensor circuitry is contained within the LCD itself.
Another benefit of this technology is that it doesn't require a new manufacturing process to assemble it. It uses the same thin-film transistor processing normally used in plants to put together these types of screens. Samsung didn't announce when this technology will be first implemented, but such screens could be useful in UMPCs such as the Samsung Q1, MP3 players and smartphones.
Hybrid Touch Screen Panel from Samsung [Akihabara News]
Toshiba 200GB Notebook Drive June 5, 2006
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Hard disk drives are holding more and more data, and now notebook hard drives aren't going to miss out on all the fun. Toshiba announced its MK2035GSS drive, a 2.5-inch SATA II hard disk for notebooks that crams 200GB into its tightly-packed perpendicularity.
At a slim 9mm thin, it will fit nicely into today's super-thin notebook form factors, but its 4200RPM spinnage won't be tremendously popular with video editors. For the rest of us, its 200GB will be plenty of space to take lots of porn on the road. Toshiba didn't mention its price or when it would be available, but we won't be truly happy until we can get a flash drive at this size, speed and price range.
MK2035GSS, the 200GB 2,5" HDD perpendicular from Toshiba [Akihabara News]
Pee Goal June 5, 2006
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As a World Cup mania sweeps everywhere in the world, you might be hearing shouting from men's rooms across the world, yelling Goooooooaaaaaaaalllll! The pee goal has a little ball on a string hanging in front of its wee soccer goal, inviting sporting gentlemen to try their hand at scoring the big one. Or small one, as the case may be.
Plus, there's a practical aspect to it. It keeps the splashing down and prevents cigarette butts and such from clogging up the works.
Product Page [lazybone]
Sony Alpha 100 DSLR June 5, 2006
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There's been some recent hubbub about a Sony Alpha DSLR—apparently it's the Sony Alpha 100. No official announcement has been made tying the name to the model (there should be one soon), but here's what Sony's released about the specs.
Some of the highlights: 10.2 megapixels, 2.5" LCD screen, Sony Alpha-mount lens compatibility including Sony G lenses and Carl Zeiss optics, burst shooting (6 RAW frames, 3 RAW+JPEG frames), CF support and a 1600 mAh battery that lasts 750 shots.
This cam will be available in Europe around July.
Sony Alpha 100 [Digital Photography Blog]
Yamaha’s Crotch Air Bag June 5, 2006
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File this one under "Why didn't anybody do this sooner?" Yamaha's prototype isn't quite the first motorcycle airbag, but the first motorcycle airbag for your, er, tender nuggets.
Their advanced safety scooter, designated the ASV-3, has a multi-chambered air bag rigged between your legs, under the seat, to open in the case of a crash, thus protecting your most prized possessions. We're just glad to see that somebody is working to solve the "crotch + 60 mph + handlebars = pain" equation. Go go Japan!
Safety scooter [Taipei Times]
Zing Wi-Fi Portable Media Player June 5, 2006
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Zing—the company, not the sound effect—is developing a portable media player that functions mostly off of a Wi-Fi connection. Zing is partnering with Yahoo! and Sirius for their new player. The initial prototype includes 8GB of storage space that can be filled wtih music via a Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or direct connection. Zing is trying to eliminate the need for a computer with portable media players by allowing for album downloads to come directly to the player via the Wi-Fi connection. Also the Zing player will have the ability to stream Sirius satellite music from the Wi-Fi connection—what? The first model of the Zing player should ship later this year with Sirius branding.
Coming soon: the Wi-Fi MP3 player [Via I4U]
Pure Digital Point & Shoot Camcorder June 5, 2006
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Cheap and easy are the names of the game with this camcorder. It is small, runs off two AA batteries and will hold up to 30 minutes of VGA-quality video in the built in 512MB of flash memory. The Pure Digital P&S Camcorder has a 1.5-inch LCD for viewing and is extremely simple—push the red button to recorder, push it again to stop, and delete and save with ease. It does include a 2x digital zoom, but with the low quality of video, the digital zoom will harm more than help.
Pure Digital Point & Shoot Digital [PCMag]
Pet Translating Mobile Phone Service June 5, 2006
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SK Telecom has ignored the ideas of giving cellphones the ability to better understand humans and jumped directly to animals. They have introduced the premium pet translating service. It is very simple, surprisingly. The owner will input the age, sex and type of pet into the mobile phone. Then a call is placed to the pet translating service center which goes directly to a voicemail. Get the pet to bark, meow, squak or moo for 10 seconds and then the pet translating service will provide information about the current physical state of the pet.
The fun doesn't stop there. The service center has the uncanny ability to backwards translate. Ever want to call your dog a whore? The service center can translate your obscenities into the language (??) of 55 different dog breeds.
SK Telecom decodes your dog [NewLaunches]
M-Audio MidAir: Wireless Music Keyboards for Computers June 5, 2006
Keyboardists are going to have to work on their stage presence. For years, they've had an excuse to hide behind giant stacks of synths. Now, M-Audio's MidAir keyboards (25 and 37 key models) and MIDI interface allow completely wireless connections to computers, with a range of 30 feet. M-Audio says the latency is the same as sing a wired USB keyboard. Your laptop can sit somewhere in a corner playing the actual synths, while you croon over the edge of the stage, in other words. Of course, that leads to the one great mystery: why is there no strap attachment? Expect the DIY sites to be gluing on necks and hand-knit straps shortly after these hit stores.
M-Audio Goes Wireless [Create Digital Music]
iPod Nike Shoe Video June 5, 2006
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For those of us who hate reading, here's a video of how the iPod Nike shoe works, courtesy of our inappropriately close step-sisters over at the Consumerist.
Looks like something we'd definitely use, if we had those Nike Shoes. Or an iPod Nano. Or liked running. Ok, so maybe not.
Video of iPod Nike Shoe in Action [The Consumerist]
How To Build A Touchless Lightswitch June 5, 2006
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Other than gimmicks like The Clapper, we've always had to turn on and off our lights by touching stuff. No longer, my friends, as Ryan from Gogglemarks has made a switch powered by a capacitive sensor. To switch on and off the lights, just make any sudden moves in a close proximity to the sensor. Wicked.
HOWTO Build a Touchless Lightswitch [Gogglemarks]
Top 10 Strangest Console Mods June 5, 2006
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TechEBlog has compiled a list of the top 10 strangest things people have done to their consoles to make it better, cooler, or more portable. Among them, the Dreamcast portable, the PS2 portable, and the Atari Jaguar Portable.
Our favorite, the NES+Sega abomination that nature never intended. It's like watching someone force a panda and a giraffe to mate.
Top 10 Strangest Custom Gaming Systems [TechEBlog]
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