tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:25:51 +0000newsgadgetsmobilefunnyapplegooglenokiahdlaptoplcdrumorsblackberrycooliphonemicrosoftprostia omeneascauselesscarsipodn95touchuniqueartificialdellfara sensgaminghands onleopardps3acerdocsenergyfile sharingfuturegoogle mapshackhome cinemahtcibminventionskidsledlgmulti-touchpcpicture framespinkreviews60votingwiiyahoozuneaccesoryaccessoryadalienwareandroidapple tvarcadearhitectureaspireasusauctionawardsbiggestbudgetcameracarl zeisscelebrtieschameleonchargechristmasclockcomp usacomparisoncontestcontrollercountdowndesigndesktopdespre minedigitaldisplaydogeBookelectricityfirst lookgasgift ideasgoldgpsgreenguitarhddheadsetsinfraredinterioripaditunesjewelskeyboardlenovolenslightsmacbookmelodymemorymusicn92netgearnintendonseriesopen-sourcepaintplanepower supplypspquestionreaderrecordremoteresolutionroadroboticsalesamsungsecuritysellsharpshinesmokingsonysony ericssonspacespamspeakerssteel seriesstoragestoresstupidsurfacetalltanksteststhinkpadtime machinetomomtornadotradetreeuiunboxingupgradevistavostrowasherweightwhdiwindows mobilewirelessworld tallestxpshttp://mav2001.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)Blogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-6058499530821287713Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:14:00 +00002009-02-16T00:37:18.990+02:00gadgetshands onipodnewsSurely you remember that Solo Plus HMD that Myvu aimed at iPod owners late last year? Wait, what? You purged that from your memory as soon as you saw it? Ah well, looks like you'll be on yet another blotting mission after peeking this, as the aforesaid outfit has delivered yet another option for those looking to check out iPod clips on their own personal theater and destroy any chance at http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/myvus-shades-301-ipod-edition-gets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-2502565132253010595Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:32:00 +00002009-02-16T00:36:45.614+02:00appleiphonemobilerumorsJust a funny description of the way we can perceive mobile phones these days. It's all about the competition.http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-rumors-for-iphone-3g-grow-more-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-108673300014102668Sat, 10 May 2008 13:11:00 +00002008-05-11T18:13:49.834+03:00applecoolHere's a little story for you: An Apple Store employee had a party in her apartment. A couple weeks later her place was cleared out to the tune of about $5,000 worth of electronics, including her new Mac. Days later, a friend sees that she's online and alerts the Mac's rightful owner. Since she was running Leopard with Back to My Mac, owner-girl logged in remotely and activated Photo Booth via http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/stolen-laptop-recovered-with-back-to-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-6514416662226674066Thu, 08 May 2008 11:42:00 +00002008-05-08T14:42:01.204+03:00budgetgamingnewspcIt's been a few months since CES, so Gateway is rightly updating its FX budget gaming desktops with some fresher chips. Most notably, the FX7026 (more budget-y) and FX541 (more performance-y) are picking up Intel's mid-range Q9300 Core 2 Quad processor (which beat down AMD's top of the line Phenom X4 9850 quad in benchmarks). They both start at a little over a grand, so not bad deals—check the http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/gateway-budget-gaming-desktop-gets-45nm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-8836057763849999203Wed, 07 May 2008 09:33:00 +00002008-05-07T12:33:01.298+03:00microsoftnewsyahooAfter the beating the company is taking in the stock market, and with several prominent investors stepping forward to express disatisfaction with how things were handled, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang says he was willing to discuss things further if Microsoft hadn't turned its back on the offer. "We did not say it was a take-it-or-leave-it number in the sense that we would never negotiate any more," he http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/yahoo-willing-to-reopen-talks-was-just.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-1371222596756975532Wed, 07 May 2008 08:57:00 +00002008-05-07T11:57:00.556+03:00gadgetsIf you absolutely can't stand life without a widescreen PMP one more moment, Yoto just might have you covered. Sure, the M300 looks like a lot of other "all screen" media players out there, but can those other models handle AVI, DIVX, MPEG4, RM, XVID, RMVB, FLV, MP3, WMA, FLAC, APE, JPEG, GIF, and BMP files? Do they have 400 x 240 WQVGA screens? Are they made by Yoto? If you answered "no" to any http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/yotos-m300-pmp-plays-just-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-2479020403752360199Tue, 06 May 2008 18:40:00 +00002008-05-06T21:42:11.566+03:00blackberrynewsreviewCrackberry, the BlackBerry fan site, bought a BlackBerry 9000 off of eBay for $828 and reviewed it. Why's this notable? Because the phone doesn't go on sale until July or August. This fact doesn't stop them from throwing lots of praise on the phone now, however, saying that the "9000 will leaves [sic] every other BlackBerry made to date in the dust." The 9000 still takes a long time to start up—http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/blackberry-9000-reviewed-early-verdict.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-8166265702187042862Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:00 +00002008-05-06T21:31:01.157+03:00gadgetshands onhtctouchby Joshua FruhlingerWe had a little thumb-print orgy with the new HTC Touch Diamond immediately following its launch. Light and small, the Touch Diamond comes off as a unit with promise. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait a while to get our hands on this via a US carrier, but Orange users in the UK will no doubt be pretty happy with this new handset, the first of its kind to use Windows Mobile 6.1http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-3140991044257922143Tue, 06 May 2008 15:33:00 +00002008-05-06T18:33:00.345+03:00gadgetsgamingsteel seriesWe've been spending some quality time with the high-end gaming products from SteelSeries, and we have to say we're impressed. The Ikari laser mouse they announced last year is particularly great, with a built-in processor and sensitivity settings to allow for a customized and precise sensitivity setting in a plug-and-play setup particularly suited to professional gamers. Settings are easy to workhttp://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/hands-on-with-steelseries-ikari-mouse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-4088194892484570513Tue, 06 May 2008 14:29:00 +00002008-05-06T17:31:12.406+03:00gadgetshtcnewstouchvia Engadget:We've got some hands-on shots and impressions with the newly announced HTC Touch Diamond that we'll be sharing with you shortly, but here are some official press shots to whet your appetite. Tell it to us one more time, HTC. VGA? You really do love us.And if you'd like more, up next the Gallery: HTC Touch Diamond all gussied up and officialhttp://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/htc-touch-diamond-all-gussied-up-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-5920130001823237030Tue, 06 May 2008 08:14:00 +00002008-05-06T11:46:05.427+03:00funnyNo need for any further comments...http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-man-and-technology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-5141705021280643068Tue, 06 May 2008 07:54:00 +00002008-05-06T10:54:00.617+03:00blackberrygadgetsmobileby Joshua TopolskyApparently, RIM is a bit worried that the rumored high price-point for the forthcoming BlackBerry 9000 might be a bit too steep for some, and plans to offer a budget version -- sans 3G. According to the Boy Genius, an almost identical model of the next-gen phone will be available without high-speed data, and will have a slightly different bezel and back casing (which he's gottenhttp://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/blackberry-9000-to-come-in-cheaper-3g.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-3337726376419119112Tue, 06 May 2008 06:40:00 +00002008-05-06T09:42:20.792+03:00funnyby Joanna SternI have to say as a woman I believe the findings of Infosecurity Europe’s recent survey, which claims that women are more inclined than men to give away passwords for chocolate, to be seriously flawed. The survey found that women far more likely than males to give away their passwords to total strangers. Forty-five percent of women versus 10 percent of men were prepared to give awayhttp://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/women-more-likely-than-men-to-give.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-5508504644606195115Mon, 05 May 2008 16:49:00 +00002008-05-05T19:56:41.232+03:00contestgadgetslgnewsshineuniqueSo... this just in, Engadget Mobile, LG and Stark Industries are just giving away twenty of these gorgeous phones, limited edition LG Shine Slide phones.Unlike the garden-variety Shine, the Iron Man edition trades up to a deep red case with gold plated highlights and a solid 18K gold battery cover to commemorate the launch of the film in style.And to be eligible to win one of these beauties you http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/engadget-mobile-lg-and-stark-industries.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-2321886273111122164Mon, 05 May 2008 15:16:00 +00002008-05-05T18:16:01.230+03:00gadgetsledSay what you will about the fiascoes leading up to the Beijing Olympics, but the event has brought along with it some amazing new architecture. Greeting visitors attending the Xicui entertainment complex near the site of the games is a 20,000 square foot wall of computer-controlled LEDs, the largest of its kind ever built. Better yet, the wall manages to power itself completely using only the http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/beijings-gigantic-led-wall-is-fully.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-8767365836499781574Mon, 05 May 2008 07:13:00 +00002008-05-05T10:16:03.108+03:00gadgetsmulti-touchopen-sourceEngineers at Eyebeam, a New York arts and technology center, are drastically reducing the cost of ownership for multitouch tables by taking them open-source. Schematics for the Cubit, a multitouch tabletop display, are available online for people who want to make a scaled-down Microsoft Surface for one tenth the Surface's price.More via Gizmodo»http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/build-your-own-multitouch-table-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-1205075796431392453Sun, 04 May 2008 06:59:00 +00002008-05-04T09:59:00.182+03:00hdnewsHeads-up, OTA lovers. DViCO has just announced the formal launch of its FusionHDTV7 PCI-Express card, which claims to be the "world's first dual HD (digital or QAM) tuner PCIe card." The device is designed to pick up digital (ATSC) / analog (NTSC) terrestrial signals, and the twin silicon tuners also provide picture-in-picture support as well as the ability to watch and / or record two http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/dvico-launches-pcie-based-fusionhdtv7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-470175615389530390Sat, 03 May 2008 19:57:00 +00002008-05-03T22:59:15.982+03:00hands onibmlaptopnewsThough our pals over at Switched managed to snag some hands-on video with a red pre-production unit, we figured we'd grab hold of the classic black edition of the IdeaPad U110 and give you a closer look. Made available for order just this week, Lenovo's latest ultraportable is high on style (and way high on gloss) and possesses the price tag to prove it. Meander on into the gallery below for a http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/lenovo-ideapad-u110-unboxing-and-hands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-5451532470125888752Sat, 03 May 2008 06:46:00 +00002008-05-03T09:46:01.151+03:00coolfunnyfuturegadgetslcdOh, look at you with your three monitors. I bet you think you're king nerd of computer mountain, don't you? Well you know what? You suck. That's right. That's because I have fifteen monitors strung together making my screen bigger than all of yours. Did you hear me?! I HAVE THE BIGGEST SCREEN! Finally, I win at something!More via Gizmodo»http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-15-monitor-setup-sure-makes-up-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-1074647240048251721Sat, 03 May 2008 01:42:00 +00002008-05-03T04:42:01.151+03:00gadgetsrumorsA prototype of the next Sidekick (mobile-cum-internet device). It's thinner and less wide but has a bigger keyboard. Now I no longer keep it on a belt, I'm always losing it. I was known as the "absent-minded professor" as a student.More @ Gizmodohttp://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/next-gen-sidekick-prototype-details.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-3928363875849862558Fri, 02 May 2008 23:39:00 +00002008-05-03T02:39:01.152+03:00gadgetsmobilenewsYou may recognize Alphagrip from their bizarre line of handheld keyboard trackball mouse hybrid controllers—but by the looks of their entry into Microsoft's Next Gen PC design competition, it appears that they are planning on taking things a step further by integrating a computer screen. The controller itself is basically a beefed-up version of their previous product—a design intended to maximizehttp://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/alphagrip-handheld-pc-is-ergonomically.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-6639574428853699238Fri, 02 May 2008 19:56:00 +00002008-05-02T22:57:18.570+03:00acerlaptopnewsreviewFirst things first: just in case that headline didn't really sink in, this is an 18.4-inch laptop. In other words, those of you with even the slightest of back problems should probably just pass this one right on by. If you're still with us, however, you'll likely be totally engrossed by Laptop Mag's review of the Acer Aspire 8920G. The larger of the two second-gen Gemstones was said to feature ahttp://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/acers-184-inch-aspire-8920g-laptop-gets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-8059936498387202924Fri, 02 May 2008 19:36:00 +00002008-05-02T22:37:37.574+03:00blackberrygadgetsnewsby Chris ZieglerIf it weren't for RIM's "help, we're stuck in 2006 and can't get out!" approach of topping this thing out with EDGE data, we'd be all over its warm embrace of an all-new form factor -- but yeah, seriously RIM, what's up with that? Boy Genius Report has outed a few more alleged specs of Waterloo's first foray into the clamshell market, the Kickstart -- and it looks like we can http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/blackberry-kickstart-flip-gets-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-9161501905654447856Fri, 02 May 2008 18:37:00 +00002008-05-02T22:38:53.946+03:00n95newsnokiaGet this: the first North American carrier to offer up Nokia's 8GB N95 isn't AT&T. Heck, it's not even a US-based operator. No friends, it's Canada's own Rogers Wireless. Just as we had heard late last month, the N95 8GB has officially landed in the Great North, and starting on May 6th, consumers up that way will be able to secure one for a hefty $399.99 with a three-year activation on the http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/8gb-nokia-n95-lands-on-rogers-sticks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617757713747236089.post-2048298740783624868Fri, 02 May 2008 08:22:00 +00002008-05-01T23:24:29.541+03:00asusfirst looklaptopnewsBy Danny DumasWell looky looky what we have here. Some say storage = snore-age. Know what? Those people are mostly right. Except when you get in the world's first notebook that contains a grand freaking total of one terabyte (!) of hard disk space . First impressions? The m70 comes with Vista Home Premium (Meh.) and weighs a bone crushing 9-pounds. Seriously, it's pushing the limits of http://mav2001.blogspot.com/2008/05/first-look-asus-m70-1tb-laptop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emanuel)0