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HTC Herald Reviewed (Verdict: Thin and Awesome)

Not that we can read this review (it’s in Polish, and there are no decent Polish -> English translations that we can find), but this HTC Herald review looks promising. The Herald is the successor to the TyTN, featuring similar [...]

Motorola Making RAZR-based Linux Smartphone

Seen in this fuzzy slide off some guy’s undoubtedly boring presentation, Motorola seems to be preparing a Linux-based RAZR PDA-phone sometime this decade. We already know how Motorola likes Linux for various phones, so it’s not out of the question [...]

Turntablists rejoice in USB gadget

Those of us who hammered out high school papers on this doodad called a typewriter used to listen to these shiny black things called records. Sometimes we’d even have to hike 10 … More: continued here

Worlds Largest Seamless Display; Uses More Power Then a 3rd World Country

Measuring in at a measly 27 x 15-ft, this projection system requires 20 networked PCs with multiple graphics cards just to process the 60 million pixel display. Just for comparison, those ultra clear HDTVs you’ve been watching are only around [...]

Xbox 360 Live Update Hits Your Living Room

If you haven’t already, go grab your Xbox 360 Dashboard update now. With it brings 1080p support over component and VGA, HD DVD player support, WMV streaming from WMP11, file playback from external storage, and much much more. Check out [...]

Light Bandage treats skin cancer on-the-go

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wearables A physicist and a dermatology consultant at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland (no, that’s not the beginning of a joke) have just built a new revolutionary mobile treatment for skin cancer. Their invention [...]

Pioneer’s BDP-HD1 Blu-ray player also delayed until December

Filed under: Home Entertainment There must be something really hard about making those Blu-ray players that no one seems to have anticipated. First Sony had to announcetwice that its BDP-S1 was going to be delayed until December 2006 due to [...]

USB Missile Launcher Reviewed (Verdict: Nobody’s Getting Any Work Done)

How fun are these USB Missile Launchers? Very. A single launcher comes with 3 foam missiles, a three foot USB cable, sound effects, and a Windows XP control program. Once installed, you control the cannon with either your mouse or [...]

How To: One-Click DVD Rips and Backups

Whether you’re ripping your DVDs because the Netflix movies are almost always scratched (and ripping them plays back smoother) or you’re just a cheap S.O.B. who doesn’t like paying for stuff, here’s a guide to make the process easier. Why [...]

Sony Getting Probed by DOJ

If we told you Sony was getting looked into by the DOJ, what would you guess it was for? The exploding batteries? The PlayStation 3 release? Actually, it’s for their Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) business. The Japanese company received [...]