Mac Mini - Upgrade or Mistake?
I just love when these rumors swirl around. Someone has reported that they ordered the $599 Mac Mini, and in place of the standard 1.5 GHZ Core Solo processor, Combo drive and 60 GB HDD the shipped unit contained a 1.6 GHZ Core Duo processor, Superdrive and 100 GB HDD. All in a box marked […]
Price Drop for LCD TV’s in 2007
The good news? Prices for LCD televisions look set to drop 20-30% in the next year. The bad news? The price drops will be most pronounced on sets over 40″ with lower resolutions. Most of this is due to a large supply of these sets and lower demand.
While 42″ plasma sets are still cheaper than […]
REGEN: A Yo-Yo Powered MP3 Player
The REGEN Yo-Yo powered MP3 player was the winner of the recent Pop Sci and Core77 challenge to develop a human powered device.
According to the product description, “between 10-12 tosses per hour are sufficient for continuous music play. A wireless (bluetooth) headset allows the user to listen to music while yo-yoing. Storage capacity of up […]
Redesigned PSP Coming in 2007
Just don’t call it the PSP 2.
Playstation Magazine has confirmed that a redesigned version of the PSP will be hitting shelves in Japan around March of 2007. Here are a few of the new features users can expect:
An 8GB flash drive from Samsung
Built in Eye Toy
Thinner, lighter form factor
And, for those of you who might […]
Website To Offer Free, Legal Music Downloads
The latest company looking to take a stab at the iTunes juggernaut will be called SpiralFrog, and it plans on competing by offering free music downloads from major artists. In fact, Universal Music Group (UMG) has already committed their music library to the project.
Naturally, someone has to pay for all of this - and that’s […]
Google CEO Joins Apple Board
Google CEO Eric Schmidt was elected to Apple’s Board of Directors on Monday and speculation about what this might mean for the tech industry (especially Microsoft) has already begun circulating.
“Apple is one of the companies in the world that I most admire,” commented Schmidt. “I’m really looking forward to working with Steve and Apple’s board […]
Amazon Accepting Vista Pre-Orders
Amazon must have a lot more faith in Microsoft to have a timely launch than I do. They are offering you the ability to pre-oreder the Windows Vista packages. Personally, I am betting that my hardware will not support Vista for some reason or another. I would rather wait until there is a concrete set […]
Corsair Memory with Fan Cooling
We all know that cooler electronics result in faster performance. We already cool processors and GPU’s, why not have a dedicated cooling fan for memory as well? That must have been Corsair’s thinking when they developed their XMS2 Dominator memory chips with optional cooling fan.
Not only do they have an optional fan, they also have […]
Phillips Pronto Professional Remote
While some may not see the need for a remote with a mutlitude of capabilites, those of use that have multiple devices to control and a different set up for each appreciate the programmability of higher end remotes. And none seems to aim higher than Phillips new TSU9600.
Some of the highlights are it’s 3.7″ 640×480 […]
The Fish-N-Flush Toilet
The Fish ‘n Flush toilet is so stupid it’s fantastic.
AquaOne Technologies, Inc. has developed a three-piece aquarium toilet tank that is described as “a great conversation piece that will appeal to those who enjoy aquariums, or are just developing their interest in caring for fish.”
The aquarium is wrapped around an inner tank, so the fish […]