HD DVD and Blu Ray Won’t Work on 32 Bit Vista
I think it is foolish on Microsoft’s part to not support HD DVD/Blu Ray on their 32 bit version of Vista. If you are looking to upgrade to the newest OS, wouldn’t you expect it to support the newest technologies? And how many people are going to be using the x64 version that does support it? [...]
The E-Puppy Reads Your Mail
Don’t let the E-Puppy’s cute exterior fool you. Underneath all of that fur lies a complicated mechanical device that can read your e-mail and word documents aloud.
Naturally, the urge to misuse the E-Puppy will be great. Finally, a reason to open up all of that porn spam you get!
Features:
- Easy installation and easy to use
- [...]
Air Conditioned Shirt
Ex Sony technician Kouzi Ichigaya has developed an air conditioned shirt that runs on USB, four AA batteries, or your car’s cigarette lighter outlet.
The shirt features two 10cm (speed adjustable) fans to help keep the body cool - although I can help but feel that profuse sweating and electrical shirts don’t go hand in hand.
The [...]
Eye TV Hybrid: Two In One TV For Your Mac
Elgato Systems has developed a means of receiving and recording analog or digital TV on your Mac - and it’s all done with a device similar to a USB stick.
Features:
Watch analog as well as digital TV on your Mac.
Browse EyeTV menus in Full Screen mode.
Rewind, fast forward, and pause digital TV.
Record hours of your favorite [...]
Molyneux: Gamers Might Be Too Lazy For The Wii Controller
During a speech made at this week’s big gaming event in Leipzig, legendary game designer Peter Molyneux (Populous, Black and White, The Movies) warned designers that gamers may be too lazy to use the Wii controller.
Molyneux stressed that “the laziness inherent in games must be preserved” in order for the new controller to be successful.
“I’ve [...]
ATI Releases Two New TV Cards
ATI has announced that they have two new TV video cards available immediately. They have the TV Wonder 650 for $129 and the TV Wonder 200 for $59. Both include the Catalyst Media Center with its 3D interface to access all the features of the video cards.
The TV Wonder 650 offers over the air HDTV [...]
Verizon Ups It’s DSL Charges
I think the people at Verizon think we are all just plain dumb. The FCC reclassified DSL service as an information service, thus relieving Verizon of the need to charge the Universal Service Fund charge to its customers. All you Verizon customers were looking to see your bills reduced by $1.25 per month for the [...]
Free PSP With Purchase of a Cheap Phone
Wolf Camera is running a special through Thursday August 26th that will give away a free PSP with the purchase of a T-Mobile cell phone and a 2 year service agreement.
Apparently, it is possible to pick up a phone for as little as $30 and get the PSP for free - but there is the [...]
Nano Rival Doubles Storage
ScanDisk Corp. has announced a new model in its Sansa line that will offer 8GB of storage (around 2000 songs) for $250. That’s the same price as a 4GB iPod Nano.
The prices of lower capacity Sansas have also been cut by as much as 30%.
ScanDisk is currently a distant second to Apple in the digital [...]
Video: PS3 User Interface
IGN got a hands on look at the user interface for the PS3 during a play session for the upcoming game Untold Legends.
They admit that the interface is rather plain (almost identical to the PSP interface) but they plan on letting users customize it to their liking. Still, when you compare it to [...]
