Record and capture all those unforgettable moments that you wanna remember with the new mini DV camcorder ( GR-D870) by JVC. The GR-D870 offers you a 1/6-inch 680k pixel CCD, 35x optical zoom, 2.7-inch LCD monitor, DV in / out and 3D Noise Reducer,a SD / MMC card slot for snapping digital still photos and recording footage. Hopefully your kids don’t look better than these. $250.
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Folks living in the Great White North will now be able to get their hands on a white HTC Touch courtesy of Bell. Never mind the specs - how much, you ask? It will come with the following price plans.
Now that we’re done with the wallet part, you get the TouchFLO UI, a 2 megapixel camera, and EV-DO connectivity among others where features are concerned.
Remember those swimming pools that seem to flow right over the edge? Well, the Hanging Printer Concept takes the same route, where most of its components are located right below the desk while the only parts sitting on the desk are the paper feed and print head. The case comes with an integrated LCD display to indicate status so that you know what’s going on with the printer. I wonder whether future printers from Canon and HP will come in such a design?
Movers and Shakers
Decidedly silly and yet surprisingly practical, this pair of New York designed Salt and Pepper shakers add a bit of fun to your seasoning pleasure (whatever that means).
You can have this for ?9.99
Posted Feb 4th 2008 12:34AM by Joshua Topolsky
Filed under: Gaming, Laptops
We think it’s possible that the time has come to admit that Ben Heck (aka Benjamin Heckendorn) has officially taken it to the limit, put the pedal to the metal, and a large number of other cliches that suggest something has been pushed just about as far as you can take it. That’s right folks — it’s the Xbox 360 Elite laptop. We’re not even going to try and pretend to understand how an individual could go about creating this kind of extreme mod to the Microsoft console — needless to say that if there was one man who could do it, Ben is that guy. Luckily for us lay-people, he’s included a graphic breakdown of just about every step on the road to a portable Xbox 360, replete will all the case cracking, innards opening, wire splaying photos you could possibly want or need. Sorry NEStari and Atari 800 laptop — there’s a new boss in town.
Posted Feb 4th 2008 4:12AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Portable Audio
Yahoo! Music Unlimited (and its customers) is the latest victim of the digital media shakeout. However, unlike the shutdown of Sony’s Connect service which left customers stranded with DRM-laden tracks, Yahoo has struck a deal to send its existing subscription customers to the PlaysForSure-friendly Rhapsody music service from RealNetworks. The shift will occur sometime in “the first half” of 2008 and leave Yahoo Music Unlimited’s payment plans and music libraries in tact for customers “for a limited time.” Eventually, Yahoo’s legacy customers will be required to sign up at Rhapsody’s relatively higher rates of $12.99 per month (Yahoo charged $8.99 per month or as little as $5.99 per month for a year paid in full). So, do you still think that the subscription model is a good thing? Just wait, the shake-out has only begun.
Update: To be clear, Yahoo Music will continue to offer streaming audio, music videos, web radio and other advertising-supported music offerings and integrate Rhapsody into its online portal. Only the subscription service is being shut down.
Posted Feb 4th 2008 3:31AM by Joshua Topolsky
Filed under: Transportation
Sure, you’d think that major automakers would want to get in on the Automotive X-Prize challenge, a contest seeking to help create the first 100 MPG car, if only just to show off their engineering prowess and interest in future technologies. Of course, you’d be wrong. Not a single, big commercial carmaker has thrown its hat in the ring, and X-Prize organizer Donald Foley has a theory: fear of losing the game to a small start-up. Obviously, all the major players have an excuse when it comes to their lack of participation; Ford is busy with its EcoBoost program, GM is working with Carnegie Mellon University on similar technology. Unfortunately, the loser here is the consumer, who’d get another push towards more fuel efficient vehicles, resulting in less money spent at the increasingly pricey pump. It looks like another sign that the innovation which used to come from monolithic corporations is now emanating from the little guy. Can the Linux Car be far off?
Drinks Fountain
To avoid hearing groans of disapproval at any party you throw, we recommend the Drinks Fountain. It creates a stunning waterfall effect to delight guests and fill glasses.
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Now this 700ft super-airship is the stuff of dreams, and is currently being developed by French-based Massaud. This huge airship might usher the Final Fantasy era in albeit slowly, capable of ferrying up to 40 passengers in the sky for a serene cruise around the world. It will be ecologically friendly and will not leave too huge a carbon footprint on the environment, while doing away with the need for hotels. Dubbed the Manned Cloud, it comes with the following creature comforts :-
The Manned Cloud has a targeted release date of 2020, so better start saving up your pennies now.
I’ll admit that the idea of a digital picture frame is growing on me. I have far more pictures on my computer than I’d ever dream of actually printing out, so it might be cool to show them off. I would likely go for one that’s simple and basic, as it’s really just a picture frame, what else would you want it to do? Apparently there are a lot of people looking at digital frames wishing they could just instantly print off a picture. This is evident by Smartparts’ latest frame.
The SP8PRT appears to be just your average digital picture frame, I’d guess that the screen is around 7 or 8 inches. What makes this particular device stand out is not what you see, but what’s hidden behind the picture. When you see a picture you like, you can simply press a button and it will instantly print out a picture for you to take with you.
The SP8PRT will use a single cartridge that contains both the ink and paper, which will make it easy to change out. The real question (other than price) is how thick it will be. If this thing sticks out two or three inches from the wall, no one is going to want it hanging up.
Source: Aving
