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Gigantic 500x White iPod Earbuds Not a Joke
I kept looking for the punchline on these 500xl speakers designed exactly like a giant pair of gigantic white earbuds that come with an iPod. I didn’t find one. They’re battery powered, but run off of AC power, too. USB or minijack. And as they are named, they’re supposed to be 500 times bigger than … Continued
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Sony DSC-H10: Sony’s Basic 10x Lens Camera
The H10 is replacing Sony’s previous low end in the external lens series, the H3. It has the same 10x zoom rating on its Carl Zeiss lens worth 38-380mm. It also has the same 8.1MP rating, an 3200 ISO, steady shot and face recognition. But has a larger 3-inch LCD and Sony’s D-Range tech that … Continued
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Sony DSC-T300: Sony’s Top Line Slim Cam
The T300 is Sony’s newest high-end slim camera, with a 10.1MP sensor, a 16:9 3.5 inch screen and a 5x Carl Zeiss 5x zoom (33-165mm). The camera can dynamically switch between five scene modes, trigger the shutter when it detects a smile, face detect with priority for adults and children, search through photos by face, … Continued
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Sony DSC-S780, DSC-S750: Low-End As Sony Cams Go
The DSC-780 and DSC-S750 have lofty-sounding model names, but don’t be fooled: they’re low end to the tune of $180 and $150. Do Not Want. At $180, this is not a lot of camera. For a little more, a gadget freak could hit up any other model in the line and do with a better … Continued
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Sony DSC-W170, DSC-W150, DSC-W120: Regular Point and Shoots
Sony’s W series cameras are their midline point and shoots in feature and size. Best feature: Like the T300, it has a smile shutter mode which snaps the show when the subject grins. The W170 has a 10.1mp rating with 28-140mm 5x Carl Zeiss lens. They’ll come in lots of colors, with a few minor … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
iPhone Already Set for SDK-Baked Apps
iPhone dev Nate True took a looksy inside the iPhone’s most recent firmware, and found that version 1.1.3 is already ready for SDK-developed applications, including widget support. Makes sense, but it’s good to know, too. [Cre.ations.net]
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Hands On with the SDR-SW20: Panasonic’s First Underwater Camcorder
Camcorder Info has their hands on of the SDR-SW20 up, Panasonic’s first attempt at a dive camcorder for those who like recording video in the ocean…as long as that ocean is less than 5 feet deep. (Like its direct competitor, the Sanyo Xacti E1, it is only waterproof to 5 feet.) They found visual quality … Continued
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BoingBoing Gadgets vs. AT&T
Joel Johnson, former ed of Giz and buddy, went on a small internet television show, decked out Leno style with a real band, an audience and a full staff. He was brought on to talk about the cheery and harmless subject of gadgets (how cute!) but instead, turned it into an audience participated bitch fest … Continued
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Bug Labs Store Launches Monday, Minus Wi-Fi
Bug Labs, the open source gadget hardware kit, will go on sale on Monday at around noon EST. But without Wi-Fi. Getting reliable open source Wi-Fi drivers in the base unit has been problematic, so they’re launching without it in a special HiroP unit, named after the main character in Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. There … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft
Why I Wish HD DVD Had Won: The Format That Loved Me
Before winning the majority of Hollywood studio support, those partial to the Blu-ray format have primarily relied on a few points to make their case: more storage and rocketing sales at the ratio of 2:1 to HD DVD. Those are bullshit arguments. As consumers, we should have only been looking at what each format delivered … Continued
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Fastest Macworld Keynote Liveblog Ever: Thanks
It happened again•According to not a few people, we had the fastest and most reliable liveblog around. From what I was told, we had roughly 5 minute lead on our closest competitors on images with publish times at about 10 seconds from snap, and for text, we were neck and neck with the always fast … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Interview: Sony’s Thoughts On the MacBook Air
During the Keynote, Jobs compared the Macbook Air to Sony’s TZ ultraportable, implying it had a small keyboard and screen, was too thick, and was not that good. Here’s what Sony thinks of the Apple MacBook Air: Mike Abary, senior vice president of VAIO product marketing, thought the engineering to get a laptop that thin … Continued
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Tech NewsSamsung
LaCie’s Little Disk: Littlest 40GB Drives
Samsung’s A1 drives, the 1.3-inch platter models that fit 30-40GB inside, are being shoved into these little LaCie portables, the new Little Disk and in the updated USB Key Max. With this kind of bit density and 2MB buffers, the drives should be somewhat quick despite the 3600rpm spindle speed, and 40GB is no joke, … Continued
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CES Prank: No Harm Will Come, I Promise
While responding to the press reaction to our CES prank, I neglected to mention one important thing on the mind of some readers: So far, no AV techs have gotten in trouble for it. Making sure no one ever gets in trouble for it is my highest priority, and I’ll be taking the rest of … Continued
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Giz Banned For Life and Loving It: On Pranks and Civil Disobedience at CES
Click to viewA Gizmodo writer has been banned from CES for a prank. But when I see some fellow press damning us for the joke, I feel sorry for them: When did journalists become the protectors of corporations? When did this industry, defined by pranksters like Woz, get so serious and in-the-pocket of big business? … Continued
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Hands on Sony’s Best HDD Camcorder: The HDR-SR12
Amid the 16 new Sony camcorders at this show, the HDR-S12 is the best HDD model they make, with a Carl Zeiss lens, 5.1 Dolby surround, 120GB of space, 1080p resolution, and face detection during video. It also take 5mp native photos and simultaneous slow motion (240fps) and regular movies. Not bad. [Sony Camcorder Line] … Continued
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