Nyko Technologies’ Wand+ for the Wii looks suspiciously like the Nintendo Wii Remote, but the company behind it says it can do much more. They proclaim that it features Full Motion Technology support, Trans-Port Technology (which supposedly means it can pass sound and vibration signals to other Nintendo Wii related products) and …
Two Minute Video: Are the New iPods and Apple TV Worth It?
Apple just announced three new iPod models—shuffle, nano, and touch—as well as a totally redesigned and less expensive version of Apple TV. Here’s a look at the products along with some buying advice for each one.
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Toshiba’s 10.1-inch ‘Folio 100’ Android Tablet Officially Unveiled
Toshiba introduces its first Android based tablet computer
FOLIO 100 media tablet offers rich multimedia experience including Flash 10.1 support and features WLAN and Bluetooth
Neuss, Germany, 2nd September 2010 – Toshiba Europe GmbH today introduced its new media tablet FOLIO 100. The 25.7cm / 10.1” personal media tablet is …
Exclusive Preview: Lucky in Love
Stephen DeStefano is probably best known in comics circles for his late-’80s series ‘Mazing Man, but he’s one of those artists’ artists whose reputation among their peers is high even when they’re not publishing work under their own name. Lucky in Love: A Poor Man’s History, the first of a two-volume project, is his first graphic novel. …
The Evolution of E-mail Spam
Every now and then, just for laughs, I go through my spam folder and see what the idiot scammers are currently trying out on their intended victims. While the specific language varies, the scams are largely unchanged since I began paying attention about ten years ago: help me get money out of my country, I’ve been robbed and need your …
H.P. Wins Fight With Dell Over 3Par’s Clouds
The fight is over. H.P. Wins. The heated battle between H.P. and Dell over the small storage company 3Par ended with H.P.’s last offer of $33 per share. The two tech giants have been leapfrogging each other with bids for weeks, but H.P. has always been favored due to its larger cash reserves.
This acquisition by H.P. gives the company …
Philips Touts ‘World’s First Cinema Proportion 3D TV’
Philips recently unveiled “the world’s first cinema proportioned 3D TV” at the IFA consumer electronics show in Germany. The line will be called Cinema 21:9 Platinum Series TV.
It’s comprised of a 58-inch screen shaped into a super wide 21:9 aspect ratio, which is the same used in most movie theaters. Aside from the big screen, …
Twitter Joins the iPad App Family
We can’t believe it took this long, but Twitter finally launched their official app for the iPad.
Fully utilizing the touch interface, you’ll be able to touch tweet your thoughts. Oh, and it’s free!
Features include:
– Panes open to the right of each tweet that expand the video, photo or text links that the user shared.
– You can …
Travel Tools: Kensington Pocket Battery for Smartphones
Kensington’s $40 Pocket Battery for Smartphones is roughly the length and width of a credit card, with a thickness of just over 1/4 inch.
The battery pack features two-inch mini and micro USB connector cables that snap in flush to either side of the casing. The underside of the battery pack stores a one-inch standard USB connector that
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Microsoft Partners With the Double Rainbow Guy
Remember Paul Vasquez, better known as Hungry Bear? (No, we’re not making up this nickname. CNN actually called him that).
What does this mean!? Well, it seems Microsoft has nabbed him for their latest ad campaign for Windows Live Photo Gallery.
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It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superman Rethought For Today?
No sooner has the most recent retelling of Superman’s origin been completed – Superman: Secret Origin completed its six issue run last week – than DC Comics unveils the first preview of Superman: Earth One, the even more brand new version of the earliest days of the Man of Steel. DC’s The Source blog today posted pages from the upcoming …
3D Blu-ray Playback on PS3 Delayed
Time to put your sad face on because Sony is delaying the firmware update that will allow 3D Blu-ray playback on your PlayStation 3. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason for the delay that was announced back in January at CES. Alas, you won’t be able to dive into that ginormous catalog of 3D Blu-ray titles until October.
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