Filed under: Cellphones, Features
var digg_url = \’http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_update_facts_and_fiction\’; If you haven’t already bitten the bullet and taken your unlocked iPhone down that scariest of paths, the 1.1.1 update, we’re here to sort out a bit of the hearsay from the actual and fairly inconvenient truth. Even if you have already updated, or never even […]
Filed under: Desktops
It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard anything from Intel on the Yorkfield front, but that looks to have changed in a hurry, with the company now busting out a whole slew of specifics on the forthcoming processors. First up is news that Intel will be releasing an “Extreme Edition” of the […]
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Just a week ago, reports were cropping up regarding Microsoft’s decision to give Vista Business / Ultimate customers a “downgrade to XP” option amidst complaints over its latest operating system. Now, the Redmond powerhouse has decided to “keep selling Windows XP until the end of June 2008, delaying a scheduled transition to […]
Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops
ASUS is showing off their design chops again today with the introduction of the U6S. That nudges their total laptop model tally to 48 by our count — we’re not talking custom builds mind you; ASUS now offers forty-fracking-eight different series of laptops with an endlessly complex matrix of submodels — the […]
Filed under: Displays, HDTV
We don’t know if it’s really the world’s “first true indoor high-definition LED scoreboard” or not, but even if it’s a close second, the quartet of new screens at the Verizon Center are getting pretty glowing early reviews. Mitsubishi Electric and ANC Sports Enterprises teamed up to install the four center-hung, 25-foot […]
Filed under: Robots
digg_url = \’http://digg.com/tech_news/How_to_build_a_toilet_flushing_Lego_robot\’; We were always a little wary of bringing our Legos into the bathroom, but if you’ve got no such baseless fears, BattleBricks has published a handy how to on building one of those fancy auto-flushers you see in some of the finest washrooms worldwide. Using only parts from a standard […]
Filed under: Laptops
We just caught sight of three new Asus laptops, but it looks like that’s not all the company has up its sleeve, with its ultra-portable U1E model now also making its first appearance. This one boasts an even smaller form factor than the company’s just-announced 12.1-inch, 3.3 pound U6S laptop, in this case […]
Filed under: Portable Audio
Zoinks, Kenwood just loosed yet another Media Keg design into Japan. Two in fact, each sharing the same guts: the sophisticatedly-smarmy GD55 and whimsically-chintzy GD50. Both feature up to 2GB of flash, a 4-line OLED display, a USB mass storage mode and support for MP3 or DRM’d WMA audio with up to […]
mhollis writes “Field experience has confirmed that if you have a hacked iPhone, it will become an iBrick if you use Software Update to install the latest update on your iPhone. The BBC reports: ‘[Apple’s] warning has now proved correct as many owners are reporting their phones no longer work following installation of the update. […]
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
It looks like that purported first pic of AT&T’s version of the HTC Kaiser, dubbed the “Tilt,” wasn’t entirely on the mark but, as you can see from the shot of the real deal above, it wasn’t too far off either. One of the most noticeable changes is a new silver dialpad […]