Apple announced today that they sold over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard on its opening weekend.
“Early indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Leopard’s innovative featu…
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
It looks like Canon is pulling all EOS-1D Mark III units from shelves in response to the autofocusissue plaguing their professional DSLR. In what appears to be a legitimate letter sent to dealers on October 25th, Canon states that they have “decided to stop shipment of all EOS-1D Mark III. We would […]
Filed under: GPS
Harman Kardon is still relatively new to the GPS game, but it looks to be increasing its presence in a fairly big way today, introducing three new units in its “Guide + Play” series. Those include the low-end GPS-310 model (a follow-up to the GPS-300), the slightly more capable GPS-510, and the top-end […]
Filed under: Transportation
Think user-controlled Transitions lenses, but for automobiles. Got it? If so, then you’ve got a pretty decent idea of what makes Hino Motor’s concept motorcoach — which was being shown off at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show — unique. Developed by Research Frontiers, the SPD-Smart technology covering those expansive panels there on your […]
Troy Dreier (laptopmag.com) gives Leopard 4.5 stars (out of five). Praising Time Machine, he predicts that “Leopard will be remembered as the OS that debuted Time Machine, the backup tool that changes everything.” Equally positive about Cover Flow, Quick Look, Spaces, Mail, Boot Camp, and iChat, Dreier concludes that “Leopard is worth the price for […]
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
It looks like the space station’s latest solar array is causing NASA yet more headaches, as a small tear was spotted by astronauts shortly after it was unfurled earlier today. The first of two solar arrays installed as part of this mission did unfurl without a hitch, but the second forced the […]
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
There are afterthoughts, and then there’s Yahee’s YHM-MPE02. For whatever reason, the design crew (to put it kindly) behind the janky YHM-MPE02 felt the need to stuff a two-inch QVGA display, 4GB of internal memory and an FM tuner into the PMP, but providing a simple USB port or some […]
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Don’t etch this one in stone just yet, but for those keeping a close eye on studios and which camp(s) they support, here’s the latest. Reportedly, a so-called Blu-ray Festival has been raging in Hollywood, and aside from BD backers showing up in support of upcoming / existing films, there have […]
IDG News reports on comments by Taiwan’s Asustek Computer that Intel was unable to keep up with the high demand on mobile CPUs. Laptop sales are expected to hit record highs this year, and so is demand on Intel’s mobile CPUs.
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Filed under: Robots
While it’s not quite on the level of NASA’s or DARPA’s ongoing challenges, iRobot’s Create Challenge contest nonetheless looks to have at least given some incentive to a few homebrew enthusiasts / would-be mad scientists, one of whom has now taken home a cool $5,000 for his troubles. Snagging that cash was Danh […]