Archive for January, 2008

Slacker Portable available tomorrow

Filed under: Portable Audio

We’d heard at CES that Slacker Portable wireless PMP was due to be released tomorrow, and now Laptop’s gone and confirmed it for us. Slacker’s marketing VP says that 2008 is about expanding the Slacker service, with additional products, including some from Logitech, and even Slacker apps for mobile devices. Still, they’ve […]

eMachines’ new T5246 and T3642 desktops make you go “Eh.”

Filed under: Desktops

eMachines, long known for dropping mediocre, middle of the road, inoffensive desktops, has once again busted out of the gate with two new defiantly tame PCs that will make you say “Hello.” The latest entries — confusingly named the T5246 and T3642 — share similar guts, including NVIDIA GeForce 6100 GPUs, DVD DVD±R […]

Kodak intros EasyShare Z1012 IS: 10-megapixels, 12x zoomer

Filed under: Digital Cameras

Yeah, Kodak’s being a little slow with its pre-PMA goods, but barely early is better than nothin’, right? Here we have the firm’s newest megazoom, the EasyShare Z1012 IS, which steps it up over the CES-announced Z1085 IS by housing a 10-megapixel sensor and a full 12x optical zoom. Reportedly, this shooter […]

Apple Updates iWeb to 2.0.3

Apple appears to be trickling out their software updates, with another update issued through Mac OS X’s software update today. iWeb 2.0.3 is now available through your Mac OS X Software update and is simply described as addressing compatibility with…
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Lenovo selling off cellphone business you never heard of

Filed under: Cellphones

Believe it or not Lenovo makes cellphones, too — they just happen to be crappy ones you probably didn’t pay much attention to since they were mostly targeted at the Chinese market. Like many before it, the company is getting out of the absurdly competitive handset market by selling its cellphone group to […]

HumanCar gets a price, release date, new look

Filed under: Transportation

It’s been awhile since we heard anything about the HumanCar, but it looks like the Flintstones-inspired vehicle is now rapidly becoming a reality, with it finally getting a price, release date and a even slightly sleeker new look. Apparently now more specifically known as the Imagine LMV, the vehicle will appropriately be available […]

Sony’s new Alpha A300 and A350 get official

Filed under: Digital Cameras

We knew they were coming, and here they are — say hello to Sony’s Alpha A300 and A350. The 10.2 megapixel A300 and 14.2 megapixel A350 are just as we’d heard, with flip-out 2.7-inch swivel screens and live preview that retains the ability to autofocus. The CompactFlash DSLRs also go up to […]

Sony’s game division finally turns a profit

Filed under: Gaming
After bleeding red for months, Sony’s games division finally turned a profit last quarter. Sony sold 4.9 million PS3s last quarter after slashing console prices, boosting game titles, and cutting production costs internally. Of course, we’re sure Wii shortages aren’t hurting Sony’s bottom line either. Sony did lower its annual sales goal of […]

Western Digital intros My Passport Essential external HDD

Filed under: Storage

WD’s Passport portable drive a bit too clunky for your tastes? We dig your style, and if you’re always looking for something sleeker and sexier, the new My Passport Essential is likely to satisfy — if only for a moment. Reportedly, these were tweaked to look more like the firm’s popular My Book […]

Sony’s new networked GIGA Juke stereos leaked

Filed under: Home Entertainment

It looks like Sony has more than just cameras and digital photo frames up its sleeve these days, as we’ve just gotten a slew of leaked shots of its upcoming HiFi lineup. A number of the new systems seemed to be geared toward networked audio and video, and HDTV setups, with models […]