Archive for April, 2008

Alienware’s Area-51 m17x gaming laptop now on sale

Filed under: Laptops

For most, Alienware’s AlienNetwork debut was somewhat of a letdown. Nevertheless, at least one good thing did come out of the whole event, and that’s the availability of the m17x gaming monster. This 17-inch beast of a laptop finally has its own dedicated page, and yes, you can get your order in starting […]

Airboard laptop stand puts your Reebok Pumps to shame

Filed under: Laptops, Peripherals

Go on, admit it — your day in the early 90s was never complete without reaching down in public and giving those Pumps a solid squeeze. In all honesty, we can’t say that Ki-Seung Lee’s Airboard is quite on that level, but it’s certainly got the potential to be. This laptop stand […]

Next-gen Toyota Prius: bigger, stronger, more Prius-like than ever before

Filed under: Transportation

We already know that Toyota has an eye to the future with the Prius, likely switching up the batteries and adding a plug-in option, but now we’ve got a little more news on what shape the next generation fuel-saver will take. According to Auto Observer, the new model (said to be showing up […]

Macbook Air Internal EVDO Broadband Card Mod

Sastira writes “Jordan Bunnell has successfully modded his Macbook Air to use an internal EVDO Broadband card. In order to make everything fit, he had to sacrifice the WiFi and bluetooth cards, but considering the portable nature of the laptop, it is a small price to pay for being truly wireless.” (You’ll need to scroll […]

IOGEAR intros Dual-Link DVI KVMP switch alongside two others

Filed under: Peripherals
Eager to get busy with multiple workstations on a single monitor, are you? If so, IOGEAR’s providing three more ways to get you there, starting with the 2-port GCS1802 and 4-port GCS1804. The $199.95 / $299.95 KVMP (Keyboard, Video, Mouse, Peripheral) switches each enable USB 2.0 peripherals to be shared, and you’ll also […]

3G iPhone to be discounted to $199 by AT&T?

Filed under: Cellphones

According to Fortune, AT&T will subsidize the cost of the new, 3G iPhone by as much as $200, bringing the price within the $199 range. Apparently, a “person familiar with the strategy” claims that the provider will create this bargain bonanza for customers signing new, two-year contracts. Of course, the author of the […]

Iron Man case mod shows lots of dedication, is still ugly

Filed under: Desktops

Let’s go ahead and get this out of the way: we can’t deny that the Iron Man Mark I case mod took some serious work (and skill). That being the case, it’d take a pretty hardcore fan of the character (or the new flick, we guess) to love this one with reckless abandon. […]

MacBook Air hacked with internal EV-DO — finally lives up to its name

Filed under: Laptops

One of the most surprising things about the launch of an ultra-portable laptop dubbed “Air” by Apple wasn’t its thinness but the lack of an embedded WWAN radio. No more, at least if you’re not intimidated by smoldering solder and warranty violations. Jordan Bunnell has posted a step-by-step of his success at integrating […]

Airis’ Kira 740 Eee lookalike gets reviewed

Filed under: Laptops

French site MobileHub has gotten its hands on another Eeecompetitor rip-off — the Airis’ Kira 740 (aka, Kira 100) — and has given it the rundown. The initial impressions are about what you’d expect, besides coming with XP onboard, having 1GB of memory, a VIA C7 1GHz CPU, and a traditional 40GB hard […]

Blockbuster announces new initiative, looks to game hardware sales

Filed under: Gaming

Just weeks after the rental giant announced an expanded dedication for Blu-ray and even tried selling HDTVs in a test location in Dallas, now the firm is attempting to boost profits by digging into the surging video game market. Presumably in hopes that rental junkies and casual gaming fans alike will actually venture […]