Archive for May, 2008

Gigabyte to apologize to ASUS, do laundry for next year

It’s over before it even began. Gigabyte has agreed to publicly apologize to ASUS over that little Energy Processing Unit spat they’ve been having. As part of the reported agreement, Gigabyte will tone down its “defamatory” comments while maintaining a more subdued supposition that its own DES technology is superior to ASUS’ EPU. See, no […]

StyleTap’s Palm OS emulator officially coming to iPhone and iPod touch

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

In a move of unsurprising proportions, StyleTap announced today that it will be bringing its Palm OS emulator to the iPhone and iPod touch… officially. This basically means that every one of those precious Palm apps you couldn’t live without will now be easily accessible via Apple’s devices, thus seriously threatening the […]

WowWee’s Tri-Bot gets an early review

Filed under: Robots

We got a chance to spend a bit of time with WowWee’s Tri-Bot way back at CES earlier this year, but the folks at RobotsRule recently got a chance to put the bot through all its paces in advance of its summer release, and they’ve now churned out a fairly thorough review. On […]

Sony Ericsson’s Paris phone gets demoed in video

Filed under: Cellphones

If you just can’t get enough news about Sony Ericsson’s forthcoming Symbian UIQ touchscreen phone — currently known as Paris — perhaps this promo video of the thing in action can help. Sure, these appears to be pre-renders, but it does whet the appetite for things to come with the device, and who […]

HTC ships first batch of Touch Diamond handsets

Filed under: Cellphones

DigiTimes has it that HTC has already shipped its first batch of over 10,000 Touch Diamond mobiles to Hong Kong CSL, which has consequently sent our saliva glands into overdrive. The report continues on to say that deliveries to European / Asia-Pacific operators should get going in June, though no further details were […]

Seagate to jump into the SSD game, 2TB spinners planned for next year

Filed under: Storage
SSDs are the new heat, and while all sorts of upstarts have been crankingthemout old-school drive manufacturer Seagate has mostly sat it out and made a lot of noise about patent lawsuits. The lawsuits aren’t going away (obviously), but CEO Bill Watkins told PC World yesterday that the company is finally getting ready […]

Caption contest: A taste of Robot love

Filed under: Robots

Sweet isn’t it? You can almost hear the pitter-pattering of Keepon’s tiny servo heart as he gazes into HOAP-3’s hungry, yet soulless eyes. Robots, it’s what’s for breakfast.
Thomas: “With your nose and my mouth, well, damnit.. you complete me.”Chris: “Don’t let them call you a chicken… you fought like a champion out there. […]

Asus denies cancelation of Eee 900 in favor of 901

It’s starting to sound like that DigiTimes report, which holds that ASUS is ceasing production of the Eee PC 900 in favor of the upcoming Atom-based 901, might just be false. Notebook Italia has it from an ASUS rep that the account is totally untrue, and that both 900 and 901 models will be produced […]

TiVo’s Tom Rogers speaks of “whole home model”

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

During his sit-down at D6, TiVo’s head honcho Tom Rogers was grilled with a flurry of questions. Aside from a lengthy back-and-forth over the DVR’s ability to skip through ads, we finally got to some real meat. First off, Mr. Rogers noted that he was “hopeful” that TiVo would be launched […]

Nyko’s Energy Pack keeps your Wii balance board juiced

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

If you’re anything like our boy Ryan, you’ve been wearing that Wii Fit out ever since you took delivery. Unfortunately, you’ve probably been doing a bit of unintentional jogging when logging miles back and forth to the local mini-mart for batteries. If you can’t seem to keep your Wii Balance Board charged, […]