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Posts on ‘July 28th, 2007’

Mitsubishi’s Wakamaru bot isn’t ready to integrate into society

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Things didn’t turn out so well for Mitsubishi’s cute little Wakamaru house bot, which the company introduced in 2005. Initially expecting to sell 100 of the $14k+ bots, Mitsubishi received only a few dozen [...]

Here we see Steve Jobs introducing the iPod mini for the first time ever.

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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping
From the NY Post’s Gimme Shelter:–Christie Brinkley has found a new home in the Hamptons, picking up a waterfront estate in North Haven which had a $10.995 million price tag. Her ex-husband, Peter Cook has also bought a place in North Haven for close to $1.2 million.–Broadway producer Jeffrey Finn has [...]

Sony Ericsson W53s gets facelift for Metal Gear Solid party

Filed under: Software, Sony Ericsson, KDDI

Konami held a 20th anniversary party for Metal Gear Solid franchise this week and Sony Ericsson brought the hardware to help usher in the third decade. KDDI’s W53s will ship with the new game “Metal Gear Solid mobile,” an all new version specifically for mobiles — and we’ll admit, it [...]

Objects of Desire, Week of 7/29/07

TravelCaesar’s Palace Plans Billion Dollar ExpansionThe World’s Most Expensive CruisesBravo Gives Luxury Hotel The Reality TreatmentThe Tuscany At Grace BayWEJETSET & Mercedes Benz ContestThe Roxbury Hotel Offers Nostalgia Fantasy Come To Life
DecorThe Modern PinwheelIannone Graphic ArmoireThe Diamond-Studded SaucepanThe Ball Lamp Pendant50 Cent’s Posh New Office SpaceE-Turn Bench by KundaliniVenini Bolle BottlesHarp ChairSilver Plated Honey BeeFrette [...]

Bally bringing Pong to casino floors

Filed under: Gaming
We know, you’ve got a zillion ways to get your Pong on whilst lounging around in your geeked-out crib, but how in the world will you deal with the withdrawals on this year’s trip to Vegas? Thanks to Bally, you may not have to suffer at all, as Nevada gambling regulators recently approved [...]

Spotswood drum PC case brings the beat back

Filed under: Desktops

We’ve seen a lot of ways to use computers as musical instruments, but the L-series case from Spotswood Custom Computer takes that concept to dizzying new heights by mounting components inside a 22-inch circular shell that’s a dead ringer for a snare drum. The company says the built-from-scratch case design eliminates hot spots [...]

Microsoft doesn’t think Sony can stick to single PS3 SKU

Filed under: Gaming
Since Microsoft apparently didn’t suffer enough indignity with the whole J Allard-in-dreads happenings — we were sure our caption contest sealed the deal — another Xbox exec has gone on record making predictions on Sony hardware, unfortunately without similarly high stakes. Xbox director of technical strategy Andre Vrignaud is betting a steak dinner [...]

Ask Engadget: Wireless TV for the home?

Filed under: Features, Home Entertainment, Wireless
This time on Ask Engadget, Lenny’s looking for a way to consolidate a couple of national past times: eating and television. What a noble quest. If you’ve got a similarly humanitarian tech conundrum, or just want the masses to weigh in on something more pedestrian, hit us up at ask [...]

Who’s that happy iPhone guy?

On the lead page of our Mac Beat section (and on the table of contents, too) of the current issue of Macworld magazine there’s a wire-service picture of a super-happy guy who was one of the first to leave the 5th Avenue Apple Store in New York with an iPhone.
Turns out it’s Vincent Nguyen, who [...]