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Posts on ‘August 15th, 2007’

Sprint to preserve Nextel Direct Connect branding for PTT

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Though Nextel may be long since assimilated as a company, parts of its branding look to live on thanks to an official announcement from Sprint today. As prior reports suggested, the carrier is [...]

Dell’s XPS Motherboard Exchange Program goes live

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Those who have stuck with Dell through the ups and (mostly) downs that have revolved around the XPS 700 are finally in luck, as the XPS Motherboard Exchange Program has officially launched. Notably, all XPS 700 and 710 purchases made through June 30th, 2007 are eligible for this program, [...]

The Float Bed

Filed under: Decor
Just float. Doesn’t that sound awesome? Especially at the end of a long stressful day when you’re getting ready for bed. The Float is a bed from Max Longin furniture design, and it’s based on the concept of a “central point of rest to which everything leads in a pliable and soft way.” [...]

Asus Eee PC pricing and release dates loosed: less flash for more money?

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops
Take it for what you will, but a forum jockey over at Eeeuser claims to be up on the hubbub regarding the release details of the Eee PC for the US. According to the poster’s “high ranking manager” source within ASUS North America, three models of the Eee PC will ship. Of [...]

Blu-ray has outsold HD DVD so far this year

Filed under: Industry, Blu-ray, HD DVD
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Blu-ray has outsold HD DVD this year 2-to-1. We aren’t going to sugar coat these numbers even though some might call it fanboy-ism but others will quietly state from the corner of the room, “Numbers don’t lie.” Home Media Research reports that Blu-ray has currently sold 1.6 million discs this [...]

NuVision debuts ten new Lucidium Deep Black 1080p displays

Filed under: Displays, LCD

NuVision, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based maker of LCD televisions, has just announced an veritable avalanche of new models on the way, and we’ve got all the succulent details. The new displays feature the company’s Digital Switching Deep Black (DSDB) technology, which supposedly adjusts backlight settings in relation to images onscreen, allowing for contrast [...]

The Renovatio Project

Filed under: Wheels
The Renovatio Project from Confederate has the most striking design I have ever seen on a motorcycle. The motorcycle has a 1686cc, 150bhp v-twin engine, a suspension of titanium and carbon fiber, LED lamps and carbon fiber wheels. The company, which had its headquarters destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, plans to release the bike [...]

Robotic cucumber hand freaks out party goers

Filed under: Robots
We’ve got all ideas that whipping up an edible Wii (and a few controllers while you’re at it) would make for a fantastic (albeit overtly geeky) shindig, but there’s just something satisfying about a robotic cucumber hand that freaks out attendees that visit the snack table a tad too frequently. The creature, which [...]

Accell’s UltraAV HDMI 1.3 High-Speed switch support 1440p

Filed under: Industry, Switches

Just when you thought you had a handle on HDMI 1.3, along comes a new sub-class of HDMI switches supporting (are you ready for it?) HDMI 1.3a Category 2, otherwise known as HDMI 1.3 High-Speed. Learn it, live it. Accell’s UltraAV 2-port switch supports a 1440p (2560 x 1440) resolution and 10.2Gbps [...]

Back-to-school shopping? Don’t forget the bulletproof backpacks

Filed under: Wearables

Sending your kid off to school these days isn’t what it used to be — at least that’s what one company called MJ Safety Solutions would have you believe — because they’re selling a bulletproof backpack. That’s right, two worried parents in Boston have created “My Child’s Pack,” a $175 bulletproof book-bag that [...]