Archive for the 'Gadget Reviews' Category
Three Undersea goods Cables Being Fixed that Weekend [Sea Saw]
Three of the 5 undersea cables cut by Gozilla, Jaws, Captain Nemo’s Ghost, Namor the Submariner, and the Coppertone Baby are scheduled to be repaired that weekend. That is all. [Reuters]
Orginal post by Brian Lam
Tech Company Logos by the Years [Logos]
Neatorama has a great feature on the evolution of tech company logos, from the really stylized and arty logos of the early 1900s (for companies that have been around that long), to the colorful and shiny Web 2.0 logos of today. A pretty crazy example is Japan’s Canon, which was originally named Kwanon, after the Buddhist Bodhisattva of Mercy. A muc…
Question of the Day: What Don’t You Like About Vista? [Question Of The Day]
We all know that Vista’s the most hated OS since Windows ME, what with even NEC making an official “Vista downgrade program”, but is it really that poor? It doesn’t quite crash on a daily basis like WinME did, despite having lackluster driver support for older devices, and it’s not really all that sluggish whether you’re running it on a machine tha…
PSP Flexible Grip Gives Dualshock-Like Controls [Gaming]
The PSP is nice suitable to hold, particularly compared to the boxy DS Lite, but wouldn’t it be better whether it were even nicer? Like, Dualshock/Sixaxis nice? Now you can get that Flexible Hand Grip Advance Pad and construct that dream come true. certain, the bulk added doesn’t really justify the slight comfort improvement from the grips, but whe…
HTC Shift UMPC Finally Going on Sale in Europe on February 19 [HTC Shift]
It’s been nearly a year since we first saw the HTC Shift, the fold-up Windows Vista and Windows Mobile-capable UMPC with a pretty decently-sized keyboard. The touchscreen device is finally getting a release instance of sorts from the European Expansys retailer on February 19 at a launch price of 1185 Euros ($1720). That’s right, it’s about as much …
$6 Million Kipnis Home Theater Seats 3, Might Be Worth the Money [Home Entertainment]
Often when we come across these super deluxe home theater rigs, we can’t figure out where all that money goes. Not so for the Kipnis Studio Standard, the austere name Jeremy Kipnis gave to his $6 million trial home theater, one he’s happy to reproduce for any other way-too-well-off citizen who asks. I mean, yeah, it’s totally ridiculous, but with 8…
Orbiting Solar Panels to Shoot Energy to Earth in the mold of Laser Beams [Pew Pew]
Solar energy is great in theory, but the problem is that panels need to face the sun, which is frequently behind clouds or shining down at some less-than-optimal angle. The solution? Put solar panels in space, of course! Duh!
That’s just what the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has begun working on, actually. They are currently working o…
