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Gadgets

Cyber Goggles Record and Tag Your World For Future Reference

Straight out of sci-fi and into reality, this pair of "cyber goggles," invented at the University of Tokyo, records everything you see as you wander through the day, then tells you where to find stuff later. more »

5:40 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY WILSON ROTHMAN
52 views, 6 comments

Retromodo

Retromodo: Game Boy PocketPrinter Printer On Sale For $10

We're not sure which Ocean, Pacific or Indian, PlayAsia salvaged this stash of Game Boy PocketPrinters out of, they're on sale now for $9 each. Those of you who have the Game Boy Camera add-on and want to re-live your youth of low-resolution thermal upskirt prints should act fast before other nostalgic twenty and thirty-somethings beat you to it. [Play Asia via Kotaku]

5:20 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY JASON CHEN
206 views, 7 comments

Gadgets

iPod Video Projector: Good for a Starry Night, Not Your Home Theater

This iPod video projector box reminds me of my non-existent Boy Scout days. There's no soldering, wires or any real "hax," just a cardboard box of mirrors and lenses. Since it's just reflecting off the actual iPod screen, as you can imagine it looks like total ass, though if you're out camping, it could have an endearing bootleggy, roughing it sort of quality to it. Something to do after you've finished burning the ticks off of each other's necks. [instructables]

5:00 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY MATT BUCHANAN
210 views, 5 comments

Latest by Kittenparade: Wow, that guy must be pretty damn extreme. I'm mean, only extreme people put extreme music in their videos, right? It would probably work better with a Zune to. more »

Gaming

LEGO Batman Trailer Features LEGO, Batman, Villains and Our Excitement

This LEGO Batman trailer has everything we love: LEGO, Batman, video games and moving pictures. We didn't think the goofiness of a LEGO game (LEGO Star Wars was quite fun) would carry well over the darkness and gravitas of the recent Batman flicks, but this works quite well as something completely separate. It's campy, but we think there's enough room for a campy Batman again.

4:40 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY JASON CHEN
2,306 views, 13 comments

asus eee 900

Asus 8.9-inch Eee PC 900 Confirmed

Asus has confirmed the Eee PC 900, which features a larger 8.9-inch screen with 1024x600 resolution, 1GB RAM and up to 12GB storage. Other than this, and a larger touchpad, it looks almost the same as the original. [DailyTech]

4:21 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY JASON CHEN
1,990 views, 32 comments

Latest by AmishJohn: @ripfire4: Fruitfucker. [www.pennyarcademerch.com] more »

PCs

Everex CloudBook's Old-School Answer to Digital Photo Frames

Everex just got photo-friendly in a strangely retro way: PhotoFair is a clear plastic plate that clamps on to the CloudBook's top, allowing you to "store and display photos, documents and other printed materials." As in, physically stash printed-out documents. It's a bit unusual in the LCD age, but unlike the digital alternative—Windows SideShow, for instance—this one is easily executed and won't drain your batteries. [Everex] Thanks Paul!

4:20 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY WILSON ROTHMAN
446 views, 2 comments

Laptops

Concept Optimus Maximus Laptop Has an OLED Keyboard Built In

This is pure speculation, but I can't help liking this laptop mockup with an Optimus-Maximus-style OLED keyboard. Sure, it'd be a $1000+ option that wouldn't do much substantive good in the long run, but hey, people are paying the same amount for SSDs, so you know this would sell. Heck, you could even combine the two for the most ridiculously overpriced laptop ever. [Laptop News Daily via GeekAlerts]

4:00 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY ADAM FRUCCI
1,159 views, 22 comments

Latest by mangochutney: Estimated T-minus time before Art.Lebedev "announces the release" of a laptop with the patented Optimus Keyboard design: 7 days Estimated T-minus time until a working unit is produced: 7 years + ... WARNING! Error detected... Cause of error found: Vaporware likelyhood = 100% more »

Gadgets

Invisio G5 World's Smallest Bluetooth Headset Reviewed (Verdict: High Quality, But Lousy Wind Noise)

Because this Invisio G5 Bluetooth headset is the world's smallest Bluetooth headset, there's probably only one big reason why you're buying it. You don't need a test to tell you that it's the smallest headset. But you do need a test to tell you how well it feels in your ear and how well it handles call quality. more »

3:36 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY JASON CHEN
1,517 views, 7 comments

Obituary

Sony Trinitron Timeline Shows Why It Will Live Forever In Our Hearts

After 280 millions tubes sold, Trinitron will be officially dead this month. Few Sony inventions have had the same gravitational pull as their Trinitron display technology, perhaps only second to the Walkman. Trinitron became a synonym of the best quality TV sets and computer monitors on the planet, despite the thin cables that secured its aperture grille in place. This timeline shows TV history since 1873, how color TV became a reality in the '40s, and how Sony became the king of TV, with more than 100 million sets sold by 1994, to later fall under the weight of plasma and LCD technologies:
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3:35 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY JESUS DIAZ
9,190 views, 35 comments

Latest by wanago: 1986 I bought the first XBR 20 inch TV with stereo and really good speakers. It was about $1000 retail and a it was revelation. more »

Gaming

PlayStation 3 Getting In-Game Voice Chat in Firmware 2.4?

Sony Computer Entertainment UK Boss Ray Maguire just let this bit slip about a future firmware update, which Sony usually doesn't comment on. more »

3:10 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY JASON CHEN
3,295 views, 20 comments

Censorship

Japan's Highest Digital Porn Censor Arrested For Not Censoring Enough Hoohas

If you've ever seen any Japanese porn at all, you know that the good stuff is usually censored. The man in charge of censoring these hairy body parts, Katsumi Ono, plus four other adult business colleagues, were just arrested for allowing 13,000 copies of movies into the marketplace that weren't completely mosaicked. The "two DVDs in question did not sufficiently hide the on-screen action," which means these are the best two movies to come out of Japan in our lifetime. [Variety via Fleshbot (NSFW!)]

2:50 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY JASON CHEN
7,740 views, 38 comments

Latest by infmom: @FilthyHarry: Capitalize that and we're right behind you. So to speak. more »

monster cables

Audiophile Deathmatch: Monster Cables vs. a Coat Hanger

Whether or not Monster Cables are worth it is a war that has raged since home theater immemorial. A poster at Audioholics was put in a room with five fellow audiophiles, and a Martin Logan SL-3 speaker set at 75Db at 1000KHz playing a mix of "smooth, trio, easy listening jazz" that no one had heard before. In one corner, Monster 1000 speaker cables. In the other, four coat hangers twisted and soldered into a speaker cable. more »

2:30 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY MATT BUCHANAN
20,084 views, 55 comments

Latest by Xavoc: I've had EMI issues with cheap ass cables, I've also had EMI issues with monster cables. Basically what I've found is that when it comes to Coax, the stuff the cable company gives you for free is better than monster more »

modbook review

Axiotron ModBook Review (Verdict: A Touchscreen MacBook Done Right)

It was exactly a year from the time Axiotron first debuted their touchscreen MacBook at Macworld 2007 to the time we got the first hands-on of it at Macworld 2008, and that year of development time seems to have done the company some good. Not only is this ModBook the touchscreen Mac Apple fans have been looking for, it's got all the components of a MacBook, which means it's not a low-powered, stripped down, gimped version (MacBook Air) that sacrifices performance for the tablet pen sensitivity. And for that, we're thankful. more »

2:00 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY JASON CHEN
8,478 views, 26 comments

Latest by nutbastard: "eat up martha" more »

Amazon

Amazon MP3 Store Now Linux-Friendly

Amazon's MP3 store got officially Linux-friendly last week, adding support for Debian 4 Etch, Fedora 8, Open SUSE 10.3, and Unbuntu 7.10 Gutsy. So who's still locked out of the store? [Amazon]

1:30 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY MATT BUCHANAN
1,220 views, 16 comments

Blu-Ray

Netflix Quadrupling Blu-ray Selection, Possibly Increasing Prices

Good news for Blu-ray-adopting Netflix subscribers: the movies-by-mail service is quadrupling its Blu-ray library, increasing the number of titles from 400 to 1,500. Bad news for Netflix subscribers: this'll probably jack up the price. more »

1:10 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY ADAM FRUCCI
4,677 views, 28 comments

Dealzmodo

Best Buy Says It Will Cover Part of Your DirecTV Bills

Best Buy just announced that it would pay a portion of customers' DirecTV bills each month for a year. That is, if you spend $999 or more on a high-def TV and switch to DirecTV's high-def package, Best Buy says it will credit you $30 per month on your bill for 12 months. If you are cheap enough to dip below $999 on your HDTV purchase (yeah, Insignia buyers, I'm talking about you), Best Buy still has your back, with six months of payments. It's funny how far a chain will go to not have to give you a free HDMI cable, am I right? Jump for the fine print. more »

12:57 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY WILSON ROTHMAN
2,314 views, 10 comments

Latest by Xavoc: @s017jrs: Everyone can have a bad experience at a place, regardless of how good of service is given. It's just the nature of things. I sent a laptop in for a broken reset button (missing is more like it), it came more »

Toys

Controlling an Etch-a-Sketch with a Mouse Might Make it Actually Fun

Here's a confession: I've always kind of hated the Etch-a-Sketch. more »

12:50 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY ADAM FRUCCI
4,230 views, 21 comments

Latest by FLegion: My lord, that mouse is a biohazard. Just looking at it makes me want to wash my hands! more »

Sex Toys

Marital Aid Test Kitchen: JimmyJane's Form 6 Vibrator

FROM FLESHBOT.COM: If the Hitachi Magic Wand is the Cadillac of vibrators, then pretty much anything by JimmyJane would have to be considered a Lexus. Sleek, stylish, and built to last, JimmyJane vibes are luxury goods (seriously: they're so high end they come with their own registration cards). more »

12:49 PM ON MON MAR 3 2008
BY LUX NIGHTMARE
3,885 views, 2 comments