In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Filed under: Gaming, HDTVNothing beats that straight-from-the-oven firmware smell, and Sony just hit the internet with its PS3 2.20 firmware update goodness. The big win here is BD-Live interactive Blu-ray compatibility (Blu-ray 2.0), but there are some other minor tweaks as well, mostly multimedia and web browsing related. Unfortunately, portable copy didn't make the cut, but there's always 2.30, right?[Thanks to everyone who sent this in] 
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Filed under: Gaming Whoa, has it really been three years since the PSP had its glittery North American debut? It seems like just yesterday we were watching UMD movies on our chubby first-gen unit -- and now here we are, with the PSP Slim all grown up, multicolored, and in a serious relationship with the PS3. (All we're missing is built-in storage.) You know the crew at PSP Fanboy's doing it up right, hit the read link to join the fun. 
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 9:40 pm
FYI, PS3 Firmware 2.2 has just been made available for download. The update adds the Blu-Ray 2.0 standard, otherwise known as BD-Live, and will enable downloadable movie content, such as games,...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Filed under: Desktops It's not often we see a desktop surrounded by hordes of folks just waiting for reviews in order to pull the trigger (or not), but Shuttle's Foresight Linux-based KPC is one of those machines. The Celeron 430-powered box actually managed to hold its own, and oftentimes best, an overclocked 3.2GHz Pentium 4 rig in a number of everyday tasks (read: Office use, web browsing, etc.), and of course, accessing the internals in order to load in upgrades of your own was a lesson in simplicity. All in all, the KPC seemed to be a bargain for the
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 8:20 pm
John Mayer is the guitarist who sometimes closes Apple events with a small gig (he comes right after you turn off the Quicktime broadcast to check the Apple Store,) and Steve Jobs' favorite music...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 8:00 pm
The Gadget: Olympus E-420, billed as the world's smallest and lightest DSLR The Price: $500 for the body, $600 if you want the 14mm to 42mm starter lens too The Verdict: There's a lot packed...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Toy blocks infused with LEDs aren't items that your youngster isn't familiar with, but implanting hints of light into existing LEGO kits just adds an element of satisfaction not bundled with pre-fabricated alternatives. Enter the Lifelites eLite kits, which enables builders to wire LEDs within LEGO models fairly discretely, and given the option, you can spring for models that actually let you control the flashing action. Available now, the kits range from $30 to $50 sans a 9-volt battery box and cell, and you can tempt yourself further by checking out a finished product after the
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 7:52 pm
An ace or straight sets?This feed is sponsored by the Award Winning Samsung Peony LCD HD TV
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 7:42 pm
From the land of Korea, we have this retro/brick looking Portable Computer dubbed HDPC that has ugly looking buttons. It’s sort of a PDA cum phone from MIU that boots dual OS (Windows XP/Windows CE 5.0 or Linux Qplus) which will satisfy Windows haters. It comes with a smalllish QWERTY keyboard, 4-inch display with 800×480 resolution, [...]
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 7:40 pm
A new prototype device developed by Raytheon Co. can bash through concrete walls like nobody's business. Plans for the 100 pound Controlled Impact Rescue Tool, or CIRT, will place the device in the...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Filed under: Portable Audio, WirelessWell, it's only been a couple hours since the DOJ officially approved the XM / Sirius merger, and while we're a little surprised at how low-profile the two satellite radio services are being about the decision, there's nothing at all shocking about NAB's reaction -- the organization says it's astonished, and that the Justice Department's decision to propose granting a monopoly to the two companies is breathtaking. Yeah, they're not happy. Same goes for various members of Congress: Rep. Ed Markey, head of the House telecom subcommittee, expressed his disappointment that the Bush administration has apparently
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Physicists at the University of Maryland have demonstrated that graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of graphite, has a greater ability to conduct electricity than any other known material at room...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 7:00 pm
12-megapixels too much for a compact?This feed is sponsored by the Award Winning Samsung Peony LCD HD TV
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 7:00 pm
All things green - great name for a great site.
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Sure, we've got devices that can see through concrete walls, but why get all complicated when there's some good ol' fashioned bashing to be done? That's the poetic question posed by the Controlled Impact Rescue Tool, developed by Raytheon as part of a Department of Homeland Security program. The 100-pound rescue device uses specially-designed ammunition to create shock waves that can shatter through concrete walls in just 13 minutes, compared to nearly half an hour for conventional methods. Although the rig can create a hole big enough for a person to crawl out of, it's designed
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Sony's prototype flagship SLR as it was displayed at PMA earlier this year.(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET Networks) The Photo District News' blog is pointing to a post on Masterchong.com that has photos of Sony's upcoming 24.6-megapixel, full-35mm-frame sensor SLR from the Photo Imaging Expo ...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 6:30 pm
The XM/Sirius merger is all but rubber-stamped. Obvious question: Will this new hybrid with cheaper, shinier programming come in on my current gear? Yes and no. If you keep your old radio, XM...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Finally, Harmonix has announced that Rock Band will rock its way to the Wii starting on June 22nd for $170. A special edition bundle will include the game, drums, a guitar and a mic. Gamers can also...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 6:30 pm
The Foot Flush is a bathroom mechanism that hooks to your toilet flusher and pulls the handle down when you step on the foot pedal, creating a hands-free toilet experience. It might expose your lack...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 6:04 pm
The last Jeep we reviewed did not have a smoke machine as standard equipment(Credit: CNET Networks)It looks like the bad guys are taking a leaf out of the Q Branch car-modification manual. According to the BBC, Mexican police have discovered a gadget-laden Jeep Grand Cherokee equipped with an ...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 6:00 pm
You might recall a couple of weeks ago, a dude got hassled by airport security because they couldn't make sense of his MacBook Air. Turns out, it actually does look very different than 99 percent...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Offering financing services to customers is nothing new for big computer hardware makers. Unfortunately, running into trouble because of those vendor financing programs is almost as common. Tucked into a piece on Apple and patents on Barron's Online is an interesting tidbit about Dell. No, Dell hasn't been ...
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Filed under: Gaming Although PlayStation 2 / 3 and Xbox 360 owners have been living the dream for months, Wii owners can finally circle a date on their calender to undoubtedly be sick: June 22nd. As we expected, the title will indeed be adding Nintendo's darling to its tour 'round the consoles, but just like those pesky Ticketmaster fees, things aren't going to be all peaches and cream during the checkout process. For starters, Wii purchasers will be forced to swallow the no downloadable content and no online multiplayer support pills, and after those are down, they'll be forced to
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 5:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ6JEs5swKg I’ll ask you to listen to watch the video right away because I have nothing really to say. The iPhone Pro with video IMing sounds too fancy and I’d rather settle for 3G speeds on the iPhone without the fancy schmansy new feature. But imagine being able to video chat on the iPhone… How much [...]
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In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on March 24, 2008 at 5:36 pm
An easier way to describe the HDPC (Hybrid Dual Portable Computer) is to list the things it won't do. That basically includes writing my blog posts and going through mounds of e-mail and auto-deleting the stuff I don't want. Otherwise, the HDPC from Korean manufacturer MIU does almost ...
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