Archive for June, 2008

Kage roi table does your web searches for you

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Household

Only recently we told you about a table that monitors who is dominating a conversation and deemed it potentially disruptive. This time, however, we’re looking at the “Kage roi” which looks to add to the coming together of wits and intelligences. Using voice recognition, Kage roi grabs keyboards and performs internet […]

Nintendo Console Keychain Set

If you’re a geek who grew up in the late 80’s, you can’t help but hold a special place in your heart for Nintendo. It’s just how it is. Super Mario, Paperboy, Duck Hunt. These are all games we grew up spending hours doting over. While we might have high-tech alternatives these days, such as […]

Netgear’s WGR614L Wireless-G router openly plays nice with Tomato / DD-WRT

Filed under: Networking

Although Linux-based Tomato and DD-WRT firmwares work with a plethora of routers, Netgear is getting savvy with its marketing by actually aiming its WGR614L at tweakers who just melt upon hearing either term. The so-called open source Wireless-G router features a 240MHz MIPS32 CPU, 4MB of flash memory, 16MB of RAM, an external […]

What’s Inside a Camera? Saw It In Half and See

Ever wondered what’s inside your camera? An exhibit at the German Technology Museum in Berlin shows a variety of cameras and lenses, all sliced neatly down the middle, so you can see their inner workings, in this photo gallery in Gadget Lab.

TVonics rolls out tiny MFR-300 Freeview tuner

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Good luck convincing Grandma to pack a DVR-250 next to the same telly that’s been avoiding TV detectors for years, but how about a “match box-sized” addition that gives all the benefits of the digital switchover and without taking up a lot of space? TVonics MFR-300 improves on previous versions with support […]

Creative Announces New Zen X-Fi

Sure, it’s not the iPod. And thankfully, it’s not the Zune (sorry Microsoft, stick to the software game). Despite Apple’s domination of the portable media market, there’s still a healthy percentage of gadgeteers who prefer the sleek style of the Creative Zen line of media players. And luckily for you rebels, Creative has just announced […]

Yamaha intros YSP-3050 Digital Sound Projector

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Yamaha cranked out its pricey YSP-600 sound bar just a few months back, but the company’s already looking to put the past behind and move forward with the YSP-3050. The latest in the outfit’s long-standing line of Digital Sound Projectors offers up 21 beam drivers, two woofers, 23 corresponding digital amplifiers, […]

Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 update

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Looks like the latest Leopard update, 10.5.4, just landed. Nothing big, but all the details are after the break; Mac users, you know how to snag it.
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Nikon D700 DSLR shows itself in German magazine

Filed under: Digital Cameras

Nikon’s D700 hasn’t exactly been doing the best job staying under cover as of late, and it looks like Germany’s ProfiFoto magazine has now pulled back whatever veil of mystery remained around the camera, with its current issue prominently featuring the high-end DSLR in a two-page spread. Among details discernable via the […]

Nintendo pushes back DVD-playing Wii for Japan, again

Filed under: Gaming
While those of us ’round these parts have pretty much given up on the idea of a DVD-playing Wii a long time ago, folks in Japan have had some cause for hope based on promises from the company that such a system was, in fact, headed for the country sooner or later. It […]