Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category

FCC passes limited net neutrality rules, almost no one happy about them

Well, no surprises here — the FCC just passed a set of limited net neutrality rules by a 3-2 vote. The three Democratic Commissioners, including FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, voted yes, while the two Republican Commissioners both strongly dissented — to quote Commissioner Meredith Baker, “I really, really, really dissent.” The rules haven’t been […]

Moine-Garde offers finely rendered watch apps for indiscriminate Android owners

Moine-Garde recently came to our attention, and we were quite frankly amused by its offer of “fine virtual timepieces” — if only because, in this context, “fine” and “virtual” would seem to cancel each other out. But like the best websites and catalogs catering to the wealthy, social climbers, or the just plain gullible, this […]

webOS 2.0 for the Sprint Palm Pre leaks out, added features in tow

Palm promised that webOS 2.0 would hit all of its devices in the “coming months,” and it looks like work is trucking right along — we were just sent these shots of the updated OS running in beta form on the original Sprint Palm Pre. Obviously there’s not much here that we didn’t pore over […]

WakeMate review

Sleep. It’s where some get to relax, some get to be comfortable, and some get to be a Viking. But, for others, that overnight period can be a stressful time, full of tossing and turning and mornings highlighted only by ground beans and hot showers. For those unhappy souls there are ever more dreamtime gadgets […]

Josh talks holiday gadgets on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (video)

Couldn’t stay up till 12:37AM? We’ll forgive you… in time. Thankfully, the wonders of the internet are enabling you to travel back to catch our own Josh Topolsky’s holiday jam party with Late Night’s Jimmy Fallon. The duo ran through a gauntlet of gadgets, including B&N’s Nook Color, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, D-Link’s Boxee Box, Apple’s […]

N-Trig teaches DuoSense to write on Android screens, tablet to come in the first half of 2011

This one isn’t much of a surprise — considering N-Trig told us just a few months ago that “the most useful Android slates will be pen-enabled” and that it was working on Android support — but today the Israel-based company has officially announced support for Google’s mobile operating system. What does that mean? On a […]

Mysterious Sony VAIO tablet PC drops by the FCC

Well, would you look at what we found lounging around the FCC — it’s a Sony tablet PC, alright, but the problem is we just don’t know much more than that. Filed just today and submitted by a VAIO Business Group representative, the elusive tablet seems to be WiFi-only with 802.11b/g plus single band n, […]

Clamcase iPad keyboard case / stand now on sale, ships January 2011

Surely you haven’t forgotten about Clamcase! Merely 14 hours after Apple introduced the iPad, someone on Clamcase’s staff filed a patent application for the device you’re peering at above. Between then and now, a smattering of iPad keyboard cases have come to light, but quite a few folks have apparently been waiting for the original […]

BBC comedians ridicule tech naming schemes, make us laugh along the way (video)

They say all good comedy has a modicum of truth to it, and there’s no denying that the jargon that’s built up around technology is littered with opportunity for mockery, fun-poking, and general satire. Leave it to two old pros from the UK, then, Harry Enfield and Ronnie Corbett, to summarily dispatch Apple, BlackBerry, Orange, […]

Planex MZK-SNG02US brings DLNA to your SD cards and USB drives

Not looking to go all out with a DLNA-ready NAS or dedicated media player to get some streaming started on your home network? Then you might be able to get by with something like Planex’s new MZK-SNG02US device, which packs a single USB port and an SD card slot, and basically acts as DLNA-enabled bridge […]