Archive for April, 2008

Microsoft developing ad-funded, senior PCs in UK



Filed under: DesktopsThe geriatric set most definitely has plenty of cellphones catered to them, but finding a computer that's equally simple to operate isn't nearly as easy. According to a BBC report stemming from a Digital Inclusion conference in London, Microsoft UK is aiming to develop a "senior PC" which ...

T-Mobile rolling out 3G tomorrow in New York, sorry New Jersey



Filed under: Cellphones Our best friends at T-Mobile are getting set to roll out 3G in New York soon -- real soon, as was previously expected. New York will launch on May 1, to be exact, according to TmoNews.com. That's, like, tomorrow. The leaked document promises T-Mobile customers the "great call ...

Time Warner plans to spin off Time Warner Cable at long last



Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, NetworkingTime Warner Cable, which just endeared itself to New Yorkers with a whole mess of HD channels, is finally getting a full break from parent company and all-around media conglomerate Time Warner. This has been speculated about for years, and a portion of TWC was ...

Multitouch surface made out of box, webcam, and glass



Filed under: Peripherals Want your own multitouch control surface? Have a webcam, cardboard box, and photo frame? The folks at Hacknmod MacGyvered their own with just those materials. By simply pairing a fixed camera and controlled light surface, they were able to mimic what others have paid hundreds for, albeit in ...

Lenovo has some funny-ha-ha times at MacBook Air’s expense



Filed under: Laptops Funny concept, Lenovo -- manila envelope stuffing was just ripe for a demonstration of what all you typical MacBook Air user is going to need on hand -- but we've gotta dock a few points for the shortage of Yael Naïm in this X300 mockumercial. Let it be ...

Digital Cube’s i-station UDIC gets hands-on treatment



Filed under: Handhelds One thing's for sure about Digital Cube's i-station UDIC: it's not your mother's electronic dictionary. Boasting a full (albeit tiny) QWERTY keyboard and a unique swivel screen, the HDD-packin' device could easily be mistook for a miniature UMPC (a convertible one, at that). Just in case you've forgotten, ...

WiFi detecting watch finds networks, social isolation



Filed under: Wireless Now that most smartphones worth having sport WiFi, the need for wireless finders has dwindled somewhat, but we'll still give credit to the designers of this WiFi-detecting watch for cleverness. That's not to say we'd ever recommend wearing this this fashion disaster -- check out that "WiFi" button ...

Power strip monitors your usage, makes you feel bad



Filed under: Household Energy conservation and gadgetphilia are tough to combine, but this Power Cost Controller power strip might be just the ticket for those looking to monitor -- and potentially cut back on -- their power usage. The strip's display counts kilowatt-hour power usage and tracks by hour, week, month, ...

Video: iSwish puts the iPhone UI on any Windows Mobile phone



Filed under: Cellphones While you can argue that Windows Mobile is feature-for-feature and spec-for-spec superior to OS X on the iPhone, Apple's mobile UI is certainly more fun to use. So if you're running WinMo with a hankerin' for rubber band-like scrolling, jiggly icons, screen flicking, SummerBoard themes, and even simulated ...

Disney, WowWee, and Thinkway Toys team up on cute killer bots for the ironic uprising



Filed under: Robots var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Disney_and_WowWee_team_up_on_cute_killer_bots'; Need some irony with your angst-battered diet this morning? Swell, try some of this. Disney and Pixar are set to release their latest animated blockbuster, WALL-E, this summer. The premise of the film finds WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter - ...