Archive for December 26th, 2007

Master Lock unveils smartTouch garage door opener

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Filed under: Household Let's face it: there's a myriad ways to open one's garage door, but you won't find us kvetching over a new, relatively affordable alternative to the tried and true numeric keypad. Master Lock's smartTouch GDO is a universal add-on device that ditches the numbers and relies instead on ...

Rockefeller University scientists figure out how to see smells

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWe already knew that select scientists were working up an advanced electronic nose, but now a team at Rockefeller University has apparently figured out a way to actually see smells. Supposedly, these gurus closely investigated fly larvae and found that sensing odors "in stereo" enabled flies to ...

Optimus Maximus delayed until February, unless you skimp on firmware

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Filed under: Peripherals We've been waiting this long, what's a couple more months? Art Lebedev has announced that the Optimus Maximus keyboard isn't quite ready for prime time yet, and will be delayed until late February. Lucky for you reckless early adopters out there, if you pre-ordered the Maximus you can ...

iPhone marriage proposal warms even the cynical heart

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_marriage_proposal'; Maybe we just turn a bit sentimental during the holiday season, but damn it, we'll admit to getting a little choked up over reader Claude M's well-planned, uber-geeky proposal to his girlfriend -- even if his method of choice did happen to employ ...

Upcoming AMD Radeon HD 3450, 3470 and 3650 low-enders leaked

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Filed under: Displays, Gaming DisplayPort is the most fun when you snag it on the cheap, and according to some leaked specs over on Madbox PC, AMD has a $50 Radeon in the works that'll have you running that 30-incher off of USB for a pittance. The Radeon HD 3450 card ...

JVC gives HP-FX500 earbuds the classy wooden touch

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio So you like wooden headphones, and you're down with JVC's offerings, but you don't have a thousand bucks to spend on the company's swanky HP-DX1000 over-the-ear cans. Before, you might have had a problem. However thanks to the new HP-FX500s earbuds, you can proudly sport the ...

Buy a 1080p BRAVIA and Sony Australia will toss in a PS3 for free

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Filed under: Displays, Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment It looks like we're going to have to postpone our move to South Korea momentarily as we jet over to Australia and clean 'em out of PS3s. Sony Australia is giving away a free 40GB PS3 with every 1080p TV purchase in the XBR, ...

Russian GPS alternative near completion, Putin and dog celebrate

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Filed under: GPSRussia has announced the successful launch of three additional GLONASS navigation satellites on Christmas Day, bringing the total number of functional units to 18, and reportedly scaring the beejezus out of Santa and his reindeer during liftoff. The GPS competitor -- first begun in the Soviet era and ...