Archive for April 30th, 2008

Fanatec intros wireless Porsche 911 Turbo Racing Wheel

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals Sorry Mario, but your Wii Wheel just got lapped, backed over and left in the dust. Heck, even the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel looks toyish propped up next to this. Then again, neither of the previously mentioned accessories will put a $349.99 hole in your bank ...

Unknown Fujitsu LifeBook tablet spotted in Germany

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs It looks like Fujitsu has itself a new tablet in the cooker. This here LifeBook Tablet PC was spotted recently in Germany, and is running one of those super-small P-series processors from Intel, the Core 2 Duo P8400. The laptop sports a 13.3-inch passive digitizer display ...

Sony breaks out 2.1 BRAVIA DAV-F200 home theater system

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Truth be told, we knew this gem was waiting in Sony's pocket, but it finally came clean and made things official over in Europe. The 2.1 BRAVIA DAV-F200 home theater system features S-Master digital amplification, which delivers a potent 135-watts of power to each speaker (including ...

Brionvega’s Alpha LCD / DVD combo is deliciously sexy, on sale

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Filed under: Displays, Home Entertainment There are times when form overcomes any missteps in function, and we'd probably say this is one of those times. On the downside, Brionvega's 19-inch Alpha LCD / DVD combo display tops out at 1,280 x 1,024 and obviously boasts a 4:3 aspect ratio, but ...

Remote-controlled whiteboard hack is as practical as it is pretty

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Sure, there's plenty of hackery going on with interactive whiteboards these days, but that doesn't mean plain old marker-based boards have been left out of the fun completely, as evidenced by this latest contraption devised by Sprite_tm. As you can see in the video after the break, ...

Psystar Open Computer unboxing and hands-on

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops Engadget NYC might have gotten to play with Apple's latest and greatest iMac yesterday, but we keep it dirty in the Chi -- yep, we've got the first Psystar Open Computer shipped out for review. We're just getting it set up, but check out the unboxing below, and ...