Asus Gives Reviewers Different Batteries Than Consumers, Considers Free Upgrade
According to DigiTimes, recent Hong Kong purchasers of the new Asus Eee PC 900 (it’s that Eee with the bigger screen) found that their batteries weren’t as nice as those given to reviewers. Speaking from experience, that sort of thing happ...
Allan Iverson Special Edition Zunes
Following up on the Joy Division Zune that hit recently, here’s an Allan Iverson edition Zune that comes with a pair of Reeboks. Only 60 will be made, highlighting the limited edition nature of this set. UPDATE: Person who submitted this story t...
ASUS M70 One Terabyte Laptop Screams “FIRST!!!”
For the digital pack rats, the ASUS M70 (which was quasi-announced at CES) looks to be the first stock laptop to support a full terabyte of storage (a feat achieved by packing dual 500GB Hitachi Travelstar drives). So what do you do with all that data...
HP MediaSmart SL4282N and SL4782N Media Center Extender TVs Available Now
Back around CES, HP announced that they were creating an updated line of MediaSmart TVs with built-in Microsoft’s Media Center Extender support. Now those models have been unleashed on the public. A couple of 1080p LCD HDTVs with a modest 2000:1...
Did Google “Game” the 700MHz Spectrum Auction? Yep!
Republican Congressmen Fred Upton, Cliff Stearns and John Shimkus are huffing and puffing that Google hosed the government in the ballyhooed 700MHz auction, only bidding to lock in the open access rules. They’re right! Google totally “game...
Parrot PARTY Black Edition Speakers Use Near Field Connection
Parrot has come up with a new Black Edition of their PARTY speaker which uses Near Field Communications to connect to audio sources, claiming it’s the first commercial speaker system to do this. Basically you don’t have to do any complicat...
Bazooka-Like Wi-Fi Predator Snags Distant Wi-Fi Signals
The Wi-Fi Predator is like a Wi-Fi swiping sniper rifle, capturing distant ethereal Wi-Fi signals for your internets. Basically it tosses a directional antenna with the relatively easy (and awesome) DD-WRT router firmware hack, which will let you boos...