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Tech NewsCelestron SkyScout Scope Makes You a True Space Cadet
Match Made in the Heavens: You saw the Celestron SkyScout a while ago, and now here’s a scope on which to mount it. See galaxies with the SkyScout Scope’s high-power eyepiece, or get your bearings with its included its low-power counterpart. But It’ll Cost Ya: To use this with the excellent $400 Celestron SkyScout spotter, … Continued
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RC Cooler Robot Brings You Beers When No One Else Will
The Skinny: No more yelling across the room, ordering the kids to bring you that brewski when you have an RC Cooler from Inter Active Toy. The Catch: It runs on eight C batteries, but they are said to last for six hours of continuous use. We just wish it were rechargeable, with its own … Continued
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Eclipse CD7200 mkII, Kickass CD Tuner for Audiophiles on the Road
The Skinny: Encased in copper, this Eclipse CD7200 mkII audio head end for your car is strictly high-end. The catch: iPod songs and playlists show up on screen, but for that you’ll be buying an optional connector. It’s USB and Bluetooth-friendly, storing six Bluetooth presets that are sure to accommodate every gadget you carry. Just … Continued
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Polk Audio SurroundBar 360 DVD Theater Does 5.1 With a Single Speaker
The Skinny: Polk Audio SurroundBar 360 DVD Theater rocks the 5.1-channel sound with one slim bar-shaped bank of speakers. Pop a DVD into the separate console and you’ve got an instant home theater that can toss sounds every which way. The Catch: We’re wondering how gutsy that “PowerPort” bass is going to sound, but fear … Continued
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DisplayMate USB, Easy Test Patterns Directly From a Thumb Drive
DisplayMate is the standard of the video testing game, and now it just got a whole lot easier to use with DisplayMate USB Edition. To run any monitor through DisplayMate’s sophisticated suite of visual tasks, all you need to do is plug this USB drive into the monitor’s PC, an LED lights up on its … Continued
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Giz Explains: DisplayPort Set to Invade PC Monitors Everywhere
Click to viewAs if we needed another display standard, along comes DisplayPort, approved last year and just about to sally forth on graphics cards and monitors everywhere. WTF do we need another standard for, anyway? Bandwidth, that’s why. DisplayPort (plug pictured above at left, next to a dual-link DVI connector) can handle a maximum 10.8Gb … Continued
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Fujifilm FinePix Z100fd, So Thin It’s Anorexic
Fujifilm has slimmed down its FinePix camera even more—now it’s just 19.8 mm thick—but the redesigned FinePix Z100fd still manages to cram 8 megapixels of imaging goodness into its slim form factor. It’s available in four color combinations, and even has a few smart features such as face detection technology that can identify 10 faces … Continued
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Dell 3008WFP-HC, 30 Inches of Widescreen Swank
Dell has gone monitor-crazy lately, and adding to yesterday’s rollout of its gorgeous Dell Crystal monitor, now the company’s updated its 30-inch display line, and this one’s called the Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP-HC. We’ve had one in-house here for the past month, beholding its huge expanse and basking in its 2560×1600 resolution. The main events with … Continued
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Fan Light Uses LEDs to Intimidate Opposing Weasel Fans
Just in time for the NFL playoffs is Fan Light, a wrist-worn LED blinker that alternates between your team’s two fave colors when you shake your arm, notifying the opposing team’s fans that you’re far geekier than they’ll ever be. Of course, Fan Light maker FoxFury would like to see a whole stadium full of … Continued
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Gefen’s HDMI-Over-Coax Means No New Wires for HDTV Everywhere
Gefen says it’s figured out exactly how to move HDMI signals over the coaxial cable that already exists in many homes all over the world. The company plans to show the technology at CES next week that it says will ship in April. Gefen has been working on this tech that could make it much … Continued
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Goodyear Announces an Octet of ‘Rugged’ GPS Units
Goodyear, that name you’re accustomed to seeing on tires, has decided to jump into the GPS game, sticking its familiar brand name onto navigation devices. Hey, they have something to do with cars, don’t they? The company has pulled a Garmin on us, brand spamming with an entire product line of eight different GPS units … Continued
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HydroPak Fuel Cell to Debut at CES 2008
The Skinny: The HydroPak replaces batteries and generators with cartridges that can sit on the shelf for ages, activated with water for 12 hours of power. They’re quiet with zero emissions, and each $20 dry cartridge cranks out a lot more than any battery can—400 Watts through an AC outlet and two USB ports. The … Continued
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Nominations Still Accepted for 2008 Bloggies, Vote Now
If you haven’t nominated us already, we’d certainly appreciate your support for the Eighth Annual Weblog Awards 2008, accepting nominations until 10 p.m. Eastern Time tomorrow. The more nominations we get, the better, newsier, funnier, trashier, more knowledgeable and sexier we’ll be for you. It’s just that simple—it’s a huge morale booster. And yes, we’re … Continued
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Apple Files Patent for OLED Dynamic Keyboard, Awaits Angry Letter from Lebedev?
Apple might be working on a dynamic keyboard with OLEDs behind each movable key. Apple’s patent application for this OLED keyboard hid in the background since March of last year, and the exciting thing is it looks a whole lot like Art Lebedev’s as-yet-unreleased Optimus keyboard. While this kind of flexibility is right in line … Continued
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Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed, a $50K Magic Carpet of Gadgety Delights
This Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed by Leggett & Platt looks like the crib of the century, and we’re not even finished with the first decade yet. First of all, it keeps an eye on what you’re doing all night long, diagnosing your movement and breathing patterns, and even sensing that buzz-saw snoring that keeps … Continued
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Olevia to Roll Out New Line of 120Hz/1080p LCDs at CES 2008
Syntax-Brillian’s 47″ Olevia LCD (pictured here) is riding high on the kudos it got from Wired, and now the company builds on those laurels with a line of LCD displays with 120Hz technology along with 1080p resolution. Olivia is doing a full-blown rollout of the line, with five sizes from 42 inches to 65 inches. … Continued
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Smartparts Shows Giant 32-Inch Digital Picture Frame
We’ve seen big digital picture frames before, but Smartparts takes the prize for biggest one yet: a 32-inch digital picture frame that’ll be rolling out at CES 2008. The 16:9 LCD panel has a resolution of 1366×768, which might look pretty good if you don’t get too close. It has another neat twist, the ability … Continued
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Ultra-Pretty Dell Crystal LCD Monitor Now Available
Click to viewDell has flaunted this gorgeous monitor for a while in various trade shows and press events, always saying that it’s just a design concept and not available yet. That all changes now, because the 22-inch Dell Crystal LCD display is suddenly a real product. Just in time for CES, this beauty is set … Continued
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NavStar Voice Navigator Has No Screen, May Need One
If you like to keep your eyes on the road while you’re driving, the NavStar Voice Navigator can assist you by blurting out turn-by-turn directions with no screen in sight. The 11-oz unit resides in your car’s cigarette lighter outlet, and it hooks up with your cellphone, doubling as a speakerphone for hands-free calling. Looks … Continued
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