DIY PSP Laptop...
Posted by admin in Geek Zone on 06 5th, 2009 | No Comments
The PSP Go! is shaping up to be great, but it doesn’t have a full QWERTY keyboard, does it.  Acidmods forum member folklord36’s PSP Laptop does, though, courtesy of an Xbox Chat Pad, together with relocated speakers, LED lighting and more. The screen section is a customized Joytech visor...
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Maker Faire 2009: Steampunk Laptop, Keyb...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
By Evan Ackerman The only thing I don’t like about steampunk is that it tends to promise more than it delivers, like these ray guns , which don’t actually vaporize people. This steampunk laptop, on the other hand, works as advertised. It’s not powered by steam or anything, but it’s...
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Maker Faire 2009: Monkeylectric Bike Whe...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
By Evan Ackerman We first saw Monkeylectric’s persistence of vision LED bicycle wheel system at Yuri’s Night back in 2008 . They’ve updated their software and hardware with the m464q wheel display system, which is capable of full motion video at 256 pixels resolution. The wheels have...
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Battery life comes first in Acer Aspire ...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
The Acer Aspire Timeline 15.6-inch, 1.3Ghz laptop. (Credit: Acer) Now that surfing the Net while flying is no longer new, I really want a computer that can last the entire flight from San Francisco to NYC, which is about 6 hours long. Acer seems to have a solution for that. On Tuesday, the company announced...
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Fujitsu hops on Netbook bandwagon...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
(Credit: Fujitsu) The potential of the Netbook market is turning even the skeptics into believers these days. On Tuesday, Fujitsu is expected to announce its first Netbook-class laptop for the North American market. It’s called the Fujitsu M2010 , though the company prefers to describe it as a...
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Apple extend GeForce 8600M GT warranty f...
Posted by admin in Apple, Geek Zone, Mac on 06 1st, 2009 | No Comments
Last year’s NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT substrate problem is still causing headaches for Apple , who have announced they will be extending warranty support for those MacBook Pro owners affected.  The issue, in which overheating of the GPU causes display distortion or failure, can only be addressed...
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Ionic-cooling system may soon cool off n...
Posted by admin in Apple, Geek Zone on 05 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Well this is pretty cool! It seems a company called Tessera is working on a new system that uses ionic-cooling for cooling down hot laptops that are running at faster and faster speeds. This new cooling idea might be able to offer 30% more cooling than a standard fan according to Tessera and the University...
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Grimlock and Trypticon Transformer mice ...
Posted by admin in Gadgets, Geek Zone on 05 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Buzz is already starting to ramp up for the upcoming Transformers 2 movie, but who knew that everyday things like a computer mouse could take on a new form as well? These Transformers mice are certainly interesting, to say the least. As a part of a bigger series, the latest two mice to hit the scene...
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Verbatim Color Nano Wireless Notebook Mo...
Posted by admin in Geek Zone, Mac on 05 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Verbatim announced their latest mouse offering today with the Color Nano Wireless Notebook Mouse . This mouse works with both Windows and Mac-based systems and uses 2.4GHz RF wireless to connect the device with your computer. Specifically, a small receiver is connected to your computer’s USB port...
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Dell’s Della site for girls causes...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 05 14th, 2009 | No Comments
(Credit: Matt Hickey) Oh, Dell, did you start up a firestorm. Sure, your idea was great: create a site marketing your Netbooks to women . But instead of telling non-tech-savvy women what they can do with their laptops–download recipes!–you ended up offending the tech-savvy ladies, who, you...
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PeeWee Tablet Laptop Is Resistant To Dro...
Posted by admin in Gadgets, Mac on 04 30th, 2009 | No Comments
By Evan Ackerman The PeeWee Pivot Tablet Laptop, as you may have guessed from the name, is designed for kids ages 3-10. As such, it comes with “age appropriate software,” a Disney Theme for Windows XP, and a security suite designed to keep your preschoolers from downloading hardcore pornography....
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