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Next rash of Dell Inspirons surprisingly svelte
Rather unexpectedly, leaked images of the next batch of Dell Inspirons are somewhat exciting. Even more impressive: is Dell actually thinking of building a laptop that will not weigh so much as to be capable of crushing a large wharf rat when dropped upon it from a height of a few inches?
Under-the-desk machine charges batteries with your idle pedaling
Although its taking a bit of a drubbing as it passes through the chuckling locker room of gadget blogdom, this pedal-powered charger isn’t as daft as its out-of-fashion powder blue design might imply.
Verizon Wireless debuts the Samsung Glyde
Samsung and Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced the Samsung Glyde (aka the SCH-U940), a touch-screen cell phone based on the Samsung SGH-F700.
LG claims Scarlet 42LG61 is world’s thinnest LCD HDTV, is very wrong
Maybe our math is off, but we’re fairly certain 44.7-millimeters equates to around 1.76-inches. Strangely enough, LG is claiming that its Scarlet 42LG61 is actually the world’s thinnest LCD HDTV, and we all know Hitachi’s definitively thinner 1.5-inch family just started shipping to US consumers last week
Humanoid learns to cook breakfast, fend for himself
Never mind getting tesla coils to fix your supper, just hit the on switch on your own personal humanoid. Reportedly, the creature you see above has been loaded with learning algorithms that enable it to repeat actions that it learns.
NTT Docomo to offer cell phone smell-o-vision
Continuing to push Japanese cell phone customers to the edge of weirdness, NTT Docomo recently tested what it calls Mobile Fragrance Communication (Kaori Tsushin Mobile). The service combines animated visual gifs and olfactory stimuli, via downloads of “Fragrance Playlists.”
Egg-shaped phone: a design that really cooks
Though it’s called the Egg phone, this design concept better resembles the fried variety than a shell-covered ovoid. Designer Roman Tubl set out to conceive a cellphone that’s easy to use and a pleasure to hold.
Sony Canvas Online CP1 digital picture frame rocks the wireless connectivity
Sony’s already into the digital picture frame biz, but now it busts out one that’s truly useful. The Canvas Online VGF-CP1 leaps into the next level with its Wi-Fi connectivity
10 gadgets you should NEVER buy your mom
Mother’s Day is Sunday, and if you haven’t been thinking about it for months, you’re probably scrambling for gift ideas now. Fortunately, the Web is full of suggestions for gifts for Mom. Unfortunately, many of them are bad, bad ideas.
Phoenix Enables Users to Remotely Track, Disable and Erase Data From Fujitsu Drives
Phoenix Technologies has announced that they are currently working with Fujitsu in an effort to bring users equipped with Fujitsu’s new full disk encryption (FDE) 2.5″ 7200RPM SATA hard disk drive the ability to remotely track, disable and even erase their drive in the event that the laptop is ever stolen.
Dell Goes Urban With Mike Ming’s Art House Laptops
What’s the best way to make kids who are all hopped up on Apple’s MacBooks to get excited about your laptops? Hire Mike Ming, a Brooklyn-based artist, to decorate up the backs of your laptops in graffiti-like designs.
Canon’s Printer-in-a-Bucket Selphy CP770 is One For The Kids
Canon’s new dye-sublimation photo printer is a departure from the boring old box designs: it’s basically a bucket, and is aimed at kids. The bucket part unclips, and is supposed to store wires and accessories rather than sand and a collection of worms.
Cake Royale USB Drives Are Delicious, But Deadly For Children
Not since the USB Food Hub from Solid Alliance have we seen a peripheral that made us actually want to put it in our mouths and swallow. These Cake Royale series drives range from chocolate, to some yellow looking one, to a white one with strawberries on top, and finally a fruity one.
