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Tech News“Desktop cords could reach halfway to moon”
The people at CNET should really be ashamed of themselves. Rather than find some real news to write about, they’ve published a piece about a “study” commissioned by Logitech that claims that desktop cords contribute to a loss in productivity equal to 1.3 billion hours every year. And surprise, surprise, Logitech just happens to be … Continued
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Gizmodo needs help assassinating spam
Anyone have any experience using SpamAssassin with Outlook Express? The amount of spam we receive here at Gizmodo HQ has gone from intolerable to incapacitating, but so far all our attempts to get SpamAssassin going have all failed. Email us at [email protected]. UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who has written in with tips, it’s greatly appreciated. … Continued
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The Robocup
The first American regional Robocup tournament begins this weekend at Carnegie Mellon today. The Robocup, which has been held every year since 1997, consists of teams of fully-autonomous robots playing each other in soccer. The goal by the year 2050 is to have a team of robots that can play against the human World Cup … Continued
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Another new iPAQ Pocket PC from HP?
Rumors of another new high-end Pocket PC from HP. The iPAQ h5550 looks like a slightly different version of the h5450, and supposedly will have a 400MHz processor, 128MB of RAM, 48MB of flash ROM, built-in Bluetooth and WiFi, and a biometric fingerprint scanner for extra security. Read [Via PocketPCThoughts]
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The Algol resurfaces
The Algol, one of the most stylish televisions of the Sixties, has been rereleased by Brionvega with entirely new electronics inside. Designed by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper, an original Algol was even added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Read [Thanks, Richard]
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Monitors of the future
Article in Portable Design on the future of displays: Organic LED monitors, superthin displays that roll up like a sheet of paper, 3D monitors that don’t require special glasses to work, and monitors that double as loudspeakers. Read [Via PocketPCThoughts]
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Sharp’s Zaurus C700
In-depth look at the Zaurus C700, Sharp’s new Linux-based PDA, which with its 640×480 screen that swivels around to reveal a tiny keyboard, looks a little like a mini-laptop. Sadly, these still haven’t been introduced into the American market, but there are a few places that will import them from Japan. Read
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Panning RoomLink
The San Jose Mercury News pans the RoomLink, Sony’s new digital entertainment hub which wirelessly connects your PC to your home entertainment system. The major problems are that it won’t work with anything except the newer, high-end Sony Vaios and Sony music and video software, and that watching video clips requires an upgrade from 802.11b … Continued
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Panasonic’s new solid state camcorder
This is definitely aimed at the broadcasting industry and not the home market, but Panasonic’s new solid state memory camcorder eschews videotape entirely and instead records to 4GB PCMCIA cards. There might are only be a handful of other videotapeless camcorders (recording either to SD memory cards or rewriteable mini-DVDs) available right now, but videotape … Continued
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Sprint’s new cheap cameraphone
Sooner or later every category of gadget faces a price war, and it looks like it’s finally the cameraphone’s time for battle. Sprint’s going cut-rate with its new cameraphone, the SCP-8100 from Sanyo, which they’re going to sell for $99.99 after rebate. That would make it the most inexpensive cellphone you can buy with an … Continued
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The Banryu guard-robot
GK, Gizmodo’s new Tokyo correspondent, managed to snap a few pics at Tokyu Hands of Sanyo’s new Banryu guard-robot, which is designed to prowl around the house keeping an eye out for intruders. He says, “one of the cool things with the Banryu is that you can call it from your cellphone and remotely view … Continued
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PocketPCThoughts on the Tungsten C
The Tungsten C (along with Palm’s new lower-end handheld, the Zire71) has even earned some grudging admiration from PocketPCThoughts, a website dedicated to coverage of the competition: For the first time in years (in my opinion, since the release of the Palm V), Palm has released a pair of devices that are solidly competitive. They … Continued
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Early reaction to the Tungsten C
Some first thoughts over at BargainPDA about Palm’s new Tungsten C. So far the initial reactions from people seem to be positive, and the Tungsten C could prove to be a big hit for Palm. I’ve had the Palm Tungsten C for just a day now, but I am happy to report that Palm is … Continued
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A 15-inch LCD monitor with a little something extra on top
We’re quite big on the dual-monitor setup here at Gizmodo HQ, we’d even add a third monitor if we could, but we might have to settle for the TopHead TM150, a 15-inch flat-screen LCD monitor that comes with a second, 6.4-inch LCD monitor built-into the top. The idea is that you use that second little … Continued
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The social and cultural impact of the remote control
LA Times on the history of the remote control, and the massive impact it’s had on society and culture since its invention in 1950: Ever notice, for example, that network series rarely have theme songs like in the old days? Thank the remote. Notice that there are no commercials between the end of one network … Continued
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