Archive for the 'Gadget News' Category
Lightning GT caught rolling around the track
Filed under: Transportation
The all-electric Lightning GT sports car might have just had its formal debut yesterday, but that doesn’t mean prototypes haven’t been tooling around for a while — check out that video of the swoopy two-door doing the track thing in ultra-dramatic slow-mo. Of course, the…
HP merging Voodoo with consumer PC unit
Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsJust weeks after “reinventing” Voodoo with the Envy 133 laptop and Omen gaming desktop, it looks like HP’s had ample — it’s decided to straight-up merge the specialty PC shop with its core consumer business, and sell its products alongside the Compaq Presario and HP Pa…
iPhone 3G SIM unlock demoed on video, zero details given
Filed under: Cellphones
We’ve already seen the iPhone 3G got unlocked to operate on any carrier (and you can already buy unlocked versions in several countries), but we haven’t seen a locked handset get unlocked via software only, and the folks at gsmphone-unlocking have the first video we’ve seen o…
Powermat promises wireless capability for the masses, delivers nothing
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We’ve seen quite a few induction-based “wireless power” systems manufacture the scene, and while the notion is interesting both in theory and prototype, actually getting it to market has proven to be quite difficult, with some casualties along the way. That’s why we’re a l…
Creative announces Zen Mosaic, looks like poor Mondrian
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Creative’s got yet another on the way: the Zen Mosaic, which will have a 1.8-inch display, 2, 4, or 8GB capacities, FM tuner, speakers, MP3 / WMA / WAV / Audible codec support, and 32 hours of battery life. They’re apparently starting in Singapore and work…
Windows iPhone 3G jailbreak tool released
Filed under: Cellphones
certain, it was already possible (if complicated) to jailbreak a first-gen iPhone running the 2.0 software under Windows, but that is the one-click tool all you crazy cats with those additional G’s need whether you don’t have a Mac — too poor no one’s come up with a better n…
Acrylic Cowboy cases artfully expose your components, are not childproof
Filed under: Desktops
Here’s the thing about PC cases — they spend a good bit of moment showing off how fantastic the outside of component-filled boxes can look, but generally speaking, the innards are completely overlooked. Digital Cowboy is out to dramatically reverse the trend with its Acrylic C…










