Brimming with phat cash from oil sales, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in a joint venture with IBM, is building a supercomputer that will rank in the top ten in the world (six-ish). The new computer, named Shaheen (Falcon), is a 16-rack Blue Gene/P System,…
Folks, I can’t make this up. I know, I know… some parents reading this are thinking this is the best idea ever… and that they are going to buy them for Johnny’s skateboard. And I guess if Johnny sucks at skateboarding and lives on lombard street, this might be a…
Today Apple announced the following changes of the iPod line. iPod NanoThe iPod Nano will come in new colors (Bright blue, purple, orange, green, pink, etc…) and will come with the cool motion sensor. Just shake the mp3 player to activate the shuffle mode. The Nano’s will now be…
Looks like the major news around the Apple iTunes store/site is the addition of a new tool named Genius. The iTunes Genius feature works like the Pandora application in that you can give it a song that you like… and it will build a list of songs that you will…
Looks like Jivo, a popular iPod case maker, has leaked some case pictures of the new iPod Nano we should be seeing soon. As soon as midnight tonight? [Source]
The Becker Traffic Assist 100, or Crocodile is the tough guys GPS. The Crocodile has a rugged casing and is water resistant. The unit is optimized for motorcycles, not exactly sure what that means. The unit comes with 2GB’s of internal memory, comes with Navteq data for 42 European countries,…
OCZ, the memory dudes, just released their Core Series 2.5-inch Sata SSD drive that is fast… very fast. The drive will write at 98Mb/s and read at 170MB/s, and maximum size will be 250GB’s. A cool feature is the addition of a mini USB port for firmware upgrades and hopefully…
I wish I knew where to find/buy this cool table and chair set. The artsy piece converts into a functional table set for four. Very cool.
Looks like Honda is dedicating more energy and development on an all new hybrid vehicle. This hybrid is not going to share a body style with another existing vehicle… like their last hybrids did (civic, accord, etc…). This hybrid will be available in the fall of 2009 and Honda expects…
When I first saw this I literally was laughing out loud (or LOL for the cool folks). This gadget is basically an adjustable goatee cover that you shave around. Think of the old fashioned bowl haircut. I have a goatee and sometimes (rarely) struggle with getting the shave straight. I…