7, Jul 2008
Segway CTO Joins Apple Design Team As VP Of Product Design

Doug Field, a driving force at Segway, is calling it quits and heading over to Apple where he will be the VP of Product Design.  Is Apple getting into wheeled gadgets… or is Doug trying on a new hat?  Either way, umm I really don’t care.

26, Jun 2008
Asus Unveils Eee Box PC

Asus has officially announced their latest PC, the Eee Box PC.  The computer, which is nothing super exciting, is available in a handful of colors, uses an Intel Atom N270 CPU (1.6GHz), 1GB of DDR2 Memory, 80GB Hard Drive, 802.11 (b,g,n), Giga LAN, and a card reader.  Ok?  

19, Jun 2008
108-Inch Sharp LCD TV Coming To The USA

Sharp announced that their new 108-inch LCD TV will be making it to the US by September.  Don’t celebrate yet… check the price (guess). The TV sports 93.9 inches by 52.9 inches of it in full-HD 1080p resolution. Now the LB-1085 super-monitor will be scaring Americans as well, and not…

18, Jun 2008
CherryPal Computer – Green And Cheap

CherryPal has announced their new cheap, green, cloud computer which they claim will only use two watts of power.  The tiny desktop is a stripped down cloud computer with a 400MHz processor, 256MB of RAM, and 4GB of flash memory.  The unit has built in wi-fi and runs Debian Linux. …

9, Jun 2008
3G iPhone Coming July 11th – Starting at $199

No surprises here… Steve Jobs announced today, at the WWDC 2008 event, that the 3G iPhone will be out on July 11th.  From a “size and weight” perspective… not a ton has changed.  The 3G iPhone is 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches (vs 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 for…

5, Jun 2008
Drank – The Anti-Energy Drink

“Drank” the Anti-energy drink (purportedly popular in Houston) is starting to hit the convenience and liquor stores.  This carbonated, grape-flavored beverage has melatonin, valerian root, and rose hips… all made to make you sleepy. I for one think this is pure silliness.  The publicist for Drank “hears it’s good with…

3, Jun 2008
4GB Corsair USB Flash Drive For $9.99 Shipped

Folks, act quick!  A Corsair Flash Voyager 4GB USB Flash Drive for $9.99 landed to your door is hard to beat.  Newegg is offering the drive with free 3 day shipping as well, this deal won’t last long. The Corsair Flash Voyager drive offers 4GB of storage. It’s compatible with…

2, Jun 2008
Best Buy Free E-Waste Recycling Program

I have never been a fan of the overpriced retailer, Best Buy… but I may be visiting them today.  Best Buy is currently testing a free e-waste recycling program in over 100 of their stores in eight states.  Here is the list of participating stores.  I will test it out…

30, May 2008
Dell Mini Inspiron Going After The Eee PC

Looks like Dell decided to jump into the UMPC market and give the Asus Eee a run.  Their isn’t much data on the unit other than some Dell press shots… what we do know is that the color is ugly, it has 3 USB ports, an ethernet port, VGA out,…

27, May 2008
Amazon Offering Free TiVo HD DVR’s With Certain TV’s

Looks like Amazon is offering a pretty sweat deal to get a free HD TiVo DVR with certain TV’s.  The promotion isn’t just for the ridiculously expensive TV’s either… you can get the 40-inch Samsung (720P, 8000:1 contrast and 2 HDMI ports) for $947.71 and still get the free TiVo…