The next time your wife makes you watch a chick flick that bores you to death while you wonder how best to tackle that cop in NFS, fear not. This nifty little watch keeps your thumb muscles warm until your next gaming session. The Shooting Watch counts how many times you can hit the A and B buttons under a certain time limit. Think of it like a treadmill, but for toning your gaming muscles. It even adds in...
Expert modders at work here. They have connected various gadgets - including the Wii Balance Board - to steer their radio controlled car. Looks like the sensitivity could use some tweaking. [Balanceboardblog]...
Japan's Fair Trade Commission has fined electronics manufacturer Sharp $3 million as part of an investigation into the price fixing of LCD modules for the original Nintendo DS model and the DS Lite. The company has been instructed to pay the fee by March 19, 2009. The FTC's move comes on the heels of a much bigger LCD cartel case in the United States, where Sharp, along with LG Display Co Ltd and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd, agreed to...
Christmas gifts cause a surge in emotions as anxiety is overcomed with joy when the Wii is revealed in your gift box.The above video is a collection of 50 kids reacting on opening their Christmas gifts to find a Wii under the wrapping paper. Some laugh, some cry, some faint, but most go crazy and scream. This is exactly what I had done on getting the NES as a gift. [PwnorDie]...
The Nokia 6208 Classic features a touchscreen as well as a regular, alphanumeric keypad. Apparently the piece does not run on Symbian 9.4 S60 5th Edition but may come with an S40 interface tweaked to work with a touchscreen. Specs on the device include a 2.8 inch TFT touchscreen with 16 million colors and 240 x 320 pixels, Quad band GSM connectivity with GPRS, EDGE; 27MB of internal memory with MicroSD card support; 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash....
For those who are wondering what next on the iPhone front, here is a bait to chew upon till the Mac World Expo reveals all. A concept picture of an iPhone Nano has sparked rumors that suggest a three-quarter-size version of phone! Although the renders may look believable, it's hard to fathom why would Apple do such a thing. The iPhone is going great guns, the 3G was needed and they added it. A slimmer, smaller version sounds impractical...
Here is a look at the all-new HP Firebird PC 803 featuring VoodooDNA, a gaming tower that tosses the disc drive and most other gears add real estate. In a bid to tackle heating issues, the Firebird actually uses an external power supply. The included wireless keyboard and mouse add to the charm of the PC. Expandability could be another issue with this piece, however just follow the leaked specs that assure us of quality PC gaming: * NVIDIA...
A recent poll declared that the iPhone 3G as the clear favorite for a camera phone and maximum pictures on Flickr are uploaded using it. The only hindrance using this phone as a camera is the lack of flash. This is easily solved with the SnaptureFlash, an external Xenon flash for the iPhone. Slim in structure, the accessory adds just 3/8-inch to the bottom of the phone. The Xenon Flash provides50,000 lux brightness and also features an additional LED...
Give the ice bucket the boot and replace it with amazingly fast drink chiller that scores not only on looks but also technology. Using the One Minute Drink Chiller you can chill a can of soda up to 90 times faster compared to a refrigerator, and 40 times faster than a freezer. And while you do this, rest assured your dink won't turn into a Popsicle. The wonderful gadget brings soda cans to 38°F in about a minute and...
We had earlier reported on 17th century paintings bearing a strange resemblance to the XBox 360 logo. The above pic shows how they came to the name Xbox 360. [Reddit]...
Here's a powerful desktop computer with nice configuration. The Elite m9400t is based on Intel's Core 2 Quad processor, and features high-end specification such as 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500GS graphics card, 4GB RAM, Blu-ray drive, and optional TV Tuner. But the best thing about this desktop is that it comes at a huge discount price. Thanks to LogicBUY you can get a coupon code on this machine which will reduce the price-tag by 25%!!! The coupon expires on 12/24...
The Nintendo department, located on Level One of the Toys"R"Us international flagship store, is nearly 1,000 square feet and is easily visible from the store's windows overlooking Broadway. As if Nintendo World was not enough, New York City's Toys"R"Us Time Square gets its very own Nintendo department. The new 1,000 square foot department, which is located on Level One of Toys"R"Us store in Time Square, includes a host of Nintendo products to make any Nintendo fan think they've died...
If you have a Karaoke addiction then buying an mp3 player hardly helps, you need the Tomy Hi-Kara portable Karaoke machine. The device features a 2.4" LCD screen, which displays lyrics, and a headset that can be split for two singers to use. The songs need to be downloaded onto a proprietary cartridge from the Hi-Kara website. The cube measures 70x70x70mm....
The PS3 may not have made record sales this year but it sure has managed to show its power in the field of research. Earlier this year we had mentioned of how an array of PS3s were used for research over illnesses. Well now the researchers at the University of Alabama and University of Massachusetts have answered a question about the nature of black holes - not with the use of a supercomputer, but with the processing power of...
A Miami resident decided to take his iPhone along on a short trip to France. He used the iPhone to check his email and send text messages. AT&T swept him off his feet with a data usage bill to the tune of $4190.76. If this was not enough his friends made the above video so he does not take his iPhone along on his next Europe trip. The tips for international data usage recommended by AT&T are: * Turn...
