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Category Archives: Hardware
Sony’s Idea of Corporate Synergy: Smashing PS3s into Bravia TVs at 50mph
I’m not sure if there’s a point to this video at all, but for the sake of stuff getting smashed, here goes: Gizmag is reporting on a recent Australian Sony press event held at a crash test facility, wherein they propelled shiny new slim PS3s into 46″ Bravia televisions. The stunt was apparently part of [...]
Why The Magic Mouse is the Most Important Apple Announcement Today
I suppose its no surprise that Apple’s latest hardware announcements have taken over the tech news waves today. After all, the announcement of sexy new 27″ iMacs, coupled with the future availability of Intel’s next generation Core i5 and i7 processors, is sort of hard to ignore. There were upgrades across the board for the [...]
The Lucid Hydra 200 Makes Multi-GPU Gaming Across Video Card Vendors a Reality
If there’s one thing that’s annoyed me most about PC gaming, it’s all the work that goes into keeping up with the hottest video cards on the market. It’s sort of a crazy experience, especially for average consumers, and it’s something that I’ve always felt has kept significant portions of the PC gaming market far [...]
The Android T-Mobile G1 is the Real Successor to the Helio Ocean
photo credit: MobileBurn
I’ve come to the realization that I desperately want the T-Mobile G1. Last year I was itching for a new phone, and ended up grabbing a Helio Ocean in November. But, let’s face it, the Ocean is so 2007 by this point–not to mention that Helio has since been bought out by [...]
Lamenting the Death of Helio, and How the iPhone Helped Kill It
I’m always one for the underdog, and I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t a big part of why I chose to purchase a Helio Ocean last winter. At the time, I was looking for a slick smartphone that wasn’t a Blackberry, had 3G (so the iPhone was out), and generally appealed to my [...]
Cheap Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Coming to a Backpack Near You