Japan gets official on plans and details for world's fastest maglev

We'd already heard about Central Japan Railway Company's not-so-near-term intentions to deploy a speedy new maglev system in the country, but it looks like it's just now getting official with things, and it's still promising to have it up and running no soo... full story

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Microsoft has an okay quarter, posts $4.3B profit

It's quarterly report time, and we doubt the boys in Redmond mind taking a little shine off Apple's big day with their first quarter results -- especially since Microsoft posted profits of $4.3B on revenues of ...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

E Ink shows off front-lit, flexible e-paper displays

E Ink Corp looks to have rolled into this week's FPD International show with a fair bit of new paper-replacing gear, including a number of prototypes that it's developed with some of its partner firms. In addi...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

iShoes, Skatemaster skateboard offer remote-controlled laziness

Those looking to head outdoors with minimal exertion now have another pair of motorized options to accommodate their lazy ways, with the recently introduced iShoes and Skatemaster skateboard each promising to ...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Mexican developer bundles free electric cars with home purchases

Offering incentives like free TVs and even free cars has long been part of the condo developer's sales toolkit, but a home builder in Mexico is aiming for the green crowd by offering potential buyers a free ele...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Vonage settles with Verizon, owes up to $117.5 million

The world's favorite ATM is being hit up for even more coin today, as Vonage (presumably begrudgingly) agreed to resolve the patent lawsuit between it and Verizon. Reportedly, the actual amount that the VoIP pr...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

RIP, Classic Mac OS: 1984 - 2007

It's not a huge surprise, but Apple's gone ahead and posted a note confirming that Leopard will not support Classic, even on PowerPC machines. Of course, Intel Macs have never been able to run Classic anyway, ...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Dell XPS One coming next month

You probably remember the unannounced Dell XPS One we brought you the other day, and now we've received more info indicating that this media-centric all-in-one will launch "mid November." Unfortunately there w...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Intel fires up Penryn production at new Arizona facility

We don't proclaim to be experts in chip making or anything, but it seems like everything at Intel's new Fab 32 production facility in Chandler, Arizona better function mighty smoothly in order to meet that Nov...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Nokia decapitates tablet puppy, upgrades to N800

We're not sure if the new OS or upgraded features actually give it anymore bite, but Nokia's adorable little tablet puppy has on first glance been beheaded and rebuilt with an N800 for a noggin. Actually, afte...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

OLPC experiments with cow-powered generator for laptops

While the OLPC Foundation is no stranger to unconventional power sources, a team working in a village near Mumbai now looks to be taking things to a whole new level, with them currently experimenting with a co...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Toshiba denies denying Xbox 360 with built-in HD DVD rumor

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Boynq rolls out Wake Up iPod speaker / alarm clock

Yeah, what you see above actually is yet another iPod speaker / alarm clock mashup, but being that it's from Boynq, it looks noticeably better than most of the alternatives. The interestingly designed device d...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Asus' Eee PC 701 gets reviewed, adored

"Pound for pound, the best value-priced notebook on the planet." Sure, you could stop right there if you'd like, but where's the fun in that? Laptop Mag was able to get their paws around an Asus Eee PC 701, and...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Babel TV set-top-box weds Freeview, PVR, and internet

We've never been much for using one's television as their primary web surfing display -- after all, how do you expect to get any work done with last week's episode of The Office drawing your attention away fro...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

We've got Leopard, what do you want to know?

Today we snagged our copy of Apple's latest version of OS X, Leopard -- something one or two of you may be slightly familiar with. So besides all the stuff found on the 300 features page, besides all the stuff...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

MPIO's MO100 DAP takes a note from Grundig

MPIO's MO100 doesn't have a whole heck of a lot going for it, and interestingly enough, neither does Grundig's MPixx 2000. Of course, that could be because they're likely the exact same player save for the bra...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Fujifilm's FinePix F50fd point-and-shoot reviewed

Unfortunately, everybody's worst fear about the FinePix F50fd seems to be true -- according to a recent review over at PhotographyBLOG, anyway. Apparently, stuffing a 12-megapixel sensor into this pocket-frien...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

B&Os 4GB BeoSound 6 DAP -- just $600

Over the years, B&O's legendary designs have had us feeling everything from ewww to ahhh. The BeoSound 6 -- designed by Steffen Schmelling -- is a definite meh. Oh it looks alright, it's just nothing we hav...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Scottish firm sued for blaring radios, infringing copyright

Sure, you may get yourself a ticket from local police if you roll around with that in-car stereo cranked, but at least you're not being sued for £200,000 ($407,680). Unfortunately for the Edinburgh-based ...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Clarion unveils colorful double-DIN head units

Oh sure, we've seen plenty of flashy and sophisticated devices aimed at filling that gaping double-DIN hole in your dash, but how's about a device that 10-year old passengers and suckers for all-things-adorabl...