Archive for April 3rd, 2008

iPhone overheats while docked, fight for replacement begins

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Not even a month after three iPods got all hot and bothered on separate occasions, along comes images showing that even Apple's iPhone isn't immune to melting itself. Purportedly, the handset was purchased from Carphone Warehouse in December, but was never activated for one reason or another. ...

MIT’s Nexi bot wants to be your friend

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Filed under: Robots MIT is really taking its robotics program to a whole new level with its "MDS" platform, which stands for Mobile, Dexterous and Social. The flagship bot so far is Nexi, who certainly fits the bill, albeit with an extra dab of creepy. The bot stands on a Segway-esque ...

PowerCube 600: the 2000-pound solar-powered generator

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Curious designs and solar-powered wares seem to go hand in hand, but honestly, the PowerCube 600 is going to be hard to top. In what appears to be a ginormous (and inexplicably uncomfortable) recliner, the creators have managed to shove enough solar panels in this foldable, "portable" ...

Intel rep says people “probably won’t” need discrete graphics in the future

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming Intel's already made some fairly bold promises at its Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai this week, and it now looks like it's getting into the prediction game as well, with one representative from the company telling TG Daily that people "probably won't" need discrete graphics cards in ...

Android phones in AT&T’s future? Hey, anything’s possible!

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Sure, Ralph de la Vega was chatty at yesterday's AT&T luncheon during CTIA, but with the scattered reports you've probably seen, it's hard to keep tabs on it all. On the topic of Android -- the Google OS which the company had been reluctant to make a definitive ...

Buffalo’s DriveStation Combo4 external HDD touts four interfaces

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Filed under: Storage You know what they say: you can never have enough ports, right? Apparently Buffalo Technology is nodding its head in agreement, as its DriveStation Combo4 features no fewer than four different interfaces and five total connection ports. Though it can't be connected to multiple machines simultaneously, you can ...