Archive for May 1st, 2008

Sezmi looks to provide alternative for cable / satellite, confuse everyone

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment In case you're not content with just keeping your current cable / satellite / fiber TV service and using the recently launched ZvBox to pull in content from the web, a new startup is aiming to satisfy your bizarre desires. In what's potentially the most ...

Researchers design “malicious circuits,” warn of potential risk

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWe've already seen a few viruses delivered via hardware, but a group of researchers from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are now warning that we may not have seen anything yet. As New Scientist reports, they've apparently managed to develop their own "malicious circuits," which they say ...

Keepin’ it real fake, part CXVIII: iPhone on the farm

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Yeah, we too are hoping that these overseas impostors will have to start changing up their game if they still want to ape the iPhone in just a few months, but as it stands, the Toggolino Phone actually does a fantastic job of shaming itself. Apparently this ...

SUNRGI, University of Tel Aviv boast of solar power advances

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets It looks like we've got a bit of intercontinental solar power action today, with Silicon Valley start-up SUNRGI and the University of Tel Aviv both recently boasting of some advances in the field, which they each unsurprisingly say could change things in a big way. For its ...

ACARD’s dual 2.5-inch RAID enclosure is slim, hungry for power

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Filed under: Storage If you're looking for an odd, yet usable storage solution, perhaps ACARD's Mirror Smart Mini is the thing for you. The device uses two 2.5-inch SATA drives side by side in a small enclosure; the drives can be mapped as a hardware-based RAID 1 array, or can be ...

Case manufacturers getting early 3G iPhone size specs?

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Filed under: CellphonesNext-gen iPhone rumors are swirling fast and furious, but the latest out of iLounge matches up with what we've heard: the 3G iPhone will be glossy black and slightly thicker than before. iLounge says that Apple has once again provided overseas case manufacturers with details of a new ...